"Pfft, hahaha, hahahaha!"
Mahito burst into laughter.
Kokichi Muta sat on the white sand with a dark expression, shifting his buttocks uncomfortably.
He had just emerged from the white sand and realized that he had overthought things.
As it turned out, resurrection was an easy task for his new boss; he didn't need to worry about the consequences of being killed by Ryomen Sukuna at all.
His current mental state was likely that of someone alone in a room performing various chuunibyou poses and speaking with a grim face about the horror and despair of fate while immersed in their own mental world, only for the door to suddenly open.
His mother, holding a water cup, stares at him blankly before silently closing the door.
Though the person is alive, they are socially dead.
Kokichi Muta said sullenly:
"Have you laughed enough?!"
Mahito's stomach hurt from laughing.
"I didn't expect you to actually dare to duel Ryomen Sukuna directly."
"I should have hinted in the recording that Ryomen Sukuna possesses the power of one finger."
"Don't tell me you don't know that for the Special Grade Cursed Object, Ryomen Sukuna's Finger, if a Cursed Spirit eats just one, a Special Grade Cursed Spirit can be born."
"You should have considered that."
Kokichi Muta gritted his teeth.
"You threw Sukuna right in my face, forcing me to recover my mobility and combat power at the fastest speed, and even hinted that I use the deluxe version for 200 million points to restore myself."
"Isn't that just explicitly telling me to duel Sukuna?"
"Where's your caution?" Mahito asked curiously.
"I still remember our Binding Vow conversation half a year ago. At that time, you were sharp-witted and considered everything clearly."
"Why didn't you use your puppets to test him first, but instead chose to go head-to-head in your Unit-01?"
"Even if you had tested him and then immediately gathered others to attack with you, you wouldn't have been one-shotted in two moves by Sukuna, right?"
"Test him with a puppet army?"
Kokichi Muta frowned.
"Wouldn't that force Sukuna to use Domain Expansion or his fire technique?"
"Legend has it that Sukuna's Domain Expansion has a radius of 200 meters."
"He was already right in front of me; I didn't have time to run 200 meters away."
"Even if he didn't want to use Domain Expansion because the subsequent Cursed Technique burnout would make him very uncomfortable, he could still use the fire technique."
"That's the terrifying large-scale fire explosion recorded in Jujutsu World history as the 'Flame of Ten Thousand Deaths.'"
"I didn't dare to gamble."
Mahito was stunned.
"Ah, so that's how it is."
"You didn't know."
"What should I know?"
"Sukuna's fire isn't another technique, and the range isn't that large..."
"Ah, how many points do you have left?"
"This intel is very valuable; it requires points to buy."
Damn it!
Kokichi Muta said impatiently:
"Kogane won't appear here anyway."
"Kogane is here!"
Suddenly, Kogane appeared.
It flew over Kokichi Muta, fluttering up and down around Mahito as if bowing politely.
"Mahito-sama, Kogane is at your service."
"Good work, Kogane."
Mahito smiled.
"Can you show me Yuukichi-san's account?"
"Good work to you too, Mahito-sama."
Kogane cruelly refused.
"I can't do that."
"Kogane belongs exclusively to Master."
"Kogane is very grateful to Mahito-sama for giving Kogane spirituality and the possibility of growing into a true life, but Kogane cannot betray Master."
Mahito clapped happily.
He said to Kokichi Muta:
"See? Isn't Kogane much more trustworthy than humans?"
Kokichi Muta suspected Mahito was being sarcastic because he himself was Mahito's spy.
Being a spy was beneficial to Mahito, so Mahito shouldn't be so mocking. Logically, it was impossible.
But as long as he considered that this was Mahito—the Cursed Spirit version of Gojo Satoru—Kokichi Muta couldn't help but waver in his logic, thinking this was exactly something Mahito would do.
Damn it.
One Gojo Satoru was hard enough to deal with.
Now that a Cursed Spirit version of Gojo Satoru had shown up, Kokichi Muta felt his blood pressure would never go down, especially since this Gojo-esque Cursed Spirit already had him by the tail.
Damn it!
"How many points do I have now?"
Kogane projected Kokichi Muta's panel with its watery eyes.
On the right side of the panel, the points Kokichi Muta currently held were clearly written:
25,216,720.
"Twenty-five million, huh."
Mahito said very dissatisfiedly:
"In my calculations, if two Special Grades fight to the death, the points gained should exceed at least 100 million."
"But you were killed too quickly."
"Although you tried your best to use that powerful cannon before, you were killed by Sukuna's slash just before it could be released."
"The gap from 200 million is staggeringly large."
Kokichi Muta's brow twitched.
"I think my tactics were fine."
"The problem was my lack of intelligence."
"If I had better intel, I could have scored higher before dying."
"By the way, how many points does resurrection cost?"
"100," Mahito said with a beaming smile.
"100?!"
Kokichi Muta's voice became sharp.
"Doesn't that mean as long as Jujutsu Sorcerers fight to the death, they are guaranteed to be able to resurrect?!"
Snap.
Mahito snapped his fingers.
"Exactly."
"Anyone who dies in the Dream Walk Migration can spend 100 points to resurrect."
"You might as well just define it as free resurrection."
"If I did that, wouldn't people about to die of old age exploit a loophole by dying in my Dream Walk Migration?" Mahito said with a smile.
"Similarly, there are those with terminal illnesses or those so heavily injured they're about to die."
"They have no abilities but could enter here at any time."
"Without the point restriction, wouldn't they be able to enjoy life-extending treatment for free?"
Kokichi Muta's mouth twitched, but he quickly thought of another loophole.
"No, there's another way."
"Since there's no rule against transferring points, one could transfer points to those people first and then have them enter the Dream Walk Migration to extend their lives."
"Wouldn't you still have to resurrect that group of people?"
To his surprise, Mahito nodded honestly.
"Correct."
"I would do that."
"Doesn't that mean they're still taking advantage of you?" Kokichi Muta asked in confusion.
"But at the same time, it can open up the situation."
"The situation?"
"A situation where even if I'm being taken advantage of, as long as you find a loophole in my system, I will honestly endure it," Mahito said meaningfully.
"See, I'm so honest that I'll even cry while taking a loss."
"If you were a layman in the Jujutsu World—no, even if you weren't a layman, but a high-level member of the Jujutsu World, or even the Chief Executive of Jujutsu—wouldn't you feel particularly at ease with me, thinking I'm a gentleman who can be easily deceived?"
Kokichi Muta finally understood Mahito's meaning.
This loophole wasn't something that couldn't be fixed, but was simply a way to "buy the horse's bones for a thousand gold" and show sincerity.
The more Mahito displayed his benevolence, the thinner the label of being born from a Curse would become.
Once Mahito truly became a god, that label of Cursed Spirit would surely disappear completely over time.
Everyone would remember Mahito as a benevolent god who honestly fulfilled his duties even when cheated, forgetting the dread and horror of his Cursed Spirit origins.
"Is it really necessary?" Kokichi Muta lamented.
"You're already this powerful."
"Money and power shouldn't be things you pursue anymore."
"I even feel that ruling the world would be meaningless to you."
"Money and power are indeed useless to me, and ruling the world after I become a god would be meaningless."
"Your judgment is correct."
"I am not acting for those things now."
"Those low-level desires have gradually disappeared along with the expansion of my power."
Mahito shrugged and said calmly:
"But I must be responsible for my subordinates and my companions."
"The people who have stood behind me as I grew to this point expect a new world after I become a god."
"In this new world, everyone hopes for good times."
"I cannot betray their expectations, nor that beautiful new world."
"For that, I would rather demonstrate my nature as a benevolent god in a roundabout way than become a capricious, wicked god."
Kokichi Muta fell silent.
He suddenly felt a sense of pride—the pride of being Mahito's spy.
How happy it would be to follow such a god and become a believer of such a god.
Kokichi Muta finally understood why so many people gathered around the King of Curses and why they were all so devoted to him.
Even Gojo Satoru, despite raising the banner to oppose Mahito, had never denied the reason behind Mahito's benevolence.
Though Kokichi Muta was usually cold, he now felt the romance emanating from Mahito.
To die for this romance would surely be the ultimate bliss.
Then he thought of Ryomen Sukuna being thrown in his face.
Damn it!
Why does such a perfect leader enjoy such wicked pranks so much?!
"Enough small talk," Kokichi Muta said, forcibly returning to the original topic even though he was the one who started the chatter.
"Is 20 million enough to buy information on Sukuna's fire technique?"
"You really want to keep fighting him?"
"Isn't this the excuse you gave me?" Kokichi Muta said calmly.
"And it perfectly explains my source of information."
"I'll buy Sukuna's intel to build an advantage, and I can use the continuous death matches with Sukuna to explain where I got the points to heal my disability."
"That's the spirit!" Mahito praised loudly.
Then he pivoted.
"However, I can offer you another choice."
Kokichi Muta frowned.
"Another choice?"
"In the Tokyo Second Barrier, there are two Special Grade amateurs," Mahito said.
"They are currently rampaging using their newly awakened Cursed Techniques."
Kokichi Muta's thoughts raced, and he suddenly realized:
"So that's why I ended up here after being revived!"
"I should have thought of it sooner."
"If every revived person had to be handled by you personally, it would be too much trouble."
"You must have embedded your own revival ability into this Dream Walk Migration, allowing everyone who dies to trigger automatic revival."
"And now, the reason I haven't triggered it is because you have something for me!"
Mahito secretly admired him.
Kokichi Muta's mind was indeed very sharp.
"That's right," Mahito said.
"You're the first person I've found."
"If you're unwilling to accept my mission, I'll just have to find someone else."
"Do you need me to kill them?"
"No, just make them engage in intense combat," Mahito said.
"The more intense the battle, the better it can be recorded by the Dream Walk Migration barrier."
"I'm quite interested in these two Special Grade amateurs, but limited by the Binding Vow that I can only appear on December 24th, I can't take the field myself."
"I can only find people to fight them."
"I'm not the only spy you have, right?"
"Because among my subordinates, you are the weakest," Mahito said with a smile.
"Only if you fail will I look for someone else, moving up grade by grade."
"It's like a Demon King sending subordinates from low to high level to give the hero experience points."
"That way, the Dream Walk Migration will perfectly record everything about these two Special Grade amateurs."
Kokichi Muta fell silent.
After a pause, he asked:
"What's the deal with those two Special Grade amateurs?"
"Is there such a thing as an 'amateur' among Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerers?"
"Among a population of 100 million, brilliant people will always emerge through a process of elimination," Mahito sighed.
"Now two have appeared."
"Special Grades that even I would find very troublesome."
"They know nothing, but they became Special Grade immediately after awakening their Cursed Techniques."
"They are genuine monsters of the Jujutsu World."
Kokichi Muta frowned.
"Leaping to Special Grade just by awakening Cursed Energy?"
"Even you find them troublesome?"
"And there are two of them?"
"If you hadn't said it yourself, I'd think you were joking."
"Even Ryomen Sukuna might suffer a loss if he didn't understand the situation," Mahito said seriously.
"Though they aren't as terrifying as Sukuna, they are opponents that absolutely cannot be underestimated."
"If you set your sights on the two of them, you must be fully prepared mentally."
"How do they compare to a one-finger Sukuna?" Kokichi Muta asked.
"At least you'd have the strength to counterattack," Mahito laughed.
Kokichi Muta sighed.
It really was a troublesome mission.
Should he continue looking for Ryomen Sukuna or go after the new Special Grades?
Anyone with a sane mind would know which to choose.
Kokichi Muta took a slow breath, his face suddenly contorting.
"These 20 million points..."
"I'll use them to buy information on Sukuna."
"You're still determined to go after Sukuna?"
"This is the Dream Walk Migration where no one dies, right?" Kokichi Muta said coldly.
"Since death has been taken away, I can naturally do whatever I want."
"That damn Sukuna killed me so effortlessly..."
"I just can't swallow this humiliation!"
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