Tap, tap, tap.
The ground on both sides of the sewer was very damp, covered in many puddles.
This made Eichi's footsteps exceptionally clear in the empty sewer.
"Have they finally arrived?"
Mahito, lying on a hammock, put aside the Yokai Encyclopedia in his hand and got up, waiting for the prey that had come to his door.
It had to be said that human imagination was truly rich. Whether it was the previous discussion of the relationship between the Soul and the body in movies, or the various strangely shaped Yokai in the Yokai Encyclopedia, all of it gave Mahito a lot of inspiration.
Pfft, pfft, thud.
The modified humans arranged around him had already engaged the enemy, and from the sound of it, it was a one-sided massacre.
"They show no mercy. How cruel."
The sound of some sharp blade cutting through flesh kept ringing out, and the number of modified humans under his control continued to decrease. Therefore, Mahito quickly determined that the Jujutsu Sorcerer who had come this time was quite powerful.
"Hey, hey, this malice is too strong."
Mahito looked in surprise at the figure walking out of the passage, the terrifying pressure making him tremble uncontrollably.
"I heard you haven't made a move in a long time."
"Indeed. After all, Gojo is very strong, so I'm not needed at all."
Eichi walked out of the passage step by step, arriving at the hidden space.
"Oh, so I'm worth your effort. Then that's really an honor."
Mahito spoke with full enthusiasm, but in his heart, he was thinking about how to escape.
If it had been a few days ago, before Jogo had attacked Satoru, Mahito might have stayed to test Eichi's depth.
But after Jogo's attack on Satoru was easily crushed, Mahito understood.
They currently did not possess the strength to fight Eichi and Satoru.
'No, only one person?'
Mahito's eyeballs darted around, and then he realized that Eichi seemed to have truly come alone.
'If that's the case...'
A massive malice emerged from Mahito's body.
At first, Mahito thought that the Curse User, "Kamo," had sold him out, which was why a casual move had attracted one of the final bosses.
Now it seemed it was just a coincidence. Jogo and Hanami had been too active recently, so the Jujutsu World had intensified its efforts to exorcise Cursed Spirits.
It was also because of this that he had encountered Eichi today.
If he had truly been sold out, it would have been impossible for Eichi to be without a Heroic Spirit accompanying him.
After all, according to "Kamo," Eichi's biggest weakness was himself, unprotected by Heroic Spirits.
Thinking of this, Mahito decided to test him with a skirmish first.
"Hey, what do you think came first, the Soul or the body?"
"Are you asking what came first, the chicken or the egg?"
"Those two questions are indeed similar. So what's your answer?
Does the body house the Soul, or is the Soul wrapped by the body?"
Mahito looked curiously at Eichi, anticipating his answer.
"The Soul, at least in this world, the Soul is above the body."
"Interesting. Can you tell me why you came to this conclusion?"
Eichi's answer was too direct and straightforward, as if he already had the answer, which aroused Mahito's curiosity.
"Even the King of Curses, Sukuna, after possessing someone else's body, can only try every means to make their Soul collapse rather than destroy it. Moreover, after incarnation, the body changes with the Soul. Both points demonstrate the uniqueness of the Soul."
"Hahaha, you're really great. I'm even thinking of inviting you to be a companion."
"You know that's impossible."
Eichi spread his hands.
"Indeed, then... let's curse each other!"
Mahito laughed heartily for a while, then, as if tired from laughing, he bent his knees forward and suddenly lunged toward Eichi.
"I don't want to be companions with someone who chats and then suddenly ambushes me."
Dense Rabbit Escape jumped out from the shadows, pushing Mahito backward with the sudden sea of rabbits.
Pfft.
Mahito grabbed a Rabbit Escape and activated his Cursed Technique.
Both sides narrowed their eyes simultaneously.
'So that's it. The Ten Shadows Technique's Shikigami possess a certain level of intelligence, and they themselves have faint Souls. No wonder they can't be summoned again after being completely destroyed. Having lost that wisp of Soul, the body constructed solely from shadows naturally cannot be activated.'
'My Cursed Technique is effective against Shikigami. At this moment, there are no Heroic Spirits around him. I have a chance.'
"That's great."
"What's wrong?"
Eichi looked strangely at Mahito, who had suddenly started to exclaim.
"I just think it's great that you don't dislike chatting."
After speaking, Mahito threw out a dozen modified humans and then attacked again.
Two modified humans stretched their bodies continuously, like two long poles, stabbing toward Eichi and sweeping away the Rabbit Escape in their path.
The other modified humans then launched a surprise attack along the two long poles.
Eichi clapped his hands, and the two incoming poles were deflected from their original direction.
Mahito took the opportunity to reach his hand toward Eichi's head.
"Don't touch me randomly. Living here every day, you're very dirty."
Eichi gave Mahito's hand a look of disdain. The shadow on the ground suddenly stood up as if alive.
Bang.
The shadow Eichi punched Mahito hard in the face.
Then came the second punch, the third punch... For a while, Mahito's face seemed to be putting on an exaggerated facial expression show.
Various absurd shapes kept appearing.
"You're quite good. Would you consider coming to Tokyo Jujutsu High to work as a punching bag?"
Feeling the touch from the shadow, Eichi nodded with satisfaction.
"Excellent benefits, and I guarantee I'll leave you with one breath every time."
Slap, slap.
After being punched an unknown number of times, Mahito finally grabbed shadow Eichi's fists.
"You're quite nice."
After speaking, Mahito headbutted and shattered the shadow's head.
Then, using shadow Eichi as support, he jumped up and attacked Eichi again.
To Mahito's surprise, Eichi actively grabbed his hand, intertwined their fingers, and then raised his right hand.
Slap!
A full-force slap landed on Mahito's face.
The immense force made Mahito's head spin several times in place, his neck twisted like a pretzel.
Eichi looked at Mahito falling backward and pulled his intertwined left hand forward.
Then he gave Mahito another big slap that he loved to eat.
'It hurts so much. Why?'
Mahito used his Cursed Technique to change his body, secretly moving his brain from his head to his chest.
'Why can his attacks hurt me?'
Feeling the constant sharp pain on his face, Mahito did not understand why Eichi's seemingly ordinary big slap could hurt his Soul.
'It hurts, but...'
Mahito no longer paid attention to his swollen cheeks. His right hand, firmly held by Eichi's left hand, began to activate his Cursed Technique at full power.
Idle Transfiguration began to work, but the effect was very, very poor.
'Is it a barrier?'
A mouth and an eye suddenly grew on Mahito's right hand.
The tongue licked toward Eichi's left palm, but the sensation from the tongue was wrong, as if it had licked glass.
'It really is a barrier, then.'
Mahito came to a conclusion, then his left hand suddenly deformed like modeling clay, breaking free from Eichi's hand.
He could not take any more big slaps. Who knew how much Soul damage a single big slap would do to him, a baby?
Ding.
In a place Mahito did not know, Mahoraga's wheel spun once.
This was also why Eichi had not completely isolated himself from Mahito with a barrier just now.
Just as Nanami would subconsciously use Cursed Energy to protect his Soul.
Having had Mahoraga for over a decade, Eichi already had more than one way to protect his Soul.
So he was not afraid of Mahito's Idle Transfiguration at all.
Next was enjoyable game time.
Thinking of this, the corners of Eichi's mouth kept curving upward, and a faint red glow appeared in his eyes.
"Gulp."
For some reason, Mahito suddenly felt like he had become the prey, and was being targeted by the hunter.
"Didn't that Kamo guy say that Eichi's true body is very weak, and without Heroic Spirits and Mahoraga, he's not worth mentioning at all? You call this weak?!"
(To be continued.)
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