The divine child of the Six Eyes fell from grace

How could the Head of the Gojo Clan simply accept such an outcome? He countered Naobito in a low voice.

"If I hadn't intervened, that blow would have killed Satoru Gojo outright. Could you have taken responsibility for that? Or was this an open assassination attempt by the Zenin Clan against the Six Eyes?"

Naobito refused to back down, rebutting the Head of the Gojo Clan with firm, emphatic words.

"So according to you, Tan Man should have served as a punching bag for the Six Eyes and lost like Naoya? Is that the only acceptable outcome in your Gojo Clan's eyes? Stop deluding yourselves. The Six Eyes and Limitless aren't flawless."

Listening to the two of them, the Head of the Kamo Clan could already tell that this matter would likely have to end here. Continuing to argue would never bring them to an agreement.

Still, he had seen something interesting today, so he stepped in to mediate between the Head of the Gojo Clan and Naobito, deliberately shifting the subject to give both sides a way to back down.

"Rather than arguing here, shouldn't we check on the younger generation's injuries first? They represent the future of the Three Great Families. That isn't something you can change by shutting yourselves in here and haggling with each other."

All three were old foxes, so there was no need to spell it out. They stopped pursuing the argument and went to check on their respective injured members.

Although the three clan heads had put the issue aside for the moment, the members of the Zenin Clan, including Jinichi and Zen, felt some dissatisfaction rising within them at how Naobito had handled it.

After all, if Naobito had stopped the Head of the Gojo Clan a little sooner, Tan Man might already have killed Satoru Gojo.

And even if that hadn't happened, had Naobito truly steeled himself to act, they might have fought their way to the top of the Three Great Families today.

They could even have cast aside the long-standing name of the Three Great Families and become Japan's sole, unrivaled jujutsu clan.

Thus, a new seed of resentment toward Naobito took root in the hearts of a large portion of the Zenin Clan.

In contrast, they all admired Tan Man's valor and decisive ruthlessness that day.

If Naobito had shown the same resolve that Tan Man had displayed in trying to kill Satoru Gojo, they would have dared to launch a massacre right there inside the Curtain.

In fact, if they had chosen to kill, the Zenin Clan would not have been entirely without a chance.

If they had targeted the Gojo Clan first, the Kamo Clan might have stayed on the sidelines rather than risk their lives by getting involved. Besides, Toji, a lethal weapon against sorcerers, was there too.

At the very worst, they could have wiped out everyone from the Gojo Clan after making certain sacrifices.

As for how they would present the outcome to the outside world, wasn't that a story for the victors to write? Even negotiating with Jujutsu Headquarters wouldn't have been much of a problem. At least from their perspective, controlling two clans would be less trouble than controlling three.

By the time Naobito finished arguing with the Head of the Gojo Clan and came over to Tan Man, Toji was already there guarding his cash cow, along with the Zenin Clan's support personnel, who were examining Tan Man.

Naobito glanced at Tan Man, who lay unconscious on the ground. Aside from the obvious blood around his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, there were no apparent problems for the moment, and his heartbeat and breathing were relatively normal.

He couldn't help turning his gaze toward Toji. Even after all this time, Naobito still couldn't understand why Toji had gotten involved with Tan Man.

Naobito asked the examiner, "How is he?"

The examiner lifted Tan Man's eyelids, and they discovered that even though he had lost consciousness, his eyes were still moving rapidly.

The examiner considered this for a moment before offering a tentative opinion.

"There are no obvious physical injuries, but he seems to have entered some sort of dream state. We can't be sure yet whether it's due to excessive exhaustion. It's best not to try to force him awake."

Naobito nodded slightly. Toji, however, looked thoughtful at those words, recalling Tan Man's strange state that day.

Compared with Tan Man, Satoru Gojo was in a much more serious condition. The pain kept him in a highly agitated state.

Both his cursed energy and the incomplete Blue he unleashed indiscriminately caused enormous trouble for anyone trying to approach him, resulting in considerable casualties.

"Calm down!"

"We're going to treat you right now!"

"Stop!"

Even though the Gojo Clan's people kept trying to talk to Satoru Gojo, they could not soothe him or get him under control.

After all, these injuries were already unbearably painful for an eight-year-old boy. That was especially true for Satoru Gojo, who had been blessed by the heavens from birth. With the Six Eyes and Limitless, he had almost never experienced injury or pain.

This was the most severe pain he had experienced in his entire life, so such an extreme reaction was understandable.

In the end, the Head of the Gojo Clan used his cursed technique to find a gap in the already distorted Limitless and deprived Satoru of air to knock him unconscious, finally ending the chaos.

The Head of the Gojo Clan frowned as he looked at the hand that had been reduced to a mass of mangled flesh.

For jujutsu sorcerers, as long as they weren't completely dead, there were ways to treat them. Healing-oriented cursed techniques existed, and beyond those, there was also Reverse Cursed Technique.

Still, he was deeply concerned about what method Tan Man had used to breach Limitless.

Since he had done it once, he could very likely do it again. That was precisely what filled the Head of the Gojo Clan with a powerful sense of danger.

Satoru Gojo's injuries were clearly far worse than the others'. That mass of mangled flesh could no longer be reattached.

However, they had not arranged for any support personnel capable of using Reverse Cursed Technique on others to be present that day.

After all, in the current Jujutsu Society, even someone who could use Reverse Cursed Technique was already one in a hundred. As for reaching the level required to use it on others, only a handful of old relics could manage that.

[Note to head off arguments: the Reverse Cursed Technique users mentioned here are original characters.]

More importantly, no one had expected a sparring match between members of the younger generation to go this far.

They had only brought in a healing sorcerer affiliated with the Three Great Families on short notice.

When used on a patient, her cursed technique increased their body's natural healing ability tenfold for a short time.

Thus, it was mostly only useful for treating minor wounds. Serious injuries still required other forms of treatment in conjunction with it.

After she gave Satoru Gojo temporary treatment, restoring his right arm would require finding one of the few sorcerers alive who could use Reverse Cursed Technique. The entire Gojo Clan hurried out of the hotel in a state of urgency.

Only the Zenin Clan and the Kamo Clan remained to continue the incomplete banquet.

Rather than a banquet, it was more like a celebration of Tan Man shattering the invincible image of the Gojo Clan's divine child of the Six Eyes.

With no one else around, the Head of the Kamo Clan quietly asked Naobito a question.

"Did you plan this from the very beginning? If you were that confident, why didn't you tell me beforehand?"

The implication was obvious. Had Naobito informed him beforehand, the Kamo Clan would have been willing to cooperate, and they could naturally have ensured that the divine child of the Six Eyes was killed.