Multivers, Leveling Up in the World I Created

Chapter 350: 350 Jujutsu Kaisen 15

With the surrounding cover gone, Satoru stood there leisurely. Then suddenly, from the forest direction, countless ’Gokichin’ appeared and flew toward him like a swarm of bees. But due to the Limitless, they couldn’t approach—they just buzzed around him.

Gokichin are Grade 4 cursed spirits called ’Fly Heads.’ They are low-grade, small beings that can hardly even harm ordinary people. Toji had been raising these Gokichin inside his Inventory Cursed Spirit, and his tactic was to use them to conceal his presence.

"I see. So he’s using Fly Heads like chaff."

Toji, whose cursed energy was zero due to his Heavenly Restriction, was already difficult to sense. With the addition of countless Gokichin, Satoru became even more flustered, scanning his surroundings nervously. He was desperately trying to catch Toji’s presence.

At a disadvantage, Satoru tried to blow away the Gokichin again with the Limitless technique ’Blue,’ but then something occurred to him. He looked toward the entrance of Tomogara Palace and said.

"Amanai!"

Satoru acted on the thought that Toji might have left him pinned down by the Gokichin and gone after Amanai. But it was a fatal misjudgment.

Toji seized the opening, rapidly moved behind Satoru, and used the ’Chain of a Thousand Miles,’ which he had stolen from the Zenin clan long ago, to pierce through the Limitless and aim for Satoru’s neck. But unlike the original story, Satoru wasn’t idle—he tried to quickly retreat backward using his technique ’Blue.’

SWOOSH—!!!

"GUH!"

Distracted, Satoru was too late to dodge. His left neck was slashed deeply, and he stepped back. He immediately concentrated cursed energy on his neck to stop the bleeding and endure. Fortunately, it didn’t seem fatal, unlike in the original.

"Tch! I was trying to end it here."

"Heh heh... I’ve had the Limitless pierced before and was taken down in one hit. So I always thought about the possibility of it being pierced again. I didn’t think that experience would save my life, though. That weapon—it’s not an ordinary cursed tool, is it?"

"Special grade cursed tool ’Chain of a Thousand Miles.’ It has the effect of nullifying all techniques. Anyway, you don’t have much time left."

Toji took out a very long chain-type cursed tool from his Inventory Cursed Spirit and attached it to the end of the Chain of a Thousand Miles. He seemed ready to finish it. Watching that, Satoru laughed and said.

"Hahaha... dammit... Hyuu hyoit!"

Toji asked Satoru.

"Huh? What’s that weird breathing? A new technique? Or have you lost your mind because you’re about to die?"

"Well, if it’s a new technique, I suppose it is..."

Satoru was concentrating cursed energy on his wounded neck, desperately trying to perform Reverse Cursed Technique.

"You’re trying to buy time, but I’m in a hurry, so I’ll need you to die now. The Star Plasma Vessel went down to Tomogara Palace some time ago—if I’m not careful, I might fail the request."

Saying that, Toji began spinning the chain attached to the Chain of a Thousand Miles at tremendous speed.

"Oh really? Then I’ll make sure you fail."

Hearing that, Satoru began focusing solely on keeping his distance from Toji using the Limitless technique ’Blue.’ He was heavily wounded, and with the Chain of a Thousand Miles, a frontal fight was hopeless. If the Star Plasma Vessel reached Tengen safely, that would be his victory—so that seemed to be his plan.

But Toji, at superhuman speed, followed Satoru and launched the Chain of a Thousand Miles at the end of the chain.

WHIRRRR!!

"Hah! That’s dangerous! You’re really fast. Even using ’Blue’ consecutively, you still follow—Physical Gifted really is amazing."

"Tch! This bastard!"

When Satoru used ’Blue,’ it was almost like teleportation. Toji, able to keep up, also had phenomenal physical ability. Then Toji suddenly stopped and said.

"Good enough. If this is how you’re going to play, I don’t need to keep fighting."

Saying that, Toji started running back toward the entrance of Tomogara Palace.

"Dammit!"

Satoru tried to follow using ’Blue.’

WHIRRR—!!

STAB!

"GUH! How did you..."

When Satoru hurriedly used his technique to move toward the entrance of Tomogara Palace, the Chain of a Thousand Miles, attached to the chain, flew in at the perfect timing and pierced his abdomen. Satoru looked at his stomach with an expression of disbelief.

"Heh! Physical Gifted isn’t just about strengthening the body. The five senses also develop, allowing me to see even the grain of the air. So while you were using your technique to run away, I watched how the flow of air changed. That gave me a rough idea of where you’d appear."

"Ha, it was a trap."

"Yeah."

Toji pulled the chain, extracting the Chain of a Thousand Miles from Satoru’s abdomen.

SHLICK!

"GAAH!"

"I’d like to finish you here, but if you run again, it’ll take time to chase you, and I might fail the request. Besides, with the previous attacks damaging your vital organs, you won’t last long anyway. No need to worry about you anymore. Spend your remaining time wallowing in despair."

Saying that, Toji entered Tomogara Palace. Satoru wanted to follow, but perhaps thinking that even if he did, he wouldn’t be able to stop him, he instead concentrated cursed energy on his abdomen to stop the bleeding.

"Quickly... Reverse Cursed Technique..."

I was about to follow Toji, but I was a bit worried about Satoru. The battle had played out differently from the original, and I wondered if Satoru would actually be able to heal himself with Reverse Cursed Technique. So I hesitated for a moment, but then followed Toji.

’Can’t be helped. If he dies, I’ll just revive him.’

Toji passed the entrance of Tomogara Palace and, instead of taking the elevator down, simply climbed down the wall using his physical ability.

THUD!!!

"Oh! You! Then that person..."

"Ah, the maid. Sorry, but I’m in a hurry."

At the elevator stood Kuroi Misato, Amanai’s maid, but Toji immediately drew his sword, moved quickly, and stabbed it into her abdomen.

THWACK!

"GAAH!"

Kuroi collapsed without being able to resist. Toji flicked the blood off his sword and moved quickly inside. Seeing Toji move away, I first put Kuroi into my inventory. She wasn’t dead, just unconscious, so I could revive her with Reverse Cursed Technique later.

BANG!!!

A gunshot echoed inside Tomogara Palace. It seemed Toji had succeeded in killing Amanai Riko. I immediately went inside. Following the corridor, I came to a large cavern, where a furious Suguru and Toji were fighting fiercely, just like in the original. While they fought, I put Amanai’s body into my inventory as well.

’Welcome to our family, Amanai Riko.’

Then I watched Suguru and Toji fight from where the body had been.

Inside Tomogara Palace, a massive ancient tree stood at the center, supporting the structure. Around it, multiple circular walkways made of wood wound in layers.

RUMBLE!! BOOM!!! RATATATATAT!!

Suguru summoned ’Red Dragon,’ a cursed spirit with the highest hardness, to face Toji head-on, while using a cuttlefish cursed spirit to fire projectiles like a machine gun to harass him. But Toji took out the ’Inverted Spear of Heaven’ from his Inventory Cursed Spirit—a weapon that ignores the hardness of all things and cuts the soul—easily sliced through the Red Dragon, and began pressuring Suguru.

Suguru then tried to buy time by trapping Toji in a simple domain from the imaginary spirit ’Kuchisake-onna,’ but Toji used the Chain of a Thousand Miles and his superhuman physical abilities to break it instantly.

Realizing he couldn’t hold out much longer, Suguru tried to first subdue the Inventory Cursed Spirit using Cursed Spirit Manipulation to overwhelm Toji with numbers. But Toji moved faster, using the Chain of a Thousand Miles to block the Cursed Spirit Manipulation, drew a katana, and slashed Suguru’s chest in an instant.

However, he only subdued Suguru, not killed him. Probably worried that if Suguru died, the numerous cursed spirits he had absorbed with Cursed Spirit Manipulation would all be released at once.

After subduing Suguru, Toji returned to the spot where he had killed Amanai.

"Huh? Where did the body go..."

He looked around, confused by the missing body. Then I deactivated [Concealment] and slowly appeared.

"You—you’re the Head Priest! When did you..."

Toji was greatly startled and stared at me. He couldn’t understand the situation—he thought it was impossible for an opponent to appear this close without his own keen senses detecting them.

"Nice to meet you, Fushiguro Toji. But you’re going too far, treating kids who are just growing up like that."

"What did you do with the Star Plasma Vessel’s body!"

"I took it."

When I said that, Toji took the ’Inverted Spear of Heaven’ from his Inventory Cursed Spirit and approached me at high speed, swinging it.

Chak!

But I caught the Inverted Spear of Heaven easily. He was surprised again.

"How can you catch the Inverted Spear of Heaven that ignores the hardness of all things..."

"The Inverted Spear of Heaven ignores the hardness of all things, but it seems it can’t cut other types of power (mana)."

Toji quickly tried to pull the Inverted Spear of Heaven back, but it wouldn’t budge from my hand. He frowned, released the spear, retreated, and took out the Chain of a Thousand Miles.

"A technique that protects your body with powerful cursed energy and also strengthens your physical body?"

With his attack ineffective and his weapon taken due to my overwhelming strength, Toji seemed to think that. He was quite mistaken, but I had no obligation to correct him.

I stored the bonus Inverted Spear of Heaven in my inventory. I already had one from a gacha, and I could also make them with [Construction Technique], so I decided to give this one as a gift to Maki later.

Toji chuckled and spoke to me.

"I’m glad. To meet you in person. Honestly, I was surprised when I heard that even Tsukumo and the Limitless brat were defeated by you. Now no one doubts it—that the strongest sorcerer in the world is you. I think I was right to take this job. Because I can take on even you, the pinnacle of the sorcery world that rejected me."

"You’re saying strange things. ’Rejected you’? Physical Gifted from Heavenly Restriction is also an excellent form of sorcery. I don’t know what idiot said otherwise."

At my words, Toji stared at me for a moment, then burst into loud laughter.

"HAHAHAHAHA!!! You’re right, they were idiots. Maybe the monkeys were themselves."

Toji laughed heartily for a while, then took a fighting stance, looking relieved. Perhaps because the one called the strongest in the sorcery world had acknowledged him.

"Before we fight, let me ask. Would you be willing to work under me? I’ll give you the best treatment in the business. And I’ll take care of your children too."

I wanted to give Toji a chance. But he refused immediately.

"No. I’m sick of belonging anywhere."

"Really? Can’t be helped."

As soon as the words ended, Toji closed the distance in an instant and rained down consecutive kicks and punches. Between them, he mixed in sneak attacks with the Chain of a Thousand Miles, dispersing the flow of attacks to make them harder for me to anticipate. But there was no way such attacks would work on me.

Tak! Thwack thwack! Thud!

"Th-this can’t be..."

I stood unchanged in the same spot. Toji circled around, continuing his attacks, but when none of them had any effect, he was astonished. In the midst of that, I quickly grabbed and snatched the Chain of a Thousand Miles as well. I’d gift this to the kids later too.

"Hmm... technique nullification effect isn’t bad. I’ll use it well."

"Dammit! I misjudged. Your body isn’t strengthened by technique!"

"You realize that only now? You’re slow."

"But you don’t seem to be Physical Gifted either. How can you be so strong?"

"There are many kinds of power in this world besides sorcery. So it’s ambiguous to simply categorize me as a sorcerer. But speaking of which, among your cursed tools, don’t you have something like ’Yun’ (a physical enhancement-type cursed tool in the form of a three-section staff)? If I got that, it seems my cursed tool concerns would be over."

"Damn you!"

Only then did Toji realize he was facing an opponent he couldn’t hope to defeat, and immediately began to flee at his maximum speed. It must have been hard for him to believe—no one had ever matched his physical abilities head-on before.

"Where are you going in such a hurry?"

But when Toji reached the elevator leading outside, he saw that I had already arrived at the elevator entrance first. He panicked.

"Th-this..."

I took out a sword cane from my inventory and pierced his neck with such speed that he couldn’t even perceive it, killing him instantly.

SHLICK!

Thud.

Ding~!

[You have stolen the ability [(S) Heavenly Restriction Physical Gifted].]

[(S) Heavenly Restriction Physical Gifted]

In exchange for cursed energy becoming zero due to Heavenly Restriction, the five senses are enhanced and Physique/Agility is increased by 200.

I checked my body for a moment. Thanks to [Status Ailment Immunity], I only gained the physical performance of [Heavenly Restriction Physical Gifted]—there was no downside like mana consumption or reduction. The only surprise was that the rank was lower than expected.

After checking my body, I put Toji’s corpse into my inventory. Because it felt wrong to leave him dead like that. Then I went down to the lower level of Tomogara Palace and healed Suguru with Reverse Cursed Technique.

"Ugh! Ah, Head Priest..."

"I came because I was worried, and you were in bad shape."

"Haah... yeah. But what about the others and that guy?"

"I beat the muscle-bound guy up, and he ran away."

Saying that, I tossed the Inventory Cursed Spirit I had brought to Suguru.

"You use it. And I don’t know about Satoru, but Amanai Riko and Kuroi Misato were on the brink of death, so I used Reverse Cursed Technique and saved them."

"Th-that’s possible? I clearly remember Amanai being shot in the head and dying."

"You don’t know how to use Reverse Cursed Technique yet, so you wouldn’t know. Once someone has been dead for a while, revival is indeed impossible. I see the boundary as whether the soul has left the body. Assuming one can use powerful Reverse Cursed Technique, if the soul hasn’t left the body yet, revival is possible."

This was true. Sukuna also revived Itadori that way. The difference was that in Itadori’s case, Sukuna held his soul in his own inner world, which made revival possible.

"I-is that so. What a relief. Then let’s find Satoru quickly. According to the guy who was trying to kill us, Satoru was close to death."

Saying that, Suguru quickly got up and ran toward the exit. I followed him out of Tomogara Palace.

"Satoru!!!"

Satoru was lying unconscious outside the entrance of Tomogara Palace. What was interesting was that despite being unconscious, he was still moving his cursed energy, attempting Reverse Cursed Technique. He really was a guy with incredible tenacity.

Suguru hurriedly tried to support Satoru, but I stopped him.

"Wait a moment. This guy is currently trying to use Reverse Cursed Technique."

"But if it’s too late..."

"Don’t worry. If it looks like he’s going to die, I’ll save him. If you interrupt now, he’ll probably be furious later."

We waited in front of Satoru like that. Then suddenly, lying collapsed, Satoru began to mutter.

"Hyuu~ hyoit... Hyuu~ hyoit..."

Gradually, Satoru’s wounds began to heal.

"He finally succeeded! But that’s kind of an ugly..."