Chapitre 54: Chapter 54

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Backed against the wall, blood streaming from his eyes and mouth, Mahito was a grotesque sight to anyone who might see him in that state.

And Itadori, seeing him in that condition, could only smile with disdain.

He had often debated with himself about killing curses. It was always an internal discussion that resulted in a single answer: He didn't care.

But seeing Mahito agonizing with frightened eyes, he could say.

He did care.

He simply enjoyed it.

Seeing someone like Mahito suffer was too good.

And knowing that he had these strange thoughts, Itadori declared to himself.

Screw it.

Megumi had once told him that they were not heroes, they were sorcerers.

He couldn't agree more with that now.

When Mahito suddenly spat out numerous transfigured humans, Itadori narrowed his eyes as he saw him gather them all at once.

"Soul Multiplicity!"

And fusing them, the boy was surprised when the curse formed a humanoid figure full of muscles.

"Polymorphic Isomer of the Soul!"

Raising his fists, he immediately reacted when the brute lunged at him, skillfully parrying its fist that struck his defense with a heavy blow strong enough to make him retreat.

'This thing is strong.' Narrowing his eyes, he grabbed the opponent's fist and struck with a single, precise punch to the head, exploding it. 'But in compensation, it doesn't seem very resistant to damage-'

His monologue was interrupted by a strong punch to the side of his face, and Itadori quickly retreated to see two other mutants advancing towards him.

'Smart.' He praised, and retreating quickly, he blocked a flurry of attacks from the brutes. 'But it won't be enough to distract me.'

And noticing Mahito right behind him preparing a punch loaded with cursed energy, Itadori grabbed the two opponents by the throat and spread his technique through their bodies, cutting them into several pieces.

But this didn't distract Mahito, who, upon launching his punch intending to hit the sorcerer's back, was surprised when the boy jumped over his fist, countering with a precise kick to his neck that sent him rolling away.

"Damn!" Mahito cursed, quickly preparing other fortified humans.

Itadori saw this as a nuisance, quickly exploding their heads with precise punches before continuing his assault.

"Soul Multiplicity!"

But stopping when numerous deformed humans trembled chaotically in Mahito's hands, Itadori became alert.

"Body Repel!"

And seeing a sea of flesh spreading in all directions, Itadori quickly leaped to escape numerous mouths that tried to bite him.

"Let's go for round three, Itadori!!!"

Hearing the curse's voice beside him, Itadori turned just in time to see him advancing towards him.

'He used those simultaneous attacks to get close!' Noticing, the sorcerer raised his arms.

"Black..."

But hearing Mahito, his eyes widened when he realized that his defense wouldn't be enough.

"Flash!"

Boom!

The punch landed squarely on his defense, his body being launched far back until it collided with a wall of flesh, which immediately tried to devour him with teeth that suddenly appeared.

*Slash!

But touching the wall, he let his slashes spread, burning and cutting the flesh.

"That was close." He smiled, his vision drifting to his forearms that now showed a mark. "But I managed to reduce most of the damage."

Getting up, he soon noticed Mahito standing a few meters from him, his eyes narrowing as he saw the curse's cursed energy oscillate around him.

"I'm almost there." With those words, Mahito smiled excitedly, his body recovering from the previous damages all at once. "So give me more, Itadori!"

"..."

Itadori blinked silently upon hearing him, rubbing the back of his neck with a bit of embarrassment on his features. "That was a little weird, man."

Boom!

Jumping back when a flesh whip threatened to hit him, Itadori noticed Mahito advancing towards him with his arms in the form of whips swinging in all directions.

'Difficult attacks to predict.' Dodging with some difficulty, Itadori watched Mahito closely. 'He wants to get close and hit me like before.'

Blocking one of the whips, he quickly grabbed it and pulled Mahito towards him. 'But at this point, I'm more alert than ever.'

Punching when Mahito flew towards him, Itadori's eyes widened when Mahito exploded into smaller pieces, his true form reverting next to him and hitting his defense with a punch loaded with cursed energy.

'He's bolder after landing a Black Flash.'

Blocking another punch, Itadori tried to counter, but a smiling Mahito just ducked under his attack and hit him with a precise elbow.

It drew some blood from his nose, but Itadori wasn't shaken and promptly struck Mahito's solar plexus squarely, making him choke.

And with his fist loaded with cursed energy, Itadori prepared to unleash a devastating attack.

But he was caught by surprise when suddenly, his feet sank into the flesh floor, his head lifting to see Mahito smiling madly in front of him.

Boom!

Taking a full punch, Itadori rolled backward and got up immediately, wiping the blood from his nose.

But opening his eyes wide, he noticed how his vision from his right eye seemed affected, his fingers touching his forehead only to notice blood dripping from a cut.

"That's it!"

Frowning at Mahito's shout, he turned to see the curse holding his own face hysterically.

"I found... I found the true essence of my soul! My true form!"

Hearing that, Itadori let cursed energy dance around his hands, accumulating at an accelerated pace.

"Distorted Instant Spirit Body of Dismemberment!" And tearing off his own face, Mahito exploded into a mass of flesh.

Itadori's face filled with disgust, but surprise soon took its place when the mass of flesh gathered all at once, revealing a completely new form of Mahito.

'He clearly got stronger.'

With hardened skin and monstrous traits, Mahito seemed to have become what he always was.

A curse.

"After I kill you, I will continue to evolve." Licking his thumb disdainfully, Mahito smiled. "As you said, let's end this once and for all, Itadori Yuji!"

Seeing him full of confidence, Itadori could only sigh, his eyes opening while he didn't seem affected by his opponent's power increase. "Come on, Mahito."

Colliding with each other, Mahito was the first to attack with a strike from his new tail, Itadori grabbing it and throwing him away before pursuing him.

And landing on the ground, the curse turned in defense, promptly blocking Itadori's fist that lightly pushed him.

'I feel more resistance than before.' Dodging an attempt to cut him with the spike on his elbow, Itadori fiercely struck Mahito's ribs, making him twist before stepping back. 'But I can still break through his defense.'

'Besides, I don't only have my fists.'

Preventing himself from spitting blood, Mahito growled at being hit. After all, even finding his true form, Itadori was still a formidable opponent. He couldn't afford to let his guard down.

But raising his head, Mahito was surprised to see Itadori pointing at him.

"Dismantle!"

And feeling his instincts scream, Mahito moved seconds before a powerful slash flew towards him, splitting his arm in half.

"I have the advantage." Itadori declared confidently, not wasting time advancing towards a stunned Mahito.

Boom!

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I'm going to justify myself a bit at the beginning: There are two reasons why Itadori didn't expand his domain at any point.

First reason: Even if Mahito couldn't expand his domain because of Sukuna, he could do it to avoid being caught by Yuji's domain.

Second reason: Kenjaku could have been observing the fight, waiting for Mahito to further evolve his technique. In other words: Itadori expands his domain – Kenjaku breaks his barrier – Itadori runs out of cursed energy – Itadori loses Mahito's technique and gets beaten by Kenjaku.

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Itadori had the advantage this time. Without a doubt, he was much stronger than his original counterpart.

With an arsenal of numerous techniques and physical enhancement surpassing Nanami's, facing Mahito shouldn't have been a problem.

But even with all his advantages, Mahito could not be underestimated in any way.

No matter how strong Itadori was now, there was a decisive factor.

Boom!

He was fighting alone.

"Ugh!" Choking as a pillar of flesh struck his side, Itadori staggered back a few steps, his eyes landing on a recovered Mahito, advancing toward him out of the confusion.

Conversely, Mahito had an entire environment of flesh on his side.

Itadori had been too arrogant.

Blocking a tail swipe, Itadori quickly tried to counter with a punch, but a wall of flesh prevented him from reaching the curse.

'He's fighting more strategically.' Noticing the flesh floor trembling under his feet, Itadori leaped to escape numerous hands trying to grab him. 'He's using everything he has.'

Narrowing his eyes as he landed, Itadori crouched into a punch charged with cursed energy, letting his body move by sheer will.

Mahito saw this but couldn't react in time when a powerful spinning kick struck his face directly.

"Black Flash!"

Mahito's body flew across the battlefield, his momentum halted by a flesh wall that stopped him from going any further.

The curse flashed a bloody smile, his severed arm regenerating instantly, allowing him to use his new hand to wipe his lips.

Itadori stood up with a serious face, his eyes fixed on the curse as he took a few steps toward him.

"Alright, Mahito." He said, drawing only curiosity from Mahito, as there was no way to gauge his expression. "If it's a fight you want, then I'll take you seriously."

Removing his burned jacket, he let his skin breathe, his torso completely exposed to the world.

"Let's fight, curse."

As the sorcerer's cursed energy expanded with his words, Mahito widened his smile, his own cursed energy exploding uncontrollably.

"Then let's go, human!"

Charging at each other, Itadori was the first to strike with a punch to the curse's chest, which Mahito promptly blocked with his palm.

But seeing this, Itadori was too fast for Mahito, hitting him with an elbow to the face. The curse's eyes widened when his knee suddenly gave out from a sudden cut.

Boom!

And Itadori took advantage, striking him with a precise knee, sending him rolling back before getting up with a single motion.

Blood dripped from Mahito's mouth, but it didn't affect him as he immediately manipulated the ground around him to send dozens of flesh mouths towards the sorcerer.

'He's using cuts on my joints.' Mahito noted, his eyes tracking Itadori dodging the biting attempts while closing in. 'Getting close is suicide, but a precise attack is still my best chance.'

'I'll hit him with a precise strike to his heart, I just need one chance.' Licking the blood from his lips, Mahito smiled. 'I will definitely kill him.'

Itadori's eyes widened as the ground trembled, his instincts alerting him, allowing him to leap before a massive flesh mouth swallowed him.

'How annoying.' He growled, preparing to burn all the flesh around him with a flame attack.

But just as he was about to land, he sensed the cursed energy shifting to his right, instinctively spinning and striking Mahito precisely in the neck.

"Uh?" But as he felt the curse's neck snap with the attack, he noticed something strange.

"Black..."

His eyes widened when he realized his mistake, turning to see the real Mahito right behind him.

"Flash!"

Too slow to react, he choked as a powerful punch hit his back, blood rising up his throat as he rolled across the ground.

'Damn it!' Digging his fingers into the flesh, he halted his momentum, his eyes landing on his forearm to notice another mark had disappeared. 'The damage was reduced in exchange for another miracle.'

Spitting some blood, he stood to see Mahito rushing towards him, his eyes narrowing as he let the cursed energy concentrate in his fists.

And Mahito, not stopping his charge, looked in confusion as the sorcerer punched the air before retreating a few steps.

'What is he thinking-'

But his question was answered the moment he was about to reach him, an impact hitting his side, causing him to flinch.

'What was that?!' He wondered urgently, lifting his head to see a smiling Itadori charging at him.

"Damn, I didn't think that would work!" And with this declaration full of joy, Itadori struck Mahito's face, sending him flying, charging to continue the assault. "What a pleasant surprise!"

Stopping his momentum with his feet, Mahito turned in time to block a punch to his stomach.

And just as he was about to counterattack, his eyes widened again as another impact hit his stomach. 'Double impact?!'

Struck by a punch to his jaw, Mahito was then pummeled by numerous attacks in succession.

With a kick sending him backward, the bruised curse thought the attack had ceased.

"?" But fear hit him when an impact pushed his shoulder, his head lifting as his smile vanished. "Damn."

Boom!

Pummeled by countless impacts hitting his body non-stop, Mahito could only grit his teeth as every part of his body was attacked by an invisible force.

"Black..."

And as the impacts finally ceased, Mahito could only glance down at Itadori's fist, charged with cursed energy, inches from his stomach.

Boom!

"Flash!"

Mahito vomited blood, his body reverting to its original form unconsciously as he hit a pile of debris.

"No, it's not over yet." Vomiting even more blood, Mahito struggled to stand, the cursed energy in his body clearly weakened. "I..."

Letting his body deform, Mahito suddenly exploded into several smaller versions of himself, Itadori narrowing his eyes at this.

The sorcerer moved his eyes between them, moving as the small curses scattered in various directions.

'They all have some cursed energy in their bodies, one has more cursed energy than usual, and one has almost none.'

Thinking quickly, he burst towards the version with almost no cursed energy, grabbing it and holding it tightly in his hand. 'It must be this one!'

And his choice seemed correct as the rest of the versions disintegrated into flesh, the small Mahito in his hand trying to grow, only for Itadori to stop him with sheer physical strength.

"You know, Mahito." In a serious tone, he firmly held the curse in his hands. "I've been thinking a bit."

"We're a bit alike." Dominating the struggle, he began to gradually crush the curse. "You kill humans without care…"

And slowly bringing his hands closer to his mouth, Itadori declared.

"And I kill curses without care."

Stopping his hands in front of his mouth, he said one last time.

"We're somewhat the same."

Biting the curse, Itadori's eyes widened as something struck his abdomen hard enough to send him flying, the curse escaping his mouth.

"..."

Stopping his momentum with his fingers, Itadori swallowed a piece of Mahito without a second thought, lifting his head to see an expected figure.

"Should I save you, Mahito?" And in front of a legless Mahito, Pseudo-Geto had finally made his move.

Itadori watched in irritation, wiping the blood from his lips, and stood with a cautious look.

'I intended to swallow him in one go.' He thought, taking a stance. 'I was afraid to expand my domain and have my barrier destroyed by this Kenjaku before eliminating Mahito.

But I see now that I should have taken that risk.'

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