Shirou Emiya is determined to kill all the cursed spirits and evil spirits

Before the magic spear completely collapsed, Emiya gently poked it with the remaining tip, and the "finger" at the top spun in the air a few times before being accurately grasped in his hand.

“So disgusting…”

It looked like the fingers severed from the mummy not only had pitch-black nails, but also had faint tattoos of strange patterns on them. It was hard to imagine what the real body of Ryoumen Sukuna, which had such fingers, would look like.

Yet, this finger felt quite heavy. Though cold on the surface, it constantly oozes malicious cursed energy. No wonder it attracts cursed spirits and is considered a dangerous item.

"But it's so tough that even the Deaththorn Spear can't break it? Or is it..."

Compared to this, Emiya is more inclined to believe that the concept of the finger as a 'heart' was stripped away at the same time as it was separated from the body of the cursed spirit.

At the same time, on the other side, seeing this scene, Megumi Fushiguro's mouth seemed to be broken and she could not close it at all.

"A special-grade cursed spirit was actually destroyed... in one strike?"

Even though there is a concept of first-level versus first-level, special-level versus special-level in the world of sorcery, and it is publicly announced that a first-level sorcerer can 100% exorcise a first-level cursed spirit, reality is not a game after all, let alone data.

Every first-level sorcerer has his or her own strengths and weaknesses, and the curse spirits are not like the NPCs in the game, who only have the same spells and abilities.

The title of special-grade sorcerer is only given by the sorcery world to those with extraordinary strength, and is not counted in the normal rating system.

Therefore, some experienced and powerful first-level sorcerers can completely exorcise special-grade cursed spirits on their own.

However, Megumi Fushiguro had only seen such a relaxed look on one person.

The true "strongest" in the world of curse arts - Gojo Satoru.

"Huh? There's no need to be so surprised, Fushiguro-kun. Actually, I gave it my all to achieve this result."

Emiya saw the shock in Megumi Fushiguro's heart, so he comforted her.

He wasn't lying. After all, releasing the true name of a Noble Phantasm consumes a lot of magic power, especially the type like Gáe Bolg, which also consumes magic power during production. This is a completely thankless task for Emiya.

This is why, when fighting, Heroic Spirit Emiya usually uses Illusion Destruction, which directly destroys Noble Phantasms, rather than True Name Release, which theoretically can achieve better results.

If time wasn't too tight, Emiya wouldn't have chosen to waste a precious Noble Phantasm on such a cursed spirit.

"No, it's okay, Emiya-sensei. Don't worry about my feelings."

"In this situation, the stronger your power is, the happier I should be. It means the greater the chance that Yuji will be rescued."

"[Jade Dog] will take you there, please."

Even though his emotions were fluctuating greatly, Megumi Fushiguro never forgot his original intention, which was to rescue Yuji Itadori as soon as possible who was still confronting the special-grade cursed spirit.

"Well, leave it to me."

Emiya also didn't say anything nonsense. He nodded, turned around and followed the Jade Dog into the depths of the domain.

Looking at Emiya's figure gradually disappearing at the end, Fushiguro Megumi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If Mr. Gojo were here, he would probably have to say a lot of unnecessary words.

But that's what makes it more reassuring.

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"Just leave their bodies here. I don't want to risk my life to save a few corpses. They're just a bunch of hopeless scum."

[Okazaki Masaru, this guy was driving without a license and hit and killed a girl on her way home from school. This was his second time driving without a license.]

"You want to save many people and allow them to die properly, right? But what if the people you save kill others in the future?"

For some reason, Yuji Itadori suddenly remembered what Megumi Fushiguro had said to him not long ago.

Maybe it’s because he is about to die.

The palm of his right hand was completely severed, and the palm of his left hand was missing all the fingers.

However, the fighting style taught by Emiya Sensei was still very useful. He managed to completely lose the impact of his fists and then elbowed the cursed spirit in the face, breaking two of its front teeth.

But the price he paid was that he had lost his left leg, and there was no possibility of escape.

He doesn't want to die... Or perhaps, no one in this world really wants to die...

Even he himself chose such a dangerous path.

When he was on the verge of death, Yuji Itadori could not help but think of the words his grandfather said to him before he died. Indeed, if it weren't for those words, he might not have stepped into the world of sorcery so resolutely.

But what the principal said was right... If he had really always taken his grandfather's words as his action goal, then now that he is on the verge of death, wouldn't he also blame his grandfather?

That would be a bit too ugly...

I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I don't want to die... But even if I think so, he will still die in the end under this situation.

Was this the right death for him?

No, he's going to die anyway, so even if it wasn't right originally, he has to be made right!

Looking at the cursed spirit approaching him with laughter, Yuji Itadori silently made up his mind.

Even if I have to die, I must bite off a piece of flesh from this cursed spirit! !

"laugh?"

Closer, closer, closer...Then all that’s left is!

Boom-!

Ah...what...?

Just when Yuji Itadori was finally about to use up his last bit of strength to make a fatal attack, he suddenly felt a sudden stop in his heart, and then his entire consciousness fell into a depth.

Black lines quickly spread across his body, and two tiny gaps inexplicably appeared under the corners of his eyes, and then a new pair of eyes opened there.

"What's going on here... resonance? Is there something wrong with the finger?"

Now he is no longer Yuji Itadori, but the cursed king from a thousand years ago, Ryomen Sukuna.

Even if the fingers, soul, and strength are divided into twenty parts, they are still one body after all - if there is a problem in any part, the remaining parts will also be able to sense it.

"It's really unpleasant. What's going on with this dying feeling..."

Sukuna frowned, then put aside the thought that would produce no results just by thinking about it, and instead looked up at the special-grade cursed spirit that took a step back in front of him.

Its senses are quite sharp, but Sukuna has no interest in it.

"But in this situation, there's no way that guy can change back for the time being, right?"

An extremely aggressive smile appeared on Sukuna's face, and the missing limbs quickly grew back under his control.

He was quite skilled in reversal techniques.

"Let's go, let's go kill those little devils."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he treated the special-grade cursed spirit in front of him as a slave that he could command, but he did not ask whether the other party agreed or not.

After thinking quickly for a moment with its poor brain, this special-grade cursed spirit suddenly retreated and began to condense a concentrated aggregate of cursed power in its palm.

No matter what kind of changes have taken place in the prey in front of it, it can still kill the opponent now just as it did just now. This is the conclusion that the curse spirit came to in its mind.

But before the attack could be launched, a third voice suddenly appeared in the field.

"It doesn't feel right. I'm a step too late..."

"Are you Yuji Itadori now, or Ryoumen Sukuna?"

At the entrance of a pipe high up, Emiya appeared, and his words sounded quite cold, as if he was ready to attack at any time.

“Eh…Huh?!?!”

The first one to give feedback was not Ryomen Sukuna, but the special-grade cursed spirit that happened to be sandwiched between the two.

Its head quickly turned to Emiya, then quickly turned back to Ryomen Sukuna. Its poor brain had no idea what the situation was.

Could it be that they are in the same group, and I am the one being hunted, the prey?

Volume 1: Chapter 68: Sukuna: To Make You Enjoy Yourself

"Huh? Do you think I look like that sniveling kid?"

This is how Ryoumen Sukuna responded to Emiya's question.

Moreover, he was in a very bad mood right now.

"That guy is truly disgusting. He has absolutely no idea what respect is. He even thought he'd wait until his companions escape so that I could help him clean up this mess."

"But perhaps he underestimated my retribution. The phenomenon of [Resonance] has temporarily deprived this kid of the ability to change back. Now his body is under my control."

"I've come up with a great way to make this kid regret this."

"Wasn't he willing to sacrifice himself to let those two companions escape? So I'm going to catch up with those brats and kill them right in front of him, how about that?"

Why should you reveal all your plans and ideas?

Of course, it’s because only in this way can things become more interesting!

Walking at night in fine clothes, like Gojo Satoru, who clearly has the strongest power but still depends on the so-called rules of the world, Ryomen Sukuna would never do such a stupid thing.

As a strong person, how can you not bully the weak?

There is no point in killing someone easily and casually. You have to tell the other person that you are going to kill him first, so that it will have meaning.

Curse power, curses, cursed spirits, these things are born from negative emotions. Humans cannot suppress these emotions. What's wrong with him adding a little booster?

"...What a nasty fellow, Ryoumen Sukuna."

Emiya probably understood why this guy could be called the [Cursed King] a thousand years ago.

Putting aside factors such as strength, his behavior and thoughts are indeed quite bad.

Free and unrestrained?

If one only focused on their own life, this wouldn't be considered a derogatory term. However, the thoughts of Ryoumen Sukuna before them clearly fell outside this category.

He does not regard humans as equal to himself, and even ignores all life.

He believes that the world should revolve purely around him, and anything that goes against his will should be eliminated. This is his truest thought.

"Bad? It doesn't matter. I've heard that kind of talk so many times that my ears are numb."

"Those sorcerers from a thousand years ago cursed me harshly at first, but in the end, they still worshipped me as a ghost or god... Gentle methods are useless against humans; they only make them more aggressive."

He casually put his hands in his pockets, and Ryomen Sukuna's expression finally changed slightly when he saw Emiya in person.

"You have one of my fingers, right? If you return it, I'll kill one less person."

As the Curse King, he was a man of his word. After all, he had promised to preserve Emiya's life and cook for him, so he certainly wouldn't use a bargaining chip he had already used once.

"Unfortunately, I refuse."

"As long as we confine you to this place before Itadori Yuji wakes up, there won't be any casualties."

Knowing that there was no room for negotiation with such a guy, Emiya crushed any possibility of such communication without hesitation.

Didn't Ryoumen Sukuna reveal everything himself? Itadori Yuji only temporarily lost the ability to change back.

Even if Yuji Itadori is unable to come back on his own, Emiya will try to make this guy lose his ability to move, tie him up back and slowly think of a countermeasure.

“Eh…Ah!!!”

The special-grade cursed spirit, who was sandwiched between the two and was always ignored, finally couldn't stand this feeling anymore.

It may not be very smart, but its senses are extremely sharp - these two guys simply ignored it and treated it as an insignificant background board, or as an ant that can be easily wiped out on the roadside and therefore does not need to be paid attention to.

It can't bear it, it absolutely can't bear such humiliation!

This is obviously its territory!

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

The negative emotions brought about by anger and humiliation caused the intensity of its cursed energy to soar. The cursed energy, concentrated to a power comparable to a cluster bomb, began to condense in the center of its palm, and then in the next second...

boom--!

Feeling that this guy was annoying and noisy standing between him and Emiya, Sukuna kicked it in the chest, sending the special-grade cursed spirit crashing into the distant wall and disappearing for a moment.

The difference in cursed power between them was obviously not that huge, but when they really fought, Ryomen Sukuna completely crushed the special-grade cursed spirit.

In terms of fighting ability alone, he is definitely one of the strongest in the world.

"You know what? This cursed spirit and I are both classified as special-grade cursed spirits."

The cursed spirit before him was considered special grade because it had indeed reached special grade. However, the reason why Ryoumen Sukuna was also special grade was simply because the highest level humans could judge a cursed spirit to was special grade.

"Come on, let me see what you've got, cook."