Chapter 148 - Yuji: That's Right, Bigger is Better!
The King of Curses, Ryomen Sukuna, is all about being authentic; if he says he will transfer the permission for his Cursed Technique to Itadori Yuji, he will absolutely not postpone the matter until the next day.
The modern sorcerers do not know why Itadori Yuji has not been able to master his Cursed Technique, named Dismantle and Cleave, until now.
As the Strongest from a thousand years ago, how could he not know the reason? It's simply that the brain is temporarily unable to adapt to the sudden surplus of information in the body, causing the body to enter a self-protection state—as co-owners of this body, Ryomen Sukuna can easily use the technique, but Yuji cannot.
How long will the body's self-protection last? No one can say for sure, perhaps tomorrow, or perhaps a month from now, a year from now... But it doesn't matter. Ryomen Sukuna has plenty of ways to allow Itadori Yuji to directly perceive the Cursed Technique engraved in his body, just as he can use Reverse Cursed Technique to resurrect him within a short time after Yuji dies.
As for Itadori Yuji's own Innate Technique? He can't help with that. Before the Innate Technique awakens, the information within the body is completely scrambled and undecoded. He is not some specialized decoding instrument, and even if he could do it, he would absolutely not help this guy.
"Alright, brat, now let me see your talent."
Mere seconds after the last sentence was spoken, Ryomen Sukuna fulfilled his promise and then immediately faded from Itadori Yuji's cheek, clearly not expecting the other party to achieve the goal in a short time.
After all, this was merely a casual act for him; even if he wanted to watch others struggle painfully, the premise is that the guy must have the ability to struggle.
"What, it's done already?"
Itadori Yuji looked at his palm with a face full of confusion, remaining stunned for several seconds before suddenly reacting.
"Whoa, whoa, Emiya-sensei, I can feel it, I can feel it!" Although he hadn't eaten anything, he felt a surge of power!
"Hmm... Try to use it, let's see?" Emiya didn't quite believe that Ryomen Sukuna, who usually only does evil things to disgust others, would suddenly be charitable enough to help Yuji master a Cursed Technique. But since it has happened, they should first check the effect, shouldn't they?
"Wait a moment, Emiya-sensei, let me try... I think it's like this?" Itadori Yuji blinked a few times and reopened his eyes, his entire face immediately lighting up with excitement: "I think I see... lots of dashed lines added to everything! It's like, it's like...
Ah, it's like the pattern on a delivery box that says 'cut along here,' and if I concentrate a little, I can split it into two halves."
Saying this, Itadori Yuji found a stick near the training area and gently pressed a finger onto one end of the stick in front of Emiya.
Clang!
Accompanied by a crisp sound, the stick, which someone had placed there, cleanly snapped into several pieces, and the cut surfaces were quite smooth.
"It's like this, but the drawback is that I have to touch it to activate the Cursed Technique. That seems a bit troublesome, right?"
This "touch" naturally requires the correct flow of Cursed Energy. In Itadori Yuji's usual punching style, where he gathers a large amount of Cursed Energy in his fist to attack, the Cursed Energy required to activate the technique cannot flow properly. Perhaps this conflict could be avoided if he could elevate his mastery of Cursed Energy and the Cursed Technique to a level where he can use them at will, but given Itadori Yuji's learning talent... he should probably avoid indulging in such pipe dreams.
"A Cursed Technique that can only be activated by contact... could it be Cleave?" Emiya, having fought Ryomen Sukuna once, was somewhat familiar with the various Dismantle and Cleave Cursed Techniques and their limiting conditions. They are indeed excellent offensive techniques, but their power must depend on the sorcerer's Cursed Energy strength.
"Cleave? No... I think this Cursed Technique is called Dismantle?" Itadori Yuji scratched his head and replied.
"...Huh?"
So, although Itadori Yuji successfully learned Ryomen Sukuna's Cursed Technique, due to his limited talent and ability, he can only temporarily use the most basic slice, Dismantle, and he must also have the restriction of Cleave, which requires touching the enemy first?
For Ryomen Sukuna, Dismantle is an instantaneous slicing attack used to eliminate fodder, while Cleave has the restriction of touching the enemy and the strength of an instant kill, though the density of the cuts is altered by the difference in Cursed Energy between the two. For an enemy with very weak Cursed Energy, being touched and successfully hit by Cleave is naturally an impossible-to-resolve instant kill. Only when the Cursed Energy difference is close can there be a possibility of defending against or dodging Cleave.
Yuji has successfully inherited one restriction, so could it be that the other one also...?
"How many dashed lines can you see on me, Yuji?"
"Ah?" Itadori Yuji looked up at his surroundings, then refocused his gaze on Emiya. After repeating this several times, he finally spoke with some excitement: "That's so weird, Sensei, you don't seem to have a single line on you!"
"...."
As expected. Even if Yuji's Cursed Energy reserves are tied to Sukuna as the incarnated host, he currently only holds up to four fingers' worth, which is far from Emiya's seemingly bottomless Cursed Energy. Perhaps the Dismantle attack can still be forcibly activated in this situation, but the power would be...
"If possible, you should first start trying to get rid of the combat style where you gather Cursed Energy directly with your fist; that will never be compatible with the Cursed Technique.
Come to the forge tomorrow morning, and I will try to create a Cursed Tool for you that can carry the activation of the Cursed Technique. That is, to allow your Cursed Technique to use the Cursed Tool as an extension of your body to activate Dismantle.
This way, the power of your attack can be greatly increased, and you can continuously improve the operational accuracy of the technique during combat until you completely get rid of the restriction one day.
In any case, a weapon's power is always stronger than a fist, right?"
Emiya hadn't expected Sukuna to actually do a good deed.
Since this Cursed Technique, engraved in the body, has been activated, it will no longer disappear even if Yuji gets rid of the Incarnation state later. Having a Cursed Technique is always better than not having one, and these restrictions are only temporary.
As long as Yuji can continuously improve his mastery of Dismantle, it will certainly be no problem for him to eventually reach the level of Ryomen Sukuna.
"Oh, that's definitely right!" Itadori Yuji nodded in strong agreement, then eagerly held out his hand towards Emiya.
"Emiya-sensei, I also want a particularly big, particularly heavy weapon!
The bigger the size, the better, and the heavier the weight, the better! Ideally, the kind that can smash the ground with one hit!"
Excellent. It seems Itadori Yuji's mental state has completely surpassed that of his upperclassman, Inumaki Toge, and he has grasped the essence of Bigger is Better. As a sensei, how could Emiya not satisfy his student?
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