"Finally... answer me one question... Tamamo-no-Mae..."
Sanzu River forced himself to say this.
'What?'
Tamamo-no-Mae could feel that Sanzu River wasn't just stalling, so she decided to hear what he had to say in the end.
"Hoo, hoo, if I really gather all the Cursed Stones, will you revive my parents?"
Sanzu River asked the question that was troubling his heart.
Sanzu River felt Tamamo-no-Mae's soul watching him.
"No."
Tamamo-no-Mae's voice was filled with indifference.
"Is that so, it's as I expected..."
Sanzu River had already known the answer in his heart, but did he have a choice?
He had no choice.
When he made the pact with Tamamo-no-Mae, he was severely injured and on the verge of death. He didn't know what had happened to his parents, nor what would happen to him.
At that time, Tamamo-no-Mae, hidden within the Cursed Stone, made a pact with him on the condition that he would survive.
The pact that Sanzu River and Tamamo-no-Mae made at that time was only for Tamamo-no-Mae to save Sanzu River's life.
In return, Sanzu River had to find all the Cursed Stones for Tamamo-no-Mae.
Reviving Sanzu River's parents was a carrot that Tamamo-no-Mae dangled later to make Sanzu River search for the Cursed Stones more diligently.
Over the years, Sanzu River had also tried to find a way to break free from Tamamo-no-Mae, but Tamamo-no-Mae's soul was in the Cursed Stone in his left eye. It could be said that everything about him was under Tamamo-no-Mae's surveillance.
Moreover, he was bound by the pact and could only act according to Tamamo-no-Mae's demands.
Therefore, Sanzu River had long guessed his ending, but he still held a faint sliver of hope in his heart.
At this moment, that hope was completely shattered.
Seeing that Sanzu River had completely given up resisting, Tamamo-no-Mae no longer waited and directly completed the Incarnation.
The white-haired young man quickly transformed into a tall, blonde, mature woman.
Tamamo-no-Mae walked out of the room, enjoying the warmth of the sunlight on her body.
For most of the past thousand years, she had been asleep.
She had only regained consciousness a handful of times, let alone successfully incarnating and having her own body like she did now.
As night fell, in Sendai.
Tamamo-no-Mae was walking through the capital of Miyagi.
Sendai was not only the capital of Miyagi but also the largest city in the northeast of the Island Nation.
Tamamo-no-Mae walked alone in this bustling city.
Soon, she arrived at a secluded spot north of Sendai, near the ocean.
Here, there was a well-hidden Barrier containing a Cursed Stone.
Excluding the one currently on Tsuchiya Garaku, and the one Eiji and the others obtained after Isayama Mei was captured.
This Cursed Stone was the last one.
The reason she hadn't come to retrieve this Cursed Stone earlier was that it was protected by a very advanced Barrier.
With Sanzu River's abilities, he couldn't take the Cursed Stone without alerting the Barrier's owner.
Tamamo-no-Mae also didn't intend to reveal herself too early, as that would inevitably draw the condemnation of the Jujutsu World.
One was a pseudo-Special Grade Curse User who could wield a Special Grade Cursed Object, and the other was a powerful being who was only defeated over 800 years ago by the combined strength of an era.
The implications between the two were vastly different.
However, now that she had decided to act personally, she naturally wouldn't leave this Cursed Stone untouched.
"As expected, it's quite a high-level Barrier."
Tamamo-no-Mae carefully observed the Barrier before her. Even she, who had seen much in her life, rarely encountered such an advanced Barrier.
Even for Tamamo-no-Mae, a powerful figure at the peak of her era 800 years ago, breaking this Barrier would not be easy.
"However, you made a fatal mistake. You shouldn't have placed a part of me inside the Barrier."
A seductive smile curved Tamamo-no-Mae's lips.
Her slender jade hand touched the Barrier.
The next moment, the Cursed Stone, which had been slumbering within the Barrier, began to respond to Tamamo-no-Mae's call.
The strongest fortresses are often breached from within.
One minute, two minutes...
With an inside-outside pincer attack, Tamamo-no-Mae successfully opened the Barrier before her.
Tamamo-no-Mae entered the barrier with elegant steps and picked up the Cursed Stone, which was glowing red.
"The seventh one."
After retrieving the Cursed Stone, Tamamo-no-Mae began to carefully examine everything within the barrier.
"How is this possible?"
The next moment, Tamamo-no-Mae was shocked.
Inside the barrier, countless precious Cursed Objects and Cursed Tools were neatly arranged in numerous display cases.
The cursed energy fluctuations of many of these Cursed Objects and Cursed Tools were no less than that of a single Cursed Stone.
"Who on earth is the owner of this barrier!"
Tamamo-no-Mae reached out and picked up one of the Cursed Objects, feeling the Special Grade cursed energy hidden within it, and countless thoughts flashed through her mind.
There was more than one such Special Grade Cursed Object within this barrier.
Putting the Cursed Object down, Tamamo-no-Mae began to seriously explore the space within the barrier.
Opening a door, Tamamo-no-Mae seemed to have entered another world.
"Squeak, squeak."
Pat, pat, pat.
Countless sleeping Cursed Spirits were awakened by Tamamo-no-Mae's sudden intrusion.
All these Cursed Spirits stared at the intruding Tamamo-no-Mae with glowing red eyes.
Many of the Cursed Spirits had sticky saliva dripping from the corners of their mouths.
"Disgusting things, you truly defile my eyes."
Tamamo-no-Mae waved her hand, and Fox Fire instantly burned a Cursed Spirit that approached her into ashes.
Releasing her powerful Special Grade cursed energy, the countless Cursed Spirits confined within this room by the barrier instantly prostrated themselves on the ground.
"Hmph."
Tamamo-no-Mae snorted coldly and then began to explore the next room.
However, the more she explored, the more alarmed she became.
There were hundreds of such barriers used to imprison Cursed Spirits!
"This has truly opened my eyes."
After spending a long time touring the interior of the barrier, Tamamo-no-Mae, with a numb expression, returned to the first room where the Cursed Objects were stored.
She found it difficult to imagine who could have set up such a high-level barrier here.
And to be able to hide so many Cursed Spirits and precious Cursed Objects within the barrier.
"Could it be that Master Tengen?"
Over the years of searching for the Cursed Stone, Sanzu River had interacted with the Jujutsu World quite a bit.
The two of them had also obtained a lot of information about the Jujutsu World from numerous Jujutsu Sorcerers and Curse Users.
In Tamamo-no-Mae's opinion, only Master Tengen, whose barrier covered the entire Island Nation, could have imprisoned so many precious Cursed Objects and such a terrifying number of Cursed Spirits here.
Moreover, every time the Jujutsu World mentioned Master Tengen, they referred to him as an "all-knowing, all-powerful" sorcerer. It was unlikely anyone could have made such a grand move under his omniscience.
"However, this place belongs to me from now on."
Tamamo-no-Mae looked excitedly at everything within the barrier.
Everything here would become the power for her to exact revenge on the Fujiwara Clan.
"In that case, I should thank you, 'Master Tengen'. If my revenge is successful, I will spare your life."
If she failed, she would merely fall into darkness and wait for the next opportunity.
At this moment, Kenjaku, who had changed bodies and hidden in the Kamo Family after the Star Plasma Vessel attack incident over a year ago, sneezed.
"Strange, I shouldn't be catching a cold. Could someone be trying to curse me?"
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