New Abilities, World Tree Descends!

A series of stabbing pains washed over him, and Lin Mu's consciousness gradually returned. Everything around him was hazy, but he could vaguely make out that he was in a rented apartment.

"Where is this?"

"A safe house belonging to Jujutsu High." A familiar voice came from nearby.

Lin Mu reached up and touched his face, discovering that his eyes were wrapped in layers of bandages.

"You'd better not take them off yet. Otherwise, your eyes will suffer permanent damage."

"You really went all out just to see Teacher Gojo's movements clearly? He'll teach you eventually anyway."

Fushiguro spoke with a trace of resentment and jealousy in his voice as he handed Lin Mu the tea he had prepared earlier.

"Thanks. Where's Itadori?"

Lin Mu did not remove the bandages. Most of his future strength would depend on these Sharingan.

If some minor issue at this early stage affected his future strength, he would truly regret it for the rest of his life.

Fushiguro leaned farther back in his chair. "Teacher Gojo took him away."

Lin Mu could clearly hear a trace of sorrow mixed into Fushiguro's tone.

"What will happen to him?" Lin Mu followed up, even though he had already confirmed which point in the original story this was.

Itadori had been taken by Satoru Gojo to a room covered in sealing talismans and sentenced to death!

However, through Satoru Gojo's efforts, it had been changed to a suspended death sentence. As for whether Satoru Gojo had truly argued with the higher-ups of the jujutsu world, Lin Mu had no way of knowing.

Given Satoru Gojo's current, utterly overwhelming strength, even everyone in the entire jujutsu world combined could not defeat him. There was no need for him to obey those old men's orders at all.

"He'll probably be executed immediately..."

To avoid arousing suspicion as much as possible, Lin Mu put on a sorrowful expression and thought through every miserable thing that had happened in his previous life.

"Beep, beep, beep—"

A phone rang. It was Satoru Gojo calling.

After Fushiguro answered the phone, his expression gradually shifted from initial despondence to excitement.

"Understood. We'll head over right away!"

After hanging up, Fushiguro shouted excitedly at Lin Mu, "Great! Itadori is still alive!"

Then he suddenly realized he had lost his composure. "Ahem. Let's go. We're heading to the crematorium."

Lin Mu chuckled inwardly. "Just like in the anime. He really is a little tsundere."

"Wait for me. I need to use the bathroom."

When he had clashed head-on with Sukuna's pressure, his inheritance progress had already surpassed 10%, allowing him to unlock a new ability once more.

With a thought, the towering phantom of Susanoo seemed to appear before his eyes again, while new fruits formed one after another on the Divine Tree.

The Divine Tree had exactly twenty branches, which should correspond to every stage of inheritance from 5% to 100%.

As the second fruit dimmed, information related to immense power and ninjutsu flooded into his mind.

The intense pain brought about by the change in his physique nearly made Lin Mu lose his footing.

His crackling bones seemed to be shattered and reassembled, while piercing pain shot straight through his nerves.

Fortunately, the transformation did not last long. The pain gradually faded, and Lin Mu's five senses and physique underwent a qualitative leap!

Even with his eyes covered, Lin Mu could clearly sense everything around him.

With his current physique, even that Grade 2 giant cursed spirit from before would probably be sent flying with a single punch!

Lin Mu removed the bandages, and the mirror immediately reflected a dazzling red glow.

Beneath the blood-red bandages were Three-Tomoe Sharingan as gorgeous as the most exquisite rubies in the world!

Once the Three-Tomoe Sharingan had awakened, the world became incomparably clear. It felt like a nearsighted person putting on glasses, as though he had been reborn.

Lin Mu had also mastered all the basic genjutsu possessed by the Sharingan. However, whether because he had inherited Madara Uchiha's power or for some other reason, he had no interest in such ordinary genjutsu.

He remembered that Madara had not used any iconic genjutsu in Naruto. He had always crushed his enemies with overwhelming strength.

This had led countless netizens in his previous life to speculate endlessly about the abilities of Madara Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan.

The various bizarre abilities they proposed were more outrageous than the last.

The most widely accepted theory was that it possessed a passive ability capable of enhancing taijutsu and ninjutsu.

That would explain why Madara's taijutsu had reached such astounding heights, and why even an ordinary ninjutsu could unleash terrifying power beyond the Kage level.

Before long, however, Lin Mu would be able to personally confirm what Madara's Mangekyo Sharingan ability truly was.

As for ninjutsu, the newly unlocked ability this time made Lin Mu's eyes light up.

"Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees!"

Madara himself did not originally possess this skill.

But during the battle at the Valley of the End, Madara narrowly lost to Hashirama and bit off a piece of Hashirama's flesh before his death.

After reviving through Izanagi, Madara transplanted Hashirama's flesh onto himself, thereby gaining Wood Release ninjutsu.

The Advent of a World of Trees was also one of the pinnacle Wood Release ninjutsu. The massive number of trees it caused to grow could alter the terrain of an entire battlefield in an instant.

Trees that could be controlled at will could be used for attack, defense, restraint, and reshaping the terrain into something favorable, among many other purposes.

But the same problem remained: Lin Mu's current chakra reserves were too low to achieve that effect.

Pulling his thoughts back, Lin Mu focused on the Three-Tomoe Sharingan reflected in the mirror.

"I wonder what the requirements for evolving into the Mangekyo Sharingan will be?"

In Naruto, one could only awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan after undergoing tremendous emotional upheaval. But as someone enjoying the benefits of a cheat ability, Lin Mu might not need to go through all that trouble.

The Mangekyo Sharingan marked a dividing line in strength within the Uchiha Clan.

After obtaining the Mangekyo Sharingan, one could awaken unique abilities, such as Obito's Kamui, Shisui's Kotoamatsukami, and Itachi's Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi...

More importantly, awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan gave one a chance to unlock Susanoo!

As a special ability in Naruto that combined ultimate offense and defense, every person who possessed it was a top-tier powerhouse.

At the thought of piloting Susanoo someday, the corners of Lin Mu's mouth rose unconsciously.

"Lin Mu, are you done? Is there anything wrong with your body?" Fushiguro's voice came from outside the door, snapping Lin Mu back to his senses. He had already been in the restroom for over ten minutes.

"Ah, ah, ah, I'm fine. It just feels like all of this happened too suddenly." Lin Mu walked out of the restroom, pretending to be dazed.

Fushiguro silently patted Lin Mu on the shoulder. He understood that such a sudden change would definitely be difficult for an ordinary person to accept.

As they left, Fushiguro noticed that the restroom trash bin was full of bloodstained bandages.

Without saying a word, he took out a fresh bandage and wrapped it around Lin Mu again.

"I'm already fine, there's no need..."

Before he could finish, Fushiguro flicked Lin Mu on the head and firmly finished dressing the wound.

At the crematorium, Itadori silently dealt with his grandfather's ashes.

After speaking with Teacher Gojo, his heart was filled with mixed emotions.

Overnight, the familiar world he knew had vanished completely, while he himself had become a monster everyone wanted dead.

Such a world-shaking change would break even an adult, let alone Itadori, who was still a high school student.

"If Sukuna disappears completely, will there be fewer people suffering because of curses?" Itadori's heavy voice broke the silence.

"Of course."

"Do you still have that finger?"

Without a word, Satoru Gojo handed Sukuna's finger to Itadori.

With the sound of swallowing, Itadori ate the second finger, and Sukuna regained one-tenth of his strength.

A terrifying pressure immediately surfaced again, while black markings appeared across Itadori's face.

Satoru Gojo remained unmoved. That pressure had no effect on him whatsoever. His right hand lifted slightly, ready to subdue Sukuna at any moment.

"Cough, cough, cough." After swallowing the finger, Itadori broke into a violent coughing fit.

"Blech—this tastes awful!"

Satoru Gojo broke into a radiant smile at the sight. Not only could Itadori's body withstand Sukuna, but his will could also preserve his sense of self in Sukuna's presence.

He was a once-in-a-millennium genius!

"Can I take this as you having made up your mind?" Satoru Gojo asked.

Itadori said, "Not at all. I still think, why the hell am I being sentenced to death?"

"But we can't just leave curses alone!"

"I'll eat every last bit of Sukuna! After that, I don't care anymore. I'm doomed to die anyway, right?"

Satoru Gojo paused slightly before laughing. "Very good, very good. Looks like we can look forward to a pleasant hell."

"Pack your things today."

"Are we going somewhere?" Itadori asked, looking confused.

Satoru Gojo pushed open the door. Fushiguro and Lin Mu, who had been waiting outside for quite some time, stood at the entrance.

Fushiguro said, "Tokyo!"

Itadori became unusually excited when he saw them. "Fushiguro, Lin Mu! You two look pretty good!"

Fushiguro's face immediately darkened. "Look at the bandages on our heads before you say that!"

"You'll be transferring to the jujutsu sorcerer school I attend next, Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu Technical College. Of course, Lin Mu will be going with you too."

"By the way, including you and Lin Mu, there are only four first-years in total." As Satoru Gojo said this, his gaze lingered deliberately on Lin Mu for a moment longer.

Compared to Itadori, he seemed more interested in the boy before him, who possessed unusual eyes just like his own.

"That's way too few!" Amid Itadori's exclamation, the group headed for Jujutsu High.

The Shinkansen was fast. In less than half an hour, it had crossed Tokyo.

Jujutsu High was located rather remotely, so the subway naturally could not reach it directly. The remaining stretch required a staff member to pick them up.

It was also Lin Mu's first time meeting Ijichi, who looked sickly. Although he had not appeared much in the original work, he had left an exceptionally deep impression.

And then there was Kugisaki Nobara, whom he would soon meet in Tokyo.

She had a fierce, fiery personality and a sharp, decisive fighting style. At critical moments, she was always one of the most dependable teammates.

Besides that, the distribution of cursed spirits was also related to population size.

Cursed spirits were born from the human heart—jealousy, fear, greed...

All kinds of negative emotions gave rise to cursed spirits. And in Tokyo, with its enormous population, people had more things to fear and worry about, which meant more cursed spirits would be born—and stronger ones at that.

That also meant Lin Mu would be able to increase the inheritance progress faster! He would unlock more of Madara Uchiha's abilities!

At that thought, the corners of Lin Mu's lips curved up slightly as he began looking forward to life at Jujutsu High.