Osaka.
Among all the riot-stricken areas across the country, Osaka was relatively stable, as Kenjaku had not deployed any ancient Jujutsu Sorcerers there because it harbored quite a few modern Curse Users who had been suppressed for too long.
Jujutsu Sorcerers and Curse Users, while appearing to be different professional classifications, were actually just terms used by the Jujutsu World to distinguish between righteous and evil Jujutsu Sorcerers.
Jujutsu Sorcerers belonged to the three major systems: Jujutsu families, Tokyo Jujutsu High, and the Higher-Ups, using their Cursed Techniques to protect the normal lives of ordinary people.
Curse Users, on the other hand, had never registered their Cursed Techniques under any of the three major systems; they used Cursed Techniques recklessly in their daily lives, indirectly or even directly endangering the daily lives and safety of ordinary people.
Normally, these Curse Users dared not act overtly because, compared to them, the righteous Jujutsu Sorcerer community was not only larger in number but also more powerful.
Even excluding the five Special Grade Sorcerers, if the rest of the Jujutsu Sorcerers were to go all out to exterminate them, successfully escaping would be a huge victory for them.
Jujutsu Sorcerers could not pinpoint the Curse Users' locations.
Curse Users deliberately hid their locations to avoid capture.
Now, with the addition of ancient Jujutsu Sorcerers, this delicate balance was tilting. The Curse Users, who were already somewhat psychologically twisted, couldn't miss this opportunity, and one by one, they joined the chaos.
There was an old woman who could transform into others and imitate them, even developing her transformation Cursed Technique to the level of a spirit medium.
There was a muscular old man who could reverse the strong-weak relationship, implementing an 'underdog rising' Cursed Technique.
There was even a guy whose Cursed Technique was 'Luck'.
At this moment, Chinatsu and the others' junior, Kento Nanami, was holding a Curse User with the 'Luck' Cursed Technique by his hair. This Curse User was beaten black and blue, tears streaming from his swollen eyes.
He was very lucky.
Because if he hadn't been lucky, he would have died from Kento Nanami's punch; it was his 'Luck' Cursed Technique that saved his life.
Kento Nanami unhappily threw the Curse User aside and took out his phone from his pocket to call his classmate, Haibara.
Nanami: Hey, Haibara, I'm done here. Do you need me to come over and help?
Haibara: No, no, it's just a few Curse Users. I'm already finished here. Let's meet up!
Nanami: Alright, let's meet where we split up.
After the call, Kento Nanami let out a big sigh, raising a hand to his forehead.
Actually, today was his day off. He and Haibara had left Tokyo for a long-awaited trip, planning to stay at a famous hot spring inn in Osaka, soak in the hot springs, drink some good wine, and properly de-stress.
But now, everything was ruined.
With one phone call, all Jujutsu Sorcerers, including them, who were on break, entered overtime.
Sacrificing their holiday rest time for overtime, many Jujutsu Sorcerers, including Kento Nanami, entered 'enhanced mode'.
For example, the Curse User with the 'Luck' Cursed Technique, whose hair Kento Nanami had just grabbed, was initially seen by Kento Nanami wielding a knife wildly in the street. Upon seeing Kento Nanami, he charged at him without hesitation.
Would Kento Nanami tolerate him?
He clenched his fist and delivered a punch to the man's head, instantly making the blond man bleed from all seven orifices, his eyes seemingly seeing a large group of sparkling meteors.
He subconsciously uttered an 'Eh?', and before he could recover, Kento Nanami threw another punch, again hitting the blond man's face.
Bang!!!
A large amount of blood splattered from his face, his facial features were twisted out of shape, and he fell to the ground with a thud.
The blond man was stunned. His 'Luck' Cursed Technique was not ineffective; it was precisely because it worked that he was still conscious.
What immense power!!!
The blond man couldn't move his body, his eyes trembling as he looked at the tall man standing before him. The sharp light in the man's pupils made him lose any desire to resist.
This was a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer, and one cultivated and nurtured by his seniors to be a top-tier Grade 1 in strength!
Kento Nanami sighed in frustration. Just as he was about to drag the blond Curse User to meet Haibara, an ominous Cursed Energy appeared behind him.
"Hello there~ human~"
A face covered in stitches appeared behind Kento Nanami. As one of its hands pressed against Kento Nanami's back, Kento Nanami sharply and quickly distanced himself.
Around twenty years old, with stitches all over his body and face, blue medium-length hair, usually styled into three strands with the right one draped over his shoulder, and heterochromatic eyes of gray and blue... He was not human!
After creating distance, Kento Nanami pressed his hand to the spot where he had been touched, vigilantly watching the other party.
However, the other party did not look at him but smiled and turned to look at the blond Curse User lying on the ground.
The blond Curse User looked at the humanoid Cursed Spirit pitifully, as if he had found a lifeline. The humanoid Cursed Spirit merely chuckled softly, then squatted down and placed a hand on the blond man's head as if petting a puppy or a cat.
"Look at you, beaten to this state. It must hurt a lot, right? It's alright, I'll heal you~" the humanoid Cursed Spirit said with a smile.
With that, the humanoid Cursed Spirit used its Cursed Technique on him. Originally, even though the blond Curse User was beaten beyond recognition, he was at least still human.
But as the humanoid Cursed Spirit activated its Cursed Technique, the blond Curse User's body instantly deformed, transforming from a human into a grotesque monster.
"How is it~ doesn't hurt anymore, right~"
Looking at the monster, the humanoid Cursed Spirit let out a soft laugh, then turned to face Kento Nanami, who was now on high alert.
This Cursed Spirit's name was 'Mahito'. He was a Disaster Cursed Spirit born from humanity's negative emotions towards other humans, widely recognized as the most potentially powerful Cursed Spirit of all.
His Cursed Technique was [Idle Transfiguration], which allowed him to change the shape of a person's soul through physical touch, and then interfere with the physical body's appearance by changing the soul's shape.
Although Kento Nanami didn't yet know the opponent's abilities, his keen senses told him he had encountered a formidable adversary.
Kento Nanami took a deep breath, and after adjusting his state, he genuinely let out a sigh of exasperation.
"Indeed, overtime is absolute crap!"
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