"Kamo Noritoshi!!!"
As if he were trying to roar out his very blood—his very heart—
Choso, who had rushed to the scene, stared fixedly at Kenjaku within the crowd, his heart pounding violently!
Especially in the instant Kenjaku turned and met his gaze—
The memories sealed deep within his mind completely awakened.
And just like that…
Choso finally understood Itadori Yuji's identity.
Blood Manipulation!!!
Seeing that blood arrow—far more powerful than his own—Kamo Noritoshi, Utahime, and the others were utterly shocked.
Even Kenjaku's expression turned slightly serious.
"Anti-Gravity Technique: System!"
"Boom!!!"
The ground collapsed into a deep crater, cracks spreading like a spiderweb!
The incoming blood stream dropped, and everyone from Jujutsu High who had been surrounding him was forced flat onto the ground.
Even Maki—who couldn't be detected through cursed energy—was no exception.
Centered on himself, everything within a ten-meter radius—
Even the earth itself—
Was crushed under a force far exceeding normal gravity!
Only those farther away—Kamo Noritoshi, Utahime, Nishimiya Momo flying low in the air, and the newly arrived Choso—were spared.
The Jujutsu High side had instantly lost most of its combat strength!
Mirai was also within the gravity field—yet he was completely unaffected.
It wasn't about distance…
It was a difference in existence itself.
Kenjaku turned his head toward Choso, frowning slightly.
This technique belonged to Yuji Itadori's mother—that human woman's special ability.
Kenjaku had once used Kaori Itadori's body to meet Mirai—and had even used this technique on him before.
So there was no need to hide it from Mirai.
But exposing it to Jujutsu High also meant indirectly exposing it to Tengen.
More trouble.
"Kamo Noritoshi is merely one of my many identities."
Standing at the center of the pinned-down sorcerers, Kenjaku spoke calmly.
"They were nothing more than a group of failed experiments."
"What, did you come here to acknowledge your father?"
That malicious taunt pushed Choso's anger to its limit!
Kamo Noritoshi—the identity Kenjaku had controlled 150 years ago—
Was the greatest stain on the Kamo clan, one of the Three Great Families.
He fused humans and cursed spirits, creating hybrids.
Experimenting on sorcerers. Experimenting on infants…
Monstrosities.
And the Special Grade cursed objects—the Death Painting Wombs—
Were the experimental cursed fetuses he created over a century ago as Kamo Noritoshi:
Choso, Eso, Kechizu, Noranso, Sho-oso, Tanso, Sanso, Kotsuso, and Shoso.
In the early Meiji era, a human woman capable of bearing cursed spirits was targeted by Kenjaku.
Nine pregnancies. Nine abortions.
Nine grotesque hybrid fetuses born of human and cursed spirit blood—thus came into existence.
It wasn't his strength, but his horrifying ideology that earned Kamo Noritoshi the title of:
The most evil sorcerer in history.
Choso had reincarnated.
Eso and Kechizu had already been killed by Yuji and Kugisaki.
The remaining six…
Were now in Mirai's possession.
A fact Kenjaku had yet to realize.
"Bang—bang bang!"
The moment the gravity vanished, the Jujutsu High group quickly distanced themselves and regrouped near Utahime.
The Anti-Gravity Technique had a cooldown of six seconds after each use.
Though they didn't know the exact timing, they instinctively chose to retreat.
"Old friend, that's about enough, don't you think?"
Kenjaku looked at Mirai, his tone growing slightly serious.
"Being constantly bothered by insects makes it hard for me to focus on summoning."
Mirai stepped forward slightly, glancing upward from the corner of his eye.
Without responding, he simply flicked his finger toward the Jujutsu High group.
"Boom!!!"
A void tore open beside him!
Massive, blood-red roots—like veins from another dimension—erupted outward, several meters thick!
Carrying overwhelming, terrifying pressure, they surged toward the entire Jujutsu High group!
A merciless attack—powerful enough to annihilate groups of Grade 1 sorcerers!
In the crowd, Todo frowned.
With this scale and power…
Even with his technique, he could at most save one person!
Kenjaku's gaze sharpened.
Yuji Itadori… and Choso…
They couldn't die yet.
Behind Mirai, Kenjaku was about to intervene—
But suddenly stopped.
"Boom!!!"
"Garuda — Phoenix Ring!"
The incoming torrent was smashed open by a coiled, special shikigami, blasting a massive gap through it.
Everyone survived.
Golden hair fluttered in the air.
A sleeveless black top accentuated her figure.
The one who arrived—
Special Grade Sorcerer: Yuki Tsukumo.
"So… what kind of women do you like?"
Yuki blew a kiss toward Kenjaku and Mirai, her overwhelming cursed energy surging skyward!
Among the Special Grade sorcerers acknowledged by Jujutsu High—five in total including Mirai—
She was the only woman.
And the most mysterious one.
Kenjaku looked at her—and unexpectedly laughed.
"Yuki Tsukumo."
Thanks to Geto Suguru's memories, Kenjaku knew—
Without her influence, taking over Geto's body might not have been so easy.
Eleven years ago—
Yuki Tsukumo once discussed with Geto Suguru:
How to eliminate cursed spirits from the world.
How to eradicate curses entirely.
Kenjaku, Geto, and Yuki each held completely different views.
Geto's idea was the simplest—and most brutal:
Kill all non-sorcerers who cannot control cursed energy.
Yuki's idea was the most unrealistic:
Free all of humanity from cursed energy.
Turn every non-sorcerer into beings like Toji Zenin—completely devoid of cursed energy.
She had long stayed overseas, dissatisfied with the higher-ups, searching for a different path to eradicate curses.
"Hey, Geto."
Standing before the Jujutsu High group, Yuki smiled.
"Long time no see. Looks like your thinking hasn't changed."
Kenjaku chuckled.
"And freeing all humanity from cursed energy… your idea is still just as naïve."
Kenjaku had never intended to eliminate cursed spirits.
The solution he pursued was optimization of cursed energy—
To evolve all of humanity.
To make them capable of controlling cursed energy—and push its possibilities further.
"Haha, so what?"
Keeping a wary eye on Mirai, Yuki placed one hand on her hip and grinned.
"I was just saying hello to Geto Suguru."
"You fake."
Geto Suguru…?
Was she bluffing—or hinting at something?
When Gojo Satoru was sealed, the body had shown a faint reaction.
But it was so slight that Kenjaku dismissed it as an illusion.
Before he could think further, Mirai's cold voice rang out:
"Stop wasting my time. Get on with it."
Whether it was true or not didn't matter.
Kenjaku said nothing more, silently gathering cursed energy.
A blood-red rose bloomed from the cracks.
The moment it gleamed crimson—
A terrifying wave of cursed energy swept across heaven and earth!
"Idle Transfiguration!"
Kenjaku slammed his palm downward, cursed energy erupting from his hand!
In that instant—
The world itself changed color.
Extreme black and white lit up the sky, as a grotesque wave of cursed energy spread across all of Japan!
Mirai, who had been waiting all along—
Finally showed a faint smile on his usually cold face.
The golden age of a thousand years ago…
Had arrived.
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