[After all, from ancient times to the present, treating jujutsu sorcery as a lifelong profession had never been something that passion and a supposed sense of justice alone could sustain.]
[Once those lofty senses of duty were stripped away, the underlying logic remained the brutally realistic question of survival-or, in everyday terms, one's livelihood.]
[You knew very well how great a storm you, a single butterfly, had stirred up.]
[The powerful addition of this batch of "Great Sages" had completely overturned the mission ecosystem of Japan's entire jujutsu society.]
[The first signs of this irreversible impact had actually appeared two years ago, when you increased the number of Great Sages to ten.]
[And as you subsequently introduced ordinary cursed objects, then the special grade cursed objects, Sukuna's Fingers, as means of enhancement, until the number of Great Sages broke through to a full twenty this year, the resulting precipitous impact finally erupted among the lowest ranks of jujutsu sorcerers.]
[Twenty killing machines that needed no sleep, knew no fear, and possessed combat power beyond Grade 1 patrolled and exorcised throughout Japan around the clock, providing saturation coverage.]
[The mission paperwork that had once piled endlessly high in jujutsu society was now cleared away to an outrageous degree.]
[If jujutsu sorcery was analyzed purely as a profession, aside from the extreme risk of dying violently in the street at any moment, its only attraction was pay far above that of ordinary jobs.]
[For many low-ranking jujutsu sorcerers of humble origins or without established family backing, trading their lives for money was their only means of sustaining themselves, or even supporting their families.]
[But the current situation was that low-grade cursed spirits, dangerous Grade 1 Cursed Spirits, and even some dangerous missions involving newly formed special grade imaginary spirits were being swept