"How can I get stronger...?"
"Do I need to learn Reverse Cursed Technique too...?!!"
Hearing this, Akutagawa Shang gently shook his head, rejecting Megumi Fushiguro's guess.
"No, no, no..."
"Although your Ten Shadows Technique and Noritoshi Kamo's Blood Manipulation are both inherited Cursed Techniques of the Three Great Families..."
"But..."
"But your current situations are completely different, whether in proficiency with your Cursed Techniques or accumulated combat experience..."
"The Kamo Clan has a deep foundation in developing Blood Manipulation..."
"Noritoshi Kamo received the most professional instruction in Blood Manipulation in the Kamo Clan from childhood..."
"Furthermore, since joining Jujutsu High, he's already used Blood Manipulation in countless battles, large and small..."
"By now, you could say he's become quite proficient in all the applications of Blood Manipulation..."
"He only needs to learn Reverse Cursed Technique to achieve a tremendous increase in his strength in a short time..."
"But-!!!"
"You're different, little Megumi..."
Hearing his name, Megumi Fushiguro raised his head and looked into Akutagawa Shang's eyes somewhat nervously...
At that moment, Satoru Gojo and Akutagawa Shang seemed perfectly in sync,
rubbing their chins as they repeatedly looked Megumi Fushiguro up and down.
"What... what are you looking at...?"
Their scrutinizing gazes made Megumi Fushiguro's skin crawl a little.
"With the Ten Shadows Technique, the Shikigami have the greatest effect on your strength, right...?"
Looking at Megumi Fushiguro, Akutagawa Shang slowly said:
"Little Megumi, can you tell your senior Akutagawa how many Shikigami you've subdued so far...?"
"Does that really matter...?"
"Of course it does-!!!"
Megumi Fushiguro instinctively averted his gaze and hemmed and hawed, clearly reluctant to say.
Akutagawa Shang turned his questioning gaze toward Satoru Gojo, looking as though he were asking a parent how their child was doing.
"Mr. Gojo, do you know how many Shikigami Fushiguro has