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Chapter 16 - Chapter 16: Turning Point

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Inside the factory, the Cursed Spirit expressionlessly and slowly repaired its body. After an unknown amount of time, it finally restored itself completely.

The Cursed Spirit stood expressionlessly before the fallen Genji, hesitating to deliver the final blow, seemingly lost in thought.

But just then, a crack suddenly appeared in front of Genji, and several Cursed Spirits rushed out from within, attacking the Cursed Spirit. Unable to retaliate in time, the Cursed Spirit was forced to retreat.

Taking this opportunity, Geto Suguru dropped from the sky, scooped up Genji onto the back of a bird Cursed Spirit, and immediately left the factory.

Upon noticing Geto Suguru's actions, the Cursed Spirit tried to pursue, but was kicked back by Geto Suguru, who had remained in the factory. At the same time, Gojo Satoru appeared behind the Cursed Spirit, abandoning his usual playful expression, and angrily unleashed the Blue he had gathered in his hand toward the Cursed Spirit.

While Geto Suguru and Gojo Satoru were entangled with the Cursed Spirit, the bird Cursed Spirit delivered Genji to an open space not far from the factory, where Shoko was waiting.

Seeing the wound on Genji's chest, Shoko hurriedly activated her Reversal technique on Genji.

"Genji" Shoko said, her eyes glistening with tears as she pushed the output of her Reversal technique to the maximum, "You're going to be fine."

Time to return to this morning.

"What! Genji is missing?"

After the trio of Shoko, Geto, and Gojo arrived at Yaga's office and explained the situation, Yaga exclaimed.

"Did he end up going after it after all?"

"Yaga-sensei, it's about time you told us what's really going on," Gojo Satoru said with a frown, his expression uncharacteristically serious as he addressed Yaga. Shoko and Geto also nodded in agreement.

"You guys, sigh, forget it..." Yaga looked at the group, the refusal that had been on the tip of his tongue failing to come out. Finally, he could only sigh, take a report from his desk, and hand it to the three.

"Take a look at this first."

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After reading the document in their hands, the three wore solemn expressions.

"So, is this the Cursed Spirit that killed Genji's parents 10 years ago and was later repelled by Genji?" Shoko asked Yaga.

"Probably. I wasn't entirely sure at first, but seeing Genji's reaction, it shouldn't be wrong."

"Found it!" At that moment, Gojo Satoru, who had been checking the surveillance monitors on the side, shouted. Although Jujutsu High didn't have many surveillance cameras, there were still over 20. For efficiency, Gojo Satoru played all of them at ten times speed, using the incredible observational power of his Six Eyes to search for Genji's figure within the footage.

"It looks like Genji left the dormitory at around 2 a.m. and headed straight for the mountain behind the school, but the Jujutsu High surveillance doesn't cover the area after entering the mountain." Gojo Satoru explained his findings to the others.

The mountain behind the school! At that moment, Yaga suddenly remembered that last night, for a split second, an alarm had been triggered within Master Tengen's Barrier, but it had only lasted for an instant. Furthermore, after sending people to investigate, they hadn't found anything, so it was ultimately handled as a false alarm.

"Could it have infiltrated Jujutsu High at that time? If so, the Cursed Spirit's target is very likely Genji!" Yaga said, his expression grim. "It's been over five hours since Genji left the dormitory. With so much time passing, I hope nothing has actually gone wrong."

Just as the three were feeling anxious, a call from Miss Tayama suddenly came in.

"Mr. Yaga, about half an hour ago, a massive explosion suddenly occurred at a factory in the suburbs of Kanagawa, erupting with sky-high deep blue flames. It looks very similar to Genji's Forbidden Technique. Did something happen there?"

A factory in the suburbs of Kanagawa! Upon hearing the intelligence from Miss Tayama, the group immediately confirmed that Genji was there. Immediately, the three rushed out of Yaga's office and hurried toward the factory, riding on Geto Suguru's Cursed Spirit.

"Mr. Yaga? Gojo Classmate? Are you still there?" Miss Tayama asked, puzzled, seeing that there was no response on the phone.

"It's nothing. Thank you for the information, Miss Rin. The information came just in time." Yaga praised Miss Tayama, then hung up the phone and hurried to the Principal's office; if possible, he wanted to send some reinforcements to the three of them.

Back to the present, Genji felt a warm current constantly repairing his shattered body. He slowly opened his eyes and found himself resting on Shoko's lap, receiving treatment.

"Don't cry, you've messed up your face," Genji said to Shoko in a still-weak voice, while reaching out to wipe the tear stains from Shoko's face.

"You have the nerve to say that? If you hadn't subconsciously reinforced your body with Cursed Energy and protected your heart with it at the same time, you wouldn't have even lasted until we came to save you, you know!" Seeing that Genji had finally woken up, Shoko complained and scolded him.

"Sorry," Genji didn't offer any defense for his actions.

"In the end, just as Yaga-sensei said, my impulsiveness and lack of reason when facing that guy became my biggest weakness," Genji said, sounding somewhat self-deprecating. "In the end, I couldn't even avenge my family, and instead ended up in such a miserable state. I'm really useless."

"It's okay," Shoko said to Genji in a soft voice. "Have you forgotten what Yaga-sensei said in class? No one can carry everything alone, and you're not alone anymore, are you? Remember, you've always had me by your side, and those two guys, Gojo and Geto, as well." As she spoke, Shoko gently stroked Genji's face.

"Is that so?" Genji didn't say anything else, but a spark returned to his eyes.

"Alright." Genji rose from Shoko's lap.

"Since my wounds are healed, let's happily tear that bastard Cursed Spirit apart." Genji stretched his body slightly and then said loudly, the expression on his face no longer looking as bitter and hateful as before, but having recovered his usual confidence and pride.

"Hmm, I'll be waiting for your return," Shoko said, smiling gently at Genji.

"I'll be right back." Genji also smiled in response to Shoko, then rushed back into the factory.

At this moment, inside the factory, the battle between Gojo Satoru, Geto Suguru, and the Cursed Spirit had reached a white-hot state.

"Damn it, this thing is really troublesome. No wonder Genji fell for this guy's tricks." Gojo Satoru looked at the Cursed Spirit in front of him, gritting his teeth as he spoke.

During the recent battle, he had discovered that although Infinity could block the Cursed Energy bullets fired from the gun barrels on this guy's body, the bullets fired by this guy's Forbidden Technique actually had a sure-hit effect. He had almost fallen for it himself just a moment ago.

"Geto, watch out!" At that moment, Gojo Satoru suddenly noticed that the Cursed Spirit had aimed its gun barrels at Geto Suguru, with a massive amount of Cursed Energy gathering and firing toward Geto Suguru.

Just as Geto Suguru was unable to dodge and could only choose to tank the hit, the remaining ceiling of the factory shattered violently. Genji's figure descended from the sky, landing in front of Geto Suguru, with burning flames blocking the attack.

"Alright, you bastard Cursed Spirit," Genji said with a somewhat wild laugh. "Round two begins."

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