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Just as Kael and Mei Mei entered the barrier, an even larger-scale barrier completely enveloped the Shibuya area, imprisoning everyone who had originally come for Halloween inside.
In terms of barrier techniques alone, few in the Jujutsu World could match this; it was estimated that only Tengen could rival it.
The scale and impact of the incident were already close to the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons caused by Geto Suguru several years ago. Both Jujutsu High and the higher-ups took it very seriously, dispatching a large number of personnel to deal with it.
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Inside the shrine.
"No signal."
Mei Mei took out her phone, glanced at it, and reminded Kael.
The person behind the scenes wouldn't put on such a large-scale display for no reason.
"Don't worry, I'll protect you."
Kael gave Mei Mei a reassuring look, completely ignoring Ui Ui beside her, as if only the two of them remained in the silent shrine tracks.
"Don't look down on me too much, little man~."
Mei Mei said so, but looking at her expression, she seemed happy.
"Exactly, exactly! No matter what, it's not an outsider's turn to protect Sister! I'm still here."
Ui Ui said indignantly.
"..."
Kael still didn't have Ui Ui in his eyes.
While under normal circumstances, a brother-in-law and his wife's brother should get along well, the age gap was too large. He had no interest in befriending a brat, so he simply ignored him.
The way to break a barrier was simple; usually, one just needed to break the corresponding Barrier Nails.
According to previous calculations by the Assistant Supervisors, the positions of the various Barrier Nails could currently be determined; they all left traces to follow.
The enemy knew this as well and would certainly make corresponding arrangements.
Sure enough, seeing several Jujutsu Sorcerers blocking the way, Kael took a step forward proactively.
"Kid, do you know how high the bounty on your head is right now?"
The leading Jujutsu Sorcerer said with a grin.
"I don't?"
Kael shook his head. He hadn't concerned himself with that; could it possibly be higher than Gojo Satoru's?
As his voice fell, the ground beneath his feet suddenly caved in, and the originally hard earth turned into a swamp, swallowing half of Kael's body.
At the same time, a muzzle in the distance had already completed its lock-on.
A gunshot rang out.
The surroundings fell silent.
Kael reached out and plucked the folded 'copper pancake' from between his eyebrows, then looked up at the Jujutsu Sorcerers before him; the expressions on their faces were currently frozen.
This scene was clearly beyond their understanding.
If it were some kind of defensive Cursed Technique, it would be one thing, but Kael clearly had no Cursed Energy fluctuations. To stop a sniper bullet relying solely on his physical body was simply unreasonable.
"Foreign mercenaries? You guys really are keeping up with the times."
Kael muttered, kneading the copper piece into a ball and flicking it with his thumb.
With a bang, a Jujutsu Sorcerer's head exploded like a flower.
After a brief silence, dozens of laser sights were no longer hidden, all converging on Kael's body.
Clearly, these hidden mercenaries understood that if they couldn't kill Kael here today, they certainly wouldn't live either.
The shrine's barrier was specifically targeted at ordinary people, restricting their entry and exit.
To think they originally thought this was a trap used to lure Kael over; it turned out this also cut off their own retreat.
However, the moment the muzzle flash erupted, Kael had already disappeared from the scopes.
"Using guns? To be honest, it's not as innovative as jujutsu."
Kael's voice rang out behind a mercenary. When the man reacted and prepared to turn around and pull the trigger, the first thing he saw was a pitch-black muzzle.
It was too late to pray to God.
In the next second, the mercenary's skull was flipped open by a bullet.
"G18, truly a bunch of campers."
Kael looked at the captured pistol in his hand; the original owner, whose head had just exploded, had maintained it well.
But he probably never imagined that one day he would be killed by his own pistol.
"Damn it! Did you guys see that? This job is impossible. No matter how much money they give, we won't live to spend it!"
A Jujutsu Sorcerer cursed loudly.
His eyes darted around restlessly, ready to find an opportunity to run away at any moment.
If 8.6mm physical means couldn't eliminate Kael, then jujutsu was even more hopeless.
There was no need to mention how famous the title of Heavenly Restriction was among mercenary Jujutsu Sorcerers; after all, the previous generation's Tyrant was considered one of their peers.
To put it bluntly, in this operation, the Jujutsu Sorcerers were only acting as assistants and cover for this group of foreign mercenaries.
However, the crows circling overhead had already locked onto them.
Mei Mei's Cursed Technique was crow manipulation.
In the Jujutsu World, this was a very low-level technique. Mei Mei was the only person who relied on this technique to become a First Grade Jujutsu Sorcerer, which showed to what extent she had developed it.
Shared vision was the simplest way to use the technique.
Mei Mei was currently using the crows to lock onto the enemies hidden in the shrine, yet through the crows' vision, she felt that she probably wouldn't have a chance to perform in this battle.
"Truly a dangerous man."
Mei Mei unconsciously pursed her lips; the art of slaughter displayed by Kael made her body feel a bit hot.
Simple, efficient, and lethal.
It was a fighting style completely different from that of a Jujutsu Sorcerer.
Compared to exorcising Cursed Spirits, Kael was actually better at killing people.
The experience accumulated in this area was so rich that it felt like he had returned to his comfort zone.
Exorcising Cursed Spirits required brute force, while killing people with a gun was much simpler: just aim, then pull the trigger.
Though the damage of this G18 was a bit pathetically touching.
Kael inwardly disdained it. In his view, this caliber and power were like a water gun.
Watching his team members fall one by one, the mercenary captain was powerless; his scope simply couldn't lock onto Kael.
Setting aside the opponent's reaction and speed, this guy seemed to have an extraordinary intuition for evading lines of fire, easily cutting into the gaps of the crossfire net, making it very difficult to organize a tight suppressive fire.
How did this look like a high school student who hadn't graduated yet?
Such a sense for war clearly belonged to a veteran of a hundred battles.
If he had a chance to get out alive, he would definitely shove his hot gun barrel into the client's third eye.
And even if he really could shoot and hit him, what would it matter?
Hadn't the answer just been presented before his eyes?
The mercenary captain didn't dare to continue thinking about this desperate question and could only follow the original plan to lure Kael into the shrine.
This was the final plan given by the client.
Now he could only place his hopes on this.
However, Kael suddenly stopped his advance, picked up a mercenary's walkie-talkie, and spoke.
"You want to lure me into the shrine? What's in there? Don't tell me you've installed explosives."
"..."
The mercenary captain's breath hitched upon hearing this. He looked back at the quiet shrine behind him, and cold sweat immediately broke out.
However, it was too late to say anything now.
Flames soared into the sky, as if broad daylight had descended in a daze. A loud bang tore through the air, the ground shook, and a searing heat accompanied by a powerful shockwave swept across.
The originally set barrier couldn't withstand an explosion of this level and shattered instantly.
Without the concealment of the barrier.
Even from the other side of the city, the mushroom cloud rising under the firelight could be clearly seen.
The residual heat of the explosion had not yet fully receded.
Mei Mei pushed aside the building debris and walked out somewhat disheveled.
She was far from the center of the explosion. When the crows warned her of the threat, she hid in time, nearly exhausting her Cursed Energy, which allowed her to survive intact.
"...What on earth did those bastards do?"
Mei Mei looked at the shrine that had been leveled to the ground, her expression dark and solemn. She wasn't referring to the group of mercenaries and Jujutsu Sorcerers; those people didn't have the ability to mobilize and manufacture large-scale explosives.
This required the tacit approval and cooperation of the higher-ups to achieve.
Had those people feared Kael to this extent already?
When such an incident occurred, it wasn't just the Jujutsu World that would be shaken; it would also break the tacit understanding between them and the secular world.
Mei Mei didn't dare to think about what would happen next.
"Caw!"
A warning sound came from the crow overhead.
Mei Mei reacted instinctively, picking up Ui Ui and dodging to the side.
A Special Grade Cursed Spirit resembling a cockroach, Kurourushi, holding the cursed tool Festering Life Sword, slashed toward Mei Mei's original position, and a crack over ten meters long was torn into the ground.
"Reactions are still as fast as ever."
A familiar voice came from not far away.
Mei Mei's brow furrowed as she recognized the owner of the voice. She looked up and saw Geto Suguru, who was supposed to be dead in her memory, standing perfectly fine before her.
"Geto-kun... are you the one leading all of this?"
Mei Mei asked in a deep voice, her brain working rapidly.
From the perception of Cursed Energy, the person before her was indeed Geto Suguru without a doubt, but logically it didn't make sense.
Because if Gojo Satoru really hadn't wanted to kill Geto Suguru back then and had joined forces with him, the Jujutsu World would have long ceased to be as it was now.
With Gojo Satoru alone, it would be enough to realize Geto Suguru's wish.
So Mei Mei quickly made a judgment: the one before her was a fake.
"I also feel very regretful about having to make a move against my former senior."
Kenjaku, wearing Geto Suguru's face, revealed a hypocritical smile.
Beside him, the Cursed Spirit Kurourushi was eager to move, ready to attack again at any moment.
"Sister, you're bleeding!!"
Ui Ui noticed the blood seeping from Mei Mei's body at this moment. His expression became panicked and out of control as he tried to press down on the wound, but doing so actually increased the blood flow.
"Don't worry about it."
Mei Mei comforted him.
To protect her brother just now, she had accidentally been slashed.
However, the situation was actually much more serious than it looked.
Kurourushi's cursed tool, the Festering Life Sword, was covered in a large number of insect eggs. If Mei Mei hadn't used her remaining Cursed Energy to suppress them, those cursed eggs would likely have hatched by now, scurrying around inside her body.
Facing a Special Grade Cursed Spirit, even if Mei Mei were in good condition, she would have to be extremely alert.
And in her current physical state, let alone facing the strongest Jujutsu Sorcerer of the past, she probably couldn't even handle one of his Special Grade Cursed Spirits.
Should she find an opportunity to retreat and relocate?
Mei Mei felt some hesitation in her heart. She was still worried about Kael, not knowing his current situation. After all, he was her top benefactor; if he were gone just like that, it would still be a bit saddening.
In this tense atmosphere, a phone ringtone suddenly rang.
"Moshi moshi... what do you mean you can't contact Teacher Gojo... fine, I'll ask for you."
Kael put down his phone and asked the Kenjaku in front of him.
"Do you know where Teacher Gojo went?"
"..."
Kenjaku looked at Kael, who appeared behind him unscathed; the hypocritical smile on his face could not be maintained and was instinctively withdrawn.
Correspondingly, the vanished smile transferred to Mei Mei's face.
"If you had come out any later, I would have run away."
"You're injured?"
Kael looked at the wound on Mei Mei's body, frowning slightly.
"It's nothing, just..."
Before Mei Mei could finish her sentence, the original pain disappeared. Looking down, the original wound was rapidly healing, and a large number of insect eggs were being expelled from her body, dying one after another.
This was caused by the 'positive' energy produced by Cursed Technique Reversal.
"This is?!"
Kenjaku's eyes widened in disbelief, staring fixedly at Kael.
It wasn't an illusion; it was indeed a Cursed Technique coming from Kael. He, who was supposed to be a Heavenly Restriction, actually had the aura of Cursed Energy on him, and the scale was so astonishing.
"Aren't you a Heavenly Restriction?"
Mei Mei also noticed this and asked the question on Kenjaku's behalf.
"I originally thought so too, but I was startled by those fireworks just now, and my original Cursed Technique completely awakened."
Kael explained.
He had actually developed doubts about his own situation after studying the Heavenly Restriction on Zenin Maki, but he hadn't managed to figure anything out for a while.
He hadn't expected that after being'startled' by the fireworks, the answer would jump out on its own.
"Then your Innate Technique is?"
Kenjaku couldn't resist his curiosity and inquired.
"Exchange."
Kael satisfied the other's curiosity.
"So that's how it is..."
A flash of realization crossed Kenjaku's eyes.
No wonder Kael could display the characteristics of Heavenly Restriction.
Because a restriction itself is also a kind of exchange, only the difference between active and passive.
Previously, Kael's technique hadn't fully awakened, passively converting Cursed Energy into physical attributes, giving the outside world and himself the illusion of Heavenly Restriction.
Then Kael appearing behind him also made sense; it was an exchange of space and space.
"You've mastered Technique Extension and Technique Reversal right after awakening?"
Kenjaku couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Technique Reversal didn't need much explanation; it was just negative times negative equals positive.
As for Technique Extension, while most people's Technique Extension extended to physical objects, Kael's Technique Extension had already delved into the concept of'space.'
In the concept of'space,' Kael indeed had some insights.
"So now it's your turn to answer my question. Where is my arrogant Teacher Gojo?"
Kael asked again.
Hearing this, Kenjaku took out a hexahedron from his robe and said with a hint of pride,
"Him? He's inside here."
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