What does it mean that the group members have given me back the light?

According to intelligence, there are currently five people remaining in the second dormitory, along with the cursed embryos. If these cursed embryos fully develop, they are predicted to become top-tier cursed spirits.

'Special grade...'

"Excuse me... what exactly does 'Special Grade' mean? I have absolutely no idea."

'Well, let's explain it in a way that even a complete idiot could understand.'

First, level four, easily handled with a wooden bat.

"Level three, with a pistol, I can barely feel safe."

'Level 2, a shotgun can still handle it.'

'Level 1, tanks are difficult to deal with.'

'Finally, there's the Special Class, which requires... a carpet bombing attack with cluster bombs to deal with.'

So, do you understand?

Mr. Ichiji's expression was more serious than ever before.

'Absolutely no fighting.'

When encountering a top-tier enemy, you only have two options.

'Escape or die, choose one.'

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Escape and...death...?

The cursed spirit in front of them was still dancing around, making faces at themselves and Fushiguro Megumi, who was standing there dumbfounded, seemingly not taking them seriously at all.

A bitter feeling welled up from the bottom of his heart. He lowered his head and quickly treated the hand that had been severed due to his rash attack on the cursed spirit.

"Fukuguro, take Kugizaki and get out of here. I'll figure out a way to hold him off..." The boy named Itadori Yuujin gritted his teeth, enduring the astonished looks of his companions.

"After you get out, find a way to give me the code."

"At that time... I will let Su Nu... come out!"

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Chapter Six: Light Descends (4k)

[You have received the buff - Basic Spell Power (You will be able to see Spell Spirits, and attacks will directly affect Spell Spirits proportionally)]

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"Is this... the world for newcomers?"

Joseph frowned as he observed the surrounding space.

It was dark and damp, with a kind of rotten, sweet, and fishy smell in the air, like the odor of the slow decay of some kind of creature's internal organs.

This is a building similar to a student dormitory, but unlike ordinary buildings, the walls here are not straight upwards, but twisted and extended in a way that violates the laws of physics, as if forcibly stretched by some indescribable force.

Even more bizarrely, the entire building seemed to have no end. Looking up, the floors were stacked one on top of another, stretching infinitely until the view was swallowed up by some kind of chaotic darkness.

In terms of sheer discomfort... even Dio's palace pales in comparison to this place.

Joseph made a silent assessment, but instead of rushing off, he pulled out a Thompson submachine gun and waited in place for a while.

A short while later, he heard footsteps behind him.

The clicking and clacking sounds of the internal parts of the firearms echoed in the space at the same time.

Joseph looked at the young man in front of him who had made the same gun-raising motion at almost the same time as him.

"Emiya?" Joseph asked, frowning.

"Joseph?"

Kiritsugu Emiya simply put down the Calico M959A submachine gun in his hand.

He looked up and observed the surrounding space, lighting a cigarette in his mouth: "The arrival times are different, it seems that the efficiency of teleportation between different worlds is different."

"...I hope the girls in the group won't do anything reckless."

Joseph shook his head with some concern, then returned to the main point: "I have never experienced similar terrain before. What can you discern about this space?"

"It's a domain similar to a Reality Marble, although it's inferior to a real Reality Marble in both quality and size."

Kiritsugu Emiya calmly concluded: "The methods to break through are basically the same: find the master of this place and kill him; or find the edge or exit of the domain and force your way through."

"Then let's find that kid Itajō first, and then decide whether to fight or run away."

Joseph took out a parchment scroll, and a purple vine with golden lightning appeared on his arm, which he gently touched on the parchment scroll.

Under Kiritsugu Emiya's slightly surprised gaze, the parchment scroll gradually revealed the shape of the surrounding terrain, as if it had been painted with some special potion beforehand.

"HERMIT PURPLE - My Stand, its ability is Nen writing."

Joseph explained that after sharing the map with each other and having memorized it, they picked up their guns again.

"That kid's inside, are we going to go for it?" Joseph asked solemnly.

"Hmph." Kiritsugu Emiya snorted lightly, stomping out the cigarette butt he had thrown at his feet, remaining noncommittal.

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"Nue!"

Inside the plummeting elevator tunnel, Fushiguro Megumi formed a hand seal to summon the Ten Kage. A human-faced, bird-bodied shikigami appeared behind him, spreading its wings and firmly gripping his shoulder. Thanks to this force, which counteracted gravity, he was able to land unharmed.

In the dim light, Fushiguro Megumi's unpleasant expression was not visible, yet he continued running tirelessly through the bottomless tunnel without stopping for a moment.

The memory from a minute ago kept replaying in his mind.

'How is this even possible?! To sever an arm while simultaneously dealing with a top-tier cursed spirit?!'

'I know... but take a closer look...'

"……?"

'This guy's still gesticulating wildly, completely underestimating us... If it's just about buying time, I can manage.'

'no! '

'Fu Hei!'

'...'

Please.

...What an...incomprehensible guy!

"...Jade Dog!"

Fukuro Megumi gritted his teeth and made a hand seal again. The dark shikigami, resembling both a wolf and a dog, walked alongside him.

This is his second jade dog. After the white jade dog was instantly killed by the top-level cursed spirit, this is the last one he has left.

“Go find Kugizaki, and then…”

The voice of Fushiguro Megumi giving the order to find his lost companions suddenly stopped. He slammed on the brakes, the specially made soles of his shoes making an unpleasant sound on the ground, leaving two deep marks.

He looked at the boy who had suddenly appeared before him with surprise and doubt.

"You are... a survivor?" But as soon as he said that, he knew the answer was wrong.

Within the territory of such a massive, top-tier cursed spirit, ordinary people would have been killed long ago by the lower-tier cursed spirits it spawned, with no hope of survival whatsoever.

So, who exactly is this guy...?

Do you know where Hisahito Itadori is?

The boy's voice interrupted Fushiguro Megumi's chaotic thoughts, but before Fushiguro Megumi could react, the other party abandoned the conversation without hesitation.

"Forget it, let's just finish this quickly."

Gu Nuo sighed slightly. Whether it was the group members whose fate was now unknown, or the group of disgusting creatures around him who were even more repulsive than alien beasts, there were reasons why he couldn't afford to procrastinate.

In front of the wary Fushiguro Megumi, he took out the Evolution Truster from his pocket.

then……

The light has come.

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"Haha, I know a very old man who, when he was young, also encountered an opponent who was only wearing a blouse."

Yuujin Itadori had a slight sheen of cold sweat on his face. He forced a smile and threw out a joke that the cursed spirit in front of him could clearly not handle.

We can't win, that's beyond doubt, it was even the answer that was written on the exam paper from the very beginning.

It wasn't just because the school had only just started that Hisahito Itadori had no idea how to use his magical powers.

It's not just because of the overwhelming power of the Superior Cursed Spirit.

Most importantly, Yuujin Itadori does not dare to release the Ryomen Sukuna, his greatest reliance, which resides within him.

He believed that if he were to replace his body with Su Nuo right now, the other party would not hesitate to kill his two companions before killing the special-grade cursed spirit in front of him, just as it had threatened him earlier!

Hisahito Itadori had no doubt about the cruelty of this cursed king!

In short... stall for time first...

He kept thinking to himself about what to do, but...

sieve----

Yuji Itadori watched as the surrounding scenery began to rapidly recede and shrink in an instant.

Then there was a 'bang'.

He discovered that his entire body had been firmly embedded into the wall.

What is this... a spell barrier?

Yuji Itadori stared wide-eyed in bewilderment, his mind numb, not even having the chance to count how many bones he had broken or to savor the pain that kept assaulting his body.

He could only watch as the cursed spirit suddenly appeared before him, its hideous claws radiating a terrifying heat as a massive ball of cursed power pressed down on his face.

"what……!!!"

The thick wall behind him, reinforced with steel bars, shattered with a crash. Almost flying through the air, Yuujin Itadori's body bounced and slid across the ground several meters like a tattered rag, his eyes rolling back.

And this is not the end.

The terrifying sound of the condensed curse energy crackling and rubbing together brought Yuuji Itadori back to his nearly collapsed consciousness.

He hurriedly got up from the ground, but there was nothing around to provide him with cover. He could only grit his teeth and place his one hand in front of him, making a defensive posture that even he knew was completely useless.

boom------! ! !

The shockwave, formed from concentrated cursed power, resembled a falling sun, carrying intense heat capable of distorting the air, and crashed towards Yuujin Itadori.

The scorching air currents surged like lava, cracking and scorching the ground in their wake, creating the illusion that the ground was about to melt into liquid. Yuujin's skin stung and burned under the heat wave, his sweat evaporated before it could even seep out, and a metallic, bloody taste rose in his throat.

His pupils contracted violently as his vision was filled with the expanding mass of cursed power—it was like a greedy maw, twisting and roaring, ready to devour him completely. The shadow of death had never been so clear; he could even hear the faint cracking of his bones under the intense heat, as if they would shatter like glass at any moment.

"It hurts so much, it hurts so much, it hurts so much, it hurts so much..."

"It hurts so much, it hurts so much, it hurts so much..."

Why did I have to go through all this?

"will die……"

The moment this thought exploded in his mind, time seemed to stretch out. The light of the curse illuminated Yuujin Itadori's pale face, and the oppressive feeling of death made his breathing stop, and even his heartbeat seemed to be choked.

Then, reason crumbled into dust in the heat.

Hisahito Itadori's consciousness was torn to pieces.