Talent and hard work (1)

As the two stood bleary-eyed, knocking on the Elder's door, quite a few people in the estate were already watching them.

"They got up this early to train with the Elder? The young master and young miss really are diligent..."

"Tch, so what? If I had their talent, I'd train diligently too."

"All right, all right, stop talking. Whispering among ourselves is one thing, but don't let the higher-ups hear you. You'll get beaten."

The Gojo Clan was not exactly harmonious on the inside. Of course, that was true of practically every jujutsu clan of any size.

Talent for jujutsu was everything.

Even being born into a jujutsu clan did not necessarily mean someone had the talent to practice jujutsu. The larger the clan, the stricter its hierarchy.

And in that respect, the Zenin Clan, one of the three great jujutsu clans, took things to an extreme.

Those who had not awakened a cursed technique became servants in the household. Men who had awakened one but lacked outstanding talent stayed to work for the clan, while women became tools for marriage alliances.

The Gojo Clan did not go that far, but it was only relatively better.

Chinatsu did not resent the looks they received from the household, because there was no real malice behind them. These people were simply venting their frustration at the heavens.

In a world where eighty percent of a jujutsu sorcerer's strength depended on talent, being born into a jujutsu clan without any was truly cruel.

It was a problem with the clans' feudal ways, and with the corruption of Jujutsu Society. Either way, it was not something Chinatsu needed to consider right now.

Only once Chinatsu and Satoru Gojo had fully developed and become Special Grade sorcerers would they have enough power to seriously consider it and try to make changes.

In short, first I still need to... Yawn.

Chinatsu could not help letting out another yawn, her lips shifting. Whether in her previous life or this one, she simply could not get used to waking up early.

If she had not been afraid that Satoru Gojo would get up early to study on his own, outdo her, and then make her pay for it in the future by forcing her to call him "big brother~," Chinatsu would never have forced herself out of bed this early.

After they had waited a while, the door before them slowly opened from within, and a short, plump old man stepped out. He was the Elder of the Gojo Clan.

"Come on in, you two little ones."

With a warm, kindly smile, the Elder welcomed them into his room. Although the cursed technique he had awakened was not Limitless, he was a master of theory, more than qualified to teach the two of them some basic knowledge at their current level.

Limitless.

This was the cursed technique passed down through generations of the Gojo Clan. Its principle resembled the paradox of Achilles racing a tortoise yet never being able to catch up.

Various derivative abilities could be developed from this cursed technique, such as-

[Limitless Defense]: Anything approaching the user of the cursed technique would be slowed without limit, never truly making contact with the user's body.

[Blue]: The power of attraction, manifested by conjuring a small black hole with immensely powerful suction out of thin air. Everything nearby would be drawn toward it, and its attraction could also be actively directed toward a particular direction.

[Red]: The power of repulsion, manifested by conjuring a red projectile of concussive force out of thin air. Like a miniature supernova explosion, it released a powerful shock wave in a designated direction.

[Purple]: By merging the two offensive techniques above, it created imaginary matter that did not otherwise exist in this world, annihilating everything in its path through sheer force.

Of those techniques, the two currently only knew the defensive one.

Pointer in hand, the Elder tapped the blackboard, earnestly explaining the relationship between cursed energy and jujutsu, as well as the things they needed to watch out for when practicing Limitless.

Although Chinatsu listened very seriously, the lesson felt far too much like her English teacher's lectures in her previous life. She had already been sleepy, and listening only made her sleepier.

Chinatsu raised both hands and slapped her cheeks, forcing herself to perk up, but it did little good. Then she slowly turned toward Satoru Gojo beside her. He was also fighting off sleep, yet he had already started experimenting while listening. In an instant, Chinatsu snapped wide awake.

Satoru Gojo... you!

Chinatsu rallied herself and also began experimenting with Blue as she listened.

Watching the two of them, the Elder of the Gojo Clan broke into a gratified smile.

Honestly, their mastery of [Limitless Defense] before the age of six had already satisfied him immensely. At first, some in the clan had worried about them being twins, afraid that their talent would be divided between them and leave both Six Eyes Divine Children mediocre.

But looking at them now... there was absolutely no problem!

He had lived a long life and seen plenty of ordinary geniuses. Most of them had grown arrogant over their talent, spending their time on trivial things like showing off and indulging in debauchery, wasting their gifts for nothing.

Grade 2 jujutsu sorcerers, or perhaps even Grade 1?

But that was as far as they would go...

The Elder smiled at the pair before him. Suddenly, he raised one finger, shifting the subject away from training to another matter.

"Although you're only six years old right now, you certainly can't be compared to ordinary children your age.

Normally, the Six Eyes Divine Child would be the sole candidate to become the next clan head. But you both have the Six Eyes, so I'd like to ask: which of you wants to become the clan head? Or do both of you want it?"

The future head of the Gojo Clan!

The question the Elder had just asked was also something everyone throughout the Gojo Clan was concerned about.

If there had been only one Six Eyes Divine Child, there would have been no debate whatsoever about the next clan head. But against all expectations, this era had produced two.

Beneath its seemingly peaceful surface, the Gojo Clan had already split into two factions, one supporting Satoru Gojo and the other Chinatsu. Undercurrents were swirling.

At the Elder's words, the two, who had been absorbed in trying to develop Blue, came back to their senses. With almost no hesitation, each raised a finger and pointed at the other beside them.

Chinatsu pointed at Satoru Gojo.

Satoru Gojo pointed at Chinatsu.

Seeing that they had both pointed at each other, they each wore an expression that said, "I knew it..." Then they turned back and resumed their experiments with Blue.

Awkwardly, the Elder took out a cloth and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

These two little brats. That's the position of clan head-the head of the Gojo Clan! How have you made it seem like some kind of burden...?