Gojo Satoru, who had just unleashed a reinforced Hollow Purple, couldn't help but exhale, his heart filled with a sense of accomplishment.
After all, he had been awakened by Fushiguro Toji's attack, but by the time he awakened, the target was already subdued by his Older Sister.
He had the strength of his awakening but nowhere to vent it; he hadn't even had the chance to utter his classic line from the original work, "Throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one." He couldn't have been more frustrated.
Although it sounded bad, fortunately, the monster created by Tengen was meaty enough and had the potential to be an excellent punching bag. Now, Gojo Satoru felt all the pressure in his body released, leaving him feeling incredibly refreshed.
Chinatsu, meanwhile, laid the unconscious Tengen flat on the ground. When she had dragged her out of the monster earlier, she hadn't paid much attention due to the urgency, but now, upon closer inspection, Tengen appeared to be in a youthful state.
In the original work manga, Tengen's first appearance was when she was forced to evolve after Amanai Riko was killed by Fushiguro Toji, ultimately evolving halfway into a state that was neither human, monster, nor Cursed Spirit.
In her state of neither human, monster, nor Cursed Spirit, she still retained a human form in general outline, but her head had become monstrous.
Gojo Satoru's and Chinatsu's "Rikugan," also known as the "Eyes of the Azure Heaven," are special eyes, not literally six eyes.
Yet, Tengen's face was ferociously covered with four eyes—two on the left and two on the right—with no hair on her head, which was more rectangular in shape.
This made it difficult for many people to determine Tengen's gender when seeing her appearance in the manga, leading them to subconsciously assume Tengen was male.
In reality, Yuki Tsukumo once referred to Tengen as an old hag, and character design sheets added later in the serialization confirmed Tengen's identity as female.
At this moment, the youthful Tengen lay flat like this, her long silver hair not smooth but quite loose. Judging by her face shape, she was definitely not the cute type, but closer to the 'mature Older Sister' style.
Soon after, Gojo Satoru also focused his gaze on Tengen. Although he knew Tengen was female, her appearance in her youthful state was completely unknown in the current Jujutsu World.
"Is this Tengen? Why did she become younger? Does this mean her evolution succeeded? But then what was that monster before?" Gojo Satoru looked down at the lying Tengen, spitting out several questions in rapid succession.
Listening to Gojo Satoru carelessly rattle off questions like a machine gun, Chinatsu couldn't help but shoot him a glance. After a brief moment of thought, she offered her conclusion.
"I believe the evolution was successful. It's just that we previously imagined evolution to be too miraculous. She didn't become a god in one go. Perhaps with several more attempts in the future, there's a possibility of achieving godhood, but at least she isn't there yet.
As for the monster just now, I think Tengen might have lost consciousness the instant her evolution completed. This caused the Cursed Energy generated by her evolution to run wild, which was then absorbed by the towering tree—already nourished by Cursed Energy for years—causing it to deform."
Chinatsu wasn't sure if her guess was entirely correct, but based on the current situation, she felt that even if her speculation wasn't perfectly accurate, it was probably close enough.
Gojo Satoru was dumbfounded listening to her explanation. It wasn't that he was unintelligent—after all, using Limitless Void is highly complex—and although neither he nor Chinatsu loved studying, they were both academic geniuses far surpassing students their age.
He simply didn't like using his brain when he was next to Chinatsu, justifying it by saying he was training Chinatsu's intellect and preparing her to inherit the position of Head of the Gojo Family later on.
Just as the two of them were looking at the prone Tengen, contemplating whether to ignore her or use physical means to wake her up, Chinatsu's phone began to ring with a "beep beep beep."
"Hmm?"
Chinatsu suspiciously pulled her phone out of her pocket. She knew that this area was covered by multiple barriers, including those capable of interfering with electromagnetic waves. The phone should have no signal here.
Carrying this doubt, Chinatsu answered the call. It was Yaga Masamichi. The moment Chinatsu connected, a roar came from Yaga Masamichi on the other end.
"What exactly happened over there! All the barriers set up by Lord Tengen across the country have stopped working. Did something happen to Lord Tengen?!"
"Huh?"
Chinatsu was stunned, and so was Gojo Satoru, who had been eavesdropping next to her. Both of them immediately turned their heads to look at Tengen lying on the ground. Gojo Satoru then quickly stepped forward, placing one of his fingers beneath Tengen's nose to check if she was still breathing.
"Older Sister, she's fine, still alive."
Only after receiving Gojo Satoru's report did Chinatsu breathe a sigh of relief. She figured it must be because Tengen had evolved, changing on a biological dimension, which caused issues with the previous "identity verification" system.
Chinatsu briefly explained what had happened to Yaga Masamichi on the other end of the phone, then hung up and looked at Tengen again.
It looked like they couldn't just leave her alone; they needed to wake her up quickly.
Thinking this, Chinatsu took a deep breath and prepared to roll up her sleeves to exert herself again, but just then, Gojo Satoru stretched out an arm beside her and stopped her.
"No need for Older Sister to trouble herself with this kind of thing, I'll handle it~" Gojo Satoru grinned, excitedly shaking both of his hands.
As he walked up to Tengen, perhaps due to the subconscious instinct of her physical body, the corners of the unconscious Tengen's brows actually twitched slightly, attempting to force her mind to wake up.
However, this was useless. Compared to her weak physical body, her spirit was clearly much tougher.
After her spirit completely overwhelmed her body's resistance, Gojo Satoru had already arrived by her side and cheerfully raised both of his hands.
As Gojo Satoru's demonic, silly laughter faded, the sound of "Clap! Clap! Clap!"—like the Tathagata's Divine Palm—reverberated inside the Tomb Chamber.
Half a minute later.
Tengen, whose cheeks were burning hot on both sides, sat cross-legged on the ground with a look of deep resentment in her eyes. Gojo Satoru, the culprit, simply placed both hands behind his back, turned his head aside, and even whistled.
Gojo Satoru: Don't look at me, I don't know anything~
Tengen: ... — — — —
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