Jujutsu High's curriculum was more complex and boring than Eiji had imagined.
The first week of classes was basically just the history of Jujutsu Sorcerers and the importance of the Management Council.
Later on, it moved on to the Cursed Spirit Illustrated Guide and practical combat lessons.
Occasionally, some basic Jujutsu theory knowledge was thrown in.
No wonder Satoru Gojo would doze off in class.
The Gojo Family's family study probably covered all of this already.
But, to be fair, Jujutsu High's library collection was truly comprehensive.
Outside the Jujutsu High dorms.
Suguru Geto was sitting in the hallway, flipping through the Cursed Spirit Illustrated Guide.
At Suguru Geto's request, Masamichi Yaga had obtained the Cursed Spirit Illustrated Guide treasured by the Management Council for him.
Unlike the teaching version of the Cursed Spirit Illustrated Guide.
This guide documented 16 Special Grade Cursed Spirits identified by the Management Council.
Suguru Geto, who had long been eyeing Special Grade Cursed Spirits, had been studying this guide recently.
If only it were in color, Suguru Geto thought to himself.
The content of the Cursed Spirit Illustrated Guide was very detailed.
But all the illustrations were hand-drawn with a brush, making some of the depictions somewhat abstract.
Of course, it was also possible that the Cursed Spirits themselves were just abstract.
"Special Grade Cursed Spirit - Inugami. A Cursed Spirit born from the legends of Inugami, later merged with the Special Grade Cursed Object Cursed Stone to become a Special Grade Cursed Spirit. Currently sealed and used as a family heirloom Summoned Spirit."
Suguru Geto then moved his gaze down.
Note: Due to the overwhelming power of the Special Grade Cursed Spirit Inugami Haku'ei, the sorcerer family that sealed Inugami could only utilize a portion of its power, achieving the strength of a Grade 1.
"To be able to seal and control a Special Grade Cursed Spirit... it seems like a very ancient sorcerer family. I should ask Gojo about it later."
Suguru Geto turned the Cursed Spirit Illustrated Guide to the next page.
Special Grade Cursed Spirit - Great Tengu (Sealed State)
"Sealed?"
Suguru Geto's interest was piqued, and he began to carefully study the Great Tengu's information.
Although he didn't know why the predecessors chose to seal rather than destroy it, unlike the owned Special Grade Cursed Spirit Inugami.
If it was sealed, perhaps he could break the seal and subdue it.
"An immortal body? Is this why the predecessors chose to seal the Great Tengu?"
Looking at the account of the Great Tengu's subjugation a thousand years ago, Suguru Geto gained quite a bit of information.
"I remember Eiji mentioning that even a Special Grade Cursed Spirit would be annihilated in a single blow by Mahoraga's Demon-Slaying Sword. I wonder if the Great Tengu could withstand it."
Suguru Geto, lacking a clear concept of the Demon-Slaying Sword, speculated.
"But if it's truly annihilated, then I won't be able to subdue it."
Shaking his head in frustration, Suguru Geto looked at the next Cursed Spirit.
To his surprise, the next two Cursed Spirits were similar.
Special Grade Cursed Spirit - Nine-Tailed Fox (Tamamo-no-Mae).
Special Grade Imaginary Vengeful Spirit - Incarnated Tamamo-no-Mae.
Both were Tamamo-no-Mae, yet different Special Grade Cursed Spirits.
This piqued Suguru Geto's curiosity.
"So, the Special Grade Cursed Spirit Nine-Tailed Fox was what the sorcerer Tamamo-no-Mae transformed into after death during the late Heian period. After being subjugated, it became the Special Grade Cursed Object Cursed Stone."
Cursed Stone?
Suguru Geto flipped forward in the Cursed Spirit Illustrated Guide he was holding and found the mention of the Cursed Stone near Inugami.
"In that case, would Tamamo-no-Mae be considered Haku'ei's mother?"
His thoughts veering off course for a moment, Suguru Geto flipped the Cursed Spirit Illustrated Guide back towards the end.
"The Cursed Stone was eventually divided into nine pieces and sealed by different sorcerer families."
Special Grade Imaginary Vengeful Spirit - Incarnated Tamamo-no-Mae.
A Special Grade Imaginary Vengeful Spirit formed from people's collective legends and fantasies about Tamamo-no-Mae after her death.
"I see, one is the true form, and the other is merely a product of people's imaginations based on legends."
Suguru Geto turned the page of the Cursed Spirit Illustrated Guide again.
Special Grade Cursed Spirit - Shuten Doji.
"Yo, Geto, what are you up to?"
Satoru Gojo emerged from the dorms and walked quickly up to Suguru Geto, his white hair blocking part of Geto's view.
"Let me see."
"Ah, this thing. I remember seeing it at home when I was little."
"Hmm? Do you know where this Cursed Spirit is sealed?"
Suguru Geto flipped the Cursed Spirit Illustrated Guide to the page for the Great Tengu.
"This one, I think it's in Hokkaido. Why, do you want it?"
Satoru Gojo looked at Suguru Geto, a mischievous glint in his eyes.
"No, just curious."
Suguru Geto snapped the Cursed Spirit Illustrated Guide shut.
He felt like the moment he agreed, Satoru Gojo would immediately demand he say, "Just say 'Help me, the invincible and handsome Lord Gojo'."
Seeing that Suguru Geto hadn't taken the bait, Satoru Gojo wasn't disappointed. Instead, he turned his gaze to Eiji, who was standing nearby.
Eiji was squatting on the ground, staring intently at the frog's belly.
"Uh, what are you doing?"
Satoru Gojo asked Suguru Geto, sounding a bit confused.
"I don't know. Eiji was already staring at the frog when I got here."
"Hmm?"
Satoru Gojo stroked his chin and started to think, then gave up.
Whoosh.
Satoru Gojo squatted down next to Eiji, joining him in staring at the frog's belly.
"Croak, croak."
The frog didn't move under their gazes. It just sat there, croaking, occasionally flicking its tongue out to catch passing insects.
"I kinda feel like it looks delicious."
Satoru Gojo suddenly said after watching for a while.
The frog, which had been croaking leisurely, instantly trembled all over.
Eiji, who had been staring at the pattern on the frog's belly, inexplicably thought of stir-fried bullfrog.
The frog trembled even harder. If Eiji hadn't told it to stay still when he summoned it, it probably would have already bolted from this dangerous place.
"This is a Summoned Spirit, it's not for eating."
Eiji stood up and dispelled the frog's summon.
Look at how scared the kid got.
"If you weren't thinking of eating it, why were you staring so hard at its belly? Ah, I know, is the frog pregnant?"
"No."
Eiji was defeated by Satoru Gojo's thought process.
"Then what exactly were you looking at?"
"I was looking at the pattern of the Eito Mirror on the frog's belly."
"What about that pattern?"
Satoru Gojo asked.
"Do you know the whereabouts of the Eito Mirror in history?"
"No, isn't that a legend?"
"I don't think it's a legend. It's probably some kind of Cursed Tool that existed in ancient times."
"You suspect the Eito Mirror is inside the frog? Should we get an X-ray?"
"X-rays can't detect Cursed Spirits, right?"
"Don't you have those Cursed Tools from your lab? Just switch to one of those."
"..."
Maybe I should take the frog to get an X-ray?
Satoru Gojo had successfully derailed Eiji's train of thought.
"No, the Eito Mirror couldn't possibly be inside a frog. If it were, the frog wouldn't be this weak."
"That's true."
"Satoru, do you know the origin of the Ten Shadows Technique?"
"That one, I think it was Taira no Masakado. Ours is Sugawara no Michizane."
"Is that so?"
Eiji mused.
"I've been researching Summoned Spirits lately, trying to see how they differ from the ones used in the Ten Shadows Technique."
"According to the books, there are two ways to control a Summoned Spirit: one is to establish a Binding Vow, and the other is to engrave a mark of your own power onto the spirit."
"Do you think the one on the toad's belly is the second type?"
Satoru Gojo's interest was piqued.
"That's right."
"Okay, leave the investigation into the origins of the Ten Shadows Technique to me."
"No need. I'll have the Zenin Family help me with that. You go help Geto find that Special Grade Cursed Spirit."
"That works too, I guess."
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