"Since everyone is here, let's begin the meeting."
Naobito Zen'in, the current head of the Zen'in clan, spoke in a drunken haze as he took a swig from the gourd in his hand.
The focus of this meeting was simple.
After the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons incident, how exactly would the jujutsu world be reshuffled?
"What is beyond doubt..."
The head of the Kamo clan, another of the Big Three Families, spoke in a low voice.
"...is that with Suguru Geto now dead, Satoru Gojo has completely cleared himself of suspicion. The accusations the jujutsu world previously held against him no longer seem to stand."
Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru had once been classmates at Jujutsu High. Even in their student days, they had been hailed as the strongest duo, and together were recognized as two of the four special grade sorcerers acknowledged by the jujutsu world.
But with Geto's betrayal, that golden pairing had long since fallen apart.
The Higher-Ups had once ordered Gojo Satoru to kill Geto Suguru, but before countless eyes, he had let Geto go out of lingering attachment to his old friend.
That incident had remained a thorn in the hearts of jujutsu society's upper echelon ever since.
A thorn they could never pull out.
Gojo Satoru himself was already the strongest sorcerer of the modern age, the chosen son of the Gojo clan who, for the first time in centuries, possessed both the Six Eyes and the Limitless cursed technique.
His birth alone had shattered the balance among the Big Three Families. The Gojo clan soared to unprecedented heights, trampling the Zen'in clan underfoot and stepping over the Kamo clan as well. Their glory could only be described as dazzling.
But that kind of prosperity only existed so long as Gojo Satoru remained within the control of the jujutsu establishment.
The higher-ups would much rather have an obedient dog than a genius like Gojo Satoru—someone capable of changing the entire jujutsu world.
So in recent years, Gojo had constantly been watched and guarded against, everyone fearing that he might one day follow the same road as Geto Suguru and turn traitor.
But with Geto's death, those concerns had, for the moment, eased.
Gojo Satoru might have been uncontrollable in his youth, but with age, he now seemed to have gradually accepted his role. He appeared willing to obediently become the higher-ups' dog—one that handled all the dirty work for them.
But that outcome was clearly bad news for both the Zen'in and Kamo clans.
No one wanted to see the Gojo clan dominate the field alone.
The more Gojo Satoru submitted to the jujutsu establishment, the greater the resources the Gojo clan would receive.
If this went on, then the so-called Big Three Families would exist in name only. Before long, they might cease to exist altogether.
"I've heard..."
Zen'in Jinichi stroked his chin as he spoke,
"...that in order to protect Yuta Okkotsu, Gojo Satoru got into serious conflict with the higher-ups."
"Yuta Okkotsu was once secretly sentenced to death by the Higher-Ups, but Gojo Satoru stubbornly protected him anyway. He even openly threatened them, saying that from beginning to end he would stand by Yuta Okkotsu's side. Hmph. As a teacher, Gojo Satoru really is quite loyal."
"What a joke!"
Zen'in Ogi sat seiza-style on the tatami and let out a cold snort.
"I already investigated Yuta Okkotsu's background. Because he was named a special grade sorcerer at such a young age, the people in Tokyo all claimed it was because he possessed the special grade cursed spirit Rika Orimoto. But how could Kyoto possibly accept such an explanation? Sure enough, after my information network investigated, I found the truth—Yuta Okkotsu is a distant relative of Gojo Satoru. He carries branch-family blood from the Gojo clan!"
That revelation immediately caused the atmosphere in the room to stiffen.
Because it touched on one matter that every Kyoto sorcerer present had long resented—
the selection of special grade sorcerers.
Before Yuta Okkotsu appeared, the jujutsu world had universally recognized only three special grade sorcerers: Gojo Satoru, Geto Suguru, and Yuki Tsukumo.
There was no need to say much about Gojo Satoru. As the chosen heir of the Gojo clan, wielder of both the Six Eyes and Limitless, and bearer of the title of the strongest sorcerer of the modern era, his designation as a special grade was beyond dispute.
Geto Suguru, on the other hand, came from an ordinary family. Both his parents were normal people. But because he possessed Cursed Spirit Manipulation—a technique so rare it was said not to appear even once in a thousand years—he revolutionized the jujutsu world's methods of dealing with cursed spirits. His recognition as a special grade was unexpected, yet ultimately understandable.
As for Yuki Tsukumo, she was the strongest Star Plasma Vessel in generations, had been famous for many years already, and maintained close ties with Kyoto. Naturally, no one objected to her status as a special grade sorcerer.
But Yuta Okkotsu had simply parachuted in out of nowhere.
From beginning to end, the whole affair reeked of Tokyo's unilateral decision-making. Kyoto had already been displeased enough by the sudden addition of this new special grade sorcerer, and now it had come out that he was a distant relative of Gojo Satoru. It was hard not to suspect the Gojo clan of meddling behind the scenes.
After all, the Zen'in clan and the Kamo clan were also among the Big Three Families—
and yet not a single one of their members had been chosen as a special grade sorcerer!
What was that supposed to mean? That their inherited techniques were inferior to the Gojo clan's?!
"We must join forces and pressure the Higher-Ups to stop the Gojo clan from continuing to grow stronger!"
Zen'in Ogi said coldly.
"Gojo Satoru must be held responsible for the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons! Even if he personally killed Geto Suguru, that does not clear him of suspicion! Gojo Satoru must give up all of his positions at Jujutsu High—and he must be imprisoned!"
"I think the Six Eyes should be stripped from Gojo Satoru entirely. Now that Geto Suguru is dead, there is no longer any threat left to the jujutsu world. A dangerous hidden danger like Gojo Satoru must be eliminated!"
Listening to the endless stream of protests around him, Naoya Zen'in was nearly stunned speechless.
Good grief.
So this was really one of Jujutsu Kaisen's most classic moves?
The classic maneuver of pressuring your own side's strongest player?
The man had just forced himself to kill his best friend, and now this pack of mutts was going to morally blackmail him like this?
The jujutsu world really was rotten to the core.
"...Naoya, what do you think?"
Naobito Zen'in paid no attention to the heated uproar around him. The old man kept drinking as lazily as ever, but his half-lidded gaze shifted toward his silent son.
Naobito knew well enough that his son usually could not be bothered with this kind of jujutsu world nonsense. But given Naoya Zen'in's irritating personality, for him to stay silent this long without saying a word really was strange.
"Naoya, do you have some objection to your uncle's proposal?"
Zen'in Ogi also turned to look at Naoya with a frown.
After all, Naoya Zen'in was the Zen'in clan's next heir. His personality might be rotten beyond belief, but if he kept sitting there in silence, this meeting would be no better than wasted effort.
Faced with everyone's gaze, the transmigrator felt nothing but deep helplessness.
Of course he had opinions.
He was still planning to latch onto Gojo Satoru's thigh, after all.
If these parasites kept messing things up, then would that not mean he and the Zen'in clan would simply be waiting to die together?
Called on personally by the clan head, he did not want to stir up trouble, but all he could do was sigh.
Even if he was dissatisfied, there was nothing it could help right now.
The mood in the room had already reached this point. If he came out and openly contradicted them, it would only make the situation worse. The best thing he could do was play dead and say nothing.
Better to take a milder tone, act like he was just brushing it off, and let the matter pass—
"Uncle... are you telling me how to do things?"
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