[An ancient scroll that gave off a stale, musty smell, its edges already yellowed, was casually tossed in front of you.]
[If those old diehards from the Zenin Clan saw this, they would probably cough up blood in fury on the spot. Documents containing the Three Great Families' most closely guarded secrets were now being tossed to you like wastepaper by an utterly unconcerned Satoru Gojo.]
["Here. This is the Gojo Clan's most detailed 'walkthrough' for that 'Ten Shadows Technique.'"]
[Satoru Gojo sat cross-legged on the stone steps nearby, speaking indistinctly around a lollipop.]
["We are old rivals, after all. That technique took my ancestor down with its user, so the old men back home have studied it inside out. It's pretty funny, actually. Our Gojo Clan's records on the details of the Zenin Clan's inherited technique might be far more comprehensive than their own."]
[By the moonlight and the lights beside the grounds, you unfurled the record.]
[Taken literally, the "Ten Shadows Technique" possessed the power to summon ten types of shikigami with entirely different forms and abilities, using shadows as a medium.]
[The initial guides, "Divine Dogs"; "Nue," for aerial reconnaissance and lightning strikes; "Great Serpent," for lurking assassinations; "Toad," for restraining targets with its long tongue; "Max Elephant," for high-pressure water and crushing weight; the extremely elusive "Rabbit Escape"; "Round Deer," for healing with Reverse Cursed Technique; "Piercing Ox," with the strongest straight-line penetrating power; the still-undocumented "Tiger Funeral"...]
[And finally, the ultimate trump card representing absolute taboo and destruction, whose name alone conveyed an ominous air of despair through the ink on the page-"Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga."]
["Apart from the two Divine Dogs you get at the start, you have to handle the rest yourself in this world of shadows. If this were