Jogo let out a breath.
"...You're right. We must take advantage of the fact that Tengen hasn't become a god yet and Gojo Satoru hasn't fully grown, and kill one of the two as quickly as possible."
Hanami nodded in agreement.
Mahito also let out a breath.
This future was indeed terrifying for Cursed Spirits.
It wasn't just them—they could at least hide themselves—but what about those low-level Cursed Spirits?
They would probably be locked onto by Tengen the moment they were born, and then, before they could even experience anything in this world, they would be hunted down and eliminated by Jujutsu Sorcerers.
This future was indeed too terrifying and hopeless for Cursed Spirits.
Honestly, if he weren't a Cursed Spirit, destined to be unable to live in peace with Jujutsu Sorcerers, he might even think about finding an opportunity to surrender.
Not because he was a coward, but because that future was so realistic.
If he did nothing now, that future was almost certainly going to happen.
Conversely, Kenjaku's urgent actions were understandable—
he was afraid too.
But unlike the others who feared Gojo Satoru as the ultimate combat powerhouse, he feared Tengen, who was about to sublimate into a god.
Therefore, once the body with Cursed Spirit Manipulation came under his control, he was determined to kill Tengen.
No question about it.
But Mahito didn't lose his cool.
He asked,
"That's the first point, and I completely understand. So, what about the second point?"
Kenjaku pulled his hands back into his wide sleeves and said with a smile,
"It's still about the issue with Tengen and Gojo Satoru, but the second point has a prerequisite—if I take care of Tengen, what about the remaining Gojo Satoru?"
Jogo was stunned for a moment.
"That's right. Since Gojo Satoru is so strong, even stronger than Tengen after becoming a god, then we just need to find a way to distract him and kill Tengen first. As long as Tengen is gone, no matter how strong Gojo Satoru is, if he can't find us, we can still use our lifespans to outlast him. We can still wait until Gojo Satoru dies before we act."
Hanami also looked as if she had suddenly realized something.
Then Jogo and Hanami saw Mahito and Kenjaku looking at them at the same time, their expressions—
they had no expressions.
They were simply expressionless.
They were clearly exasperated, but they couldn't show it, so they could only remain expressionless for a moment.
Jogo's mouth twitched slightly.
"Alright, sorry, I interrupted your thoughts. Kenjaku, please continue."
Kenjaku slowly exhaled and raised a smile again.
"Gojo Satoru is growing continuously; that is beyond doubt. And ten-odd years later, he will still continue to grow, but the speed will inevitably decline, because humans are affected by their bodies in their prime, and the growth of Cursed Energy will change."
"Before then, he will never have any worries about his lifespan."
"For a Sorcerer with almost infinite potential, the continuously growing Cursed Energy will make him ignore the issue of age until he slides into old age. His attention will decline, and after his potential is exhausted and he is unable to achieve a breakthrough for a long time, his physical skills will irrecoverably decline, until this very moment—"
Kenjaku said word by word,
"He will consider immortality."
Mahito couldn't help but ask,
"Can he do it? Or is it that his Innate Technique is just right?"
Mahito clearly knew that Gojo Satoru theoretically shouldn't be able to do this.
The combination of the Six Eyes and the Limitless was indeed invincible under heaven, but that was only on the level of power and had no effect on extending life.
In fact, Gojo's Six Eyes and Limitless were not appearing for the first time in the history of the jujutsu world; they had appeared before, but those users had no means of extending life and died naturally.
Could it be that Gojo Satoru could even transcend lifespan?
Mahito seriously considered this possibility, because it was already in his cognitive blind spot.
There was no sign of this in the original work; Gojo died quite easily and didn't even win the revival match in the end.
Unexpectedly, Kenjaku shrugged at this moment and said easily,
"It only depends on whether he wants to or not."
(T/N: I think the Gojo glaze is getting a bit too much.)
Mahito's pupils contracted.
"Whether... he wants to?"
Kenjaku said calmly,
"How many years do you think the jujutsu world has been developing? There's even a real immortal Jujutsu Sorcerer, Tengen, right there. You don't think no Jujutsu Sorcerer has ever researched immortality, do you?"
"The results?" Jogo asked, not noticing that his voice was actually trembling slightly.
"Although the side effects are severe, there are indeed several ways to extend life," Kenjaku said. "But it's unknown how much those powerful side effects will affect a truly strong person, unless you're willing to gamble on that possibility. Furthermore—the techniques of the jujutsu world are also developing. We can't expect a genius like Gojo Satoru to research nothing during the hundred years he lives."
These words shattered all the Cursed Spirits' fantasies of using lifespan to outlast Gojo Satoru.
Mahito stared at Kenjaku.
"For example, you? You have a way to extend life in your hands, don't you?"
Kenjaku was not surprised by Mahito's question.
"Hmm, I figured that after saying so many secrets, I would definitely be suspected by you. It seems you've already slightly guessed my uniqueness."
"You're not a modern Jujutsu Sorcerer, right?" Mahito asked, pretending to be interested. "How long have you lived?"
Kenjaku said with a smile,
"How long? It's been about a thousand years."
This sentence left Jogo and Hanami stunned.
Mahito, however, had long expected it, but he didn't expect Kenjaku to be so candid at this timing.
That's right—
in Kenjaku's eyes, Mahito's eyes that could see through lies were indeed very troublesome.
During the period of confirming the Binding Vow, Kenjaku also didn't want to complicate matters.
Having roughly seen through Kenjaku's thoughts, Mahito's expression relaxed a lot.
"In other words, you're not actually named Suguru Geto?" Mahito asked.
"This body is indeed named Suguru Geto," Kenjaku brushed it off.
With this opportunity, Mahito was finally able to say the words he had wanted to say for a long time—
"Then, thousand-year-old Curse User, I am very interested in the jujutsu techniques of the past millennium. Can you teach me?"
Mahito stared with his watery heterochromatic eyes, looking at him expectantly.
Kenjaku looked back at Mahito's eyes.
Those eyes radiated evil and distortion, as if they could twist a person's soul—
correction, he really could twist a person's soul.
From the perspective of a modern person, Mahito, who could easily twist human souls and minds, would not feel out of place even if he were given the name of an evil god.
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