A Cursed Spirit gathering spot in Akihabara?
Something feels off.
Renji frowned.
No matter how he thought about it, he felt certain that Satoru must have gone to exorcise the Cursed Spirits at the Okkotsu Clan Ruins. If it were the Satoru from the original story who had already understood Reverse Cursed Technique, Renji wouldn't be worried in the slightest, but...
The current Satoru still struggles with maintaining Infinity for extended periods, and he hasn't even developed Red.
His current strength is probably at the peak of a First-Grade Sorcerer. While he can exorcise Special Grade Cursed Spirits, the Okkotsu Clan Ruins contain more than just Special Grades.
"How many days has Satoru been gone?" Suguru frowned, vaguely sensing something amiss.
Given Satoru's personality, he would definitely return to Jujutsu High immediately after finishing an exorcism mission.
Shoko exhaled a puff of smoke and pondered for a moment.
"Well..."
"It's been three days."
Before Shoko could finish thinking of an answer, a familiar voice sounded from behind the three of them—Masamichi.
"Sensei." Suguru looked at Masamichi.
"Sensei, why did you suddenly appear from behind? You scared me so much my cigarette went out. Remember to buy me an extra pack."
Masamichi's eyes shone brightly beneath his sunglasses. His gaze lingered on Renji for a long time before he spoke solemnly, "First-year students of Jujutsu High, Geto Suguru, Ieiri Shoko, Okkotsu Renji. Your mission is to immediately proceed to the Okkotsu Clan Ruins in Akihabara. Exorcise the Cursed Spirits and, at the same time, locate Satoru. This time, no other sorcerers will accompany you."
"No supervisors will accompany you either. You must deploy your own curtain. Furthermore, according to intelligence from Jujutsu High, a group of Curse Users, seemingly under orders from a certain clan, have infiltrated the Okkotsu Clan Ruins to seize something. While ensuring mission completion, do your utmost to destroy that item. Nothing from the Jujutsu World can be allowed to fall into the hands of Curse Users."
As Masamichi's words fell, the familiar black stretch limousine slowly appeared on the horizon in the distance. The driver was still the supervisor from Kyoto, his face now wearing an expression of utter exasperation.
Driver: Damn it! More overtime.
"Sensei, that clan... is it one of The Big Three Families?" Suguru lowered his voice.
As a Special Grade sorcerer, Renji's senses, further enhanced by his Heavenly Restriction, were terrifyingly sharp. He naturally overheard Suguru's question.
The answer was obviously no. Based on the intelligence he received from Gakuganji Yoshinobu, that clan was one hundred percent the so-called Sakurai clan. It was just unknown what kind of powerful individuals existed within this clan, which didn't appear in the original story.
Masamichi glanced at the supervisor, then closed his eyes. He took off his sunglasses, pulled a cloth from his pocket, and wiped the lenses counterclockwise.
Suguru took one look, then turned and got back into the car.
During the entire journey, the three of them only chatted about their recent trip to Kyoto. Renji didn't mention the mission he had accepted from Gakuganji Yoshinobu.
Akihabara is very close to Tokyo, just a twenty-minute drive. However, the Okkotsu Clan Ruins are quite remote, and finding the location wasted about an hour.
By the time the three arrived at the nearest small path, it was already dark.
Watching the black car drive away along the winding road, Renji couldn't help but glance in the direction of the mountaintop. At a glance, he could see the already collapsed and broken shrine. Above the surrounding area of moss-covered houses hung a terrifying stench of blood and a nauseating odor of Cursed Energy.
"There are at least five Special Grade Cursed Spirits in there." Suguru said with a deep frown.
His Grade 1 Cursed Spirit, Shallow Jellyfish, had already conducted an aerial reconnaissance.
Shoko crouched down, pinching a bit of semi-dry soil between her thumb and forefinger. "Before we arrived, four Curse Users from the Hiroshima area got here first. We need to be careful."
"I can sense Gojo's Cursed Energy, but it's very faint. Let's hurry and get over there." Renji said, tightening the red string on his left wrist, drawing Murasamemaru, and looking towards the mountaintop.
Three days ago.
The sound of leaves rustling in the wind came in abrupt waves. In the silence of the night, the noise of the disturbed foliage was especially piercing.
In the forest, Satoru, wearing sunglasses, was running at an incredible speed towards the mountaintop. His terrifying Cursed Energy was spread unabashedly along his path, instantly causing the attracted Grade 2 and Grade 3 Cursed Spirits in the vicinity to scatter in fright.
Satoru's pair of blue eyes calmly watched the mountaintop.
"Nine Special Grade Cursed Spirits? That's a terrifying number but thankfully, a few evolved from Grade 1 Cursed Spirits. This is so exciting. Hahahaha!" Satoru laughed heartily.
BOOM!
Satoru instantly appeared at the main entrance of the Okkotsu Clan Ruins. The pungent smell of blood and the dried, uncollected severed limbs and body parts on the ground made him frown involuntarily.
"Tch, that bastard of a teacher didn't even bother to clean this up. Waiting for me to do it? Hmph! I'm not some janitor." Satoru clicked his tongue.
The next second, the complaining Satoru vanished instantly.
Immediately after, a terrifying black lightning bolt struck the spot where he had just been standing, followed by a horrifying explosion sound about 1.8 seconds later.
Lightning and thunder are produced simultaneously. However, due to the different propagation speeds of light and sound, humans see the lightning before hearing the thunder. Light travels through air at approximately 300,000 kilometers per second, while sound travels through air at about 340 meters per second. This speed difference creates the time lag.
Therefore, that Special Grade Cursed Spirit is about five hundred meters away.
Satoru coldly looked in the direction the attack had come from. There were too many surrounding buildings, making it impossible to focus on the fight.
Might as well.
Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue!
A shimmering, translucent mass of Cursed Energy gradually transformed into a sphere. Then, Satoru pushed both hands out to his sides.
CRASH!
Instantly, dust flew everywhere. Rubble and debris around him were sucked towards the center point in front of his palms.
The overwhelming, terrifying Cursed Energy cleared nearly a kilometer of surrounding buildings. Only half of the Okkotsu Clan Ruins remained. For one kilometer around Satoru, there was nothing left.
"This is so exhilarating." Satoru's blue eyes began to glow, the mark of activating Limitless.
The Six Eyes is a hereditary special trait of the Gojo clan, appearing only once every few hundred years, and only one person can possess it at a time.
Unlike the Sharingan or Byakugan, it cannot be freely turned on and off. Prolonged use strains the brain due to excessive information intake.
Because the Six Eyes cannot be freely deactivated, prolonged use causes brain fatigue. Therefore, Satoru wears an eyepatch or nearly opaque sunglasses to reduce light signal intake, decrease the information flow, and prevent his brain from overheating.