𝑾𝑯𝑶 𝑰𝑺 𝑺𝑯𝑬? 𝑴.𝑭𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒐

XVIII

"I can hear the river!" Yuji shouted

The act of crossing a river or barrier in this case sypbolises a home of a watchful spirit in jujutsu, as the four of them crossed the river an electric like feeling coursed through their feet as the ground beneath them crumbled a curse enveloping around them

The four young sorcerers found themselves In a cave like place surrounded by wholes on the ground but no curse in sight

Sensing another presence Shiori immediately pulled megumi out of the way as a curse came running at them like a bull

"This is unrelated to the curse, right fushiguro?" Yuji asked as Shiori crushed a few of the curses

She continued her attack on the multiple curses appearing from the ground with the help of megumi and nobara, opting to create a crater in one part of the ground in order to take out more while Yuji went after the uglier curse

"We should keep going like it's whack-a-mole huh?" Nobara started

"Yeah, keep expecting them for me we'll kill every last one, it likely won't retaliate" megumi said

"You mean it's main body doesn't have much offence since it technique covers a wide area, even limited as it is?" Nobara questioned as she looked around

"I'm only saying it's likely" megumi stated before a black hole appeared in the wall dragging nobara in

"Kugisaki!" Megumi said rushing towards her

"I'm fine! More importantly, deal with the whack a mole"

"Why are you always getting sucked away??" Megumi sighed as she turned to Megumi giving him a reassuring look before moving her hands around, squchibg three different curses

Before either of them could collect their thoughts, the other cursed spirit made it's was into the hole yuji chasing after it

"It got away! Should I let it go?" Yuji questioned

"Chase after it!" Megumi yelled "kugisaki and that thing both went outside the barrier, she might be battaling against something more troublesome than we expected"

"I'm contrast, things are far easier here than anticipated I can handle this easily and so can Megumi" Shiori nodded

"Prioritise kugisaki and go after it!" Megumi shouted as yuji nodded

"If things get back in here then you come out too" yuji said

"Yeah we will" Shipri spoke, many anamalisitc curses suddenly jumping at her but finding themselves stuck and crushed

"Amazing" a voice spoke, prompting her to turn around and hit the curse square in its face

"Shiori!"

"I'll be fine" She nodded "focus in that curse"

"I didn't expect such a strong hit from a girl that looked like you" the curse giggled, it was a wears humanoid curse with what seemed to be a bear head hanging around its own

The curse didn't waste time creating more shikigami to attack the girl that resembled different beasts, they didn't get far as with a swift movement they were cursed, Shiori directing her finger at the curse, crushing both of its arms

"Huh.." It huffed, desperately restoring its fingers and bring them together

"Domain expansion!" The curse cried out as Shiori heard Megumi shout her name
"Don't worry about me" She stated "focus on yourself"