Everyone got into position as Kiyotaka, Megumi and Hana stood on a roof as Tsumiki appeared in front of them, saying, "Oh? Ah?"
Tsumiki saw Megumi and said, "Oh, Megumi. Thank goodness. That startled me."
Nobara looked to her and said, "Oh wow. This is your sister? But she's so pretty."
Megumi grew a tick mark, asking, "Are you calling me ugly?"
Nobara snickered at this as Megumi sighed.
Tsumiki saw them and bowed, saying, "Nice to meet you. Thank you for taking care of Megumi."
Nobara smirked, saying, "No problem."
Hana was flying above as she thought, 'That's Megumi's sister?'
"Who are you exactly?"
Everyone froze when Kiyotaka asked this.
Megumi turned to him, asking, "What are you talking about?"
Kiyotaka stared at [Tsumiki] and asked again, "Who are you?"
[Tsumiki] sweated, and Kiyotaka said, "You're scanning the entire area, and your gaze subtly shifts to me with focus. That's not normal for a civilian girl. Also, you're moving around far too easily for someone who's been in a coma for almost 2 years. Even 6 months would be enough for someone to need crutches and rehabilitation for several months. But you make it look far too easy for someone who's been awake for only a few days."
Kiyotaka said this as everyone slowly looked towards Tsumiki, and Megumi thought, 'No, it couldn't be right?'
Kiyotaka continued saying, "Also, when I asked [Who are you?], you weren't confused by my question. You were nervous. It adds credence to my theory, so I'll ask again. Who are you?"
[Tsumiki] grinned and said, "Who? Who do you think? I'm Fushiguro Megumi's older sister!"
Megumi stared in horror, thinking, 'An incarnated Sorcerer received information about the modern era from the vessel's brain. That's why Choso, Sukuna, and the incarnated players are able to function in the modern era. If so... reading the vessel's memories... and impersonating the vessel should be entirely possible. Then why did I assume... that Tsumiki was an awakened sorcerer?'
[Tsumiki] smiled and said, "Just kidding. I am [Yorozu]. Maybe the old guys still remember me."
Megumi looked to Yorozu and asked, "Why...?! This whole time!!"
"Weren't you the ones who-"
She was cut off as Kiyotaka appeared behind her and slammed his leg down at her as she blocked it and jumped back, saying, "Attacking your friend's sister? Isn't that just so mean?"
Kiyotaka looked to her and said, "I'll do the same thing I did with Yuki. I'll beat you out of her."
Yorozu sighed and said, "No way. I want to fight Sukuna. Not you."
"If you can't even beat me, then there's no point in going to him. We-ak-ling."
Kiyotaka said this as Yorozu glared at him, saying, "You little punk."
Kiyotaka looked to Nobara and Hana, thinking, 'You two are the key to this.'
["What did you call us here for, Ayanokoji?"
Nobara asked this as she and Hana sat down.
Kiyotaka looks to them and says, "There's a chance that Tsumiki is not a Newly Awakened Sorcerer."
Nobara and Hana's eyes widen in realisation as Hana sweats, saying, "Hey. Hold on. Don't just say that out of nowhere."
"If that is the case, you two will be essential in saving her."
Kiyotaka says this as Nobara nods, asking, "So what do we have to do?"
Kiyotaka turned to Hana and said, "Your extinguish incarnated players, right?"
[The Angel] spoke, saying, "That is correct, but I cannot separate the hists from Incarnated Sorcerers."
Kiyotaka nods and says, "That's where Kugisaki comes in. He deserves to know about-"
Hana then asked, "Why isn't Fushiguro here to hear about this?"
"He can't know. We need the Reincarnated Sorcerer to believe they are in complete control so that the two of you can do your jobs and deal with the situation before it gets worse. If they're on guard, they might escape or worse yet figure out our plan."
Kiyotaka said this and turned to Hana, saying, "Control your emotions. If you don't, then Fushiguro will break in a way that almost nothing will be able to repair. I'd rather not expose him to such pain and suffering.]
Kiyotaka looked to Megumi and said, "Don't worry. I'll deal with this."
Megumi's eyes locked onto Kiyotaka, asking, "How...?"
"Trust me."
Kiyotaka said this before he rushed towards Yorozu, who created liquid metal, creating spikes and firing them at Kiyotaka, who dodged the attacks, thinking, 'She's strong.'
Kiyotaka then shouted, "Shiro!" as his Shikigami appeared in his hands, and its edge became sharpened, liquid and rotated like a chainsaw, as he swung Shiro and cut right through the liquid metal.
Yorozu's eyes widened as she jumped back and thought, 'A Shikigami?'
Kiyotaka let go of Shiro as it disappeared, and suddenly a rain of spikes fell down towards Yorozu, who formed a dome out of liquid metal, protecting herself, thinking, 'He can create objects. Does he have the same cursed Energy as me? Why can't I see his Cursed Energy? Is it invisible?'
"Piercing Mass!"
Yorozu heard this as a line of liquid hit the dome and burst through as she barely rected, and the liquid pierced her stomach, barely missing her navel as she thought, 'That was close.'
Kiyotaka smashed through the dome and said, "Release Fushiguro Tsumiki."
Yorozu stomped her foot, shouting, "Hell no! I will reunite with Sukuna. My love won't be extinguished!"
Kiyotaka flicked his hand, chanting, "Slicing Mass."
The liquid sliced into her, and she thought, 'Sukuna? No. It's not him, but why...'
Kiyotaka looked at her and said, "I don't care about whatever kind of worthless thing you pretend is love."
Yorozu looked to him, thinking, 'Why does he remind me of him?'
Yorozu looked to him and said, "Sorry. You're pretty handsome and totally my type, but I'm a loyal girl."
"You're not my type in the slightest, so I feel as if I've dodged a bullet, or would you understand if I said dodged an arrow?"
Kiyotaka said this as Yorozu made an annoyed expression.
Kiyotaka rushed forward as Yorozu smirked and fired, an omnidirectional attack of liquid metal turning into spikes, thinking, 'Try and dodge that', but just as she thought that, she felt a fist connect with her face and send her flying back as she was sent flying back into the entrance to the roof.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's mastery of his Cursed Technique Reversal had finally reached a stage where he could convert his entire body into a gas phase without losing consciousness in the process. This meant that the spikes simply passed through him without inflicting harm. The time he could remain in this state before losing consciousness was 3 seconds. He made binding vows to limit himself to 3 seconds in order to increase the stability of his own mind during the process and increase his control over his cells during that state.
Yorozu got up thinking, 'There's no way he could have dodged that. He... phased through it? Like a ghost? Construction Sorcery can't do that.'
Yorozu got up as she began healing, and Kiyotaka thought, 'It's not Reverse Cursed technique. She's using Construction to replace lost tissue. It's much more taxing on her reserves. We should be able to take her alive.'
"Slicing Mass."
KIyotaka chanted this as he waved both hands, and two slashing marks appeared on Yorozu, and she looked annoyed, saying, "Stop using that move. Only Sukuna is allowed to touch me like that."
Kiyotaka deadpanned and said, "I think he'd thank me if I told him I got rid of you."
In the Hein Era, Yorozu had suffered many close calls due to one thing. The high cost of Cursed Energy required to use Construction, but that was when her eyes and ears turned to insects. Butterflies with the ability to fly across the sea. Hornets that could fly 25 Li in a single day. Insects capable of lifting objects several hundred times their weight and exhibiting jaw strength, jumping power, and speed that should be inconceivable with their small size. She realised the Energy efficiency of Insects and became convinced that insect armour was the pinnacle of the Construction Technique.
A bug armour formed around Yorozu as Kiyotaka smiled, saying, "I thought so."
"What do you mean [I thought so]?"
Yorozu asked this as Kiyotaka smiled and chanted, "Severance Of All Things. Butcher Of All Those Between Heaven And Earth. Slicing Mass."
Kiyotaka waved his hand as Yorozu's eyes widened, and the arm of her bug armour was cleaved off with ease, making her think, 'He intentionally added incantations to increase his output? Then why did he beofre... he was holdiong out on me?!'
Kiyotaka jumped off the air, calling, "Shiro!" as his Shikigami appeared in his hands and he slammed it down on Yorozu, sending her through the floor and through several levels as he armor cracked, making her think, 'What? How?'
Kiyotaka jumped down using Cursed Technique Reversaal to increase his density at his foot, and he landed on Yorozu, and the armour shattered.
Kiyotaka stood on her and asked, "What else do you have left in you?"
Liquid metal attacked Kiyotaka as he jumped back, thinking, 'It's a continuous attack.'
Yorozu got up and glared, saying, "Who do you think you are, pretty boy? Messing up my outfit for my date with Sukuna."
Kiyotaka deadpanned, thinking, 'This is the highest number of times I've deadpanned in a single conversation. She's... kind of... annoying? I'm willing to bet all the points I earned at ANHS that Sukuna attempted to fatally wound her when they first met.'
Liquid metal formed a ring around Yorozu as she fired it at Kiyotaka, who turned into a gas state, phasing through them and walking forward. When his three-second limit was reached, he made his fists denser and blocked the attacks as he closed the distance and backhanded her in the face through a wall.
Yorozu got up, saying, "You little brat. How dare you?! I'm going to teach Sukuna what love is. How can you not understand my desire to teach him that?"
Kiyotaka chuckled slightly as Yorozu's eyes widened as she shouted, "What are you laughing about?"
"I understand what love is and what it means to be taught what it is. It's a bit amusing to think that you'd ever be able to get Sukuna to understand such a concept while you're this weak."
Kiyotaka said this as Yorozu glared, shouting, "What exactly do you even know about love? You're just jealous of Sukuna and my love for him!"
Kiyotaka smiled and said, "I understand love. I'm taken after all. I have no interest in the love of crazy and obsessive women like you."
Yorozu gritted her teeth and shouted, "You brat!!!" as a sphere appeared next to her.
Kiyotaka smiled and said, "A Perfect Sphere. Since it was an infinitely small point of contact, it generates infinite pressure. Not bad."
Yorozu looked at him and asked, "Not bad? Are you serious?"
Kiyotaka nodded and said, "Sorry. Sorry. I took you lightly. I'll take this seriously. In fact, you've inspired me a little bit, so thank you."
The Perfect Sphere rushed towards Kiyotaka, who clasped his hands together and interlocked his fingers, thinking, 'This'll drain me quite a bit too, but I want to try it, and it'll waste her Cursed Energy too, so it should be fine' as he chanted, "Universal Stillness. Absolute Zero. End Of All Motion: Maximum Technique: Unmoving Barrier."
A wall of matter formed in front of Kiyotaka as the Perfect Sphere hit it and then shattered, and the matter dissolved away, and Yoruzu looked dumbfounded, thinking, 'That's... that's impossible!'
Kiyotaka looked to her and said, "When matter reaches a state of Zero Movement, it can flash freeze whatever it touches due to it absorbing the kinetic energy and so it's heat. Because Temperature and Pressure are intrinsically linked, stripping away heat causes thermal pressure to vanish. The wall of matter I created had zero atomic vibration, and so it absorbed all of that kinetic energy and caused a complete thermal and structural collapse. That's what happened to your attack."
Kiyotaka took a breath, thinking, 'That's a bit costly. I shouldn't create that much next time. A thin layer is usually enough, but with [Infinite] pressure, I didn't want to take any risks.'
Yorozu looked absolutely stunned, thinking, 'I've used up so much Cursed Energy. Not good. How is this brat so strong?'
Yorozu glared at him, thinking, 'I'll kill him with that then!'
Yorozu made some hand signs and chanted, "Domain Expansion: Three Layers of Affection!"
A white expanse was created as several oversized, organic structures floating within it that resembled the disembodied brains and ganglia of insects dangled around them.
Kiyotaka stood there and asked, "That Perfect Sphere is your Sure-Hit, isn't it? You've already seen me block and destroy it, so what now?"
Yorozu glared as she fired off attacks of liquid metal, but before they could land, the liquid metal stopped before they could hit him and shattered on impact as if there was a barrier.
"Slicing Mass"
Kiyotaka said this as he rushed forward and tapped her stomach as cuts appeared on it, and she fell to the floor bleeding out, and he asked, "Hey. Heal yourself. You're not dead right? I can hear your heartbeat after all."
Yorozu slowly got up, and Kiyotaka said, "Usually if I were in a Domain I'd use some kinds of countermeasures, but... I don't really think it's necessary."
Yorozu glared at him as she healed herself with Construction, thinking, 'I'm low on Cursed Energy. Maybe a quarter left.'
Kiyotaka sighed and said, "I was hoping to hit a Black Flash, but I guess that's not necessary anymore."
"Huh?"
Yorozu asked this as she glared at him.
Kiyotaka then said, "You took the bait pretty easily, honestly."
"Huh?"
"I know about you and your insect armour, Yorozu. I've read about you in Jujutsu Tech's archives. Thank you for being so easy to control. It makes my life easier, so I feel it's important to thank you."
Kiyotaka said this as he chanted, "Slicing Mass", and cut off her hands and legs as she fell to the floor.
Yorozu looked confused as she constructed new hands and feet for herself, thinking, 'I don't even have a quarter of my Cursed Energy left. Was this his goal from the start? To chip away at me?'
She tried to get up, but then a voice spoke out, chanting, "Oh Radiance... Radience, Which Purifies all Things. Evil, Sin, And Misery... Extinguish Them All. Guide The, Oh Radiance, To Thy Right Path. Jacob's Ladder!!!
She looked confused, thinking, 'It's not hitting me?'
Then another chant shouted, "Resonance!"
Yorozu tried to get up but fell back down as her face contorted in pain, she shouted, "It burns!!! It burns! Megumi. It's me. Tsumiki. I'm in control now. I'm your sister. It hurts! Save me!"
"Pathetic."
Kiyotaka said this as he chanted, "Manifest", and created brackets that pinned her arms and legs in place.
She continued screaming for Megumi, trying to trick him, but no one came.
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Megumi stood there thinking, 'She's calling to me but... that's not Tsumiki.'
Jacob's ladder targeted the severed piece of Yorozu's insect armour, and Nobara fired nails into it to transfer the damage directly to Yorozu's soul.
[Kiyotaka looked to them and said, "I'll act as the bait and vanguard. I'll drain her Cursed Energy to a point that she won't be able to cover her soul in it enough to resist or use Tsumiki's soul as a shield. I'll sever a piece of her insect armour. Kusgisaki. Use it as a medium to transfer the damage from Angel's technique."
Angel spoke out, saying, "This plan could work. Especially considering that she lacks an understanding of the soul. If she did, this would be far more difficult. Draining her reserves will also make any reflexive protection of her soul either impossible or insignificant. This could work"
Hana seemed relieved, asking, "So this plan will work?"
Kiyotaka gripped his hand and said, "After hitting a combo of Black Flashes against Sukuna, I'm definitely stronger than before. I should be able to handle it. If not, then unfortunately, we might have to let Fushiguro get involved. This plan is only a precaution, so let's hope that we don't have to use it."
They nodded, saying, "Got it."
Hana looked at the arm, thinking, 'Let her go. Let go of Megumi's Older sister!'
Nobara slammed her hammer into another nail, sending it flying into the arm, shouting Resonance and thinking, 'Come on. Let go of her already, you creepy bitch.'
The Jacob's Ladder ended, and they panted, thinking, 'Did it work?'
Kiyotaka jumped up, carrying a girl in his arms as Megumi looked to Kiyotaka, sweat dripping from his face, thinking, 'Is it over?'
Kiyotaka slowly let her down, laying her on the floor as her eyes slowly opened.
"Megumi? Is... is that you?"
She asked this as she tried to get up and rush over to him, only to fall over.
Megumi looked to her, asking, "Tsumiki? Is it really you?"
"Of course it's me. Why would you..."
Tsumiki asked this, but the memories flowed into her, and she looked horrified.
"I... I'm... sorry. I'm... so sorry."
She said this, tears falling from her eyes as Megumi sat down next to her, pulling her into a hug and saying, "Quit worrying me, you stupid older sister."
Tsumiki smiled and, through her tears, said, "Sorry, Megumi. I'm back."
"Welcome Back."
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To Be Continued
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