Searching for "Angel" Hana Kurusu

"Sure."

Jie Jian nodded without hesitation.

He turned to Charlie.

"Charlie, you still have 5 points, right? Give four to Yuji, then use the remaining point to cycle through the people here so their scores change."

Charlie nodded and, without objection, handed his 4 points to Yuji.

With Charlie's 4 points added to Jie Jian's 96, Yuji's score instantly reached the 100-point mark!

They could add another rule now!

"Thank you, Brother Jie! Thanks for the points!"

Yuji gave Jie Jian a deep bow.

Whether it was for Megumi Fushiguro's request or to end the Culling Game, he desperately needed these 100 points.

Jie Jian waved a hand casually.

"It's nothing. Points are useless to me anyway. I said I'd give them to you, so I did. We're bros!"

Panda was delighted to see that they had successfully obtained the points as well.

He looked at Yuji.

"Yuji, we have 100 points now. Does that mean we can add a new rule?"

Yuji nodded.

Just as he was about to add the new rule according to their original plan, a shout suddenly came from the sky.

"Yuji! Panda!"

Everyone looked up and saw a mature blonde woman riding a broomstick descend from the air.

The newcomer was Momo Nishimiya, a third-year student from Jujutsu High's Kyoto branch.

Her cursed technique was "Cursed Corpse Manipulation," which allowed her to control a broomstick and fly through the air.

"Ah! It's Momo Nishimiya! What are you doing here?"

Panda was delighted to see an old acquaintance.

"I was sent by the higher-ups to help."

Momo controlled her broom as she landed, then looked at Jie Jian with some confusion.

"And this is?"

Panda immediately introduced him. "This is Brother Jie Jian! He's one of us. He gave us 96 points for free!"

Ninety-six points!

Momo was startled.

As one of the Jujutsu Society's helpers assigned to the Culling Game, she understood the game well enough.

Ninety-six points were not something one could obtain so casually!

As far as she knew, among the Culling Game's ten colonies, probably only a few people had scores that high.

This person looked utterly ordinary, yet he had so many points!

He was ruthless!

At that thought, Momo shuddered and hurriedly looked at Jie Jian with a flattering smile.

"Good afternoon, Brother Jie."

Jie Jian casually nodded in response.

Panda looked at Momo curiously.

"Momo, did you need something from us?"

Prompted by Panda, Momo finally remembered why she had come.

She hurriedly looked at Yuji and Panda.

"There's something I need to tell you right away. We can change the order in which we add the rules!"

Before Yuji and the others entered the Culling Game, they had planned to add four rules:

1. Points could be transferred between players.

2. One could spend 100 points to find a substitute for oneself.

3. The colony's communication restrictions would be lifted.

4. All players could freely enter and leave the colonies.

Momo continued.

"Maki can now enter and leave the colonies freely, so we can postpone the third rule about establishing communications!"

"Freely enter and leave the colonies?!" Yuji cried out, asking in disbelief, "How did Maki-senpai do that?"

"Because Maki became a Heavenly Tyrant. She no longer has even a trace of cursed energy, so the Culling Game's barriers no longer affect her."

Heavenly Tyrant.

Hearing those four words, Jie Jian became interested as well.

In this world, everyone possessed cursed energy, only in differing amounts.

But a Heavenly Tyrant would not produce even a trace of cursed energy.

As compensation for being unable to produce cursed energy, a Heavenly Tyrant's body would receive an incredibly terrifying enhancement!

Relying on physical strength alone, a Heavenly Tyrant could even reach Special Grade level.

As an outsider, Jie Jian was quite interested in Heavenly Tyrants.

If he had the chance, a Heavenly Tyrant would be worth fighting!

After his brief shock, Yuji cried out happily.

"That's amazing! How did Maki-senpai do it?"

Not only Yuji, but even Panda looked at Momo with great interest.

However, Momo shook her head in confusion.

"...I'm not too sure about that either. Maki didn't tell me."

At that moment, Jie Jian, who had been listening in, suddenly cut in.

"It was probably because her sister died."

"Huh?!"

Yuji, Panda, and Momo all looked at Jie Jian in horror, unable to understand why he had said that.

Seeing that they did not know, Jie Jian decided to show off his intelligence network.

"Looks like you still don't know. Twins are considered inauspicious in Jujutsu Society, because twins divide the cursed energy that should have belonged to one child, ultimately causing both children to be born with physical problems."

"At the same time, twins curse each other. Since they use the same pool of cursed energy, they can only improve when they train together."

"But because Maki was a Heavenly Tyrant, her cursed energy could not increase. So no matter how the two of them trained, their strength would not change significantly."

Jie Jian continued.

"Because of the Binding Vow between twins, Maki, who should not have had cursed energy as a Heavenly Tyrant, had cursed energy."

"At the same time, because of her older sister's existence, her younger sister's cursed energy could never grow."

"So, if Maki had become a true Heavenly Tyrant, there was only one possible answer."

"The twin bound to her had died."

Jie Jian's words made the atmosphere go stiff.

The joy Yuji and Panda had felt faded away, replaced by concern and sorrow for Maki.

After a moment, Momo was the first to speak.

"Let's put the past aside for now. Ending the Culling Game is what matters."

Panda nodded along.

"Right. We need to end the Culling Game quickly, then rescue Gojo-sensei!"

At the mention of Satoru Gojo, the three from Jujutsu High were shaken.

Indeed, rescuing the sealed Satoru Gojo was the highest priority. They could not delay that.

However, Panda lowered his head sadly.

"But I can't find 'Angel,' Hana Kurusu!"

Satoru Gojo was currently sealed within the Special-Grade Cursed Object, the Prison Realm, and only the technique of "Angel," Hana Kurusu, could unseal him.

But Panda had searched Tokyo No. 2 Colony for a long time and still could not find any trace of her.

Panda looked at Momo.

"Momo, you can fly through the sky. Have you seen Hana Kurusu?"

"I haven't seen anyone suspicious either."

Momo shook her head, a trace of worry flashing across her face.

She glanced at the colony, paused, then spoke.

"And I'm a little afraid that she might have died in the Culling Game."

As soon as she said that, Yuji and Panda both looked at Jie Jian.

Although Momo did not say it outright, the boy and the panda both guessed what she was thinking.

Could Hana Kurusu's 5 points be among Jie Jian's 96 points?!

Jie Jian glanced left and right, then said irritably.

"What are you looking at me for? Just say what you mean!"

"Haha, no, no." Panda hurriedly gave an awkward laugh, then carefully asked, "Um... Brother Jie, have you seen an ancient sorcerer called 'Angel,' Hana Kurusu?"

"I know her."

"Then do you know where she is now?!"

Panda looked at Jie Jian excitedly, but Jie Jian's next sentence sent him straight into despair.

"'Angel,' Hana Kurusu, is no longer in this colony."

What?!

She was no longer in this colony!

Didn't that mean she was dead?!

This was bad, this was bad! If she was dead, what would happen to Gojo's seal?!

Did that mean Gojo would have to stay trapped in the Prison Realm for the rest of his life?!