Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga.
It is the strongest shikigami in the Ten Shadows Technique, and at the same time, a shikigami that no user of the Ten Shadows Technique has ever been able to fully utilize.
To begin with, the 'Ten Shadows Technique' is a technique that manipulates shikigami using shadows as a medium. However, out of the ten types of shikigami, the only ones that can be commanded from the start are the dog shikigami known as 'Divine Dogs'.
The other nine types of shikigami must be brought under control through a ritual known as 'Taming'. This taming must be performed by the sorcerer alone—though the use of shikigami and cursed tools is permitted.
If the taming fails, what awaits is 'death of the sorcerer' at the hands of the unsubmissive shikigami. If an outsider intervenes in the taming, the ritual is considered void even if the shikigami is defeated. These strict conditions function as a 'Binding', acting as a factor that intensely boosts the power of the Ten Shadows Technique.
And above all, Mahoraga is considered the 'Strongest Shikigami'. This implies the truly unreasonable fact that no matter how hard one tries, 'a user of the Ten Shadows Technique cannot tame Mahoraga using the Ten Shadows Technique'.
After all, Mahoraga is a shikigami far more resilient than all the other nine shikigami combined, and at the same time, it is an entity that possesses the 'Strongest Ability'.
That ability is 'Adaptation to all phenomena'. If burned by fire, it acquires resistance to fire; if subjected to a water attack, it adapts to being underwater; if buried alive, it begins to move freely through the earth like a mole. That ability is a 'Strongest' that differs from both Satoru Gojo and Naoya Zen'in.
To defeat this, there is no option other than a complete one-hit kill using an attack it is seeing for the first time. There are almost no individuals capable of instantly unleashing that level of firepower against Mahoraga, which also possesses exceptional base physical stats.
However. On this day, at this specific moment, that is by no means the case.
Immediately after Megumi's chanting was completed and the ritual of taming by 'Megumi alone' began, a single man smashed through the trees of the forest, broke through the sound barrier, and closed in on Mahoraga.
That was Toji Fushiguro, who had gained an even more intense initial velocity by receiving Naoya's 'Record-Self Sorcery'. He was the one and only possibility for Megumi to enslave Mahoraga.
Toji Fushiguro, a complete Physical Gifted, is an invisible man in terms of jujutsu. Because he possesses absolutely no cursed energy, he is treated by jujutsu as 'something that does not exist'.
That means, even if Toji Fushiguro lends a hand in the taming of Mahoraga, it results in the indisputable fact that, strictly in terms of jujutsu, 'it is a solo subjugation by Megumi Fushiguro'—!
"—Just diiieee!!"
Along with that roar, what he brandished were the Special Grade Cursed Tools Toji Fushiguro had borrowed from the Zen'in clan: the 'Split Soul Katana' and the 'Inverted Spear of Heaven'.
The irregular dual-wielding of a short sword and a long sword, swung at speeds far exceeding the speed of sound, cut deeply into Mahoraga's body in a cross shape, accompanied by a spirit-tearing shout and the brilliance of black sparks. Toji's kick, driven in as the finishing blow, pierced through the center of the cross and completely destroyed Mahoraga's heart.
The elapsed time: a mere 0.2 seconds.
Even for Mahoraga, if it is struck by a 'Slash that cuts the soul (Black Flash activated)', a 'Slash that forcibly cancels techniques (Black Flash activated)', and a 'Highest firepower flying kick released from a Heavenly Restriction monster' within such a short time that adaptation is impossible, defeat is inevitable.
Nevertheless, one cannot let their guard down. Only after confirming that Mahoraga, unable to maintain its form, dissolved into sludge and completely vanished into the shadows, did Toji finally relax his state of total awareness (Zanshin). Touching his leg, which had snapped from the recoil of the kick, with a pained look, he threw words at Megumi.
"How is it, did you tame it?"
"Umm, probably...?"
"You're a vague guy. You'll know if you call it. Try bringing it out one more time."
"U-Uhh. Furube—"
The Mahoraga that was summoned again amidst that confusion lacked the menacing atmosphere it had moments ago, and one could see that a definite master-servant relationship had been established with Megumi.
Perhaps relieved by that, Toji fell onto his backside with a heavy thud. He collapsed onto his back, gasping for breath, and just as Naoya, who had been waiting as backup, rushed over, Toji left him with the words, "I'm done, so I'm sleeping," and closed his eyes right there.
In the end, Toji, who seemed extremely exhausted, didn't wake up until the evening of that day. It happened on a bed in Naoya's home, where he had been carried by Naoya, with Megumi clinging to him after crawling into the futon.
From this day on, Megumi began to properly call Toji 'Dad', but that is a story for later.
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