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As Jie Jian listened to the explanation, Hajime Kashimo's expression did not ease much.

Seeing this, Jie Jian hurriedly added,

"Little Deer, I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush. Sukuna is being suppressed by Yuji Itadori right now and can't come out at all. Even if you find Sukuna now, it'll be useless."

Hajime Kashimo's expression changed in shock.

He had only made a contract with Kenjaku. Kenjaku had never told him the specifics.

He did not know Sukuna's current condition. He only knew that Sukuna, like him, had become a cursed object and incarnated into this era.

In Hajime Kashimo's understanding, theoretically, no one should have been able to retain their self-awareness after consuming an incarnated cursed object.

Just who was this Yuji Itadori, to actually suppress Sukuna's consciousness?

Hajime Kashimo suddenly looked at Jie Jian, recalling what he had just said.

"What do you mean by 'right now'? Are you saying Sukuna will escape Yuji's suppression in the future?"

Jie Jian paused. He had not expected Hajime Kashimo to be so sharp that he would notice even such a minor slip of the tongue.

"Uh, more or less..."

Jie Jian nodded reluctantly. He did not know whether it was appropriate to say too much, or whether it would draw Kenjaku's attention.

"That old bastard Sukuna has been waiting for an opportunity to escape Yuji's body. Um... you know about Binding Vows, right?"

"A Binding Vow? I know about that." Hajime Kashimo nodded with a frown.

As an old sorcerer from four hundred years ago, he naturally knew about Binding Vows.

"Then it'll be easy to explain." Jie Jian continued without hiding anything. "Sukuna knew he couldn't break free from Yuji's suppression, so that old bastard set a trap for Yuji!"

"He made a special Binding Vow with Yuji. As long as he calls out the word 'Enchain,' control of Yuji's body will be handed over to Sukuna unconditionally for one minute."

"Sukuna has been waiting for the right moment to control Yuji's body, then use that one minute to transfer his soul into someone else's body and incarnate once more!"

"Incarnate again!" Hajime Kashimo could not help crying out.

Incarnation sounded simple, but it was actually an extremely complicated process.

To incarnate, one first had to turn one's soul into a "cursed object."

And in Hajime Kashimo's memory, only Kenjaku possessed that technique.

He had not expected Sukuna to know it as well!

But when Hajime Kashimo considered Sukuna's identity as the King of Curses, he immediately accepted it.

Sukuna was already absurdly powerful. It was not entirely impossible for him to know how to do this too.

Compared to the intelligence itself, Hajime Kashimo was more curious about Jie Jian.

"Who exactly are you? How do you even know about something like this?"

The other intelligence was one thing, but the information that Sukuna intended to incarnate again was simply too shocking.

Jie Jian laughed and scratched his head.

"Hahaha, didn't I tell you not to underestimate my information network? My sources are very well-connected."

Hajime Kashimo stared at Jie Jian for several seconds. Even with all his experience, he could not determine whether Jie Jian was lying.

After a moment, Hajime Kashimo took a breath.

He did not care about Jie Jian's source of information anyway. His purpose in making a contract with Kenjaku was to challenge the strong. He did not care about anything else.

He looked at Jie Jian again and asked bluntly,

"Tell me where I can find strong opponents now."

Jie Jian did not mind Hajime Kashimo's attitude and immediately lowered his head in thought.

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There were four barriers in the entire Culling Game, but the Tokyo No. 2 Colony, where Hajime Kashimo was, did not seem to have any particularly famous participants.

There seemed to be only two named sorcerers in the story here.

Other than Hajime Kashimo, there was only the manga artist Charles Bernard, who had fought Kinji Hakari.

Thinking of this, Jie Jian looked at Hajime Kashimo with some difficulty.

"Little Deer, there don't seem to be any particularly powerful sorcerers in this barrier."

"What?!" Hajime Kashimo shouted in disbelief. "Didn't Kenjaku incarnate many ancient sorcerers? How could there be no powerful sorcerers?"

"Uh..." Jie Jian hesitated.

He truly did not understand this issue either.

Kenjaku had placed resurrected ancient sorcerers into every barrier, but aside from Hajime Kashimo, Tokyo No. 2 Colony did not seem to contain any particularly formidable existence.

At least judging by what happened, Hajime Kashimo had not encountered any worthwhile battles until Kinji Hakari and the others entered.

He ventured a guess.

"I think that old bastard Kenjaku feared your strength, Deer God, so he deliberately didn't place too many powerful ancient sorcerers in this barrier."

This speculation was not without basis. Kenjaku did not want the Culling Game to end too quickly, so he had intentionally limited the number of powerful sorcerers in each barrier.

But Hajime Kashimo did not need flattery. What he wanted was one exhilarating, blood-pumping battle after another!

At the thought that he might not be able to fight anyone, Hajime Kashimo felt a wave of irritation, and the cursed energy around him began to stir unconsciously.

Feeling the distinctive electrified cursed energy pulsing around Hajime Kashimo, Jie Jian repeatedly backed away and shouted,

"Deer God, don't rush! Even if there are no strong opponents here, you can go find them in other barriers!"

Hajime Kashimo's irritation vanished, and he immediately turned to look at Jie Jian.

"Tell me which barrier has the most strong opponents."

Feeling the pressure disappear, Jie Jian breathed a slight sigh of relief and began considering the circumstances of each barrier.

Of the four barriers, there was only one answer as to which had the most powerful ancient sorcerers.

"Sendai Colony." Jie Jian looked at Hajime Kashimo. "Little Deer, Sendai Colony has four extremely powerful sorcerers! You might have even heard of all their names."

"Who are they?"

Jie Jian stopped keeping him in suspense and eagerly introduced them.

"They are Druv Lakdawalla, who incarnated for the second time; Takako Uro, captain of the Sun, Moon, and Stars Squad, an assassination unit from a thousand years ago; Ryu Ishigori, an ancient sorcerer from your era; and Kurourushi, the cockroach Special Grade Curse released by Kenjaku through Cursed Spirit Manipulation!"

Upon hearing those four names, Hajime Kashimo's eyes lit up.

Other than Kurourushi, the Special Grade Curse he had never heard of, he knew a little about the other three!

Especially Ryu Ishigori. Kenjaku had described him as having "an absurdly high cursed energy output"!

Unfortunately, he had already been old at the time and had never gotten the chance to see him for himself.

But now, that opportunity had arrived!

He had to find Ryu Ishigori and fight him immediately!

Hajime Kashimo immediately summoned his Golden Bug.

"Golden Bug, change my barrier. I want to go to Sendai Colony!"

However, the Golden Bug did not comply with Hajime Kashimo's request.

It shook its head awkwardly. "Sorry, Lord Kashimo. Players are forbidden from leaving their barriers. I cannot send you to Sendai Colony."

Hajime Kashimo's expression darkened.

Just as he thought there was no way to enjoy a proper fight, Jie Jian suddenly interjected.

"Actually, it's not like there's no way. We just need to add a rule to the Culling Game saying that Players May Freely Enter and Leave Barriers."

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