Narrator POV:
The Exsanguination Blade
a cursed tool wielded by a former head of the Kamo clan from 150 years ago, Kamo Noritoshi.
Imbued with the inherited technique of the Kamo clan Blood Manipulation, the blade carries a singular, lethal property.
Any wound inflicted by this weapon will not clot.
Instead, the victim's blood is forcefully expelled, continuing until their body is drained of its blood.
In theory, the effect can be resisted through precise cursed energy reinforcement.
However …
In the hands of the Special Grade Imaginary Curse Jason Voorhees
That weakness no longer exists.
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Futago POV:
'Now that I think about it, in the games Jason had the ability to resurrect himself, it must be similar to that.'
'So then our only option is to constantly kill Jason until he runs out of cursed energy trying to resurrect himself.'
'I could try that but I don't want to use it in front of so many people. Plus I haven't had the chance to test it in a real fight, since I only learned it in the month following Kuroda'.
Interrupting my thoughts Jason twitched slightly and suddenly I felt the cursed energy around the Kamo clan elder get stronger.
Before I could process that, I felt my cursed energy get dull and hard to control. Not just me but Mei Mei's cursed energy also got weaker.
"Be careful, Jason can make people enter a weakened state, your cursed energy control and output decrease. It's how he got Riku so quickly" The Kamo clan elder shouted out to us.
Jason didn't even wait, while the Kamo clan elder was trying to explain what was going on he rushed towards me and tried to slash me with the exsanguination blade.
I dodged his diagonal slash, and pulled out a grade 1 dagger I had hid in my pocket. After digging it into where his ribs should be, I activated forced rotation and rotated the dagger to drill through his mid section, before jumping away and pulling the weapon out.
'My cursed energy feels sluggish, and it's hard to even activate my cursed technique. I need some type to get used to this before getting up close with him. I'll run away for a bit and then–'
Suddenly Jason, who was originally standing there grasping the wound I left on him appeared 50cm to my left, with his cleaver raised and ready to strike.
*Are you just gonna keep watching* I asked mentally.
Following my question, a projectile was sent straight through Jason's arm with more rotational energy then any attack sent so far.
Jason's arm was ripped off, and alongside his falling arm the exsanguination blade fell.
*That's not all* Immediately after Tomogui's statement another 3 projectiles drilled straight through Jason.
His heart.
His left leg.
His right leg.
Seeing Jason's current state I decided to take the weapon he dropped and throw it far away.
'Without that cursed tool he shouldn't be too dangerous. His abilities don't seem to be too offensive in nature, other than that cursed tool he is just a punch/kick merchant.'
Seeing me take away Jason's cursed tool must have made the others get more active.
The Kamo elder decided to activate the flowing red scale and fight close range with me.
Bunma began throwing steel balls that he seems to have hidden in his pocket.
'Makes sense considering his cursed technique, he would need projectiles to apply his technique on.'
As for Mei Mei, she was blasting Jason with bird strikes every moment possible, she already ran far away so she is the safest in this situation.
We watched as Jason restored his body once again, what should have been an exorcised curse completely resurrected itself.
"Its cursed technique seems to make it immortal somehow. However, resurrecting itself like that takes a lot of cursed energy. Once we make it run out of cursed energy we will win!" The Kamo elder shouted out, explaining a plan.
'... I realized that a long time ago. I guess it's my fault for assuming they were all familiar with the Friday the 13th game.'
Suddenly the cursed energy around Bunma got stronger the same way that the Kamo elders did before.
'That only meant one thing…'
Before I could even finish my internal thought I felt my cursed energy get more dull and sluggish than before.
'Damn it, Jason can stack the weakness effect and chose to stack it on me'
Jason didn't even give me time to adjust to my current state as he warped 40 centimeters in front of me and threw a right hook directly at me.
Without hesitation I immediately aroused my cursed energy and activated another technique I had copied beforehand.
Flowing Red Scale.
My blood began pumping quicker, as a vein appeared on my right temple.
I weaved the first hook as he stepped even closer and followed it up with a left hook. When I ducked that one as well he raised his leg and kicked me. His foot acted as a whip as it made a direct impact with my ribs and sent me flying through a few trees.
Immediately after I got sent away, Tomogui and Kamo elder began their fight with the cursed spirit.
'Damn it, the problem is that since Tomogui and I share cursed energy, when he uses his weakening effect on me, it also affects Tomogui.'
'I have some time to catch my breath now that Tomogui and the elder are–'
For no apparent reason, Jason decided to completely ignore Tomogui and the elder and teleport right in front of me again, continuing his barrage of attacks.
When he threw his right hook, I instinctively knew the left hook was coming.
So instead of trying to weave the attack, I directed my grade 1 cursed knife to meet his fist head on, and used forced rotation to give the tool enough rotational force to drill straight through his arm.
And it worked, my knife drove straight through his arm, as thick ropes of the curse equivalent of blood splattered all over me. Small fragments of his flesh got caught on my shirt.
However, through all of that damage Jason didn't stop his advance and instead of trying to punch me, repurposed the momentum of his body to tackle me.
I tried to back up, but I was too late and was quickly caught in his deep embrace.
Just when I managed to slip out I shoved my cursed tool into his stomach, to which he completely ignored and decided to shoot his other hand and tightly grasp my throat.
Tomogui and the elder tried to attack him while he was focusing on me, but since Tomogui was now nerfed twice he couldn't obliterate Jason's limbs as easily, and the Kamo elder was too weak.
(I regret not giving this Kamo elder a name. His name is gonna be Daizen Kamo)
I could feel a spike of cursed energy as one of Mei Mei's tried to strike his arm, but unlike before Jason knew to avoid those birds. He tightened his hand on my throat and I could feel it.
'He's gonna snap it. Self Mirror'
My body disappeared as an invisible and intangible version of myself took its place. It quickly got out of Jason's grab and made some distance as I switched back with my chiral opposite.
'How many cursed techniques can he even copy, he just used Blood Manipulation, Forced Rotation and some ability to escape Jason's grasp' Bunma thought, seeing me disappear and reappear out of harm's way.
Still those thoughts didn't stop him from throwing more of his projectiles into Jason. Since Jason got rid of the weakness effect he placed on Bunma, and was completely ignoring Bunma. Bunma could focus fully on attacking Jason and destroying his body.
This time, I approached Jason with Tomogui and Daizen right by my side.
And we gave him the signature Jujutsu Jumping.
The three of us didn't stop.
Blows overlapped. Tomogui's projectiles drilled through him while Daizen kept close, forcing Jason to take every hit before he could fully recover. I stepped in with them, driving my dagger forward and activating forced rotation as it tore through his torso again.
We kept the pressure constant.
Every time his body started to reform, it was torn apart again.
For a moment, it worked.
Then Jason started dodging.
Not completely but enough that he wouldn't need to use his resurrection ability, just his healing factor as a cursed spirit would suffice..
Tomogui's next projectile didn't land cleanly. The one after that missed entirely. Daizen's strike clipped him instead of connecting fully.
'He's adapting.'
I stepped in again, meeting his movement head on. My dagger collided with his arm as I forced rotation through it
There was resistance.
More than before.
A crack ran through the blade.
I ignored it and pushed forward, but on the next clash the dagger gave out, breaking apart in my hand.
I let the pieces fall.
No point holding onto it.
I stepped in again, this time without it, and drove my fist into him while Tomogui's projectile followed through his side.
Jason shifted with it.
Cleaner than before.
Less wasted movement.
He wasn't just enduring anymore.
He was adjusting to us.
Tomogui attacked again. Daizen followed.
Jason disappeared.
He didn't reappear in front of us.
The shift in cursed energy came from farther out.
'…?'
I turned.
Mei Mei.
Jason stood within her range, just outside the path of another bird strike.
He moved slightly and avoided it.
Another came down—he dodged that one too.
No hesitation.
No wasted movement.
'He's been watching her.'
I watched Jason as his body twitched before teleporting away, unlike other times he didn't teleport in front of me. The others and I couldn't tell where he went, and because of his invisible cursed energy we couldn't tell where he went.
"..."
"Did he run away?" Bunma asked quietly. It's been 10 seconds and he hasn't attacked us again.
'Did he really just disappear. It makes some sense, he isn't some mindless cursed spirit, he is an Imaginary Vengeful spirit who is also special grade. Using his invisible cursed energy to hide and sneak attack us makes more sense then fighting us head on. So will he just–'
Suddenly the cursed energy from the exsanguinated blade I threw away earlier in the fight disappeared.
The only reason that the cursed tool's cursed energy would disappear is if it got destroyed or there was something hiding it.
"Guys! I think Jason went to recover that cursed tool–"
"He's here!" Interrupting my talk a scream echoed from across the forest. From where Mei Mei was stationed, attacking with her bird strikes.
"How did he get there so quickly?" Daizen and Bunma said.
"We thought his teleporting ability had to do with a radius around him. But what if it has to do with the people he assigned the weakness status to. He gave Mei Mei the affliction at the beginning of the fight."
We all began to rush over to where Mei Mei was. Now that Jason got his cursed tool back, combined with his new fighting skills this fight could actually be dangerous.
When we got there we saw Mei Mei wielding a grade 2 cursed tool fighting Jason in close range.
What caught my attention was the small cut on her left arm, and the immense amount of blood that was spurting out. The way it painted her left side red, it looked like a piece of art.
'Even a small wound like that made her bleed that much, that cursed tool is way too dangerous.'
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Flashback:
The aftermath of the fight with Kuroda.
My body had mostly recovered,
*…I'm not using enough when I fight.*
Tomogui stood a short distance away, watching.
*You noticed it too?*
*Yeah.*
I looked down at my hand, flexing my fingers slightly.
*My technique isn't the problem. It's how I'm using it.*
*Then fix it.*
*It's not that simple.*
There was a brief pause.
I exhaled.
*Right now, I can mirror a phenomenon once after seeing it. After that, I either wait to see it again… or I store it in my memory slot.*
I glanced over at him.
*But one slot isn't enough.*
Tomogui didn't respond.
'Moreover the cursed phenomena I mirror is forgotten after around 2 weeks. Meaning I never can have a functional combat style, since I am constantly switching between techniques'
Another pause.
So change it. How the technique works.
*A Binding vow.*
*Obviously.*
I closed my eyes for a moment, thinking it through.
*Rather than having one memory slot, three slots would be good.*
Tomogui tilted his head slightly.
'What type of restriction would you apply on yourself to make this change? Binding vows require some type of demerit.'
*A restriction on swapping. Unlike before where I could change whatever was in my memory slot. I'll add a restriction to where I can't change whatever I put into my memory slot for a while*
*Define a while.*
*A year.*
Tomogui didn't react.
*And the efficiency for the technique?*
'Less efficiency depending on the slot. Using my first slot means the ability costs the same, every slot after costs more cursed energy to activate.'
Silence settled between us for a few seconds.
Then I spoke again.
*There's another thing I would like to address*
Tomogui looked at me.
*What I copy isn't the cursed technique itself.*
*We copy the phenomena.*
*Right.*
*We have already tried creating copies of veils and that worked. So what would happen if we tried creating a copy of a more complex type of barrier. A barrier technique imbued with an innate domain*
*You want to try and copy a domain expansion?*
If I use my cursed technique to copy the barrier of a domain we have already seen, the only problem would be finding a way to replace the innate domain that was imbued into the barrier.
If we could find a way to recreate that innate domain then it would be possible to use another person's domain.
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Present
The blood didn't stop.
It kept spilling from Mei Mei's arm without slowing.
'…'
'At this rate Mei Mei will bleed out and I'll be forced to fight with Bunma, Daizen and Tomogui. With Mei Mei dead, Jason can apply another weakness effect on me. In this scenario there is no reason to hold back anymore. I wanted to save this for the clan tournament when I fight Gojo but whatever.'
'It's my first time trying this. Hopefully it works otherwise it will be very embarrassing.'
Domain Expansion: Rubik's Space Dominion.