### Chapter 17: Destroying Them with a Glance
"This guy's Cursed Tool can interfere with Jujutsu, but as long as the two of us attack together, the effectiveness of that Cursed Tool's interference will definitely be greatly reduced!"
Kokun took off his two white gloves, revealing a pair of hands that looked like the withered limbs of an ancient tree.
Dark purple Cursed Energy gathered on his hands, and the surrounding air seemed to become heavy and viscous at this moment.
Vayer also took out nearly twenty sharp blades from his clothes again, using his technique to make these blades float in front of him.
"Hmph, you pretend to be calm, but you can't hide the flaws in your methods."
Seeing Ryota's expression remain indifferent and calm, as if completely unaffected by his analysis, Kokun snorted coldly and said to Vayer:
"Let's attack together!"
Kokun's figure vanished from the spot, striking towards Ryota in a semi-circular arc like an arrow leaving the string.
On the other side, Vayer activated his technique just like before, launching all nearly twenty cursed blades.
The attacks of the two reached Ryota in the blink of an eye.
Ryota remained motionless as if he hadn't noticed, exactly the same as before.
No defensive stance, no dodging movement.
He merely slowly opened his sharp, slightly lowered eyelids.
The crimson Three-Tomoe Sharingan reflected Vayer's sinister smile and Kokun's determined expression.
**BOOM—**
A violent explosion resounded through the entire alley.
A splash of blood sprayed amidst the explosion.
Thick dust enveloped Ryota and Amanai Riko behind him, causing Kuroi Misato to worry involuntarily.
"Young Lady!"
"Ahhhh!"
Just then, a shrill scream came from within the dust.
Not far away, Vayer didn't even have time to laugh triumphantly before seeing the scene revealed as the dust settled.
"Kokun?"
"Why? Both my attack and Kokun's clearly hit—"
Kokun, Vayer's colleague, was currently lying at Ryota's feet.
His whole body was pierced by those dozen or so sharp blades, looking like a hedgehog, bathed in blood; his appearance was truly miserable.
Intense pain stimulated his nerves every moment.
Kokun struggled to look up at Ryota, who should have died in the pincer attack with Vayer just now.
"Why are you fine?"
He had seen with his own eyes that his hands filled with Cursed Energy hit Ryota; that tactile sensation could not be wrong.
Vayer's blades that followed closely also all sank into Ryota's body, turning Ryota into a pierced hedgehog.
But—
Why did the person lying on the ground, attacked by Vayer, turn out to be him in the next second?
The burning pain on his chest was clearly the nerve feedback that only appears when hit by a Cursed Technique!
"What gave you the illusion that I used a Cursed Tool?"
Ryota's face was indifferent, looking at the ant crawling in front of him like the heavens looking down from above.
Staring blankly up at Ryota, who seemed to have transformed into a giant reaching the sky and grounding the earth, Kokun only now vaguely realized what kind of terrifying existence he was facing.
"You, you..."
Kokun's eyes widened to their limit. The intense pressure from Ryota in front of him felt like a mountain pressing on his heart, making his breathing extremely chaotic.
His chest heaved violently, and even the pain on his body was forgotten by him.
Above Ryota's head hovered the cursed blades used by his colleague Vayer.
Only, the number was far beyond what Vayer's attack could compare to.
Those blades, numbered in the hundreds, turned into a monstrous torrent, surging overwhelmingly towards where Kokun lay.
In the blink of an eye, they drowned Kokun's figure.
When the torrent disappeared, Kokun was nowhere to be seen.
Only a piece of [Q] combat uniform fragment at the edge of that abyss-like pit indicated Kokun's former existence.
"You, what kind of monster are you!"
In the distance, Vayer was so scared he sat down on the ground.
Sweat poured down his fat face like rain, soaking his combat uniform.
His expression was terrified, and the finger pointing at Ryota trembled uncontrollably.
"As expected—"
Ryota stared at Vayer and said slowly.
"You aren't even capable of looking straight into my eyes."
As his voice fell.
A massive hand condensed from dark purple Cursed Energy occupied Vayer's entire field of vision.
A foul smell came from Vayer's lower body.
He scrambled to get up in a panic, using all his Cursed Energy to strengthen his body, turning around to flee into the distance at the fastest speed of his life.
"Don't kill me, don't... BOOM!"
Vayer was so scared that tears and snot flowed down his face. Finally, his voice was drowned out by a huge roar.
A moment later.
Silence returned to the alley.
The breathless atmosphere, the dilapidated scene, all focused within Ryota's Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
Then, Ryota looked at Vayer and Kokun lying in a pool of blood, his expression indifferent.
From beginning to end, no one's position had moved even half an inch.
In the alley, there were no traces of the massive impact and destruction either.
It was as if nothing had changed.
The only things that had changed were the conspicuous charred palm prints on Vayer's chest, and...
The sharp blades piercing through Kokun's combat uniform and muscles, with blood flowing down them continuously.
"Mere gravel, not even worth half of me."
shifting his gaze away from the two, Ryota said indifferently.