Satoru brought Shin with him via teleportation to a luxurious mansion deep in the mountains.
Satoru kicked the door open and walked in.
As soon as they entered, Shin heard the voice of an elderly man.
"Gojo, you're late."
Shin looked around carefully and found that he couldn't see anyone. All he could see were pale paper doors, and the voices were coming from behind them.
Satoru shrugged indifferently, "Sorry, I ran into a Special Grade Cursed Spirit on the way, which delayed me a bit. After all, I'm not like you lot who are so afraid of death that you only dare to hide behind these pathetic doors. I actually have work to do."
There was silence in the room.
After a while, the voice of an elderly male, who sounded like he didn't have long to live, broke the silence.
"Kagura Shin, it is said that you can perform Domain Expansion and use it proficiently in battle, is that correct?"
Shin nodded to indicate it was true.
Then, another old man with an equally weak voice asked, "According to our investigation, your Cursed Technique also has effects similar to Reverse Cursed Technique, is that correct?"
"That is correct."
A flurry of whispering followed in the room.
Shin couldn't understand how they were communicating, but regardless, after a long time, Satoru and Shin, who had grown impatient from waiting, were finally allowed to leave.
After leaving, Shin asked Satoru, looking confused, "Gojo-sensei, we just came here to be asked a few questions? It ended without needing to prove it in actual combat?"
Satoru curled his lip and replied, "One of the Higher-Ups has a Cursed Technique that can determine if the other party is lying, so once the questions were finished, the confirmation was done."
"Though, the atmosphere inside is really disgusting. It feels like everything is lifeless and devoid of vitality."
Satoru suddenly fell silent.
He looked back at the pitch-black room, then turned to Shin and said as they walked forward, "They are just a bunch of rotten oranges who can't let go of power. With them around, the entire Jujutsu World is stagnant, incapable of change, and even rejects new Cursed Techniques, while excessively elevating classical ones."
"You have a senior named Hakari Kinji who was expelled from Jujutsu High after resisting because his Cursed Technique was considered a new type."
"I once thought about just wiping out all the Higher-Ups, but what good would that do? If there's no fresh blood to replenish them, those who sit in the Higher-Up positions will just be more rotten oranges like this."
"That's why I became a teacher. As long as I have enough students who are talented enough, I will take action to wipe out all these rotten oranges and let my students make the Jujutsu World great again."
"Sorry, Shin, for letting you listen to me rant for so long. Let's go back to Jujutsu High, Megumi and the others are still waiting for us."
Satoru teleported himself and Shin back to Jujutsu High, where they saw Megumi and the other two, bathed in heavy moonlight, sprinting across the training field while reinforcing their bodies with Cursed Energy.
'I don't want to cause any more trouble for Gojo-sensei (Kagura)! I have to become stronger, at least... don't be a burden like today!' * 3
—
Jogo had been thrown into Dagon's domain by Hanami.
Kenjaku and Mahito were lying on beach chairs, gently lifting their eyelids.
Mahito looked at Jogo's disheveled state and couldn't help but mock him, "Jogo, didn't you say you were going to twist off Gojo's head and use it as a ball to kick around? How did you get beaten like this by Gojo? Hahahaha..."
Jogo remained silent.
Was he supposed to say that he couldn't even figure out what Satoru's Cursed Technique was before being beaten into submission by Shin without any ability to fight back?
Although he didn't want to say it, there was someone to help him say it.
Kenjaku sat up and said, "You misunderstood, Mahito. Jogo wasn't injured by Gojo, he only took one punch and one kick from Gojo. The injuries on Jogo's body were basically caused by that person named Kagura Shin."
"Oh, by the way, Kagura is still just a student at Jujutsu High, and it seems he's only a Grade 2 Jujutsu Sorcerer right now."
After he finished speaking, Kenjaku and Mahito laughed out loud wantonly.
Jogo gnashed his teeth so hard they creaked. If he weren't currently unable to even use his Cursed Technique, he probably would have exploded.
"Stop laughing! Geto, do you know what's going on with that kid named Kagura? My Cursed Technique had absolutely no effect on him."
"Ah... I don't know much either. I only know that he can use Cursed Energy to create items from the real world to use for attacks, similar to Construction, but his Cursed Technique creations disappear once they are a certain distance away from him."
"So the Cursed Energy consumption is far lower than Construction. Also, he can use some strange strengthening potions and weakening potions. How should I put it? It's just like the buffs when playing a game."
"I don't know anything else, I don't even know the name of his Cursed Technique. However, I do recognize the hand gesture he used when performing Domain Expansion."
"That is the posture of God creating Adam in Genesis, representing the creation of life and the world. Perhaps it means he considers himself both God and Adam, both the creator and the beneficiary."
"Why aren't you guys saying anything? Oh! You must not know about Genesis. My mistake, I didn't think you guys were illiterate."
The few Cursed Spirits all fell into a long silence.
Finally, Mahito broke the silence, "Speaking of which, wasn't our original plan to resurrect Ryomen Sukuna? Now that Jujutsu High has two people with this kind of strength, how are we supposed to capture Itadori Yuji?"
Kenjaku smiled. "You don't need to worry about that. I've already thought of a plan. When the time comes, you just need to execute it."
—
Time flew by, and the second-year seniors at Jujutsu High had returned from their business trips.
Now, the physical training of the first-year students had been handed over to the second-years by Satoru, while he himself went out on missions with Shin.
During this time, Shin took the opportunity to recover all the Sukuna fingers from Yasohachi Bridge and the Eishu Juvenile Detention Center and threw them into an Ender Chest.
'Go ahead and resurrect, Sukuna. I'd like to see what you can do once I've recovered the five fingers inside Jujutsu High, even if you collect all the remaining eleven.'
(End of Chapter)
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