Eating from Both Ends, Maki's Decision

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"I know you're close with Shinsuke Zenin, and you really want to become a strong person like him, but that's impossible. You don't have his talent, let alone his courage."

Naobito spoke cruelly, yet realistically.

He was well aware of Maki's situation, her limits were clear. The twin curses were no joke, and he didn't think those two abnormal brothers would appear so easily.

"Hmph, I'll become the Family Head of the Zenin family with my strength and shut all of you up!"

Maki gripped her staff, her expression resolute as she turned and left. She needed to speed up her training progress; she had been stuck at this bottleneck for far too long.

"Hah hah hah hah hah hah...!"

Hearing this, Naobito was almost brought to tears from laughter.

"I'll be waiting for the day you become the Family Head of the Zenin family!"

While her talent wasn't much to speak of, he couldn't find fault with Maki's personality.

Unfortunately, becoming the Family Head of the Zenin family wasn't that easy, and besides, the next Family Head of the Zenin family had already been decided.

Before leaving the Zenin family, Maki met with Shinsuke Zenin.

"Master, I'm planning to go to Jujutsu High."

Maki Zenin's eyes were firm, and she stood straight, as if she had made up her mind.

Her strength had reached a bottleneck; she needed to fight more people or Cursed Spirits to have any chance of breaking through.

"Then go. Did you tell Maki?"

Shinsuke Zenin had no objections.

He had taught her almost everything he could. In terms of pure physical combat skills, the current Maki was no weaker than any Grade 1 Sorcerer.

However, her physical strength was still a bit lacking, and coupled with her inability to use Cursed Energy, her overall strength was probably only at the Grade 2 or 3 level.

If she used a Special Grade Cursed Tool, she might be able to take on a Grade 2 Curse alone.

"No, I don't plan to tell her," Maki shook her head.

She understood her sister very well.

While her sister might have become bolder over the years, she had no intention of rebelling against the Zenin family. Or rather, in her sister's heart, they simply couldn't achieve something like that.

Just because her sister didn't want to, didn't mean she didn't. She was determined to shut up everyone in the Zenin family.

As for her sister, she should just live a good life. This kind of thing was what an older sister was supposed to do.

"I don't want to say much about you two sisters' affairs. Take Play Cloud from inside the house with you."

Shinsuke Zenin didn't want to interfere with their sisterly relationship, letting them deal with it later.

"Master, are you serious?"

When Maki heard Shinsuke Zenin tell her to take Play Cloud, her eyes widened instantly, and she became incredibly excited.

For those like them who had no Cursed Energy, Cursed Tools were extremely important.

She was so touched that her master was willing to give her a Special Grade Cursed Tool, and her conviction became even firmer.

Even if it wasn't to spite the Zenin family, she had to persevere just for her master's trust in her!

"Take it. However, for the assessment we agreed on, you can only use ordinary Cursed Tools."

"Got it!"

Maki responded and rushed into the house, grasping Play Cloud, which had been placed there for a long time, her eyes shining.

With a casual swing, she could feel the power of this Cursed Tool.

But she knew that such a powerful Cursed Tool had once been broken by her master. She couldn't imagine how much strength it would take to break it.

Watching the excited Maki, Shinsuke Zenin showed a smile and murmured:

"I hope one day you can unleash its true potential."