When throwing a punch, hold back three-tenths of your strength.
This means that if you have ten parts of strength in your punch, you only use seven parts, saving three parts for later.
This is a principle that many people must learn when studying combat.
The reason is actually very simple.
Punching with full force often results in overexertion and a lack of variation in moves, and can even lead to instability.
In a game, this would be an overly long recovery period after an attack.
This period is very easily exploited by enemies for a counterattack.
Therefore, Nanami did not go all out after the battle began.
In fact, with every attack, he was prepared to shift from offense to defense if countered.
However, to Nanami's surprise, Tomie did not retaliate.
Tomie's movements were swift and elegant.
She lightly tapped her toes on the ground and drifted backward, dodging a horizontal slash.
She turned gracefully, like a ballet dancer, avoiding Nanami's vertical chop.
Every movement perfectly displayed the charm of a woman.
As they passed each other, Tomie even gave Nanami a seductive smile.
Thump, thump.
Nanami felt his heart pounding fiercely.
His eyes found it increasingly difficult to move away from Tomie.
Although he maintained the sense of responsibility of a mature man, when a woman with such demonic charm displayed herself before him,
any normal male would find it difficult to resist.
Nanami was currently suppressing the inappropriate desires in his mind.
'Her speed isn't fast, and she has too many unnecessary movements. Is it confidence?'
Nanami swung his blade again.
As Tomie dodged the attack, she lightly brushed Nanami's face with her slender fingers.
'No, this person seems to have seen through my attacks.'
Nanami straightened his posture, holding his short blade diagonally in front of him.
Once the opponent attacked, he would be able to immediately raise his weapon to parry.
Not far from Nanami.
Seeing Nanami finally stop attacking, Tomie spoke with satisfaction.
"How about it? Are you coming over?"
Tomie stood gracefully, extending her delicate hand toward Nanami.
Just as Nanami had said, Tomie had seen through his attacks in advance.
This was not because Tomie possessed extraordinary eyesight or extensive experience in predicting an opponent's moves.
Instead, Tomie sensed Nanami's desires.
Nanami's desire to subdue Tomie.
Tomie judged how Nanami intended to act based on the changes in his desires during his attacks.
That was why Tomie was able to precisely dodge Nanami's attacks every time.
She even maintained an elegant posture while evading.
Typically, such elegant combat appears in two situations.
First, among combat novices, who either cannot let go of their composure or have not experienced life-and-death struggles.
As a result, they often appear restrained in battle.
Second, among powerhouses who have endured countless battlefields. They are strong, experienced, and capable of controlling their own combat rhythm in life-and-death situations.
Just like Nanami and Mei Mei.
However, ordinary people's combat is often as fierce and bloody as that of wild beasts.
Because it is a life-and-death battle, a fight where everything is risked to kill the opponent and survive.
But Tomie felt that was too unsightly.
Rather than life-and-death struggles, she preferred to control these people through desire, then watch them drown in it and head toward death.
Savage things like combat should be left to slaves dominated by desire.
"Come, I will satisfy all your desires."
Tomie's cherry lips parted slightly.
Her seductive voice was like a siren luring sailors into the sea.
Tomie was very satisfied with Nanami before her.
Handsome, strong, resolute. Even as his inner desires swelled, he could still suppress them with strong willpower.
Moreover, Nanami's strength was considerable.
'At least a Grade 2 Jujutsu Sorcerer.'
The other Curse Users Tomie had encountered.
Although one of them claimed he could even kill a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer for Tomie to see, under Tomie's seduction, that person had already revealed his true strength as merely a Grade 3 Jujutsu Sorcerer.
Similarly, Tomie had come to understand the general power levels of Jujutsu Sorcerers.
Therefore, Tomie greatly desired to obtain Nanami, whom she regarded as a perfect pawn.
To turn him into a slave of desire, and cherish him until a new plaything appeared.
However, Tomie, who had almost no combat experience, was mistaken.
Nanami had been holding back during the fight.
First, to test Tomie, and second, to capture her alive.
Through direct contact with Tomie, Nanami had finally confirmed it.
This "Reiko Mizutani," whose past was unknown, was indeed Tomie, who had died and been divided into forty-two parts some time ago.
And this Tomie indeed possessed a physical body.
So Nanami had identified Tomie as a Curse User.
Furthermore, during their earlier exchanges, he had discovered that Tomie's combat ability was not strong.
Therefore, Nanami intended to capture her for investigation and interrogation.
More than half of the students in Tomie's original class had died, but a small number were still alive.
If possible, save them. If they were guilty, hand them over to the law.
If they could not be saved, Nanami had killed Curse Users before.
Nanami adjusted his glasses, while the corner of his eye scanned the basement.
Haibara had already tied up Takagi-sensei's hands.
The monster in the flames on the ground was struggling to crawl toward the water tank.
In an instant, Nanami grasped the situation.
'The advantage is mine. Proceed with the arrest.'
Nanami adjusted his glasses, then stepped forward.
Tomie sensed that something was wrong.
She noticed that Nanami's desire was still expanding.
But for some reason, this desire caused a sense of danger to surge from the depths of her heart.
'I'm trembling. Is it because of the cold?'
Tomie wrapped her arms around herself, gently rubbing her bare body.
At that moment, Nanami moved.
The instant Nanami's "desire for control" surged, Tomie reacted immediately.
But it was too late, completely too late.
Nanami was not the Grade 2 Jujutsu Sorcerer Tomie believed him to be.
He was a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer, whose strength far exceeded that of a Grade 2 Jujutsu Sorcerer.
Moreover, Nanami chose to attack precisely when Tomie revealed a weakness.
So by the time Tomie reacted, she was already on the ground, her arm twisted behind her back.
Some things cannot be prevented, even if you are aware of them.
"Ah!"
Her naked body was forcefully pressed to the ground.
The cold floor and the puddles of water on it sharply stimulated Tomie's delicate skin.
Tomie struggled uncomfortably.
Nanami frowned, feeling the constant friction of her soft body against his.
Nanami forcibly suppressed the agitation in his body, then increased his pressure.
"Why, why would you..."
"Learning to control one's desires is a compulsory lesson for adults, Young Miss Tomie. Now, please come with me to Jujutsu Headquarters."
After saying that, Nanami maintained his posture, pinning Tomie down with one hand and his knee.
With his other hand, he took out a long cloth rope covered in talismans.
At that moment, a large amount of Cursed Energy suddenly surged from Tomie's body.
(To be continued.)