23 Chapter 23
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Itadori prepared for another onslaught.
He felt quite satisfied with his increase in power after witnessing the Black Flash. He could never have expected such a leap.
He could now understand why Todo said that the distance between a sorcerer who hadn't witnessed the Black Flash and one who had, was like heaven and earth.
Even his cursed energy reserves had increased, and his control became even more refined.
At that point, he was feeling very confident.
Maybe this was a side effect of using the Black Flash, but who cared?
What mattered at the moment was that he was able to exorcise this curse.
"Alright, my friend! I've seen enough!" Todo, approaching Itadori, stood by his side with a proud smile. "You've become much stronger! Now, the cursed energy of the curse has weakened."
"It's the perfect time for us to exorcise it."
Itadori nodded, raising his palm at the same time as Todo, a pose well known to the first-grade sorcerer who was used by his favorite Idol.
"Alright, let's do this!"
Hanami gritted her teeth, and tearing off the cloth that covered her left arm, she revealed a black arm.
"It seems that against you, I'll have to get serious," Hanami declared, although no words were actually vocalized. "Let's continue!"
Itadori and Todo jumped almost instinctively as giant roots emerged from the ground. Itadori, who was carefully observing the cursed energy signatures around him, immediately turned when Hanami emerged from among the roots in an attempt to attack them stealthily.
Boom!
And hitting her with a precise punch, he pushed her back to the ground, the roots disappearing instantly, revealing to be a manifestation of the cursed energy of the curse itself.
"Todo, throw me towards her!"
As they both were in free fall, Itadori asked his friend, who promptly reacted by holding him by the legs and spinning him in the air, throwing him towards the curse, who had just landed firmly on the ground, only to look up to see the boy flying towards her like a bullet.
"Damn!"
She cursed, and unable to escape fast enough, she was hit by a punch squarely in her face.
"Black Flash!"
The black rays spread, and Hanami was pushed back with a wound gushing blood from her face.
But as she concentrated cursed energy to heal herself, she immediately jumped back when Itadori lunged from a curtain of dust.
"Even though I'm taking damage..."
Hanami raised her guard, but when she saw that fist coming, she immediately realized it wouldn't be enough.
"Why am I enjoying this so much?"
Boom!
"Black Flash!"
The punch exploded the curse's left arm when it hit her defense, piercing through it and hitting her solar plexus accurately.
"Idiot..." Spitting blood, the curse channeled cursed energy and caused numerous sharp roots to emerge from the ground in an attempt to impale Itadori. "Know your place!"
*Clap!
But before the roots could reach him, Hanami was shocked when the boy simply disappeared, his instincts screaming for her to turn immediately.
"Black..."
But it was already too late.
"Flash!"
The punch came accurately in her ribs, her mouth opening as blood was expelled from her throat.
"Cursed!" The curse growled, and turning around, she tried to counterattack Itadori.
"Don't forget about me!"
But before she could, Todo appeared with a precise punch to her jaw, pushing the curse's head upwards.
Hanami gritted her teeth, and pushing her head down, she intercepted a punch from Itadori, grabbing his wrist while immediately attacking Todo in front of her with her fist.
*Clap!
But surprising her, instead of Todo, she suddenly found herself facing Sukuna's vessel once again.
"Again?!"
"Black Flash!"
And when her fist hit the boy's face, Itadori counterattacked with a powerful punch that hit the curse in the chest, with enough force to make her fly backwards.
"I understand now." Hanami spat blood, her legs trembling as she quickly regained her posture. "This isn't Sukuna's vessel's technique, but this man's."
Referring to Todo, the curse looked at the two of them cautiously.
"I've suffered enough damage already, I can't prolong this much longer, or I may be truly exorcised."
Hanami wiped the blood from her lips, her teeth clenching as she seemed to become determined.
"No... I have to endure, or Mahito won't have enough time to complete our plan."
Hanami positioned herself, Itadori and Todo doing the same.
"Come, Jujutsu Sorcerers!"
!
Hanami promptly blocked the fists of the two, but before she could counterattack, she was confused when her position was suddenly swapped, a fist hitting her chest accurately.
"He switched my position?!"
*Clap!
But as she still recovered from the blow, a kick hit her shoulder, making her legs bend slightly, allowing a fist to hit her face accurately.
"Hey, curse!" Todo called, and pushing the curse back with a kick, he brought his palms together. "My technique involves swapping places with a target!"
*Clap!
Receiving a precise kick, Hanami staggered.
"And it activates..."
*Clap!
"Every time I clap!"
Boom!
"Black Flash!"
Itadori broke through Hanami's defense with his fist, hitting her in the face and causing her to stumble backwards.
But the boy didn't seem to intend to stop as he covered the distance in a single second, his fist hitting the curse's stomach.
"Black Flash!"
Hanami choked, but didn't have enough time to recover from the damage when a spinning kick hit her in the jaw with enough force to push her to the ground.
"Black Flash!"
"Three in a row?!" Todo watched in amazement.
"Black..."
Hanami put her elbows on the ground, and about to get up, she urgently had to use her forearm to defend against another kick.
"Flash!"
Boom!
Being kicked like a soccer ball, Hanami flew until she collided with a tree.
Seeing that, Todo felt tears streaming from his eyes.
It was true that the Black Flash was not a phenomenon that could be controlled. It was extremely rare, even for those in the upper echelons.
There were few sorcerers with a consecutive count of Black Flashes, and most of the time, it happened due to sheer luck.
But sometimes, the phenomenon seemed to somehow bless some individuals, allowing them to use this technique more often than any other cursed energy user.
Of course, the phenomenon had no sentience and couldn't choose who would be blessed.
But regarding Yuji Itadori, there was something different. Something Todo could perceive.
He felt that somehow, the phenomenon seemed to have chosen Itadori carefully.
!
Hanami got up, and feeling her arms tremble, she seemed quite tired after receiving so many attacks.
She was reaching her limit, and the two sorcerers noticed that.
They didn't need to speak to each other to decide the next move.
'Here they come!'
Hanami immediately turned when Itadori and Todo advanced, the curse's attention fixed on the boy, who at that moment, was undeniably the most dangerous.
*Clap!
And waiting for the swap, the curse immediately turned to see Itadori draw a blade, raising it and bringing it down on her arm.
"What's this? Are you underestimating me?"
Watching the blade approach her arm more and more, the curse prepared a wooden ball in her other hand.
"A blade will never be able to cut me!"
*Slice!
But with those confident thoughts, Hanami was unable to react when the blade pierced through her arm like butter.
Shock ran through her body, and seeing Itadori smirk confidently, the curse tried to jump back to escape.
"Gotcha!"
But before she could go any further, Todo quickly intercepted her, holding her by the waist.
"Let go of me!" The curse hit the sorcerer's face with an elbow, but Todo seemed determined to hold her.
And while she was held, her attention turned forward when she saw Itadori advancing towards her, Sukuna's vessel retracting his fist in anticipation.
"Bye Bye!"
*Clap!
As the boy reached her, the curse felt Todo disappear, her arms lowering to block the attack that at this point, was impossible to escape.
"Black Flash!!!"
Boom!
The fist shattered the curse's two arms, the ground beneath her feet cracking as the attack hit the curse's stomach squarely, sending Hanami flying away like a shot.
"Nice one, brother!" Todo stopped beside Itadori, a smile on his lips. "But still not enough."
"This curse is extremely resilient." Itadori sighed as he saw Hanami struggling to get up from the debris of several trees. "But at this point, she's out of breath. I think even escaping is impossible now."
"She only has one option."
Hanami, unfurling the flower on her shoulder, surprised the two sorcerers when she crouched down and placed her palm on the ground, nature around her starting to die at a frightening pace.
"My technique steals the energy from plants and converts it into cursed energy, but the energy doesn't come to me. It all goes to this flower."
Itadori realized where this was going, his eyes narrowing as he stepped in front of Todo.
"But with your technique, avoiding it would be too easy. So, I'm left with only one thing..."
The curse spread her arms, cursed energy dancing around her body as if it could explode at any moment.
"Todo!"
The man turned to Itadori when he called him.
"Trust me!"
Todo didn't understand the meaning behind the boy's words, but he didn't have to wait long to decipher them.
Because as the cursed energy threatened to explode, Itadori clasped his hands together for a moment, cursed energy concentrating entirely in his hands.
Itadori, assuming a combat stance, grinned disdainfully.
"Domain Expansion..."
"Domain Expansion..."
Todo widened his eyes at seeing this, his mouth opening in complete shock at the scene about to unfold.
"Ceremonial Sea of Light!"
'I haven't fully mastered it yet, but it'll be enough!'
"Hunting Territory!"
The howl of a wolf was the last thing Hanami heard.
