Inside his new technique Domain of Infinite Perfection, a stillness lingered. The air carried the weight of his cursed energy, distorting reality itself rapidly healing everyone who was on the verge of death in the blink of an eye.
Kurokai stared in silence his gaze focused on the dead body of Hero Pixie Bob.
Under his power, the missing lower half of her body quickly recovered, returning her back to her original perfect state.
Unfortunately.
It was all but an empty husk.
Her soul has already left her body.
Even if the physical body recovered, without the presence of a soul to support it, the person was as good as dead.
Kurokai's grip tightened as he stood before her motionless figure. Her adult body presented before him in all of its glory, devoid of the spark that defined her.
His thoughts moved, looking for a solution.
"Our meeting was short....," he muttered.
Yet he didn't want to see her end.
Atleast not like this.
His gaze sharpened, and his cursed energy moved with intent.
A forbidden idea was forming in his mind, a convergence of techniques that skirted the line between possibility and impossibility.
Putting his hands together, he made a new sign.
"Combined Technique: Soul Forge Requiem."
A technique built upon his understanding of Idle Transfiguration, his mastery over Limitless, and the insights gained from Shoko Ieiri's restorative cursed technique. Where others failed to comprehend the soul, his domain allowed him to touch it, and trace its threads.
The barrier of his domain trembled as he activated this unprecedented combination.
He raised his hand and placed it over Hero Pixie-Bob's chest.
The touch felt cold, devoid of any warmth.
Then he channeled cursed energy not to rebuild her body further but to forge a bridge between her body and her soul.
Instantly the area of his search widened, reaching an incredible distance, rushing through the ground, air, and even the very earth.
He gritted his teeth as pain lanced through his head, the strain of maintaining his domain and manipulating multiple cursed techniques simultaneously pushing him to his limits. Blood started flowing out from his nose and ears.
"Where are you…?"
But he didn't stop.
Vast amount of information kept hitting Kurokai's brain, making him feel weak and unsteady.
Then suddenly.
Kurokai tracked an illusory figure.
Almost instantly he gave up all other directions and focused solely on the illusory figure.
And as soon as he did.
He was bound to be disappointed.
It was indeed a soul, but not the one he was looking for, their aura didn't match.
Kurokai's eyes lowered, wondering if it was indeed useless.
But then he noticed a sudden peculiarity.
The foreign soul he discovered.
Seems to be floating in a specific direction?
Kurokai's thoughts moved, and a light bulb lit inside his head.
Solely focusing on the path the soul was traversing, Kurokai once again started his operation.
This time only focusing on a single path.
The speed increased dramatically.
In no time he managed to see several more illusory figures, same as the previous one, all flying in the same direction.
Going towards the same goal.
Kurokai's brain started hurting.
But he didn't stop, determined to get what he was looking for.
Slowly the number of souls increased, reaching thousands.
Blue veins appeared around Kurokai's forehead.
'A little more.....'
He kept searching.
'Just a little more.....'
Suddenly he locked onto a weak aura.
Kurokai's fist clenched tightly, and he instantly locked onto the figure.
And as he expected.
It was Her Pixie-Bob.
She was going in the same direction as the others, unaware of her surroundings.
Kurokai spun into action, using Idle transfiguration via Telekinesis to grab her.
Suddenly, Hero Pixie-Bob's soul stopped.
It worked.
But before Kurokai could pull her back, his legs gave in and he fell on his knee.
At the same time, the body of Hero Pixie-bob along with the others fell to the ground.
'Have I reached my limits?'
Supporting himself using his hand, Kurokai felt his mind cracking, the load from the breaking of his domain, along with the extensive use of his power had finally started showing its effects.
He instantly used the Reversed Curse Technique to stabilize himself.
But it was only delaying the problem, brain injury is not something that a normal sorcerer can heal using the Reversed Curse Technique in the first place, the only reason he could do so was because of Gojo's memories.
And that is exactly why he knew, it was only a temporary solution, he will have to bear the consequences sooner or later.
'It's enough for now.'
He once again locked onto Hero Pixie-Bob's soul and quickly pulled it towards him.
Blood started coming out of Kurokai's eyes.
He ignored it, even increased the power to pull her back quicker.
The distance shortened rapidly, and after some time her soul finally appeared in front of him.
By this time, Kurokai's face had become incredibly pale, with blood flowing all over, he looked extremely weak.
Kurokai raised himself from the ground and grabbed Hero Pixie-Bob's soul, then pushed it back into her body, adjusting it accordingly.
After he was done, Kurokai stopped and looked at her face in silence.
A few seconds passed by.
His gaze never left her, staring unblinkingly.
Slowly seconds turned to minutes.
And just when Kurokai was about to try again.
Her fingers twitched.
*Breath*
Her chest rose.
And she drew in her first breath, reborn anew.
Kurokai released a sigh and fell on his hips, feeling weakness all over.
At the same time, his domain flickered before vanishing away.
Not far away Hero Toger stared at the scene with unblinking eyes.
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Feeling pain all over her body, Hero Pixie-Bob scrunted her brows, her eyelids trembled before opening up.
The first thing she saw was the night sky.
'What happened?'
Enduring the pain she tried to raise her head.
And as soon as she did.
She noticed a large amount of people lying unconscious all around.
'Just what?....'
Before she could finish processing the situation, she noticed an anomaly.
She wasn't wearing anything.
'Why am I naked!?!'
Screaming loudly in her mind, she quickly raised her trembling arm trying her best to cover her exposed chest.
In nervousness she moved her head, wondering if anyone was watching.
And as soon as she did.
She noticed Kurokai.
Sitting on the ground with blood flowing all over his face.
Hero Pixie-Bob was taken aback.
At first she didn't notice who it was because of all the blood, then her gaze focused, he looked familiar, then suddenly it clicked in her mind.
"Kurokai?"
She called out his name in confusion.
"Teacher....."
Kurokai continued in a serious voice.
"You need to take responsibility."
Silence enveloped the place.
Hero Pixie-Bob blinked her eyes, then looked down at her exposed body, then looked back at Kurokai, as if saying.
'Are you seriously?'
'Yes I am serious.'
Hero Pixie-Bob stared at Kurokai and Kurokai stared back at Hero Pixie-Bob.
For some reason she actually understood his unspoken words, it was an inexplicable feeling.
Just when Hero Pixie-Bob was about to say something, Kurokai fell on his back, motionless.
A bad premonition hit her, she wanted to rush upto him but the intense pain from her body made him unable to do so.
"Don't care about me, take care of yourself first."
Kurokai waved his hand while lying down.
Hero Pixie-Bob felt annoyed by his clear disregarding action, but she also felt a little relieved, it seems Kurokai was fine for the moment.
Slowly placing a hand on the ground she endured the pain and tried to stand up.
But suddenly.
*Sniff*
A familiar voice entered her ears.
"....Pixie.....pixie....Bob.....Sniff...'
Turning her head she saw a familiar face.
Hero Tiger, one of her colleagues, stood some distance away, staring straight at her, with tears continuously rolling down his eyes.
Seeing him, the first thought that came to her mind was.
'...he saw everything didn't he?'
Then she remembered Kurokai.
'He also saw everything....'
After all she was literally butt naked, for who knows how long.
Thry definitely saw everything, there was too see.
She didn't know how to feel.
Pixie-Bob felt her mind short-circuited, she wanted to say something but seeing Tiger's tears she stopped herself.
'But why?....is he crying---'
It was then.
The foggy memories in her mind suddenly became clear.
The image of a giant white monster splitting her in half passed through her mind.
'I died?.....'
Her pupils dilated.
With trembling hands, Pixie-Bob touched her waist.
It was attached.
She lowered her hands.
Her legs were also there.
Finally, gathering her courage, she lowered her head to take a look.
Her body.
Appears to be perfectly fine.
Slowly raising her head, she looked back at Hero Tiger.
"....Tiger?"
She called out his name.
"Am I alive?"
Asking for confirmation.
Seeing her lost look, Hero Tiger hurriedly noded his head.
Forgetting about the pain, he took several steps forward and reached Pixie-Bob, falling down on his knees, he opened his arms and hugged her.
Listening to his rhythmic heartbeat, tears unconsciously started flowing out of Pixie-Bob's eyes.
"How?...."
She asked in a confused voice.
She clearly remembered the moment of her death.
So how was she still alive?
Hero Toger looked down at her, then turned his gaze to the side.
Hero Pixie-Bob unconsciously followed his lead and turned her head.
It was Kurokai, lying motionless on the ground.
"Kurokai?"
She called out softly.
But instead of replying, Kurokai simply waved at her, as if shooing her away.
Hero Pixie-Bob silently looked at him.
Unconsciously a drop of tear slid down her cheek.
And in the next moment her expression crumbled.
"Thank you..."
She said in a sobbing voice.
Kurokai kept waving his hand.
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Hero Best Jeanist, Miriko, Mt. Lady and Kamui Wood were quickly making their way forward.
Hero Miriko who was wearing Kurokai's coat and Best Jeanist with Kurokai's shirt, the other two were almost naked, except for some makeshift rags they picked up from here and there to hide their important parts.
Hero Mt. Lady kept giving Hero Miriko bad looks, it happened after she forcefully snatched Kurokai's coat from her leaving her butt naked in front of Kamui Wood and Best Jeanist.
They quickly arrived at the place.
looking at the miracle in front of them in disbelief, various unconscious people lying everywhere, those where were at the verge of death, now healed completely.
It was miraculous.
Hero Kamui Wood's gaze landed on familiar person.
Hero Gand Orce.
The big body was quite noticeable.
Moving his body he ran upto him and quickly checked his condition.
But as soon as he did, he fell silent.
An unspoken sorrow appeared in his eyes.
"Gang Orca.....he's dead."
The meaning of his words were clear, attracting others attention.
Hero Best Jeanist looked at Gang Orca in silence then turned towards the unconscious people in front of them.
"Let's help them first."
The others nodded and quickly sprang into action.
Hero Mt. Lady looked at the unconscious young man in front of her.
He was breathing lightly, she didn't see any injury on him.
Her gaze inadvertently focused on his clothes.
White T-shirt and blue jeans.
She blinked.
Then without a second thought took off his clothes and wreaking them.
Giving a silent apology to the young man she left in his underwear, she hurried to the next person.
Of course, she wasn't the only one who did it.
In no time, All the heroes were wearing clothes of different fashion.
For a moment they all stopped and looked at each other.
It was quite a scene.
After a silent agreement they went back to work.
Not long after they started, Another group of people quickly arrived at the scene.
They were all students of class 1-a.
Seeing them, Hero Best Jeanist quickly recognized Bakugo.
Coming upto them he quickly asked about their situation, it was similar to what they saw, injured people flying through the air and then coming together on the same spot.
Looking at the students excited expression, Hero Best Jeanist asked in confusion, wondering if they knew who did it.
And as soon as he did they all replied at the same time.
Kurokai.
Hero Best Jeanist stopped and turned his head to look back at the bloodied boy in the distance, currently being examined by Hero Miriko and Kamui Wood.
'It was him after all.....'
At the same time, some students of class 1-a also followed his gaze and found Kurokai.
"Kurokai-kun?"
"What happened? Why is he injured?"
"Let's go! Hurry!"
Before Best Jeanist could say anything, they all rushed tiwards their friend at an amazing speed.
Seeing the scene, Hero Best Jeanist fell silent, looking at them worridely surrounding Kurokai while being scolded by Miriko made him inadvertently turn his head towards a familiar big figure.
Hero Gang Orca.
Hero Best Jeanist's eyes lowerd, he was about to say anything silent prayer when he noticed something.
A small figure, standing beside the unmoving Gang Orce.
It was a small grey coloured dog.
Quitely standing beside him.
Looking lonely.
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PS: Yes I changed the previous chapter and made it in a way that focuses more on my original idea.
I understand some or most of you will be disappointed, but it is what it is.
If it doesn't reach your expectations then I apologise, and that's it, this is the best I can do with my limited imagination.
Btw I also changed the hero provisional liscenece part a little, in short kurokai wasn't disqualified he used infinity to block the targets. That's about it, not a major change but you can re-read if you want.