Ogami Granny said gravely, "Mahito's Reincarnation and Rebirth is the act of imprinting cognition onto the Soul!"
Utahime Iori pursed her lips. "This brings us back to the previous topic. What does this have to do with fate?"
"You're still too young to understand," Ogami Granny chuckled. "There's an old saying: 'You can tell a child's future at three.' Of course, that's a bit of an oversimplification, but the underlying meaning is correct."
"A person's character determines their future."
"A just person cannot endure darkness right before their eyes without resisting it. A bloodthirsty person cannot endure living a peaceful life day after day."
"A person with deep desires will seize power with all their might when they see it."
"A kind person, upon seeing a beggar on the roadside, will unconsciously take out their wallet and drop a few yen coins. Do you understand?"
"When Mahito inserts a Soul engraved with cognition, all the futures created by that Soul are essentially fully predicted. What is that if not fate?"
Mahito looked thoughtfully at Ogami Granny.
Although she hadn't hit the nail on the head, her vast experience had brought her very close to the truth.
One could only say it was worthy of an old Curse User who had lived to this day; no matter the subject, she could grasp the general idea, even if she didn't understand the exact principles.
She could always summarize the gist of it.
Utahime Iori was different. She sneered.
"I've heard plenty of this kind of sophistry."
"This old woman is not being sophistical. Aren't you yourself an example?" Ogami Granny retorted.
"Me?"
"Do you remember what Mahito just said?" Ogami Granny said calmly. "This country has a population of 100 million. Even including Curse Users, the Jujutsu Sorcerer community is only around ten thousand. And within those ten thousand Jujutsu Sorcerers, only about a thousand possess an Innate Technique."
"Mahito didn't finish his remaining words."
"Among those thousand or so people with Innate Techniques, less than a hundred can advance to become Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerers. And among those hundred, only three in the modern era have reached the level of Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerers."
"Gojo Satoru, Okkotsu Yuta, and Yuki Tsukumo!"
"Up to this point, one could still explain it as probability stacked upon a population of 100 million. But what if Mahito inserts a new 'Special Grade Sorcerer' into this mix?"
"And what if this 'Special Grade' Jujutsu Sorcerer has complete cognition and a predictable personality? Couldn't Mahito then completely predict the future of the Jujutsu World through this Soul?"
Utahime Iori wanted to open her mouth to mock the idea that one person could stir up the world, but she couldn't.
She had already understood Ogami Granny's meaning and grasped what this so-called "fate" truly was.
Just as Ogami Granny said, when a person's character is completely grasped, it's equivalent to having a basis for judging all their actions. Through these judgments, one can determine that person's future.
This isn't about an ordinary person who can be killed by a single bullet.
This is about a Special Grade Sorcerer capable of sweeping across the world!
Even if not a Special Grade, a hundred Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerers would be enough to confront the Jujutsu Higher-Ups head-on as long as no Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerers intervened.
Why is the Zen'in Family's elite Jujutsu Sorcerer group, [Hei], so feared and dreaded?
Because all members of [Hei] are Grade 1 or higher Jujutsu Sorcerers! And they number ten!
There are less than a hundred Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerers known to exist in the entire Jujutsu World. Ten Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerers already make up one-tenth of the entire Jujutsu World.
How terrifying is that?
If Mahito wished, he could specifically target and kill Grade 1 Sorcerers, then send all these Sorcerers to another world.
Utahime Iori didn't know the exact situation in other worlds, but she clearly understood that a hundred Grade 1 Sorcerers would definitely make a name for themselves there.
And this "making a name for themselves" is already fate.
How many famous people and events started from "making a name for themselves"? Even some founding monarchs began by "making a name for themselves."
This can't even be considered a small fate; it's the beginning of a grand fate!
As long as one can control the will of this group, it becomes easy to reproduce the desired outcome.
The entire process from cause to effect is completely in Mahito's hands—
—This isn't traditional predictive fate; this is genuine fate manipulation!
The principle is actually quite simple, but most people are caught within it and lack this awareness:
When a person goes to work, whether willing or not, part of their fate is already in the hands of their company's boss.
If you're alone and your boss threatens you, you can spit, slap your butt, and walk away.
But if you have elderly parents in the hospital, children crying for food at home, and a massive mortgage on your back, would you dare to walk away?
At that moment, your life and death hang by a thread, completely controlled by your boss. Your fate is fixed.
Mahito's fate manipulation is even more ruthless.
Because the Souls of all those he reincarnates are completely in his hands! All the character information exposed within the Soul is under his control.
He doesn't even need to do much; just by looking at your character information and throwing you into another world, he can determine your entire life.
This isn't prediction; this is certainty.
This is "fate"!
"I can even interfere with the River of Souls. I can decide who reincarnates in which era and which place. Of course, this is seizing fate! And this isn't some mystical, vague fate; it's a very direct fate."
"This is genuine fate manipulation, in the physical sense!"
Utahime Iori felt a chill run down her spine and stammered, "This requires an extremely high level of character control ability. Simply reviving and throwing someone into another world shouldn't be enough, right?"
Ogami Granny suddenly straightened her posture, speaking righteously, "This old woman is about to hand over her Soul to Mahito for Reincarnation. Won't my Soul's information then be in Mahito's hands? Since that's the case, all my character secrets will likely be exposed. I have this resolve!"
Utahime Iori was dumbfounded.
That's right.
If one is going to be reincarnated, their Soul will of course be fully exposed, making it much easier to predict.
Damn it, this old hag is actually giving up her Soul's freedom for Reincarnation.
Wait!
Utahime Iori shuddered.
Mahito can fish Souls out of the River of Souls.
In other words, even if this old hag messes up and dies after reincarnating, Mahito would likely fish her out and revive her again, if only for the intelligence from the other world.
In fact, to ensure the old hag can better probe the other world for information, Mahito can't play tricks on her. He might even try to arrange good talent and background for her...
Background is impossible, as it's another world, but good talent is possible.
If one can directly stand at the Soul's final resting place and revive people, is modifying talent really that hard?
No, the King of Curses could originally modify it!
The ability he was first rumored to have was the "ability to make people evolve"!
In the end, aside from losing her Soul's freedom, this old hag gains formidable power to act recklessly in the new world, backed by an infinitely reviving powerhouse.
Hah!
Calling it a test subject?
This old woman sees clearly—it's a transaction!
No wonder this old hag calls the Lord of Curses "Your Majesty"—a title only a believer would use for a pope or a deity.
This old hag already regards the King of Curses as a god!
Mahito clapped his hands.
"Good. Since the general principle is clear, to put your mind at ease, let me prove one more thing."
Ogami Granny chuckled.
"Since Your Majesty has decided, this humble one dares not disobey."
Utahime Iori focused and asked, "Are you going to perform a Domain Expansion here to take us to the Soul's final resting place?"
"That is indeed a good method of proof, but no need for such trouble." Mahito smiled. "As long as—I revive a dead person right here, I think you'll believe me immediately."
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