The brave Simmel wants to resign

Click...click.

He stared wide-eyed at his own hands and arms, their veins bulging, and his groin trembling. He looked at his own torso, his face contorted with rage. He felt a chill run down his spine.

Upon seeing Gojo Satoru arrive, Otsuko was originally planning to swing his sword to force him back, but...

He raised both arms and tried to draw the knife—but it wouldn't budge.

Simmel's blade followed him closely, its weight neither too heavy nor too light, yet it managed to stick to and deflect Yi Gu.

Even though they were clashing swords, Yi Gu felt as if his entire arm was being led by the other.

"Ah, that's a simple technique."

Seemingly noticing Yigu's confusion, Simmel smiled and gave a brief explanation.

Yi Gu was naturally unable to accept this 'kindness', so he made a tough decision and simply let go of the blade with both hands.

"Urika!"

【Here it comes!】

boom!!!

Rika, who had been wandering around somewhere, reappeared, sweeping her arm horizontally and forcefully separating Eki and Simmel.

Everyone's left... but I still need to work harder!

Rika held Otsukoshi's hand, encouraging herself.

We must escape from here—

"Well, that's about it."

Bone: ?

Rikotsu, who was being led forward by Rika, stared blankly at Simmel, who had suddenly appeared in front of him at some unknown time.

"A cursed spirit that cannot be exorcised by physical means... Well then, let's try this."

He placed one foot on Rika's large hand, raised his right arm high, and the blade of his sword was stained with a few streaks of blood.

That is...

Rika's fingers wafted in the air, while the bone that had been protected in her palm was now completely exposed to the sunlight.

【scandium】

He vaguely saw a cross rotating behind Simmel.

[Empress. Monk]

"Hey?"

next moment.

A flash of white light.

Yi Gu You Tai lost consciousness.

Chapter 66 Jump is all about having a tsukkomi (straight man) for every new generation of characters.

Thoughts drift and rise in the ocean.

Human dreams appear to be related to experiences while awake.

Yi Gu You Tai's consciousness remained in the last moment before he fell into a coma.

The boy's first battle.

A mixture of tension and exhilaration.

it's OK.

Everyone says I am very talented.

Let's recall what Mr. Haibara said two days ago!

[Bone (乙)]

In my memory, that gentle man said.

[Your talent is already terrifying enough, but your current situation is even more special. You might be at your 'strongest' moment in your life right now. I know you don't care about power, but you still need to listen carefully to what I'm about to say.]

[You are now an omnipotent being created by a special and miraculous "binding." Your infinite magical power and extraordinary spells are not illusions. The latter still needs time to fully develop, but for your safety, I hope you will at least learn two things first.]

He held up two fingers.

[Controlling the power of the curse, and—controlling Rika.]

I know Rika is special to you, but right now, she's similar to your shikigami. She stores your magical power and is the medium through which you unleash it. Your strength, and Rika's strength, both depend on how well you control her.

[And once you have complete control over her...]

Although, I don't quite understand.

But overall, that's about it.

I am actually very strong.

As long as I can connect with Rika on a deeper level, as long as I dare to face that fear...

I definitely will, but—

[Buzz! ————]

The thought process was interrupted.

The hazy dream was split in two, and at the end of the pure white flash, there was a light blue figure.

It was such a gentle smile, but—

Bone felt his heart being clenched...

fear.

"Ahhhhh!!!!"

Then he was startled awake.

The unbalanced sensations forced him to wake up from his sleep, and so Yi Gu found that as soon as he opened his eyes, the ceiling began to spin in front of him.

boom!

"Ugh."

He fell to the ground.

He quickly got up and looked around.

Candles, talismans, a secret room.

And a wooden chair.

It was a familiar dungeon.

"Oh, you're awake?"

The speaker was a man wearing a black eye patch.

Yigu had a vague impression of him; he was the one who had been fighting Haibara all along, and he was incredibly strong.

Thinking of this, Yi Gu, who still had a spiky hairstyle, immediately straightened his face, attempting to express his resistance with a defensive posture.

—But Gojo Satoru's emotional intelligence wasn't high enough to see that.

"whee."

The mysterious blindfolded man, Tang, chuckled twice, seemingly lost in thought.

With a swift and powerful stride, he closed the distance with Yi Gu in the blink of an eye, causing the latter to instinctively shrink back.

"It's good that you're awake. Such a promising talent, I must recruit you into my inner circle before Simmel does!"

But he stopped when he was five steps away from Yigu.

"Ok?"

He looked at the bone, then at the ground.

Yi Gu looked over as well, and then he realized that a bloated strip of flesh had been wrapped around his waist at some point.

It's Ugly Baby.

Ahh...

Ugly Baby squeezed out some unintelligible noises.

Judging from his position, it appears that he woke up Yigu and then cushioned him to prevent him from getting hurt.

“Ugly Baby…” Yi Gu was somewhat moved. “Thank you.”

【No.....】

Ugly Baby muttered a few more words and then wriggled away—only then did Yi Gu realize that the mysterious eyepatch-wearing man hadn't spoken since earlier, and his gaze followed the direction Ugly Baby had left.

So, if Ugly Treasure is a cursed spirit, why can it freely come and go here? And the man in front of it doesn't seem to care?

Is it a mascot?

Just as he was thinking this, Yi Gu noticed that the eyepatch man's previously flamboyant and cheerful expression had fallen, and then he clicked his tongue in amazement.

"Tsk!"

The loud noise startled Yi Gu.

"Still pretending to be a good person..."

Why?!

Are you talking about me?!

From Yi Gu's perspective, the man was completely incomprehensible, and Yi Gu even swallowed to relieve his tension.

"Never mind—cough cough."

The man coughed twice, then beckoned to Yi Gu.