The "Truth" Behind the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons

"99% of people don't know the shocking truth behind the Shinjuku Incident! The real cause was actually—"

"Terrifying! A young woman took this photo in Shinjuku and actually captured a demon god!"

"A famous shrine priest reveals: the Shinjuku Incident was predicted long ago, and the truth behind it is chilling!"

"Currently in Tokyo, exposing the truth behind the Shinjuku explosion incident."

Xia Jie sat in an internet café, using VPN software to post the "truth" about the Shinjuku Incident on websites in Japan and other countries. He also bought trending searches on websites overseas.

After spending two days in the hospital, he had finished designing the Imaginary Cursed Spirits he wanted to envision and their backgrounds, then manifested them.

Although it was a little late to release them now, he had photos of the Imaginary Cursed Spirits and could stir up another wave of attention.

The two Cursed Spirits were both enormous, humanoid evil demons. One was entirely azure-blue, while the other was black as ink.

Xia Jie named them Thunder Maru and Shadow Maru, corresponding to the attributes of thunder and darkness respectively. Creating them had cost him roughly 4,100 points of Cursed Energy.

The reason he had arrived at such a precise number as 4,100 was that, during his stay in the hospital, Xia Jie had sensed the Cursed Energy of ordinary people and his own, then assigned them specific numerical values.

The benefit of doing so was having a clear standard. As for accuracy—

Most people in the Jujutsu World possessed Cursed Energy, but the bodies of non-sorcerers could not store it, leaving their Cursed Energy constantly dissipating.

Their Cursed Energy was not a stable value either. Xia Jie set their Cursed Energy values between 20 and 50.

A jujutsu sorcerer's Cursed Energy circulated within their body. Their Cursed Energy was often several times greater than that of ordinary people, and it could be increased through training.

Take Xia Jie himself as an example. Although he had not awakened a cursed technique as a child, he still possessed the talent to use Cursed Energy.

Therefore, Xia Jie had received basic Cursed Energy training from his family when he was young.

However, after fleeing to Japan with his father, Xia Changqing, his father grew weary of the Jujutsu Society's conflicts and forbade Xia Jie from practicing Cursed Energy. Xia Jie gradually gave up his training as well.

Even so, Xia Jie's current Cursed Energy was roughly a hundred times that of an ordinary person, amounting to around 5,000 points.

That Cursed Energy had provided the foundation for Xia Jie to create Thunder Maru and Shadow Maru.

While creating Thunder Maru and Shadow Maru, Xia Jie discovered through feedback from his innate technique that creating Imaginary Cursed Spirit cursed wombs of different grades required different amounts of Cursed Energy.

Creating a Grade 4 Cursed Spirit cursed womb required 50 to 100 points of Cursed Energy, a Grade 3 Cursed Spirit cursed womb required 100 to 500 points, a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit cursed womb required 500 to 1,000 points, a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit cursed womb required 1,000 to 2,000 points, while a Special-Grade Cursed Spirit cursed womb required at least 2,000 points.

Xia Jie exhausted his own Cursed Energy to create the spirit cores of Thunder Maru and Shadow Maru, barely allowing their growth ceilings to reach the threshold of Special-Grade Cursed Spirits.

Each Cursed Spirit had consumed an average of 2,050 points of his Cursed Energy, totaling 4,100 points.

The excessive expenditure of Cursed Energy left Xia Jie with an indescribable exhaustion. It also made him realize something else: Cursed Energy consumption and recovery had a special threshold.

Generally speaking, if a jujutsu sorcerer expended less than 50% of their Cursed Energy, it would gradually recover at a rate of 10% per day. If more than 50% was expended, it would recover slowly at a rate of 5% per day.

Xia Jie created Thunder Maru first, directly consuming more than 50% of his Cursed Energy. Only after another day had passed did he create Shadow Maru.

After creating Shadow Maru, Xia Jie's Cursed Energy was nearly depleted. It would take at least half a month to fully recover.

Depleting his Cursed Energy was risky, but the current opportunity was too precious.

The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons in Shinjuku and Kyoto had caused enormous social unrest. With everyone gripped by fear, rumors sprang up everywhere.

If Xia Jie could seize this opportunity, he might obtain enough Legend Points to create his own Special-Grade Imaginary Cursed Spirit.

Thus, Xia Jie went all in, creating the spirit cores of Thunder Maru and Shadow Maru, two Special-Grade Imaginary Cursed Spirits. He then hurriedly left the hospital and rushed between several internet cafés, posting on domestic and overseas websites to build "momentum" for Thunder Maru and Shadow Maru.

In the posts Xia Jie published, he explained in detail the cause of the Shinjuku Incident.

Xia Jie fabricated the massive disturbance in Shinjuku as being caused by Kishimojin giving birth to the Nine Noble Children, with her five hundred demon children rampaging through Shinjuku.

The Nine Noble Children were Gold Maru, Wood Maru, Water Maru, Fire Maru, Earth Maru, Wind Maru, Thunder Maru, Light Maru, and Shadow Maru, corresponding to the nine attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, thunder, light, and darkness.

Xia Jie had once considered directly envisioning Kishimojin.

However, Kishimojin was a very famous legend in Japan. If he created Kishimojin, she would likely instantly grow into an uncontrollable Special-Grade Cursed Spirit.

So Xia Jie settled for the next best thing. Borrowing the name of the Ghost Mother, he created the legend of the Nine Noble Children through the Shinjuku Incident, intending to manifest them through this opportunity.

His original intention had been to directly create nine powerful Cursed Spirits. However, because his Cursed Energy was limited, he ultimately only created Thunder Maru and Shadow Maru, corresponding to the thunder and darkness attributes. As for the other seven Cursed Spirits... they might still be inside Kishimojin's womb.

After creating Thunder Maru and Shadow Maru, Xia Jie deliberately sought out some ruined walls and debris after leaving the hospital. To make the claim that "the Ghost Mother gave birth and wreaked havoc in Shinjuku" more convincing, he had Thunder Maru and Shadow Maru appear there and used Cursed Energy to photograph "evidence" of their rampage.

Since complete photos could easily bring him trouble, Xia Jie deliberately obscured the appearances of Thunder Maru and Shadow Maru while taking the pictures.

The Japanese authorities had noticed Xia Jie's garbage posts long ago. There were many others making wild guesses like him, with most believing vengeful spirits were at work.

As for the terrorist attack claimed by the authorities, it could only fool uninformed onlookers. Many witnesses in Tokyo and Kyoto did not buy that explanation.

At first, the authorities constantly banned IP addresses and deleted posts. But when they noticed that many people were spreading such claims overseas, they realized that further deletions might have the opposite effect, so they instead suppressed this kind of content.

Yet discussions of vengeful spirits and demons causing havoc remained highly popular. Xia Jie's claim of "Kishimojin's Childbirth" sparked widespread discussion and secondary sharing among netizens due to its clear logic and ample evidence.

Although the exaggerated headline format made some keyboard warriors suspicious, Xia Jie did not need to do anything. Others naturally stepped forward to argue with them.

The claim of "Kishimojin's Childbirth" was quickly accepted by the public, allowing Thunder Maru and Shadow Maru to rapidly accumulate a massive amount of Legend Points.

Xia Jie manifested two strange cards in the void—he used Cursed Energy cards as the vessels for Imaginary Cursed Spirits. The cards bore descriptions of Thunder Maru and Shadow Maru, and he checked their Legend Points.

First was Thunder Maru:

[Imaginary Cursed Spirit: Thunder Maru]

[Grade: Special-Grade Cursed Spirit - Cursed Womb Form]

[Cursed Energy: 2050/20500]

[Legend Points: 4.112 million/4.68 million]

[Cursed Technique: Thunder Cursed Art]

[Cursed Technique Effect: Can manipulate its own Cursed Energy and transform it into lightning.]

[Binding Vow:

1. No Thunder on Clear Days: The Lightning Strike Cursed Art is affected by the weather. On clear days, the cursed technique's effect is weakened by 20%; on cloudy days, it is enhanced by 20%.

2. Discharge Upon Contact with Water: When it falls into water, its Cursed Energy will leak uncontrollably until it is completely exhausted.]

[Jujutsu Skills:

1. Thunder Beast: A ferocious thunder beast formed from its own Cursed Energy. It can swiftly attack enemies and inflict lightning damage.

2. Thunderflash: Uses Cursed Energy to greatly enhance its reaction speed and physical speed, making it nearly impossible to track with the naked eye.]

Then came Shadow Maru:

[Imaginary Cursed Spirit: Shadow Maru]

[Grade: Special-Grade Cursed Spirit - Cursed Womb Form]

[Cursed Energy: 2050/20500]

[Legend Points: 4.132 million/5.4 million]

[Cursed Technique: Shadow Manipulation]

[Cursed Technique Effect: Ultimate control over shadows.]

[Binding Vow:

Interplay of Light and Darkness: Under intense light or in complete darkness, Cursed Energy and cursed technique effects are weakened by at least 20%.]

[Jujutsu Skills:

1. Hide in Shadow: Shadow Maru can move freely within shadows and seal any target inside a shadow.

2. Myriad Transformations: Shadow Maru can transform its own shadow into various forms.

3. Shadow Binding: By covering the target's shadow with its own, it can control the target's movements.

4. Shadow Clone: Shadow Maru can use shadows to create Shadow Clones. The Shadow Clones possess some of Shadow Maru's skills. Their strength depends on the number of clones.]