Chapter 12 Susanoo
"It's still not enough..."
Toho Hiroshi knelt on the ground, covering his throbbing eyes, blood seeping through his fingers.
Just the skeletal form wasn't enough to counterattack in the Simple Domain.
He squeezed the deeper power of his Mangekyo, and more Dōjutsu Power and Cursed Energy burned frantically.
The purple skeletal frame emitted an even more dazzling light, and meridians and flesh quickly began to cover the bones, solidifying and growing taller.
In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a more complete purple skeletal giant with an upper body and four arms.
Susanoo: Second Form.
The giant skeletal arm, with an overwhelming momentum, slammed a punch towards Kuchisake-onna.
Boom—
The convenience store's ceiling was directly ripped off, and the walls collapsed like paper!
Kuchisake-onna was sent flying by this violent punch, crashing through the opposite wall and landing on the street.
Her Simple Domain, under the absolute crushing force, emitted a sound of unbearable cracking and then suddenly collapsed and dissipated.
The domain's suppression effect disappeared.
"Now's the chance!"
Toho Hiroshi endured the intense pain in his eyes, which felt like they were about to explode, and controlled Susanoo's giant skeletal arm to pursue Kuchisake-onna, who was lying in the street's rubble, grabbing at her fiercely.
Kuchisake-onna had just struggled to get up when, facing the purple giant hand that blotted out the sky, she let out a shriek mixed with anger and terror, attempting to block with her scissors.
The purple Susanoo giant hand, with its overwhelming power, suddenly closed, tightly gripping Kuchisake-onna, who had tried to resist, in its palm.
"Crack—"
The bone-chilling sound of bones shattering mixed with the Cursed Spirit's ultimate, piercing shriek echoed through the silent street.
Kuchisake-onna's large, blood-stained scissors twisted and deformed under Susanoo's absolute power, finally clattering to the ground.
Dark red, viscous Cursed Energy, like crude oil, frantically diffused from Susanoo's finger gaps, attempting to corrode the purple energy skeleton, but it was firmly suppressed and annihilated by an even more domineering force.
Toho Hiroshi knelt within Susanoo's protective core; the intense pain from his eyes almost tore his nerves, warm blood continuously streamed from the corners of his eyes, and his vision had begun to show large blurred and distorted black spots.
He could feel his Dōjutsu Power burning and depleting at an unprecedented speed; every breath was accompanied by the illusion that his eyeballs were about to burst.
But he dared not relax, maintaining Susanoo's form tightly, firmly restraining Kuchisake-onna.
"Ugh!"
He let out an uncontrollable, painful growl, his body trembling violently from the immense burden.
"Toho! That's enough! Stop quickly! Your eyes won't be able to take it!"
Shoko yelled anxiously from below; she could clearly see the bloody tears streaming from Toho Hiroshi's eyes and the rapid decline of his own condition.
The light of Reverse Cursed Technique flickered in her hand, but it couldn't penetrate Susanoo's energy barrier.
Just then—
"Looks like I arrived just in time."
A slightly surprised voice came from the other end of the street.
Geto Suguru's figure appeared silently like a ghost; he looked at the enormous purple skeletal giant before him, emanating a heart-stopping power, his eyes filled with shock and disbelief.
Even he had never seen such a bizarre and powerful Cursed Technique.
This had completely exceeded his understanding of Cursed Energy.
"Geto! Quick! It's restrained."
Toho Hiroshi heard the voice, as if grasping a life-saving straw, maintaining Susanoo with difficulty, squeezing out words through gritted teeth.
He knew he was reaching his limit.
Geto Suguru instantly snapped back to reality, suppressing the turbulent waves in his heart.
"Cursed Spirit Manipulation"
A pitch-black energy rapidly condensed and compressed in his palm, emitting a powerful suction force.
Kuchisake-onna, firmly clutched by Susanoo and already severely wounded, let out a final unwilling shriek; her immense resentment and Cursed Energy were forcibly extracted from Susanoo's fingers, transforming into a distorted dark-red stream of light, struggling yet irresistibly sucked into Geto Suguru's palm, becoming a spherical object.
Buzz—
As this orb of light was swallowed by Geto Suguru, he couldn't help but let out a muffled groan, his face slightly pale; absorbing a Special Grade Cursed Spirit was no small burden for him.
He closed his eyes, seemingly sensing and suppressing the newly acquired Cursed Spirit.
At the same time, Susanoo, having lost its target, emitted a faint hum, and the massive purple energy skeleton instantly collapsed and dissipated, turning into countless specks of light.
Toho Hiroshi could no longer hold on; the Mangekyo pattern in his eyes completely dimmed and disappeared, and he slumped forward as if all his strength had been drained.
"Toho!"
Shoko immediately rushed forward and caught him before he fell to the ground.
The warm light of Reverse Cursed Technique immediately enveloped him, quickly repairing the superficial cuts from the scissors and attempting to alleviate the burns to his eyes and his extreme mental exhaustion.
But that deep-seated depletion, originating from the Mangekyo, stubbornly persisted.
"How is he?"
Geto Suguru walked over quickly, looking at the unconscious Toho Hiroshi, whose face was as pale as paper, with a grave expression.
"Very bad."
Shoko said succinctly, her brows tightly furrowed, "His body is severely overdrawn, multiple ruptures in his optic nerves and blood vessels, and his spirit is almost depleted. That kind of power... he can't control it in his current state. If he tries it again, even a deity couldn't save him."
She glanced at Geto Suguru: "The Cursed Spirit?"
"Already absorbed. A very special Cursed Spirit, with strong rule-based abilities. Fortunately, Toho forcibly broke its domain and severely injured it, otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy to acquire."
Geto Suguru said in a deep voice, his gaze falling on Toho Hiroshi again, filled with complex scrutiny.
This young man kept refreshing his understanding.
First Amaterasu, then Tsukuyomi and Kamui, and now this terrifying purple giant... Who exactly is he? What other secrets do these eyes hide?
"I'll take him back to the temporary base for emergency treatment first. Notify Gojo and Principal Yaga; the mission target has been exorcised." Shoko laboriously helped Toho Hiroshi up.
"I'll help you."
Geto Suguru stepped forward and carried Toho Hiroshi on his back. "Gojo should be almost done cleaning up his area as well."
...When Gojo Satoru finished clearing his assigned area and strolled to the temporary base, humming a tune, he saw Toho Hiroshi, who had received initial treatment from Shoko but was still unconscious, and a solemn-faced Geto Suguru.
"Why is he in such a bad state again?"
Gojo Satoru leaned over the bed, his Rikugan unceremoniously scanning Toho Hiroshi's condition. "Severe physical overexertion. However, that purple giant, its energy composition is truly unique; even my Rikugan almost got blurry."
His tone was still light, but in the cerulean eyes behind his sunglasses, an unprecedented seriousness and a hint of undetectable excitement flickered.
"He fought Kuchisake-onna alone and almost exorcised her."
Geto Suguru briefly recounted what happened. "That power, is it called 'Susanoo'? He seemed to unconsciously murmur it before he passed out."
"Susanoo?"
Gojo Satoru stroked his chin, tilted his head, and thought for a moment. "Never heard that name before. But it's strong, very strong. This guy Hao, he really is a sleeping beast."
He looked at the unconscious Toho Hiroshi, a challenging curve appearing at the corner of his mouth.
"It's getting more and more interesting, isn't it, Geto?"
Geto Suguru didn't answer, merely looking at Toho Hiroshi's pale face, lost in thought.
And at this moment, Toho Hiroshi was sinking into an endless darkness...
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