Overrun

Satoru Gojo had gotten hurt at the Zenin Clan's estate, and everyone in the clan was on edge. They had even settled him in comfortably and called in their best physician to treat him.

How strange. Would those old fossils really go this far for their sworn enemy?

Before long, when I heard that an elder from the Gojo Clan had come to visit, it all clicked.

-Right. Given how much the Gojo Clan treasured the Six Eyes, if something really happened to him at the Zenin estate, the Zenin Clan would face nothing but the Gojo Clan's frenzied retaliation.

Maybe my father in name only and those old fossils were all eager for Satoru Gojo to die young, before he could grow into a serious threat to the Zenin Clan.

Unfortunately, he had gotten hurt on their grounds, so however unwilling they were, they had no choice but to take good care of him.

If Naobito Zenin had known what his daughter was thinking, he would only have said, "You guessed right, but not entirely."

He was positively delighted right now!

See that? Our Ten Shadows Technique user might be weak in hand-to-hand combat, but her jujutsu skills are beyond what your Gojo Clan's Six Eyes can match, even when he pushes himself past his limits!

When the Gojo Clan elder arrived with a livid expression, Naobito put on an air of anguish and remorse, yet his words carried an undercurrent of boasting.

"We really have spoiled that child Kuang Wu too much... It's been nearly half a year since she awakened her Cursed Technique, and she still doesn't know how to hold back. She didn't spare a thought for young Satoru..."

The moment those words left his mouth, the Gojo Clan elder automatically heard them as:

Our Zenin Clan's Ten Shadows Technique user awakened her Cursed Technique less than half a year ago, and she can already wipe the floor with your Six Eyes Child of God, who awakened his two years ago.

The Gojo elder exploded on the spot. "Satoru is still young! Using Limitless and Blue simultaneously with the Six Eyes puts too great a strain on his brain. He only fainted because there was too much information to process!"

Naobito Zenin did not get angry. He merely remarked lightly, "...Young Satoru certainly has it tough, then."

There was a strange note of pity in his voice.

During my fight with Satoru Gojo, I had summoned Rabbit Escape.

Now, besides Divine Dogs and Nue, the shikigami I had to exercise every day included a huge swarm of fluffy rabbits that filled my entire courtyard.

Divine Dogs only roamed around my courtyard, while Nue particularly loved Back Mountain behind the Zenin estate and often flew back and forth there. Their daily activities did not affect anyone in the Zenin Clan.

The people of the Zenin Clan had gradually gone from their initial shock and fear to taking it all in stride.

-As long as they did not go out of their way to provoke these shikigami, there was little to worry about.

But now Lady Kuang Wu's new shikigami, Rabbit Escape, had multiplied until they filled every corner of the Zenin estate!

Servants walking along the paths would find their way blocked by a few rabbits every so often.

The rabbits could turn up anywhere-

On footpaths, on dining tables, beside storage cupboards...

Sometimes, even in the training grounds, rabbits would suddenly dart out while two people were locked in a fierce fight.

For one thing, these rabbits belonged to their Young Master. In a place as rigidly hierarchical as the Zenin Clan, no one dared overstep their station and chase them away.

For another... their Young Master was immensely powerful, and these Rabbit Escape shikigami were grade one!

No one knew whether chasing the rabbits away would invite retaliation from them—or punishment from the Young Master.

But the rabbits were growing increasingly brazen... They were already seriously disrupting daily life for everyone in the Zenin Clan.

They could not protest to the Young Master outright, nor did they have the courage to do so. All they could do was earnestly report the situation to the clan head, who had just returned.

In the clan head's study, Naobito Zenin stared at the reports piled into a small mountain beside his desk and sank into thought.

Having been away on a mission for several days and missed Rabbit Escape's scheduled exercise time, Naobito Zenin was utterly baffled. "...What happened here?"