Chapter 21: Heart Shock, Accidental Injury and Killing
"Hahahaha!" Ryomen Sukuna laughed wildly, but tears were flowing from the four eyes on his face.
He held his face in his hands excitedly, and the black lines on his forehead and cheeks looked evil and weird.
The long nails scratched his face without any resistance, leaving ten bloody marks. Ryomen Sukuna seemed to feel no pain at all, and nervously curled his fingers, moving like an innocent and lively little girl, holding his face with both hands and slightly tilting his head, as if admiring beautiful flowers.
His tears seemed to never dry up, and there was a clear sadness in his eyes, but his chest couldn't stop vibrating with joy, and his cruel and evil laughter continued.
It's so interesting! It's such a new feeling!
A little more, a little more!
He brushed his fingertips across, wiping away the tears streaming down his face, but when he found that he could not wipe them all away, he casually inserted his fingers into the two eyes below.
“Puff——”
Smash the eyeball and dig deep into the eye socket...
Blood mixed with yellow tissue fluid slid down his cheek...
The reversal technique that was used subconsciously was blocked by the fingers, and the invasion of foreign objects hindered the rapid growth of flesh and blood.
ah……
Oh my god!
I'm a little reluctant to return it to that little kid!
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"Why did the cursed spirit transformed by Yuji Itadori suddenly go crazy?" Shirasuka wondered.
Jiang Jiu spent the whole night watching the Nine Square Array from Bai Qichuan's perspective. Although all his mental energy was withdrawn from that place, there was a light screen projected by the system in Jiang Jiu's mind, broadcasting the situation of other characters. For the time being, Jiang Jiu could only watch it from Bai Qichuan's identity.
Because of the speed of time flow, the image on the light screen seemed to be slowed down seven times. If Jiang Jiu had not been thinking about Fushiguro Megumi, Bai Suchuan would have fallen asleep due to sleepiness.
Now Bai Qichuan just leans against the head of the bed, puts a ball of fur behind his head to protect his cervical spine, stays up late with a light on and pretends to read a book, but he is actually absent-minded.
Fortunately, the other tsukumogami had all gone to bed, and no one saw the light to urge him to sleep.
Because the image was slowed down, the behavior of the cursed spirit, who looked like Yuji Itadori wearing "dark makeup", became even more bizarre.
Sometimes he laughs, sometimes he gets angry, and he even hurts himself! So strange, what kind of evil debuff did he get?
Alas, if you can’t see the scene from a first-person perspective, it’s easy to get confused.
It was a pity that Jiang Jiu didn't get to experience the "madness" of the Nine Square Array in person. What does it feel like to have a stress value of over 90?
Jiang Jiu was still quite interested. After all, the purpose of playing games was to experience various lives. Otherwise, why would there be so many weird characters?
But he was really afraid of pain! As for the fatal injury of the Nine Square Array, if it were placed in reality, the pain alone would be enough to kill people! Ordinary people who have not undergone pain resistance training do not have such strong nerves!
Jiang Jiu was so curious that he couldn't stay any longer, so he paused the game and looked for guides on the forum.
"How to relieve pain in the [Curse and Love] expansion pack?" or "Can pain be blocked in the game?"
I found the official answer from the game: In order to provide a realistic experience, the sensation of pain cannot be blocked or weakened.
It's a bit frustrating, but I think it's better not to suffer that.
Unexpectedly, after a while on the forum, a new light bulb suddenly appeared. A master who played "Curse and Love" shared his experience in a post:
"A Cursed Corpse is a doll driven by cursed energy. Whether it can be considered a life depends on whether it has a core and a soul. So can a human become a Cursed Corpse? After all, humans have a heart as their core and also have a soul."
"Those who have played the expansion pack of [Curse and Love] know that Panda, a second-year student at Tokyo High School, is a cursed corpse made by Principal Ye Moth. It can automatically repair itself after being destroyed, and it won't die even if a part of its body is missing, but it consumes a lot of cursed energy."
"If your body is seriously damaged in battle and you don't have time to return to the high-level treatment point, and you don't want to tear up your card, you can either immediately learn the reversal technique to heal yourself, or try to permanently transform yourself into a cursed corpse, or only transform briefly during battle. I'd like to share my successful experience with you, see below for details..."
Jiang Jiu was ecstatic. He didn't know who Panda was, but Yuji Itadori had told him what Cursed Corpse was. Transforming into Cursed Corpse temporarily would increase attack and defense capabilities, and it could also automatically repair limbs... Why not do something that would bring all kinds of benefits without any harm?
Isn't it just a cursed skeleton? Being outside the human world is also a rare gaming experience!
I'm not a human being anymore!
Jiang Jiu memorized the steps shared by his predecessors in detail according to 1, 2, 3, then returned to the game and directly switched to the Nine Square Array.
Hiss! It hurts so much... Eh? Why doesn't it hurt?
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Megumi Fushiguro was sucked into the field by the pitch-black cursed energy. She thought she would be controlled like Ryomen Sukuna, experiencing joy and sorrow at times, but she was only deprived of her eyesight by the darkness and had no other attack techniques.
Now he couldn't see the two Sukuna, nor could he see where the Nine Square Formation was, and he couldn't even summon the Jade Dog.
This field is very restraining to his techniques!
We must think about tactics!
We can’t let Ryoumen Sukuna escape from the control of the domain before Yuji wakes up!
Fushiguro Megumi, calm down! Quick! Find a way to do something!
Suddenly, Fushiguro Megumi heard the movement of the Nine Square Array in the distance. Because it was so quiet in the darkness, every move of humans would be infinitely magnified, and every movement of the Nine Square Array could be seen clearly in Fushiguro Megumi's clear mind like a model.
Lift your head out of the hole in the ground - support your body with your hands - push your hind legs against the ground and squat - lift your hands off the ground - stagger to stand up.
"Kyuho..." Fushiguro Megumi couldn't believe it.
If the expansion of the field means that the magic power of the Nine-square Array is still sufficient, he can still fight with the magic power alone.
Then, his body had suffered irreversible damage. If it were an ordinary person, he would probably die instantly!
With the body that Jiu Fang Zhen had just been in, it was difficult for him to even breathe, but he could actually stand up on his own? !
Although I really hope he is okay, this is impossible!
Could it be that he has mastered the reversal technique?
No! The breathing is still intermittent, no!
Jiang Jiu no longer wanted to describe his current emotional state, but in short, something was very wrong.
The pressure value of the Nine Square Array was now 91%, and [Madness] had been triggered. Logically, he should be shouting and slashing like a madman, attacking the surrounding things indiscriminately. Why did he feel like he was split into two parts, one half clamoring for destruction, and the other half lazily resigning himself to fate?
And the few seconds before I was forced to disconnect, I was in so much pain, why can't I feel any pain now? I can't feel any pain at all!
Jiu Fang Zhen got up and "looked" at the "Cursed Spirit" standing beside him with half-closed eyes.
This cursed spirit seemed to have not moved for a long time, and the mocking venom had stopped spitting out. If he had not been in the dark realm and was the only one who could use his eyes "normally", he would not have noticed that there was someone standing next to him.
Although Fushiguro Megumi was unable to summon Shikigami, he had experience fighting in the dark and could not see the hidden cursed energy, so he could use his other five senses to explore. Therefore, he discovered the changes in Ryomen Sukuna at the first time.
What is this feeling?
——Yuji Itadori is awake!
Very good!
"Kyukata!" Fushiguro Megumi shouted excitedly.
"Ryoumen Sukuna has been suppressed, and the one next to you is Itadori Yuji, you can lift the domain!"
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"Jiufang! Jiufang?"
The darkness around did not change, and the Nine Square Formation did not react at all.
not good!
"Yuji? Yuji!" The domineering and evil cursed power of Ryomen Sukuna disappeared, and the person breathing now was obviously Yuji Itadori who had woken up, but Yuji's state... was the same as Ryomen Sukuna who did not resist just now!
Oh no! Fushiguro Megumi felt something was wrong!
He discovered that the Nine Squares might have been completely unaware from the beginning that Yuji Itadori was the incarnation of Ryomen Sukuna! No one had ever explained to him how Yuji entered the world of sorcery!
Because he couldn't see the opponent's face, he treated the opponent he was fighting as a dangerous cursed spirit from the very beginning!
He is purifying!
Can Jiufang still think now? Can he find out that the person hit by the field has turned into a tiger stick?
Damn it! We must find a way to prevent the resurrected Tiger Stick from being killed by the Nine Square Array!
Fushiguro Megumi is upset, this is really outrageous!
In the Nine Square Formation's spirit, of the two warring emotions, the desire to fight and the desire to destroy gradually prevailed, and he finally wanted to take the initiative to attack, instead of thinking: It would not be bad if I, such a rubbish, was killed early.
The thought of destroying everything just arose, and he wanted to drive his body to carry it out, but his body did not obey the brain's instructions and was always a beat slower.
It doesn’t matter, it’s okay to be a beat slower, the person standing next to you is a sitting duck.
"boom--"
The burning cursed energy brushed against Yuji Itadori's waist, and he dodged the punch instinctively.
Nine Square Array: Unfortunately, his body was too slow, and even though he threw a powerful punch, it was easily dodged by the "Curse Spirit".
As expected...he is a waste!
Oh, forget it, there's no need to use physical techniques. He's obviously immersed in a vast ocean of cursed energy, why would he resort to using an attack method that he's not good at?
So he controlled the cursed power around his body, and turned it into swords and arrows in the darkness, flying rapidly towards Yuji Itadori.
With his mind filled with a lot of contradictory and crazy thoughts, Yuji Itadori just barely dodged the punches and kicks around him, and then relied on his hearing to escape far away from a large number of flying knives and arrows.
Yuji Itadori was about to lose his mind. Subconsciously, he felt that the operation of adding cursed power to his fist at the beginning was somewhat familiar, but in his memory, he was just in the juvenile detention center and had no power to resist the special cursed spirit, so he could only exchange the control of his body to Ryomen Sukuna.
Is he still fighting the cursed spirit now? Did Ryoumen Sukuna defeat the special cursed spirit?
Chaotic emotions trigger chaotic memories.
After a while, the grandfather's voice in the ward was heard - it was nostalgia and warmth, but it was twisted into hatred and joy;
One moment, Gojo Sensei announced that he was sentenced to death - anger and confusion were artificially twisted into relief and indifference;
Then, Fushiguro and Kugisaki faced a huge threat in the juvenile detention center - they were clearly worried and wished for the best, but as soon as their minds turned, they turned into gloating and cursing.
And Jiufang, who was born with a flaw - he had always felt sorry for and admired her, but now he was only filled with jealousy and disgust...
In such stagnant darkness, he seemed to be controlled, thinking all sorts of random thoughts. The part of his brain that controlled his emotions seemed to be arbitrarily crushed and shaped into a mess by invisible hands.
I can’t judge it rationally at all... Am I still alive?
Even in a state of confusion and madness, Yuji Itadori still relied on his beast-like instinct to dodge all the hidden arrows and escape far away from the source of danger.
Ah, I can’t see it anymore… Jiu Fang Zhen lamented sadly in a corner of his mind that was occupied by frenzy.
The cursed spirit had fled, and his glassy eyes could no longer find the enemy...
The brain of the Nine Square Array told him: I am very angry!
His body told him: This is nothing. Haven’t you encountered this situation before and already have countermeasures?
Brain: What? Why can’t I remember? Never mind. I’ll leave it to you.
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So this time, his body acted before his brain.
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The cursed energy in the area suddenly became stagnant and sticky, enveloping the three people inside and causing their movements to slow down again and again.
Jiu Fangzhen held up a round ball of curse power in each hand, and threw it in the direction he believed the curse spirit was. The moment after throwing it out, he felt that the curse spirit might not be in that direction, so he gathered a new black ball in his hand and threw it in the other direction from a distance.
“Boom—boom—”
The thrown spell ball mixed with random arrows, wreaking havoc in the vast area. The buildings within the area had already collapsed, and being hit by the spell ball would also send many broken bricks and tiles flying, causing a secondary attack.
The locked-in Yuji Itadori moved slowly, his sanity was already on the edge of the cliff, and his ability to judge the battle situation was greatly reduced. Facing the cursed balls flying around in the darkness, it was difficult for him to use his ears to judge when to dodge and when to take a break. His body, which had recovered completely, was hit by arrows and rubble again, leaving streaks of blood.
While hiding here and there, once you touch the edge of the field, you will be immediately bounced back to the center of the field by unknown cursed power and be hit by the most violent blow of the cursed power bullet.
Yuji Itadori, who already had a splitting headache, found it even more difficult to think and could only move and flee in a panic.
Moreover, he has very, very strong impulses! His restless emotions drive him to do some absurd things that he cannot understand and has no reason.
“Pah—”
He broke the ring finger of his left hand for no apparent reason.
At that moment, he was suddenly very dissatisfied with his fingers. Even the process of "thinking" did not appear in his brain. His action was already over.
Although Fushiguro Megumi, who was not targeted by malicious intent, still had his sanity intact, his severely injured body was unable to dodge the stray arrows flexibly, and he was now in a very miserable state.
However, relying on his powerful hearing trained by Maki-senpai, he keenly perceived that the Nine Square Array's cursed balls would only be thrown far away, probably because he subconsciously believed that the enemy would flee far away.
His attack mode is very simple! If it is a large and slow-moving cursed spirit, this indiscriminate attack is indeed very effective. But if it is a nimble human, it is still easy to escape and dodge under normal conditions.
——No wonder when Teacher Glass recalled, she said that those who were accidentally injured were those who failed to escape in time and were simply bombarded by the "madman" with cursed energy, leaving no trace of the technique.
Because the Nine Square Array had no offensive spells at all! When he couldn't lock onto a target, he could only use the most primitive "throwing stones" to launch a large-scale long-range attack!
If both Yuji and I were in our prime... Damn it! Stop making assumptions!
What should I do? What should I do? Find a solution quickly!
Although they did not show any intense emotions, the Nine Square Formation was clearly in a frenzy!
It doesn't matter if I accidentally hurt someone. It doesn't matter if I accidentally kill someone.
Killing people, killing cursed spirits, anything that got in his way was the same to him. He would kill them all!
Fushiguro Megumi was shocked.
This is a real "little lunatic"!
He is crazy!
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How can he stop him...?
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