Curse Returns: What did the human-shaped wishing machine do wrong this time?

Lady Alluka is listening patiently to what I have to say.

Fujiwara no Michitaka was well aware of this fact.

But when Lady Alluka raised her head, her gray-blue eyes were filled with tenderness and indifference.

This was something Fujiwara no Michitaka should have been looking forward to, but for some reason, he felt an urge to cry today.

He bent slightly at the waist, then staggered out of the shrine.

A messenger reported that the two-faced, four-armed monster had been heading towards Heian-kyo in recent days, plunging the refined nobles into panic once again.

This matter couldn't be ignored, especially since the shrine's guards were incompetent and had caused such a major blunder. Fujiwara no Michitaka sent him and the five useless generals to the front lines to fight Ryomen Sukuna.

As for that old woman who claims to have lived for five hundred years, wanting to establish a barrier centered on herself within the territory is simply a pipe dream.

Who knows which political enemy sent her to spy on the Fujiwara family, or what, or if she's assimilated with the astral bodies? It would be faster to pray to Alluka and Nanika for immortality instead of relying on her.

Fujiwara no Michitaka gave out all his instructions, then rubbed his nerves, which were throbbing from overuse.

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The head of the Fujiwara Hokuke clan ordered the clan's elite forces, the "Sun, Moon, and Stars Assault Team" and the "Five Void Generals," to go and subdue the demon Ryomen Sukuna, who had been causing trouble in recent years. Upon learning of this news, the Abe and Sugawara clans also sent their own elite forces to participate in this grand event.

After hearing about this, the nobles of Heian-kyo were finally not too afraid to go out.

Wearing specially made rattan armor, Uruko walked at the forefront of the expeditionary force.

She knew she had done a terrible job as a guard, allowing that kind of guy to infiltrate the shrine and attempt to undermine Lord Alluka's divinity.

Legend has it that the two-faced, four-armed monster came from the Kingdom of Hida. It is said that he possesses immense strength, kills without hesitation, and enjoys twisting men into ropes and devouring women and children. All the sorcerers who went to defeat him failed.

This catastrophic curse casts a shadow over all sorcerers.

Putting everything else aside, the so-called Rope Man, Uruhiko, knows the truth. She believes that most of the rumors are just hearsay, and she will do her best to complete the family's mission and strive to return to serve Lady Alluka once again.

The scouts relayed a message saying that the two-faced Nuo were currently residing in a village ten miles away.

"The monster is just ahead! We will win!"

The village was separated from their location by a mountain forest, which was shrouded in a layer of white mist, which Uruko knew was poisonous miasma.

While miasma might be deadly to ordinary people, these were all elite members of the Fujiwara family, and being well-prepared, they were not afraid of this danger.

The army that was about to launch the attack did not stop and went straight into the overlapping shadows of the trees.

As they crossed the forest, an endless expanse of dark red filled their vision.

Apart from the two young men standing at the end, the ground between them was littered with fragments of corpses.

These corpses were mutilated, and the few remaining fragments of facial features all stared wide-eyed, as if they had not escaped endless fear even in death.

When Uruko looked up, she bumped right into the eyes of the two-faced, four-armed monster opposite her.

Her breath caught in her throat, and she quickly lowered her head, fear and panic causing her to unconsciously take a step back.

"Again, some less desirable characters have spoiled the fun?"

The deep, pleasant voice carried a hint of danger and disdain.

Ryoumen Sukuna curled his lips maliciously as he looked at the group of rabble in front of him, who were noticeably better equipped than usual.

"Have you thought about how you're going to die?"

Before Uruhiko could speak, the leader of the Five Void Generals, who had just been defeated by a village girl from the countryside, began to mock him.

The "Five Void Generals" and the "Sun, Moon, and Stars Team" are elites on par with the Fujiwara clan, but now they have lost face in the entire Heian-kyo because of that woman from Aizu. They urgently need to achieve something to prove their strength.

"How dare you! You incompetent fools dare to speak to Lord Sukuna?!"

Rime coldly observed the large army that had come to punish them, and he snorted, his rose-red eyes filled with indifference.

In his view, it was entirely the corpse speaking.

As if to confirm his idea, several slashes shot through the air towards the arrogant man.

The leader of the Five Void Generals hurriedly dodged several slashes by sidestepping, but one slash still managed to strike his shoulder from a distance.

A sharp pain shot through his mind, and splattered blood stained his shoulder.

The man lowered his head, and an invisible spell sliced ​​off half of his arm.

"I'm going to kill you!"

The sorcerer screamed shrilly, and in a fit of rage, he stretched out his left hand, which transformed into a thin, sharp poisoned blade, and attacked the two Su Nuo.

The other Fujiwara family sorcerers who followed him swarmed forward.

The sky suddenly darkened.

A thick vortex of magical energy condensed at the top of the village like a pile of dark clouds. Amidst rolling lightning, colorful and different glowing spells rained down from all directions towards the two Su Nuo positions.

The ground sank, and various colored lights intertwined, creating a vacuum area due to the pressure of the cursed energy.

"Interesting, this is really interesting."

Liangmian Sunu laughed and clapped his hands, unleashing a barrage of dense slashes that swept across the forest, houses, and rocks towards the crowd.

The explosion sent flames shooting into the sky, and the entire space seemed to have been swallowed up, leaving deep ravines everywhere.

As the setting sun shone through the leaden clouds, various black and red body parts, along with rubble, fell to the ground, and the gushing blood quickly stained the ravines red.

The sticky, foul magic caused the surrounding air to distort slightly, and large swaths of negative emotions began to accumulate.

Uruko trembled with fear.

It felt as if her heart was being tightly gripped in someone's hand.

From the moment she saw the two Sukuna, tears began to fall uncontrollably.

Her eyes, limbs, skin, hair—every part of her body was screaming for her to escape, but her feet seemed stuck in the mud, unable to pull themselves out.

A blood-red cloud pressed down overhead, and the oppressive aura of the Calamity Curse Master almost materialized, making Uruhiko's scalp tingle and her whole body ache.

She collapsed to the ground, staring into the abyss of terror. She felt her sanity being eroded, and perhaps she was about to die here.