Chapter 86: Jogo: I'll Be the One to Defeat Satoru Gojo!!!
It had been a long, long, long time...
It had been waiting for this moment for a very long time!!!
Constrained by that human's plan—the one about recruiting Ryomen Sukuna and countering Satoru Gojo—it had always been unable to directly seek out this guy who killed its companion.
Its purpose in coming here today was merely to create a large commotion as per the plan.
Who would have thought that the second person to arrive here to stop it would be this very guy! The Grade 1 Sorcerer, Emiya Shirou!!
In any case, it intended to kill all humans to create a world where only Cursed Spirits survived. Before that grand goal could be achieved, it didn't matter if it killed the person who murdered its comrade first.
"Just before you arrived, I defeated a human who called himself a Grade 1 Sorcerer.
He was unexpectedly weak. I had just warmed up when he already collapsed there.
And now, you have appeared before me, Emiya Shirou."
It had been somewhat unenthusiastic about being sent to execute this mission, but who could have guessed it would be this lucky?
"A Cursed Spirit that can talk...?"
Emiya subconsciously glanced at Todo Aoi, who was barely breathing at the spirit's feet, and immediately recalled the information he had received earlier.
That Cursed Spirit who claimed to be born from humans and human hatred had said that he had other companions, born from human fear of the ocean, the forest, and even the earth.
Humans have indeed feared these things and natural disasters since ancient times, otherwise, they wouldn't have created various mythical figures to govern them—this is simply a human instinct to try and convert the unknown into the known to alleviate fear.
So, the Cursed Spirit in front of him was the companion that Mahito mentioned, a Cursed Spirit that had been lurking beneath human society?
Indeed, this guy's mere appearance made one think of the earth and volcanoes, and its astonishing, overflowing Cursed Energy was even more terrifying than Ryomen Sukuna's earlier.
If it were truly a Cursed Spirit born from the age-old human fear of a natural disaster like a volcanic eruption, this level of Cursed Energy would not be surprising, and it could also explain why it recognized him.
"Are you... the companion of that human-shaped Cursed Spirit?" Emiya tried to ask this Cursed Spirit, which clearly possessed negotiation ability.
"That's right."
It nodded, then extended its palm toward the sorcerer lying motionless on the ground.
"So you should understand that I will spare no effort to kill you. I won't be satisfied until I've incinerated every inch of your body, from hair to toe.
So, will you run away? If you do, I'll kill this sorcerer first, and then come kill you.
If you choose to fight me directly, I can kill you first, and then kill this insignificant, weak human."
Both options ultimately pointed to killing the opponent, yet for some reason, it chose to pose this superfluous question.
Was it trying to prove that Cursed Spirits were superior to humans, or was it unwilling to acknowledge that its comrade was killed by a human with a despicable character?
"Even without those prerequisites, I would still exorcise you without hesitation, Cursed Spirit."
This Cursed Spirit was strong, more powerful than any enemy Emiya had faced before, though he didn't know if it could be compared to Satoru Gojo, the "Strongest" in the Jujutsu world.
However, precisely because of this, Emiya absolutely could not allow a Cursed Spirit harboring such immense malice toward humanity to leave, not to mention that there was a sorcerer at its feet waiting to be saved.
"Very well. Only then can I be sure that Mahito did not die a ridiculous death.
And don't forget my name before you die............
Jogo."
BOOM!!!
The moment the words fell, scorching explosive flames suddenly materialized from Jogo's hand, shooting toward Emiya's location like a torrent of lava.
The beam of light, several meters in diameter, cleared everything in its path. The ground it plowed turned into a molten, gelatinous substance, and even nearby tree trunks that were slightly grazed instantly turned to charcoal.
The temperature of that explosive flame was at least several thousand degrees Celsius.
"That's all you've got? Sure enough, the so-called Grade 1 Sorcerers are only at this level. And the few Special Grades above them can't be much stronger.
Their strength is only exaggerated by weaker humans. Modern humans are clearly fake, and they don't live authentically.
Everything is ugly and sickening."
Jogo shook its still-steaming hand, then pointed it back at Aoi Todo on the ground.
Unlike Mahito, who was only recently born, it had been lurking in human society for decades, or even a hundred years.
It knew very clearly how hypocritical and ridiculous the human species was, saying one thing to your face and another behind your back.
"Let me use death to teach humans what is real, and let them know true strength."
"...?"
Just as fire began to gather in Jogo's palm, it suddenly noticed a discordant color within the distant smoke. Two layers of pink light gradually became clear in the thick smoke, revealing the figure hiding behind them, whose clothes were completely undamaged.
"What are you trying to do, Cursed Spirit?
The battle has only just begun!"
The convenience of Rho Aias that it doesn't require a large, constant expenditure of magic power; the number of layers and the defensive strength of the deployed boundary can be controlled based on the amount of magic power injected.
But even standing behind two layers of the Barrier, Emiya could still feel the terrifying heat surrounding him.
This Cursed Spirit was powerful, and that high temperature was extremely lethal to the human body.
"Stronger than I expected, good!
Then how will you deal with this next move!"
Seeing Emiya easily block its attack, an expression of excitement finally appeared on Jogo's face.
It seemed that, like Mahito, it was the type that truly enjoyed a fight.
From the crater-like opening on top of its head, several mosquito-like purple insects buzzed their wings and flew up, aiming their sharp proboscises at Emiya in the distance.
"Cinder Bugs!"
Buzz!
The human eye can sometimes struggle to catch flying mosquitoes in the air, but their actual flight speed is only about one meter per second, far less than a fifth of a human's running speed. The reason human eyes cannot catch them is only because their wings vibrate at 594
times per second, giving them a mode of flight absolutely unique from birds. It is also because of that 594 vibrations per second that humans hear that annoying noise.
However, the human ear can actually hear all sounds between 20 and 20,000 Hz.
The amplitude of the wings of the flying insects in front of him, however, reached a degree that Emiya's eyes couldn't clearly see, and their flight speed was also extremely fast, possibly several times the speed of sound.
"I will burn you to death here, and then I will go kill that clueless 'Strongest Human'!
I'll be the one to defeat Satoru Gojo!!!"
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