"Sure."
Jie Jian nodded without hesitation.
He turned to Charlie.
"Charlie, you still have five 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 four points over to Yuji.
With Charlie's four points added to Jie Jian's ninety-six, Yuji's score instantly reached the hundred-point mark!
They could add another rule now!
"Thank you, Brother Jie! Thanks for your points!"
Yuji gave Jie Jian a deep bow.
Whether it was Megumi Fushiguro's request or ending the Culling Game, he desperately needed these hundred 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 gave them to you. We're bros."
Panda was delighted to see them successfully obtain the points.
He looked at Yuji.
"Yuji, we have a hundred points now. Can we 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 blonde, mature woman descending from the air on a broomstick.
The newcomer was Momo Nishimiya, a third-year student from Jujutsu High's Kyoto campus.
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 descent to the ground, then looked at Jie Jian curiously.
"And this is?"
Panda immediately introduced him. "This is Jie Jian, Brother Jie! He's one of us. He gave us ninety-six points for free!"
Ninety-six points!
Momo was shocked.
As one of the Jujutsu Society's helpers assigned to the Culling Game, she knew a fair amount about it.
Ninety-six points were not something just anyone could obtain!
As far as she knew, among the Culling Game's ten Barriers, probably only a handful of people had scores that high.
This guy looked completely 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 nodded casually in response.
Panda looked at Momo curiously.
"Momo, what did you come to see us for?"
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. A player could spend one hundred points to find a substitute for themselves.
3. The communication restrictions between Barriers would be lifted.
4. All players could freely enter and leave the Barriers.
Momo continued.
"Now that Maki can freely enter and leave the Barriers, we can put off the third rule about establishing communications!"
"Freely enter and leave the Barriers?" Yuji cried out in disbelief. "How did Maki-senpai do that?"
"Because Maki became a Heavenly Tyrant. She doesn't have even a trace of cursed energy anymore, so the Culling Game's Barriers no longer affect her."
Heavenly Tyrant.
Hearing those words, Jie Jian felt a flicker of interest.
In this world, everyone possessed cursed energy, differing only in quantity.
But a Heavenly Tyrant did not produce even the slightest trace of cursed energy.
In compensation for being unable to produce cursed energy, a Heavenly Tyrant's physical body received an utterly terrifying enhancement!
With 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 got the chance, a Heavenly Tyrant would be worth fighting!
After his brief shock, Yuji shouted excitedly.
"That's incredible! How did Maki-senpai do it?"
Not only Yuji, but Panda too looked at Momo with great interest.
However, Momo shook her head in confusion.
"...I'm not really sure either. Maki didn't tell me."
At that moment, Jie Jian, who had been listening in, suddenly cut in.
"It was probably because her younger sister died."
"Huh?!"
Yuji, Panda, and Momo all looked at Jie Jian in horror, unable to understand why he would say that.
Seeing that they did not know, Jie Jian decided to show off his information network.
"Looks like you really don't know. Twins are considered inauspicious in Jujutsu Society because they divide the cursed energy that should belong to one child. In the end, both children are born with problems in their bodies."
"At the same time, twins curse each other. Since they use the same 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, someone who should not have had cursed energy as a Heavenly Tyrant, ended up with 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 became a true Heavenly Tyrant, then there is only one possible answer."
"The twin bound to her died."
Jie Jian's words caused the atmosphere to freeze.
Yuji and Panda's joy faded away, replaced by concern and sorrow for Maki.
After a moment, Momo was the one who spoke.
"Let's put the past aside for now. Ending the Culling Game is what matters."
Panda nodded along.
"That's right. We need to end the Culling Game quickly, then rescue Gojo-sensei!"
At the mention of Satoru Gojo, the three Jujutsu High students were jolted.
Indeed, rescuing the sealed Satoru Gojo was the top priority. They could not delay any longer.
However, Panda lowered his head sadly.
"But I can't find 'Angel' Hana Kurusu!"
Satoru Gojo was currently sealed inside the Special-Grade Cursed Object, the Prison Realm, and only the cursed 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 in the sky. Did you see 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 Barrier, paused, then spoke.
"And I'm a little worried that she might have died in the Culling Game."
As soon as she said that, Yuji and Panda both glanced at Jie Jian.
Although Momo had not said it outright, both the boy and the panda had guessed what she was thinking.
Jie Jian had ninety-six points. Could five of those points have belonged to "Angel" Hana Kurusu?!
Jie Jian glanced from side to side and said irritably.
"What are you looking at me for? Just say what you want to say!"
"Haha, no, no." Panda gave an awkward laugh, then asked cautiously.
"Um... Brother Jie, have you happened to seen an ancient sorcerer called 'Angel' Hana Kurusu?"
"I know her."
"Then do you know where she is now?!"
Panda looked at Jie Jian in delight, but Jie Jian's next words sent him plunging into despair.
"'Angel' Hana Kurusu is no longer in this Barrier."
What!
She was no longer in this Barrier!
Didn't that mean she was dead?!
It was over, it was over! If she was dead, what would happen to Gojo-sensei's seal?!
Was Prison Gojo going to be stuck in the Prison Realm for the rest of his life, unable to get out?!
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