A kick.
This attack is basic for many, but it possesses an unsuspected lethality to the average human.
A kick naturally carries two to four times more force than a punch.
Consequently, Charl mainly trains delinquents to maximize the power of their legs.
An act aimed at improving their strength, but also at securing their escape options when facing an opponent too strong.
Jin didn't like that his strategist planned for his subordinates to flee, but he decided to turn a blind eye to this cowardly aspect.
After all, he himself was a fan of strategic retreat in the Joestar family style.
So he couldn't really judge.
"You damn brats! You gonna stay still so I can carve you up?" roared the cursed spirit user, brandishing an axe.
Unfortunately, no one wanted to listen to his suggestion at that moment.
As members affiliated with the Twilight guild, but also elements of Sendai's Red Lizard crew, neither Kei nor his friends were ready to fight a hopeless battle against a cursed spirit user far more experienced in the art of killing than they were.
They chose to flee after realizing the gap in strength, having learned the lesson from the sacrifices of their dead friends.
"Damn it, why wasn't I chosen by Tsubaki?" Kei cursed, finding himself backed into a corner with his friends.
The alley they had taken led to a dead end.
"Haha, you're not getting away anymore, my pretties… lick," declared the dark-skinned man, running his tongue along his axe.
Seeing this scene, fear flooded Kei's heart.
"Lord, God, Jesus, Brahma…" Kei prayed inwardly, sinking into total despair.
Originally, he had been an ordinary high-schooler.
Even though he was bullied daily, he considered his life not that bad.
However, everything changed after meeting Charl Choi and his master. At first, he thought he would just be exploited again.
But Kei decided to give a chance to the light the masked man had promised him in the abandoned warehouse.
To this day, it had been the best decision of his life. Kei had become strong thanks to Twilight group's "standard" training.
He had become handsome, thanks to his new athletic physique worthy of an actor.
The teenager had even gained a certain popularity in his high-school hellhole, thanks to his strength.
Yet everything was about to end today.
"N-no, I'm not gonna die a virgin!!" he suddenly roared before charging at the cursed spirit user.
Juzo was delighted at the prospect of turning such young men into furniture, but Kei's reckless charge slightly surprised him.
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"You're insane! Haha, a non-sorcerer trying to challenge a sorcerer? Go join the others!" he said, referring to the crew members already dead under his hands.
Kei didn't flinch in the face of the axe imbued with an intimidating "aura," but tried to close the distance against the man who wanted to prevent him from receiving the masked man's "special reward."
Crack.
The ground split under the cursed spirit user's strike.
"I-I'm… almost dead!!" Kei mentally screamed, narrowly dodging the attack.
The delinquent's shirt was torn by the force of Juzo's axe, but he countered with a perfectly timed kick.
"Am I supposed to feel pain?" Juzo asked, wearing a disturbing smile.
Seeing the cursed spirit user's unscathed body, Kei's face turned pale in seconds.
At that moment, he understood a chilling truth that the guild's protocol had tried to convey: any struggle from a non-sorcerer was futile against a cursed spirit user.
"Goodbye cruel world… you didn't even let me wet my soldier… just once," he thought inwardly, watching the shadow of Juzo's axe approach.
Kei made peace with his fate.
"What the hell are you doing? The rules are clear, aren't they? Small crews aren't supposed to mess with the supernatural," Tsubaki declared as she arrived.
She had perched on a distant pole, but her presence seemed to dominate a wide area.
"You—" Juzo started to speak, but a gravitational force violently slammed him to the ground.
"Don't you dare look at Tsubaki with that ugly face," declared a cold voice.
Kei was a low-ranking member of Twilight. Even though he had a slight understanding of the supernatural thanks to the protocols, this was only the second time he had "seen" jujutsu.
"C-can I… become that strong with jujutsu too?" he stammered, staring at the source of his terror being crushed by gravity.
The voice answered coldly:
"No."
Kei felt demotivated after hearing the unknown woman's reply. However, her appearance struck him even more than her words.
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She had short black hair and casual clothes, but her golden eyes radiated something mystical.
Kei would have wanted to drown in those eyes forever, but the coldness within them immediately repelled any indecent thoughts in his heart.
Crack.
"Aahhh!" the cursed spirit user screamed in pain.
He had lost all four limbs, torn off by the gravitational pressure.
Yet Nayuta showed no emotion in the face of her target's suffering.
She advanced toward him, then slowly parted her lips to offer him the "usual" choices.
"You have two options," she began, raising two fingers toward the dying man.
"First, I take you back to Father. However, your fate will be unknown," she said, maintaining her monotone tone.
"As for the second option, you make an unbreakable vow to become my dog," she declared, pointing at the people behind her.
Some seemed happy to wear collars, while others looked away.
It was clear they were ashamed of having become her dogs, stripped of all dignity.
"You have three seconds," she announced.
1.
Nayuta raised one finger.
"I-I… I'll…" Juzo tried to say, but the gravity intensified even more when he attempted to speak.
It was as if Nayuta wanted to prevent him from retracting.
"I want to be a dog!!" Juzo screamed before his lungs were crushed.
"Oh, really? But I don't feel like it~" she replied nonchalantly, placing a finger on her lower lip in an innocent pose.
Kei turned pale upon hearing her words.
"Was she even human?" he wondered, staring at Nayuta's back.
Just as Juzo was about to die, a hand rested on Nayuta's shoulder.
"Stop." Tsubaki ordered, frowning slightly at the gratuitous violence.
Nayuta looked over her shoulder without answering. The two teenagers stared at each other for a moment.
Finally, Nayuta removed her hand from Tsubaki's shoulder.
"I'll tell Father," she said simply before leaving the scene.
The small group of "dogs" followed her immediately.
Tsubaki let out a relieved sigh, then turned her attention to the surviving delinquents from the incident.
"And you there… you're part of a crew, right?" she asked politely, fixing her gaze on Kei.
The teenager froze for a moment in front of her pretty smile before nodding frantically.
Even knowing Tsubaki was smiling out of politeness, he was struck by her beauty.
As a result, Kei behaved like a total simp.
"Wonderful. I need you and your friends to clean all this up before the police arrive," Tsubaki explained, crossing her arms with satisfaction.
…
"Damn it! I was so close!" he thought while tearing up his betting ticket.
Toji looked at Jin with a shameless grin after seeing the bespectacled man's defeat.
If someone didn't know the overall situation, they would have thought Toji was the bookmaker.
Yet he had lost too.
The sorcerer killer was simply malicious.
He didn't want to lose alone.
Bin!
"Sorry, I've got a call," he said, standing up.
Gong and Toji waved that it was fine. Jin thanked them for their indulgence, since he had just killed the vibe of their relaxing day.
He stepped out of the stands and opened his phone.
[ Daddy!! Tsubaki is sabotaging my authority in front of your lackeys!! ]
Nayuta's upset voice came through the phone after he answered her missed call.
It was clear she was playing the victim.
"Damn it! Charl… I don't pay you for nothing!" Jin cursed after listening to Nayuta's complaints.
Jin forgot that Charl wasn't paid at all, but that wasn't the most important issue for him right now.
Since Nayuta's return with Kenjaku, he had to be very present for them. Otherwise, one or the other always had a complaint.
"Maybe Sukuna was right not to eat Yorozu," he thought before chasing the idea from his mind.
There was no way he was going to live the life of a strongest virgin. After all, what's the point of strength without pleasure?
If Sukuna enjoyed devouring human flesh, Jin enjoyed living a carefree life. However, that path sometimes had clouds.
Like this one.
"I'm telling you, sweetie, my subordinates follow rules. They're not your dogs," Jin tried to explain, but Nayuta threw a tantrum on the other end of the line.
In the end, Jin decided to calm her down a bit.
Okay, I'll use the carrot today, but next time you'll taste the stick, he thought, considering giving her a light spanking.
However, he eventually dismissed that idea.
It was a bit too erotic.
Jin decided to find another punishment later, because he couldn't give in too much to Nayuta's whims.
"Okay, you know what? If you bring Father an interesting cursed spirit user, he'll give you something unique—is that okay?" he asked in a gentle tone.
[Hum… okay~ It's only because it's you that I forgive this rusty weapon.]
Jin exchanged a few sweet words to reassure his daughter before hanging up and letting out an exhausted sigh.
Fortunately, there was also good news.
[Master, I have collected the tributes from Sandai. As for the other cities, they are entrusted to the cursed corpses and Charl.]
[Charl also mentioned that he is currently negotiating with the Zenin clan to take possession of the twins.]
A smile finally appeared on Jin's face after Nayuta's disastrous call.
"Who said money can't buy everything?" he muttered, rejoicing at having obtained the Zenin twins.
…
Author's note:
We didn't reach 100 stones before the reset.