"Are you there? Something happened. Extremely urgent."
Seeing the message Asuna sent, Rowan raised an eyebrow and replied.
"What could be so urgent?"
Ring, ring, ring…
At that moment, Asuna called him.
Rowan picked up the phone and asked again, "What exactly happened? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Asuna's crisp and pleasant voice came from the other end of the phone.
"I met a white-haired pervert who wants to drag me into a school called Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu Technical High School. Do you know this school?"
Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu Technical High School?
Rowan was far too familiar with that.
As for the white-haired pervert, who else could it be besides Gojo Satoru?
"You met Gojo Satoru? Where did you meet him?"
"You know that white-haired pervert?" Asuna was somewhat surprised.
Rowan nodded.
"I suppose I know him. But I'm curious—how did you run into him?"
Asuna said helplessly, "I met him at school."
Then she briefly explained the cause and process of how she met Gojo Satoru.
It turned out that this morning, after Asuna entered school, she discovered that a large number of cursed spirits had gathered inside the school again.
So after class, she began clearing them out.
During these days, while Rowan had been playing around every day, Asuna had been training hard every day, refining cursed energy. Her strength had improved greatly, and she had even awakened her own innate technique.
Her innate technique was influenced by the Soul-Soul Fruit, and it also leaned toward the direction of the soul.
Asuna named it Soul Enslavement.
The effect of this technique was somewhat similar to Suguru Geto's Cursed Spirit Manipulation. It could turn cursed spirits into her subordinates.
However, when Suguru Geto absorbed cursed spirits, he needed to turn them into black spherical cursed spirit orbs and swallow them from his mouth.
According to Suguru Geto himself, the taste of swallowing cursed spirits was "like swallowing a rag used to wipe up vomit and thrown into a sewer."
But Asuna's Soul Enslavement did not require her to eat cursed spirits. As long as she defeated a cursed spirit, the cursed spirit would naturally transform into her subordinate and obey her orders.
She could even extract the power of cursed spirits and use it for herself.
This was much more advanced than Suguru Geto's technique.
Ever since awakening her innate technique, Asuna had begun her journey of clearing out cursed spirits.
Every day, she would spend some time defeating weaker cursed spirits and strengthening her own power.
Over these past days, Asuna had already defeated dozens of cursed spirits and turned them all into her slaves.
Her strength was growing stronger and stronger.
After discovering cursed spirits in her school, Asuna naturally would not ignore them.
In a few swift moves, she defeated them all and turned them into her slaves.
"Yo, not bad."
However, at that moment, a lazy and casual voice came from behind her.
Asuna's heart jumped, and she suddenly turned around.
At some point, a tall man wearing a black blindfold and with white hair had appeared behind her. His hands were in the pockets of his black uniform, and his posture was so loose that it seemed as if he was merely passing by and enjoying the scenery.
He was extremely tall, and his entire body was covered in a faintly discernible layer of cursed energy, as if even the air had been separated around him.
Although he wore a frivolous smile on his face, Asuna subconsciously tensed her nerves.
Because the cursed energy on this person was far too terrifying.
Asuna had never seen such powerful cursed energy before.
Without question, this guy was strong. A strong person far, far more powerful than herself.
"…Who are you?" she asked warily.
"Me?"
The man still had both hands in his pockets and walked toward her at a leisurely pace.
"My name is Gojo Satoru. I'm a teacher. Incidentally, I'm a teacher at Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu Technical High School, and I'm also the strongest jujutsu sorcerer recognized by everyone."
"Jujutsu… Technical High School?" Asuna frowned.
Gojo Satoru stopped in front of her and tilted his head as he looked her over.
"To be honest, I've been observing you for several days already. Your talent is very strong. Especially your innate technique—it's ridiculously powerful."
"You can enslave cursed spirits after defeating them, and even extract their power for your own use."
"If given enough time, you could even become a jujutsu sorcerer second only to me."
"Are you interested in studying at our school?"
Asuna froze. It took her a long while to react.
"Per… pervert."
Gojo Satoru's smile froze on his face.
"Huh?"
He truly had never expected that someone would call him a pervert.
"No, what part of me is perverted?" Gojo Satoru could not help retorting. Although he was often complained about by his students, not a single student had ever called him a pervert. Absolutely not.
Asuna said, "You said it yourself just now. You've been observing me for several days. As a teacher, secretly observing a girl like that—if that isn't perverted, then what is?"
Gojo Satoru: "…"
Uh.
That actually seemed to make some sense.
Gojo Satoru could not help laughing loudly.
"Interesting. Truly interesting. I'm liking you more and more."
The corner of his mouth curved into a smile.
"Although your way of fighting is still immature, I've found that your speed, reactions, and battle awareness are all first-rate."
"And you're improving every day. That point is very important."
He paused, and a meaningful look flashed in his eyes.
"How about it? Do you want to come to my school? I can personally teach you. With your talent, it won't take long for you to become a Grade One, or even Special Grade, jujutsu sorcerer."
Asuna could tell that this white-haired guy truly wanted to personally teach her.
"…Why me?" she asked.
"Because I like talented people," Gojo Satoru said as if it were perfectly natural. The smile on his face only grew wider.
"This world is full of boring people, and the higher-ups in the jujutsu world are even more rotten and stubborn. So whenever I see an interesting seedling, I want to cultivate them myself and raise them into strong people capable of changing this world."
"Besides, someone like you, who fights cursed spirits alone, will eventually encounter an enemy you can't beat."
"Cursed spirits have grades too. Above Grade Three, there are Grade Two, Grade One, and even Special Grade. The one you encountered in the old school building was only a small Grade Three character. Against a true Special Grade cursed spirit, you are currently no match at all."
"Rather than let you die in confusion when you encounter such a thing, why not let me personally shape you and turn you from an unpolished stone into a dazzling diamond?"
"Don't you think that would be a great sense of accomplishment?"
Asuna fell silent. She could not make a decision right now, because she did not understand Gojo Satoru at all.
Nor did she know whether this man's words were true or false.
"I won't make you decide right now."
Gojo Satoru seemed to see this as well. He took a business card from his pocket and casually tossed it to her.
"But if you want to know more about cursed energy and want to become stronger, you can come find me at any time. The address is on the back."
Asuna took the card and lowered her head to look at it.
Printed on the card were the words: "Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu Technical High School — Gojo Satoru." On the back were the school's map coordinates and a phone number.
After Gojo Satoru left, Asuna kept thinking about this matter. She also searched online, but could not find the so-called Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu Technical High School.
Left with no choice, she could only ask Rowan for help.
After understanding the whole situation, Rowan calmly said, "I know Gojo Satoru. He is worthy of being called the strongest jujutsu sorcerer. Aside from having a rather nasty personality, everything else about him is pretty good. He is indeed a good teacher."
"As for Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu Technical High School, it is a school that trains jujutsu sorcerers."
"Whether or not you want to join is up to you."
"If you want to live a life of fighting and killing, then join."
"If you don't want to live a life of fighting and killing, then refuse. No one can force you."
"Of course, you can also go to the school first and take a look. If you feel it doesn't suit you, it's not too late to drop out."
"They won't stop you."
Asuna understood from this that neither the school nor Gojo Satoru were bad, and that she could freely enter or leave the school.
"I understand. I'll think about it."
"Mm-hm. Think it over yourself. Also, there's something I need to remind you about."
"Mm. Go ahead."
Rowan said, "Today, I learned something from a few yokai. The famous Hagoromo-Gitsune plans to enter Tokyo and stage a Night Parade of a Hundred Demons there."
"If nothing unexpected happens, the authorities should also know about this news and will do everything they can to stop Hagoromo-Gitsune."
"If you join this academy, you will definitely end up facing Hagoromo-Gitsune's subordinates and fighting them."
"Of course, even if you don't join, you might still run into them."
"After all, the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons will affect all of Tokyo. Once Hagoromo-Gitsune succeeds, very few people will be spared."
Asuna fell silent. It seemed she had been shocked by this news.
After quite a while, she finally said, "Why would Hagoromo-Gitsune do this?"
Hagoromo-Gitsune? Night Parade of a Hundred Demons?
These were things she had only heard of in myths and legends.
Who could have imagined that before long, these things that only existed in myths and stories would enter reality?
Rowan said calmly, "Because someone wants Hagoromo-Gitsune to do this."
"Who?"
"Hagoromo-Gitsune's son, Abe no Seimei."
"Huh? Who?"
Asuna almost suspected that she had misheard.
"Hagoromo-Gitsune's son is Abe no Seimei? That legendary great onmyoji, Abe no Seimei?"
"That's right."
"No, that's not right," Asuna quickly said. "I remember Abe no Seimei's mother was Kuzunoha. The Kuzunoha Story records that Abe no Yasuna saved Kuzunoha from hunters in the Shinoda Forest. After he was injured, she transformed into a woman, healed him, fell in love with him, and gave birth to Abe no Seimei."
"The Hoki-shō adds that Kuzunoha left after Seimei saw her true form when he was five years old, leaving behind a waka poem saying that if he longed for her, he should come to the Shinoda Forest in Izumi to seek Kuzunoha."
"So shouldn't Abe no Seimei's mother be Kuzunoha? Who is Hagoromo-Gitsune?"
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