"Satoru, maybe I will be your sister-in-law in the future, so you can't be disrespectful to me like this."
Shoko gritted her teeth and reminded him in a voice Satoshi could not hear.
Satoru looked helpless and shrugged. "Then compete with Yuki. It is okay, Shoko, I will stand with you."
Satoshi and Suguru were unaware of the change between Satoru and Shoko. At this time, Satoshi was playing with the small box Suguru had handed him.
"Suguru, can I open it now?" Satoshi asked.
Suguru nodded.
This was not a formal gift, and he felt a little embarrassed when Satoshi asked so seriously.
As he opened the box, Satoshi saw a transparent crystal, a bit like glass, but the power contained within it proved the stone was extraordinary.
"What effect does this stone have?"
Satoshi did not touch it casually. Although he was strong enough, he would still be cautious with unknown items.
"This was a trophy I obtained from defeating a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit during a previous exorcism. That Cursed Spirit could disrupt a person's sense of direction, so this crystal, taken from it, has the same effect."
Suguru's response made Satoshi's eyes light up.
As he touched the crystal, he truly felt his senses invert, and that sensation directly sparked inspiration.
Since waking up, he had not attempted to forge a Zanpakutō.
One reason was that he had not forged one in nine years. The second was that he had not found the right materials.
Every Zanpakutō is not born out of thin air. Each requires corresponding materials to activate its power.
Now, Satoshi would not try to forge some unknown Zanpakutō. His goal was simple, at least forge a captain-class Zanpakutō first.
These Zanpakutō cannot remain forgotten.
Moreover, when facing Sukuna and Kenjaku in the future, an ordinary Zanpakutō would not play much of a role.
Satoshi had always adhered to the principle of rather having none than something subpar when selecting Zanpakutō users.
Although his Zankensoki experience points had reached the maximum level, he could still feel that as long as the Borrowed Sword users practiced, some of his values would continue to increase.
In this situation, he had to spend his limited energy on high-quality Zanpakutō.
Now, this piece of crystal was very good material, and the image of a Zanpakutō emerged in his mind.
It is you. I have not forged a Zanpakutō for a long time. I will use you to get my hand back in.
Satoshi tossed the crystal in his right hand with a smile.
"Suguru, I like this gift very much. This material inspires me, thank you."
Suguru was very happy. He felt it was absolutely right to consult Satoru about this. He had been nervous, worried Satoru might be a little out of touch.
"Satoshi, as long as you like it."
"But what is the use of this stone? What are you going to do with it?"
This crystal had been in his hand for a long time and he had never understood its purpose. Now that Satoshi liked it so much, he was curious.
Satoru also looked over, stopping his joking with Shoko.
This crystal was obtained when he and Suguru were on a mission together. Even though he used the Limitless Technique to resist it, the crystal still affected his senses.
Because he had encountered it before, he was as curious as Suguru about its function.
"This stone is good Zanpakutō material. It can be used to make a very good Zanpakutō."
Satoshi's words shocked the three of them.
"Satoshi, are you planning to reforge a Zanpakutō?"
Satoru's figure instantly disappeared from Shoko's side and appeared in front of Satoshi.
In the Jujutsu world, after Satoshi awakened, everyone recognized how powerful he was. However, many believed that because of his nine years of slumber, he had lost the ability to forge Zanpakutō.
This was also the fundamental reason the Zenin and Kamo families still wanted to oppose the Gojo family.
As long as the Gojo family did not hold the absolute advantage of Zanpakutō, the Zenin and Kamo families would not be afraid.
Even if the two families joined forces, they could not defeat the Gojo family. So what? As long as their own families were not destroyed and Satoshi and Satoru died, the three families would naturally return to parity.
Times change. This era belongs to the Gojo family, but a hundred years ago it was the era of the Kamo family. At most, when the Gojo family is eliminated by time, it will become the era of the Zenin family.
The Big Three Sorcerer Families are the top in the Jujutsu world and that would not change.
All these tacit assumptions were broken because of Satoshi's appearance and because he developed the Zanpakutō system.
Without Zanpakutō, even Zenin and Kamo from the Big Three would fall further behind the Gojo family in competitiveness.
The Yagyū family, which followed in the Gojo family's footsteps, is an example.
In the past, the Yagyū family formed part of the Zenin family's foundation.
It was just an ordinary sorcerer family that produced a kendo master.
The strongest in the family was the Grade 1 sorcerer Yagyū Hidetsugu, who only appeared once in a century.
Now?
Because Yagyū Saemon obtained the Zanpakutō Nejibana, the entire Yagyū family, with the twin stars Hidetsugu and Saemon, became highly successful in the Jujutsu world.
Even in General Directorate meetings, the Yagyū family's voice was recognized by many small families.
All of this was based on the Gojo family's independent mastery of Zanpakutō forging.
(To be continued.)
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