Kenjaku's Advance!

After rescuing Shoko Ieiri from Jujutsu High's detention room,

Ronawa and Shoko Ieiri went into vacation mode.

The next day, the two set off for Sendai and happily vacationed by the sea.

However, the turmoil Ronawa had stirred up had yet to settle.

In that battle, Ronawa had nearly wiped out the Jujutsu Higher-Ups.

The impact and ripples it caused could not be resolved in a short time.

The aftermath was enormous, directly throwing the entire Jujutsu Society into violent upheaval.

At the same time, it came with countless struggles and bloodshed over power.

After all, the older generation of powerful sorcerers had been almost entirely wiped out.

The authority they had once monopolized was now vacant as well.

It was the perfect time for middle-generation sorcerers to take the stage and seize power.

And because those higher-ups had died too suddenly, much of the authority that should have been smoothly transferred could not be handed over normally at all.

All sorts of bloody incidents followed.

It could be said that Ronawa had single-handedly thrown the entire Jujutsu Society into unrest.

Still, things were generally stable because Satoru Gojo was still around.

Under Satoru Gojo's suppression, although the turmoil in Jujutsu Society was intense, it had not yet reached an irreparable point.

Though Satoru Gojo's reputation had gotten even worse.

His reputation had already been bad, and now he had offended many people in order to suppress the situation.

As a result, Satoru Gojo had become someone everyone in Jujutsu Society wanted to denounce.

Some radicals had even started calling Satoru Gojo a traitor to humanity.

Fortunately, Satoru Gojo himself did not care about any of that.

If he cared about his reputation, then he would not be Satoru Gojo.

But not caring did not mean he was not annoyed.

Especially when Ronawa, the chief culprit behind all this, was living so comfortably.

That made Satoru Gojo even more annoyed.

He wanted to vacation at the beach too!

Work really was bullshit.

As the sorcerers remained embroiled in unrest,

the direct consequence was that curses grew even more rampant.

The sorcerers who should have been exorcising curses and keeping the situation under control were busy fighting for power, leaving the curses completely unchecked.

All kinds of curse-related incidents surged.

Cases of people vanishing after being attacked by curses also became increasingly frequent.

But none of that had much to do with Ronawa.

After all, she was a curse, not a sorcerer.

The fact that she did not actively go on killing sprees and wreak havoc on the human world like other curses was already proof of her restraint.

No one could expect a curse like her to go around exorcising other curses, could they?

Then what would sorcerers even be for?

Besides, she could not be bothered to do it.

Wouldn't it be better to spend that time traveling everywhere and enjoying life?

All she could say was that life was great when she did not have to work and only needed to travel around.

The only problem was that Shoko Ieiri was a little too clingy.

Other than that, everything was wonderful.

At the same time, Kenjaku was also making his move.

After they went their separate ways, Kenjaku quickly took over all the assets Suguru Geto had left behind.

Aside from the sisters Nanako Hasaba and Mimiko, the most useful asset was the Time Vessel Association.

The Time Vessel Association was no small roadside cult.

It was a massive cult that had swept across Japan.

Not only did it have countless members and vast funds, it also had deep connections with many important figures in Japan.

Did anyone really think a major religion like the Time Vessel Association would not have protectors behind it?

The votes under the influence and control of the Time Vessel Association were no small number.

They were enough to make many politicians scramble to curry favor with it.

And such a massive force was naturally one of the best cards in Kenjaku's hand.

At the very least, he would no longer need to worry about intelligence or funding.

But beyond those mundane sources of power, Kenjaku keenly felt how lacking his side was in high-end combat strength.

Aside from himself, there was no one worth mentioning.

The sisters Nanako Hasaba and Mimiko were pretty, but their strength was honestly mediocre at best.

They were not presentable at all.

Ronawa was strong enough, but Ronawa did not give a damn about him.

To strengthen his side, Kenjaku decisively began recruiting.

Of course, it could also be called conning people.

And his targets were other Special-Grade Curses.

Furthermore, after inheriting Suguru Geto's body, Kenjaku had also inherited Suguru Geto's cursed technique.

However, when Suguru Geto had fought the Jujutsu Higher-Ups to the death, he had fed all the curses under his control into "Maximum: Uzumaki."

As a result, Kenjaku did not actually control many curses at the moment.

He had to find and subjugate them all over again.

It worked out perfectly to handle both matters at once.

Thus, while Ronawa traveled the world with Shoko Ieiri,

Kenjaku also took the sisters Nanako and Mimiko everywhere in search of curses.

If they had not reached the level of Special-Grade Curses, Kenjaku accepted them all without refusal, subjugating and consuming every one of them.

As for Special-Grade Curses, he had yet to encounter any for the time being.

Once he did, he would find a way to deceive and recruit them.

And so, the entire Jujutsu Society actually fell into a strange kind of calm.

On the sorcerers' side, under Satoru Gojo's suppression, authority and status were being reorganized in an orderly fashion.

On the curses' side, Ronawa was traveling everywhere with Shoko Ieiri.

On the curse users' side, Kenjaku was quietly building his strength in preparation for future plans.

It carried the distinct feeling of calm before the storm.

As the saying went, happy times always passed quickly.

While they traveled around and enjoyed themselves, another two months passed without them noticing.

At the same time, a new year began.

By then, Ronawa and Shoko Ieiri had traveled to Saga Prefecture in Japan.

As one of the earliest regions in Japan to come into contact with Western civilization during the Meiji Restoration,

Saga Prefecture was one of the starting points of Japan's Industrial Revolution.

It was also an important site of Japan's Yayoi Culture.

In addition, there was a long-established Inari Shrine here, drawing countless tourists from afar every year to pay their respects.

In short, Saga Prefecture was a region rich in tourism resources.

Ronawa and Shoko Ieiri had been having a great time.

Until that night.

The two, staying up late in their hotel, suddenly sensed an enormous amount of cursed energy being born nearby!

As a curse, Ronawa immediately identified the source of that cursed energy.

A new curse had been born.

And its rank was Special-Grade!

Though it could not compare to the scale of cursed energy when Ronawa herself had been born,

the cursed energy released at the birth of this newly born Special-Grade Curse was far greater than that of an ordinary Special-Grade Curse.

"Curses have really been popping up a lot lately. Another new curse has been born."

"Judging by its strength, it's Special-Grade. It isn't far from us either—it's in neighboring Nagasaki!"

Ronawa walked to the window and looked through it at the distant sky, stained red by the immense cursed energy.

At the same time, she spoke to Shoko Ieiri beside her.

Shoko Ieiri, however, became interested. "How about we go take a look? Let's see what this newborn Special-Grade Curse is all about."

"To be honest, I've never witnessed the birth of a Special-Grade Curse before."

Ronawa did not refuse.

Sure, they could take a look.

It was only a Special-Grade Curse. Who wasn't one?