Really Adapted

Those who participated in the Culling Game were called players.

Golden Bug served as the personal "customer service" assistant for every player.

Players could not only use it to check or add Culling Game rules, but also ask it simple questions.

Golden Bug looked at Jie Jian in confusion. It did not understand why the person before it was clearly participating in the Culling Game for the first time, yet seemed to have known of its existence long ago.

Golden Bug circled through the air and hovered before Jie Jian.

"Is there anything you would like to ask me?"

Jie Jian instinctively shook his head.

Don't underestimate his information network!

He had watched everything related to the Culling Game in the anime long ago. When it came to the Culling Game, he could now be said to possess the most information in all of Jujutsu Kaisen.

Golden Bug nodded somewhat dejectedly.

"Then I'll be going back. Call me whenever you need me, Player."

Just as Golden Bug was about to disappear, Jie Jian suddenly remembered something.

He abruptly stretched out his hand and shouted:

"Wait! I have a question!"

Golden Bug's eyes lit up. "What is your question, Player?"

"Which Culling Game colony is this?"

There were ten colonies in the Culling Game, and Jie Jian still had no idea where he was.

Golden Bug tilted its head.

Hadn't the other party entered the colony on his own?

How could someone not know where he was?

Although it was somewhat puzzled, Golden Bug, as a personal assistant, still readily answered Jie Jian's question.

"Player, this is Tokyo No. 2 Colony."

"Tokyo No. 2 Colony!"

Jie Jian could not help crying out.

He had not expected to end up here. He had thought he would enter the first colony, like the protagonist Yuji Itadori.

There were ten colonies in the entire Culling Game.

Four of them were depicted in the story: Tokyo No. 1 Colony, Tokyo No. 2 Colony, Sendai, and Sakurajima Colony.

Beyond those, the other six colonies were only briefly mentioned.

They were:

Lake Gosho Colony, Omi Town Colony, Nagoya Colony, Kyoto Colony, Osaka Colony, and Hiroshima Colony.

Kenjaku had placed ancient sorcerers reincarnated through vessels in every colony. And who was the most famous in the second colony?

Naturally, it was the ancient sorcerer from four hundred years ago, Hajime Kashimo!

Jie Jian instinctively looked at the rows of shipping containers around him, a vague guess forming in his mind.

Could this be the shipping container where Kinji Hakari and Hajime Kashimo fought?

At that thought, Jie Jian drew a sharp breath, and his expression grew more serious.

If he ran into Hajime Kashimo at this stage, he probably would not be able to give him a satisfying fight!

Jie Jian shook his head. Forget Hajime Kashimo for now. Exploring the colony was the priority.

However, one small matter did puzzle Jie Jian. He realized he could communicate with Golden Bug without any obstacles!

Wasn't it supposed to be speaking Japanese? By all rights, he should not have been able to understand it.

Suddenly, an explanation from the system flashed through his mind.

"During the Culling Game, all of the host's conversations will be processed. Communication with intelligent beings such as humans and Special Grade Curses will be automatically translated into a language the other party can understand."

"Oh! I see!"

Jie Jian nodded. He had not expected the system to be so considerate!

He just wondered which country's language the system would translate into if he spoke to two people from different countries at the same time.

Jie Jian casually wrung out his clothes and officially began his journey of exploring the colony.

At that moment, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Um... are you okay?"

Jie Jian turned his head and saw an office worker in a suit hiding behind a shipping container and watching him.

Seeing that Jie Jian did not answer, the man asked anxiously:

"Do you know what happened? When I was at work today, a lot of people suddenly disappeared. Where did everyone go?"

Jie Jian sized him up and thought to himself.

An ordinary person?

There were some ordinary people in the Culling Game. Some had been inside the colony from the beginning and had not managed to leave, while others had wandered into the colony from outside.

Although everyone received a Golden Bug to answer their questions after entering, Golden Bug itself was a construct of cursed energy.

Therefore, if the person involved was an ordinary person, then although they were forcibly made into players, they could neither see nor hear Golden Bug.

Jie Jian looked at him pityingly.

The Culling Game was no pleasant place. The odds of an ordinary person surviving until the end were not high.

Although his own strength was nothing special either, he could revive and start over.

"This is a Culling Game colony. Be careful. Find somewhere to hide, and you might survive until the end."

Jie Jian was not someone like Yuta Okkotsu, willing to protect others. Giving the man a piece of advice was already his parting gift.

After saying that, Jie Jian turned to leave. However, the last glance he cast at the office worker made his steps stop.

At that moment, the office worker's eyes no longer held their earlier confusion and anxiety.

Instead, there was a guilty look in them that left Jie Jian puzzled.

What kind of look was that? Had he done something to wrong me?

However, in the next instant, Jie Jian understood why.

A flash of white light streaked through the corner of his vision, and an enormous force struck his temple in an instant.

In the final moment before his consciousness faded, Jie Jian vaguely heard the office worker's terrified voice.

"I'm sorry. They forced me to do this."

Failures: 10

Cause of Death: Ambushed by a player hiding in a corner

Evaluation: A lamb awaiting slaughter with zero vigilance

Reward: Moderate cursed energy increase, slight increase in cursed energy usage techniques, combat skills, and resistance to blows

In the System Space, Jie Jian rose from the ground speechlessly.

"Fuck! Those bastards were playing dirty!"

He looked at the evaluation on the settlement panel, and now he understood exactly what had happened.

Because every colony in the Culling Game had fixed revival points, a group of people had started camping there.

They deliberately waited near the revival points, ambushing players who had just entered the Culling Game before they could figure out what was going on.

Yuji Itadori encountered this kind of ambush when he entered a colony in the story. Jie Jian had not expected to receive the same treatment.

Jie Jian instinctively touched his temple. To be honest, getting his head blown apart did not feel good.

Although he did not know the other party's exact method of attack, it might have been some kind of firearm.

This kind of attack was not uncommon. Before sorcerers reached a certain level, ordinary firearms could still be effective against them.

Mai Zenin at Kyoto Jujutsu High used a handgun in her daily life.

After letting out a long breath, Jie Jian cast aside his frustration at being ambushed.

"Just you wait. We'll see if I deal with you bastards the next time I farm those shipping containers!"

He turned his attention to this reward.

This time was different from the previous challenge. The cursed energy it gave him was no longer a small amount, but a moderate amount!

It seemed that driving back the fish Curse during the challenge had earned him quite a high evaluation!

Jie Jian eagerly opened his personal panel.

Name: Jie Jian

Rank: Grade 4 Sorcerer

Cursed Energy: Grade Four

Cursed Technique: None

Skills: None

Evaluation: You have reached the basic level of a Grade 4 Sorcerer and have barely stepped into the world of jujutsu. Although you have no cursed technique, you can become a qualified cannon fodder.

Although his evaluation was still somewhat awful, Jie Jian's eyes still lit up when he saw that his rank had become "Grade 4 Sorcerer."

"I became a sorcerer! Woohoo!"