Free Web NovelChapter 339: 339 Jujutsu Kaisen 4
I realized one thing while living my leisure life: the concept of ’absolute’ does not exist. For example, even if there is a spear that can pierce anything and a shield that can block anything, the result will change depending on the situation.
No matter how perfect the shield is, if the spear attacks multiple times, or if the wielder of the spear has overwhelming strength, the shield will inevitably be pierced. Conversely, if the user of the shield uses superb technique to deflect the direction of the attack, no spear can pierce the shield.
So no matter how powerful one’s offensive and defensive abilities are, they can still be pierced or blocked. Of course, it wouldn’t be easy.
Paleksword Otherworldly God Mahoraga—based on the dharma wheel in his head, he adapts to all kinds phenomena. Once he makes contact with something, he takes time to analyze its nature, gains resistance proportional to the time spent analyzing, and once the analysis is complete, he remodels himself in a fitting manner to gain a method of countering the phenomenon.
But it makes you wonder, ’Is it truly perfect adaptation?’
I wanted to test this, but I couldn’t do it here. If I experimented here, Kyoto would be completely incinerated and too many needless sacrifices would be made. So I decided to quickly erase Mahoraga first.
’I can’t let the people who give me precious divine power die.’
First, I ordered the shadow soldiers not to kill the Zenin ancestor who was summoning Mahoraga.
Then, whether because the summoning ritual ended or not, something huge and white suddenly fell from the sky. It was about three meters tall, had two pairs of wings instead of eyebrows, and a dharma wheel floating above its head—definitely Mahoraga.
As soon as it was summoned, it looked at the Zenin who had summoned it, then swung the ’Sword of Exorcism’ fused with its right wrist, trying to cut him down in one blow. But there was no way I was going to just stand by and watch.
Chak!
"I can’t let you take my prey."
I instantly leaped, grabbing Mahoraga’s wrist and blocking the attack. Then I put in strong force and hurled him high into the sky.
"Hmph!"
Fwoosh—!!!
Mahoraga began flying upward at tremendous speed. I waited until he reached a suitable height, then used my magic.
"Antimatter Magic: Anti-Arcana!"
This magic was created using my [Omegas Magic] and [Matter Creation] abilities—a highly destructive spell using antimatter. If used carelessly, it could blow up the entire Earth, but I used [Control] to reduce the destructive power as much as possible before casting it on Mahoraga.
KABOOOOOM—!!!!
Instantly, a blinding flash exploded as if two suns had appeared in the sky. The light tore through the atmosphere, spreading like waves, and the ensuing shockwave shook heaven and earth, resonating as if even mountains and seas were distorted. The air itself turned red as if burning, and the aftermath of the explosion swallowed the world in endless thunderous roar. If I had used this magic on the ground, not only Kyoto but even the people in the surrounding areas would not have survived—not a single one.
Thud.
"Th-this can’t be... impossible... This is Hachiman’s power?"
The Zenin man was so shocked by the overwhelming destructive force that he collapsed onto the ground, blankly staring at the sky. Seeing the notifications that the dharma wheel of adaptation, the Sword of Exorcism, and the high-speed regeneration ability had been stolen, it was clear Mahoraga had been erased without a trace.
There was a reason I subdued Mahoraga this way. Mahoraga endures with his powerful physique and regeneration, buying time to adapt to all kinds of phenomena, then remodels himself to gain a countermeasure. Therefore, the only way to defeat him is to give him no time to adapt and erase him in a single blow with overwhelming firepower. But I plan to experiment more with this later.
I used the Curse Technique ’Palm’ on the dazed Zenin, mincing him into dust. Then the Ten Sacred Treasured Spell Technique was also stolen and came to me.
After that, I looked at where the shadow soldiers were. The curse users and cursed spirits had already been dealt with, but one shadow soldier was repeatedly stabbing something with its sword, so I went to check. There was Tengen, in a gruesome state, unable to die, continuously stabbed by the shadow soldiers’ swords and suffering.
"You were still alive."
"Ugh... please... kill me..."
Tengen, as if unable to bear the pain any longer, pleaded with me.
Tengen’s technique was the ’Immortality Technique’—one that never dies. But as I said, there is no absolute in this world. I placed my hand on Tengen’s head, checked the technique with my [Six Eyes], then infused strong positive energy to interfere with her technique.
After that, I used the [Glint-Glint Fruit]’s power to burn Tengen’s entire body. Then a message appeared that the Immortality Technique, Barrier Technique, and Assimilation ability had been stolen, and Tengen scattered into ash and disappeared.
Once everyone was dealt with, I had the shadow soldiers search the bodies, bring me anything useful, then gather and burn the corpses. If left as they were, disease could have spread.
"Hachiman, shall I prepare a meal?"
After all the cleanup, Uraume suggested eating. Come to think of it, it was already evening.
"Right, it’s already evening. Let’s go down first. The smell here is foul."
"Yes."
Uraume and I went down to a suitable place, boarded the Talaria campervan, and ate together. Uraume was busy looking around the campervan like a primitive person, and when they tried the food I took out from the inventory, they were extremely surprised.
"I’ve never eaten such delicious food. How can it be this good? I’m quite skilled at cooking myself..."
Uraume had been taken in by Sukuna, who enjoyed cannibalism, thinking they’d be useful as a living refrigerator, and naturally learned cooking by his side. But the ingredients they learned to cook with were none other than human flesh. In the end, Uraume had been taught human meat recipes by Sukuna. So if I had left the cooking to them, they might have served dishes made from human flesh.
After the meal, I showed Uraume how to use the toilet and shower. Since this one was new to modern conveniences, teaching took some time. Anyway, after washing up, we watched TV. Uraume found the anime on TV extremely entertaining and watched intently.
"Let’s sleep now."
"Can’t I watch a little longer? I want to see how that man named Shincheon handles his family when he can’t hold back anymore. I predict he will actively use the foot-odor technique."
Just as I thought—this one had serious personality issues.
"Watch it tomorrow. I’ll turn it on for you tomorrow too."
"Understood. But you really have many amazing things. This moving picture box, and the jewels that shine even at night..."
"Just sleep."
"Yes..."
The Talaria campervan had two bedrooms, and by converting the sofa, a third bedroom could be made, so there was no need to sleep with Uraume. Besides, no matter how pretty Uraume was, I had no intention of touching them. Because the memory of them being a bocchū was still too vivid.
From the next day, instead of walking, I traveled across Japan in the Talaria campervan, hunting down the remaining curse users and cursed spirits, distributing food to people and healing them, and in the evenings, I continued researching techniques. Uraume spent their free time absorbed in watching anime.
"Kara!!! Sesshomaru, you monster bastard!!! Why won’t you save him!!!"
More chaos. Lately, this one seemed to be getting too emotionally invested in anime. Then one day, fidgeting their hands as if troubled by something, they asked me for a favor.
"Um... I think I need to buy some clothes. Suddenly there’s blood..."
"Where are you hurt?"
"That’s not it..."
Listening to them, it was menstruation. They hadn’t originally had a woman’s body, and having received no proper education, they had no knowledge about such things. So I needed to educate them about women.
"Then can I have a baby too?"
"Yes. Your body is fully female now."
"I see."
At least that education went quickly. Probably because having been used as ingredient storage, they knew about the female body. What an absurd thing. Anyway, I took out sanitary pads and underwear from the inventory and showed them how to use them. The clothes and bed sheets were cleaned with [Life Magic].
And so a year passed. Only children remained among the curse users, so I didn’t touch them. Cursed spirits were still being born, but I quickly dealt with dangerous ones. Thanks to that, human society began gradually regaining stability, and the number of starving people visibly decreased. Of course, wars were still ongoing, but I didn’t pay attention to them.
And due to my research into sorcery and the many techniques I had obtained from killing cursed spirits, my understanding of techniques deepened, allowing me to gain the ability [(S) Manifestation Reduction Technique].
[(S) Manifestation Reduction Technique]
The completion and end of all techniques.
Allows creation or understanding of techniques of S rank or lower. (All techniques S rank or lower are integrated.)
’I need to raise the rank of these abilities quickly, but...’
Now I only had one [Ability Rank Upgrade Ticket]. So I was torn. Whether to raise [Understanding of Essence] or [Manifestation Reduction Technique].
While I was worrying over that, Uraume was sobbing while watching anime again.
This one was at least good at assisting, so I let them be. If not, I might have disposed of them long ago. Then someone came.
"Ah, really! How do you move so fast? Took me forever to find you."
It was Yorozu. Yorozu, perhaps because I had told her that I disliked promiscuous women, was wearing proper clothes.
"You again? I’m sure I told you: next time I see you, I’d kill you."
"What are you talking about, liar? You agreed to kill all the curse users, but you let the children live."
"How do you know that?"
"I kept following your tracks trying to find you, so I found out."
"..."
With her saying that, I had no retort.
"Oh~ so this is the famous flying chariot. Can I ride it too?"
Yorozu looked at the Talaria campervan behind me, amazed, and said that. Considering she said that, the Talaria campervan must have become famous across Japan. Well, I had been riding only this lately, so that made sense.
"No."
"That’s so mean. I struggled so much to find you because of this chariot, so you could at least let me ride it once!"
Then Uraume frowned and stepped forward.
"Shall I deal with them?"
I raised a hand to stop Uraume. Yorozu asked me with an angry expression.
"Who is that girl? Did you take in another woman while I was gone?"
"My assistant."
"Ah, an assistant... That’s a relief."
"More importantly, come here. I have something to test on you."
This worked out well. Since Yorozu was overflowing with affection for me, I decided to test [Taming] on her. I was curious how it would differ from Uraume.
"If you call me so suddenly, of course I’ll come!"
Yorozu happily came over. So I put my hand on her shoulder and tried to apply [Taming]. But unfortunately, it didn’t work. It seemed that even with high affection, humans were difficult unless I raised the rank.
"That’s a shame..."
"What’s a shame?"
"Nothing. More importantly, you had Construction Technique, right? Create something, even a small thing, as long as it’s not too strenuous."
"Huh? What are you trying to do?"
Yorozu looked puzzled but still created a small jewel-like thing in her palm.
There was a reason I asked her to do this—most of the techniques were SS rank. If I only looked at performance, I could understand even SSS rank, but both the Devil Fruits from One Piece and the techniques from Jujutsu Kaisen seemed to have major penalties and weaknesses.
Devil Fruits have a water-related penalty, and techniques rely on cursed energy—negative energy—so they have a weakness against positive energy. It seemed those problems kept them at SS rank. Construction Technique was the same—since even with [(S) Manifestation Reduction Technique] I couldn’t acquire it with my ability, it was definitely SS rank.
’No choice. Because of all the techniques I have now, the ability window is a mess, so I have no choice but to merge them.’
I decided to raise [Understanding of Essence] later, and used the one [Ability Rank Upgrade Ticket] I had in my inventory to raise [Manifestation Reduction Technique] from S to SS. Then countless techniques began integrating into [Manifestation Reduction Technique].
"Try creating one more."
"What? What are you doing this for?"
"I’ll let you ride the flying chariot."
"Really? Fine."
Yorozu happily created another small jewel in her palm. Thanks to [Manifestation Reduction Technique] now at SS rank, I was able to acquire Construction Technique.
"Uraume, you also use the Frost Breath Technique simply."
"Understood."
Uraume then blew out a breath and created a small piece of ice. Seeing that, I immediately acquired the Frost Breath Technique as well.
"Hurry up and give me a ride!"
"Fine, fine."
"Oh, and you two—go back now. I’ll return on this."
Yorozu waved her hand at her servants, giving that order, then immediately climbed into the campervan. I never said I’d take her all the way home, but she’s so unreasonable.
"Wow~ this chariot is so comfortable? The chairs are super soft! And what are these glowing jewels?"
Here we go again—primitives.
