Take Yuta, who I met not too long ago as an example.

  He had rained a single day in his life, yet the amount of cursed energy he possessed was even more exaggerated than Gojo's.

  That's why people say that being a sorcerer is all about talent.

  The potential a sorcerer has iure often be seen from the very beginning.

  "..."

  Although it sounded a bit like boasting, after seeing Ryuji's abilities firsthand, the girls just exged smiles and didn't say anything more.

  "It's too plicated to expin cursed energy in general terms. Just give me your hand!"

  Ryuji raised a hand towards Mai.

  With just one gnce, he had already uood the flow of her cursed energy.

  Before, he had only dohis to unlo entry-level uanding. This time, however, holding hands was for something serious.

  "Uh! Sure!"

  Mai didn't think much of it and pced her hand in his.

  The moment, Ryuji began eling his cursed energy through his palm, guiding it into her body.

  "Now, I'm going to use my cursed energy to guide yours through your body. How does it feel?"

  Mai had already closed her eyes by then. After hearing Ryuji's question, she trated for a moment and replied.

  "It feels... itchy and a bit painful, but also kind of amazing!"

  "..."

  What a weird way to describe it!

  Not only Ryuji, but eveher girls in the club couldn't help but exge gnces, slightly exasperated by her words.

  "Ugh!"

  Apparently, Mai also realized how strange her description was. Her face flushed red.

  "Ahem!"

  Ryuji cleared his throat and pulled his hand back. Mai, for a moment, eve a bit of loss.

  "Alright, now just follow this pathway and circute your cursed energy on your own."

  "Okay!"

  Knowing that it was important, Mai calmed herself down and nodded seriously at Ryuji before starting to practi her own.

  Ryuji then turned his attention to Miko and Hana.

  "I almost fot earlier because of everything going on. Both of you have the potential to bee sorcerers since you each possess some sort of ieiques, so I'll teach you how to trol your cursed energy!"

  He had meant to mention it before but got sidetracked. Now seemed like the perfect time to learn together.

  "Hmm!"

  Miko didn't think much of it. For her, as long as she could protect herself and not burden Ryuji, that was enough. Hana, oher hand, was more curious.

  "I wonder if we'll get some sort of special teique?"

  "Actually, some sorcerers only use their cursed energy but never awaken their own teiques."

  Having the talent to be a sorcerer was ohing, but awakening a teique was something else entirely.

  "But don't worry. For Miko, I think your teique will likely be reted to your eyes."

  Acc to the anime's description, Miko's Yin-Yang Eyes were among the most advanced out there. That was no small thing.

  So, if she awakened a teique, it would likely involve her eyes.

  "As for Hana, I'd say you're a natural-born user of the Reverse Cursed Teique."

  "Reverse Cursed Teique?"

  Hana looked at him curiously.

  "Yeah. Cursed energy is born from ive emotions, so it's often seen as ive energy. But the Reversal Teique uses positive energy. This ability be used for healing, which is why people with it are often called the stro healers."

  Hana's cursed energy felt particurly intense and warm—a telltale sign of someone capable of using the Reverse Cursed Teique.

  It reminded Ryuji of Shoko, a student who had trained alongside Gojo ao. She was a natural-born healer and now one of the few irrepceable medical talents at Jujutsu High, protected for her invaluable skills.

  "Wow, really?"

  The always cheerful and i Hana seemed to grasp Ryuji's point, but she wasn't too ed about the details.

  "Hehe! Since Ryuji thinks I , then I'll learn it!"

  She was easygoing—if Ryuji told her to learn, she would. The rest didn't really matter to her.

  Seeing Hana's carefree attitude, Ryuji couldn't help but smile. He expihe method of trolling cursed energy to both her and Miko.

  Meanwhile, off to the side, Utaha, Eriri, Yukino, and Saki couldn't help but feel a little left out.

  After all, they had seen the existence of these special curses, and naturally, they too wao possess such mysterious power. But Ryuji had already told them before that they cked the talent to bee sorcerers.

  Now, they could only watch the others practice, feeling envious.

  "Ahem!"

  Notig the ge in their expressions, Ryuji cleared his throat, deg it was time to say something.

  "Well, you don't have to be too disappointed. In the world of sorcery, there are spells that allow ordinary people to gain the ability to bee sorcerers."

  The simplest example was a certain cursed spirit known as Mahito, one of the Freat Curses of Camity. His teique, Idle Transfiguration, allowed him to alter a person's body, granting them the ability to manipute cursed energy.

  "Really?"

  Upon hearing this, the girls couldn't help but look at Ryuji expetly.

  "Don't worry, there will be opportunities."

  He smiled and waved it off, and his words successfully eased their feelings of envy. After all, they trusted him.

  Ryuji himself had always been quite envious of Mahito's Idle Transfiguration teique. It was a more advanced form of healing than the Reversal Teique, and the only real ter to it was an attack directly aimed at the soul.

  But that limitation applied only to Mahito because he had nothing but Idle Transfiguration to rely on.

  Ryuji, oher hand, was different.

  With his tless entries and cursed teiques, he could kill someone before they even got close enough to pose a threat. Let's see them try to mess with his soul.

  And who knows? He might even stumble upon a soul-reted teique iure.

  Speaking of which, the Freat Curses of Camity should be surfag soon.

  After all, there wasn't much time left before Suguru Geto would unch his Night Parade of a Hundred Demons against Jujutsu High.

  "Tsk, the Freat Curses have some pretty good teiques."

  Whether it was Jogo, Dagon, Hanami, or Mahito, they all possessed useful abilities.

  Of partiote was Dagon's domain, said to be the most beautiful of all domains.

  If he could snag that ability, it would be quite a catch!

  But he wasn't in any rush. He'd face them sooner or ter anyway.

  ***

  Meanwhile, in a dense forest, a short figure with a volo-shaped head stood among the trees Jogo, one of the Freat Curses of Camity.

  At this moment, Jogo was using his fme teique to ie an urban legend that had been terrorizing the area.

  "So, this is the special curse born not long ago? It certainly possesses a different kind of power pared to us cursed spirits."

  As he watched the remnants of the urban legend dissolve into nothingness, Jogo's deep voice echoed through the woods.

  Behind him stood three other cursed spirits.

  One of them, a grotesque, two-meter-tall creature resembling a baby, was Hanami, the one closest in appearao a real human.

  "Jogo, you're amazing! Truly worthy of your reputation!"

  The voice beloo Mahito, who was ughing as he watched Jogo's dispy of raw power.

  "Now that we're all gathered here, why not begin our assault on the humans?"

  Mahito was born from humanity's darkest emotions, and it showed in his excitement. There was a reason he was called the maion of human malice.

  Hanami, however, was more cautious.

  Her mature, sisterly voice floated over to Jogo and the others.

  "The emergence of these urban legends is beyond what we expected. And I hear there's someone named Satojo, said to be the stro sorcerer alive. If we make a move now, we might—"

  Although she didn't finish her sentehe meaning was clear.

  The Freat Curses were powerful, but they were not invincible.

  "..."

  After a moment of silence, Jogo responded in a low voice.

  "I'm not afraid of dying, and it doesn't matter if I'm the oo ugh a hundred years from now. As long as it's a cursed spirit who triumphs in the end, that's enough for me."

  "Jogo..."

  Among the Freat Curses, Jogo acted the most like an elder brother.

  Later, in his attempt to recruit Ryomen Sukuna, the King of Curses, he would challenge him to a duel, his life as a wager—only to lose in the end.

  "Don't worry, Hanami, I won't act recklessly. But first, we o uand more about these urban legends."

  What intrigued Jogo the most was the uure of these urban legends.

  "I feel it. After destroying that one, my power increased."

  "What?"

  The other curses were startled by his admission.

  For a special-grade cursed spirit, increasing power further was incredibly difficult. But now, it seemed that defeating these urban legends could do just that.

  "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go find more of them!"

  Mahito excimed excitedly.

  Jogo didn't object.

  ***

  Later that night, Ryuji sat on the couch, watg Haruno kneeling before him, a curious expression on his face.

  "How did you find the time to e here?"

  He hadn't expected to see her waiting for him whe home.

  "Is your family's pany that free these days?"

  By all ats, Haruno should've been busy.

  "It's all because of you!"

  Haruno spoke with a bit of exasperation.

  "Thanks to you, our family successfully secured the help of the Shinomiya family, and all our pany's problems have been resolved!"

  At this, Haruno's mood visibly dimmed.

  "I worked so hard to stabilize the pany's dee, and in the end, a single word from the Shinomiya family solved everything…"

  At this moment, Haruno truly uood what it meant to be part of a top-tier glomerate.

  pared to that, the Yukinoshita family was nothing.

  "And you probably know what my mother's like. I po handle some pany matters before ing here, but she settled it all and insisted I e over."

  As she said this, Haruno shook her head slightly.

  She knew her mother well enough. It was all about usio ect with Ryuji.

  But in truth, when she first met him, her only i had been his immerength. She hadn't sidered using that strength to be her family.

  "Hahaha!"

  Ryuji chuckled lightly at her words.

  "Well, in the end, wasn't it still your own achievement?"

  He patted her gently on the head.

  "..."

  It was true, she couldn't argue with that.

  "By the way!"

  Suddenly, Haruno remembered something and looked up at him.

  "I feel like…"

  "Don't fet why you're here."

  "..."

  What kind of 'business' was this?

  She shot Ryuji a look of disbelief but still lowered her head, tinuing.

  "The pany was in trouble because of a few acts at our new stru sites. At first, we thought they were just that acts. But now, it seems like they might not be acts at all…"