In a rental apartment not far from the apartment, a man in his thirties was anxiously packing his things.
"Damn it, how did it suddenly turn out like this! Everything had been going so smoothly before."
This man was the husband from that broken family, named Igo Makoto. On the surface, he was the boss of a sales company, but in secret, he was a Curse User.
"Those damn Tokyo Jujutsu High students, once I escape, I will definitely kill them one by one." His originally amiable face now looked quite hideous.
He had been working for the Kamo Family for several years, handling some of their dirty work. While disposing of a target, he discovered an ancient document at the target's home. After studying it, he realized it contained instructions on how to artificially catalyze a Special Grade Cursed Spirit. The target didn't understand the value of this document, but he did.
So, while doing dirty work for the Kamo Family, he also started picking his own targets. Finally, he identified his target: a woman who had just entered society, possessing the perfect physique required and a somewhat paranoid personality—you could say she was a perfect fit for the ritual's requirements.
After confirming the target, he used money he had saved over the years to package himself as a successful businessman. After several contacts with the target, he finally won her heart. Eventually, he successfully married the target and had a child, and in the process, he continuously indulged and developed the flaws in the woman's personality.
After the child was born, his plan officially began. First, he seduced another woman to create the illusion of his infidelity, then divorced the target. The blow from the divorce, combined with the man's daily psychological control, created immense mental pressure. Amplified by the flaws in the woman's personality, she finally chose to commit suicide, just as the man had hoped.
And from that moment on, the ritual could officially begin. Through his arrangements over the years, the furniture and statues in the house had long since turned it into a ritual site. The moment the woman and child died, the man activated the ritual. Under the influence of the ritual, the resentment and lingering souls of the woman and child were twisted, and finally, the Quasi-Special Grade Cursed Spirit, Mother Akasatsuma, was born.
Next, he just needed the Cursed Spirit to kill enough sacrifices, and his Special Grade Cursed Spirit would be complete. Then, he could take revenge on those who looked down on him and even become someone superior in the Jujutsu World. During this process, the man was pleasantly surprised to find that Mother Akasatsuma not only carried a deadly poison that would kill any ordinary person upon contact, but could also mimic the appearance of others—a mimicry so good that even he couldn't tell the difference.
After discovering this ability, he immediately had the Cursed Spirit mimic the appearance of the last woman attacked, intending to lure the investigating Jujutsu Sorcerers into the Barrier, because Jujutsu Sorcerers were much better as sacrifices than ordinary people. And as he expected, those stupid Assistant Supervisors didn't notice anything wrong. They even only called a few Tokyo Jujutsu High students. "Heaven is truly helping me," the man thought happily.
But things started to spiral out of control from this point on. First, the two boys who ran to the entrance of the Barrier—although he didn't know how they discovered the Barrier, it didn't matter. He expanded the range of the Barrier and locked them inside. But to his surprise, the overwhelming number of Cursed Spirits in the Barrier were dealt with by the two of them in just a few moves, without much effort.
Subsequently, they discovered the Cursed Spirit's mimicry. He had wanted to rely on the Cursed Spirits in the Barrier to drag them out, but that white-haired one actually broke the Barrier directly.
As for the hospital, he had intended to take advantage of the boy and the Assistant Supervisor being away to kill the girl and take her body. But he didn't know what that girl had done; the Cursed Spirit's disguise was instantly broken, and part of its body was melted for some reason. Just as he wanted to deal the killing blow, he was interrupted by the boy who rushed in, and even the clone Cursed Spirit was killed in one move! But at least that boy wouldn't survive either. Through the eyes of the Cursed Spirit, he clearly saw the boy get injured by the Cursed Spirit's claws. Confident in the toxin, he was certain the boy wouldn't survive.
But reality slapped him in the face again. Just as he was considering whether to relocate, through the clone left in the apartment, he saw that the boy appear, full of energy. It was another one-hit victory; the clone Cursed Spirit had no power to fight back and was even stepped on and rubbed into the ground for a long time.
The last image the clone Cursed Spirit transmitted to him was the three boys walking towards his side.
In an instant, the man was terrified and started packing his things. At the end of his packing, the man took out a talisman and put away Mother Akasatsuma, who was standing to the side with a withered aura. The successive Destruction and exorcism of the clone Cursed Spirit and the Barrier had rendered all of Mother Akasatsuma's accumulated power for naught.
"Damn it, now I have to start all over again!"
The man cursed while pushing open the door, preparing to flee. However, after opening the door, he despairingly found the three of them standing at the doorway, looking at him kindly.
"I told you that registered address information is definitely unreliable. If we had gone to the address Miss Tayama found, this guy would have already run away," Satoru Gojo said triumphantly. "However, although the Cursed Spirit channel between the clone in the apartment and the Barrier was hidden relatively well by this guy, the connection between himself and the clone Cursed Spirit wasn't hidden at all."
"I guess he didn't expect us to track him here," Genji replied. "This time, it's really thanks to Gojo's Six Eyes."
Looking at the boys in front of him, Igo Makoto feigned calmness and said angrily, "What are you guys doing? Don't block my doorway."
But his feigned ignorance was useless. Satoru Gojo kicked him back into the room. The man kicked back into the room struggled to climb up, "Bastard, I'll fight you to the death."
While the man quickly chanted the incantation, his hands finished the hand signs. The second after he threw the talisman, Mother Akasatsuma appeared in front of him, Domain Expansion was activated, pulling the three of them inside.
"Special Grade 1? Looks like this is the main body. Who's going?" Satoru Gojo asked the other two.
"I'll do it. It just so happens I have a score to settle with this guy. By the way, Geto, are you going to absorb this Cursed Spirit?" Genji asked, looking at Geto.
"Forget it. The birth of this Cursed Spirit is too sinful. Let's just let this mother and child be released," Geto shook his head and said.
Seeing the boys in front of him already dividing the spoils, Igo Makoto was furious and immediately controlled Mother Akasatsuma to rush up, simultaneously activating his Forbidden Technique to speed up Mother Akasatsuma.
But just as Mother Akasatsuma's claws were about to touch Genji, Genji's hand flashed with fire and swept across his front. The next second, the Cursed Spirit's claws and lower body were severed. Before the man could react, the flames on Genji's hand condensed into a fire claw and pierced through Mother Akasatsuma.
"What?" Watching the Cursed Spirit he had spent years cultivating being exorcised just like that, the man couldn't believe his eyes. But the next moment, the man fell to the ground, his face twisted as if he were suffering extreme pain, and then he quickly withered away as if he had been drained dry by something.
"It's backlash," Satoru Gojo said, looking at the man with his Six Eyes. "This ritual was forbidden to begin with. He probably started cultivating the Cursed Spirit without fully researching it. He deserves it." As he spoke, he walked over, picked up the man, and continued, "But it doesn't matter. Even if you don't die from the backlash, you'll get the death penalty in the end. It's no difference." As he said this, Satoru Gojo smiled brightly at the man, and the man finally fainted completely.
With the Cursed Spirit exorcised, the innate domain also began to dissipate. When the group went downstairs, they saw Miss Tayama waiting anxiously at the door and Shoko, who had just regained some energy and rushed back.
"This is the culprit," Suguru Geto said to Miss Tayama, while Satoru Gojo cooperated by throwing the man to the ground.
Shoko walked up to Genji.
"It's over?"
"Yeah, it's done. Thanks for your concern, Shoko. We can go back to Tokyo Jujutsu High," Genji replied with a smile.
Just as the atmosphere between the two was good, Satoru Gojo suddenly hooked his arm around Genji's shoulder from behind.
"Hey, hey, I didn't notice before. Genji, when did you start calling us by our names? Could it be that you were moved by us risking our lives to save you?"
"Quit it, save the dream talk for when you're sleeping. White-hair, stay away from me." Genji, who had been hit on the mark to some extent, was a little shy.
"Genji, are you shy?" Suguru Geto also added insult to injury from the side.
"Geto, you're messing around with this white-hair too." Just like that, the four of them walked towards Tokyo Jujutsu High, bantering, leaving Miss Tayama alone to watch the man on the ground, waiting for her colleagues to come and help her take him back.