Jujutsu Kaisen: Shadow King.

『21:44』

Shibuya Subway Station.

Exit 13 (outside the tent).

despair!despair!despair!

Take the stairs step by step.

Nanami Kento had no distracting thoughts in his mind.

"Being angry about my own incompetence will never happen in my life, either in the past or in the future."

'I just need to concentrate on killing the evils that reveal the cruel reality to me.'

On the overpass.

A pool of blood came into Nanami Kento's sight. Upon closer inspection, he saw a pair of familiar glasses completely stained scarlet in the blood, but there was no sign of their owner.

"..."

The scene of Haibara's near death flashed through his mind. Nanami Kento looked up to the sky, closed his eyes and sighed, but no rain could wash away the sadness and resentment in his heart.

"You're provoking me, right?"

Nanami Kento's tone rarely changed, and he growled angrily.

But at this time.

A hand reached over from the side and picked up the glasses from the pool of blood.

Nanami Kento was stunned for a moment, then turned around to look.

But see.

Yi Zhidi Jie Gao, with his suit torn and blood all over his body, looked like nothing had happened.

He took out a piece of glasses cloth from his pocket which was stained with blood on the edges but relatively clean overall, and wiped the blood clots on the glasses that had not yet completely coagulated.

“Private Marseille!”

"Mr. Nanami, sorry to have kept you waiting!"

Ichichi Jiegao put on the battle-damaged glasses and scratched his head apologetically: "Ah~ I've been looking for the glasses nearby, and I was in the dark. I didn't expect it to fall right there. Ahahaha!"

Nanami Kento: “= =”

"The blood on you..."

"Ah, this!"

"I was attacked from behind by a curse master and stabbed. I almost died!" Yi Zhidi Jiegao recalled with horror and was thankful:

"However, fortunately, the Zenin family master's Shikigami, Miss Jadoro, arrived in time, destroyed the curser, and then saved me with the "Reversal Ritual."

"Where is Jidara now? Since Zenin-senpai has been sealed, she shouldn't be able to move for too long." asked Nanami Kento.

Yi Zhidi Jiegao said with regret: "Sorry, I don't know either. She left in a hurry."

"Is this so?"

"I understand."

Nanami Kento nodded in understanding, and without asking any more questions about Jidoro, he explained his purpose: "Ichichi, I need you to report to the higher-ups..."

……

『22:02』

On the way from Meiji Jingumae Station to Shibuya Station on the Tokyo Metro.

despair!despair!despair!

The sound of crisp footsteps echoed in the dimly lit tunnel.

Mingming put one hand on his waist and held an axe in the other, and walked slowly towards the curse master wearing a green frog mask who was crawling backwards on the ground in front of him.

The walls of the tunnel.

A bloody and unknown object was stuck on it in the form of residue.

Not a trace of excess blood was dripped, it was completely like a mural that was evenly painted on with absolute crushing force.

The other side of the tunnel.

Huihara Xiong folded his arms across his chest and stood still seriously.

With the momentum of "one man guarding the pass, ten thousand men cannot break through", he blocked the curse master's retreat.

"You know what my technique is, right?"

"It's just 'controlling crows'."

"Very weak, isn't it?"

"Except for the advantage of flying, everything else is weaker than your 'Dog Maneuvers'."

"So I trained hard since I was a kid so that I could fight even without relying on techniques."

“‘All this was not in vain’. Now that I can easily defeat you, I can’t help but think so.”

"stop it!"

"I won't get involved in this matter anymore, please spare my life!"

The frog curser used his hands and feet, turned his back, faced Mingming, and begged for mercy loudly.

"Quiet."

Huiyuan Xiong, who was at the other end of the tunnel, frowned and reminded, "Ms. Mingming hasn't finished talking yet. It's very rude to interrupt a lady who is talking about her past."

"Uh——" The frog-headed curse master fell silent upon hearing this.

Mingming gave Huiyuan Xiong a thankful smile and continued, "I told myself that the value of a magician is not only in the magic, but also in the body!"

"But there is a limit after all..."

"The human body is too fragile. When it can no longer bear the torment of the will, it will stagnate or even collapse. It is impossible to become stronger endlessly!"

“Of course it frustrates me!”

"It was because of my frustration that I once again took a serious look at my own techniques, and that's how I was able to transform myself and become a first-class magician!"

Clap clap clap clap!

Huiyuan Xiong was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes. He clapped his hands non-stop and looked at the frog-headed curse spirit: "Come on, clap your hands. Why are you just standing there?"

"what?"

"Oh oh oh!"

Sitting cross-legged, the frog-headed curse master clapped his hands blankly.

Clap clap clap clap!

"Ah."

"OK."

Seeing this, Mingming grinned, and suddenly changed the subject: "But it's time to kill you. I just wanted to say something to pass the time."

talking.

Mingming brandished the giant axe with one hand and approached heroically.

"what?!"

The frog-headed curse master was stunned for a moment, and immediately broke into a sweat. He prostrated himself on the ground, kneeling down to Mingming and begging for mercy: "I'm so sorry for causing you trouble!"

"I won't do bad things again. At least... at least spare my life!"

"Oh?"

Mingming paused for a moment, looked at Huiyuan Xiong on the other side of the tunnel, and asked: "Huiyuan, what do you think the value and weight of life depend on?"

"Um......"

Upon hearing this, Huiyuan Xiong scratched his head and thought about it, then answered uncertainly: "It should depend on how much contribution one makes to society, right?"

"Eighty points."

"Eh?" Huiyuan Xiong was puzzled: "Why?"

"That person once said that the world revolves around 'oneself'."

“The weight and value of life should first be determined by how much it affects me as an individual, and then by how much it affects my family, society, country, and the world.”

“Nothing is more important than following your heart.”

The words fell.

Mingming smiled and nodded again.

Looking at the frog-headed curse master who was rubbing his head against the ground in front of him:

"What about you?"

"I, I, I...this...that..." The frog-headed curse master was sweating all over his face and hesitantly said nothing.

"He who takes lives at will cannot immediately state his own standards." Mingming walked to the frog-headed curse master in two or three steps, raised his axe, and declared:

“That’s why you lose.”

"By the way, for me, the meaning of life is realizing potential."

Say it.

The corner of his mouth curled up into a cruel arc, and Mingming turned around and chopped with an axe, revealing his sharp edge!

But at this time.

"Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie!"

"Decent people die from talking too much!"

"Your biggest mistake was not killing me immediately but walking towards me slowly!"

The frog-headed curse master, who had been timid all the time, suddenly twisted his lips. He maintained his kneeling posture, put his hands together to form a seal, and said with a strange smile:

"『Field Expansion: Robot Dog Ascension』!"