Deep within Jujutsu High, Eiji was on his way to Kurokoshi-gu.
According to Masamichi Yaga, if Master Tengen wanted to see you, finding her was very simple.
Walk to the only moving building deep inside Jujutsu High.
Push open the door, take the elevator, and then walk towards the base of the large tree; a door will appear nearby.
If you push open the door and see Master Tengen, it means Master Tengen wants to see you. If you don't see her, it means Master Tengen doesn't want to see you.
If Master Tengen doesn't want to see you, it's useless no matter how long you search.
The Barrier Techniques in Jujutsu Kaisen are truly magical. Depending on the Cursed Technique incorporated into the Barrier Technique and the binding vows, barriers can produce all sorts of wondrous effects.
From the simplest curtain that prevents ordinary people from observing the situation inside, to the one at the Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event that only blocked Satoru Gojo, there are even barriers that can interfere with time and space.
For example, the barrier inside the Cursed Spirit that Mei Mei and Utahime encountered, which trapped them for an hour while two days passed in the outside world.
Therefore, if Master Tengen refused, almost no one could find her within Kurokoshi-gu's countless barriers.
Unless the Barrier Technique was on a similar level to hers, like Kenjaku's.
Pushing open the door, Eiji was met with a view of a twisted jungle.
In this area, the trees did not grow straight.
Instead, they were like snakes coiled around each other.
Or like twisted braids whose heads weren't connected and extended in other directions.
Even more absurdly, there wasn't a single leaf in this forest.
Countless twisted trees, resembling dead branches yet still alive, were like the claws of a demon reaching for the sky.
"Why does a righteous character revered by the Jujutsu World live in a place that looks like a demon realm?"
Eiji was speechless.
Don't righteous people live in normal places?
Wouldn't someone like Master Tengen live in a palace, a temple, a courtyard, or a secluded cabin?
Why is she starting to compete for space with a demon king?
Honestly, it's so hard to distinguish between good and evil characters in this world.
His grumbling finished, Eiji walked straight towards the elevator.
Clang, clang.
The old elevator made loud clanging noises.
Eiji suspected the elevator might break down at any moment because of the sound.
"Does anyone ever maintain this place?"
Remembering that Riko Amanai's bloodstains had remained here for 11 years without being cleaned, Eiji was again speechless.
Just how socially anxious is Master Tengen? Can't she find someone to clean regularly and maintain the facilities?
He reached the base of the large tree, pushed open the door, and after a long passage, Eiji entered a pure white space.
In the center of the pure white space stood a thumb with four eyes.
Yes, it was a thumb.
Master Tengen's attire was extremely simple.
When Eiji first saw it, he thought Master Tengen had just cut five holes in a sack and climbed into it.
Normal clothes have sleeves and pant legs, allowing one to see limbs.
Master Tengen's clothes did not. Just like cutting holes in a sack, her hands and feet extended directly from the holes, making her body outline completely indistinguishable.
Furthermore, Master Tengen had her arms crossed at the moment.
The entire figure looked like a cylinder that was thick at the bottom and round at the top. The netizens calling her a thumb was no exaggeration.
"What is it? Offspring of the Zenin family."
Master Tengen looked at Eiji, who was staring at her since entering, with some confusion.
"Nothing, I just heard that Master Tengen was originally a beautiful woman in a kimono, and your current appearance is a bit..."
Eiji tactfully commented on Master Tengen's appearance.
"Heh, although I can live forever, I cannot stay young. When you live to be 500 years old, you'll look like this too."
Master Tengen responded to Eiji with a smile.
For a moment, Eiji felt like Master Tengen was just a kind-faced old person.
"That's truly terrifying. But I'm a man, so it probably doesn't matter."
"Having that mindset is good; it's beneficial for longevity."
"I'll take your good wishes."
"You're welcome. Those brats said you were here to report important matters. What are they?"
Eiji didn't waste any time upon hearing this, directly pulling out the investigation report prepared by the Jujutsu Management Council from the shadows.
Master Tengen began to seriously flip through the investigation report.
Eiji quietly observed the barrier on Master Tengen's body.
That's right, Master Tengen's current appearance wasn't her true form, but a body created using Barrier Techniques.
The purpose of this body was to gather the consciousness that should have been dispersed throughout heaven and earth, ensuring that her own consciousness wouldn't dissipate.
Master Tengen's true body was likely still in a state of evolution within the large tree at the center of Kurokoshi-gu.
"The ability to control powerful Cursed Spirits, numerous Cursed Objects, gravity Cursed Techniques, the stitched seams on the head, an open Domain Expansion..."
Master Tengen's gaze lingered on the stitched seams for a long time before finally reaching a conclusion.
"There is only one person capable of doing all this: a sorcerer who has survived since a thousand years ago—Kenjaku."
"That Buddhist ritual implement symbolizing compassion and salvation?"
Eiji followed Master Tengen's words.
"That's right."
"Why did she attack the Star Plasma Vessel? Do you have a grudge against him?"
"That goes back to Kenjaku's objective."
That child? Master Tengen's generation seems to be older than Kenjaku.
Eiji's shadow condensed into a table and chairs before them, and then some tea and snacks were produced.
The two sat down in the chairs.
"Kenjaku's objective is to forcibly evolve all the humans in this Island Nation together, and the method of evolution is to assimilate all the humans in the Island Nation with me."
"Assimilation similar to the Star Plasma Vessel?"
"Indeed, but there's a difference from the Star Plasma Vessel. Ordinary people don't have good compatibility with me; once assimilated, my will would be interfered with. If I were to assimilate with everyone in the Island Nation, that immense malice, upon losing its restraint, would instantly engulf this world."
"I see."
Eiji understood.
In the world of Jujutsu Kaisen, whether it's incarnation or any other act, the soul of the original body owner does not completely dissipate.
This is why Suguru Geto could resist Kenjaku when called by Satoru Gojo, and why Sukuna wanted Megumi Fushiguro's soul to collapse by having him kill Tsumiki Fushiguro using his power.
Even Sukuna, after possessing Megumi Fushiguro's body, couldn't eliminate Megumi Fushiguro's soul.
Not to mention Master Tengen.
Furthermore, this world is one where curses are the main theme, and what Kenjaku wants to create is the ultimate Cursed Spirit formed from the Cursed Energy of 100 million people.
I wonder who is stronger between this Hundred Million People Assimilation Curse Spirit and the All-Corrupting Evil in the Holy Grail.
The All-Corrupting Evil in the Type-Moon Holy Grail, although said to be the malice of all humanity, is more like the concept materialized by the Holy Grail.
It was the result of Angra Mainyu wishing upon the Holy Grail to bear the All-Corrupting Evil for the world, and the Holy Grail materializing it.
Its upper limit depends on the Holy Grail that materializes the All-Corrupting Evil.
Considering the power difference between the two worlds, the All-Corrupting Evil should be stronger. I haven't seen the Hundred Million People Assimilation Curse Spirit before, I don't know if Gege Akutami has updated it to the Hundred Million People Assimilation Curse Spirit yet. It wouldn't be over after fighting Sukuna, would it?
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