"Genji!" Seeing their close friend return, Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru shouted excitedly.
"Are you okay now?" Gojo Satoru retreated to their side and said to Genji happily.
"Yes, thanks to you both for helping to stall for time." Genji smiled at the two of them. "Now, all that's left is to deal with this guy, and it'll be over."
Seeing Genji had regained his energy, the lingering worry for their close friend in Geto Suguru and Gojo Satoru's hearts completely vanished.
"Genji!" Seeing Genji return at full strength, the Cursed Spirit repeated his name incessantly in an emotionless tone, while simultaneously raising its arms and unleashing terrifying firepower upon them.
Facing the Cursed Spirit's attack, Gojo Satoru blocked in front of the three of them.
"Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue, maximum output!" Gojo Satoru condensed a massive Blue in his hand and fired it. The Cursed Energy bullets fired by the Cursed Spirit collided with Blue and were immediately sucked in, while Blue continued to attack the Cursed Spirit with undiminished momentum.
The Cursed Spirit did not choose to take the hit head-on; with a flash of movement, it dodged out of Blue's attack range, but Gojo Satoru laughed at it.
"How could I let you dodge that easily!" He then rotated his hands, controlling Blue to deviate from its original trajectory and slam into the Cursed Spirit once again.
Seeing that it had been caught by Blue's gravitational pull, the Cursed Spirit immediately activated its Forbidden Technique again, firing a bullet directly at Gojo Satoru's heart.
Facing this bullet, Gojo Satoru felt the feedback from his Six Eyes and realized this was another bullet with a guaranteed hit effect.
"Damn it," Gojo Satoru cursed under his breath while condensing another Blue in his hand. The Cursed Spirit took the opportunity to gather Cursed Energy and disperse the previous Blue.
Just as Gojo Satoru was about to throw Blue to block the Cursed Spirit's technique bullet, Genji appeared in front of him. His body ignited with eerie blue flames, and the fire on his right arm condensed into a massive beast claw, which he used to catch and stop the bullet that had been aimed at Gojo Satoru's heart.
"Be careful. This guy's attacks are of two types. One is purely firepower consisting of Cursed Energy bullets fired from the gun barrels on its body; the power depends on the amount of Cursed Energy invested, and aside from high attack power, it poses no other threat. The other is a technique bullet formed by its Forbidden Technique, which can be fired without passing through the gun barrels and possesses a guaranteed hit effect targeting the heart of a single target."
Genji analyzed the information he had gathered about the Cursed Spirit during their previous engagement for the two of them.
"Understood!" As the two responded to Genji, they activated their own Forbidden Techniques once more. A massive rift opened behind Geto Suguru, and from the black space within, crawled out the Special Grade 1 Imaginary Cursed Spirit Kuchisake-onna and the Special Grade Cursed Spirit Rainbow Dragon, which he had recently subdued with the help of Genji and the others.
The moment Kuchisake-onna appeared, the Cursed Spirit found itself pulled into a blue Simple Domain. Kuchisake-onna was not far away, and just as The Gun Cursed Spirit intended to attack, it realized it couldn't fire a single bullet.
"Am I pretty?" Kuchisake-onna's gloomy, raspy voice echoed.
"Genji!" The Cursed Spirit did not answer Kuchisake-onna's question, but continued to mechanically repeat Genji's name with no discernible meaning.
"Click." Having received an answer that wasn't really an answer, Kuchisake-onna immediately used the scissors in her hands to attack the Cursed Spirit from a distance, and a wound instantly appeared on the Cursed Spirit's body.
After Kuchisake-onna launched her attack, the Simple Domain began to gradually dissipate, and the Cursed Spirit regained its ability to attack. Just as it intended to concentrate its firepower to eliminate Kuchisake-onna, Geto Suguru suddenly recalled her, causing the Simple Domain to collapse and revealing the original appearance of the factory.
After the Cursed Spirit returned to the factory, Genji and Gojo Satoru appeared on either side of it, leaving the Cursed Spirit with absolutely no time to react. Genji swung his claw, piercing the Cursed Spirit's abdomen, while Gojo Satoru followed immediately, stuffing a Blue into the wound Genji had created.
Having succeeded with the strike, the two retreated sharply. The Cursed Spirit had nearly half its torso affected by the Blue stuffed inside it. Before Blue could cause further damage, the Cursed Spirit violently tore off half of its own body and immediately used its Cursed Energy to regenerate.
But how could the three of them give the Cursed Spirit a chance? Just as it hadn't yet fully recovered, Geto Suguru rode Rainbow Dragon and charged up, slamming the Cursed Spirit hard into the ground. As he left, he left behind several low-level Cursed Spirits for self-Destruction. Just as the Cursed Spirit struggled to escape the blast radius, Gojo Satoru flashed past its side and stuffed a small Blue beneath it.
Affected by Blue, the Cursed Spirit couldn't escape in time and could only watch helplessly as the explosion engulfed it.
After the explosion, the Cursed Spirit's already severely injured body looked even more mangled. At this moment, Genji appeared before it again, his body condensing Cursed Energy. He swung his fire claw down, severing the Cursed Spirit's only remaining arm, then dispersed the claw and instead covered his fist in flames, striking the Cursed Spirit.
But just then, the Cursed Spirit suddenly lifted its head and fired another technique bullet. However, the moment the bullet hit the spot where Genji's heart was, his body eerily developed cracks and then completely vanished, revealing Geto Suguru behind it, who was manipulating the Cursed Spirit.
"You seem to be unaware that I also have a Cursed Spirit capable of creating substitute illusions." Geto Suguru smiled like a fox.
Meanwhile, Genji's true form appeared behind the Cursed Spirit and threw a punch.
"Forbidden Technique Lapse: Destruction!" After the strike, the Cursed Spirit's remaining torso and half of its head were blasted into dust by Genji's attack.
This time, Genji didn't say anything else. Just as he intended to deliver the final blow to completely eliminate the Cursed Spirit, The Gun Cursed Spirit suddenly erupted with a powerful, filthy aura.
Seeing this, Genji immediately retreated a few steps. Supported by this filthy power, the Cursed Spirit condensed a flickering, unstable body, while squeezing out its final bit of Cursed Energy to condense at the gun muzzle on its head.
"It's not regenerating its body, but simply using the remaining Cursed Energy to support its remaining parts, intending to decide the outcome with one final strike?" Genji thought as he watched the Cursed Spirit. "As you wish!"
Thinking this, Genji also condensed a move in his hand.
"Forbidden Technique Lapse: Destruction - Blast!"
The next second, the flaming arrow collided with the Cursed Energy bullet, but just like the last time, the bullet was destroyed by the flaming arrow. The arrow exploded in front of the Cursed Spirit, and the erupting eerie blue flames covered the Cursed Spirit, completely annihilating it.
With this, the subjugation of The Gun Cursed Spirit was a victory!
"It's finally over." Seeing the Cursed Spirit annihilated, Gojo Satoru plopped down onto the ground, while Geto Suguru stepped forward and patted Genji on the shoulder without saying much. Genji understood Geto Suguru's meaning and nodded with a smile.
Outside the factory, just as Shoko was waiting anxiously, three figures approached from the distance; they were Yaga Masamichi, Mei Mei, and Iori Utahime.
"Teacher, seniors? Why are you here?"
"We came to provide support. The reinforcements from the Jujutsu Headquarters will take some time to arrive, so we came ahead. What is the situation now?" Yaga asked Shoko seriously.
"I don't know. After we rescued Genji, Gojo and Geto stayed in the factory to fight. Genji returned to the factory after his treatment ended, and up until now... wait." As Shoko spoke, she suddenly noticed that the continuous explosions inside the factory had suddenly stopped.
"Is it over?" Shoko anxiously looked toward the factory entrance and saw three figures walking out from within.
"Genji!" Shoko ran up and checked Genji from head to toe to see if he was injured.
"Shoko is really biased, only caring about Genji." Gojo Satoru didn't forget to tease the two of them from the side.
"Shut up!" the two of them said in unison.
Gojo Satoru, having been yelled at by his close friend and the healer, felt helpless but could only obediently shut his mouth and say nothing more.
Yaga, seeing that the group had no injuries other than looking a bit disheveled, also breathed a sigh of relief.
"I'm sorry, Teacher Yaga, for failing to keep my promise to you."
Genji had prepared himself to be scolded severely by Yaga, but Yaga just patted his shoulder.
"It's all in the past; as long as you're okay, that's what matters." Yaga, this 1.9-meter-tall burly man, had tears faintly glistening behind his sunglasses at this moment.
"Miss Mei Mei, Senior Utahime, thank you for coming to help as well." Genji turned his head to say to the two of them.
"No need to thank me; after all, I was paid." Mei Mei remained her usual self, while Utahime just giggled foolishly.
"Alright, let's head back to Jujutsu High," Yaga announced.
"Okay!"
Meanwhile, in a café, a woman around 30 years old with a strange stitching scar on her head and a young girl around 20, dressed like a student with hair of an ominous gray color, were sitting at a table.
"The clone has been destroyed."
Suddenly, the girl opened her eyes, revealing gray pupils matching her hair color, and said to the woman in front of her.
"Oh, how do you feel about their strength?" the woman asked.
"Very strong, and they still have deep potential that hasn't been tapped into, especially Genji. He has become much stronger than when we last met; it's simply beyond my expectations, and the clone could hardly be an opponent."
"Geez, you know I needed more detailed information," the woman complained, revealing a smile without any warmth.
"The clone reached its limit at this point. What exactly is your goal, Itadori Kaori, or should I call you Kenjaku?"
"Either is fine, but let's go with the former." Kenjaku replied, "Don't be so cold. You were able to recover from your injuries so quickly and tap into your potential thanks to me, right? And didn't I provide help for this operation as well? If it weren't for the talisman I provided, there's no way you could have bypassed Tengen's Barrier, right? And I'm the one who helped you condense the clone, too."
"Creating a clone that can only last a few days at the cost of losing 30% of my Cursed Energy in a short time? I don't need that." The girl paused, then continued: "I will copy the clone's memories for you, and then we'll be even. If you come to me for help in the future, remember to bring a reward that satisfies me."
After finishing, the girl closed her eyes again and ceased communication.
'Disgusting Cursed Spirit,' Kenjaku cursed internally, but the smile on her face remained unchanged.
"Alright, then please make it quick. It's getting late, and I have to go home to take care of the child. I'll be going now."
As she spoke, Kenjaku stood up, but when she reached the door, she suddenly turned back and said to the girl:
"Though, I am quite curious about the reason you are so fixated on that boy."
"Gun."
Having said that, she pushed the door open and left, leaving the girl sitting in her seat, motionless, not knowing what she was thinking.