Kenjaku the Peeping Tom

Kenjaku, a jujutsu sorcerer active a thousand years ago, excelled at Barrier Techniques.

One of his innate technique's effects, or perhaps its fundamental technique, was Brain Swap. He could transfer his soul along with his brain into another jujutsu sorcerer's body, continue living under their identity, and obtain the technique engraved in their brain.

However, it was unclear how many techniques he could master.

The reason for his longevity seemed to be his desire to create an era even more outrageous than the golden age of jujutsu a thousand years ago, hoping that the collision of such jujutsu would give birth to a new technique that even he, a jujutsu sorcerer, had never understood.

Read good books and novels every day—it was so worry-free.

To achieve this goal, Kenjaku first made a contract with Ryomen Sukuna, the King of Curses from a thousand years ago, who possessed four arms, two mouths, and four eyes. When Sukuna's lifespan came to an end, he willingly allowed Kenjaku to divide his soul into twenty pieces and seal them within his twenty fingers, turning them into Cursed Objects for Kenjaku to handle as he pleased.

Afterward, throughout those thousand years, Kenjaku formed Binding Vows with jujutsu sorcerers—and even ordinary humans—he had taken a liking to in every era of Japan. He allowed the Cursed Objects housing their souls to endure into the modern age, so they could be reborn within vessels selected by Kenjaku.

Kenjaku called this thousand-year plan the Culling Game.

Based on the little girl's condition he had seen at the police station, together with the plot of Jujutsu Kaisen and the point in time he found himself in, this was the only possibility Lin Yi could think of.

That thousand-year-old monster Kenjaku was looking for suitable vessels for those jujutsu sorcerers whose souls he had housed. Given Kenjaku's thousand years of life and constantly changing identities, establishing a cult in Central America under her control would not have been difficult.

If I remember correctly, Kenjaku's most recent identity was Yuji Itadori's mother. She took over her body, gave birth to Yuji Itadori—a vessel specifically made to imprison Sukuna—and then disappeared. Or did she fake her death and get away? Should I investigate?

Lin Yi felt conflicted. Based on the information he currently possessed, that thousand-year-old monster Kenjaku should have been secretly watching Jujutsu High and Suguru Geto while inhabiting Yuji Itadori's mother's body.

Perhaps she had noticed him. Perhaps she had not.

But as long as he continued interacting with Suguru Geto, she would definitely notice him. She might even become interested in him because of his technique, though that was unlikely. After all, Suguru Geto's Cursed Spirit Manipulation was the key piece in Kenjaku's plan.

If he wanted to stay and master the two standard abilities of the strong—Reversed Cursed Technique and Domain Expansion—before the Shibuya Incident broke out, then he had to let Kenjaku know he was a jujutsu sorcerer. That way, she would not regard him as a vessel target for the Culling Game.

Then, once Suguru Geto died and the Binding Vow between him and Kenjaku activated, causing Suguru Geto to forget Lin Yi's existence, Lin Yi could make a clean escape. Or, depending on the abilities he had mastered by then, he could see whether he could profit from those major events.

Heh, looks like there's plenty I can work with. Then it's fine. Time to sleep~

After carefully analyzing his current situation and deciding the problems were not serious, Lin Yi happily went to wash up and sleep. As for the client's matter... well, Jujutsu High had taken it over. Nothing major should happen, probably.

Early the next morning, in the courtyard of Akasaka Palace in Minato Ward.

"From the darkness, born of darkness. Darker than black, cleanse the impure and the defiled."

Suguru Geto recited the incantation to activate his Barrier Technique. A black, translucent Curtain descended, its visual effect lagging behind its actual arrival, enclosing the area.

Within the enclosed area, Lin Yi stood on the lawn. Opposite him were Suguru Geto and his family, all eagerly watching the show. The Special-Grade Cursed Spirit Cursed Womb Lin Yi had brought back last night was also being closely watched by two Special-Grade Cursed Spirits Suguru Geto had released.

"Yi-chan, are you ready? I'm taking back my Cursed Spirits now. Aren't you going to transform first?"

Suguru Geto greeted Lin Yi, who answered with his eyes.

Seeing that, Suguru Geto did not hesitate any longer. There were enough people on his side, and they could subdue this Special-Grade Cursed Spirit at any time. With a raised hand, the two Special-Grade Cursed Spirits he had summoned turned into masses of black shadow and returned to his palm.

Freed from its restraints, the Special-Grade Cursed Spirit Lin Yi had captured only last night first glanced toward Suguru Geto's side. It assumed an aggressive posture, then vanished from its original spot in the next instant and appeared before Lin Yi, its steel-rending claws striking straight at his face.

So fast!

Lin Yi's eyes widened. He twisted his body aside and narrowly avoided the Special-Grade Cursed Spirit's attack. A black figure appeared where he had dodged, driving a fist into the Cursed Spirit's chest and knocking it back.

Suguru Geto and the others stared at the Kamen Rider Joker suit that had appeared beside Lin Yi, unable to understand what he was doing.

"Since I've joined you for the time being, I'll explain how my technique works in this form. Just as you saw, I can completely separate my physical body and cursed energy, allowing them to operate independently. In other words, it is now a permanent Cursed Tool bound to my soul and body. I call it transforming because I think the action of transforming looks cool. That doesn't mean I can only switch forms by shouting 'transform.'"

Lin Yi stood beside the Kamen Rider Joker suit he had constructed from cursed energy. His upright posture, paired with the Kamen Rider Joker suit standing a head taller behind him, made Lin Yi look like a seventeen-year-old delinquent high schooler about to head to Egypt and beat up a centenarian.

"Like lowering a Curtain? The barrier's effect arrives much faster than its visual effect. Yi-chan, you really never stop surprising me~ Good luck."

"I told you, we're not close enough for that!"

Ignoring Suguru Geto's encouragement, Lin Yi moved his legs. At a thought, the Kamen Rider Joker suit behind him merged with his body, and he threw another punch at the Special-Grade Cursed Spirit he had knocked to the ground.

Elsewhere, in a room somewhere in Tokyo.

A woman was watching footage playing on the screen before her.

The footage showed Lin Yi appearing at the Lori Group building in his Heavenly Tyrant: Kamen Rider form.

Everything had been recorded, from the moment he blew apart more than thirty Grade 3 Cursed Spirits on the first basement floor in the blink of an eye, to the clash he had with Kento Nanami and the others from Jujutsu High on the rooftop.

Even the final scene of Lin Yi carrying that Special-Grade Cursed Spirit, punching through the barrier, and fleeing into the distance was watched repeatedly by the woman before the screen.

"Have jujutsu sorcerers in this era begun keeping up with the times? Then what exactly are you—a Cursed Corpse or a technique? How interesting. You took away a Special-Grade Cursed Spirit... one of Suguru Geto's people? Sukuna, it seems the age of jujutsu you desired has arrived."

The woman was beautiful, with short hair, and it was impossible to tell her exact age from her face.

Only the conspicuous stitched scar on her forehead marred her overall beauty.

This woman was Kaori Itadori, the mother of Jujutsu Kaisen's protagonist Yuji Itadori—and also Kenjaku, the jujutsu sorcerer who had plotted for a thousand years!

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