Yuki Tsukumo suddenly understood. Behind her stood Tengen! Tengen possessed a great barrier covering all of Japan. Her usual work was maintaining the barrier, and if this massive barrier wasn't maintained for even a single day, a huge catastrophe would occur.
In fact, after Tengen was absorbed by Kenjaku, the original barrier did lose control, and Cursed Spirits were everywhere, completely unstoppable.
Possessing such a massive barrier meant that as long as Tengen locked onto someone, unless they left Japan and exited Tengen's great barrier instantly, they would be caught no matter where they tried to go! Yuki Tsukumo didn't need to kill the King of Curses; as long as she met the King of Cursed Spirits, the remaining tracking work could be entirely left to Tengen.
Yuki Tsukumo licked her lips and sighed. "Indeed, Jujutsu Sorcerers are all bastards, and thousand-year sorcerers are even bigger bastards."
"You're cursing yourself too," Tengen reminded.
"I'm also an incorrigible bastard," Yuki Tsukumo said in a complicated tone. "If it weren't for me, Geto might have…"
"Suguru Geto had already broken down at that time," Tengen comforted. "You were only a catalyst. Even without you, there would have been others. A broken man like him would have eventually walked that path. It has nothing to do with you. I thought you understood that clearly."
"I do understand," Yuki Tsukumo exhaled. "Alright, I know what I need to do now. So, before we track down the King of Curses, let's have a long-overdue proper cooperation!"
"As you wish." The call was hung up.
Yuki Tsukumo stared blankly at the sliding door of the general store, wondering how to find the King of Curses… She had already thought it through: just meeting him would be enough. She could make a Binding Vow—even something like "I will never attack you" would suffice.
If she didn't attack, wasn't there Yuta Okkotsu? Wasn't there Gojo Satoru? Anyone would do, anything would do—as long as she could meet him.
But the problem was, how to contact him? Yuki Tsukumo thought of Kinji Hakari.
It was now certain that Kinji Hakari must have met the King of Curses, but the problem was, he seemed to be under a Binding Vow not to betray him.
But I'm not asking for information, am I? I just want to meet him.
According to Mei Mei, even people in high positions in human society could contact him, so why can't I? I don't believe it!
Having thought this far, Yuki Tsukumo decided to call Kinji Hakari.
While waiting for the call to connect, Yuki Tsukumo was still thinking about the King of Curses' ability—the ability to make people evolve.
The ability to evolve ordinary people into Jujutsu Sorcerers, and to elevate Jujutsu Sorcerers to a higher level.
Even… to grant immortality.
Immortality.
Yuki Tsukumo slowly exhaled. This was truly shocking information. At first, she thought it was just a smokescreen, until she met Tengen again and heard from Tengen about the immortals living in Japan.
Damn it—Yuki Tsukumo had never imagined that there was actually a method for immortality in the Jujutsu World besides Tengen, and not just one!
But for Yuki Tsukumo, immortality was not the main point. The main point was—the ability to evolve humans into Jujutsu Sorcerers.
She had always held an ideal.
She wanted to eliminate the birth of Cursed Spirits.
She never avoided her own thoughts. When she was actively working as a Jujutsu Sorcerer, she openly promoted her ideas and didn't mind spreading them. For this, she considered many methods, but they were ultimately proven ineffective or too cruel and were abandoned. And now, unexpectedly, another method had appeared before her.
The birth of Cursed Spirits ultimately comes from ordinary people being unable to control their Cursed Energy, allowing it to leak out in daily life. This leaked Cursed Energy eventually accumulates and forms Curses, which become Cursed Spirits.
Sorcerers are different. Even novice Sorcerers can control their Cursed Energy and prevent it from leaking.
In other words, all Cursed Spirits are born because of ordinary people, and Sorcerers do not produce Cursed Spirits.
So she came up with this idea: turn all ordinary people into Jujutsu Sorcerers. If all human Cursed Energy could be controlled, then Cursed Spirits would no longer be born.
Unfortunately, when she proposed this method, the jujutsu higher-ups immediately rejected her. If not for her Special Grade Sorcerer strength, she suspected the higher-ups might have sent people to assassinate her.
So what about other methods?
There was indeed one more—and it was inherited by someone else.
That person was Suguru Geto, a Special Grade Curse User, now possessed by Kenjaku.
—Kill all ordinary people, leaving only Sorcerers. If a child of Sorcerers does not have Sorcerer talent, kill them as well.
After several generations of this cycle, eliminating ordinary human genes and leaving only Sorcerer genes, Cursed Spirits would truly disappear. The theory was sound, but Yuki Tsukumo was still, fundamentally, a normal person—she couldn't do it. She could only search for other methods, while Suguru Geto took this idea to its extreme. He actually intended to kill all ordinary people in the world.
That madman was eventually killed by Yuta Okkotsu.
And now, the very ability to eliminate Cursed Spirits lay in the hands of a Cursed Spirit itself…
A dangerous idea surfaced in Yuki Tsukumo's mind: secretly capture this King of Curses, turn him into a kind of universal Cursed Tool, and use that tool to transform all humans into Jujutsu Sorcerers, thereby achieving her ideal!
She truly had the capability to do this. The world's only unique Shikigami-type Cursed Tool had been created by her. She wasn't a Construction-type Sorcerer, but in terms of theory and practical application, she was arguably the best in the world—even ancient Sorcerers wouldn't surpass her in this regard.
Yuki Tsukumo refined her plan while waiting. First, she needed to subdue the King of Curses, and after that—
Suddenly, her phone connected.
A voice came from the other end:
"This is the King of Curses, the curse of humanity against humanity—Mahito."
Yuki Tsukumo froze.
"Is that Yuki Tsukumo-san?" the voice continued. "I heard you were looking for me?"
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