Abnormal Moon

He suddenly experienced a spasm throughout his body.

"Ugh!"

A sudden, tearing pain shot through the depths of my brain.

Arisaka suddenly collapsed to the ground, his bloodshot eyes wide, clutching his head, his teeth clenching so hard they almost crushed his gums.

The excruciating pain surged directly into his brain, as if an iron pestle was mercilessly pounding into his skull and violently stirring it.

Unable to notice anything outside, he could only painfully pound his head, which felt like it was about to explode. Unbeknownst to him, blood was continuously flowing from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.

This excruciating pain was completely different from physical pain. This pain, originating from the brain, felt as if his brain was being burned to a crisp. Under the influence of this pain, not only did his body become uncontrollable and his whole body convulsed, but his consciousness also gradually became blurred.

"Having lived most of your life, haven't you realized your own limitations?"

Through his blood-blurred vision, someone entered his field of vision.

"What? You've become the number one assassin? You really have the talent to be a comedian—tell me, who sent you?"

"What...did you do...?"

"Now it's my turn to ask you."

Roy stood in front of Arisaka, looking at the muscular old man with an icy expression.

"If you still choose not to answer, you will die in agony, bleeding from all seven orifices. Moreover, being unable to control your own body, you won't even be able to commit suicide. But if you confess honestly now, I can let you die a quicker death."

As a curse master, Arisaka had considered that his end might be a terrible death.

He was prepared to face death.

"...I don't know who it was. I accepted the quest on the dark web, which is reserved for curse masters...The quest only said to capture your student, any one of them..."

He had no idea who issued the task or what their purpose was.

Even the meeting place and time after the mission is successful have to wait for the other party's notification.

"Tell me the URL of that dark web site, your account, and your password."

Roy stood in the alley, the dim sunlight shining from behind him, enveloping his figure in shadow, his cold tone as if he were talking to a dead man.

"..."

Arisaka was prepared to face death.

But no matter who killed him, he never imagined he would die so ignominiously, so inexplicably.

He didn't even know how he lost, and could only die with a heart full of resentment and unable to rest in peace.

Roy kicked the dagger on the ground, and the dagger shot out like an arrow, piercing Arisaka's heart.

After a short while, Arisaka fell silent.

Yuji Itadori witnessed the entire event from behind Roy.

He originally thought there would be a big battle between the two, and even Teacher Roy would have to use his skills and spend a few moves to defeat this curse master.

Who would have thought that the result would be so one-sided?

This curse master, who treated him as nothing, was utterly helpless in front of Teacher Roy.

To be honest, it wasn't just the curse master who didn't understand; even Yuujin Itadori stood there like an idiot the whole time, completely clueless about what was happening and how his teacher had won.

"what have you done?"

At that moment, a third person's voice came from the alley.

Yuji Itadori's gaze shifted downwards, and as if bitten by a mosquito, he suddenly slapped himself on the right cheek.

But this did nothing to help.

Soon, another mouth grew on his left cheek.

The sound just now came from a mouth with sharp, beast-like fangs.

"It keeps popping up every now and then. This guy named Su Nuo is really annoying."

Yuji Itadori looked at his left cheek. Although he couldn't actually see his cheek, he could still feel it.

Sukuna with a mouth on his face is truly disgusting.

Roy searched Arisaka and found his cell phone in his pocket.

"Want to know? Guess!"

He knew Su Nuo was talking to him, and replied without looking up, his tone carrying a hint of mischievousness.

Roy had no interest in explaining his abilities to his enemies.

In this world, revealing spells creates "bindings" that can be used to enhance the range or power of one's spells. However, Roy's ability doesn't qualify as a spell, so it's unclear whether the principle of binding applies to this. Even if it does, Roy doesn't feel that his Mystic Eyes need the slight enhancement that bindings can provide.

The essence of constraint is to gain something by paying a price.

For example, if I were a swordsman, when facing an unimaginably strong enemy, I could pay the price of "never touching a sword again for the rest of my life" in exchange for "my strongest strike" and unleash my most powerful sword.

If this constraint is broken, and one later encounters a knife, the price will be extremely high.

But Roy's Mystic Eyes are inherently unreasonable. Opponents have no way to defend against or counter this technique. One glance is enough to decide the outcome, and there is no need to restrain it at all.

"Hmph, even if you don't say it, I can guess it."

Su Nuo opened his mouth and let out a cold laugh that sounded like he was not willing to admit defeat.

"That assassin was clutching his head the whole time, as if his brain had been attacked. You probably launched a direct attack on his brain... That's what most sorcerers would think."

"But this would create a strong sense of incongruity, because the assassin thought he could defeat you and must have been very confident in his spells. But he didn't use any spells until he died and could only hold his head and wait to die—and the physical form of the spells is in the human brain."

"You rascal, you can't possibly be able to directly counter other sorcerers' spells, can you?"

Can it be used to directly target the surgical procedure?

so smart?

Yuji Itadori shuddered, his eyes shining.

Even as a newcomer to the world of sorcery, he knew that a sorcerer's battle largely depended on their own spells. Once their spells were targeted or sealed, it was almost as if the outcome had already been decided!

The teacher once said that no sorcerer could defeat him. Could this be what he meant?

The teacher is really amazing!

"To be able to glean so much from such a simple exchange, he truly deserves the title of King of Curses."

Roy unlocked the phone using the fingerprints from Arisaka's corpse, saved a new fingerprint, put the phone in his pocket, turned around, and clapped twice to show his admiration for Sukuna.

But he showed no sign of nervousness at having his abilities exposed; instead, he gave Su Nuo a meaningful look.

"You could say it's very close, but you haven't seen through everything. Keep guessing, and I'll give you a score as I go!"

"cut!"

Su Nuo scoffed in disgust.

A mere modern sorcerer, yet he dares to speak so arrogantly!

but.

"That being said, if this guy can really counter other people's spells, and his own physical abilities are that strong... he's probably far more troublesome than any sorcerer from the Heian period a thousand years ago!"

Su Nuo couldn't help but have this deeply troublesome thought in his mind.

However, what emerged from this tricky situation was not fear or apprehension. Su Nu guessed that Roy had the ability to directly target other people's spells. Such an ability could be called the nemesis of sorcerers. Once it spread, all sorcerers would turn pale at the mention of Roy.

But what welled up in Su Nuo's heart was an excitement and exhilaration that kept expanding like a vortex.

During the Heian period a thousand years ago, among the elite of the Abe clan, there was a sorcerer who could directly counter the spells of others.

The man claimed to be an angel and possessed a spell capable of destroying all spells.

If hit by it, the sorcerer's spell will be forcibly killed—because the spell is located in the brain, forcibly killing the spell means that a part of the sorcerer's brain will be forcibly removed, almost certainly resulting in death. It is tantamount to instantly killing the sorcerer, which is incredibly powerful.

But even so.

That guy who called himself an angel was still wiped out by Sukuna, along with the Fujiwara clan's elite troops and the remnants of the Sugawara clan.

"Roy, you're the most delicious meal of this era! How interesting! Once I'm fully resurrected, you'll be my strongest enemy. I'm even feeling a long-lost sense of mission—I'm resurrected in this era to tear you to pieces!"

"Yes, yes, say whatever you want."

Despite Sukuna's words, which were full of fighting spirit, Roy seemed uninterested.

To be honest, his brief duel with Sukuna had left him somewhat disappointed in Sukuna, to the point that he had lost interest in Sukuna's full strength.

In comparison, he might be more interested in Gojo Satoru now.

What happened on your end?

Ten minutes later, Fushiguro Megumi and Kugizaki Nobara arrived together. After learning what had just happened from Itadori Yuujin, Kugizaki Nobara exclaimed in surprise.

"Teacher, this is for you."

Taking the opportunity, Fushiguro handed the two tickets to Roy.

"this is?"

"That pink-haired girl just handed it to me and left without saying a word. I have absolutely no idea what she was trying to do. Luckily, it clearly stated on the ticket that her band was having a concert..."

Fushiguro Megumi held her forehead, speechless.