In the original work, Maki Zen'in's younger sister, Mai Zen'in, was also a Construction Technique user. The matter generated by the Construction Technique does not disappear after the technique ends, so the energy consumption is extremely intense, placing a heavy burden on the body.
The limit within which Mai Zen'in's body remained unharmed was creating one bullet a day. This consumption level essentially killed any possibility of frontal combat.
"Back then, I heard a rumor that there was a type of bee that could fly across the ocean, and a hornet could fly more than twenty-five miles in a single day."
"Not only that, insects can lift objects hundreds of times their own weight. For their size, they can exert immeasurable bite force, jumping power, and speed."
Tsumiki Fushiguro said proudly:
"Therefore, Insect Armor is the pinnacle of the Construction Technique. It allows the Construction Technique to exert its maximum output. As long as I wear the 'Insect Armor,' I can exert power, speed, and defensive strength hundreds of times beyond that of an ordinary person, and I also possess the ability to fly."
"Though it doesn't have special effects like other Cursed Tools, its output alone is enough to be matchless under heaven."
Mahito's mouth twitched. "Isn't this just the first Kamen Rider?"
The setting of the original Kamen Rider was too similar to this. To say it's exactly the same might be inaccurate, but the overall similarity was extremely high. In the original work, when Yorozu put on the Insect Armor, there was no difference from a Kamen Rider.
"Of course it's different," Tsumiki Fushiguro explained patiently. "My Insect Armor is actually made on the spot. In that era, I couldn't explain it clearly, but in this era, where science and technology have far surpassed ancient times, I can use modern terms to explain:
"The reason insects can exert such huge output, besides their body structure, the most important reason is that their 'weight' is very light. If an insect were scaled up to human size, it would be impossible for them to lift hundreds of times their own weight. In fact, if they…"
…were truly that large, they wouldn't even be able to take a step.
"This is also why the Insect Armor created by my Construction Technique cannot be preserved for a long time. While wearing the Insect Armor, my Cursed Energy is constantly fighting against the physical laws of this world. I must continuously expend my own Cursed Energy to maintain the stability of the Insect Armor."
"This is why, even though matter created by the Construction Technique can exist indefinitely, my Insect Armor is a one-time use. Was Kamen Rider ever like this?"
"I am still human; I am a human wearing Insect Armor.
"But the original Kamen Riders… their body structures were no longer human."
Mahito frowned. "No exceptions?"
"Of course not!" Tsumiki Fushiguro asserted. "But I did it."
"What did you do?"
"I achieved—making an impossible body exist for a long time and perfectly fit everything about myself."
Mahito reached out a hand in front of Tsumiki Fushiguro's eyes and smiled. "I created a body that perfectly adapts to me, a Cursed Spirit, and I am now… right before your eyes."
Tsumiki Fushiguro was stunned. "You aren't using an incarnation body?"
"No," Mahito said meaningfully. "My body is one with my soul."
"That's impossible!" Tsumiki Fushiguro immediately grabbed Mahito's hand. Mahito could clearly sense her Cursed Energy invading his body, but he didn't resist, allowing the energy to spread inside him.
This matter seemed to give Tsumiki Fushiguro such a great shock that the calm she had always maintained disappeared. She closed her eyes to sense Mahito's physical state while saying hurriedly:
"Since birth, the compatibility between a human's soul and body is naturally one hundred percent. This is something the jujutsu world hasn't been able to analyze since its inception.
"In the jujutsu world, there was once a 'Seance' technique. It could allow a dead person to possess someone else, and the person 'summoned' would have their own memories and abilities, even remembering how they died. It can be confirmed that it is indeed the 'soul after a person dies.'
"But since the realm of soul summoning has already been breached, why has the jujutsu world never seen true resurrection? It's because of the compatibility between soul and body!
"The reason a 'summoned' person can exist is that the effect of the technique sustains them. Using the technique continuously consumes Cursed Energy. In other words, as soon as the possessed person's Cursed Energy is exhausted, the 'summoned' soul will return to death, no matter how unwilling they are.
"If there were one hundred percent compatibility, wouldn't that mean the 'summoned' soul could perfectly use everything of the host?
"If you can truly create a body that shouldn't exist, it means that as long as you find someone to cooperate with you in performing the soul summoning technique, you can achieve a divine authority never before seen since the birth of the jujutsu world—"
—The Resurrection Technique.
This was indeed something Mahito had never thought of. Just as Tsumiki Fushiguro said, perhaps if combined with a soul-summoning technique, he really could perfectly resurrect someone? Mahito was a bit uncertain.
Perhaps there would be a chance to try it out.
As expected of the strongest Construction Technique user in a thousand years. This was something even Kenjaku hadn't thought of, yet Tsumiki Fushiguro pointed out the possibility in one breath, relying on her own understanding of the Construction Technique.
Tsumiki Fushiguro's voice was very hurried at first, but as she explained, her speed slowed down. By the end, her voice no longer held its usual composure.
She opened her eyes, staring blankly at Mahito, and asked in disbelief, "How did you actually do it?"
"Human Transmutation," Mahito blurted out.
Tsumiki Fushiguro became irritable. Only at this moment did she finally reveal the crazed temperament of the ancient sorcerer Yorozu. She had been so quiet and patient just now, but now she began to scream like someone with a split personality.
She roared in rage, "Don't joke with me! Do you think I haven't watched Fullmetal Alchemist? I'm telling you, so-called equivalent exchange is nonsense in the jujutsu world! Human Transmutation is nonsense of the highest order! In the manga, even the human formula Edward used during Human Transmutation was wrong!"
Wrong? It was wrong? Mahito really didn't know that. He was a fake fan; although he knew about Human Transmutation, he had never studied it carefully.
Wait—why did Tsumiki Fushiguro know so much about Human Transmutation? She even knew Edward's transmutation formula was wrong? Could she be… an otaku?
Of course, Mahito would never say those words out loud.
"Kenjaku once said that the development of techniques follows the development of civilization," Mahito said slowly. "The way a person perceives something will determine the effect of their technique. The manifestation of all techniques depends on the practitioner's own perception of how the world works.
"Miss Fushiguro, in the Heian era, Insect Armor was indeed stunning. But what if it were placed in the present?"
"Even in modern times, my Insect Armor is still the pinnacle of the Construction Technique," Tsumiki Fushiguro said proudly.
"Compared to modern ultimate weapons, how does it fare?" Mahito asked.
What is the modern ultimate weapon? Nuclear weapons.
Only nuclear weapons deserve such a title.
Tsumiki Fushiguro frowned deeply. "I just said, the Construction Technique is a technique with extremely low Cursed Energy efficiency. I certainly know that if a nuclear weapon could be created, it would definitely be stronger than the Insect Armor, but no one can do it.
"Not to mention how a single person's brain could memorize blueprints that would fill a giant warehouse—even if they could, it would be impossible to create without Infinite Cursed Energy.
"Besides its strong frontal combat ability, the Insect Armor also exists because of its high utilization efficiency. Otherwise, there were tools dubbed Divine Tools a thousand years ago.
"Why wouldn't I create a thousand or eight hundred Totsuka Swords to fight with? Who would be my match then?"
"No, Infinite Cursed Energy does exist," Mahito said.
"What?" Tsumiki Fushiguro was stunned.
Mahito smiled. "A third-year at Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High School, Kinji Hakari. His Domain Expansion can achieve true Infinite Cursed Energy. Because he has so much overflowing Cursed Energy, he can even automatically perform the Reverse Cursed Technique, gaining a genuine undying body.
"By the way, he is one of my people now. The reason I can confidently go to duel Yuki Tsukumo in a week is precisely because he will hold back Gojo Satoru, leaving me with no worries.
"When he returns, I'll introduce you to him."
Tsumiki Fushiguro showed an expression of disbelief. In the eyes of this ancient person, so-called Infinite Cursed Energy probably existed like a perpetual motion machine; she could never have imagined that true Infinite Cursed Energy actually existed.
Mahito said slowly, "You find it unbelievable that I can create Human Transmutation, but you don't realize I feel the same way about you creating the Insect Armor.
"When I first learned you could create Insect Armor, my first thought was: isn't that just the original Kamen Rider? After talking with you, I became even more convinced—it is a Kamen Rider.
"It's as if the protagonist of a tokusatsu film is walking into reality.
"No matter what you say or how mature the theory is, if you stretch the time span to a thousand years, no other Construction Technique user besides you could do the same thing. They couldn't do it. Why?
"Because they also felt your Insect Armor wasn't 'jujutsu,' wasn't scientific, and was impossible to understand. What is the difference here?"
Tsumiki Fushiguro said thoughtfully, "An understanding of Cursed Techniques, as well as intuition..."
Mahito nodded and smiled. "Kenjaku once told me that you said the most important thing for Construction Techniques is intuition. As long as the feeling is right, you only need a plausible theory to create substances that don't exist in this world. I recall your 'true sphere' was exactly like that?"
Tsumiki Fushiguro nodded. "Yes. The true sphere is a legendary existence; it possesses infinite pressure. Theoretically, nothing in this material world can touch it. Combined with my Domain Expansion, as long as there's no means of neutralization, no matter who the opponent is, they are certain to die."
Unfortunately, Ryomen Sukuna adapted to it in advance and used Mahoraga to destroy it.
It must be said that Mahoraga is indeed the most broken Shikigami in the entire Jujutsu World. Hundreds of years ago, it could take down a Gojo ancestor who possessed the same combination of Limitless and Six Eyes. Hundreds of years later, in the modern era, it can still adapt to space itself. After expanding the technique, it allowed Ryomen Sukuna to use an unprecedented Dismantle, killing Gojo Satoru in a single strike.
"My Human Transmutation is the same," Mahito said with a smile. "You find it un-jujutsu-like, unscientific, and incomprehensible only because you lack the means to perceive it. Once you perceive it, you can easily change your attitude."
Tsumiki Fushiguro fell silent.
After a moment, she said hesitantly, "Is there any manga where a sword turns into a person? I Want to take a look."
Mahito smiled. "Leave it to me!"
"Also," Tsumiki Fushiguro asked seriously, "which Kamen Rider series are we on now? I Want to watch it. Right, I remember there's also Bio-Booster Armor Guyver... I vaguely recall something about a Zoalord being able to simulate a black hole?"
Mahito was speechless. Are you about to undergo a super-evolution?
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