Jujutsu Kaisen: I have everything I need now!

Deep in the dam area on the outskirts of Kyoto.

The dark, damp basement was filled with the pungent smell of preservatives, mixed with an indescribable stench of decay.

"Click".

The old iron gate was pushed open, and December 1st stepped into the shadows.

"Looks like you're ready." December looked at the boy in the bathtub, whose body was wrapped in blood-soaked bandages and whose only eye and right arm were intact, and spoke in a calm tone as if he were talking about something trivial.

"Can you really cure me?" Kokichi's voice was hoarse, revealing a deep longing.

"Why don't you believe me?" December 1st was repeatedly asked by the person in front of her, and she subconsciously spoke in Mandarin, "Just watch."

It was noon, and the talisman in his mind, engraved with a galloping horse, emitted the strongest white light of the day.

"A noble horse will keep you away from pain."

On the first day of the twelfth month, he raised his hand and placed it on Yukichi's right arm. Milky white life energy poured into Yukichi's broken body like a flood bursting its banks. The previously withered muscles began to multiply wildly, and the broken meridians were forcibly reconnected under this great force.

"ah!!!"

Yukichi let out a piercing scream, the excruciating pain of his cells being forcibly divided. But beneath this agony, the bone-chilling cold that had tormented him for years was slowly disappearing, replaced by a warmth.

"Oh dear, this is truly... a tremendous betrayal."

A flippant yet malicious voice rang out from the shadows. A man with long gray hair and his body covered in stitches slowly emerged, a naive yet cruel smile on his face, his heterochromatic eyes fixed on the soon-to-be-healed Yukichi.

In the shadows behind the real person, Lu Suo, dressed in Xia Youjie's skin, was standing with his hands in his sleeves, gazing intently at December 1st.

"How disgraceful, Yukichi-kun." Ryosaku touched the stitches on his forehead, his tone steady. "For this body, you actually went so far as to break your restraints. You should know very well what the price of betraying us is."

"Price? There's no price to pay if you're exorcised." The powerful horse charm gave December New Year boundless confidence, and he pressed his right hand firmly on Yukichi's shoulder.

"Oh?" The real person tilted his head, his heterochromatic eyes full of amusement. "Hey, your soul exudes a fragrance I've never seen before."

Before the words were even finished, the real person vanished instantly, and a hand covered in stitches shot straight at December's face, shouting, "Transformation through inaction!"

"Get out of my way!" December 1st snorted coldly, casually throwing a heavy punch with his left hand.

Because the horse talisman was at its peak, the physical activity of the new moon was also pushed to the limit. Although this punch did not contain any magical power, the surging life energy actually formed an invisible shockwave, which forcefully deflected the real person's palm.

His left arm was nearly destroyed by the punch, but the next second the horse talisman restored it to its original state, even stronger than before.

"Huh? I can't touch the soul?" The real man was stunned. He found that when his spell came into contact with that white light, he was unable to touch the other party's soul as usual.

"Tsk, what a troublesome variable." Lu Suo's eyes narrowed, and he raised his hand to release several level-one cursed spirits.

"Your opponent is me!"

A roar rang out. Yukichi, who had been lying in the bathtub, now had fully grown limbs; his body, which had been dilapidated for sixteen years, was now completely restored thanks to the horse talisman. He leaped up and jumped directly into the massive steel mech's cockpit.

"Final Form—Ultimate Machine Ball, activate!"

The colossal steel behemoth roared, and a dense barrage of cursed energy instantly blocked Rōsō's attack route. Inside the cockpit, Yōkichi, his eyes red with fury, shouted, "I've waited sixteen years for this day!"

Boom boom boom—!

The giant mech and the swarm of cursed spirits of the Lone Blade collided wildly in the narrow space of the basement.

In an instant, the ground cracked open, and their battlefield shifted from indoors to outdoors.

Meanwhile, the real person's body contorted like a fluid, constantly trying to touch December New Moon from various angles. Relying on the extreme physical reactions brought about by the Horse Talisman, December New Moon not only defended flawlessly but also delivered punches that landed squarely, causing the real person to cry out in pain.

"Tsk, the horse talisman's output is still a bit lacking." December New Year thought to himself.

Just then, the mechanical watch on his wrist made a soft "click" sound.

It's one o'clock!

In an instant, December felt the immense life force belonging to the Horse Talisman within his body rapidly recede, and a phantom power rose from the depths of his consciousness.

Taking advantage of the lingering warmth of the horse charm, December 1st quickly retreated to a safe position and put on the coat he had taken off during the hand-to-hand combat.

"The mysterious sheep makes my soul eternal."

"Expanding the domain, closing off the self-enclosed world."

Almost simultaneously, the real person released their domain, and countless enormous hands emerged from the void, instantly forming a closed sphere composed of hands that completely enveloped the new moon.

The real person stood in the center of the domain, his head, which had been mostly severed, now writhing and regenerating. His heterochromatic pupils were filled with excitement. "Hey, let me taste your fragrant soul!"

The real person swung down with a sudden palm strike, and the accumulated magic within the domain erupted instantly, with countless invisible hands reaching out towards the new moon.

"A domain? This is the first time I've ever seen a real one."

As December 1st pondered, a pale purple halo enveloped his entire body. The moment the True Person's spell touched December 1st, it emitted a piercing friction sound.

"How is this possible..." The real man's smile froze. "The spell can't even interfere with the other person's soul?"

"Is it possible that your grip is too weak?" December 1st sneered. Unlike the previous Sheep Talisman that could only separate the soul from the body, the current Sheep Talisman not only allows the soul to separate from the body, but also puts his soul into a state of "eternity," as stable as a rock. Even after the soul leaves the body, the body can still move.

The next second, a semi-transparent December 1st, emitting a pale purple light, stepped directly out of the physical body.

"Out-of-body experience?!" The real person was shocked and instinctively wanted to retreat.

"What do you mean? Scared?" The spirit of December 1st was almost unrestrained by space within the domain, and instantly appeared in front of the real person, delivering a powerful uppercut to the real person's chin.

This punch, though without any physical sensation, caused the True Man's soul to let out a piercing scream. It was a shockwave that directly impacted his very essence; the True Man's domain began to tremble violently from the impact of this punch, and countless cracks appeared in the once tightly connected walls of his hands.

Meanwhile, outside the field.

Yukichi, piloting the massive Ultimate Machine Maru, was unleashing its firepower with frenzied abandon. The Horse Talisman's restoration had given his body, which had been broken for sixteen years, a new lease on life, and he was currently at his peak condition.

"True Martial - Great Exorcism Cannon!"

A massive energy beam, powerful enough to pierce through mountains, slammed into the outer shell of the real person's domain. Inside, there was the direct dimensional reduction attack on the soul by the December New Year, and outside, there was the violent bombardment of the mechanical pellets.

Click!

With a crisp sound, the real person's domain shattered.

Lu Suo stood at the edge of the giant pit not far away, watching the real person who flew out of the smoke and dust with his soul almost disintegrating, and the December 1st who was radiating a faint light. His eyes finally darkened completely.

"Kill him! That guy is a monster!" the real man screamed in terror, feeling the threat of death for the first time.

"We can't delay any longer. Once Wu arrives, none of us will be able to leave."

As soon as he finished speaking, the shadow beneath Lu Suo's feet instantly expanded, engulfing him and the real person.

"Trying to leave?" Kokichi roared, wanting to give chase, but was stopped by December 1st.

"Stop chasing." The spirit of the new moon returned to his physical body, but without that abundant vitality, he felt extremely weak.

The basement had been completely reduced to ruins, and sunlight shone through the broken surface onto Yu Xingji's smooth, intact hands.

"I...I really came back to life." Kokichi stepped out of the mech cabin, his bare feet touching the mud, his eyes red-rimmed.