Deep within the High School, Eichi was walking the Dao leading to Hoshiumi Palace.
According to Yaga Masamichi, if Tengen wanted to see you, finding her would be very simple.
Go to the only mobile building deep within the High School.
Push the door open, take the elevator, then walk near the base of the large tree where a door will appear.
If you push the door open and see Tengen, it means Tengen wants to see you. If you don't see her, it means Tengen doesn't want to see you.
If Tengen doesn't want to see you, no matter how long you search, it will be useless.
The Barrier Techniques in Jujutsu Kaisen are incredibly mystical. Depending on the Technique and binding used to establish the Barrier Technique, the barrier can produce a variety of miraculous effects.
From the simplest, which prevents ordinary people outside from observing the situation inside a curtain, to the Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event's barrier that only blocked Gojo Satoru, and there are even barriers that can interfere with time and space.
For example, the barrier within the Cursed Spirit that trapped Mei Mei and Utahime for an hour, while two days passed in the outside world.
Therefore, if Tengen refuses, almost no one can find her amidst the countless barriers of Hoshiumi Palace.
Unless their Barrier Techniques are on a similar level to hers, such as Kenjaku.
Pushing open the door, what met his eyes was a twisted jungle.
In this area, the trees did not grow straight.
Instead, they resembled snakes entwined together.
Or perhaps braids whose ends didn't connect and stretched in other directions.
Even more absurd, there wasn't a single leaf in this forest.
Countless twisted trees, like withered branches yet still alive, resembled the sharp claws of a devil reaching towards the sky.
"Why would a 'great, glorious, and righteous' character, revered by the Jujutsu World, live in a place that looks like the Demon Realm?"
Eichi was speechless.
Shouldn't good guys live in more normal places?
Someone like Tengen, shouldn't she live in a palace, a shrine, a garden, or a secluded wooden house?
Why is she now competing with the Devil King for a place to live?
Honestly, it's so hard to distinguish between good and evil in this world.
His complaining finished, Eichi walked straight towards the elevator.
Clang, clang.
Loud crashing sounds came from the old elevator.
The sound made Eichi suspect that this elevator might suddenly break down.
"Does no one ever come to maintain this place?"
Recalling how Amanai Riko's bloodstains hadn't been cleaned for 11 years, Eichi was again speechless.
Just how socially anxious is Tengen? Can't she even get someone to come regularly to clean and maintain the facilities?
Walking to the base of the large tree, he pushed open a door. After passing through a long corridor, Eichi entered a pure white space.
In the very center of the pure white space, a large thumb with four eyes stood there.
That's right, it was a thumb.
Tengen's clothing was quite crude.
When Eichi first saw her, he even thought Tengen had cut five holes in a burlap sack and then climbed inside herself.
Normal clothes have sleeves and pant legs, allowing one to discern limbs.
Tengen's clothes, however, did not. Just like the sack with holes mentioned before, Tengen's hands and feet protruded directly from the holes, making it impossible to see her body outline.
Furthermore, Tengen was currently holding her arms.
Her entire appearance was that of a thick-bottomed, round-headed, cylindrical shape. Netizens calling her a 'thumb' truly didn't do her wrong.
"What is it, scion of the Zen'in Family?"
Tengen looked at Eichi, who had been staring at her since he entered, with some curiosity.
"Nothing, I just heard that Lord Tengen was originally a beautiful woman in a kimono. This current form is a bit..."
Eichi tactfully complained about Tengen's appearance.
"Heh heh, though I can live forever, I cannot avoid aging. You'll look like this too when you live to 500 years old."
Tengen responded to Eichi with a laugh.
For a moment, Eichi felt that Tengen truly seemed like nothing more than a kind-faced old person.
"That truly sounds terrifying, but I'm a man, so it probably doesn't matter."
"Having that mindset is good; it's conducive to longevity."
"I'll take that as a blessing."
"You're welcome. Those youngsters said you came to report something important. What is it?"
Hearing this, Eichi didn't dally. He directly pulled out the investigation report prepared by the Jujutsu Headquarters from his shadow.
Tengen began to seriously review the investigation report.
Eichi also silently observed the barrier on Tengen's body.
Indeed, Tengen's current appearance was not her true form, but a body she created using Barrier Techniques.
The purpose of this body was to gather her consciousness, which would otherwise be dispersed throughout the world, ensuring her consciousness would not dissipate.
Tengen's true body should still be in a state of evolution within the large tree at the center of Hoshiumi Palace.
"Ability to manipulate powerful Cursed Spirits, numerous Cursed Objects, gravity Technique, a stitched forehead, an open Domain..."
Tengen's gaze lingered on the stitched forehead for a long time before she finally drew a conclusion.
"Only one person can do all this: the sorcerer who has lived for a thousand years — Kenjaku."
"That Buddhist Magical Artifact symbolizing compassion and salvation?"
Eichi continued Tengen's line of thought.
"Exactly."
"Why did she attack the star plasma vessel? Do you have a grudge against her?"
"That starts with the child Kenjaku's objective."
That child? Tengen's seniority seems to be greater than Kenjaku's.
Eichi's shadow condensed a table and chairs in front of the two, then he took out some tea and snacks.
The two sat down in the chairs.
"The child Kenjaku's objective is to forcibly evolve all humans on this island nation together, and the method of evolution is to assimilate all humans on the island nation with me."
"Assimilation similar to the star plasma vessel?"
"Indeed, but there's a difference from the star plasma vessel. Ordinary people don't have good compatibility with me. Once assimilated with them, my will would be interfered with. If I were to assimilate with everyone on the island nation, that immense malice, once unrestrained, would instantly engulf this world."
"I see."
Eichi understood.
In the world of Jujutsu Kaisen, whether it's Incarnation or any other act, the Soul of the original body's owner never completely dissipates.
That's why Suguru Geto could resist Kenjaku at Gojo Satoru's call, and Ryomen Sukuna had to destroy Megumi Fushiguro's Soul by using Megumi Fushiguro's power to kill Fushiguro Tsumiki.
Even Ryomen Sukuna, after possessing Megumi Fushiguro's body, couldn't eradicate Megumi Fushiguro's Soul.
Let alone Tengen.
Furthermore, this world is dominated by curses, and Kenjaku wants to create the ultimate Cursed Spirit formed by the Cursed Energy of 100 million people.
'I wonder if this 100-million-person assimilated Cursed Spirit is stronger than the All the World's Evils from the Holy Grail.'
Although the All the World's Evils in the Type-Moon Holy Grail is said to be the malice of all humanity, it's actually more like a concept materialized by the Holy Grail.
It's the result of Angra Mainyu wishing to bear the All the World's Evils for the world, and the Holy Grail materializing it.
Its upper limit depends on the Holy Grail that materialized the All the World's Evils.
'Considering the power difference between the two worlds, the All the World's Evils should be stronger. I haven't seen the 100-million-person assimilated Cursed Spirit in my previous life. I wonder if the Blind-Eyed Cat has updated to the 100-million-person assimilated Cursed Spirit yet, or if the whole story will end after the fight with Sukuna.'
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