Cursed Technique Awakening: Imaginary Becomes Real

The hospital was already packed to capacity, with patients' wails and curses audible everywhere.

Xia Jie sat on the hospital bed, deaf to the surrounding noise. There was only one thought in his mind—How had I transmigrated? What world had I transmigrated into?

He hunched over slightly, as though all color had drained from him, leaving him looking like a crude gray-black sketch.

A flood of memories that did not belong to him surged through Xia Jie's mind. The scenes from his dreams grew clearer and clearer, presenting him with the complete life of a fifteen-year-old boy.

Other than "miserable," Xia Jie could not find any better word to describe the life of this boy who shared his name.

His mother had died young. His father... had lost his life protecting him yesterday.

Though he was still alive, from another perspective, his soul had already been replaced.

What the hell was this?

After sorting through the original owner's memories, Xia Jie could not help sighing inwardly.

It was not as if he had never considered the possibility of transmigration, but this one had come so suddenly that he was completely at a loss, with no idea what attitude he should take toward it.

He still had not figured out what kind of world he had arrived in.

Xia Jie adjusted his gloomy mood. Combining his memories with his current circumstances, he gradually uncovered some clues about this world.

In the original Xia Jie's memories, his father, Xia Changqing, had once been a famous Jujutsu Sorcerer in China, backed by a massive Jujutsu Sorcerer family.

Because he disagreed with the family's beliefs, Xia Changqing had left the family for a long time and had a son with the original Xia Jie's mother, the non-sorcerer Lu Xiaolei.

When the original Xia Jie was five, members of the family found Xia Changqing and forced him to return with Lu Xiaolei and their son.

After returning to the family, the original Xia Jie underwent an aptitude test. The result disappointed everyone—he was a worthless failure incapable of using a Cursed Technique.

Once the family learned of the result, they forcefully ordered Xia Changqing and Lu Xiaolei to separate.

Naturally, Xia Changqing refused, and he fell out with the family over it.

Later, the original Xia Jie's mother, Lu Xiaolei, died in an "accident." Enraged, Xia Changqing defected from the family and crossed the sea with his son to Japan.

During their escape, Xia Changqing lost his powers as a Jujutsu Sorcerer and became an ordinary person completely.

In Japan, the original Xia Jie spent eleven years with his father. Their lives were plain and lonely, but peaceful enough.

Until yesterday, when an unprecedented riot broke out in Shinjuku, and Xia Changqing gave his life to protect him.

"Jujutsu Sorcerers, Cursed Spirits, Shinjuku... this is obviously Jujutsu Kaisen!" Xia Jie's mouth twitched violently as he muttered under his breath.

Jujutsu Kaisen! He had transmigrated into Jujutsu Kaisen!

Today was... December 25!

He should have realized it sooner!

That so-called massive Shinjuku riot was clearly the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons launched by Suguru Geto!

The time he had arrived was also the first day after the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons ended!

"Damn it!" Xia Jie could not help cursing under his breath.

He had merely stayed up late watching Jujutsu Kaisen 0, and somehow ended up in the world of Jujutsu Kaisen!

This was ridiculous!

Xia Jie was utterly speechless. If he had known, he might as well have rewatched those exciting action movies he had seen with his ex-girlfriend!

If he had transmigrated into that sort of world, it would have been simple and satisfying.

Unlike Jujutsu Kaisen, where this world was filled with endless danger, supernatural incidents happened one after another, and death could come at any moment.

Even if he somehow avoided all those Cursed Spirits, there would still be the Shibuya Incident next October. Once Gojo Satoru was sealed away, Brain would release at least ten million Cursed Spirits, and all of Japan would fall.

The moment he thought of that, Xia Jie's first thought was—I need to get back to China as soon as possible!

Why stay in Japan? He knew Cursed Spirits were everywhere in Japan, and that catastrophe lay ahead. Staying here would be no different from courting death!

Returning to China was the best choice!

There was only one problem: his current nationality... It probably would not be easy to handle the procedures for returning to China. On top of that, his father was dead and he was still a minor, making it even harder for him to leave the country.

Xia Jie silently cursed the trouble. If he wanted to leave the country, he would first need to find himself a suitable guardian.

There were still ten months until the Shibuya Incident. It seemed like enough time, but one had to remember that Shinjuku had just gone through Suguru Geto's Night Parade of One Hundred Demons.

There might still be Cursed Spirits lurking in the corners of the city. Staying in such a dangerous place gave Xia Jie no sense of security whatsoever.

The only fortunate thing was that although he had not awakened a Cursed Technique, he still possessed the Cursed Energy needed to see Cursed Spirits. That could at least reduce many risks.

"A Cursed Technique... why don't I have a Cursed Technique?"

Irritation rose in Xia Jie's heart, but suddenly, he felt something unusual sound within his brain, as if some switch had abruptly been turned on.

Xia Jie froze, disbelief spreading across his face—just then, he sensed that his Cursed Technique had awakened!

Like an instinct engraved into his body, Xia Jie naturally understood the information regarding his Cursed Technique.

[Cursed Technique: Imaginary Becomes Real]

[Effect: Legends become reality. You can materialize Imaginary Cursed Spirits and claim them for your own use.]

[Cursed Technique Conditions:

1. An Imaginary Cursed Spirit is unique. You cannot imagine a Cursed Spirit with the same origin as one that already exists.

2. Once an Imaginary Cursed Spirit's abilities are defined, a Binding Vow for that Cursed Spirit will be generated automatically. When the Cursed Spirit is summoned into the real world, that Binding Vow will also affect its creator.

3. An Imaginary Cursed Spirit requires a certain amount of Cursed Energy to construct its corresponding spirit core and condense a Cursed Womb. The amount of Cursed Energy used to construct the Cursed Womb affects the Cursed Spirit's maximum growth potential.

4. When first materialized, an Imaginary Cursed Spirit possesses no special abilities. To evolve an Imaginary Cursed Spirit into its complete form, it must obtain enough Legend Points in the world.

5. When imagining a Cursed Spirit that already has an existing legend behind it (and has no real-world prototype), it will be influenced by that legend, automatically consume Cursed Energy to condense a Cursed Womb, and directly materialize as a complete Cursed Spirit.

Imaginary Cursed Spirits have no subordinate relationship with their creator, so the creator does not bear their Binding Vows, but can subdue them through their own strength.

6. After an Imaginary Cursed Spirit is exorcised, the conditions for materializing it again are equivalent to Clause 5.

7. Once an Imaginary Cursed Spirit expends its Cursed Energy, it cannot recover it automatically. It must recover it through Legend Points or the host's own Cursed Energy.]

Upon sensing his suddenly awakened Cursed Technique, Xia Jie was first startled, then overwhelmed with joy.

What was going on???

Just moments ago, he had been worrying about what to do without a Cursed Technique, and the next second, his Cursed Technique had suddenly awakened!

Imaginary Cursed Spirits... didn't that mean he could have whatever kind of Cursed Spirit he wanted?

This Cursed Technique was even several times more convenient than Suguru Geto's Cursed Spirit Manipulation!

If he imagined a Cursed Spirit comparable to Sukuna or Gojo Satoru, then... wouldn't he become the strongest?

He did not dare think about it! He really did not dare think about it!

Xia Jie forcefully suppressed his excitement and decided to conduct an experiment first, to see exactly what kind of Cursed Spirit he could imagine.

Thinking of the Shinjuku Incident that had just happened, a vague idea formed in Xia Jie's mind. He could use this event as the basis for the Cursed Spirit he would imagine.

Although Shinjuku's Night Parade of One Hundred Demons had been stopped in time by the Jujutsu Sorcerers, the Cursed Spirits' large-scale movement had inevitably affected ordinary people. Even now, Shinjuku's hospitals were packed with countless injured civilians.

Even if ordinary people did not know what had happened, they vaguely sensed that some kind of supernatural incident had occurred in Shinjuku.

It was basically impossible for the Jujutsu Sorcerers to suppress news of the Cursed Spirits, unless someone possessed a Cursed Technique capable of erasing memories—and one that required opening a Domain at that. Otherwise, there was no way to make Shinjuku's residents forget what had happened.

But where in Jujutsu Kaisen was there such a sorcerer?

Therefore, the Shinjuku Riot could not be covered up at all. People kept discussing yesterday's riot online.

Buildings had exploded for no reason, the ground had suddenly collapsed, and people had been fighting something strange and unseen... Some people had uploaded videos of Shinjuku's bizarre events from yesterday, but any video related to the battles became unplayable as soon as it was opened.

It seemed that Jujutsu Society and the authorities in the real world were certainly connected. Xia Jie thought silently. That was normal. No matter how powerful Jujutsu Sorcerers were, they could not act freely while ignoring the authorities.

After watching several videos of buildings suddenly exploding and reading Japanese netizens' speculations, Xia Jie's image of the Cursed Spirit he was about to imagine became clearer and clearer.