Chapter 162: Hajime Kashimo's challenge
A shortcut?
At that thought, Sōji stopped tapping his fingers on the tabletop. He slowly rose, crossed the corridor, and descended the stone steps leading to the basement.
The Rock Salt Lamps glowed faintly along the stone walls, illuminating the silent inscription at the center of the chamber and the stone-tiled floor around it.
Sōji stopped in the center of the basement. After sweeping the room with his Six Eyes to confirm there were no unusual chakra fluctuations or lingering traces, he raised a hand and opened the system interface.
A translucent system panel unfolded in Sōji's mind.
Under the shop categories, the list of Cursed Techniques scrolled slowly. He entered the name directly, and an exceedingly concise entry appeared on the screen.
Lightning Discharge. Prerequisite: [Hajime Kashimo's challenge]. Exchange price: equivalent to 100 million ryō.
For him as he was now, that figure was hardly expensive. Compared with other Innate Techniques, this one was almost too cheap.
It was only 100 million ryō. His personal share from the Land of Claws mission and the additional ten billion ryō in military funding from the Land of Water's daimyo could easily cover the expense.
The prerequisite, however, gave him pause.
[Hajime Kashimo's challenge]. The system never chose its wording carelessly. That phrase meant he might have to fight Hajime Kashimo first.
Hajime Kashimo, the strongest sorcerer from four hundred years ago, one of the pinnacles of Jujutsu Society in his era, and the ultimate wielder of lightning-aspected cursed energy. (Lord Sukuna's diced mango, Jujutsu Society's peashooter.)
His Innate Technique, [Lightning Discharge], could convert cursed energy directly into lightning and freely manipulate positive and negative charges.
If Sōji could obtain a ready-made lightning technique, he would not need to develop lightning release chakra from scratch.