The battle was resolved in 15 seconds.
After Chisato sent everyone to the ICU, Mahito had a long talk with the top US officials and finally returned to the secret base.
Kinji Hakari sighed from the bottom of his heart. "That was so damn exciting, and so damn tiring."
Mahito asked amusedly, "You almost didn't speak. You just stood behind me listening to our conversation, so why are you tired?"
"I don't know why I'm tired. I just feel very tired, so tired I don't want to do anything."
Kinji Hakari was the kind of person who enjoyed feverish excitement.
But at this moment, he was like a defeated stray dog, huddled in a dark city alley waiting to die.
"I actually had a premonition that the upper levels of this world weren't damn human, but I never thought they'd be inhumane to this extent. I've truly rediscovered the world this time."
"Never trust the lower limit of humanity. The more power people hold, the easier they fall. You haven't seen the true dark side of these rulers yet. Once you know what they harbor on those Islands, you'll only be more disillusioned."
Mahito said indifferently, "From now on, you are my external spokesperson. You should get used to these things."
Kinji Hakari sat blankly in the chair, leaning his full weight against the backrest, looking like a lump of slime.
When he became Mahito's spokesperson, he still held a sense of pride. After all, the Jujutsu World didn't recognize him, while Mahito gave him infinite recognition. He couldn't help but place his hopes on Mahito.
Although Mahito was a Cursed Spirit, he didn't blindly act with the identity of a Cursed Spirit. On the contrary, he possessed considerable magnanimity, great personal charm, and would never do things that challenged the lower limits of humanity.
Even Mahito, who was born of Curses, was like this. In Kinji Hakari's imagination, those leaders of true human society, even if not as good as Mahito, should at least have a baseline standard. At the very least, they should fully consider the survival and lives of their own citizens when acting. This should be the minimum for a national leader, right?
But it wasn't so.
When these bastards discussed conflicts of interest, they never considered the feelings of their own citizens for even a second... No, they did consider them—considering how to better cover up the truth, how to deceive the citizens more easily, and how to better swallow all the benefits.
Now Kinji Hakari missed how innocent he was when he was first designated as Mahito's external contact.
Mahito added fuel to the fire. "This is the position you wanted, you know. You said back then that you wanted to monitor all my contacts with the outside world; it's too late to regret now."
Kinji Hakari couldn't help it. "I never said I wanted to monitor all your contacts with the outside world!"
"You just didn't say it out loud."
Mahito said gloatingly, "Do you dare say you didn't have such thoughts when you first came under me? I'm giving you this opportunity, so don't be so wishy-washy. Work hard on the path you chose yourself, Kinji."
Kinji Hakari was speechless.
"Yo, Mahito is back."
Suddenly, a young voice spoke.
A young man pushed the door open and came out. He had a samurai hairstyle, wore a simple kimono, stepped on wooden clogs with bare feet, and wore two swords at his waist. Not one on each side, but both on the same side—a wakizashi and a katana.
He was fair-faced and beardless, his eyes bright and piercing. In those eyes that looked like a pretty boy's, a blazing fire was hidden, making him look like a ronin youth straight out of the Heian era.
"Have you gotten used to returning to your youth, Master Ashiya?" Mahito greeted with a smile.
Ashiya Magon exclaimed, "As expected of the combination of the Six Eyes and Idle Transfiguration. I don't have any discomfort at all, and my mindset is fine. After a month of recovery training, I'm certain I've returned to my peak state. Now, even if I face Yuki Tsukumo again, I..."
"Revenge?" Mahito asked.
"I'll be able to lose more beautifully."
Ashiya Magon said it earnestly.
Mahito's mouth twitched.
Ashiya Magon continued seriously, "Mahito, although you are now far beyond the so-called Special Grade Sorcerers and have truly sat at the same round table as Ryomen Sukuna and Gojo Satoru, the strength of a Special Grade Sorcerer is still beyond doubt. Yuki Tsukumo's defensive level might not be as good as yours, but in terms of offensive performance, she is still unparalleled in the world. It's no exaggeration to say that if she wanted to, she could flip the table in the form of self-destruction at any time, and no one could stop her."
Black Flash is scary enough, as it increases attack power exponentially, but it's still far inferior to the maximum release of Star Rage.
In the entire work, Yuki Tsukumo's offensive performance is the ceiling. Whether it's Gojo Satoru or Ryomen Sukuna, these two recognized peaks of Jujutsu Sorcery, they are far inferior to Yuki Tsukumo.
In the original work, Gojo Satoru and Ryomen Sukuna fought so fiercely, but on closer inspection, they only destroyed a few streets and part of a city. The destructive power of the meteorite summoned by Jogo's Maximum Technique was broader than when those two fought.
But Yuki Tsukumo is incredible; the narration explicitly states that if she self-destructs without reservation, she could directly compress the Earth into a 2-centimeter glass ball.
Yuki Tsukumo's destructive power is on a completely different level!
This is the value of pure stats; you have to accept it.
A direct-attack type Jujutsu Sorcerer like Ashiya Magon simply cannot beat Yuki Tsukumo, no matter what. The stat suppression is too overwhelming.
One could even say that while Ashiya Magon's future has a tiny possibility of defeating Ryomen Sukuna, it's just not possible with Yuki Tsukumo.
It's simply impossible.
Kenjaku looked behind Ashiya Magon.
"Where is Miss Tsumiki? Why didn't she come over?"
Ashiya Magon, who had been in a good mood just now, suddenly darkened his face.
"She's been obsessed with Kamen Rider Zi-O lately, saying she's feeling inspired. Damn it, does she think I haven't watched Kamen Rider? What level of Kamen Rider is Zi-O? Just because she can use the Construction Technique to make a Zi-O belt? I'd rather believe I could cut down Sukuna today!"
"This is your responsibility, Mahito!"
Ashiya Magon scolded, "It's all because you said that since the first Kamen Rider could be replicated, the others must be possible too. Now Tsumiki is really obsessed with it, and she doesn't even care about the great barrier anymore!"
Mahito was not ashamed and laughed.
"Isn't that great? When Ryomen Sukuna steps onto the stage, Young Miss Tsumiki can use her own fists to clear away that legendary strongest head in history."
Now Mahito didn't count on Tsumiki Fushiguro to make Kirigiri truly humanized.
With his Soul Creation Dragon Spirit Body and its Construction Technique ability, plus the precise Cursed Energy manipulation of the Six Eyes, his Construction Technique was already far superior to Tsumiki Fushiguro's. He could humanize Kirigiri himself; all he needed was a flash of inspiration.
Therefore, Tsumiki Fushiguro's main task now was to improve her own strength to deal with the future Sukuna.
"It better be so."
Ashiya Magon grunted.
Kenjaku comforted him.
"Yorozu has had a huge obsession with Sukuna since a thousand years ago. Although that obsession has been diluted by the memories of the modern Tsumiki Fushiguro due to Idle Transfiguration, it still remains. The reason Miss Tsumiki is working so hard now is that she truly sees the possibility of defeating Sukuna. Her efforts, to the point of forgetting to eat and sleep, are understandable."
Ashiya Magon sighed.
"As long as it doesn't delay serious business."
After a pause, Ashiya Magon asked:
"How is it on the American side?"
Kinji Hakari sneered.
"How else could it be? Those people's eyes turned red when they heard about immortality. No matter how ridiculous the conditions Mahito proposed, they didn't hesitate. Tengen will be invited over by the US soon... The ridiculous thing is, we didn't even talk about how immortality requires a great barrier before they started hoping to cultivate local Jujutsu Sorcerers to enter the game."
Ashiya Magon wasn't surprised at all.
"Since ancient times, all those in high positions have pursued immortality. The United States is a young country, so it's naturally no exception."
"I can even imagine that after the Dream Walk Migration is completed and the method of immortality is made public, every country will organize the establishment of a national great barrier. It's not that they don't know the dangers of Cursed Energy or the horror of Curses, but immortality is too sweet and has blinded their eyes."
That's right. At first, even Mahito didn't expect the US to be so active in promoting the establishment of the American Great Barrier.
The condition he prepared to persuade them with was actually that his method of immortality must rely on the establishment of a great barrier. To have immortality, there must be a great barrier, so the US must also invite Tengen to their own country.
Mahito wasn't lying; his method of immortality required the circulation of Cursed Energy within the atmosphere. If the US didn't establish a great barrier, there would be no way to circulate Cursed Energy, and naturally, true immortality would be impossible.
Unless these American rulers were willing to run to Japan to control the US remotely, but Mahito thought these people would be 100% unwilling.
They wanted immortality, but they wanted wealth and status even more!
This is the mindset American rulers should have.
As for Mahito's self-recommendation in the meeting... well, that wasn't fake.
He really did intend to practice, and he also believed his barrier skills were sufficient. He had the Six Eyes and could regulate the barrier's functions well.
But the problem was that, just hearing he was an inexperienced newcomer, those Americans didn't trust him.
One was a thousand-year-old, experienced Jujutsu Sorcerer, and she seemed quite harmless. At least she didn't take action when the Japanese mainland was bombed, and even after the defeat, she never stood out.
The other was the Lord of Curses, who wielded immense power, was ambitious, didn't look honest at all, and actively expanded his influence abroad.
Anyone with a normal brain would know which to choose.
Mahito was thus elegantly rejected!
Ashiya Magon turned to Kenjaku and said with a smile:
"Kenjaku, the prosperity of Jujutsu in your long-cherished wish is about to arrive. I can imagine that after this, the great barriers of all countries in the world will be connected, eventually forming a super-giant barrier that can envelop the entire Earth. In the future, in the elements circulating in the atmosphere, Cursed Energy will inevitably become an important component, and there will be an explosion of Jujutsu Sorcerers all over the world."
"Curses will also explode," Kinji Hakari sighed.
"That is our responsibility," Chisato responded with a clear voice. "We will actively establish a patrol mechanism, and at the same time, we will find ways to minimize the impact of Cursed Spirits... Isn't that the meaning of Dream Walk Migration?"
Dream Walk Migration is a modified version of the Culling Game, established primarily by Mahito's will.
Kinji Hakari couldn't help but reach out and pat Chisato's head.
This serious look was just too cute; even Kinji Hakari couldn't help but feel a sense of affection.
He laughed.
"You're right, that is our responsibility!"
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