At the highest point of Tokyo Jujutsu High, Artoria leaned on her Holy Sword, looking down at the battlefield.
In the sky, the Shikigami Enenra used its abilities to gather clouds, then quietly sent them to the troops above.
At this moment, Medusa had already ridden her Pegasus to meet them.
With Medea's assistance, the two of them had completely pinned down the enemy's aerial forces.
The enemies on the ground, however, were numerous and varied.
Artoria's gaze swept over the ground, where countless enemies had suddenly appeared, and she quickly understood the reason.
Beneath those pits were giant, hollow tree trunks, like pipes.
After careful observation, Artoria found that these trees, like ordinary trees, did not emit any Cursed Spirit aura.
"So that's it. Is it the Cursed Spirit named Hanami?"
It could only be said that Hanami's ability to hide in nature was simply too strong.
The situation inside the curtain was currently unknown, but according to Artoria's understanding, there should be no need to worry about the students inside.
This was likely bait used by the enemy to attract their attention.
The area around the curtain was divided into three battlefields.
One was the battlefield of Satoru and Kashimo Hajime, another was the battlefield of Toji and Jogo, and finally, there was the battlefield of Eichi and an unknown enemy, obscured by another small curtain.
"The situation on the battlefield has stabilized. Next, it's time to crush the enemy's conspiracy."
Artoria said this softly.
As Kusakabe, Nanami, Sasaki, Cú Chulainn, and Heracles joined the battle.
The originally chaotic situation was gradually being brought under control by Tokyo Jujutsu High, and victory was only a matter of time.
Suddenly, Artoria received a communication from Medea.
"The enemy's target is indeed the Kiko?"
At this moment, deep within the Kiko, Kidomaru, who had once been Abe no Seimei's charioteer and confidant, was placing two of Sukuna's fingers, collected by Eichi, into his bosom.
Because the fingers could resonate with each other, Eichi knew that hiding the fingers was actually not very meaningful. In his opinion, even if he gave all the fingers to Sukuna now, Sukuna would not be able to become a threat.
So Eichi simply used the two fingers as bait.
Kidomaru put away the two Sukuna fingers and continued deeper into the Kiko.
After passing through a long corridor, a huge space appeared before Kidomaru.
Uraume, chained to the wall, and the single-faced Sukuna, frozen in a block of ice, all appeared in the space.
However, Kidomaru did not show a look of joy. Instead, his expression was solemn.
Everything was too smooth, which made a hint of vigilance rise in Kidomaru's heart.
Although he felt that something might be wrong, after a moment of thought, Kidomaru still came to the center of the space.
Kidomaru drew his sword, intending to cut the chains and rescue the "little girl" in front of him first.
But the moment his sword sliced through the chains, a cold voice rang out.
"Broken Phantasm."
The next moment, Kidomaru, Uraume, and the single-faced Sukuna were all engulfed by a terrifying explosion.
"Domain Expansion?"
Emiya frowned, looking at the transparent barrier surrounding Kidomaru in the center of the arena.
This barrier resembled the Domain Expansion he had seen before.
"Do you only know how to play such petty tricks, rude scoundrels?"
Kidomaru looked at Uraume, who had completely died in the explosion, and the single-faced Sukuna, who had been blown into fragments so badly that he did not know if they could even be collected. His face was filled with anger.
A small part of the anger came from falling into a trap and being played, but most of it was because he could not fulfill Lord Seimei's entrustment.
"Knowing the enemy's objective and doing nothing, letting the enemy act, that's incompetence, old man."
Emiya projected a longbow and shot an arrow toward Kidomaru.
Clang.
The arrow was blocked by Kidomaru's drawn sword. The next second, the only exit of the space was sealed, leaving only the two combatants in the arena.
On the other side, Artoria also encountered her enemies.
They were a short man with a head like a toad and a tall, burly man with a two-headed body.
He truly had a two-headed body, because when he opened his mouth, his head was as big as his body.
Abe no Seimei's Shikigami, Kaku and Oni Hitokuchi.
Crunch!
Oni Hitokuchi opened its large, saliva-filled mouth and bit down toward Artoria.
"Step left, turn to dodge while swinging your sword to cut his right cheek. Oni Hitokuchi, move your head a little to the left."
"Heh yo."
Oni Hitokuchi's voice was a bit strange because its mouth was wide open, but it still followed Kaku's instructions and tilted its head a bit to the right.
Swish.
The Holy Sword grazed Oni Hitokuchi's right cheek, but did not cut through its face as Artoria had expected.
'It dodged?'
Artoria frowned, then firmly stomped her left foot on the ground to stabilize herself and thrust toward Oni Hitokuchi's temple.
"Stabilize yourself, then use the opponent's blind spot to pierce his head. Oni Hitokuchi, lower your head, then forcefully ram your head to the right."
As Oni Hitokuchi suddenly lowered its head, Artoria's Holy Sword pierced the air above Oni Hitokuchi's head.
The next second, Artoria was sent flying by Oni Hitokuchi's ram.
"She is currently confused. Seize the opportunity and attack fiercely."
"Heh yo."
Oni Hitokuchi opened its gaping maw, large enough to swallow several Artorias.
"So that's it. Is it mind-reading?"
After several attacks were dodged by Oni Hitokuchi, Artoria quickly organized the enemy's information in her mind and guessed the ability of the person behind Oni Hitokuchi.
"Heh heh, have I been discovered? My name is Kaku, one of the Hundred Demons under Abe no Seimei. If you know what's good for you, surrender now, woman."
Kaku looked at Artoria with a smug expression.
"No need. If you can read minds, then I just won't think of anything."
"Are you joking, woman?"
The next second, Kaku was surprised to find that the woman in front of him seemed to have truly emptied her mind, not thinking of anything.
"Hmph, spacing out in front of Oni Hitokuchi? You're looking for death."
Originally, seeing that the woman in front of him was decent, he had planned to give her a chance to live and let her serve Lord Seimei.
He had not expected her to be so uncooperative.
Kaku seemed to have already seen Artoria's death.
Pfft.
The sound of flesh being cut by a blade rang out.
Kaku looked behind him in surprise.
There, Artoria, with silent eyes, like a student whose mind was wandering during class, was nimbly dodging Oni Hitokuchi's attacks.
She also occasionally swung Invisible Air in her hand, leaving numerous wounds on Oni Hitokuchi's body.
"Ah ah ah, it hurts, it hurts so much! Kaku, what should I do?"
Oni Hitokuchi, the empty-headed brute, immediately asked Kaku, the intellectually inclined one who was not good at combat.
"This, that..."
Kaku was also bewildered. He had not expected the woman in front of him to truly think of nothing, relying entirely on instinct to drive Oni Hitokuchi into a corner.
"Attack with full force! Use an attack she cannot avoid, quickly!"
"Heh yo!"
Oni Hitokuchi roared, then its entire head inflated like a balloon, and then it bit down fiercely toward Artoria.
"Wind Barrier!"
Countless gales suddenly erupted from Artoria's hand.
Oni Hitokuchi, who had swallowed a bellyful of wind, was soon blown away by the strong winds because it could not swallow any more, and it crashed onto Kaku, who had not had time to escape.
"Opportunity! Use a wide-area attack to eliminate the enemy in one fell swoop."
Just then, Kaku suddenly found that he could read Artoria's inner thoughts.
"Wide-area attack? Eliminate?"
Kaku immediately felt a bad premonition.
"Get up, you idiot! Don't press down on me!"
Kaku struggled desperately, but he truly could not break free from Oni Hitokuchi's physical suppression, as its body was several times larger than his own.
The next second, a golden light engulfed both of them.
Artoria used Mana Burst through her Holy Sword to unleash a light cannon, directly eliminating both of them.
(To be continued.)