Chapter 47: The Reckoning at Rissaku High School
"Born from darkness, blacker than darkness."
"Cleanse what is defiled. Purify what is foul."
As the incantation ended, a pitch black barrier descended from the sky and swallowed the entirety of Rissaku High School.
A curtain.
A barrier technique that shut ordinary people out while sealing a separate space within.
It was lunchtime.
Only a moment ago, the campus had still been noisy with laughter, chatter, and the sounds of students on break. Then the curtain dropped, and the entire school seemed to be muted at once.
The students playing soccer on the field stopped in confusion, staring up at the sky that had turned unnaturally dark.
"What the hell? Why did it suddenly get dark?"
"Is a storm coming?"
A ripple of panic began to spread.
At the same time, on the rooftop of the main building, Mahito sat casually on the railing, swinging his legs like a child at play. His face carried that familiar innocent smile, the kind that made the skin crawl.
The wound Yami had carved into him the day before had already closed.
But it had not healed cleanly.
An ugly scar remained across his chest, a mark branded directly into his soul. No matter how much cursed energy he poured into it, he could not erase it completely.
"Even though I'd really love to go settle the score with that sword wielding brat..."
Mahito tilted his head and looked down at the panicking students below as if they were insects caught in a jar.
"Natsuyu was right. I'm still not perfect."
"I need more experiments. More souls. More shaping."
In his hand, he toyed with several grotesque dolls made from twisted cursed flesh. They had once been living people, snatched from nearby and reshaped at a whim.
Then his smile widened.
"Well then, let's begin."
He pushed off from the railing and dropped lightly to the rooftop floor.
"Time for a lovely little festival."
...
At that same moment, outside the curtain, two figures were racing toward the school at full speed.
"NANAMI! That's definitely a curtain up ahead!"
Yuji Itadori pointed at the black barrier covering the campus, his face tight with anxiety.
He had only heard about Junpei's situation from Yami yesterday. Now the worst had happened anyway.
Nanami Kento adjusted his goggles as he ran.
"Stay calm, Itadori."
"If it's Mahito inside, then this will be extremely dangerous."
His tone remained steady, but the weight in his voice was unmistakable.
"Remember this. Your job is to restrain him. Do not let him touch your soul under any circumstances."
"I know!"
Yuji gritted his teeth and surged forward even faster.
The two of them broke through the edge of the curtain and stepped into the sealed campus.
The moment they entered, a foul wave of cursed energy slammed into them.
On the square in front of the school building stood more than a dozen warped monsters. Their bodies were mangled into inhuman shapes, flesh stretched and twisted beyond recognition.
Transfigured humans.
Itadori's fists clenched so hard his knuckles turned white.
"That bastard..."
His voice trembled with rage.
"Unforgivable."
"Yo. You got here pretty fast."
A mocking voice drifted down from above.
Mahito leaned against the rooftop railing, lazily playing with a shriveled transfigured human in his hand. When he saw Itadori and Nanami, he tossed it over the edge as casually as if he were throwing away a toy.
His grin widened, sharp and delighted.
"Since you're here, then stay and play with me."
Boom.
Before he finished speaking, Nanami moved.
His blunt sword, wrapped in cursed energy, sliced forward with lethal precision.
"Ratio Technique."
At the same time, Yuji charged from the side, his fist surging with explosive force.
"Divergent Fist!"
Bang. Bang.
The two attacks landed almost simultaneously.
Mahito was blasted backward and crashed into the wall of the school building.
But in the next instant, he emerged from the rubble as if nothing had happened, casually dusting himself off.
"Ow."
He sounded amused rather than hurt.
"That stung a little."
"But attacks like that won't kill me."
He spread his arms, and his body instantly burst apart into chunks of flesh that scattered in all directions, narrowly evading Nanami's pursuit. A heartbeat later, those chunks merged again behind Yuji.
Mahito's hand stretched toward the back of Yuji's neck, his eyes glittering with cruel delight.
"Your soul looks delicious."
Just as his palm was about to make contact, a clear metallic note rang across the battlefield.
Clang.
The sound of a sword being drawn.
Immediately after, a searing heat surged through the campus.
Mahito's body stiffened on instinct.
Him.
Whoosh.
A streak of golden red light descended from above and carved across Mahito's outstretched arm with merciless precision.
Sizzle.
There was no resistance at all.
The arm that had been reaching for Yuji's soul was severed cleanly at the root.
Golden red sparks crackled along the wound, burning deep into it, sealing off any possibility of regeneration.
"Aaaagh!"
Mahito recoiled with a shriek, clutching the stump of his arm as he retreated wildly.
Dust drifted through the square.
And there, standing directly in front of Yuji, was a boy in a black school uniform with a jet black katana in hand.
No cursed energy flowed from him.
Yet the pressure he gave off was enough to make everyone present instinctively hold their breath.
Yami raised his head slowly. His red eyes seemed to burn like two inextinguishable flames.
"Nanami."
His voice was calm, but cold enough to cut.
"Leave the problem child to me."
At the same time, a clear notification rang out in his mind.
[Ding! Host has interfered with a major plot point. Role synchronization increased to 16%!]
[Sun Breathing: Fourth Form and Sixth Form proficiency increased.]
[Thunder Breathing deduction progress increased.]
Shiranui trembled faintly in Yami's hand, as if it hungered for blood and battle alike.
He looked at Mahito, whose face was twisted by pain and fear, and a faint smile touched his lips.
"I told you before."
"Your hands are filthy."
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