Jujutsu Kaisen: I have everything I need now!

Yokohama.

This seaside city possesses a unique cultural character. The sea breeze carries a salty, damp scent, mingled with the aroma of spices from Chinatown and the smell of engine oil from the harbor.

Zhenyi drove a black sedan belonging to a high school slowly into the abandoned amusement park located in the suburbs.

The rusty iron gate was half-open, with a "No Entry" sign hanging above it. Weeds stubbornly sprouted from the cracks in the concrete floor, almost completely obscuring the ticket booth at the entrance.

In the distance, the abandoned Ferris wheel stood silently, like the skeleton of a giant beast. The roller coaster track beside it had long since broken into several sections, and the wind blowing over it made a mournful howl.

"This is it."

Zhenyi turned off the engine, opened the door, and got out of the car.

It was eerily quiet here; not even a bird could be heard.

"Be careful," December said from the side, "I sense that the energy here is very complex. Although there is no obvious power reaction, the spatial structure is extremely unstable."

He quickened his pace and appeared in front of Zhenyi, acting as a scout.

The two walked into the abandoned amusement park, one after the other.

As they ventured deeper, they passed the ticket area and arrived at the game area. The carousel by the roadside was already dilapidated; some horses had broken heads, others were missing legs, and the paint was peeling. Under the gaze of those empty eyes, it looked particularly eerie.

"When we were little, Naoya always made fun of me for being afraid to ride roller coasters," Mai said casually while cautiously observing her surroundings. "Actually, it wasn't that I was afraid, I just hated that feeling of being out of control."

"And now?"

"Now?" Zhenyi glanced at the revolver in her hand, then at December 1st in front of her. "Now I have control."

"Well, you haven't said whether you dare to sit or not yet," December 1st suddenly said.

"You... in such a serious atmosphere." Zhenyi shook her head, but still answered, "Of course I dare."

They searched the entire surrounding area, including the haunted house, the mirror maze, and even the circus tent that looked like it could collapse at any moment.

There was nothing there.

Not even a shadow, not even a common low-level cursed spirit. The place was as if it had been thoroughly swept clean by some force, so clean it was appalling.

"Strange." December stopped in front of a giant clown statue, frowning as he examined it. "My senses should be working here, so why is there nothing here?"

"Could it have already been taken?" Zhenyi asked.

"Impossible. If the mask was moved, the residual aura wouldn't dissipate so quickly." December shook his head and reached out to touch the clown statue.

Just as his fingertips were about to touch the statue's nose.

"Sizzle—"

A faint crackling sound of electricity rang out.

December's finger passed through the statue as if it were passing through a holographic projection.

"Domain?" Zhenyi keenly sensed something was wrong and immediately raised her gun.

"No, it's not a domain." December's expression changed. "It's a spatial fold! This is just a mirror image! The real amusement park is hidden in the shadows!"

Before he finished speaking, the surrounding scenery suddenly began to distort.

The once dilapidated amusement park seemed to have been crumpled by an invisible hand, the rusty iron frames and peeling paint instantly becoming blurred. Then, a strange musical sound came from all directions.

It was the cheerful music typical of amusement parks, but in this environment, it sounded particularly eerie after being distorted and altered.

"Over there!" December 1st suddenly pointed in the direction of the Ferris wheel.

The Ferris wheel, which had been stationary, began to slowly rotate. And at the highest point of the Ferris wheel, a faint purple light shimmered from a black cabin.

"Up there!" Without another word, Mayu ran wildly toward the Ferris wheel.

However, just as they were about to rush to the bottom of the Ferris wheel...

"Click."

The ground suddenly cracked open.

Countless black hands reached out from the crack and grabbed at Zhenyi's ankles.

"Watch your step!"

On the first day of the twelfth month, he shouted loudly, and his mental power instantly erupted, bringing Zhen Yi to his side.

Using the momentum, Zhenyi did a somersault in the air and fired three shots with her revolver.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The bullets imbued with dragon talismans struck the black hands, sending up plumes of black smoke. But the black hands seemed endless, surging forward relentlessly, trying to drag Mayi underground.

"It's a trap!" December's face darkened. "There's nothing here! This is a setup to trap us!"

He looked at the Ferris wheel that was still turning, its purple light now particularly dazzling. There, a strangely shaped cursed spirit lay prostrate, continuously emitting cursed power.

"That bastard Lu Suo, he knew we'd split our forces!" December Shuo gritted his teeth. "This is a trap he deliberately laid!"

"Then what do we do? Retreat?" Zhenyi asked while firing.

"Exorcise that cursed spirit, break through the spatial barrier!" December New Moon pointed to the top of the Ferris wheel. "Once we exorcise it, we can get out!"

"good!"

Mayi took a deep breath and channeled her magical power into the gun.

"Shuo!"

"They're here!"

The figure of December 1st instantly overlapped behind Zhenyi, and the two souls resonated once again.

"The sacred dragon makes me fearless."

Zhenyi recited the incantation, which they had discussed in the car earlier, with the aim of seeing if they could further enhance the interference of the new December day on the real world.

With a deafening roar, a crimson pillar of fire shot out from the gun muzzle, soaring into the sky and striking precisely the black cabin at the top of the Ferris wheel.

"BOOM!!!"

A tremendous explosion resounded through the sky.

The cursed spirit crawling inside the cabin was instantly destroyed, along with most of the Ferris wheel being blasted away.

As the cursed spirit vanished, the surrounding distorted space began to shatter like a mirror. The eerie music stopped abruptly, and the wildly waving black hands disappeared without a trace.

The amusement park has become quiet again.

Zhenyi was panting heavily, her hand gripping the gun tightly.

December 1st carried her and slowly landed on the ground. He felt the power of the talisman within his body. This time, its power had obviously increased, but it had not yet reached the threshold of three-tenths, though it was very close.

"Damn it, what a wasted trip." Zhenyi wiped the sweat from her forehead, her eyes filled with annoyance. "I've been tricked."

"It wasn't a wasted trip." December 1st floated down, looking at the mess on the ground, "At least it proves that Lu Suo is very wary of us, which is why he deliberately set a trap to lure us away."

"Lead us away?" Zhenyi was taken aback, then her expression changed drastically. "You mean..."

"If there's nothing here, then the other two routes..."

Just then, the communicator in Mayi's pocket suddenly emitted a piercing alarm.

"Buzz... Requesting backup! Requesting backup!"

The communicator crackled with panic as Miwa Kasumi's voice came through, accompanied by the sounds of violent explosions and screams in the background.

"This is Kinkaku-ji Temple in Kyoto! We've been ambushed! It's...it's the Shadow Legion! There are too many of them! Senior Todo is trapped!"

"Sizzle...that mask...that mask is absorbing the cursed power of the Golden Pavilion! It's getting bigger!"

"Ah—! Mechanical Maru! Watch out behind you!"

Communication abruptly stopped.

Zhenyi's hand gripping the communicator tightened suddenly, her knuckles turning white.

"Kyoto..."

She abruptly turned to look at the new moon, her annoyance turning into anxiety and murderous intent.

"They've fallen for the trap." December's voice was as cold as ice. "Lu Su's target was Kyoto from the start. It's the old capital of the sorcery world, with the deepest foundation of sorcery power. He's found another mask!"

"We have to go save them." Zhenyi turned and ran to the car.

"Is it too late?"

"We have to go even if it's too late!" Mayi opened the car door, started the engine, and floored the accelerator. "That idiot Toudou is annoying, but he's in the lead to cover everyone. And there's the tricycle, and the mechanical maru..."

The black sedan roared, its tires screeching against the ground, emitting a pungent, burning smell, like a black cheetah bursting out of an abandoned amusement park.

Sitting in the passenger seat on December 1st, he watched the scenery rushing past the window, his expression grave. At his current level of power release, the power of the talisman was truly no match for the speed of a car.

Hopefully I can make it in time.