Gojo Satoru lifted the black blindfold covering his eyes, opened his Six Eyes, and carefully observed the massive crater before him.
The Gojo Family's Six Eyes is not an Innate Technique but a special talent ability inherited through the Gojo Family bloodline, manifesting as a visual mutation. It is essentially a super-sensory organ, granting the possessor information processing abilities and Cursed Energy manipulation precision far beyond ordinary people.
Now, Gojo Satoru was using this pair of eyes, unique in the jujutsu world, to try to reconstruct the trajectory of the battle at the Zen'in Family.
Suddenly, someone shouted from afar, "Hey, Satoru, figured anything out?"
Gojo Satoru didn't need to turn around; just hearing the voice told him who had come.
He continued to stare at the residual Cursed Energy with his Six Eyes, speaking casually.
"I didn't expect the famous Tsukumo Yuki to also be summoned by the higher-ups. Looks like those old men are really scared this time."
"Rightly so. After all, this is one of the Big Three Families that has existed in the jujutsu world for a thousand years. Its heritage and strength are undoubtedly at the pinnacle of the jujutsu world. Yet, who would have thought it could be wiped out so thoroughly in just one night… Oh, not completely thorough—after all, the merciful King of Curses left behind the elderly and children of the Zen'in Family who lacked combat ability."
The newcomer vigorously patted Gojo Satoru on the back and also crouched down.
Tsukumo Yuki was a great beauty. She had a tall stature, a voluptuous figure, and long golden hair that almost reached her lower back. She parted her bangs into two sections, revealing a smooth forehead. Her face wore a bright smile, but her eyes were as cold as ice.
There are currently only three Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerers in the jujutsu world: Gojo Satoru, Okkotsu Yuta, and Tsukumo Yuki. And now, Tsukumo Yuki and Gojo Satoru had appeared here simultaneously.
As Gojo Satoru said, this could only prove that the higher-ups were truly afraid, fearing that the King of Curses would launch another surprise attack. Apart from the Gojo Family gathered around Gojo Satoru, no other faction in the jujutsu world dared claim they could withstand it.
The reason for urgently recalling Tsukumo Yuki from abroad lay precisely in this. In fact, the last Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerer, Okkotsu Yuta, had also been recalled, but he wasn't at the scene; instead, he was acting as a bodyguard to protect the "big shots" among the higher-ups.
Well, originally, according to the higher-ups' intention, at least two Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerers were to act as bodyguards, leaving only one Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerer to handle the Zen'in Family matter. Okkotsu Yuta was young and obediently complied. Tsukumo Yuki immediately gave the middle finger, patted her butt, and ran over to Gojo Satoru.
"I was startled," Tsukumo Yuki crouched beside Gojo Satoru, sensing the residual Cursed Energy inside the huge crater, her smile fading a bit. "When I received the news that 'the Zen'in Family, one of the Big Three Families of the jujutsu world, was destroyed by the King of Curses,' I thought someone was joking with me. After repeatedly confirming it wasn't a joke, I had no choice but to listen to those old guys once and obediently come back."
"Feeling the pressure?" Gojo Satoru teased.
"Super feeling it," Tsukumo Yuki's smile finally disappeared. "You should know my ideal. I've always been seeking ways to eradicate Cursed Spirits. When I realized I couldn't find an answer in Japan no matter what, I decisively went to various places around the world to search for new possibilities.
"I thought with you in Japan, nothing major could possibly happen no matter what… But something major really did happen, huh? Even a King of Cursed spirits has popped out. Isn't this even more contrary to my ideal?"
Tsukumo Yuki loudly complained about the King of Curses.
Gojo Satoru chewed over this title.
He asked, "How much do you know about the King of Curses?"
"You're the one stationed in Japan, not me, and you're actually asking someone who just returned." Tsukumo Yuki complained, then honestly continued, "It's said to be a Cursed Spirit that hasn't been around for long, possessing immense potential—the first Intelligent Cursed Spirit to appear since the birth of Cursed Spirits.
"It possesses the same sociality as humans, knows how to cooperate with Jujutsu Sorcerers, grows at an incomprehensibly fast rate, and has already rallied a large group of Cursed Spirits and Curse Users, including some notorious figures. Also…"
At the end, Tsukumo Yuki paused before finally saying the rest: "It possesses a method of granting immortality without side effects and actively sells immortality, as long as a reasonable price is paid.
"This price in ordinary society is money and connections, maybe territory and such. In the jujutsu world… the Zen'in Family was the only one to make contact, and the result was annihilation."
Gojo Satoru said coldly, "No need to preserve the Zen'in Family's last shred of dignity. At that time, they arrogantly ordered the King of Curses to hand over the method of immortality and demanded the King of Curses swear eternal loyalty to the Zen'in Family. So, the King of Curses came alone and wiped out the Zen'in Family's elite in one go."
It was precisely because he understood all the intelligence that Gojo Satoru said the King of Curses was "merciful enough." At least it spared the lives of the Zen'in Family's elderly and children. Considering the humiliation endured, let alone a Curse originally formed from negative emotions—even a Jujutsu Sorcerer who was originally human, upon hearing this, with that level of power, would have slaughtered the Zen'in Family clean, not sparing a single outsider.
The reason Zen'in Maki faced almost no accountability after annihilating the Zen'in Family in the original work also lies in this—it's tradition. It seems cruel by modern societal standards, but in the jujutsu world, it's normal.
Compared to the traditional practices of the jujutsu world, the King of Curses' approach actually appears more civilized.
How ironic.
Tsukumo Yuki sighed, "Sometimes I really envy you. I've also been fed up with those old men for a long time, but I just chose to leave. Yet you stubbornly stayed, actively cultivating students, openly preparing for reform.
"A wind is blowing in the jujutsu world. Excellent Jujutsu Sorcerers have been appearing one after another recently, and on the Cursed Spirit side, the King of Curses, unseen for a thousand years, has been born. This huge storm is sweeping across the entire jujutsu world at a ferocious speed and affecting human society. I even believe that sooner or later, this storm will engulf the entire world, not limited to Japan."
Gojo Satoru put his blindfold back on, his expression uncommonly somber.
Tsukumo Yuki raised her hand again and gave Gojo Satoru's back a hard pat. "So that's why I came running. Don't shoulder the pressure so heavily alone; you still have some comrades."
"Some, yeah." Gojo Satoru sighed.
"Don't expect too much," Tsukumo Yuki laughed. "After all, you've offended quite a few big shots. Those people would love nothing more than for you to drop dead right now. Unfortunately, you're too hard to kill, and they can't manage it. And now, compared to you, the actual King of Curses who can genuinely threaten their lives is watching closely, so they have no choice but to rely on you."
Gojo Satoru let out an irritated sigh.
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