The Ideological Imprint was something Mahito had been researching ever since his transmigration, and now he could finally put it to use.
While Kinji Hakari was unconscious, he had already implanted the Ideological Imprint into him.
Although Kinji Hakari hadn't felt it yet, in reality, his current way of thinking was already leaning toward Mahito's villainous organization.
For example, right now, his internal thought might be that he had left his own territory to come here to monitor Mahito and the others, but looking at his actions...
Coming here to report to Mahito immediately after arranging the miscellaneous affairs of his own territory was undeniably a loyal act.
His thinking had already begun to shift, yet Kinji Hakari himself had gained no awareness of it.
This was the Thought Seal.
Kenjaku didn't know why Mahito trusted Kinji Hakari so much, but since Mahito had already spoken, he followed the flow and repeated the conversation from just now.
Kinji Hakari listened intently, frowning deeply.
"In other words, your current incarnation body is already hindering your upper limit?"
"You need a body that is perfectly compatible with your soul, but you don't want to use Kenjaku's method of eating your own 'brothers'?"
he asked.
Mahito nodded.
Kinji Hakari turned to look at Kenjaku.
"Compared to Cursed Spirits, I think you look more like a curse than Mahito."
"Coming up with methods like eating your own brothers so easily, it's hard to imagine just how evil you are."
"Are you really Geto Suguru?"
Kenjaku smiled and said nothing.
"Oh, you don't know about that yet," Mahito said casually.
"He's not Geto Suguru, just a sorcerer using Geto Suguru's remains."
"He calls himself Kenjaku, a Curse User who has lived for a thousand years."
Kenjaku covered his eyes.
"Is that really okay?"
"To deal with Gojo Satoru, this information of mine is very important."
"You just told Hakari-san like that?"
"Oh, because Hakari is worthy of my trust," Mahito said with a smile.
Kinji Hakari's heart stirred slightly, feeling inexplicably moved.
Even though he was a Cursed Spirit, in terms of social conduct, he indeed possessed considerable personal charisma.
Even a human probably wouldn't trust a Kinji Hakari full of flaws so easily.
But Mahito, a Cursed Spirit, could do so without reservation.
This precisely proved Mahito's magnanimity.
If Mahito were to reign over the world as a deity ascending to the divine throne, maybe that would actually be quite good?
A thought flashed through his subconscious.
Kinji Hakari let out a scoff.
"Rest assured, I won't tell Mr. Gojo, because no matter what happens, I believe Mr. Gojo..."
"...can handle it."
"Let's get back to the topic."
"Mahito, you need a perfect incarnation body, right?"
"Do you have any good ideas?"
Kenjaku said indifferently.
He didn't believe that if even he had no way, this guy could.
Kinji Hakari indeed had none, because from the perspective of jujutsu, Kenjaku's method was the orthodox theory.
The knowledge of a thousand-year Curse User far exceeded Kinji Hakari's.
There was only one difference.
And that was—
the understanding of modern times.
Kinji Hakari asked,
"Have you guys heard of cloning?"
Truly a sentence that wakes a person from a dream.
Kenjaku didn't care much.
"I'm not that kind of traditional old fossil."
"I'm very happy to come into contact with new information, so I also understand what cloning is."
"But an incarnation body and cloning are two different things."
"Cloning requires the target's DNA, but where would a cursed object or Cursed Spirit that needs incarnation get DNA?"
"Not to mention that the current stage of medical development hasn't achieved complete life cloning."
"Even if it had, it wouldn't necessarily be as perfect as an incarnation body, I've meticulously crafted."
Kinji Hakari put on his beach sunglasses.
"Is that so?"
"Looks like I thought wrong."
"Mahito, what do you plan to do?"
"This is the best way," Kenjaku said with a smile.
Mahito looked at Kenjaku.
This thousand-year Curse User seemed to be very much looking forward to him doing so.
This probably didn't come from some special jujutsu significance.
It was just this sorcerer's bad taste.
Just as he also looked forward to completing the Great Cursed Spirit and making all of humanity evolve into a higher level of life along with Tengen, he didn't care about the consequences.
He just wanted to see what the result would be.
"I won't do that," Mahito said.
"Why?"
Kenjaku asked.
"It's too much of a waste of time," Mahito said.
"A waste of time?"
Kinji Hakari lifted his sunglasses slightly.
"You're still in your growth phase."
"Spending time to create a body that's perfectly compatible with yourself shouldn't be a problem, right?"
"The way you're talking now makes it sound like some huge crisis is rushing you forward, forcing you to grow at the fastest speed possible."
Mahito praised,
"As expected of Hakari, truly sharp."
Kenjaku was disappointed but didn't continue to persuade.
"Mahito's judgment is very accurate."
"If we were to prepare a perfectly compatible body according to my plan, the time required would be measured in decades."
"There really is no time."
"Mahito, do you have any other ideas?"
Kinji Hakari was thoughtful and didn't press further.
He judged that he had already learned a huge secret today.
Although Mahito trusted him, this thousand-year-old fox might bury a trap for him.
Anyway, there was still time.
The remaining secrets would eventually be revealed to him.
"I'm going to make a body myself," Mahito decided.
Kenjaku wasn't surprised, only saying,
"It's true your current body doesn't suit you."
"Although it's not as good as reincarnation, if you make a body yourself, it will be more compatible than the one you're using now."
"But you should be clear that this isn't the best choice, but a choice of necessity."
Because Mahito was a Cursed Spirit, no matter how much he adjusted a human shell, it couldn't adapt to a Cursed Spirit's soul.
Mahito already understood this principle.
"No, there is a way," Mahito said with certainty.
Kenjaku looked at him with interest.
"Please tell me."
Mahito thought for a moment and asked,
"Do you guys know about human transmutation?"
(T/N: "Big brother Ed-wa-rd")
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