Exactly.
Another reason Gojo Satoru had come here was to determine whether Yoshino Junpei—now transformed from a boy into a girl—was a spy sent by the cursed spirits.
It sounded ridiculous.
Before this, the entire jujutsu world would never even have considered such a possibility.
According to common sense, cursed spirits were nothing more than beasts that only knew how to harm humans.
In terms of intelligence, many of them weren't even as clever as dolphins, so how could they possibly know how to send spies?
But things were different now.
According to the girl before him—Yoshino Junpei—cursed spirits had not only developed intelligence, but more than one of them had.
They even knew how to cooperate with curse users and were planning to overturn the jujutsu world.
That sounded somewhat alarmist.
Gojo himself believed that as long as he was still alive, there was no possibility of the jujutsu world being overturned.
But the old men at the top had reacted as though their tails had been stepped on, moving with astonishing speed.
One of their immediate decisions had been to send him here to assess this girl who had spoken such shocking words.
"Pfft—hahaha… hahahaha… uh, sorr—sorry, very sorry."
Gojo finally stopped laughing out loud, though his shoulders still trembled slightly.
"Can you tell me what you were thinking? Actually, running straight to a police station to find us."
The girl gave him a deadpan stare.
"Isn't that obvious? If this country truly has inexplicable supernatural phenomena, then it's impossible for the state to have no response.
The most direct solution I could think of was to go to the police, because they're the front line for dealing with these supernatural incidents.
Other than the police, what other option would there be?"
Gojo stroked his chin.
"Mm, mm. Very logical.
You really do have talent.
It's just—"
"You're still laughing!"
the girl snapped.
That was right.
They were currently inside a police station.
The moment she had entered, she had directly said the words cursed spirit.
At first, the officer who received her had assumed she was mentally unstable—
or perhaps just a high school girl whose eighth-grader syndrome had flared up again.
But after listening to her serious account, a senior officer had immediately and nervously escorted her to—
a temporary holding cell.
That's right.
They had taken her straight into a temporary detention room.
As for the reason—
Gojo coughed twice and finally forced down the last of his laughter.
"Well then, I'll be blunt."
He looked at the girl and smiled faintly.
"The people at the top want you dead."
The corner of the girl's eye twitched.
She was momentarily speechless.
"The fact that you thought to seek help from the police after surviving an encounter with a cursed spirit proves that you're very intelligent.
If you were simply an ordinary civilian who had been harmed by a cursed spirit, coming to the police station would undoubtedly be the correct choice.
Just as you said, we jujutsu specialists work closely with the police.
But because of that, they also know more than ordinary people—
for example, about you."
Gojo paused, his smile unchanged, and spoke softly.
"To be altered by a cursed spirit, survive, and then possess such an enormous amount of cursed energy…
you are the first case.
Before this, there has never been a precedent of a cursed spirit modifying an ordinary human into a powerful jujutsu sorcerer."
There were too many implications hidden within that fact.
And the most fatal point was this—
if cursed spirits could freely transform ordinary people into powerful jujutsu sorcerers, then it would not be an exaggeration to say that the current jujutsu world, ruled by a tiny minority of sorcerers, would face a complete upheaval.
More than that—
human society itself could face upheaval.
The main reason sorcerers did not rule humanity was because their numbers were too small.
Most sorcerers were still highly vulnerable to modern weapons.
A single bullet was fatal to the majority of jujutsu sorcerers.
On top of that, the constant existence of cursed spirits meant that sorcerers had neither the time nor the manpower to rule Japan, let alone the world.
But if even ordinary people could be transformed into sorcerers—
and sorcerers with massive cursed energy like this girl—
then things would be very different.
This was an extremely serious matter.
Of course, Gojo understood that as well.
He looked seriously at the girl before him—
the first known human altered by a cursed spirit.
Yoshino Junpei.
"Yoshino Junpei, let me ask you one thing—
are you on humanity's side?"
The girl took a deep breath, stepped down from the bed in the holding cell, and stood directly in front of Gojo.
Her bangs were long enough to cover one eye.
Her face was delicate and lovely, while the other visible eye always seemed to glisten with tears.
The men's uniform she wore hung loosely from her body, looking as though it might slip off her shoulders at any moment.
As pitiful as she looked, she was doing her best to maintain a serious expression as she stared at Gojo.
Gojo slightly lifted the blindfold over his eyes and activated the Six Eyes.
He observed her cursed energy flow, the rhythm of her internal organs, her neural activity, and even the minute tremors of the muscles in her face.
As long as someone was human, it was impossible to lie under the serious scrutiny of the Six Eyes.
And right now, Gojo was looking directly at her.
If there was even the slightest sign of deceit, then no matter how unfortunate it might be—
he would kill her.
This had nothing to do with innocence.
If she had abandoned humanity and been seduced by cursed spirits, then she had to die.
This was a war between species.
There was no room for mercy.
The next instant, the girl spoke.
"I am human.
I swear that I will always stand on humanity's side."
She.
Was.
Not.
Lying.
Gojo was certain.
Under the scrutiny of the Six Eyes, she had not lied.
Those words had come from the bottom of her heart.
Gojo smiled.
"Very well, Junpei-chan.
Then let me announce your sentence."
The girl swallowed nervously.
"Your death sentence has been commuted to a suspended death sentence."
Whew.
The girl let out an enormous sigh of relief.
"Hahaha, your reaction is so interesting."
Gojo laughed.
"That nervous expression really suits your cute face, Junpei-chan."
Her eyes instantly turned flat again.
Even the relief she had just felt seemed to evaporate.
She took a breath.
"But… is this really okay?
The people above sent you here to kill me, didn't they?
Let me guess—they probably wanted to squeeze every bit of information out of me before eliminating me to prevent future trouble.
Even if I probably shouldn't be saying this myself, it sounds like you just arbitrarily decided to give me a suspended sentence."
Gojo lowered his blindfold again and shrugged.
"Can't be helped.
Letting you die like this would be a bit of a waste."
"A waste?"
the girl frowned.
"You might not realize it yourself, but after being altered by that cursed spirit, although your sex was changed, the cursed energy in your body is absolutely real.
Honestly, before this, I've only seen one other person with cursed energy on this level.
Although I don't know what your Innate Technique is—and since you were originally an ordinary person, it's possible you don't have one at all—
with this amount of cursed energy alone, becoming a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer is practically guaranteed."
Gojo thought for a moment before adding,
"And if you're lucky enough to possess an Innate Technique on top of that, then reaching Special Grade would probably be quite easy."
He wasn't exaggerating.
Although her cursed energy reserves weren't as high as Okkotsu Yuta's, they were already terrifying.
With this much cursed energy, even a mediocre Innate Technique would produce astonishing results.
Becoming a Special Grade Sorcerer was practically a certainty.
"…That sounds like a pretty impressive rank," the girl said.
"It is," Gojo replied casually.
"For now, there are only three Special Grades in Japan."
Her eyes widened instantly.
Gojo snapped his fingers.
"Exactly.
That's why I said it would be a waste.
If someone with cursed energy as extraordinary as yours were executed immediately instead of joining the ranks of jujutsu sorcerers, even I would feel bad about it."
"You may not realize it, but we jujutsu sorcerers make up only a tiny fraction of humanity.
Every single one of us is so busy we barely have time to breathe.
If there's a new Special Grade who can help shoulder the burden, that would be a very good thing."
Those words truly came from Gojo's heart.
Perhaps because of the girl before him—
he could already sense the approach of a storm.