On the Jujutsu World side, due to Tengen's death, the Barriers throughout Japan began to become unstable, and many Jujutsu Sorcerer strongholds that were originally hidden by Curtains were revealed due to the destruction of said Curtains.
After all, a Curtain is just a small Barrier created by relying on Tengen's Barrier.
Satoru looked grim after learning that Tengen had been abducted. After all, Tengen's importance in the Jujutsu World was like that of optical camouflage and satellites in modern warfare. The current Jujutsu World was completely exposed to ordinary people and various Curse Users, and it was impossible to receive any intelligence.
At this moment, Shin poked his head out from a portal.
He had originally been inside the Culling Game Barrier, but after only a few hours, the Barrier slowly showed signs of collapse, and after a while, it completely collapsed, having no restrictive effect on Shin at all, so he teleported back.
"Did something happen to Tengen? Things are becoming increasingly absurd."
The Culling Game was also built on the foundation of Tengen's Barrier. When Tengen's four main pure Barrier centers were completely destroyed, the Culling Game would naturally collapse.
The four main pure Barrier centers had a close connection to Tengen's life. After Tengen, who possessed the Cursed Technique, Immortality, died, the pure Barrier centers naturally collapsed slowly, which in turn led to the collapse of the Culling Game Barrier.
That is why Shin was able to return to Jujutsu High now instead of waiting for three days.
From the very beginning, Kenjaku's goal was probably just to temporarily trap Shin so that he could proceed with his plan normally. Of course, he also knew that the Barrier would not collapse immediately after Tengen lost consciousness, which is why Kenjaku dared to kill Tengen.
And now that Sukuna possessed Tengen's abilities and memories, it meant that when the Barriers were deployed again, all the Barriers in Japan would belong to the Cursed Spirit side. Sukuna could even manipulate the flow of Cursed Energy throughout Japan.
Shin frowned. "Gojo-sensei, things have gotten serious. If Kenjaku uses Cursed Spirit Manipulation to control Master Tengen, we will be in a very passive position."
Satoru nodded with a heavy expression and said, "That is indeed the case. Shin, give Yuta a call and ask him to return to Japan. Later, come with me to the casino to see Hakari. I feel like the battle for survival between Jujutsu Sorcerers and Cursed Spirits is coming soon."
Shin said, "Oh... Okkotsu-senpai and Hakari-senpai? They are indeed reassuring reinforcements. However, I think I can handle Sukuna by myself, there's no need to trouble them."
"I know. I'm having them come back to deal with the large number of Cursed Spirits controlled by the Cursed Technique of that guy who occupied Suguru's body. Among them, there are quite a few Special Grade Cursed Spirits. It will be more reassuring to have them back. As for Sukuna, if the two of us go together, he won't have a chance to win."
While Satoru was speaking, Shin stared intently at his mouth, ready to reach out and cover it at any moment, fearing that Satoru would suddenly blurt out, "Nah, I'd win."
Although he was very confident in his strength, for some reason, he had some psychological trauma regarding those three words.
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Satoru and Shin arrived together at an underground casino in Tokyo. In the center of the casino, there was a huge fighting ring. This was the underground casino run by Hakari Kinji and Hoshi Kirara.
Besides gambling, it also featured illegal fights between Jujutsu Sorcerers. If anything, this business was the biggest highlight of the casino.
"Oh!"
When the two entered, a match had just concluded in the ring. The spectators who had won were cheering and roaring, while those who had lost were full of frustration and unwillingness, immediately starting the next round in hopes of winning back their losses.
Satoru scanned the area with his Six Eyes, then pointed to a room and said to Shin, "Hakari is over there, let's head straight over."
Satoru took Shin with him, kicked the door open, and greeted the two people drinking inside, "Yo! Hakari, Kirara, long time no see."
One of the people in the room was a tall young man, muscular and sturdy, giving off a sense of power. His hair was dyed gold and combed back, quite unique. One look and you could tell he was a delinquent.
His eyes were small and sharp, his eyebrows thin and long, and he had faint stubble that formed a thin mustache. He wore a white tank top, an outer black fur coat, gray pants, and light-colored boots, perfectly fitting his demeanor as a casino boss.
The other was a slim individual wearing a light-colored, off-shoulder crop top with black straps and a spiked collar around their neck.
On their lower body, they wore loose black pants, two white belts around their waist, dark high heels, and even had piercings under their lip... uh... a cross-dresser?
It was none other than Hakari Kinji and his boy... girl... whatever-friend, Hoshi Kirara.
Satoru sat down in front of the two with Shin, and Hoshi Kirara poured each of them a drink.