Living Off Avatars Starting From Jujutsu Kaisen

"Seele, you come here too," An Xiu said.

"Huh?"

Seele, who had been secretly observing since Makima entered, covered her mouth in surprise at his words.

"You want Seele to join too?"

"Of course. If we're talking about rewards, it should go to Seele first," An Xiu replied.

Hearing this, Seele blushed and hesitantly walked over to An Xiu's side. He then pulled her into his embrace.

Feeling his hand gradually moving towards more intimate areas, Seele felt uncomfortable and tried to adjust her posture. However, An Xiu immediately turned her over and pinned her down on the sofa.

Makima, standing by, timely stepped in and helped her master shed her obstructive clothing.

"Nicely done."

Giving Makima a thumbs-up, and not wanting to favor one over the other, An Xiu intended to reach for Makima's clothes. However, he noticed that around her slender, fair neck, beneath her collar, there was a leather collar. A thin metal chain dangled from its connection point, which Makima had previously hidden within her clothes.

"Was this prepared specially?"

"I thought master would like it," Makima said with a smile. Her composed and dignified smile, coupled with her sharp attire in a women's suit, created a stark contrast with the collar around her neck, further elevating the atmosphere in the villa.

Undoubtedly, this was destined to be a prolonged battle.

Several hours later, inside the villa.

A phone rang. A slender jade arm reached out, grabbed the phone, and pressed the answer button.

"Lady Makima, is something the matter? Why haven't you returned to the Director's Office this afternoon?"

The secretary's voice came from the other end of the line.

"I've encountered a temporary issue that needs priority handling. Don't worry, everything at the Director's Office will proceed as usual. Any problems can be dealt with when I return."

"Understood, Lady Makima."

Although the secretary couldn't tell why Lady Makima's voice sounded so tired, she still hung up the phone and began to relay Makima's instructions.

Meanwhile, in the villa, amidst the wreckage of the battlefield.

Makima had tidied her clothes and was preparing to return to the Director's Office. After all, her work was truly demanding, juggling advancing her master's plans while also finding time to attend to his personal needs.

"During this time, I've been using some birds and various animals I've controlled as informants to observe the plot progression of this world. I can now confirm that due to the master's frequent interference, the world's storyline has undergone subtle changes."

As she was leaving, Makima reminded An Xiu.

"Yes, I've noticed that as well. The story is nearing the school exchange event, but Gojo Satoru wasn't attacked by Leaking Pot shortly after the Cursed Womb incident as in the original story. Mahito also hasn't made an appearance as he did in the original."

"However, fortunately, to obtain more Sukuna's fingers, the four disaster cursed spirits and Choso's group have gathered, which is quite a surprise. This has given me a chance to prepare for the subsequent plans." Sukuna's fingers were also acquired quickly.

PS: The author previously had an incorrect understanding of the specific range of the Binding Barrier after its expansion. After re-checking the information, the Binding Barrier's range has been changed to a radius of 100 kilometers at its maximum expansion. The chapter will be updated accordingly.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Choso's Cornered Situation, Jujutsu High's Tragic Fate

In an unknown apartment building in Tokyo.

Within the Domain Expansion, Choso, inhabiting Geto Suguru's body, was cornered in his own territory.

Meanwhile, in a separate location, the four disaster cursed spirits were preparing for a battle with the newly acquired cursed wombs, the three brothers of the Cursed Womb Death Paintings.

Besides Mahito, Leaking Pot, Hanami, and Dagon, the four disaster cursed spirits, there were also the three brothers of the Cursed Womb Death Paintings, forced into service by Choso.

The reason for acquiring the three brothers at this time was thanks to him specifically swapping into the body of a Jujutsu World higher-up during this period, thus obtaining these three cursed wombs.

Although the three brothers of the Cursed Womb Death Paintings were weaker than the four disaster cursed spirits in terms of strength, each of them was equivalent to a Special Grade cursed spirit.

With a total of seven Special Grade cursed spirits and curses, plus Choso, their lineup was incredibly formidable for a mere school exchange event.

The reason for assembling such a powerful force for a simple school exchange event was that Choso's plans had been severely disrupted by An Xiu's presence in Tokyo.

After all, due to An Xiu's location in Tokyo, Seele, who had recently become a Special Grade sorcerer, wasn't like the other two Special Grade sorcerists (besides Gojo Satoru) who were either abroad or had their whereabouts unknown.

On the contrary, her activity range had always been within the Tokyo area. This alone was a significant deviation from the original story.

In the original plot, even when Tokyo only had Gojo Satoru as a Special Grade sorcerer, Choso had successfully manipulated events to ensure that the Kyoto Goodwill Event was largely uneventful and that the Tokyo Jujutsu High School was the sole focus. However, the current situation was drastically different, with an additional Special Grade sorcerer, Seele, actively operating in Tokyo.

Even in that scenario, Hanami was almost killed by Gojo Satoru before retreating.

Now, with the Jujutsu side having Seele, a Special Grade sorcerer who was constantly active in Tokyo and possessed a spatial movement Cursed Technique, proceeding with the original plan was clearly no longer feasible.

If nothing else, even if Choso could somehow replicate the original plan and lure Gojo Satoru away, it would be difficult to deal with Seele, who possessed spatial movement abilities. She would likely be swiftly eliminated, and the Jujutsu sorcerers on the Jujutsu High side would have their attention diverted, leading to Mahito's infiltration of the Director's Office being exposed.

This scenario was not impossible. The support speed of a Special Grade sorcerer with a spatial movement Cursed Technique would be unimaginable.

In the worst-case scenario, she might even appear at the exchange event alongside Gojo Satoru from the beginning. After all, since the inter-school exchange event was being held at Tokyo Jujutsu High School, it was quite reasonable to invite a Special Grade sorcerer who had been actively operating in Tokyo to attend.

At that point, with two Special Grade sorcerers present, one of whom was the previously acknowledged strongest sorcerer in the Jujutsu World, even Choso, a curse user who had existed for a thousand years, would find it difficult to defeat Gojo Satoru and Seele. The current situation was already quite disadvantageous for Choso, and if Seele were to join forces with Gojo Satoru, it would be an even worse predicament.

With two exceptionally difficult enemies on opposite sides, the plan for Hanami to infiltrate Jujutsu High alone and cause chaos at the school exchange event was changed. Hanami will now infiltrate with Leaking Pot and the three brothers of the Cursed Womb Death Paintings.

With Hanami's abilities, combined with Choso's... they would be able to deal with Gojo Satoru, and Sukuna would no longer be a problem.

Mahito would still follow the original plan, taking advantage of the distraction to invade the Director's Office and retrieve Sukuna's fingers.

Unfortunately, if the number of fingers to be retrieved wasn't so large, and he couldn't use the guise of a high-ranking official like with the Cursed Womb Death Paintings, he wouldn't have to resort to such a risky plan.

In addition, Choso would not be able to drag the curse users who came to cause trouble in the exchange meet to the side. If they were simply drawing attention for a period of time, it should still be possible.

It should...

To be honest, even with the current lineup, the plan was still very risky, but it was the only way to seize the opportunity.

If either of the Special Grade sorcerers currently in Tokyo, Gojo Satoru or Seele, were absent, the situation would not have become so difficult.

A Special Grade sorcerer with spatial movement abilities could create too many variables, let alone the fact that simple spatial movement and the ability to evade attacks might only be the tip of the iceberg of their strength.

Meanwhile, on the other side, An Xiu was looking at the progress of the plan with a troubled expression.

Logically speaking, with Seele and Makima around, there should be no problem that would trouble An Xiu in terms of strength in the entire Jujutsu World.

Therefore, the reason for An Xiu's current troubles was the matter of system points.

An Xiu discovered that his system point acquisition speed had slowed down recently.

It wasn't that Seele and Makima were slacking off; on the contrary, Makima's appearance seemed to have formed a competitive relationship with Seele, which led to Seele hunting cursed spirits more frequently lately.

Makima, on the other hand, had begun to exert her authority over the Jujutsu World higher-ups in Kyoto, while also secretly using her Dominator Devil abilities to control a large number of cursed spirits. She then deployed these controlled cursed spirits in Kyoto to hunt other cursed spirits during An Xiu's work hours, thus earning points for An Xiu 24 hours a day without interruption.

So, why was An Xiu's system point acquisition speed decreasing despite Seele and Makima working so hard to earn points for him?

The main reason was that the high-quality cursed spirits seemed to have been wiped out by the two of them.

Although cursed spirits are almost inexhaustible, as long as negative emotions exist in human society, these monsters will be born endlessly. However, the problem is that while cursed spirits are inexhaustible overall, the birth of powerful cursed spirits takes time.

The current problem is here. When only Seele was present, the situation was not obvious, but after An Xiu manifested Makima and she began hunting cursed spirits by controlling them, the powerful cursed spirits in both Tokyo and Kyoto were basically wiped out. The remaining ones were mostly Grade 3 or 4, providing negligible points and being scattered far and wide.

Moreover, according to the original setting, the best cursed spirits in the entire Jujutsu World were concentrated in Tokyo and Kyoto. In Gojo Satoru's evaluation, the cursed spirits in the countryside were not on the same level as those in these two major cities.

Therefore, it was foreseeable that even if the scope of hunting cursed spirits was expanded beyond Tokyo and Kyoto, the situation would not change. To increase the system point acquisition speed, one could only wait for Makima to slowly expand the scale of her cursed spirit army and gradually extend the hunting range to all of Japan.

This led to the situation where, after the initial period when An Xiu acquired a large number of points, the acquisition speed returned to normal due to the overall decline in the quality of cursed spirits.

Although Makima's controlled cursed spirit army could still provide An Xiu with hundreds of points daily by hunting low-level cursed spirits, An Xiu still felt that the speed was a bit slow after experiencing the days when he received a large number of points daily.

As for Seele... given that even Makima, with her cursed spirit army, could only provide hundreds of points daily, Seele's point-earning speed for An Xiu could only be described as dismal. Therefore, Seele no longer went out to hunt cursed spirits but stayed by An Xiu's side at all times to protect his safety.

"So, for this situation, I hope to find a solution, for example, by researching how to rapidly cultivate a large number of high-grade cursed spirits."

Inside the villa, An Xiu rested his chin on his hands and spoke to Seele and Makima in the same pose as a certain commander.

Chapter 29: Makima's Plan, the School Exchange Event Begins

"For this situation, I hope to find a solution, preferably one that can rapidly cultivate a large number of high-grade cursed spirits."

Inside the villa, An Xiu spoke to Seele and Makima in the same pose as a certain Commander Ikari.

As for An Xiu himself, he had no intention of participating in the thinking process.

After all, with the memories of the original characters, a clone like Makima undoubtedly had a higher IQ than An Xiu, the main body. For the same matter, it would be better for Makima to think about it than for An Xiu himself.

In this situation, An Xiu only needed to pose the problem, and the rest would be solved by his clone, so An Xiu's primary object of inquiry was actually Makima.

As for Seele, Seele from the Honkai Impact world was not a character good at planning in her settings, so this question was obviously a bit difficult for the girl in front of him.

"A method to improve the overall quality of cursed spirits?"

Facing An Xiu's inquiry, Makima fell into thought.

Improving the quality of cursed spirits was not a difficult matter. Cursed spirits, in essence, were creatures born from cursed energy generated by human negative emotions. As long as the overall negative emotions in human society were increased, the cursed spirits born under such circumstances would naturally experience a leap in both quality and quantity.

And it was easy to increase the overall negative emotions of human society. The simplest way was to incite war. By controlling the political figures in various countries, Makima could easily provoke World War III in this Jujutsu World, creating a tense atmosphere between all countries on Earth.

In this situation, the scale of negative emotions that human society could produce would instantly multiply dozens of times, and all sorts of high-grade cursed spirits would be born at a terrifying rate around the world.

However, by that time, the entire human society would likely fall into chaos.

Based on Makima's understanding of her master, although her master was not a saint with noble morals, such an extreme approach would most likely not be permitted.

It was necessary to control the act of inciting negative emotions in human society within an acceptable range. It was best to proceed gradually, increasing the scale of negative emotions without causing excessive chaos in human society.

As for the complete absence of sacrifice, it was impossible. Merely increasing the scale of human negative emotions and giving birth to more cursed spirits meant that more people would die because of cursed spirits. Makima understood her master's meaning; all she needed to do was provide a feasible plan and minimize the cost required for the plan for her master.

So, was there a way to both expand the overall negative emotions of humanity and effectively control the resulting chaos, thereby avoiding massive casualties?

Various plans to incite negative emotions in human society flashed through her mind, and she calculated the feasibility of these plans.

Finally, Makima opened her eyes, her dark golden pupils looking at An Xiu in front of her.

"There is indeed a feasible method for expanding the overall scale and quality of cursed spirits, but the implementation of this idea requires some preliminary preparation work, so... please wait a little longer, Master."

Upon hearing this, An Xiu nodded.

"It's fine to just wait for a while, but what is this preliminary preparation work you mentioned?"

"To execute my plan, I need the assistance of a sorcerer with extensive research in Cursed Energy, and it would be ideal to find another sorcerer who is proficient in various barriers."

A sorcerer with extensive research in Cursed Energy, and a sorcerer proficient in various barriers?

Recalling individuals from the entire Jujutsu Kaisen storyline who fit Makima's description, An Xiu quickly thought of Makima's target.

"Choso."

If one were to talk about the character with the deepest research into Cursed Energy in the entirety of Jujutsu Kaisen, it would undoubtedly be Choso. It's impossible to say exactly how many Cursed Techniques he has studied, and his understanding of the intricacies of Cursed Energy might even surpass Gojo Satoru and Sukuna from the original story. Even though Gojo Satoru and Sukuna might surpass him in terms of strength, it's likely that their understanding of Cursed Energy is not even one-tenth of Choso's.

As for barrier techniques, aside from Choso and the Cursed Womb Death Paintings, there is no one else in Jujutsu Kaisen who possesses such profound knowledge of barriers. The barrier used by Hanami, Dagon, and Jogo in their battle against Gojo Satoru was a testament to their skill, and it's possible that the barriers used by Sukuna, when he was in Yuji's body, were also related to Choso's barrier techniques. Therefore, it's highly probable that Choso is the most suitable candidate for the role of proficient barrier user.

So, what exactly is the plan that requires the mastery of these two individuals to complete the preliminary preparations?

An Xiu glanced at Makima. Although he was curious, he ultimately decided not to ask.

After all, both Seele and Makima were absolutely loyal to him. An Xiu didn't need to ask; he just needed to wait for Makima to present him with the final results.

And so, time passed until the day of the exchange event between the two schools.

Tokyo, Jujutsu High.

On the corridors of Jujutsu High, Itadori Yuji and other students belonging to Tokyo Jujutsu High were gathered together. Facing them were the students from Kyoto Jujutsu High.

When students from two Jujutsu High schools meet, naturally, there wouldn't be any warm scenes of laughing and chatting. The atmosphere between the two sides at this moment could be described as tense.

"The current students are so energetic. But don't start infighting."

Gojo Satoru, standing not far away, sighed and said with some helplessness.

"Speaking of which, shouldn't everyone from both schools have arrived by now? Why hasn't Principal Yaga announced the start yet?"

"That's because we still have guests who haven't arrived, Utahime."