On a tropical beach, three figures sat at the same table, while two others played in the water at the shore.
They were none other than Kenjaku and four unregistered Special Grade Cursed Spirits he had managed to recruit.
"Gojo Satoru and Kamiki Eiji... To this day, I still can't believe they're as strong as you describe them, Geto. I wonder if we could kill them both if we teamed up."
The individual who made this arrogant statement was Jogo.
"He can either escape easily, or in the worst case, you all get wiped out. For Gojo Satoru, I suggest we focus on sealing him rather than killing him. As for Kamiki Eiji... we can kill him."
Kenjaku's understanding of the Six Eyes was profound. He knew that if the bearer of the Six Eyes died, the Six Eyes would manifest in the next descendant of the Gojo family.
Therefore, he preferred to seal Gojo Satoru rather than kill him, to prevent the Six Eyes from manifesting in another person.
"Why not seal both of them?" Jogo asked suspiciously.
"Well, the Prison Realm can only seal one person. Another reason is that my intuition tells me Kamiki Eiji is more troublesome than Gojo Satoru. Unlike Gojo Satoru, who is a contemporary bearer of the Six Eyes, Kamiki Eiji is an anomaly. He is too dangerous."
"Hmph! Kamiki Eiji is just a brat, you're over-exaggerating, Geto."
Snorting coldly, Jogo dismissed the other's statement.
He always believed that Cursed Spirits were superior to humans and that they deserved to inhabit the earth.
No matter how Suguru (Kenjaku) described the strength of Gojo Satoru and Kamiki Eiji, Jogo did not fully believe it.
He believed his own strength was enough to kill both of them.
"Don't be reckless, Jogo. Whether or not what I say is true, you will see it with your own eyes. After seeing Kamiki Eiji's true power, I hope you still have confidence."
With a smile on his face, Kenjaku persuaded Jogo not to act outside the plan.
"Jogo, Geto has gone to great lengths to devise this plan, let's listen to him this time. I also want to see how strong Kamiki Eiji is."
Hanami joined the conversation.
"Tsk, fine, don't look at me like I'm the troublemaker, better worry about Mahito messing everything up."
Jogo pointed to Mahito who was playing with Dagon.
"Don't worry, I will persuade Mahito." Kenjaku nodded.
He had crafted this plan carefully and even used other Cursed Objects.
Even though he had lived for thousands of years, Cursed Objects were not as common as cabbages in the market.
To eliminate Kamiki Eiji, Kenjaku was willing to pay a high price.
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On the other hand, Eiji, who was walking on the sidewalk, suddenly stopped.
"Am I forgetting something?"
For some reason, he felt uneasy for an unknown reason.
"..."
Checking his wallet and phone, Eiji ensured he hadn't forgotten to bring anything.
The uneasy feeling in his heart still hadn't disappeared.
Removing his glasses, he revealed his Six Eyes, then looked around.
He checked to see if any Jujutsu Sorcerers were spying on him from a distance.
"Whoa, he's so handsome."
"His eyes are as beautiful as the sky."
"Is he a model?"
Eiji attracted the attention of passersby, especially women who were mesmerized by his looks.
'Is this just my imagination?'
Finding nothing unusual, Eiji frowned and put his sunglasses back on.
Ignoring the stares of the women who continued to look at him, he walked faster.
Earlier, Eiji had wanted to enjoy the Valentine's Day atmosphere.
There were many events or special limited-edition items for Valentine's Day.
He wanted to stroll around before working. But he canceled his plans because his heart felt uneasy.
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Arriving at the outer edge of the Aokigahara Forest, there was a fence surrounding the forest.
"This place is as disgusting as usual."
In Eiji's perception, the negative energy here was abundant, even more than at schools with frequent bullying cases or in hospitals with daily deaths.
"Why do people come all the way here just to commit suicide in this forest? So foolish."
Eiji highly valued life. He wouldn't sympathize with people who chose to end their lives by suicide.
Entering the Aokigahara Forest, there was only silence without the usual sounds of crickets. Perhaps because there wasn't much food in the forest, those animals stayed away. On the other hand, desperate humans flocked here.
The Aokigahara Forest had trees averaging ten feet tall, with lush and dense leaves forming a canopy over the forest. The dense trees could easily make people get lost.
This wasn't Eiji's first time in the Aokigahara Forest, he was quite familiar with the environment.
"Hm? Someone?"
About three hundred meters away, Eiji saw a man walking while carrying a sack on his back.
Not sensing any Cursed Energy from the other, he paid no more attention.
"Probably just a scavenger."
After that, Eiji continued walking to the area with the densest negative energy.
He didn't find it strange to encounter a scavenger in such a deserted place.
It wasn't uncommon to see many belongings left by those who committed suicide in the Aokigahara Forest. It was no surprise to see scavengers often roaming the forest to find valuable items they could take.
Even, if they found the body of a suicide victim before the authorities did, the scavengers would take all the valuable items from the body.
Once, Eiji accidentally witnessed a scene that lowered his opinion of humanity to a level lower than animals.
At that time, he saw a disgusting sight of an old male scavenger having intercourse with a woman's corpse that still looked fresh, likely just dead.
That day, Eiji lost his appetite.
*Crack*
"Hm?"
Hearing the sound, Eiji looked down and saw he had just stepped on a human skull buried among the leaves.
"Blame yourself for choosing this path. If you hadn't decided to commit suicide, your body wouldn't be lying here and being stepped on by others."
Feeling no guilt, he instead mocked the unknown person's bones.
Kicking the skull like a ball, Eiji finally arrived at the innermost part of the Aokigahara Forest.
Cursed Spirits of Grade 4 and Grade 3 were everywhere, with even a few Grade 2s.
"The numbers have slightly increased since my last visit. Let's finish this quickly."
Ignoring the attacks of Cursed Spirits that couldn't penetrate Infinity, Eiji drew the Leaf Sword from his Storage Ring.
He was in a government-protected nature reserve, so he had to minimize the damage. Thus, he opted for extermination using swordsmanship.
"!!!"
Eiji's pupils contracted as a warning alarm suddenly went off in his heart.
In an instant, a Curtain covering one kilometer enveloped the Aokigahara Forest.
"It's a trap!"
Eiji attempted to teleport, but he ended up at the edge of the Curtain.
'This Curtain has a function to block teleportation.'
Realizing this fact, he swung the Leaf Sword with all his might.
*Swoosh*
The slash left a mark on the Curtain, but the mark quickly disappeared.
'This Curtain also has an automatic repair capability?'
Seeing this, Eiji guessed the mastermind behind this trap.
Kenjaku!