Jujutsu Kaisen: I have everything I need now!

"who is he?!"

Yuta Otsukoshi supported himself and barely managed to lift his head. When his gaze passed over Mami and landed on the strange young man who had suddenly appeared, an undisguised look of extreme shock flashed across his already pale face, which was pale from weakness.

Maki's eyes were fixed on the first day of December.

In her memory, Mai was always accompanied by a mysterious force, which was also the "external aid" that Gojo Satoru tacitly acknowledged.

But now, a real man, full of flesh and blood, has suddenly appeared beside Zhenyi!

He was dressed in the uniform of Kyoto High School of Sorcery, his feet leaving deep footprints on the sand of the microscopic world. What terrified Maki the most was that, in her unusual intuition, she could not sense the slightest fluctuation of sorcery power from the man in front of her, yet he exuded a suffocating sense of oppression simply by standing there.

"Who are you?! Why are you here?!" Maki demanded sharply. Instantly, she unleashed her last remaining strength and rushed to May's side, shielding her behind her.

At this moment, Kugizaki Nobara was placed next to a rock by Maki. She opened one eye with difficulty and looked at the handsome young man who had suddenly appeared. Her lips twitched slightly.

"Cough... Is this the... ghost who's always acting like a ghost? He actually has a pretty boy face..."

"Calm down, Maki-nee, Otsu-senpai." Mai took a deep breath. "He's the one who's always been with me. It's just that in this special barrier, he has a physical form, so you can see him just like me."

"Save the reminiscing for after the fight. You all step back and try to shrink your defensive perimeter."

His dark golden eyes showed no panic, only absolute calm.

At the top of the gravel, General Cabo lowered his head slightly, his exquisitely carved mask with a sickle totem facing the gun in May's hand, before finally shifting his gaze to December 1st.

"I can sense that you possess the same power as me."

General Cabo's voice remained completely devoid of emotion. The two short blades in his hands crossed lightly in the air, producing a grating metallic scraping sound.

"Same as your grandpa."

On the first day of the twelfth month, he sneered, too lazy to waste words.

General Cabo was not provoked; it simply raised its short blade slowly.

"Those who betray the shadows, and those unknown heretics, must be eradicated. You are all ants."

It did not give a verbal command, but hundreds of black mantis monsters hovering in mid-air simultaneously vibrated the thin wings on their backs.

"Buzz—!"

The high-frequency vibrations converged, forming an extremely piercing sound wave. Immediately afterwards, hundreds of black afterimages, like a torrential rain, swooped down from all directions towards the five people below.

"Here it comes!" Yigu Youtai forcefully squeezed out the remaining cursed power in his body, preparing to swing his sword again.

"I told you, you all step back."

The voice of the new moon in December was not loud, but it carried an unquestionable sense of command.

He suddenly raised his right hand, spread his five fingers, and clenched it tightly against the horde of monsters swooping down from mid-air.

"凝".

The air in mid-air instantly became incredibly viscous. The mantis monsters, diving at high speed, seemed to have crashed into an invisible gel wall, their speed decreasing drastically. Several monsters at the forefront were even smashed into a pulp by the immense inertia, their bodies splattering black liquid everywhere.

"Mayi!"

Zhenyi's eyes were cold; she didn't need to aim deliberately.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The trajectory of the pitch-black energy blast was traced by three distinct black ripples.

The energy blast transformed into three small gravitational vortexes the moment it touched the monster's body. The monster, before it could even scream, rapidly shriveled up, turning into black smoke and being sucked into the vortexes. The vortexes continued to expand, engulfing other monsters in the vicinity.

In just a few seconds, one-fifth of the monster horde was wiped out.

The barrel of the "Black Queen" gun became scorching hot, and May's arm trembled slightly. A large amount of mixed shadow energy flowed through the gun and into her body. She felt a sharp pain in her brain, and countless sounds began to echo in her ears.

"Shut up," Mayu roared inwardly. She bit her lip hard, using the intense pain to maintain her composure.

General Cabo, perched atop the gravel, watched this scene, his eyes beneath the mask showing no emotion.

For it, those ordinary shadow soldiers were nothing more than consumables that could be replenished at any time.

"A boring trick."

General Cabo leaned forward slightly.

The next second, it disappeared from the spot.

His pupils contracted sharply on the first day of December. His senses instantly enveloped his surroundings.

"Get out of the way!"

On the first day of December, relying on her intuition, she pushed away Zhenyi who was next to her.

Just as he pushed Zhenyi away, an extremely faint green light flashed where he had just been standing.

On December 1st, he felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder. He looked down and saw that his clothes had been neatly cut open, revealing a long, bloody gash. Blood gushed out instantly, dripping down his arm onto the sand.

"You're bleeding!"

Zhenyi roared and immediately turned her gun around, trying to locate the enemy.

Only then did General Cabo's figure slowly appear on a boulder a dozen meters behind them. He flicked the short blade in his hand, and a green, poisonous light swirled along its edge.

"A superficial wound." December 1st reached out and covered the wound. The power of the [Horse] talisman quickly concentrated on the shoulder, and the wound healed instantly.

This pain was completely foreign to him, yet incredibly real.

He stared at General Cabo in the distance, his mind racing.

"Within this microscopic barrier, it can use special methods to teleport short distances instantly. That's why its movement trajectory is not easily perceived by me."

General Cabo turned and looked at the first day of December.

"Your reaction was faster than those sorcerers'. But it was still in vain."

"Stop talking nonsense."

On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, stand up straight and slowly lower your arms.

A layer of solidified, transparent psychic armor adhered tightly to his body.

"Arrogant."

General Cabo disappeared again.

"left!"

Without any hesitation, on the first day of the twelfth month, he swung his right fist, which was enveloped in psychic power, and slammed it hard into the empty air on his left.

"clang!"

The fist collided heavily with the suddenly appearing green dagger.

A tremendous force exploded in mid-air. December took two steps back, while General Cabo was also thrown into the air by the force, tumbling before landing on the sand a short distance away.

"How is this possible?" A surprised voice came from beneath General Cabo's mask. "You actually managed to keep up with my strike?"

I stared at it on the first day of December.

"Every attack you make is a straight line."

General Cabo remained silent. He crossed his two short blades in front of his chest and crouched slightly.

The surrounding air pressure began to drop sharply.

The remaining mantis monsters, which had been hovering in mid-air, suddenly stopped flying. Their bodies began to dissolve rapidly, turning into drops of black liquid that converged towards General Cabo.

"It's absorbing the soldiers' power!" Yuta shouted from behind. "We can't let it finish!"

"I know."

Zhenyi raised her gun again.

But General Cabo moved even faster. Having absorbed a large amount of black liquid, the black cloak covering its body gradually hardened, transforming into a beetle-like black exoskeleton. The green poisonous light on its two short blades surged several times over.

"Secret Technique: Dust Slash"