Chap 58: barrier
[Jjk world-main host:Takumi]
Reading through the night, he sat in silent within the tower. For Takumi, he doesn't need rest right now. From start of the morning to late evening of each day, he has been reading so much.
Holding the book in his hand, Takumi focus hard on each word he came across. His crave for knowledge is not something only he has, not just him but any ordinary soccerer would kill for the thing he is reading right now.
The concept that was teach inside the book, itself was a tough subject to learn. So even as he can have a clear understanding of the information he is learning, Takumi still choose to tread slowly on every word.
In his hand is a copy on how a barrier is utilized, it's not about domain but it is without a doubt still very valuable to most if not all soccerer. A crucial piece in learning about jujutsu.
Since it's a copy, obviously the original has more detail information. But he can't complain, he would accept this help for him later in his journey as a soccerer.
As he kept on reading, more understanding he can know toward this subject.
Barriers are an area of various sizes and effects that anyone with enough cursed energy can learn to create. To surround and protect the user is the most basic use of a barrier.
More complex barriers can be created and customized to fit the needs of the user. With certain conditions using binding vows and talismans, but this takes a certain degree of skill to accomplish effectively.
Chant and hand sign can also be use, such method is more common and easy compared the ones above.
One special thing to note about barriers in general is that barriers only recognize individuals with cursed energy and they completely ignore inanimate objects and buildings.
"Hmm." That last part would prove as a weakness for Takumi.
Most soccerer din't have to worry much about this since the situation they deal with will always have curse energy around them or their enemy.
However, Takumi isn't the same case. He has to travel to different worlds, that means he have to face enemy that doesn't relly on curse energy. Which would make the idea of learning barriers redundant, but he doesn't think so.
Barriers are the foundation of any domain, whether it be a fully expanded innate domain or a simple domain. An environment can be crafted out of cursed energy within a barrier.
So he just need to create a barrier to counter that weakness. But that's for the future, while he is in this world of curse energy he have to learn to make use of it appropriately.
Takumi spent night after night, trying to discover everything in every book he can search. Finally he was able to learn what he want about creating a barrier and how to use them.
He went out to an empty area outside of the tower for him to try out.
"Emerge from the darkness, blacker than darkness. Purify that which is impure." He silently chant.
From above, a dome was made from black ink like matter and surround in a range of 20 meter circling Takumi himself.
"So, this is my max range." Said Takumi, standing in a dark dome with next to no light.
But he doesn't care much as he can see just fine, even in pitch black Takumi can still sense surrounding environment thanks to his shadow power.
This dome is a custom version of a curtain barrier. Alowing him and everything he do to be concealed to all those viewing from outside, plus an extra command. Create a zone of darkness in the barrier, usually the caster would make the inside of this barrier to illuminated in anyway they want. Most common is a fake moon that shine light, and now Takumi has removed it.
Cost wise, it didn't take much from his curse energy pool. Even with a modification, he could add some more to this barrier and not worry about spending much curse energy.
He then perform all of his power while in here, from shadow power to curse technique. He break, crash, and destroy. the area inside with his practicing of power until he was satisfied with the result.
For now he was fine with just being able to cast a barrier with a certain amount of input. He can make the interior become invisible, make it so the barrier alow only him to move in and out freely.
Pulling down the barrier, Takumi began to went back home.
"I wonder how my fiancé is doing ?"
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Walking with a beg of grocery in one hand, the female Zennin Toji walk with an unreadable expression on her face. Wearing a loose pants and tank top that was comfortable for the tight muscular body of her. Her hair also grew longer, tied in a ponytail over, whistling to herself, this is another day in her happy life.
Tojiko live as freely as she could ever ask, wake up with her lover, shower with him, eat with him, sleep with him. It was so simple, yet it was everything she could want.
Ofcourse there was always the time he went out, it make her anxious every moment she isn't with him.
And that anxiousness turn to anger as soon as she sees the people outside of their home. About four individual standing around wearing hood to cover their face, all of them armed with curse tool.
'What a bunch of trash.' She approach them slowly as she eavesdrop on how will they break into the home later in the night.
From the curse energy that radiate from them, she could tell that they are all grade 2 or semi grade 2, not that it matter much. She would still kill them all the same. And the fact that her lover house housse was a target is all she need for a confirmation of their act, plus the street is empty enough for her to do what she do best.
Getting behind the one that are the furthest in the back. With one hand, she rip out her throat and thrown her body back. By the time the rest of them realized one of their own is gone, Tojiko already rush to the front of them. Swipping a weapon from one of those filthy animal, she swing across the two necks. Ending their lives in one moment, with the last one about to jump away. She did a horizontal cut, severing her legs.
Falling face first to the ground, the last one was about to said something when she gag her with a piece of cloth taken from one of the dead bodies.
Her face has a expression of genuine fear and pain when facing Tojiko cold eyes glaring death down at her