My striding steps length grew, I leaned back with my hands held slightly aloft.
Aoi Todou seeing my actions paused in his workout and stood up. "You are coming closer brother... What is that look in your eyes?"
I looked my 'brother' in the eyes directly and I said with no hesitation. "My besto friendo, I got a nasty ass Special grade devil sniffing around me. I need the full-ass kicking speed run so I can put her in the dirt when she comes back."
There was a pause as Todo's eyes misted over. And then he sniffed and drew his hand across his face and eyes with a wide grin crossing face with white teeth showing brightly. "Yes! That flame in your eyes are perfect, come with me and we shall fight haha!"
Within but minutes we had entered one of the many sparring rings the gym had for sorcerers to practice their 'magic' of being people half to death with cursed energy covering their hands.
In perfect unison we both ripped our exercise shirts off ourselves and our muscles flexed in preparation of the fight. My thinner swimmer's body stood opposite Todo's perfectly crafted melee-focused build.
"Then let us meet each other in combat brother. The blood of our fists mingling with one another in lieu of a shared bloodline haha!"
I nodded and I found the embers of cursed energy inside my body and coated my fists in them as I pulled at the fear, disdain, and anger I had at my inadequate power. As of course, Jujutsu Kaisen's whole power system was drowning yourself mentally in negative emotions to pull up the Cursed Energy.
The trick was making sure the negative emotions didn't exceed how much your mental state could handle, and didn't distract you too much in battle.
"Hmm, your cursed energy isn't too strong brother... But that can be fixed, haha!" Todo remarked before he laughed and then he stomped his foot down and shot himself forward at high speed at me.
His powerful steps rang out as he charged at me and I skipped forward on light feet as I feel into my Muay Thai and Boxing inherited knowledge I had gotten from Gaolong Wongsawat.
'Let's start off strong.' I thought as Todo got close and came in with a brutal right punch that was also seemingly aiming to turn into a lariat if I dodged to the left.
I flickered stepped forward in a blur of speed with his fist skating just past my face and then as I was past him I sent a quick jab that hit Todo directly in the side of the face.
There was a pause... As my fist hit the side of his face and with my fist still implanted on his face Todo turned towards me with my fist dragging across his face. And with deadly intent in his eyes Todo said simply. "Hit harder... Or I will need to put you in the hospital brother to make you toughen up."
'Is this the will of a meathead who got trained by a special-grade sorcerer?' I mused before I nodded and said calmly. "This is honestly my first fistfight. So I am still getting used to it."
Todo raised an eyebrow before he grinned and said. "Ha! So I am your first huh... Well, I won't be gentle then!" He finished with a slap to his chest and I blinked as he was just gone!
I felt a hand land on my shoulder behind me and I slowly looked behind only for Todo to punch me in the cheek but with no follow up in the punch it just made me stagger back. "Come Jack Bariss, my brother! I will whip you into shape haha!" Todo cheered as he stomped forward towards me.
His fist slammed into my raised arms held up in a guard and my arms slammed into my face due to the force of his punch being far more than I could keep back. 'Gotta treat him like a monster... I am not physically strong enough to meet his blows.'
Aoi Todo was a monster of physical power, and its not like I had much in the way of extreme body enhancements either through my Thuum currently active. Nor was my Cursed Energy cultivated enough in raking in negative emotions to make up the difference.
I came in here for an ass-kicking in the name of getting stronger, and I was getting it even as I tried to give Todo as good as he was giving.
He brought a power fist down in a hammerhead blow upon my shoulder and I tasted blood as I bit my tongue at feeling my collarbone on my right side snapping and even then I kicked him with a foot.
"Fucking ugh!" I cursed as Todo grinned knowingly.
"Pain is just the weakness leaving the body. Heal yourself when you can't stand brother, we will wring all the weakness we can out of you haha!" And with that he snapped forward in a jab that slammed into my lower left ribs and I gagged as the force jostled my inner organs.
I leaned back so the asshole couldn't just club me over the head with his fists if I bent over and I saw the approving light in his eyes as I used the pain I was in to enhance my cursed energy and then I slammed my left fist into his arm he held up to block my fist.
Then I used my weaker arm now due to my broken collar bone on my right side to punch Todo directly into the stomach with a flare of my cursed energy coming out as I battled through the pain.
Todo actually got pushed back a step from the gut punch and as I looked down I saw his stomach glowing with cursed energy as he used his own to block the punch. "Good punch! Now I am going to start kicking now that you are all warmed up!"
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A few minutes later Todo dragged me up into a sitting position as he said calmly. "Alrighty heal yourself up. I made sure not to break your jaw or hit you in the throat so you could heal yourself."
I groaned in pain as I felt... A fuck load of broken bones from Todo's not-at-all-tender loving care screaming in pain. But seeing through a puffed up bruised eye Todo raising an eyebrow I just swallowed some blood and spoke.
[Mulaage Vokrii Slen] I spoke with loud cracking noises ringing out as my broken body drew upon my spiritual energy to heal my wounds.
"Good! Now I am getting back to my own workout, you need to strengthen your foundation with some weight lifting Jake, truly push yourself to your limits as you aren't a challenge to me now." Todo said firmly and I nodded in understanding.
I stood up with my body still healing and I patted my chest and said with a grin. "I will give you a challenge for sure Todo.... Now excuse me, I need to get dressed, I got some lady friends to go swimming with."
I couldn't help a smug grin seeing Todo's look of despair as he later saw how beautiful Anya and Alyx were.... And how they were 'twins'