[Over the course of that year, your gaze had not entirely left the shadowy corners of the higher-ups, either.]
[Although your forceful political maneuvering and binding of interests had already allowed you to obtain detailed intelligence and progress reports from the Zenin Clan, Kamo Clan, and Gojo Clan concerning the Conservative Faction's higher-ups' development of "fully independent cursed corpses."]
[But driven by your naturally meticulous disposition, you could never truly feel at ease without going to the site yourself and confirming those old men's actual progress with your own hands.]
[After all, you had personally introduced this technology capable of changing Jujutsu Society.]
[Thus, through official channels, you directly submitted an inspection request to the Conservative Faction's Underground Workshop, ostensibly to assist with communication and provide academic guidance as a Special Grade Sorcerer.]
[The higher-ups sitting behind their screens, power clenched tightly in their hands, naturally knew full well that a young Special Grade Sorcerer like you could not possibly be as well-intentioned about helping as you claimed.]
[But after repeatedly weighing the advantages and disadvantages of refusing you, as well as the potentially devastating consequences of directly incurring your wrath, they ultimately chose to compromise in trepidation and approved your "assistance visit."]
[A few days later, at the end of a cold, damp corridor in the underground facility, you saw the gorilla-shaped cursed corpse, roughly two meters tall, housed inside a fully transparent, high-strength blastproof isolation chamber. A single glance gave you an extremely precise idea of the Conservative Faction's technical capabilities.]
[The people responsible for the on-site handover and technical briefing were not those higher-ups.]
[Those old men, who understood nothing but political scheming, had no ability whatsoever to participate in such a hardcore technical exchange.]
[The person receiving you was a Cursed Corpse Creation sorcerer around Masamichi