Eastern Shibuya.
Ze Zenin arrived at the center of the district. Nue's wings on his back carried him into the air, and as he looked down at the neon-lit streets below, unease stirred within him.
"You finally came. Our first meeting..."
A figure with long black hair suddenly appeared before Ze Zenin. He had a gentle, refined face and a faint smile on his lips as he calmly regarded Ze, who stood facing him.
When Ze Zenin saw his face clearly, memories that had lain buried for years seemed to awaken. Memories of his previous life resurfaced in his mind.
"You're not a cursed spirit... who are you?" Ze Zenin asked coldly.
"Another curse user?"
He smiled calmly. "My name is Xuan'an...
Changing my body's structure is hardly difficult for me. After all, I can't let your Mahoraga touch me as a cursed spirit."
"Xuan'an?"
Ze Zenin narrowed his eyes and laughed. "How ironic. Someone with a name that seeks peace became a curse user?"
"You went so far as to remodel yourself into a human, yet you still associate with inferior creatures like cursed spirits?"
Xuan'an ignored Ze Zenin and simply said, "You're right, but you're also wrong.
I am the ruler of this world.
Who I associate with doesn't matter. I have only one goal: to devour and correct this world!
This planet doesn't welcome an outsider like you, Ze Zenin...
If not for my birth as a cursed womb back then-and that was only because of this world's balance of yin and yang-I would have acted long ago.
When jujutsu sorcerers become too powerful, the cursed spirits' side must be strengthened to restore balance. That was why I was born within a cursed womb. What a tiresome rule..."
Xuan'an suddenly noticed something. "My apologies. I've talked a