"Nobara-senpai is alright now... she'll wake up soon."
Amber's voice was a bit muffled, but of course, the others didn't find that strange. What they found strange was something else entirely.
"Wait...? Kugisaki's vital signs had already vanished. That means she was dead, right!?"
Fushiguro Megumi's motion to summon Mahoraga stilled slightly. A part of him hoped desperately that Amber's words were true, but his ingrained common sense warned him it was impossible.
"It's common knowledge that Reverse Cursed Technique can't revive the dead."
Todo Aoi, standing at the front, also glanced back.
"But, it was also common knowledge that cursed energy can't heal the human body. For Special Grades, perhaps common sense exists precisely to be broken."
Precisely because he understood Special Grades, having confronted all three of them directly, Todo was the one who had the clearest definition of what a Special Grade meant.
Simply put—you just had to believe in them unconditionally.
Whether it was Gojo Satoru or Okkotsu Yuta, they all possessed completely unreasonable techniques. Talented individuals like them, born under a lucky star, existed to shatter the jujutsu world's rules.
Why had Kenjaku been able to trap and kill the Six Eyes? They hadn't stopped to consider whether Gojo Satoru would survive.
It wasn't that they hadn't considered it; they had already failed.
The Six Eyes, who should have been killed by Fushiguro Toji, had not only returned to life but had also reached a new height previously untouched by any Six Eyes user.
Gojo Satoru's very existence had made Kenjaku give up on scheming against him, because nothing in this world existed that could defeat him. The only hope had lain with Sukuna.
But that was before.
Kenjaku, observing the Juvenile Detention Center, naturally also learned about the Domain Expansion Sukuna had displayed.
Now, perhaps Gojo Satoru was already researching countermeasures against an Open Domain.
Kenjaku never doubted whether Gojo Satoru would succeed.
Moreover, even if Sukuna could really kill Gojo Satoru, it would be meaningless for the Star Religious Group.
How does Gojo Satoru die? By reviving Sukuna. How is Sukuna revived? By Gojo Satoru dying.
They needed to first render Gojo Satoru unable to act freely before they could revive Sukuna. So, hoping for Sukuna to kill Gojo was a joke.
Back to the matter at hand.
Hearing Todo's words, Fushiguro and Itadori deflated like punctured balls.
The exhaustion from such an emotional rollercoaster left them feeling weak for a moment. But remembering the two Special Grade curses still present, they forced themselves to rally.
Jogo was also closely watching the situation. Seeing that a technique capable of reviving the dead had appeared, all his internal alarms blared.
The existence of such a technique was an obstacle that absolutely had to be eliminated for curses. If humans could be revived so easily, then the fear that curses fed on would vanish entirely!
Jogo, who didn't understand concepts like 'one person can't save everyone,' had already marked Amber as the potential savior of the old humanity.
"Stop right there, you damn brat!"
Jogo immediately thrust his hand towards Amber's direction. Blazing hot flames, unleashed with his full power, surged from his palm. Itadori moved to block it without a second thought, but he was far too slow.
Todo instinctively went to clap his hands to swap Amber away, only to remember one of his hands was already gone.
Fushiguro also began to chant the incantation to summon Mahoraga, but how could his words possibly be faster than the approaching flames?
All three realized their actions were too late, their eyes widening in fury and horror as they watched the flames close in.
Yet, the surging inferno ultimately stopped just in front of everyone, halted by a single petite figure standing there.
She had short black hair and wore an ornate black and red dress.
Though it was in a Lolita style, the accessories were starkly opposite to cute and sweet—crimson red eyeballs.
Combined with the two steel claws, one held out front blocking the flames and the other hovering ominously in the air behind her, she gave off no sense of delicate charm. Instead, an aura of gloom and eeriness radiated from her.
"Seele... wait, no?!"
Itadori subconsciously thought the person in front was his junior, but a glance from the corner of his eye confirmed the girl was still beside the bodies not far away.
"I'm counting on you! Other me!"
Right now, Amber didn't have the two Special Grade curses in her eyes at all. She had no energy to spare for the beings who had killed those kind and warm upperclassmen.
The only thought she could muster towards the two curses was the desire to kill them.
But she didn't have the time for that. More than that, her priority was reviving every person she could see.
The authority of the Herrscher of Death and Rebirth was an incredibly convenient thing.
Even without fusing with the Core to become the true Herrscher, Amber, who could use it on a systemic level, simply called upon the Navigation System to take over.
The Navigation System was an intelligent AI, capable of everything that could be done by extracting an item. Just like when using Fu Hua's character card and its various moves, although it could only execute them rigidly, one couldn't question its application ability.
If the item couldn't use it, the System couldn't either. But anything the item could use, the System could use it all.
Using the authority of Creation to construct a one-to-one replica of her own body for Black Amber to use was a piece of cake.
Black Amber hadn't expected to appear under these circumstances either.
Honestly, although she had initially felt immense rage due to Amber's emotions and had added them to her kill list, she had calmed down quickly.
Compared to letting herself kill them to vent anger, it was better for Amber to resolve it with her own hands.
After all, negative emotions were all too common for her. A little more or a little less didn't matter. Rather than letting herself vent, it was better for Amber to do it.
Because... this would be Amber's first time truly killing sentient life.
Any previous taking of life had been under circumstances where the opponents were like beasts. She had never raised a hand against beings she could actually communicate and interact with.
Creating a body now and asking her to deal with these two curses certainly had the factor of Amber having no time for them. But why did she have no time? It wouldn't be difficult to revive them after killing them.
When it came down to it, it was the girl's subconscious resistance at play.
She wanted to kill them, but she didn't want to get blood on her own hands. It was cowardly, lacking resolve.
But it was fine. These things weren't something one could get used to immediately. Weakness wasn't necessarily a flaw.
The reason to correct it was just to cope with the harsh situations that might come in the future. As long as she was accompanied by battle, weakness was something to be discarded.
But... even if she didn't change, it was fine.
With me, the Phoenix Celestial, and that self-proclaimed Celestial around, couldn't we allow for her weakness?
[A/N: Character's thoughts, don't attribute to the author]
'Really, what am I going to do with you...'
Black Amber, being used as a tool, didn't feel upset. Instead, she felt a flicker of joy at being relied upon.
The corner of her mouth lifted, and a faint crimson light flickered in her eyes, betraying the startling killing intent within.
Looking at Jogo, whose face had instantly turned grim, and at Hanami, who had adopted a guarded stance with their technique ready to be unleashed, Black Amber's smile gradually became bloodthirsty.
"Well then... my little toys, come play with Seele~ I'm going to make it hurt... really, really bad."
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