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Blocking a punch, Itadori quickly grabbed Todo's wrist and brought him down in a takedown, but before he could continue, a sharp kick pushed his head up.
Itadori staggered, but recovered his posture in time to pull back his torso to dodge a punch, immediately countering with an elbow that hit Todo's jaw squarely.
'He's extraordinarily cunning!' Todo spat out a little blood as he thought.
And raising his defense as Itadori charged towards him, he was surprised when instead of a punch, a kick with both legs hit his arms, his defense opening up and causing his face to be hit precisely.
'And that damage!'
But before he could recover, Itadori was around him in an instant and grabbed his waist, dropping him in a suplex.
'Compares to mine!'
Boom!
Receiving a kick while still on the ground, Todo flew away until he hit a tree.
'What's more, his flow of cursed energy is very precise! It's almost unbelievable that he's only a novice.' Getting up, Todo wiped the dirt off his body. "But still..."
Narrowing his eyes as Itadori charged in, Todo readied himself and skillfully blocked a punch aimed at his ribcage.
'Something's missing!'
Itadori's eyes widened as Todo drove his body into the ground purely with the strength of his arm, his teeth clenching as his back hit the ground.
"My friend, you haven't seen it yet, have you?"
Pushing the sorcerer away with both feet, Itadori stood up in confusion. "What? What are you talking about?"
"You haven't witnessed the Black Flash yet, have you?"
Itadori blinked at the man's words, remembering that this technique existed.
Black Flash, basically the technique that made Itadori a danger to most of his opponents. How could he forget it...?
No, it was normal for him to forget. He had been too busy training with Gojo to take the time to think about it.
As far as he could remember, the Black Flash occurred when a distortion of space occurred due to cursed energy being applied within a few milliseconds, or even less. This greatly increased the power of the attack, but it depended mainly on luck, since no sorcerer was able to use the technique at will.
An enormous amount of concentration was also required, but luck was a predominant factor in getting this technique right.
It wasn't something that could simply be learned.
"And what's it got to do with you?" But wanting to hear what Todo had to say about it, he asked.
"You already have wonderful control of your cursed energy, my friend! I can't teach you what you already know, but I can guide you so that you can finally witness the Black Flash!
Believe me! Your growth will skyrocket after that."
Itadori raised an eyebrow at that. Aoi Todo had believed too much in false memories.
This was also something Itadori needed to study later, after all, it was a strange phenomenon that he didn't remember there being any explanation for.
"And how do I do it?"
"..."
"It's not something that can be taught so simply, my friend. It's more like...
Being chosen."
Itadori nodded, already knowing this information.
"But I'm sure you'll be chosen, my friend! Concentrate! Enter a state of total concentration, and release everything you have at once. Do that, and you will succeed."
Todo raised his defense, the cursed energy exploding from his body for a moment, before returning to him.
"Come on! Try me!"
Itadori was surprised by the request. Try now? In the middle of their fight?
That could be dangerous...
"All right."
But in the end, there would be no better time for it, besides, it would help him during the fight against Hanami.
So, closing his eyes, Itadori raised his fist in front of his face.
He needed to concentrate in a way he had never concentrated before.
At that point, it was a little difficult to do so, after all, he had a lot on his mind. A huge weight on his shoulders, and even the memories of a past life that he would be unable to live again.
It was simply difficult to concentrate in the face of all this.
But...
Throughout his life, he had moments when he could abandon everything, so that he could feel free of everything, at least for a few moments.
When he was next to his wife, just enjoying the scenery.
When he was in space, observing the vast universe with its infinite stars.
When he was just spending time with his grandfather...
At times like these, he felt hypnotized. As if nothing else mattered.
A state of focus and complete peace that could be achieved in just a few moments.
And with all these moments being recalled in his mind, he prepared himself.
His eyes opened, and free of any restraints that had previously been on his body, he let his body deal with everything on its own.
And with a single lunge, he covered the distance between them, his fist rising as the glint of awareness in his gaze disappeared for a single millisecond.
Time enough for him to unleash an attack with total concentration.
'You did it, my brother!
Boom!
"Black Flash!"
Electricity rang out as black lightning exploded all over the place. Todo, receiving the punch full on, clenched his teeth as he flew backwards, his body crashing into the trees without stopping.
Itadori, frozen as he felt the cursed energy overflowing from his body, looked at his hands in fascination.
'How incredible... It's as if controlling my cursed energy is as easy as breathing! É...
Magnificent!'
"Ugh..."
Hearing a groan coming from the trees, Itadori turned to see Todo returning with the skin on his forearms reddened from the damage.
"You reduced the damage at the last moment, didn't you, my friend?"
Itadori nodded, after all, he could tell that if he used his full strength, he would surely break several of Todo's bones.
"You really..." Todo, feeling tears threaten to run down his face, ran towards Itadori. "You really are my best friend!"
"Uh? Wait! We were fighting, have you forgotten? Hey! No hugging!"