Reverse Cursed Technique

After the car stopped outside Jujutsu High, they got out one after another. Maki walked ahead with a child in her arms, while Akutagawa followed behind.

Satoru Gojo leaned against the car door instead of following right away. Watching the two figures enter the school building, he rubbed his chin, his thoughts unknown. He rolled the lollipop in his mouth around, then set off after them.

Akutagawa Shang felt uncomfortable all over, and he desperately wanted a shower. It was not just because fighting the cursed spirit had left him covered in dust. More importantly, being swallowed by the cursed spirit had left a deep impression on him. He could not forget the sickening sensation of that viscous layer pressing against him and constantly enveloping his entire body.

Even though that lump of a cursed spirit had already turned to ash, he still felt sticky all over.

When they reached the infirmary, Shoko Ieiri had already been waiting for quite a while.

"Put them on the beds."

They set the children in their arms down on the infirmary beds, and Shoko Ieiri stepped forward to examine them.

"Hmm, both of them show signs of being eroded by a curse. The girl looks a little worse. But their symptoms seem much milder than I expected. Given how long the erosion has been going on, theoretically, they shouldn't be like this." Shoko turned to address them.

"Uh, that was me. My body seemed capable of absorbing cursed energy earlier, so I tried absorbing some of the curses inside them, hoping to keep them alive."

"From the looks of it, you seem to have succeeded? Congratulations, then. That's a very rare ability. Satoru Gojo should be quite interested in you, but that has nothing to do with me." Shoko Ieiri's tone remained as cool as ever.

After finishing the examination, Shoko's palms became covered in white positive energy. She pressed her hands against the two children and began clearing away the remaining curses.

The treatment was brief. In just a few breaths, the red marks on the children's faces faded completely, and the curses on their bodies were fully removed. At last, their lives were no longer in danger.

"Hmm? This is reverse cursed technique. It's how I healed your leg back then." She had noticed that Akutagawa Shang seemed very interested in her method of treatment.

"Wow, that sounds really advanced. Can I learn it?" Akutagawa Shang looked at Shoko Ieiri with shining eyes.

"We'll talk about that in a moment. Those two little children are taken care of, so now it's time for you two children. Come on, get over here and let me examine you."

"Who are you calling a child? I only have a few scratches. There's no need for all that trouble. I just need to go back and take a shower." Maki waved a hand, apparently believing she did not need treatment.

"Hiss-ow, ow, ow!" Seeing Maki try to slip away, Shoko Ieiri immediately reached out and pressed the wound on her thigh. Although Akutagawa Shang had already dealt with the curse, the wound had yet to heal.

"So you do know what pain feels like? Huh? Did you absorb this one too?" Shoko Ieiri asked as she examined Maki.

"Mm-hmm." Akutagawa Shang scratched his head sheepishly.

"Hmm, the wounds are all shallow, and there are only traces of curses left. They don't seem to have eroded much of the flesh. Overall, it's not as bad as it looks. The biggest problem now is that certain children refuse to admit they're hurt and get treatment." White light shone from Shoko Ieiri's palm again as she pressed it against Maki and began healing her, tapping Maki's head with the fingers of her other hand.

This treatment was just as brief. Soon, the shallow wounds on Maki's body began to close. Scabs formed and fell away, leaving only faint marks behind.

"All done, Maki. Now it's your turn, Akutagawa." Shoko Ieiri turned to look at him.

"Could you teach me reverse cursed technique first?"

"Oh? You want to learn it that badly?"

Akutagawa Shang nodded. Reverse cursed technique was a technique that converted the negative energy of cursed energy into positive energy, using the principle that two negatives made a positive.

Once learned, it could serve not only as a healing skill to restore his own health, but also allow him to develop powerful skills like Satoru Gojo's Cursed Technique Reversal: Red. Moreover, to cursed spirits, the positive energy of reverse cursed technique was a natural enemy, truly fatal on contact. Most importantly, although very few people had mastered reverse cursed technique, any jujutsu sorcerer really could learn it. Whether they could actually master it was another matter.

Well, I don't even have a cursed technique yet, but learning a healing skill can't hurt. Not to mention it can double as half an offensive skill. If I run into someone I can't beat later, with reverse cursed technique, I might even be able to heal while running and kite them.

As Akutagawa thought about it, he could not help laughing aloud.

"Hey, snap out of it. Do you still want to learn?" Shoko Ieiri waved a hand in front of his face.

"Yes, yes, yes! Hurry up and serve it!" Akutagawa Shang nodded like a woodpecker.

"All right, watch closely."

Shoko Ieiri held up a finger and gestured in the air.

"First you go whoosh, then you go hey, and then you go heave-ho, and that's it."

Akutagawa Shang was speechless again. He turned to ask Maki, who was watching from the sidelines.

"Hey, Maki, did you understand that?"

"How could I possibly understand that?" Was she actually teaching?

"Hmm? You don't understand? It's so simple, though. Looks like you're an idiot just like Satoru. Then I'll teach you one more time. Watch closely."

As Shoko spoke, she reached out to demonstrate again.

Akutagawa Shang hurriedly caught her finger and helped her lower her hand.

"Ah, never mind, never mind. Shoko, just examine me first."

"Oh, you don't want to learn anymore? That's fine too." With that, Shoko Ieiri began examining Akutagawa Shang.

"You're in worse shape than Maki. There aren't any signs of cursed energy erosion, but you have a lot of external injuries that need focused treatment. Hurry up and lie down."

"Okay, okay." Akutagawa Shang obediently lay down on the infirmary bed.

Shoko placed her palm, glowing with white light, over Akutagawa Shang's wounds to heal him.

Akutagawa Shang had originally only intended to sit quietly and receive treatment, but as the treatment progressed, positive energy flowed into his body. He could clearly feel the difference between positive energy and cursed energy. If cursed energy was an icy cavern in the depths of winter, positive energy was the warm summer sun.

As the treatment continued, Akutagawa Shang was astonished to discover that the strange cursed energy inside him had actually absorbed some of the reverse energy too.

No way. It can absorb this too?

As the reverse energy merged with the silvery-white cursed energy, it brought Akutagawa Shang a deep perception of reverse cursed technique. He could not only see the flow of positive energy in his field of vision, but also see the rules governing its operation, and even perceive the subtle path through which negative energy was twisted, reversed, and transformed into positive energy.

"All done. You can get up now." Before he knew it, Shoko Ieiri's treatment had finished. She patted Akutagawa Shang, signaling for him to get up.

But Akutagawa Shang remained motionless, as if he had not heard her, as though he had experienced a sudden revelation.

Shoko asked Maki beside her, "What's wrong with him?"

"No idea." Maki shook her head. "But he does this sometimes-has a sudden fit."

Before she had finished speaking, Akutagawa Shang suddenly raised a hand.

In his palm, a faint white glow slowly gathered between his fingers.