Chap 12: curse finger
Rushing as fast as they can, 1nd and 2nd were running on feet. At this time, the street is in a rush hour so driving in a car wouldn't do any good, plus they don't own one.
Running at the maximum speed their body alowed, it would take them roughly around an hour or so to reach the place, maybe more. While running, he can't think of a good reason.
Why ? Why here ? Why now ?
Was this some sort of attack aimed at him ? No, unlikely. He was someone of no importance, not unless his relationship with the abandoned child of the Zennin is taken into account. But even so, it wouldn't made sense. If this was for blackmail then he would've been attack the moment when he exited the mall.
So it was something else, and he just happened to be around ? Once more Takumi curse his own bad luck in his mind.
The curse energy signature is rising all over the place. When they arrived, curse spirit were all ready roaming around freely.
"What are they looking for ?"
Among the wandering curses, 1nd and 2nd saw group of curse going somewhere together. It look very suspicious for them to act in such a way. So they decided follow them, the small group is going to some where that is under the mall. Going through a door leading them underground, probably the basement. They tail behind the group of curses, passses some door, a long narrow hallway until they hit a deadend.
The movement of the curse spirit althrough erratic and wild, it does seemed like they were looking for something.
While Takumi was still ponderring, one of the curse start to punch the wall. The wall reverberate and a flash of light shone when the curse made contact with the wall. Acompany it was the surge of attack aim at that wall from other curses, slashing, bitting, hitting, like they were hungry for whatever was seal behind it. Takumi realize then what they were looking for.
"The finger!" Exclaimed Takumi 1nd.
The shocking revelation made him shudder, he can't imagine here of all place would have Sukuna curse finger.
"We have to get it first."
They made a dash from behind, as the curse were still busy to notice them. 1nd and 2nd has drawn their weapon and making a attack motion toward the nearest curse.
A quick slash to the head and it was only able to make a weak skriek before turn to dust, but that alone was enough to turn group of curses attention toward them.
The entirer group roar in beastly nature, one of them charge up only to be sliced as it own body caught stuck with another curse who has the same intention. in this closed and narrow enviroment. Only so much curses can go and face them, an advantage in their favor.
Jumping into the fray of curse spirits, wild being as these one are. These grade 3 curse are unable to process things in a logical sense and only charge up tp attack wildly.
completely different from Takumi 1nd and 2nd who were fighting coordinate and smoothly.
One curse with many hand try to attack get caught with another spider curse when hitting on Takumi 1nd and get a slash on to it's face from his katana as a result. They are slowly making progress but it still too slow, they can't tell when that wall could break.
If it does, then a finger bearer will emerge. Each one of the finger bearer has stated to be a grade 1 or at least a semi-grade 1. Even he know what wash that fight would be, two semi grade 3 vs a grade 1 is a joke. Not to mention all the other people that are still in the mall.
*crack*
A small crack apear on the wall. It's The sturdiness of the wall is gradually disappearing, with each blow the crack widen more and more.
"They are going faster now." 1nd can't see pass the bodies of the curses but from what he could tell, the wall is going to crumple sôpn and they need to quicken their own pace.
Both Takumi have their curse energy flow rise up, green curse energy flared up like a flame from their body.
Takumi 2nd begin glow, he drop his knife as his technique [paralyzed gaze] was launch at them. Almost every single one of the curses movement were halted except for 1nd.
'Shit, there are too many.' 2nd throught, blood burst from the conner of his eye.
His eye feel like burning, the amount of curse spirit were affecting heavily on the proficiency of his technique. While his own curse energy pool are dropping fast. Takumi 1nd dual wielding the knife and katana in each of his hand, throwing causion to the wind he rush in and cut down as many of them as possible.
Slashing and cutting his way to the end, the curses movement were slowed down enough so he can get a clean lethal slash in faster than they could hit him, with each curse spirit killed, 2nd could be more fluent in his technique.
But even so, he can't dodge some of the attack of the curses. A bleeding stomach, bruise knee, and many cut on his body but he still managed push on.
Hacking his way in, 1nd was a couple more curses away from the ones that are bearking the wall down. Through most of them were halted and by the death of their kin, the restriction on their body male it even hard to move.
Among them however, was one. The first one that has been hellbent on beark this wall, if one to look directly at it's eye right now, it has is a furious gleam to it.
When the wall finally gace up. With one mighty punch, the wall was broken down.
The moment it fell, it hit both of Takumi. A wave of malice intent, vile darkness ooze from beyond the wall.
They feel sick in the stomach, 1nd was on his knees and 2nd was knocked out of his technique on his back.
Mean while the curse, faced with this curse object smiled. Standing unfazed, it slowly lift a hand toward the object inside, a single finger wraped in yellow talismans.
*Wizz*
"Heek!" A jolt of pain shot in the curse's hand.
A kunai find it's way into the curse, 1nd still managed to thrown a kunai with a shaking hand to intercept it. His eye start to glow.
[Paralyzed gaze]
"You didn't think it'll be over that quick right ?" Struggling with bleeding eye, he walk up with his katana in hand.
With each of his step, the curse struggle more fiercely to move.
*ROAAR!!*
"Shut up!" He swing his sword with a harden face.
A horizontal cut pass it neck, the curse cries out in anger before death then got turned into ashes as his blade severed it's head.
[Ding]
[Succesfully stopping curse outbreak]
[Quest completed]
[Received +5 Strength]
[Received + 5 Perception]
[Received + 5 Agility]
[Received + 5 Endurance]
[Received + 5 Energy]
[Received + 5 gacha pull]
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[User status]
Name: Takumi Nejima
Level 3 (31 points)
Strenght: 34.9
Perception: 35.1
Agility: 24.9
Endurance: 34.8
Energy: 35.0
Luck: 12 (+10 ) The blessing of the gacha goddess.
[Gacha pulls available: 10]
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