Hiroyuki's Curse Energy is almost his blood at this point. Or at least, it acts like that now.
Well, due to its being pumped by a heart and extremely fluid nature, such a thing is unsurprising. It was bound to happen given the development It has gone through.
In any case, thanks to that, Hiroyuki managed to develop and use his CE uniquely compared to others.
The very reason why he can use his CE to increase his senses.
Just like how the Kamo Clan uses their Curse technique to accelerate their blood flow to boost their overall performance, Hiroyuki can also do the same thing.
Albeit a little different since he uses raw Curse Energy to do it, and not blood.
For example, he can pump and circulate more CE towards his ears, making his hearing capability much stronger in the process. Eyes are possible too, if he wants to make his eyesight more effective. Nose for smell. And so much more...
But given how easy the process sounds, no one other than Hiroyuki can most likely do it.
No one can turn their Heart into a Cursed Heart by simply pumping it with tons of CE. No one can increase their senses by channeling raw CE into their sense organs. No, if a normal sorcerer does something like that, they would surely achieve nothing but harm themselves.
Such a fact is true regardless of someone's talent and level of CE control.
At the end of the day, all of this is only possible due to the extremely unique nature of Hiroyuki's CE. Were it acting normally, and by normal means volatile, then this would be impossible to do.
Hence why it was stated over and over again that others would surely find it absurd the moment they find out how Hiroyuki uses his CE.
Even Senjumaru herself, who's been regarded by many as blessed with phenomenal control over her CE, also cannot explain how Hiroyuki managed to do whatever he was doing.
Of course, it's a widely known fact that every sorcerer can use CE to strengthen their entire body and overall performance. But that's easy and cannot even be compared to what Hiroyuki did.
Curse Energy is the purest version of negative energy, it shouldn't be used in such a way.
It would be fine and even beneficial if it's used outside the body, but using it inside would be different news. There's a reason why even Cursed Spirits still die when hit with enough amount of CE.
Goes to show how extremely dangerous and harmful CE can be when even beings born from literal CE itself, are not even safe from it.
However, given such facts, Hiroyuki still does whatever he's doing.
Actions that no one in this world can give an explanation. Actually, probably even the world itself cannot comprehend whatever he's doing or how he even managed to find such implications.
Not to mention that there's still the Innate Curse Technique that has yet to make an appearance. This is the very thing that even fate itself seems to be so cautious of.
That's probably the reason why, given such a situation, the world is doing and using all its given power to control the balance as much as possible. But that is easier said than done given that everything is so unpredictable now.
All thanks to one unbounded person whose existence shouldn't be allowed at all.
An anomaly that Hiroyuki is.
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In this world, there are beings called the Finger Bearers.
To make the long explanation much shorter, they are Cursed Spirits who swallowed one of Sukuna's fingers.
The moment they do that, they will turn into Cursed Womb and eventually be reborn in this world as a Finger Bearer.
At that point, they could possess an insane amount of strength and some level of intelligence. Facts that automatically put them in a level of Special Grade Cursed Spirit.
Also, one more fact about them is that once reborn, they tend to quickly establish their birthplace as their main area of operation. Surrounding it with a barrier and attacking everyone that enters it.
That is the very reason why, upon arriving at the scene, Hiroyuki and Senjumaru immediately knew the situation.
Literally from where they stand, they can already see the Innate Domain surrounding the inner part of the forest.
"I see, a finger bearer huh?" Hiroyuki muttered as he finished hearing Senjumaru's full explanation of the current situation.
At the same time, Hiroyuki started enhancing some of his senses, checking if he could pick something up from inside the forest. However, he quickly gave up because the barrier surrounding the area prevented him from seeing further inside.
"It seems that some people got here before us," Hiroyuki said while looking at the ground, noticing multiple foottracks left by people who went deep inside the forest.
In his past life, Hiroyuki doesn't have something as convenient as Curse Residue to follow. And given how many evasive monsters he has to hunt, he is forced to master the natural ways of tracking.
So it's pretty understandable why, one look is all that Hiroyuki needs to know that the tracks he was currently seeing were not fresh anymore.
It was already there before Senjumaru even sensed the disaster that was happening in front of them.
That, paired with the fact that he cannot see any foot tracks leading outside of the forest, is already enough for Hiroyuki to immediately take action.
Without even saying anything, he just disappeared from his spot. And the next area he was found, was in front of the barrier itself.
Of course, Senjumaru managed to follow behind him with no delay at all.
"Our worst assumption came true. Someone is already here before us. Roughly around six people, all trapped inside." Hiroyuki said as he eyed the barrier cautiously.
"Hmm. Finger Bearers tend to play around with their victims so there's a high chance some of them are still alive." Senjumaru said in a low tone as she started weaving her clothes, instantly transforming them with ones that were more battle-suited.
Of course, she also weaved and transformed Hiroyuki's clothes as well for new ones. The latter just gave no reaction to it, seemingly because he was already used to her doing something like this.
"That's true. That's why, once we go in, immediately focus on finding them. But stay vigilant. They might be connected to this somehow."
"Understood."
After that, without wasting any more time talking, both of them immediately walked through the barrier at the same time.
Once inside...
"Well, this is quite the sight."
Hiroyuki suddenly found himself in an area he couldn't recognize at all. No, it's not because he was transported to a different part of the forest... well that happened as well actually, but it's mainly because he isn't in a forest-looking area anymore.
The barrier warped the place inside so much that Hiroyuki couldn't even describe the area he was in right now. It's like an amalgamation of the forest itself but mushed together in probably the most random way.
Other than that annoying aspect, it seems that the barrier also separated him from Senjumaru. Cause right now, he's all alone. Fortunately, Hiroyuki already expected this to happen. That's why he already gave her an order before going inside.
"She should be focusing on finding the people inside the barrier as I instructed."
Hiroyuki then got into a stance and inhaled a massive amount of air. At the same time, his Curse Energy also started circulating throughout his entire body, at a rapid pace.
"As for me, I should probably focus on the Culprit itself."
After that, the massive amount of CE circulating him started shifting and pulsating, creating thin shockwaves that scattered in every direction.
Today, no one knows what this means anymore. To anyone, this might look like a normal gesture. But in Hiroyuki's past life, such sight is probably enough to cause all his enemies to run in opposite directions as fast as they could.
All while praying to whatever god they worship that those shockwaves wouldn't reach them first.
Because all of them already know what would happen to the first poor soul it catches...
"FOUND YOU."
The second the waves reached its supposed target, Hiroyuki immediately went on all fours toward the ground, looking like a dog that was about to pounce on something.
At the same time, he started circulating a massive amount of CE towards his lower body, making his leg muscles swell and veins pop out.
Like a balloon that was suddenly inflated with more air.
However, despite the painful-looking situation his legs were in, Hiroyuki kept circulating more in it. So much so that, over time, his legs started to look like it was already on the verge of explosion.
Like an overheating machine.
Any more than this, regardless of the unique nature of his CE, his legs would surely start breaking down.
Thankfully, it seems that there's no need to escalate the situation even further than this since, in an instant this situation occurred... Hiroyuki bent his legs forward and then suddenly, stomped it back on the ground.
BOOM!
The ground where Hiroyuki was standing suddenly cracked wide open due to the force his feet generated upon launching himself forward.
Swoosh~!
Hiroyuki instantly disappeared from his initial spot and can now be seen zooming forward, approaching a certain area like an unstoppable bullet. Not even a single terrain managed to stop his advances.
He's going in so fast that no one managed to anticipate his arrival. At one point, he's in his initial spot, and in the next second...
"Talk about breaking expectations..."
He's now facing the very reason why he's in this place in the first place.
"Seems you're more uglier than I thought."
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