Chapitre 73: Chapter 73

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When that wooden blade was reflected by a counterattack, the sound of the clash between the two forces echoed throughout the training field.

On one side, Itadori demonstrated superiority when his blade broke through his opponent's defense, forcing him to retreat quickly to avoid being hit.

On the other side, Yuta struggled to defend against a barrage of attacks that hit his defense relentlessly, his teeth gritting as he continued to backpedal.

After several training sessions alongside all the second-years, it was Itadori who suggested that the two engage in a friendly match to test each other's combat proficiency.

Yuta, at first, didn't seem too thrilled with the idea, but something deep in his mind urged him to accept. A desire to prove himself? Yuta didn't know, and he didn't stop to think much when he accepted.

That's how the two ended up in this situation.

Despite having seen Itadori fight evenly with Maki, he was still surprised when Itadori demonstrated an intimidating strength.

Fighting without reinforcing his body with cursed energy, Yuta found himself completely overpowered, as Yuji's strikes were not only strong but also fast.

But he didn't give in, even when his defense was broken once again. Even though this was just a friendly match, he didn't want to lose.

So, the moment Itadori attacked, Yuta anticipated it and skillfully blocked the strike, diverting its trajectory to the ground, creating an opening to advance against the younger fighter.

And just as he was about to hit his opponent's face with the handle of his wooden sword, his eyes widened in surprise when Itadori grabbed the handle with his free hand.

This drew a nervous smile from Yuta, who was then hit by an elbow, forcing him to retreat.

'He's just like Maki,' Yuta sniffed, noticing how Itadori seemed ready to advance. 'No, he's even stronger.'

Blocking a powerful strike, Yuta gritted his teeth as he struggled to keep Yuji's sword handle away from his face, his arms trembling as the battle of strength dragged on for a few more seconds. 'I need to disarm him!'

Retreating to avoid a blow, Yuta narrowed his eyes as Itadori pursued him, his lips tightening as he followed the boy's movements, looking for an opening.

'Now!'

Seeing an opportunity when Itadori raised his sword to attack, Yuta propelled himself forward and struck his hand, sending the wooden sword flying.

'Now's my chance! I have the upper hand—'

But as he moved to launch his counterattack, Yuta was taken aback when a fist struck the handle of his sword with enough force to make him stumble backward.

'What?!' Yuta's eyes widened, quickly raising his sword to block a wave of punches that pounded his defense relentlessly. 'He's even faster than before!'

Leaping to dodge a sweeping kick, Yuta gasped when Itadori placed his hands on the ground and rotated his body, landing a kick to Yuta's stomach.

'I was wrong!' Landing on the ground, Yuta wiped the saliva from his lips, his eyes locking onto Itadori as he noticed an oppressive aura erupting from the boy's body. 'Disarming him doesn't give me an advantage!'

Raising his sword in an attempt to deflect a punch, Yuta gritted his teeth as a kick hit his thigh instead.

'It's the exact opposite!'

With his training, Yuta was confident that his skills had improved a lot. His hand-to-hand combat was at a decent level, enough for him to feel comfortable engaging in direct confrontations if necessary.

But face to face with someone like Itadori, he could tell there was no way to compete.

Itadori's skills with his fists seemed to be on a different level.

Combined with the boy's powerful body, it was impossible for Yuta to compete in a direct confrontation.

Unfortunately, this was something he realized too late.

With a kick hitting his hand, Yuta found himself in a tough spot as he watched his sword fly away, sweat accumulating on his face as Itadori advanced toward him.

"..."

As the sounds of blows echoed through the arena, the second-year students watched the match in silence, with Panda being the only one to say anything as the fight dragged on into a fistfight.

"They seem to be taking this way too seriously..." Panda said, an uncomfortable expression appearing on his bear-like face as Yuta took a hard punch to the forearm. "Shouldn't we stop them?"

"Salmon." Inumaki nodded.

"I don't think so," Maki disagreed, arms crossed as she watched closely. "Yuta made the fight comfortable for Itadori, which gives us the impression they're taking it too seriously because one side is dominating completely. In reality, Yuta is just defending as best he can."

"Oh, I see." Nodding in recognition, Panda agreed. 'Still, it feels like Yuta is taking this too seriously.'

"I didn't expect Itadori to be able to dominate Yuta in a fight so easily. I guess it's because neither of them is using cursed energy," Panda scratched his chin, his eyes still focused on the ongoing fight.

"Salmon, Salmon."

Maki smiled at that, her mind drifting to all the sparring matches she and Itadori had. His improvement from one training session to the next was astronomical, so drastic that it even made her a bit envious. "Of course, he's been training with me all this time, after all."

"Oh, yes… your training sessions with him…" Panda said suggestively.

This made Maki frown, her fist hitting Panda's arm, causing him to smile.

"Shut up."

"Oh, looks like it's over."

Back on the training field, Yuta was panting as he lay on his back, a few bruises visible on his body.

"That was fun." With a shadow looming over him, Yuta opened his eyes to see a smiling Itadori offering a hand. "Thanks for the training, Yuta."

Yuta gave a small smile and, accepting the hand, pushed away the depressing thoughts about his loss.

"Thank you as well. I learned a lot."

"Maybe next time we can use cursed energy in our training." Itadori suggested.

Yuta nodded, though the thought of being hit by Itadori's cursed energy-imbued attacks wasn't particularly appealing. "Sure!"

As the two returned to the group, Panda and Inumaki applauded their performance, while Maki simply kept her arms crossed with a small smile.

"You guys were great!" Panda exclaimed enthusiastically.

"Salmon!" Inumaki seemed to agree.

"You did well," Maki complimented.

Yuta nervously rubbed the back of his neck at the praise, and Itadori simply smiled, with Maki trying to remain humble.

"Looks like you guys finished just in time."

With a new voice grabbing their attention, the group turned to see Yuki and Choso approaching.

Itadori raised an eyebrow at this. He had noticed that his brother seemed a little closer to the sorceress since she arrived.

"What's going on, Miss Yuki?" Yuta asked.

Yuki scratched her head, a bit of frustration showing on her face, which Itadori noticed with a frown. "Well, something is making it difficult to communicate with Todo's group, so we need a few of you to go check on them. Since we're short on staff, there's no one else to ask."

The group nodded, Itadori rubbing his chin as he seemed to ponder the situation.

He doubted any curse in the city could harm his comrades, especially with Todo with them. Maybe the communication issue was related to the culling game, but Itadori couldn't say for sure.

The safety of Megumi and Nobara didn't worry him; he had seen their improvements firsthand.

"I'll go." Stepping forward, Itadori volunteered.

Still, that didn't stop the small spark of uncertainty in the back of his mind.

"Are you sure, Itadori? You just got back." Yuki seemed genuinely concerned, something that seemed to please Choso, judging by the small smile that spread across his lips.

"I just need to find them and return, no big deal."

The group didn't seem to disagree, simply nodding in response.

"Alright then, get a few things ready. They shouldn't be far, but it's good to be a little prepared." Yuki said, and Itadori nodded.

"Mentaiko!"

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Looking at the man who had attacked them, Megumi felt sweat trickling down the back of his neck, his fingers tightening into his palm as he analyzed the situation.

One second? No, it had been less. Naoya had attacked Todo in less than a second, at a speed that Megumi struggled to follow.

This scared the dark sorcerer even more when he noticed that Todo showed no signs of getting up anytime soon.

'He hit a vital point.' Megumi pressed his lips together, his eyes turning to see Naoya with a satisfied smile. 'Damn, I need to find a way to escape with Kugisaki.'

"What do you want?" Megumi asked with a hint of irritation, deciding to try to get some information out of the enemy and figure out why he had attacked them.

Maybe he had a chance to bargain.

"You don't know? Damn, my expectations were low, but you still managed to disappoint me." Naoya mocked, causing a vein to bulge on Megumi's forehead. "Well, I'll explain it only once, so listen carefully, you trash.

It seems that somehow, you've been declared the leader of the Zenin clan, so I decided to come here and congratulate you. Doesn't that sound nice?"

Megumi narrowed his eyes, turning to see a bruised Todo not far away.

"That doesn't seem like a good way to congratulate someone," Nobara spoke, her eyes widening in disbelief as Naoya vanished in a flash step, a hand landing firmly on her shoulder.

"Hey." Turning around, she noticed Naoya staring at her with a slight smile. "Why don't you shut up for once?"

"Kugisak-"

Megumi tried to move, but even his words were too slow as a fist struck Nobara's stomach, blood spraying from her mouth as she was thrown away.

"Ugh..." Naoya shook his hand to rid it of the blood, his expression irritated. "Normally, I treat women with a bit more... 'delicacy.' But today, I'm a little pissed off."

Megumi growled, his hands coming together in anticipation as he seemed ready to summon. "Congratulate me? Don't make me laugh!"

"Ha! It seems you saw right through me, how surprising!" Naoya clapped, a clear tone of mockery in his words. "I'm not really here to congratulate you. In fact, even saying it makes me sick..."

Megumi's eyes widened as Naoya suddenly closed the distance, a shadow appearing beneath his feet, allowing him to slide back and dodge a punch.

"I'm here to kill you!"

Struggling to block a punch, Megumi gritted his teeth as a barrage of blows landed on his face. 'He's too fast!'

Trying to fight through the wave of attacks with his own punch, Megumi gasped as his liver was struck.

"Damn, I thought you were going to be more interesting!" Naoya declared disdainfully before shoving the sorcerer away with a kick. "But you can't even react to my attacks."

Megumi wiped the blood from his lips, a forced smile forming as he turned to Naoya, the thin veins in his eyes becoming more prominent as he clasped his hands together.

'If I can't keep up with him, then I just need someone who can!'

Naoya raised an eyebrow at this, noticing how a pool of shadow appeared in front of the boy.

"Divine Dog: Totality!"

With a claw emerging from the shadows, Naoya narrowed his eyes as a werewolf fully revealed itself. "Seems like you've got some interesting tricks up your sleeve!"

And disappearing in a flash step, Naoya charged at the wolf. "But that doesn't change anything!"

Just as he was about to strike the shikigami, Naoya's eyes widened as the wolf attacked before he could reach it, causing him to halt his momentum and retreat with a quick movement. 'Did it see my movements?'

Turning to Megumi, Naoya clenched his teeth as he noticed the sorcerer smiling disdainfully at him, the veins on his forehead standing out as he seemed to grow angrier. "You bastard! You think this mutt is going to help you?! I'll show you!"

Bursting toward the wolf, Naoya skillfully dodged the shikigami's claws and landed a solid punch on its stomach, the werewolf being pushed back with a mark on its abdomen.

'It can perceive my movements, but it can't keep up with me!' Naoya smiled, dodging another claw as he unleashed a flurry of attacks on the wolf. 'What a joke!'

As he continued his assault, ready to finish off the shikigami by stabbing its chest, Naoya's eyes widened when suddenly, something slimy wrapped around his wrist. He turned his head to see what appeared to be a tongue.

"This isn't one-on-one," Megumi declared with disdain, causing Naoya's eyes to widen.

But before he could try to escape, the divine dog was quicker, its claws tearing into Naoya's chest and sending him flying.

But the attack didn't end there as Megumi's frog's tongue pulled Naoya towards him, Megumi punishing him with a flurry of blows before sending him flying with a kick.

"You bastard!" Naoya growled as he steadied himself, spitting out some blood before charging at Megumi.

The younger sorcerer narrowed his eyes at Naoya's rapid movement, his hands already together in anticipation as he seemed to prepare.

Even though he couldn't properly keep up with the Zenin's movements, Megumi still demonstrated a combat sense that caught Naoya by surprise. Because the moment Zenin reached him, a pool of darkness appeared beneath his feet, causing him to lose his balance.

"Nue!"

Seizing the moment, Megumi quickly summoned his flying shikigami, which aggressively struck Naoya, the impact sending him flying back while the electricity served to immobilize him for a moment.

"Now!"

Megumi charged along with the divine dog, the sorcerer grabbing a black sword that emerged from a pool of shadows.

But just as they seemed about to reach him, Megumi's eyes widened in horror as Naoya disappeared in a flash step, the divine dog beside him being sent flying.

'He can move even when electrocuted?!' Megumi turned in an attempt to defend himself, but there was nothing he could do as Naoya's palm touched his chest. 'Damn!'

With his body becoming the frame of a picture, Naoya spat out some blood before glaring at Megumi in irritation. "You trash, all of this was nothing but luck."

And imbuing his fist with cursed energy, he prepared. "But it doesn't matter! In the end, there's only one outcome!"

Boom!

Striking the frame, Megumi flew as he vomited blood, his back crashing violently to the ground.

'Damn, I was too hasty!' Ignoring the excruciating pain that coursed through his body, Megumi got up to see Naoya already charging at him. 'I need to move!'

Clap!

"..."

Blinking, Megumi seemed confused when he found himself looking at Naoya from afar, turning to see a smiling Todo beside him.

"That first hit got me good." Todo wiped the blood from his lips, his expression hardening as he took a step forward. "Hey, idiot from the clan of idiots...

What's your type of woman?"

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