Chapter 56
finger?
When [Xia Youjie] suddenly mentioned fingers, Yuqu Kazuma's subconscious reaction was that the special-grade cursed item still lying in his inventory—[Ryomen Sukuna's Fingers].
This also means that the sudden release of the seal on the top-grade cursed artifact and the resulting surge of cursed spirits in the hospital were also the work of the other party.
"What good would it do you to make Hisahito swallow that finger?"
The other party would bring up this topic, so Kazuma Hatake would take the opportunity to inquire about information and find out how the other party could defend against his attacks.
Is it a skill that absorbs or neutralizes? It doesn't seem like it...
The blood bullets were fired at such a speed that, with the naked eye, Kazuma Hatake couldn't see how his opponent managed to remain unharmed, or even make any defensive move.
In other words, even if you continue to use the [Blood-Stained Fighting Spear] attack, it is highly unlikely that you will be able to cause any damage.
Kazuma Hatake put the [Bloodstained Fighting Spear] back into his inventory and faced him empty-handed.
"Well... I don't want to explain the plan too clearly here. Although I know you probably can't do it, I still want to be on the safe side."
[Xia Youjie] gave a rather apologetic expression—in this respect, he was even more gentle and emotional than Yuqu Kazuma.
In contrast, Kazuma Hatake was on high alert, his attention focused intently on his opponent's movements.
"Oh dear, but I'm still very curious."
He heard [Xia Youjie] speak again.
"After all the effort you've put in, after practically taking over the General Headquarters, ruling the Kamo family, and even bringing Tokyo High School under your control—all you want to do is lighten Gojo Satoru's burden?"
The tone was somewhat unbelievable, and even carried a hint of mockery.
"What, do you have a problem with that?"
Kazuma Hatake finally spoke, "And what is your purpose? What is your connection with the [mastermind] who murdered the Chief?"
"Okay, okay, just consider it as me taking orders from [that person]."
Xia Youjie said leisurely, "However, you are calmer than I expected."
"What's wrong? Why haven't you used that domain-like forced eating technique on me yet?"
He tilted his head, pretended to think for a moment, and then snapped his fingers as if he had suddenly realized something.
"As expected, the environment here doesn't meet the prerequisites for you to activate it, does it?"
He really couldn't use it. [Inviting Guests] requires at least one room, but this place is a desolate, uninhabited mountain forest, which does not meet the activation conditions for [Inviting Guests].
However, Kazuma Hatori could not answer the other party truthfully, and instead brought up the previous topic again.
Who exactly is the mastermind behind this?
Upon hearing this question, Xia Youjie's smile widened even further.
"How can I just tell you something like this? You should find the answer yourself, okay?"
"You'd better try harder, otherwise—"
Kazuma Hatake didn't give him time to continue speaking slowly. Instead, he clasped his hands together and, in the deliberately left gap, quickly completed a single-target, high-speed attack that compressed blood and launched a blood arrow.
!
Despite the oncoming arrow of blood, Xia Youjie casually finished the second half of his sentence.
"But you might die here."
A strange, half-fish, half-dragon creature, swimming leisurely in the air, circled in front of [Xia Youjie] and blocked the attack with its hard scales.
Kazuma Hatori frowned, clearly not expecting a cursed spirit to suddenly appear and take the hit.
But this is different from the initial blood bullet situation; he didn't see any cursed spirits appear back then.
"Hmm? It seems you don't know my technique."
Xia Youjie, on the other hand, was exceptionally considerate and began to explain to him.
"This is my technique [Spell Manipulation Technique]. Its specific effect is that I can freely manipulate the spell spirits I have subdued, and there is no limit to the number. Hmm, like this."
While he was speaking, Kazuma Hatake seized the opportunity and launched another attack, , which was specifically aimed at the unprotected position of the cursed spirit. However, it was blocked by the second cursed spirit that appeared again.
However, this one was not as strong as the first cursed spirit that appeared, and it perished together with the blood arrow fired by Kazuma Hatori.
According to [Xia Youjie]'s description of this technique, the number of cursed spirits he possesses is definitely more than a dozen or twenty.
In other games, this would mean that this is an elite BOSS that is difficult to kill even with minimal damage, because he will constantly summon minions to block his attacks, making him extremely annoying to fight.
Kazuma Hatake remained silent and wary for a moment. Seeing that the other party had no intention of retaliating, he asked.
"Did you also cause the surge of cursed spirits in the hospital?"
This statement was made with a very certain tone.
"Hmm? More or less."
[Xia Youjie] clapped his hands, and more and more cursed spirits emerged from the spatial rifts opened by the ink brush, almost filling the open space.
"Back then, to prevent leaving any remnants of the cursed power, I had to release the spell to free them. Speaking of which, when I released them into the vicinity, I had to ask someone to help me eliminate their aura and drive them away, so that they could be perfectly hidden before the action and still chase after my finger with a clear objective."
"But you failed."
Kazuma Hatori's tone was icy, completely refusing to cooperate with the other party's seemingly gentle and easy-going attitude.
"No, it was a success."
[Xia Youjie] pinched his chin and said to Yuqu Kazuma with great interest.
"It would be best if Hisahito Itadori could swallow his finger—but I don't expect to succeed there."
"I just wanted to test the limits of your combat power first."
The repeated calculations were all to test, to the greatest extent possible, the extent to which Kazuma Hagoromo could achieve his goals.
Now that everything was ready, he could safely eliminate his opponent—before his true identity was fully discovered.
[Prison Gate] is meant to be used against Gojo Satoru, it's not worth using here.
Watching the low-level cursed spirits rush forward be pierced by several shotgun-like drops of blood, [Xia Youjie] remained unmoved, only summoning more cursed spirits.
"[Crimson Blood Manipulation Technique] was touted as a technique without any weaknesses, and I believed that back then."
—He even had plenty of time to explain.
"Unfortunately, that's just the Kamo family bragging. And you don't have the habit of carrying blood packs with you. Although the technique is novel, it ultimately cannot be separated from the upper limit of your own blood supply."
"And you—you don't know how to deploy a domain that can cause area-of-effect damage and is guaranteed to hit?"
[Xia Youjie] has indeed studied Yuqu Kazuma's skills extremely thoroughly, and every move he makes is only to deplete his curse power.
[Black Flash]!
Kazuma Hatake lowered his body, and with the help of the game, his punches were both powerful and fast, accompanied by a roaring torrent of dark lightning.
"Black Flash, I really admire your ability to use it consistently. Have you found some special trick?"
But this attack was still ineffective.
[Xia Youjie] doesn't need to dodge at all; countless cursed spirits will come out to protect him. No matter whether the skills are melee or ranged, they can't hurt this guy at all.
Finally, there's the skill that Kazuma Hatake possesses: [Obsession of Views] activated by Natsuyuki Suke.
[Failed to launch].
The game interface coldly displayed the message.
Kazuma Hatake paused for a moment as he cleansed up the cursed spirits, finding it hard to believe the result.
Is this a skill with a chance of failure? Impossible, it wasn't mentioned in the description.
Upon seeing the clasp, Xia Youjie's lips curled into a knowing smile.
"It doesn't work for me? No wonder, given my current special condition."
One cursed spirit after another continued to emerge from around him. As soon as an old cursed spirit was exorcised and fell to the ground, turning into ashes, a new cursed spirit would immediately replenish it. All of them were low-level items prepared to consume Kazuma Hatake.
Even though it's a low-tier item that can be killed with a single hit, the amount of blood that Kazuma Hatake needs to consume is fixed—because the spell power required by the skill is fixed.
Kazuma Hatake: "…………"
His curse power was almost depleted. The he just used could quickly clear the field, but each use required a large amount of [Curse Power Crystals] from his inventory to replenish it, and it still couldn't hit [Xia Youjie]. The cost-effectiveness was really not high.
Kazuma Hatori lowered his body, showing no sign of panic as he faced the layers upon layers of cursed spirits surrounding him.
Even in the midst of battle, he maintained his composure, rapidly devising a plan to defeat this uninvited enemy.
He never expected the villain in this game to be so cunning, even knowing how to prepare countermeasures against his skills...!
To this day, he still doesn't understand why the blood bullet he fired at the other party disappeared.
Kazuma Hatake's intuition told him that it was important to understand this—but why was it important?
His thoughts paused for a moment, and realizing that there was no way to figure it out immediately, he quickly turned to another direction.
No, the disappearance of the blood bullet might indeed be a point worth noting, but at this moment he has missed the real key!
—The cursed spirits he kills here will not drop [Curse Power Crystals].
It won't drop [Curse Crystals]... Just like the phenomenon of exorcising [Herpes Root] in the abandoned hospital last time!
Therefore, that was also a test arranged in advance by the other party.
The cursed spirits wandering the hospital at the time belonged to the other party, not were unclaimed wild monsters. Therefore, they did not drop [Curse Power Crystals].
Since the [Herpes Root Cause] incident was also a test arranged by the other party, doesn't that mean that this guy in front of us can actually command Kamo Chokichi behind the scenes?
Considering what he just said, he seems to know a great deal about the Kamo family and their ancestral technique, [Crimson Blood Manipulation]...
- The person in charge of the director's office is very old, older than many of the senior executives.
- The phenomenon of patients falling into unexplained comas has been ongoing for decades.
"turn out to be,"
Amidst the hum of yet another torrent of darkness, Kazuma Hatori calmly spoke.
"You are the one who planted the spell on Fushiguro Miki."
He stated this judgment with absolute certainty, and as the other party finally showed a surprised expression, a system pop-up window appeared in front of him.
[Current hidden quest: Megumi Fushiguro's Worries, completed.]
[Reward: Gain the skill .]
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