TSCJTTM CH8 Skills to Fight Special Grade

After a lot of arguments between Itadori and Kugisaki about where they will go, Gojo interceded and announced that they will be going to Roppongi, making the two scream in excitement.

However, their excitement evaporated swiftly on seeing that Gojo brought them to an abandoned building in a secluded part of Roppongi. The building was filled with cursed aura, which meant that Gojo had not brought them here to have fun. Rather, they were here on a mission to exorcise Curses.

Among the angry howls and protests of Itadori and Kugisaki, Gojo explained what they were here for.

"There is a big cemetery nearby. With the dilapidated buildings like this into the mix, negative feelings of people surge in this area, making curses appear more easily." Gojo said with a smile.

'I guess the negative feelings sprout from people who associate cemetery with unpleasantness and scary imaginations.' Rudra said as he looked at the curse infested building with narrowed eyes.

Itadori then asked a bunch of questions that should have been common sense for Jujutsu Sorcerers, making Kugisaki despise him for not even being up to the basic standards.

Before things escalated too much, Gojo told Itadori and Kugisaki that exorcising the Curse in the building will be their practical test so that he can gauge their abilities.

"Why just me and this bumpkin? Why not the other two also?" Nobara asked Gojo while peeking at Rudra secretly.

"Fushiguro doesn't need the test as I have seen his skill many times already." Gojo said, "And as for Rudra, if he even let out a trace of his technique, you both will have nothing to do. Hence, this test is for only the two of you."

He gave them a few additional instructions and restrictions, such as forbidding Itadori from summoning Sukuna. As the two of them went in, Gojo turned to Rudra, "Now, while I said you don't need to go for the exorcism practical test, I am going to test you on something else."

"Generally when we go somewhere to engage in exorcism, we employ a barrier called Curtain. This obscures the senses of ordinary people from anything inexplicable that they accidentally may see during the time we are exorcising Curses."

"Typically, it is not needed for a few grade-4 and grade-3 curses like the ones in this building. So we will instead use this as a test to see if you can master this technique." Gojo explained.

Gojo then instructed Rudra on the specifics of the technique before going to sit with Fushiguro and answer his query about the true reason why Gojo sent Itadori and Kugisaki on this exorcism task.

Meanwhile, Rudra stood before the building with an awkward expression on his face. He had already created the skill to cast the curtain a few days ago. He didn't need Gojo's instructions at all. But now if he cast it immediately after the explanation Gojo will be very suspicious.

Hence Rudra wasted a bit of time just playing with Curse Energy Manipulation while he sensed the fluctuations of Cursed Energy in the building. Once the fluctuations started to get violent, Rudra understood that Kugisaki must have begun fighting against the Curses.

Immediately he stopped wasting time and began casting the barrier.

"Emerge from the darkness, blacker than darkness. Purify that which is impure." Rudra chanted as he forced his cursed energy to start spreading and enveloping the surroundings. His skill made the process easier and the cursed energy enveloped the area Rudra targeted with a translucent black colored dome that looked like colored glass.

"Well I will be damned!!" Gojo said as he looked at the Curtain Rudra cast with a large grin. He went near it and examined it closely before giving Rudra a thumbs up. Fushiguro came and examined the Curtain too before nodding to Rudra with respect in his eyes.

Having passed his test, Rudra went and sat on the pedestrian path's railing like Gojo and Fushiguro earlier. Gojo and Fushiguro joined him too while continuing to discuss whether Itadori and Kugisaki will succeed without any harm coming to them.

Soon they witnessed a Curse breaking the window of the building and jumping out. Gojo stopped Rudra and Fushiguro from exorcising it and they watched quietly. Suddenly it grew giant iron spikes from inside itself that skewered it all over, ultimately exorcising it and making it disperse into cursed energy.

"It seems they passed." Gojo said as he grinned.

Soon, Itadori and Kugisaki came out while guiding a child who seemed very frightened but slightly hopeful too as he clung to Itadori's arm. After Kugisaki explained that the child had got trapped by the Curse here, they decided to send him home safely.

Once that was done, Gojo finally decided to to satisfy Itadori and Kugisaki's wish and took them out to eat in tourist spots of Tokyo.

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For the next few weeks, Gojo regularly assigned them various exorcism missions. Rudra was usually just assigned solo missions, because his Cursed Technique was best utilized when he was alone. This worked out better for him too, because this way he monopolized the curses he had to fight. He didn't have to hide his ability to grow by devouring curses.

Apart from Exorcism, Tokyo Jujutsu High didn't lack education in other aspects. They had many classes that were similar to normal high school subjects, such as culture/history, mathematics, language, etc. Rudra aced the language subject so much that eventually he was allowed to have a free period during the language classes.

Finally, during the second week of July, Rudra's batch was sent by Gojo on a major mission that involved all four of them. This surprised all of them, especially Fushiguro, who knew how powerful Rudra was and what sort of trouble they would have to face that needed even Rudra's ability to complete.

According to the mission, Rudra, Itadori, Fushiguro, and Kugisaki arrived at the Eishu Detention Center in West Tokyo City. It was reported that a possible unidentified Special Grade Imaginary Cursed Spirit was spotted here.

They were received by Kiyotaka Ijichi, assistant director at Jujutsu High. Kiyotaka informed all of them that the cursed spirit that is at the detention center is a special grade one.

Yuji expressed confusion at this terminology, forcing Kiyotaka to explain the grading process of sorcerer and cursed spirit's power. Meanwhile, Rudra looked at the center as he organized what he knew about this incident from the anime he had watched.

'If I remember correctly, this is is the part where Itadori dies temporarily. This death was both beneficial and harmful for him, as it made Sukuna gain an advantage over Itadori. Should I interfere in this event or let it happen as it had?' Rudra pondered.

After a lot of thought, Rudra made a decision.

'No. I can't let Sukuna have such an advantage or else it will prove harmful in the future. I don't know how long I will stay in this world, but until I complete the mission I am definitely stuck here. As for the training Itadori got while he was 'dead', Gojo will have to just figure out some other way to do it.'

'I have never made Demonic Mouth eat even a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit, let alone a Special Grade. I wonder how much benefits I will gain on doing this.' Rudra thought as he checked his stats and the number of skill points he had accumulated. He nodded inwardly seeing that he had over 130 stat points on average and 120000 skill points.

'Well, all those missions were definitely useful.' Rudra thought, 'Now, what kind of skill should I buy that will make me powerful enough to face a Special Grade Cursed Spirit in a 1vs1 fight.' Rudra thought.

After a lot of deliberation, Rudra designed and redeemed a few skills:

[Status Reading]

[User can read/view the complete status of anyone or anything, allowing them to see any/all powers/skills, stats, level, overall health, flaws, etc. the target possesses. They can also transfer that information to another medium so that anyone else, including the target, can view the information/status for themselves.]

[Cursed Technique: Demonic Mouth Infusion]

[Infuse the power of Demonic Mouth into equipment or objects. The power of the Demonic Mouth will be triggered when the equipment comes in contact with what the wielder of the equipment considers an enemy. Because of the infusion into equipment, the Curse Devouring aspect of the Demonic Mouth's power is reduced while the Curse Paralyzing and Slowing Curse Energy Flow aspects as amplified. As the Main User of Demonic Mouth technique, Rudra is immune to all the effects even if targeted by a Demonic Mouth infused weapon. Rudra can at any moment dispel the infused Demonic Mouth from the equipment or object.]

[Cursed Technique: Demonic Sealing Chains]

[Manifest the power of Demonic Mouth in the form of multiple thick chain like constructs. The power of the Demonic Mouth will be triggered when the chains come in contact with what the user considers as the target. The Curse Devouring, Curse Paralyzing, and Slowing Curse Energy Flow aspects of Demonic Mouth are fused to create a Sealing Power when in the form of Chains. This technique will not damage the target at all, except for draining the cursed energy of the target and using it to seal all aspects of the target, including the target's strength, cursed techniques, and senses. Success of Sealing depends on strength difference between User and Target. This technique has the most minimal cursed energy cost out of all the Demonic Mouth Series Techniques]

[Cursed Technique Demonic Mouth Manifestation Maximum: Demonic Hydra]

[Ultimate Power of Demonic Mouth series manifests in the form of a 3-Headed Hydra like construct that forms around the user, encasing the user in the body of a Hydra formed by Cursed Energy. The user can control the Hydra at will effortlessly and will have their physical ability amplified by multiple times in this form. The original powers of the Demonic Mouth will also be amplified and owned by all the 3 Heads of Hydra. Along with the original powers of the Demonic Mouth, The three heads of Hydra have their own unique powers. The Central head will be able to use Cursed Demonic Flame Breath. The Right head will be able to use Cursed Poison Gas. The Left head will be able to use Cursed Corrosive Spray. The Hydra will need 1/5th of User's max cursed energy to be summoned, no matter how strong user grows. The only thing that will change is the power of Hydra, which will grow stronger along with User.]

'Yes. Though I have spent nearly all of my skill points to redeem these skills, it was worth it. Now I am ready!!'