The King of Curses Can't Stop Me from Becoming an Idol Ch. 22

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Saitama looked at his hand in confusion and muttered to himself, "Weird... it's like I swatted something."

At the same time, Saki, seeing the three special-grade cursed spirits that had suddenly appeared, immediately rolled up her sleeves.

Great, ah. They actually dared to show up in front of her.

Saki was just about to teach the three cursed spirits a lesson when she glanced at the staff nearby, who were panicking because of the sudden darkening sky. She quickly looked around, trying to spot her brother.

"Brother," she called out, planning to have him protect the people while she dealt with the enemy.

Even though she'd just beaten these people up and didn't particularly like them, they didn't deserve to die. She would still protect them.

But after scanning the area, she couldn't find Saitama.

Weird. Where'd he go?

"No need to look," Jogo said smugly. "Unless something went wrong, our comrade should've captured him by now."

"Your brother is just a regular human. So what if he's freakishly strong like you? He can't even see cursed spirits. He doesn't stand a chance."

"If you don't want him to die a horrible death, I suggest you follow our instructions."

Saki gave him a look that could only be described as complicated. She couldn't believe someone actually tried to use her brother as a bargaining chip. Honestly, they would've had better luck threatening to burn her clothes again.

Even if Saitama couldn't see curses, she wasn't even a little worried about him.

"You humans really dared to humiliate us last time. Today, we'll—"

Jogo was still droning on with his villain monologue when Saitama wandered back into the scene, totally oblivious to the situation. "Hey, Ki-chan," he asked as he walked over, "it suddenly got dark—is that a sign we can go home early?"

The three cursed spirits all froze in place.

"Brother." Saki waved him over and explained the situation as soon as he reached her. "Some curses came looking for trouble. Get everyone out of here—I'll handle the rest."

"Where?" Saitama asked curiously.

"Right there." She casually pointed toward the shocked trio. "You can't see them though."

"Cool." Saitama nodded like it was no big deal. Then he blurred into motion, and in the blink of an eye, had gathered everyone up.

With half the group already in the hospital, there were only eight people left—including Kinoshita—so he just grabbed them by their collars, carrying four in each hand.

"I'll go drop them off first," he said—and then, with another blur, vanished from sight with all eight in tow.

It all happened so fast that Jogo, Hanami, and Dagon didn't even have time to react. One second the place was full of people, and the next, it was just the three of them and the girl.

Now that she didn't have to worry about anyone else, Saki gave the three cursed spirits a bright, sweet smile.

They immediately felt a chill run down their backs.

"I was going to let it go," she said, "but you seriously came to pick a fight? And during work hours, no less?"

As she spoke, Jogo suddenly felt a crushing blow to his gut. He spat out a mouthful of blood as his body was sent flying, smashing into a nearby hill hard enough to leave a crater.

Hanami tried to catch him but got flung along for the ride.

Her strength was absurd.

The only reason the two of them were still alive was because of the nature of curses: only cursed energy can exorcise cursed spirits. Since their bodies were just manifestations of cursed energy, no amount of physical damage could completely destroy them—they'd always reform.

But Saki wasn't finished. After kicking Dagon away like a soccer ball, she charged at Jogo, grabbed him, and kept pummeling him. Hanami rushed to help, only to get blasted hundreds of meters into the air by a single punch.

Saki's grudge against Jogo—thanks to the whole burning her clothes thing—was massive.

"That's for torching my outfit. And that. And that."

"You think you can burn a pretty girl's clothes and get away with it?"

"I was already having a bad day, and you just had to make it worse."

She landed a punch with every sentence.

Jogo's brain was physically unable to process anything—not emotionally, but literally. Every time it regenerated, she smashed it to bits again.

That's when Saitama returned, having dropped everyone off safely. He stared at his sister, who was angrily punching the air.

"...Ki-chan, uh... need any help?"

"No need," Saki replied casually.

Hanami, who had rushed back, spotted Saitama returning as well. A sudden idea hit them. They activated his technique, and a thick tree branch shot up, wrapping around Saitama's body and lifting him into the air.

Then, speaking in their unique language, they said, "Let go of Jogo."

Saki didn't even look at Hanami.

But Saitama let out a surprised "Wah!" and looked amazed as he curiously touched the invisible tree branch. Then, on a whim, he snapped off a piece and stuffed it into his mouth.

—After all, his sister had been able to see cursed spirits after eating Ryomen Sukuna's finger. Maybe if he ate something from a cursed spirit too, he could start seeing them.

And it turned out, he was right. After eating the tree conjured from cursed energy, the scene in front of his eyes began to shift.

His sister was pummeling a cursed spirit with a literal volcano for a head. Not far away, there was another cursed spirit with tree branches growing out of its eyes—probably the one controlling the plants.

He immediately decided to help his sister take care of that weed-head.

"Your brother is in my ha—" Hanami had just started to threaten her when Saitama punched Hanami in the head and blew their skull apart.

Dagon, being the slowest of the three, had only just made it back to help and was met with the scene of his two teammates getting wrecked.

Jogo and Hanami tried to fight back with domain expansion, but their brains kept getting destroyed over and over again. They could barely activate their techniques, let alone expand a domain.

Dagon instinctively paused, but thinking about his comrades, he forced himself to step forward and help.

"Domain Expansion: Horizon of the Captivating Skandha."

He successfully activated his domain.

Saki and Saitama, who knew nothing about jujutsu, looked around in shock at the sudden change in scenery. They had no clue how they'd suddenly ended up on a beach—tropical ocean, sandy shore, stunning view, perfect climate.

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