TSCJTTM CH9 Saving Kugisaki

Kiyotaka instructed them that their mission is not to face the Special Grade spirit, but to just get the people still located into the detention center. Based on what Rudra knew, he sighed internally at the wishful thinking. They would be neither finding anyone alive in there, nor getting out without a fight.

Kiyotaka then manipulated the curtain covering the detention center and created an opening for the four of them to get in. The four of them walked towards the dorms of the detention center with a grim look, each having their own thoughts about what they will have to face.

Rudra hung back momentarily as the others went forward. When Kiyotaka looked at him in confusion, Rudra looked at him with narrowed eyes.

"This is a trick of the higher ups to try and deal with Itadori, Correct?" Rudra asked in a whisper, his voice so cold that Kiyotaka felt that he was in the middle of blizzard.

"I …. don't know what you are implying, Rudra." Kiyotaka said while averting eyes, "..While a lot of higher ups expressed their concerns when Satoru Gojo pushed for Itadori to be allowed into Jujutsu High, he is now a member of Jujutsu High. Surely you don't think they still hold a grudge …. and would pull something while Satoru Gojo has been assigned a mission of high importance."

Rudra understood the hidden meaning and turned to walk towards the veil and soon caught up with the other three. Itadori and Kugisaki inquired about why he was late, but Rudra just deflected the question by saying that he was just inquiring for the compensation they will be getting for taking on such a high risk mission.

As they went forward, Fushiguro summoned his divine dogs and ordered them to let him know if the curse gets close to them. Having prepared for their mission, they entered the Duplex building that acted as the dorms of the inhabitants of the detention center. The moment they entered the dorm however, it was as if they stepped into a different world.

The other three were surprised to see a much larger space than they were expecting. The door disappeared behind them and Kugisaki and Itadori started to panic while Fushiguro examined the surroundings with a grim look on his face.

Rudra prepared his Cursed Energy to execute the techniques at a moment's notice while explaining the situation to stem the rising panic in Kugisaki and Itadori.

"This is a dangerous situation." Rudra explained, "We are trapped in an innate domain created by the Cursed Spirit. It is currently controlling the landscape as it pleases."

"My divine dog remembers the smell of the path we came from, it can guide us out." Fushiguro interjected.

"Then lets do that. Find the survivors and get the hell out of here as soon as possible." Rudra said as turned towards the other two, "There is no need to meet the cursed spirit anymore. Any spirit that can cast an Innate Domain, even one as incomplete as this, is definitely a Special Grade Cursed Spirit."

As Kugisaki and Itadori calmed down, they praised Rudra, Fushiguro, and Divine Dogs for being so reliable. They progressed carefully, checking for the presence of the survivors.

Soon they reached an area that seemed like a huge underground drainage tank. At this place, they discovered the corpses of a few of the people they were supposed to save.

'It has begun..' Rudra thought as he ignored the arguing Itadori and Fushiguro. He used his Cursed Energy Manipulation skill to the maximum level as he sensed all fluctuations of cursed energy in the surroundings. As a result, he was able to catch the minor fluctuation and react just before a shadowy portal opened below Kugisaki.

"Kugisaki!!" Rudra shouted as he strengthened himself with cursed energy and rushed towards her. Before he disappeared along with her in the shadowy portal, he shouted at the stunned Itadori and Fushiguro.

"Be careful of your surroundings you two. Help each other survive. The Cursed Spirit must be close. Don't worry about Kugisaki and me, I will get her out." That is all Rudra could managed to say before he disappeared.

After falling for a while, Rudra found himself in a dark space with little illumination. Some distance away from him, he saw Kugisaki holding her hammer and nails, preparing to fight against dozens of floating masks.

"Kugisaki, come towards me!!" Rudra shouted as he ran in her direction. Kugisaki's face showed an expression of relief as she rushed towards him too.

"You idiot!! What are you doing here??" Kugisaki pretended to get mad at him.

"No time for all that. Stand back, I will wipe them out and then we have to go to support the other two. They must be facing the Special Grade Cursed Spirit right now." Rudra said as he prepared to unleash his technique.

"Cursed Technique: Demonic Mouth Manifestation!!" Rudra said and the Demonic Mouth appeared over his shoulder. Following its appearance, the floating masks completely froze and stopped the creepy noises they were making till now as they chased Kugisaki.

"Why just you? I can fight too you know!!" Kugisaki said with an annoyed expression as she gripped her hammer.

"I am not looking down on you. It is about compatibility." Rudra explained as he controlled the Demonic Mouth to slaughter the masks, "Your powers are of control type. You are not meant to fight a horde of low level beings like this. It will exhaust both your cursed energy and the tools you utilise. Its not like you have an infinite supply of those nails you use."

Kugisaki gritted her teeth and looked away. She could not refute Rudra as he was speaking the truth. Based on the number of Cursed Spirits here, she would run out of nails she needed to use her technique long before she could exorcise all of them.

"Just stay back and watch for now. We will need you in the fight against the Cursed Spirit." Rudra said as wiped out the masked cursed spirits, "Moreover, by using my technique on these mob like cursed spirits, I am gaining more cursed energy than I am losing, hence I can keep up my technique all day without exhausting my reserves."

"You have a cheat of a cursed technique you know." Kugisaki said with a jealous tone.

"I know.." Rudra replied, "But your technique is great too. It borders on the causality principle and can affect a cursed spirit ignoring its strength or your level difference. That in itself is a very valuable attribute for a Jujutsu Sorcerer."

"If you utilize your technique properly, you can rise to the top of the ranks of Jujutsu Sorcerers despite the limitations and restrictions of your technique." Rudra cheered Kugisaki up. She looked more fired up now and was itching to fight against the cursed spirits.

Within a few more minutes, Rudra finished wiping out all the cursed spirits of their current location, earning a whole bunch of points. He then looked towards the ceiling of this dark space.

"Kugisaki, get ready. I am going to take us to the next battlefield. The threat will be multiple times higher, because we will be facing off against the Special Grade Cursed Spirit." Rudra said as he took a stance.

"How are we going to get there? We are in an innate domain of the cursed spirit right now like you had said earlier." Kugisaki asked.

"Like this.." Rudra said as he activated Simple Domain Cursed technique that he had acquired precisely for a situation like this. A translucent and formless energy wrapped around Kugisaki and Rudra, acting as a barrier between them and the innate domain.

Before Kugisaki could ask anything about this phenomenon, Rudra activated his Demonic Mouthe technique and jumped up while holding Kugisaki. The power of the Simple Domain technique fused on top of Demonic Mouth, giving it a dangerous aura.

Just as they were about to reach the ceiling Demonic Mouth expanded greatly and chewed through it while creating a path upwards.

"How did you do that?" Kugisaki asked while Rudra kept leaping upwards using the broken edges of the wall Demonic mouth had chewed through.

"I cant explain at the moment. Just imagine it as one of the trump cards I have been saving for a moment like this." Rudra replied. After breaking through a few floors, they finally reached the floor where he had left Fushiguro and Itadori.

Upon reaching there, he was faced with a terrible sight. Itadori was lying on the floor as a corpse with missing limbs and mangled body. All four of his limbs were obliterated and his chest was crushed by some kind of an energy blast.

Meanwhile, Fushiguro was badly injured all over, barely hanging on with the help of his Nue and Orochi Shikigami. The special grade cursed spirit was twisting and laughing in joy as he sent out energy blasts containing pure cursed energy at Fushiguro.

'No!!' Rudra immediately thought as he looked at Itadori's corpse. He was not worried about him being dead. Instead he was worried whether Sukuna had already seen the potential in Fushiguro and decided to let Itadori die so that he could revive him after making a pact.

"Damn it. Kugisaki, I am going in. You support us when you get a chance." Rudra said as he rushed towards Fushiguro.

'Well, now that the worst scenario in my mind has already happened, lets just go all out.' Rudra thought as he decided to use one of the new techniques he had prepared to fight against the Special Grade Cursed Spirit.

"Cursed Technique: Demonic Sealing Chains!!"