Jujutsu Kaisen: I have everything I need now!

Wakamatsu Village.

The rain got heavier.

This is a small fishing village nestled between mountains and the sea. The streets, which should be filled with fishing nets, the smell of fish, and the noise of daily life, are now lifeless.

He opened the car door on the first day of December, without an umbrella. Rainwater fell on his white shirt, quickly soaking in.

But he paid no attention; his attention was completely drawn to the strong, fishy smell in the air.

"It's so quiet." Zhenyi got out of the car and looked around warily.

Most of the houses in the village had their doors and windows tightly closed, and there wasn't a single person to be seen on the streets.

A golden-pink light flashed in December's eyes. In his perception, the village's life force was pitifully weak. Instead, there was a cold, damp energy fluctuation.

"Over here."

On the first day of December, they headed straight for the fishing port on the east side of the village. Zhenyi followed closely behind.

The two walked along the muddy path, where some puddles of water had accumulated in the low-lying areas along the way.

He stopped and looked down at one of the puddles.

The water in the puddle had an eerie, dark blue color, and even without wind, the surface of the water was undulating slightly, as if it were alive.

"Don't touch it."

On the first day of December, Zhenyi was stopped from going forward to check.

He extended a finger, and a faint red light shone from the tip.

A tiny flame flew from his fingertip and landed in the blue puddle.

"hiss--"

The moment it came into contact with the flame, the puddle emitted a sound similar to an animal being scalded.

The blue water churned violently, trying to extinguish the flames, but under the scorching heat, the puddle was quickly evaporated, leaving only a small clump of blue powder in place.

Zhenyi gasped as she watched this scene.

"What the hell is this thing?"

"This is water contaminated by the Basha Law." December Shuo stood up. "Once this water comes into contact with a living creature, it seeps into its body, replacing and assimilating all the water in the creature, eventually turning the person into a pool of blue water. This should be the reason why the old man said 'humans turn into water'."

"This is disgusting." Zhenyi clenched her fists.

"Let's go, let's go to the port. I sense the source should be there."

The two quickened their pace, crossed the desolate streets, and arrived at the fishing port of Wakamatsu Village.

The sight before her made even Maya, who was used to seeing cursed spirits, frown.

The dozen or so fishing boats moored in the harbor were now all capsized in the sea. The breakwater and concrete dock, which should have been gray, were now covered with a thick, dark blue film.

The fishy smell in the air was so strong it was nauseating.

"Come out."

On the first day of the twelfth month, he stood at the edge of the dock, looking at the churning sea below, his voice cold and sharp.

no respond.

December 1st sneered and stomped his right foot hard on the concrete.

"Boom!"

The violent psychic force blasted into the ground from the soles of his feet, shattering the breakwater within a ten-meter radius in front of him.

Huge boulders, imbued with psychic power, crashed into the sea like cannonballs.

"Splash!"

The seawater churned violently.

Immediately afterwards, several eerie figures slowly crawled up from the seawater.

They were a group of humanoid creatures. They were about the size of an adult human, but they had no skin; instead, they had a layer of bluish, slimy scales. Their heads had no eyes or noses, only a huge, round mouth filled with tiny, sharp teeth, and their limbs were webbed claws covered with thin membranes.

"These are Basha's familiars?" Mai raised the "Black Queen" and aimed it at one of the monsters.

"They must be transformed from the missing fishermen from the village." December 1st looked at these monsters, her eyes devoid of any pity. "Kill them. They're already dead."

As soon as the words were spoken, the blue-scaled monsters let out a piercing roar, and on all fours, like some kind of reptile, they pounced on December Shuo and Zhenyi at an extremely fast speed.

They were incredibly fast, flying almost close to the ground on the slippery dock.

"Bang! Bang!"

Without hesitation, Zhenyi opened fire.

Two black bullets accurately struck the heads of the two monsters charging at the front.

"Pfft!"

The monster's head exploded instantly, turning into a pool of blue water that scattered on the ground.

However, their headsless bodies did not fall down!

The blue water droplets on the ground quickly gathered towards the body, and within a few seconds, the shattered head actually reformed!

"Immortality?"

"Besides me, how many other immortal beings are there in this world?"

In a flash, December 1st appeared in front of a monster.

The monster opened its large mouth, full of sharp teeth, and bit down on his neck.

Without even glancing at the new moon, he transformed his right hand into a knife, a layer of dazzling red light covering the edge of his palm.

"Whoosh!"

Knife up and down.

The monster's body was neatly split in two.

This time, the monster did not heal. The cut was instantly vaporized by the intense flames. The two halves of its body twitched a few times on the ground before completely turning into a pool of foul-smelling blue liquid.

"It seems to work on the same principle as the Shadow Soldiers. Normal attacks don't do much damage, so we need to increase our output to achieve good results." December turned around and shouted to Mayi.

"clear!"

Mayi adjusted the "Black Queen's" output mode. The runes on the gun barrel glowed with a dim light.

"Bang!"

She pulled the trigger again.

This time, instead of physical bullets, a net woven from black magical energy was fired.

The energy net precisely enveloped a monster, and the moment it touched the monster's scales, it immediately began to frantically devour the energy within its body.

The monster let out a piercing scream, its body rapidly withered, and finally turned into a pile of blue powder.

"Well done," December 1st praised.

The outcome of the battle was entirely predictable. These familiars, transformed from ordinary people, possessed considerable regenerative abilities, but in the face of December and Mai, they were nothing more than cannon fodder that could be easily crushed.

In less than two minutes, all seven or eight monsters were dealt with.

The docks were deathly silent once again.

"Is that all you've got?" Zhenyi put away her gun, walked to a pile of blue powder, and poked at it with her toe.

On the first day of December, I walked to the very front of the pier and looked down at the deep sea.

"The person in question hasn't shown up yet."

As soon as he finished speaking, the seawater beneath his feet suddenly began to spin violently, forming a huge whirlpool with a diameter of more than five meters.

An immense pressure rose from the center of the vortex.

"Back off!"

On December 1st, he grabbed Zhenyi's arm and pulled her back more than ten meters.

"boom!"

A thick column of water shot into the sky, rising dozens of meters high.

The water column burst open in mid-air, and a huge figure crashed heavily onto the dock, creating a large crater in the hard concrete ground.

It was a gigantic monster over four meters tall. Its shape resembled a bipedal crocodile, but its entire body was covered in the same eerie blue scales as the previous minions. It had three rows of sharp dorsal fins on its back and a thick tail.

What's most striking is its chest.

Embedded there was an irregular scale, about the size of a palm, emitting a ghostly blue light. The nauseating stench and powerful energy fluctuations emanated from this scale.

"origin?"

On the first day of December, he squinted his eyes.

"It seems that Basha has gone to great lengths to assimilate this sea area. She even bestowed scales containing her own essence upon this low-level monster."

"roar--!"

The giant crocodile monster let out a deafening roar, its enormous eyes fixed on December 1st. It seemed to sense an extremely repulsive aura emanating from the man before it.

"He's a bit too big, but he's still essentially useless."

On the first day of the twelfth month, Zhenyi loosened her hands.

"Boss lady, you cover for us. Don't let this giant thing destroy the village."

"【rabbit】!"

His body left an afterimage in place before instantly appearing in front of the crocodile monster's chest.

December 1st's right fist, imbued with the immense power of the [Ox] talisman and the heat of the [Dragon] talisman, slammed mercilessly down on the blue scale on the crocodile monster's chest!

"Smash it!"

The crocodile monster reacted extremely quickly. It roared and crossed its thick arms sharply in front of its chest, attempting to block the punch. At the same time, the air around it instantly became extremely humid, and a high-pressure water shield formed on its body.

But it underestimated the power of the new December.

"Bang!!!"

A deafening gas explosion resounded across the dock.

December's fist pierced through the high-pressure water shield without any resistance and slammed into the crocodile monster's thick arm.

The sound of bones breaking was clearly audible.

The crocodile monster's massive body was blasted backward by this terrifying force, carving a deep trench more than ten meters long into the ground.

"The defense is decent. But if that's all..."

On the first day of the twelfth month, he flicked his wrist, preparing to press his advantage.

Suddenly, something unexpected happened!

The crocodile monster lying on the ground did not rush to get up. Suddenly, the blue scale on its chest burst forth with a dazzling light.

Immediately afterwards, the water level in the surrounding sea began to drop at a visible rate!

The seawater was drawn by a powerful suction force, turning into countless streams that rushed wildly toward the scales on the crocodile monster's chest!

"It's absorbing seawater!" Zhenyi shouted from behind.

He frowned on the first day of the twelfth month.

The crocodile monster, having absorbed seawater, instantly restored its severed arms.

Not only that, its size began to expand rapidly, growing from four meters to six meters, eight meters...

Its dark blue scales grew darker and darker until they were almost black.

"roar!!!"

The bloated giant roared to the sky.

Suddenly, it spewed out a jet of extremely foul-smelling, high-pressure water straight at the face of the new moon.

The speed and power of this water jet are comparable to a water clock!

He did not hide on the first day of the twelfth month.

He raised his right hand.

"【chicken】!"

An invisible force of thought formed a barrier in front of him.

"Sizzle—"

The high-pressure water jet struck the psychic barrier, producing a loud corrosive sound!

On the first day of December, he felt that his mental barrier was being rapidly disintegrated by the column of water.

"Oh? It's even corrosive."

A hint of surprise flashed in December's eyes. A single primordial scale from Basha could actually create a monster of this caliber. It seemed the demons' power was different from what she had imagined.

"Since that's the case..."

On the first day of the twelfth month, the psychic barrier was removed, and the body leaped backward using the impact of the water column.

He clasped his hands together in mid-air.

"【mouse】!"

A strange wave emanated from his hands, instantly enveloping the high-pressure water jet below.

Suddenly, the water jet spewed by the crocodile monster stopped in mid-air.

It wasn't that it had frozen over; rather, the column of water in front of me had turned into a soft noodle, drooping limply to the ground.

The crocodile monster was stunned. Its proud attack had been inexplicably neutralized.

Taking advantage of the moment it was stunned, Zhenyi, who had been hiding to the side, pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

The black energy blast streaked across the sky, striking the blue-glowing primal scale on the crocodile monster's chest with extreme precision!

"Click."

A soft, crisp sound.

A crack appeared on the original scale.

The crocodile monster let out a shrill scream, its huge body began to tremble violently, and the seawater inside its body began to gush out uncontrollably.

"it's over."

The first day of the twelfth month descends from the sky.

His right leg slammed down like a battle axe, striking the already broken scale heavily.

"boom!"

The scales were completely pulverized.

The crocodile monster's massive body collapsed in an instant, turning into a torrential blue rain that poured down on the ruined dock.

The new moon fell steadily to the ground, without letting a single drop of blue raindrop get on it.

He looked down at the pile of powdery scales on the ground.

A faint black aura swirled within the powder.

"This is……"

On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, he squatted down, picked up a little powder with his fingers, and smelled it.

Besides the fishy smell, he also detected a very subtle earthy smell, which seemed to come from deep underground.

"What's wrong?" Zhenyi ran over, looking at his serious expression.

"This scale contains not only Basha's Water Laws," December said, standing up and looking towards the southern sky. "There is another power within it."

"You mean...?"

"The other demons." December New Moon dusted off the powder on his hands. "It seems they have indeed all become active again and are beginning to test me."

He turned his head and looked at the devastated fishing village.

"Inform Gojo Satoru. This is no longer a simple cleanup task."