Anime Crossover: Master is Not Here Today

"The specific details of the attack are unclear, but judging from the signs of battle at the scene, it seems that multiple level-one or higher cursed spirits were involved in the attack."

This attack by the cursed spirits was divided into two battlefields.

The first battlefield was the competition venue where college students competed.

The opposing side deployed a top-tier cursed spirit, two level-one cursed spellcasters, and an unknown cursed spellcaster capable of raising a [tent] specifically targeting Gojo Satoru in the students' competition area.

Because they were all monitoring the situation on the field through surveillance cameras, they immediately noticed the situation on the first battlefield.

Out of concern for the students' safety, they chose to send four high-level combatants—Gojo Satoru, Rakuganji Yoshinobu, Ankagi, and Meimei—to the first battlefield, while sending Yagura Masamichi alone to defend Tengen-sama's barrier.

In retrospect, their decision-making error at that moment led to their defeat.

Tengen is the oldest living sorcerer in the world of sorcery. His sorcery is called "Immortality," and the power of his spell grants him eternal life.

Because of Tianyuan's superb barrier abilities, the barriers of the various strongholds of the sorcerers and the numerous auxiliary supervisors have been fully strengthened with his assistance. Without his presence, it would be difficult for the sorcerers to carry out their safety protection and mission processing normally.

Because Tianyuan has maintained the barrier since ancient times, ensuring the safety of sorcerers with his own strength, he holds a high position in the entire sorcery world and is respectfully called Lord Tianyuan by everyone.

Tengen's residence is an open, special barrier located underground at Tokyo High School.

According to the current reports, although the situation on the first battlefield does appear dangerous, it is actually just a cover for the situation on the second battlefield—Tianyuan's barrier dwelling.

Tianyuan's barrier dwelling is not just a simple residence, but also a storage room used to seal and store some dangerous and indestructible cursed objects.

For example, the fingers of Ryoumen Sukuna, which were previously discovered and recovered by the world of sorcery, are now stored within Tengen's barrier.

And that is their real purpose.

By the time Moth arrived at the right spot, the enemy had already succeeded and retreated.

In addition to the casualties mentioned earlier, the attack resulted in the loss of six fingers of the top-grade cursed artifact, Two-Faced Su Nuo, and the first to third top-grade cursed artifacts, the Nine Phases of the Cursed Embryo Diagram, which were taken away by the attackers. This is an unprecedented and significant loss.

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Everyone remained silent, each lost in their own thoughts.

They had no excuse for their strategic failure, because the other side had indeed seized their lifeline—the students of the vocational college.

The timing of the attack was incredibly clever. They not only seized the opportunity during the start of the exchange meeting but also accurately grasped their psychology. It was undoubtedly a meticulously planned event.

More importantly, this attack is by no means the end, but merely the beginning, a harbinger.

The tide is turning

At this moment, the shamanic singer spoke:

"Should we inform the students and other sorcerers about this?"

".No."

"Let the higher-ups keep the news under wraps. We can't let other sorcerers know that a top-grade cursed artifact has been stolen."

Rakuganji Yoshinobu and Yagami Masamichi spoke one after the other, choosing to keep the news under wraps.

Although the tide of the times is gradually approaching and showing an unstoppable trend, they still hope to delay it as much as possible, at least to buy students some more time to grow.

Immediately afterwards, Moth asked:

"What did the guy we caught say?"

Besides the Special Grade Cursed Spirit that was destroyed by Fujimaru Ritsuka, there were also two Level 1 Cursed Spellcasters who attacked the First Battlefield, and they captured one of them.

Kiyoshi Ijichi looked down at the report, somewhat troubled, and said:

"The other party doesn't seem to have any intention of keeping it a secret, but they seem to be mentally unstable and don't know much useful information."

"Regarding this attack, all the other party knows is that he made a deal with someone and acted on orders. Among the people he made the deal with seemed to be a monk and a young woman with white hair and a bob whose gender is unknown. Other than that, there is no other useful information."

The most useful intelligence was the vague images of the two masterminds: a monk and a white-haired boy/girl with a bob haircut. However, this information was not very useful.

only.

Recalling the traces of battle between multiple cursed spirits mentioned in the previous report, as well as the image of the monk, the image of a friend unconsciously appeared in Gojo Satoru's mind.

But the other party was already dead, killed by him, with no chance of survival.

"That guy probably just made something up. Don't they have any sorcerers skilled in interrogation?"

Gojo Satoru complained.

"Speaking of which, why were that top-tier cursed spirit and the unrelated personnel able to pass through the barrier set up by Lord Tianyuan?"

Upon hearing the question from the geisha, Gojo Satoru replied:

"It must be the power of that top-tier cursed spirit."

"I asked the students who fought it, and they said that it felt more like an elf or plant than a cursed spirit. Even Lord Tianyuan's barrier wouldn't work on plants, right?"

As he explained, he felt a little conflicted, because he had seen that cursed spirit before. It was the spirit that had saved another cursed spirit that was fighting him and then escaped.

But now, the opponent has been killed by Fujimaru Ritsuka.

This is the second time.

He never imagined that his sudden decision to enroll Fujimaru Ritsuka would have such a significant impact.

In such a short period of time, the other side had already killed two top-tier cursed spirits in the enemy camp.

And what about him?

Zero!

Damn it, there's a subtle sense of resentment about it.

"Speaking of this, I also have a question."

On the other side, upon hearing Gojo Satoru mention the special-grade cursed spirit, Rakuganji Yoshinobu looked over and questioned him:

"Gojo Satoru, that student named Fujimaru Ritsuka, her strength is clearly enough to be rated as Special Grade, why are you deliberately concealing her true strength?"

"Also, what exactly is going on with her spell and that shikigami?"

Upon hearing this, the others couldn't help but look over curiously.

The presence of Fujimaru Ritsuka and Jeanne Alter, and the fact that the two confronted and completely destroyed the Special Grade Cursed Spirit, were all witnessed by students from Kyoto University. It was impossible to hide the truth, and everyone present had already learned about it to some extent.

Gojo Satoru looked at Rakuganji Yoshinobu and smiled enigmatically:

"What, not only Itadori, but Ritsuka is also someone you want to execute?"

Yoshinobu Rakuganji responded meticulously:

"How to deal with the other party is not within my authority. All I need to do is report the information about the other party to my superiors and then carry out the tasks assigned to me."

"Old man, why do you like being a puppet so much? Wouldn't it be better to be a living, breathing person?"

"...It's just for the sake of the greater good of the sorcery world, you brat."

Upon hearing this, Gojo Satoru scoffed unhappily, losing all interest in continuing the conversation.

However, he quickly cheered up and smiled meaningfully:

"If you truly care about the greater good of the jutsu world, then regarding Fujimaru Ritsuka—"

"I advise you not to get to know it."

"Not everyone has a temper as good as mine."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 38 Idle Chat in the Ward

The students from Tokyo Vocational High School have gathered in the hospital room to visit Inu-chan, who is lying in bed.

Although this was a once-in-a-century attack on a school by a top-tier cursed spirit, only two students, Inuaki Toshiki and Kamo Noriyuki, were injured and hospitalized, and both were hospitalized due to overuse of the spell.

Although the dog, Chinchilla, was vomiting blood and seemed to be in serious condition, it was fine after being treated by Ieiri Shoko and only needed to rest.

However, the current situation is clearly not suitable for rest and recuperation.

So, we won?

"Great!!"

Upon learning that Fujimaru Ritsuka had successfully defeated the leader of the cursed spirits, Kugizaki Nobara cheered with joy.

Compared to the special-grade cursed spirit she had never even met and who had already been destroyed by Fujimaru Ritsuka, the current victory was more important to her.

Fushiguro Megumi, standing to the side, helplessly reminded him:

"Keep your voice down, the vet said that Dog Roll needs to rest."

"Ah, sorry!"

"mustard."

Sitting on the hospital bed, Inu-maki Thorn shook her head to indicate that it was alright. Meanwhile, Zen-in Maki, standing nearby, curiously asked Jeanne Alter:

"How exactly did you manage to eliminate them in that field back then?"

The others looked over with curiosity upon hearing this, but Joan of Arc Alter replied nonchalantly:

"It's simple, it's just that my attack is faster than the opponent's."

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Joan of Arc's matter-of-fact answer left everyone speechless.

Where exactly is it simple?!

At this moment, Hisahito Itadori raised his hand with a puzzled look and said:

"Excuse me, can anyone explain to me who this girl is?"

"Um, I wanted to ask that too."

Yoshino Junpei also weakly raised his hand.

As the last two to join the team, they were completely bewildered by the existence of Jeanne Alter. Listening to everyone's familiar conversations with each other, they even felt a strange sense of loneliness, as if they were being ostracized.

"Her name is Jeanne d'Arc Alter, and she is Ritsuka's shikigami."

Megumi Fushiguro gave the two a general explanation of the special nature of Jeanne Alter's existence, leaving the two, novices in the world of sorcery, somewhat confused and only able to come to a rough conclusion—