Elsewhere, under intense pressure from the Gojo Clan, the higher-ups of Jujutsu Society had been forced to hand over the mole Kenjaku had planted to lure Chinatsu out. He was now undergoing brutal torture.
The interrogation methods available to ordinary people were already formidable, let alone those used by Jujutsu Sorcerers, who possessed abilities far beyond the norm. Yet even under torture of this magnitude, the mole refused to reveal Chinatsu's whereabouts or Kenjaku's existence, despite being covered in wounds.
"Still nothing after all this torture. Looks like he entered into a [Binding Vow]. What a pain. I can't deliver any results like this."
Looking resigned, the interrogator raised a hand and rubbed his aching neck. Beside him, the mole was tied to a chair, bare-chested and wearing nothing but his underwear.
He stared at the interrogator with tear-filled eyes. If he could have talked, he would have done so long ago. It wasn't that he didn't want to; he simply couldn't.
[Binding Vow]
This was a special ability within Jujutsu Society, essentially an oath that exchanged one price for another. By giving something up, one could gain something else. Once the oath was established, it could not be broken.
Of course, some binding vows could be broken, but one still had to bear the consequences. Generally speaking, being crippled was already one of the better outcomes. Even exploding and dying was nothing to be surprised about.
Ever since Chinatsu had gone missing, the Gojo Clan, one of the three great families of Jujutsu Society, had used its influence to pressure the higher-ups. They had soon uncovered the mole.
The Gojo Clan demanded that the higher-ups hand him over so they could interrogate him themselves, but the other higher-ups felt that simply giving in to their demands would undermine their