After shaking off Takako's pursuit, Eichi quickly returned to the Isayama Family.
In the darkness of night, ordinary people couldn't see Qiongqi, so there was no issue.
However, several of the Isayama Family's night watchmen, who could perceive shikigami, were startled.
They thought it was an attack by Cursed Spirits or Curse Users.
"Are you alright, Eichi?"
Naraku looked at the disheveled Eichi with a worried expression.
They had been traveling together for some time, and Naraku had seen Eichi in battle on multiple occasions.
He was well aware of Eichi's strength.
Moreover, despite being a young man, Eichi was unusually composed.
Naraku understood that unless the situation was truly critical, Eichi wouldn't return to the Isayama Family in such a state, riding a powerful shikigami and practically barging in.
"Something big has indeed happened. We need to prepare for a war in Sendai."
Eichi spoke with a weary expression.
His Cursed Energy had been replenished by the Holy Grail, and the injuries on his body were healed using Reverse Cursed Technique.
Even the strange curses and damage caused by the incarnated bodies had been resolved.
What could be healed with Reverse Cursed Technique was healed.
What couldn't be healed was excised, and the affected area was regenerated with Reverse Cursed Technique.
However, the mental exhaustion from prolonged high-intensity combat wasn't something Reverse Cursed Technique could address.
After I get back, I need to ask Shoko how to more efficiently detoxify with Reverse Cursed Technique. My current speed is still too slow.
Earlier, when ambushed by the assassin who could hide in shadows, Eichi's Reverse Cursed Technique wasn't fast enough to neutralize the poison.
In the end, he had no choice but to have his shadow bite off the poisoned part, then regenerate the flesh.
Only battles at or above one's level expose weaknesses and push growth.
During this battle, Eichi's fusion speed with Chimera had improved, and he also became aware of the shortcomings in his toxin removal.
"War?"
Naraku's eyes widened slightly, then quickly narrowed again as he began to contemplate Eichi's words.
After all, how long had it been since someone last used the word "war"?
He didn't think Eichi meant a conventional war.
"That's right. We're looking at a confrontation with one million Cursed Spirits and dozens of reincarnated ancient powerhouses."
Eichi's gaze didn't falter as he looked directly into Naraku's eyes.
Eyes are the windows to the soul.
Naraku could feel Eichi's seriousness.
And he knew Eichi wasn't someone who joked about things like this.
"One million? How is that possible?"
Ask Kenjaku. Who knows where he found ten million Cursed Spirits and dumped a million in Sendai.
Eichi cursed internally.
"Tamamo-no-Mae has already reincarnated. She's hiding in a large, concealed barrier in northern Sendai."
Eichi's shadow formed a map of northern Sendai. A location was marked by shadow.
"Inside that barrier, there are one hundred rooms, each sealed by a smaller barrier. Each contains ten thousand Cursed Spirits. There's also a large number of Cursed Objects inside."
After finishing, Eichi looked up at Naraku.
"Remember the recent missing persons cases? Those people were all chosen as vessels for reincarnation."
Naraku's gaze turned solemn, his mind racing.
He didn't want to believe something as outrageous as one million Cursed Spirits, but Eichi's explanation was too detailed. Everything fit logically. It was likely to be true.
"In addition, there are six confirmed Special Grade individuals. I'll explain in detail. You report it to Jujutsu Headquarters as soon as possible. We need backup..."
"Six Special Grades!"
Eichi began explaining Tamamo-no-Mae, Ryu Ishigori, Takako, Dhruv, Ootengu, and Kuroi Bokusatsu to Naraku.
To prevent omissions when Naraku later reported, Eichi even turned on the recording function on his phone.
Among the six, aside from Tamamo-no-Mae, the others' strengths were known—excluding their Domains.
Kuroi Bokusatsu was included because Eichi remembered that this thing could reproduce by laying eggs.
Originally, during the Sendai Barrier incident, Kuroi Bokusatsu was decapitated because it couldn't handle Yuta Okkotsu's deep kiss.
But it had laid eggs before hibernating. So, not long after, another Special Grade-level Kuroi Bokusatsu emerged.
It perfectly embodied the cockroach-like trait of being impossible to kill.
Common sense told Naraku that such a scale of Cursed Spirits shouldn't appear in one location at the same time. But Eichi's explanation was too detailed.
Eichi even used shadows to shape the appearances of the powerhouses for Naraku to photograph.
After that, Eichi returned to his room to rest. Naraku stared at the densely filled pages of notes, his hands slightly trembling.
After a moment of hesitation, he went to find his friend, Utata.
"Report it."
Utata spoke firmly after reading Eichi's notes.
"You believe it too?"
Unlike Naraku, who was gradually becoming more politically minded and cautious,
Utata was a pure powerhouse.
His simple intuition was often accurate.
"At the very least, the part about Tamamo-no-Mae is real. Many descriptions here match battles from three years ago, as well as the one a few days ago. It's now confirmed that the Curse User, that young man, is the reincarnated Tamamo-no-Mae."
Utata handed the documents back.
"And this is Tamamo-no-Mae we're talking about. The same Tamamo-no-Mae who needed an entire era's worth of power to be suppressed."
His words made Naraku start to imagine.
"Are you saying these people are under Tamamo-no-Mae? Or that some of them are her followers who've been secretly preparing for her resurrection?"
After all, Takako predates Tamamo-no-Mae by over two hundred years.
It was impossible for her to serve under Tamamo-no-Mae, but if Tamamo-no-Mae's followers had spent eight hundred years laying the groundwork... it wasn't impossible either.
Tamamo-no-Mae, Kenjaku: Slander. Absolute slander!
Naraku recalled the legends recorded in history books about Tamamo-no-Mae facing an army of over 900,000.
He had always thought those numbers were exaggerated myth.
After all, how many people lived in Japan back then?
Where would they even gather 900,000 soldiers?
But if the existence of one million Cursed Spirits was real, then maybe that 900,000-strong army had been real too.
Both were equally absurd.
Naraku's thoughts drifted.
"Is Tamamo-no-Mae really that terrifying? Even as a political loser, she could still gather such power?"
He couldn't help but mutter.
"Regardless, we need to report this immediately, as young friend Eichi requested. As for the response from Jujutsu Headquarters, that's not something we can control."
Utata said firmly.
"At the very least, the Zen'in Family, one of The Big Three Families, will support him."
Naraku nodded.
Once that report reached Jujutsu Headquarters, it shook everyone.
(To be continued.)
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