Chapter 26: All You Think About Is Yourself
The Six Eyes are eyes capable of discerning all Cursed Energy activity. Gojo Satoru is the once-in-a-millennium genius of the Gojo family.
It is said that Gojo Satoru's birth even affected a certain balance between humanity and Curses.
With these titles heaped upon him, Gojo Satoru is an incredible figure, bearing the title of the Modern Era's Strongest Sorcerer.
Yet, facing the pressure exerted by those Six Eyes, as clear and transparent as sapphires, a far more dangerous and overbearing power descended with an overwhelming dominance.
The Cursed Energy that erupted from Gojo Satoru made the surrounding ordinary Sorcerers feel slightly short of breath and uncomfortable.
However, the terrifying suppression unleashed by Hikigaya Hachiman made those Sorcerers feel a lethal sensation—as if a sharp deboning knife was pressed against their throats and all their vital points, ready to flay and strip them bare with just a slight exertion of force.
From the Great Crusade to the Imperial Civil War (Great Betrayal), Hikigaya Hachiman's footsteps were marked by mountains of skeletons; his supreme blood and glory were earned with his own life.
Khorne, the "Blood God" (War Master), one of the four Chaos Gods, always wanted Hikigaya Hachiman, even offering him the status of a Khorne Chosen. However, due to his absolute loyalty to the Emperor, he would not allow himself to fall into darkness.
Hikigaya Hachiman's eyes transformed almost instantly, becoming blood-red vertical pupils, so red they seemed to be dripping blood. Coupled with his inherent aura, he appeared utterly noble.
Hikigaya Hachiman merely took the cello bag off his shoulder, which was enough to show his stance.
"If you want to fight, then fight!"
A son of Sanguinius is fearless in a thousand battles.
Moreover, Hikigaya Hachiman was formerly the Champion of the Blood Angels Chapter.
"So scary, so scary."
But Gojo Satoru, who had issued the challenge to Hikigaya Hachiman, shook his head helplessly.
"Let's just forget it."
Gojo's invitation had been a moment of recklessness; now that he had sobered up, he wasn't so willful.
"It will cause trouble for everyone."
If two Sorcerers with Special Grade strength were to fight in a bustling city, several districts of Tokyo would likely turn into their battlefield.
If that happened, Gojo Satoru would not only be scolded by those old fogeys in his family, but he would also be annoyed by those old dogs in the Sorcerer Association.
But most importantly, Gojo Satoru felt he was old enough to be Hachiman's uncle, and yet he was the one actively issuing a challenge.
Gojo Satoru felt strange about challenging him as the challenger.
"Hachiman-kun, the remaining matters will be taken over by the Sorcerer Association, including the organization behind that guy—the Sorcerer Association will crush them."
Gojo Satoru played the rare role of a messenger, implying that Hikigaya Hachiman shouldn't be too enthusiastic and should leave some work for the Sorcerers of the Association to do.
"The old men have found out that the guy who blew up your school this afternoon and the one who manipulated the Shikigami in that villa are working together.
Congratulations on your great activity; you've solved a cold case that's been piling up at the higher-ups' office for ten years."
"Is that so?"
Gojo Satoru pinched his thumb and index finger just a tiny bit, coaxing him,
"However, if we work on the case together, perhaps the efficiency will be a bit higher, you know."
Hikigaya Hachiman re-slung the cello bag onto his shoulder, took the cucumber Mutsumi gave him, and left the area.
Clearly, the Sorcerers thought he was getting too involved and didn't want him to continue interfering.
Is he wrong for protecting humanity? If it was the Emperor, those old fogeys would have been executed long ago.
Hikigaya Hachiman hadn't closed his eyes for two days, and despite everything that happened today, his mind was still sharp.
This was because he constantly used the Reverse Cursed Technique to repair his tired brain, keeping it fresh.
"Oh, right, the Sorcerer Association is planning to move against Okkotsu Yuta; aren't you going to get involved?"
Kamo Takeyasu had previously mentioned that the Gojo family member was interested in Okkotsu Yuta, which naturally referred to the smiling guy in front of him.
"Okkotsu, huh? I do have some ideas."
Gojo Satoru is always keen on finding good prospects.
But more than Okkotsu Yuta, Hikigaya Hachiman is the one he truly wants.
"Seriously, won't you come to Jujutsu High? Jujutsu High is great; you get to enjoy twenty-four-hour, personal instruction from me, the sensei."
Tokyo Jujutsu High and Kyoto Jujutsu High provide new blood to the Sorcerer Association.
It's a completely different path from the regular school system, primarily designed to train Sorcerers who fight Curses.
However, recruitment is often very difficult, as there are very few people with Sorcerer talent.
This year, Tokyo Jujutsu High apparently can't even gather three students, and one of them is a panda.
No, rather, it's a Panda Cursed Corpse.
As a teacher at Tokyo Jujutsu High, Gojo Satoru is also responsible for finding good prospects and packaging them up to send to Tokyo Jujutsu High.
Gojo Satoru has been keeping an eye on Hikigaya Hachiman, this excellent young seedling, for ten years now, but unfortunately, the latter has never been interested.
"With my training, you'll become the next strongest in the Sorcery world."
But Hikigaya Hachiman, who has already enjoyed true, supreme glory, is not that interested in this kind of false "strongest."
He even scoffed,
"The strongest? Isn't having you enough?"
Hikigaya Hachiman feels quite satisfied with his current life and won't fall into Gojo Satoru's "strongest" trap, which is actually a lot of grunt work.
Gojo Satoru, this "strongest" guy, looks incredibly stifled to him.
In Hikigaya Hachiman's eyes, the higher-ups of the Sorcerer Association are simply a bunch of old people who are useless and only make things worse; they should have been eradicated long ago.
But Gojo Satoru, claiming "violence can't solve problems," has allowed them to live until now.
Gojo Satoru is being exploited by the Sorcerer Association like a workhorse. To reduce casualties among ordinary Sorcerers, he is sent to eliminate powerful Curses wherever they appear.
And there's one most important point.
Hikigaya Hachiman knows that Gojo Satoru has always had a sense of crisis, which stems from his friend and graduate of the same year, Suguru Geto.
Suguru Geto's Cursed Technique is quite interesting; he can absorb Curses and use them for his own purposes.
He had already collected several Special Grade Curses, even those ranked at the apex of all Curses, as early as his student days.
Now, so many years have passed, and the number of Curses he possesses is completely unknown.
In contrast, the Sorcerer Association is experiencing a shortage of successors and only has Gojo Satoru, the sharpest sword.
Hikigaya Hachiman joining Jujutsu High would mean an additional person who could significantly alleviate Gojo Satoru's burden.
Being able to reduce his workload and mitigate the lack of high-level fighting power—Gojo Satoru dreams of bringing Hikigaya Hachiman back to Jujutsu High.
In other words, this man, Gojo Satoru,
"is entirely focused on himself."
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