Though the mission location was said to be in the Arctic, it was actually Greenland, within the Arctic Circle. The main human settlements in its southwest had been engulfed by blizzards for nearly a week. All nearby flights had been canceled, and local industries such as fishing and tourism had been severely affected, able to rely only on supply ships departing from Denmark for partial relief.
This wildly abnormal weather was no once-in-a-century natural disaster, but the result of an unknown curse. Of the team of Jujutsu Sorcerers sent to investigate, only one had returned, barely alive. After divulging the information, the survivor turned into an ice sculpture and shattered across the floor. According to those present, every inch of his flesh and even his marrow had been frozen through, leaving not a trace of blood as he crumbled into powder.
The curse's existence was thus confirmed. Although blizzards were common here to begin with, a curse capable of triggering such extreme weather and sustaining it for nearly a week was unquestionably classified as a Special Grade Cursed Spirit. Unable to fight the curse themselves, the locals desperately sought assistance, raising the offered price again and again.
In the end, the request reached Japan. Within the Jujutsu World, curses and Jujutsu Sorcerers generally existed in a relative, indistinct balance. Where Jujutsu Sorcerers flourished, curses would correspondingly be more frequent and more powerful. Or rather, where curses were few and weak, Jujutsu Sorcerers would likewise be scarce and limited in strength. The Heian Period, when jujutsu had been at its peak, had been an era in which curses thrived immensely while Jujutsu Sorcerers were broadly powerful as well.
Of course, there were always exceptions. Gojo Satoru's birth, for instance, had spurred the gradual strengthening of modern curses. And then there was