At the exact moment these cursed spirits appeared.
In a hidden, unknown secret base, Kenjaku, who was plotting his grand thousand-year scheme, suddenly shuddered violently without warning.
A "calling" originating from the deepest rules of the world clearly transmitted into his thousand-year-old brain.
On that face belonging to Suguru Geto, which always wore a gentle smile, a fanatical and crazed grin appeared for the very first time.
He felt them—those newborn, powerful comrades representing the fears of a new era.
He also felt the ancient monsters sealed within the dust of history, their joyous roars as they broke free from their restraints.
"Haha..."
"Hahahahahaha!"
Kenjaku spread his arms wide like a king about to ascend the throne, embracing this impending, brand-new era of chaos.
He knew that the true era belonging to them, the cursed spirits, seemed...
To have finally arrived!
He immediately mobilized the pawns he had secretly arranged over hundreds of years, beginning to search for and rally the ancient curse users who had just broken free from their seals, as well as those newborn Special Grade Cursed Spirits, with astonishing efficiency.
A massive net was quietly being cast.
...
Atop the roof of Jujutsu High.
Satoru Gojo, having just completed his ultimate metamorphosis, wore an unprecedentedly solemn expression.
Relying on his evolved Six Eyes and their ability to perceive a portion of causality, he clearly "saw" several terrifying presences rapidly taking shape across the globe—presences capable of shaking the entire human world.
He relayed everything he sensed to Ian, who stood beside him.
"Is the world really about to change?"
Gojo's voice carried a trace of both sorrow and excitement.
Hearing the commotion, Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, Nobara Kugisaki, and the others stepped out from behind the bushes and gathered around.
They had just witnessed Gojo's miraculous three minutes with their own eyes.
At this moment, their thirst for power was also ignited.
Especially Maki Zen'in.
She stared intently at Ian, her usually stubborn eyes now filled with undisguised anticipation.
It was the first time she had so clearly seen a hope of breaking free from the Zen'in clan.
Looking at the burning gazes of the group before him, Ian decided to begin his "Mass-Produced Amusement Enhancement" plan.
His gaze first landed on Maki Zen'in.
Without giving her any time to react.
Ian reached out and made a grasping motion in the empty air toward her from several meters away.
An invisible yet incredibly overbearing force instantly locked onto Maki's body.
Maki felt as if her very soul had been seized by this power.
Immediately after, a faint trace of cursed energy—one that did not truly belong to her—was forcibly extracted from her body by this force.
"Ugh!"
Maki let out a pained grunt, her body uncontrollably dropping to her knees.
The agony of having the cursed energy she had grown up with forcibly stripped away made her feel as if her body was being torn apart.
But the moment that final sliver of cursed energy completely left her body...
Boom!
A power dozens—no, hundreds of times stronger than before continuously surged from within her!
Heavenly Restriction!
This was the ultimate physical talent, exchanged at the cost of having absolutely zero cursed energy!
Maki could clearly feel that her bone density, muscle strength, and neural reaction speed had all been massively enhanced.
She slowly stood up, feeling that unprecedented, terrifying strength coursing through her.
Done in a single step.
She directly obtained the exact same constitution as that legendary man—the complete power of the Tyrant of Heavenly Restriction!
Panda's round body trembled uncontrollably.
Toge Inumaki pulled down his collar, unconsciously muttering two words.
"...Mustard leaf?"
They looked at Maki, who was radiating a terrifying aura of power as if she were a completely different person, feeling utterly shocked.
This method of enhancement was simply too unreasonable!
They thought Gojo-sensei's three minutes were fast enough, but they never expected Maki to only need a single second.
Ian's gaze finally landed on the three first-year students: Nobara Kugisaki, Megumi Fushiguro, and Yuji Itadori.
A mischievous, incredibly radiant smile appeared on his face.
He grabbed the still-shocked Gojo and pulled him aside, whispering a few words in a voice only the two of them could hear.
After hearing this, the expression on Gojo's face instantly became incredibly colorful.
First came extreme shock.
Then, intense hesitation.
Finally, it morphed into a complex expression of being caught between laughter and tears, mixed with helplessness and a hint of curiosity.
In the end, he slowly and with great difficulty, nodded.
As if he had just made an incredibly monumental decision.
Having received permission.
Ian's figure moved in a flash.
Fast! So fast that even Gojo, who had just completed his ultimate enhancement, couldn't fully react!
In the next second, he swiftly thrust out his right hand.
His index and middle fingers were pressed together like the sharpest of blades.
Without hesitation, he gouged toward Gojo's azure Six Eyes—the eyes capable of seeing through all things in the world!
However, the expected horrifying scene of blood and gore did not occur.
Ian's fingers seemed to pierce through the dimensions of reality, ignoring the barrier of flesh and blood.
They effortlessly reached into Gojo's eye sockets just like that.
A second later, he withdrew his hand.
Two azure spheres radiating a profound light, seemingly containing an endless torrent of information within, were resting quietly in his palm.
Ian casually tossed these freshly extracted Six Eyes into the Transmutation Tablet beside him.
A flash of light flickered and vanished.
Immediately after, he pulled out a massive handful of identical Six Eyes from the Transmutation Tablet.
Every single one radiated an aura indistinguishable from the original, perhaps even purer and more powerful.
Atop the roof, Gojo instinctively closed his eyes.
But the moment his eyelids shut, his entire body jolted violently.
He could still "see"—no, "sense"!
He could sense everything around him, even more clearly and thoroughly than when he had looked with his Six Eyes before.
It was as if the entire world had turned into streams of data that he could easily decipher.
It turned out that Ian had already "reinstalled" a brand-new, enchanted, and enhanced pair of Six Eyes back into him.
Gojo slowly opened his eyes.
He looked at the massive handful in Ian's grasp—at least a dozen of his own "spare eyes."
The powerful confidence this strongest modern jujutsu sorcerer had just built up from mastering his divine art took another massive blow in this moment.
He stumbled half a step back, unconsciously muttering to himself.
"Even the Six Eyes can be mass-produced?"