Jujutsu Kaisen: I have everything I need now!

Night fell, and a cold rain drizzled.

On the outskirts of Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, a black SUV is parked on the edge of an abandoned mine.

Inside the car, December 1st sat in the driver's seat, his eyes fixed on the road ahead.

This is the seventh suspicious location they have found since leaving Furano in three days.

Basha's actions were much more discreet than they had imagined.

Those assimilated followers are like industrious worker ants, constantly maintaining the "fulcrum".

"This is the entrance to the last vein of ore."

"The news from Gojo-sensei is that the infection in Okinawa has been brought under control by Kugizaki and Itadori. Kugizaki's 'Resonance' technique is simply the bane of these monsters."

"Let's go, let's finish this quickly."

He pushed open the car door and stepped into the cold rain.

The mine was pitch black inside. The air was filled with a nauseating salty and fishy smell, as well as a strong earthy odor.

The two followed the abandoned mine tunnel downwards.

The further down you go, the damper the surrounding rock walls become.

"Be careful, the energy concentration here is higher than in the previous places." December Shuo walked ahead, his eyes flashing with golden light, ready to activate the defensive talisman at any time.

At the end of the mine tunnel was a huge underground cavern.

The moment the two stepped into the cave, even Zhenyi, who was used to seeing big scenes, couldn't help but hold her breath.

In the center of the cave is a huge "heart" that is more than ten meters high and is made entirely of dark blue liquid and dark red rock!

This "heart" was suspended in mid-air by countless thick blue water pipes. And below the "heart" stood hundreds of blue-scaled monsters.

These monsters are different from the grunts in Okinawa.

Their bodies are covered with a thick layer of rock armor. The rock and blue slime combine perfectly, making them appear both as supple as water and as solid as the earth.

"It seems this is a crucial foothold for them." December 1st sneered, cracking his neck with a snap.

"roar!!!"

As the sound of the new moon rang out, hundreds of blue-scaled rock-armored monsters below turned their heads simultaneously.

The head without eyes was fixed firmly on the location where the two were.

The next second, hundreds of monsters surged upwards along the cave walls like a raging tide, rushing straight towards them!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Zhenyi raised the "Black Queen" and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Black energy projectiles were fired in rapid succession, accurately hitting the monsters charging at the front.

Surprisingly, the energy blast only shattered a small piece of rock when it hit the monster's rock armor.

"Their defenses are stronger than before!" Zhenyi quickly retreated.

"Leave it to me."

On the first day of the twelfth month, he took a step forward and shielded Zhenyi behind him.

His eyes were instantly replaced by intense white light.

"【pig】!"

Two beams of intense heat, as thick as an arm, shot out from his eyes like two sharp lightsabers, sweeping directly into the monster horde below!

"Sizzle—!!!"

A large amount of white water vapor instantly filled the cave.

The monsters let out mournful screams, but they still charged upwards fearlessly.

"These slackers think they can stop me?"

On the first day of the twelfth month, a sneer of arrogance curled at the corner of his mouth.

He suddenly opened his arms wide.

"Chicken plus Dragon!"

A burst of violent psychic power erupted instantly, forming a huge invisible force field that froze the dozens of monsters that were rushing up in mid-air.

Immediately afterwards, on the first day of the twelfth month, he pressed his hands down sharply.

"Explode!"

The compressed fire-attribute energy of the [Dragon] talisman exploded violently within the psychic field!

"BOOM!!!"

The entire underground cavern shook violently.

The dazzling flames engulfed half of the cave.

One strike, and the field is cleared.

Debris fell like rain.

On the first day of the twelfth month, he put his hands away, stood on the edge of the cliff, and looked down at the empty bottom of the cave.

But his gaze did not relax.

Because the huge blue and red "heart" in the center of the cave was completely unharmed after being hit by the aftershocks of the explosion!

That thin, dark red rock shell revealed an astonishing level of solidity.

"Thump...thump..."

The beating of my heart became more rapid.

"Is it accelerating the transfer of energy?" Zhenyi stepped forward, looking at the enormous heart. "We must destroy it immediately."

"I know."

On the first day of the twelfth month, he leaped off the cliff and landed steadily directly below the "heart".

He looked up at the disgusting fused creation.

"【ox】."

On the first day of December, his right fist clenched tightly, a terrifying power gathering within his muscles.

He suddenly exerted force with both legs, and his whole body shot into the sky like an arrow, punching hard at the bottom of his "heart"!

"when!!!"

A deafening roar, like the thunder of a great bell.

On December 1st, he felt as if his fist had struck a steel plate. The enormous recoil made his arm slightly numb.

"What?" Maya exclaimed from above.

The power of the [Ox] talisman is enough to withstand a tsunami! It didn't even break the outer shell of this thing?

On the first day of December, he stood up and shook his wrist.

He looked at the dark red rock layer on the surface of the "heart". On the rock layer, an ancient rune was faintly emerging.

That is the mark of the Earth Demon.

"I see. Basha entrusted the defense to the Earth Demon."

On the first day of December, he wiped the dust from the corner of his mouth.

"They really came up with the idea of ​​using the earth's power as a shell."

"Can we use the [Dragon] talisman to blast it open?" Maya shouted from above.

"No. If we use full-power blasting, the entire mountain will collapse."

On the first day of December, he took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

He raised his right hand again, his palm pressed against the indestructible, dark red rock shell.

"【Tiger】."

Yin and Yang in balance, principles in harmony.

The power of the Tiger talisman silently seeped into the huge "heart" through his palm.

In the perception of the new moon, this "heart" is a perfect balance. The water of Basha and the earth of Dikui are combined in a subtle ratio to form this impenetrable defense.

The corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

"Click-clack..."

An extremely faint cracking sound echoed in the quiet cave.

The dark red rock shell, which had previously withstood even the [Ox] talisman, suddenly began to peel off and crack in large areas.

Having lost the perfect containment of the Earth's laws, the violent, high-pressure water-attribute energy inside was unrestrained and instantly gushed out from the crack!

"Boom!"

Crimson flames shot out from the palm of the hand on the first day of the twelfth month.

In an instant, the enormous "heart" deflated like a punctured balloon, rapidly shrinking and eventually turning into a lifeless puddle of stagnant water, which crashed to the bottom of the cave.

The blue pipes connecting the earth's veins withered and broke.

On the first day of the twelfth month, he let out a long sigh of relief.

Although he had solved one problem, he knew that this was just the beginning.

"We need to think this through more carefully; things can't go on like this."

On the first day of December, he walked up the cliff.

"Let's go back to Tokyo."