(1st PoV)
"We are here."
I hit the breaks on the Truck, and we got off.
Along the way, I have killed over a hundreds of Cursed Spirits with my Kusanagi Sword.
And some of them were actually players. 4 to be exact. So, ky points jumped up from 17 to 37.
I messed up, and now Cursed Spirits are also leaving the colonies. I should have excluded Cursed Spirits when I made the rule.
Teruhashi still hasn't returned. Has she decided to go solo?
I put those thoughts and looked at Miyako-chan.
After reincarnating Miyako-chan into the Spider Cursed Spirit, she has also become a player, with 25 points.
I looked at her, wearing an Anti-Venom cosplay, and looking very eager to do some swinging along the buildings.
With Anti-Venom abilities, she can heal, so that's a great thing.
Anyway, Yuta led us inside the Jujutsu High, and we were heading in sneakily.
"Sorry about that. We have to hide from the higher ups."
"Oh."
Yeah, I think they were shitty. And I wouldn't be surprised if many of them are actually allied with Kenjaku.
We sneaked into a room, and I got to look at more people from the og story.
...I don't remember anyone's name.
"Okkutsu, you brought some interesting people."
The blonde woman spoke, and looked at us with interest.
"These guys aren't human, right? The girl feels like Choso, and the guy feels like a Shikigami."
Her intuition is really sharp.
"Tsukumo-san, this is Tachibana-san and Yamakawa-san. Tachibana-san was the one who added the new rules, and has the way to free Gojo-sensei."
Well, I technically added only one of the rules...
The girl with scars, and laying on bed recovering, shouted, "Really!?"
The one called Tsukumo introduced herself.
"I am Tsukumo Yuki, and this is Maki. So, what is your way? In any case, we will have to retrieve the seal from Kenjaku first—"
"First, is Tengen actually working with Kenjaku?"
Tsukumo frowned and said, "I can't say for certain. She is rejecting meeting anyone."
"She has the back of Prison Realm, which I can break given enough time."
She seemed suspicious of me. Afterall, if I was in her place, I would totally suspect that Kenjaku has sent some of his freak experiments to take the back of the Prison Realm to ensure that Gojo Satarou can never be unsealed.
"Can you form a binding vow that you will free Gojo Satarou?"
"As long as I can have the back of Prison Realm, and given time to break the seal while you protect us so that we don't get interrupted, I can."
"Alright."
The binding vow took effect.
Now that I think about it, as long as the cost of breaking a binding vow is death, it doesn't really matter to me. Not that I would try to test it, since it is not known if death is the penalty or something worse.
We headed to Tengen's place, but the whole thing was full of confusing barriers and continuously moving doors.
"Oi Tengen! We have found a way to free Gojo Satarou!"
Tsukumo shouted, but there was no response.
She grumbled, "It's best if we go in assuming that she is working with Kenjaku. If she doesn't hand it over, we have to take the back of the Prison Realm by force.
But her barriers are a real pain."
I started thinking about a plan, and then it suddenly hit me.
I can obviously adapt to the barriers here, but they are very complex and will take a lot of time.
But, Yamata-no-Orochi was hit by Angel's technique. Which extinguishes all techniques.
If it was Mahoraga, it will always adapt such that a phenomenon will not effect him.
But, adaptation can also be done in different ways, like Mahoraga created the World Cutting Slash.
So, instead of adapting such that Angel's technique doesn't work on me, I will adapt to replicate it.
In this way, things will become much simpler. Be it breaking the barriers, freeing Gojo, or killing Kenjaku and Sukuna.
"You don't mind if I break the barriers, right?"
"Yeah. No problem at all. Break it."
I paused Shikigami creation adaptation, and started adapting to Angel's technique in a way that I will be able to replicate it.
Since the body has already been hit by it and I don't have to start from scratch, the time needed will be way less. Adaptation has already begun at a much faster speed.
I covered my Kusanagi Sword in Cursed Energy, and stabbed a door barrier.
The barrier wasn't destroyed, but it did put a slight dent on it.
Now, I just need some time—
Before I could stab a door again, the constant switch stopped, and an open door appeared before us.
"I guess that old hag is finally inviting us. Don't get lost and grab each other's hand. She might try to separate us."
We nodded, and entered, with Tsukumo in the front and Yuta in the back.
There wasn't any effort to separate us, and we entered a lift and went down to the bottom floor.
And there was blood. Ah. Wasn't it of that girl that Toji shot?
"Now that I think about it... It was 11 years ago that everything began to distort."
Tsukumo muttered, and then looked ahead.
"Alright everyone. The main shrine is through here."
And as we entered the shrine, we entered a place where the entirety of our surroundings were pure white.
Ugh. It's like I am getting flashbanged.
And then, before our eyes, Tengen materialized, looking at me with disapproval.
"It's a pleasure to meet you. Michizane's descendant, Child of Zenin, inhabitor of Yamata-no-Orochi, and Cursed Spirit-Human hybrid."
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