When you punch, hold back three-tenths of your strength.
This means if you have ten parts of strength in your punch, you only use seven parts, saving three parts for later.
This is a principle 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 time is very easily exploited by enemies for a counterattack.
Therefore, Kento 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 Kento Nanami's surprise, Tomie did not retaliate.
Tomie's movements were swift and elegant.
She lightly tapped her toes on the ground and floated backward, dodging a horizontal slash.
She turned elegantly, like a ballet dancer, avoiding Kento Nanami's vertical chop.
Every movement perfectly showcased the charm of a woman.
As they passed each other, Tomie even flashed Kento Nanami a seductive smile.
Thump-thump.
Kento Nanami felt his heart pounding fiercely.
His eyes found it increasingly difficult to Move away from Tomie.
Although he upheld the sense of responsibility of a mature man, when a woman with such demonic charm displays herself before you...
Any normal male would be unable to resist.
Kento Nanami was currently trying to suppress the inappropriate desires in his mind.
'Her speed isn't fast, and she has too many unnecessary movements. Is it confidence?'
Kento Nanami swung his blade again.
As Tomie dodged the attack, she lightly grazed Kento Nanami's face with her slender fingers.
'No, this person seems to have seen through my attack.'
Kento Nanami straightened his body, holding his short sword diagonally in front of him.
Once the opponent attacked, he would be able to immediately raise his sword to parry.
Not far from Kento Nanami.
Seeing Kento Nanami finally stop his attacks, Tomie spoke with satisfaction.
"How about it? Are you coming over?"
Tomie stood elegantly, extending her delicate hand toward Kento Nanami.
Just as Kento Nanami had said, Tomie had seen through his attacks in advance.
This wasn't because Tomie possessed extraordinary eyesight or extensive experience in predicting an enemy's Moves.
Instead, Tomie sensed Kento Nanami's desires.
Kento Nanami's desire to subdue Tomie.
Tomie judged how Kento Nanami intended to act based on the changes in his desires during his attacks.
That's why Tomie was able to precisely dodge Kento Nanami's attacks every time.
She even maintained an elegant posture while evading attacks.
Typically, such elegant combat only occurs in two situations.
First, combat novices, who either can't let go of their composure or haven't experienced life-or-death struggles in combat.
So, they often appear constrained during a fight.
Second, powerhouses who have endured countless battlefields; they are strong, experienced, and capable of controlling their own combat rhythm in life-or-death struggles.
Just like Kento Nanami and Mei Mei.
However, the combat of ordinary people is often as fierce and bloody as that of a wild beast.
Because it's a life-or-death battle, a battle where you stake everything to kill the opponent and survive.
But Tomie felt that was too unsightly.
Rather than life-or-death struggles, she preferred to control these people with desire, then watch them drown in desire and head towards death.
Savage things like combat should be left to the 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 to leap into the sea.
Tomie was very pleased with Kento Nanami before her.
Handsome, strong, resolute; even as his inner desires swelled, he could still suppress them with strong willpower.
Moreover, Kento Nanami's strength was also considerable.
'At least a Grade 2 Jujutsu Sorcerer.'
Other Curse Users Tomie had encountered...
Although that Curse User boasted he could even kill a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer for Tomie to see.
But under Tomie's seduction, that fellow had long revealed his true strength as merely a Grade 3 Jujutsu Sorcerer.
Similarly, Tomie also understood the general power levels of Jujutsu Sorcerers.
Therefore, Tomie greatly desired to obtain Kento Nanami, whom she considered a perfect pawn.
To turn him into a slave of desire, and cherish him until a new plaything was found.
However, Tomie, with almost zero combat experience, was mistaken.
Kento Nanami had been holding back during the fight.
Firstly, to test Tomie, and secondly, to capture her alive.
Upon direct contact with Tomie, Kento Nanami finally confirmed it.
This 'Reiko Mizutani,' whose past was unknown, was indeed Tomie, who had died and been divided into 42 parts some time ago.
And this Tomie indeed possessed a physical body.
So Kento Nanami had identified Tomie as a Curse User.
Furthermore, in their previous skirmishes, he discovered that Tomie's combat power was not strong.
Therefore, Kento 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 portion of students were still alive.
Save them if possible; if they are guilty, hand them over to the law for judgment.
If they couldn't be saved, Kento Nanami had killed Curse Users before.
Kento Nanami adjusted his glasses, while the corner of his eye scanned the basement.
Yu Haibara had already tied up Takagi-sensei's hands.
The monster in the flames on the ground was struggling to crawl towards the water tank.
In just an instant, Kento Nanami had a grasp of the situation.
'The advantage is mine. Proceed with the arrest.'
Kento Nanami's hand straightened his glasses, then he took a step forward.
Tomie sensed something was off.
She noticed that Kento Nanami's desire was still expanding.
But for some reason, this desire made a sense of danger 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.
Just then, Kento Nanami moved.
The instant Kento Nanami's "desire for control" surged, Tomie reacted immediately.
But it was too late, utterly too late.
Kento 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, Kento 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, even if you know them, you cannot prevent.
"Ah!"
Her naked body was forcefully pressed to the ground.
The cold floor and the puddles of water remaining on the ground intensely stimulated Tomie's tender skin.
Tomie squirmed uncomfortably.
Kento Nanami frowned, feeling the constant friction of her soft body against his.
Kento 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 the Jujutsu Headquarters."
Having said that, Kento Nanami maintained his posture, pinning Tomie with one hand and his knee.
With his other hand, he took out a long cloth rope covered in talismans.
Just then, a large amount of Cursed Energy suddenly surged from Tomie's body.
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