Miko wasn't here tonight, haviuro Touko's pce.

  If the two sisters from the Shackle Field didn't show up, Ryuji would probably be sleeping aloonight.

  "Do you want to follow?" Nanako asked after a long silence.

  "Let's not. If there's any danger, we'll just be a burden."

  "..."

  That was harsh, but true. Nanako fell silent, her sister's words striking home. She sighed quietly.

  "So, we're going to be his people from now on?"

  It wasn't like they didn't want to. Eveo said Ryuji was good-looking, close to their age, and, more importantly, very strong. There wasn't much wrong with being Ryuji's woman.

  It just felt a bit unreal.

  Not long ago, they were on opposite sides. The shift in their retionship was overwhelming!

  "Maybe this is fate," Nanako sighed.

  "But this is a good thing, right?"

  The Geto's Family was gone, and they had no idea where they could go . Following Ryuji seemed like a good option now.

  "If only we could get stronger…"

  In terms of teique, whether it was Nanako's or Mimiko's, both were more ined toward curses. They could kill without aig, but they weren't suited for direct frontations.

  Still, that didn't mean they were weak.

  But even so, the two sisters hadn't improved after reag level two, no matter how much they trained. It felt like they had hit their limit.

  "Ugh!"

  The topic made both sisters sigh.

  "Fet it, let's rest for now."

  "Do you want to take a bath?" Mimiko asked after finding the bathroom.

  "A bath?" Nanako was surprised. Was now really the time to rex like that? When did her sister bee so carefree?

  For the past three days, they hadn't had time to rest, let alohe. They were already pretty smelly.

  "…"

  She made a good point. Nanako had no reason tue.

  After a moment of hesitation, Nanako nodded. "Alright, let's wash up."

  Meanwhile, Ryuji had no idea what was happening back at home.

  He was quite pleased with how things were going.

  Sooopped just outside a forest.

  "This is the pce, huh?"

  The information only mentiohis forest, meaning they could only firm the target was somewhere ihe exact location was unclear.

  But this much was enough for Ryuji.

  He she air slowly.

  "The stench of cursed spirits is as disgusting as ever."

  Oneone reached a certain level of power, their sensitivity to cursed spirits grew incredibly sharp.

  Even from outside the forest, Ryuji could feel the overwhelming presence of cursed spirits within. It was strohan any he had entered before.

  So, were these the four disaster-level cursed spirits?

  Ryuji gri the thought and strode into the forest.

  "Is this the body you wanted?"

  Ihe forest, a group of Curses looked in fusion at the figure of Geto Suguru, now possessed by Kenjaku.

  It was clear they didn't uand the significe of the body before them.

  "Don't uimate the owner of this body." Even in this new form, Kenjaku's face wore the same stant smile.

  "This body's abilities are crucial to the success of our pn."

  Kenjaku gnced briefly in the dire of Mahito.

  They had already secured the Cursed Spirit Manipution teique, and the step was Mahito's Idle Transfiguration. It wouldn't take long now.

  "Tch! I don't care about any of that!" Jogo said dismissively, his disdain obvious.

  "I just want to know when we go to the human world and start killing!"

  He had wao do that for a long time now.

  "Killing people, huh? Sounds like fun!" Mahito chimed in, grinning like a spectator at a show.

  Kenjaku had seen this tless times and wasn't fazed. He smiled and said, "Don't fet, I mentiohere's one particurly troublesome sorcerer among the current crop."

  "Gojo?"

  "Don't worry, I'll take care of him," Jogo said arrogantly.

  Kenjaku narrowed his eyes slightly but said nothing. If Jogo wao die, who was he to stop him? After all, to Kenjaku, the real key to their pn was Mahito. The others were disposable.

  "Gojo Satoru?"

  Suddenly, a voice rang out, startling everyone. Even Kenjaku looked up to see Ryuji calmly standing on a nearby tree branch, watg them.

  "A human!"

  firming that the intruder was indeed human, Jogo didn't bother with any more words. He raised his hand, activating a fme curse.

  A scorg fireball shot toward Ryuji.

  "Boom!"

  The fmes obliterated the trees around Ryuji.

  "Hah! A mere human dares show himself before me!" Jogo sneered.

  But Kenjaku remained on edge. He had lived long enough to know better, no sorcerer would show up here and be dealt with so easily.

  "Are all cursed spirits this arrogant now?" Ryuji's voice came from behind Jogo.

  "What?!"

  Jogo's single eye widened in shock as he tried to turn and attack again. But before he could move, Ryuji's fist smmed into him.

  "One down!"

  "Bang!"

  Jogo's body was sent flying, crashing through several trees.

  "Jogo!!!!"

  Hanami, who had been standing nearby, roared in anger and was about to strike when Ryuji appeared behind him as well.

  A swift kick sent Hanami flying too.

  "Two down!"

  Just like Jogo, he was hurled into the distance.

  "Target tact: Hanami. Purple entry triggered. Load?"

  It didn't trigger with Jogo, but it worked with Hanami? A bit ued, but still good.

  "Now, just one more and I'll get a free purple entry draw."

  "Hanami! Jogo!"

  The most shocked of all was Mahito. The sudden turn of events left him speechless, his usual carefree attitude o be seen.

  He wao say something, but Ryuji had already appeared behind him, pg a hand on his shoulder.

  "Three down."

  Mahito turned his head in disbelief, only to find Ryuji standing there, calm as ever.

  "Boom!"

  Without using any curses, relying purely on physical strength, Ryuji had taken down three special-grade cursed spirits.

  "Target tact: Mahito. Goldery triggered. Load?"

  It triggered too? Ryuji didn't rush to check the entry triggered by Hanami. Instead, he focused on the one initiated by Mahito first.

  Goldery: Idle Transfiguration!

  Nice! Looks like Mahito's luck just ran out.

  "Puff, puff…"

  There should still be one more left, Ryuji mused. Sure enough, off to the side, he spotted Dagon still in his cursed fetus fring at him angrily.

  Ryuji spared him a gnce before turning his attention to Kenjaku.

  After all, now that he had Idle Transfiguration, his arget was Suguru's body.

  "Ryuji?"

  Kenjaku narrowed his eyes at the sorcerer. He had heard about Ryuji's talents before. As a seasoned schemer, Kenjaku always made sure to gather as mutel as possible.

  But despite what he knew, Kenjaku hadn't taken Ryuji seriously. After all, Ryuji hadn't aplished anything signifit yet.

  Killing special-grade cursed spirits was impressive, but not enough to catch Kenjaku's attention. Unless Ryuji could defeat someone like Gojo, Kenjaku wouldn't sider him a real threat.

  But now, seeing Ryuji hahe three disaster-level cursed spirits with ease… Kenjaku realized he had greatly uimated him.

  Even with just physical strength, Ryuji had performed better than expected. If Kenjaku didn't know aer, he'd think Ryuji was a match for someone like Fushiguro, a true bat genius.

  "Did you e here for something, Ryuji-kun?" Kenjaku asked with a smile, though he was now much more serious.

  Ryuji didn't respond at first, his eyes sing Kenjaku from head to toe.

  Other thaitg on his forehead, he looked just like Geto. But his eyes were different, Geto's eyes had always carried a weight, like someone burdened with responsibility. Kenjaku's eyes, though, were full of calcution, like a snake ready to strike at any moment.

  "Geto," Ryuji suddenly said with a smile. "I'll take good care of Nanako and Mimiko, so you don't have to worry."

  "…"

  So, those two sisters were the ones who went to Ryuji for help? That firmed Kenjaku's suspis.

  Kenjaku thought quickly and ughed to himself.

  "I'm sorry," he wao say, "I'm not Geto anymore."

  But to his surprise, his mouth moved against his will, and two words slipped out:

  "Thank you."

  !!!!!

  How is this possible?

  Kenjaku was stuhat wasn't what he meant to say. Damn it, was Geto's will still haunting him?

  Kenjaku's expression darkened as his hand moved involuntarily, tightening around his own nebsp;

  Even if the body was dead, did the soul still resist?

  "Don't even think about it!"

  Kenjaku, an a monster with turies of experience, quickly regained trol, suppressing the st remnants of Geto's soul, erasing it pletely.

  Ryuji wasn't surprised by this.

  In the anime, when Gojo Satoru was about to be sealed by the Prison Realm, Geto's will had briefly resurfaced. But it hadn't been strong enough to fully resist Kenjaku.

  "Phew…"

  Kenjaku sighed in relief, regaining full trol of the body.

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