This was the complete form of "Revealing One's Hand." By leaking incomplete information or giving false guidance through words, this too was an application of "Revealing One's Hand. In the end, users of Jujutsu and "Revealing One's Hand" were still people, and whether they traded information for power or used information to catch the enemy off guard depended on the user.
Believing whatever the enemy said was foolish, and this was the core of fighting another person. "Weapon Control" was already strong, and "metal manipulation" was an extremely high-level technique. Judging from Bale's performance, he definitely had the level of a Grade One Jujutsu Sorcerer.
If he could take one more step and complete "Domain Expansion," he might even qualify to challenge a Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerer. The title of strongest combatant was well deserved. Even so, neither Akira nor Kento Nanami showed any panic.
Akira's small goal was to beat up the ceiling of Special Grade, Satoru Gojo. Kento Nanami himself was already Grade One, and among the very top of that tier. Their footing did not waver.
"Leave it to me." With a declaration steady enough to reassure anyone, Kento Nanami spun the short blade in his hand and charged alone at the entire combat unit.
"Foolish," Bale sneered. "The foolish ones are you. If close combat had grades, Mr. Nanami would definitely be Special Grade level."
As he spoke, Akira used his sword to block the combined fire of floating guns and cannons, sharing the pressure for Kento Nanami. Before his words even finished, severed limbs scattered across the ground.
The blade was still a blunt knife wrapped in cursed cloth, yet under the pale blue Cursed Energy, it displayed power no less than any divine weapon. After clearing the first wave of combatants, Kento Nanami stood tall and calmly activated Jujutsu to further enhance the technique's effect.
"My technique divides a target's length into equal parts and forcibly creates a weak point at the seven-to-three mark. As long as I hit that point, a critical hit is triggered. What can be divided is not just height or arm span, but also the head, arms, and torso, and it works on non-living things as well. Even against opponents stronger than me, it can still deal damage. Ten Ratio Technique."
Unlike Bale, who hid his cards, Kento Nanami laid everything out at once. He was not stupid, because his technique was that simple, and there was no need to conceal it. It was better to trade it for the greatest boost right away.
With a single strike, shattered flesh and concrete flew together, and blood mixed with darkness. This was the true strength of the Grade One Jujutsu Sorcerer Kento Nanami.
"Half." The grown man twisted his neck, producing a chilling crack, and his presence pressed down heavily.
At that moment, a cackling laugh rang out, harsh and unpleasant. Akira even wondered if this was a sound a human could make. But in the Jujutsu World, anything was possible.
It was Kron. "It is half, that's right, but it's your half."
From the moment "Metal Manipulation" was fully activated, the man whose presence had dropped sharply raised both thumbs. Immediately after, high-intensity, high-density masses of Cursed Energy rose around Kento Nanami. It was Jujutsu, and it was Kron's Jujutsu.
"It's not just the Jujutsu Sorcerer. Every combatant in the Curse User Organization has been planted with 'Jujutsu' by me. I can freely turn them into bombs, detonating part of them or all of them." To silence someone, blowing out the heart was enough, but when needed, the human body could be used to the fullest as a human bomb.
The one holding back was not only Bale, but also Kron. Even before the ability was fully understood, Kron's thumbs had already pressed down, like hitting a detonator.
The rumbling never stopped. The surging shockwaves made it impossible to approach, and even opening one's eyes was difficult. At the instant the explosions went off, Kron and Bale both retreated, not even firing follow-up shots, which showed just how great the blast was.
Within the chaotic smoke and dust, Bale and Kron resumed their front and rear pincer formation. Guns blocked the front, and human bomb combatants closed in from behind. "You're the only one left," Kron said confidently.
Less than a second later, his smile vanished. It was because of Akira's words, "Don't declare people dead so casually. 'Revealing One's Hand' requires careful listening." It was also because of a pale blue beam of light that pierced through the ground.
That color belonged to Kento Nanami's Cursed Energy, the manifestation of Jujutsu. "Ten Ratio Technique, Collapse!"
The earth was cut open by the blunt blade, and the reliable adult man leaped out, returning to the surface. Because "Ten Ratio Technique" worked on non-living things, it could easily slice through metal suits and split the ground.
In a metropolis like Tokyo, the underground was packed with pipelines and sewers. By diving into them, the threat of explosions was reduced to turbulent force, which was not a problem for Kento Nanami. With the double cover of earth and explosions, this surprise attack from below was far more effective.
The moment Jujutsu was released, the ambushed Bale finally sensed it. He tried his best to dodge, but he was still a beat too slow compared to Kento Nanami, and one leg was injured. With his mobility greatly reduced, Bale was both shocked and furious, pushing weapons and combatants to their limit in an all-out attack on Kento Nanami.
Kron moved even faster than Bale. The instant Kento Nanami broke through the ground, he rushed in to support, but was stopped by Akira. It was not as if only they knew how to coordinate, and if Kento Nanami had not signaled that there was no need to worry, Akira would not have been this calm.
With a horizontal sword sweep, sword energy spread out and struck both enemies at once, buying Kento Nanami time to catch his breath. Blade and sword echoed each other from a distance. Above them, Cursed Energy surged together, rising and falling like a shared heartbeat.
Kron was still a veteran Jujutsu Sorcerer, a professional terrorist with real experience. At the critical moment, he dipped low to avoid the horizontal slash of Cursed Energy, then leapt forward and kicked twice, sending two combatants flying toward Akira. His movements were clean and practiced, showing no hesitation at all.
Akira did not dare to take them head-on. He had clearly seen the hand sign for Kron's "Detonation Queen", a version without limits on distance or quantity and with freely adjustable power. The human bombs detonated on impact, the shockwave blocking Akira's advance while leaving Kron untouched.
Kron raised his right thumb toward Kento Nanami and his left thumb toward Akira. As long as a human bomb entered a certain range, no matter whether they dodged or blocked, he could detonate it instantly. Because the Jujutsu had been planted in advance and the Cursed Energy stored ahead of time, he did not need to worry about consumption.
This was his true strength, and the trump tactic he and Bale had refined over ten years. As long as the enemy could not wipe out all the human bombs at once, the battle would fall into their rhythm. It did not matter whether they faced one opponent or many.