After binding the system and exorcising the Curse Spirit, Hazome Sosuke noticed a black sphere that appeared out of thin air, enveloping a space not far away.
Having watched jujutsu kaisen, he naturally knew that the black sphere was a necessary preparatory step for a Jujutsu Sorcerer before exorcising a Curse Spirit: deploying a Curtain!
So, he hoped to use this opportunity to meet a Jujutsu Sorcerer and use it as a stepping stone to enroll in Tokyo Jujutsu High.
That's why he came to this abandoned factory and waited quietly.
Evidently, effort pays off, and he waited.
Hazome Sosuke watched the two individuals emerge from the dispersing Curtain.
The one on the left, though young-looking, wore sunglasses and had a distinctive appearance; he was, of course, Masamichi Yaga.
But the handsome man on the right, dressed in traditional black robes and with a heroic demeanor, he had never seen in the original manga.
Gojo Shino and Masamichi Yaga were somewhat puzzled by Hazome Sosuke's appearance.
So, Masamichi Yaga tentatively asked, "May I ask who you are?"
Hazome Sosuke did not respond directly. Instead, he pretended to be completely ignorant of everything and asked, "Excuse me, what was that giant black sphere just now?"
At these words, Masamichi Yaga was stunned: "You can see the Curtain?"
"Curtain? So that black sphere is called a Curtain." Hazome Sosuke nodded thoughtfully.
Masamichi Yaga observed Hazome Sosuke, who was muttering to himself, seemingly contemplating and digesting what he had just said.
Meanwhile, Gojo Shino, sensing a faint flow of cursed energy from the man in front of him, as well as the disgusting residual cursed energy from the Curse Spirit that had just been exorcised, immediately asked, "Did you just exorcise a Curse Spirit? Are you also a Jujutsu Sorcerer?"
"Jujutsu Sorcerer? What's that? Also? So you two are Jujutsu Sorcerers? I see, Jujutsu Sorcerers can create black spheres called Curtains." Hazome Sosuke feigned thinking through everything before appearing enlightened.
"So that ugly, man-eating monster I just encountered is called a Curse Spirit? I did kill it, but I don't know how I managed to defeat it."
"But that was really close; I was almost eaten by it."
Masamichi Yaga and Gojo Shino exchanged glances. From Hazome Sosuke's reaction, it was not difficult to deduce that he was completely clueless about professional terms like Curse Spirit and Curtain.
However, he saw a Curse Spirit and, somehow, exorcised it.
From this, it could be seen that Hazome Sosuke should be a newly awakened Jujutsu Sorcerer.
Of course, the premise of all these inferences was that Hazome Sosuke was not approaching them with some ulterior motive, deliberately feigning ignorance.
Gojo Shino secretly observed Hazome Sosuke. The chaotic cursed energy fluctuations on his body were only present in newly awakened Jujutsu Sorcerers; experienced Jujutsu Sorcerers simply could not continuously feign such a state without revealing flaws. This was beyond doubt.
"It seems you are a newly awakened Jujutsu Sorcerer. As an ordinary person, to encounter a Curse Spirit upon your first awakening and not only survive but also exorcise it, you are quite lucky."
Gojo Shino kindly explained to Hazome Sosuke.
Ordinary Jujutsu Sorcerers usually awaken at the age of five or six, but cursed energy awakening is the result of the combined action of physical maturity, cursed energy accumulation, and external triggers.
Evidently, Hazome Sosuke triggered this mechanism at a moment of life-or-death crisis, thus successfully awakening at his current age.
"Let me start by explaining Curse Spirits to you. They are supernatural entities born from concentrated human negative emotions such as fear, hatred, and anger, also known as Curses. Ordinary people cannot see their existence, and they bring harm to humans, so the duty of Jujutsu Sorcerers is to exorcise them."
"You just exorcised a Curse Spirit, so in a sense, you are already considered a Jujutsu Sorcerer. My name is Gojo Shino, and I am also a Jujutsu Sorcerer." Saying this, Gojo Shino pointed to his side: "He is also a Jujutsu Sorcerer named Masamichi Yaga, the current Dean of Education at Tokyo Jujutsu High."
"Gojo Tech is a specialized institution dedicated to training Jujutsu Sorcerers. Unlike regular schools, Gojo Tech only teaches courses related to Jujutsu and the exorcism of Curse Spirits."
Upon hearing this, Hazome Sosuke was stunned for a long while.
Gojo Shino? Someone from the Gojo Family? I haven't heard of him in the original manga. By the way, has Gojo Satoru been born yet?
He couldn't just ask directly.
He then feigned surprise and exclaimed, "There's such a school in Tokyo?"
"Excuse me, I haven't introduced myself yet."
Then, Hazome Sosuke instinctively prepared to blurt out his identity.
But then he remembered that his primary mission, which he had just drawn in the system space, was to impersonate Aizen Sōusuke.
So, he paused for a moment, then spoke in a magnetic, deep voice: "Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Hazome, Hazome Sosuke."
[Interest +1+1, Expectation +1...]
[Scene compatibility 32%.]
[Overall excitement 14%]
[Reward obtained: Kyōka Suigetsu (Initial Release, Shikai command: Shatter, Kyōka Suigetsu.)]
[Zanjutsu, Hakuda, Shunpo, Kidō proficiency +3, Intelligence +3, Strategy +3, Research ability +3, Charisma +3...]
Looking at the lines of text that flashed across his vision, Hazome Sosuke was ecstatic. Clearly, he had played his part correctly!
"Of course, you are also a Jujutsu Sorcerer now. If you are willing, you can also enter Gojo Tech to study." Gojo Shino had a smile on his face.
Hazome Sosuke looked surprised: "Ah? Really?"
"Of course! Right, Yaga?" Gojo Shino said.
Masamichi Yaga, suddenly cued, looked at Gojo Shino with some confusion.
Although Shino was usually straightforward and uninhibited, Hazome Sosuke's sudden appearance clearly had many suspicious aspects. How could Shino, who was also very meticulous, have no vigilance at all?
Despite his confusion, Yaga followed Gojo Shino's lead and said, "That's right. As long as they pass the review, talented Jujutsu Sorcerers can enroll in Gojo Tech."
After receiving the answer, Hazome Sosuke did not immediately show surprise. Instead, he asked a question that completely caught Gojo Shino and his companion off guard: "After graduating from Gojo Tech and becoming a Jujutsu Sorcerer, is the salary... high?"
"...?"
Gojo Shino and Yaga were dumbfounded by the question.
Yaga's mouth twitched: "Exorcising Curse Spirits will earn you corresponding bounties. The higher the grade of the Curse Spirit, the larger the amount, but... the corresponding danger will also increase."
Upon hearing this, Hazome Sosuke couldn't help but inwardly complain.
Is the danger only going to increase? Didn't most of them die in the later parts of the manga? Those who didn't die were all old, weak, and disabled. Some lost arms, some were burned... Is there a single intact person left?!
Hazome Sosuke's silence, in Masamichi Yaga's eyes, became the other party's concern about the high-risk profession of a Jujutsu Sorcerer. So he said, "You don't have to rush to decide. Let's exchange contact information. Once the review is approved, I will contact you, and you can make your decision then."
"Oh, and for reference, this Gojo Shino next to me is the current head of the Gojo Family, one of the three great families of the Jujutsu World. His son, Gojo Satoru, the child of the Six Eyes, who was born not long ago, currently has a bounty of 100 million yen!"
As Gojo Shino's friend, Masamichi Yaga said this to test whether Hazome Sosuke was deliberately approaching them to find an opportunity to kill Gojo Satoru and claim the dark market bounty.
"Gojo Satoru has been born!"
Hazome Sosuke was shocked inwardly! He hadn't expected to meet Gojo Satoru's father so soon after transmigrating.
Fortunately, he had prepared himself mentally, so he didn't reveal any flaws as Yaga intended. Moreover, according to "Tang's Acting Principle": "Don't give the initiative to the other party; don't be forced to follow their rhythm. The show is seized!"
Hazome Sosuke feigned surprise: "One hundred million? Oh my, what an astonishing amount."
"Child of the Six Eyes? I see, having Six Eyes, a value of one hundred million seems reasonable." Hazome Sosuke rested his chin on his hand, deep in thought.
Masamichi Yaga: ...
Gojo Shino: ...
Three crows, trailing a string of ellipses, slowly drifted over their heads, and the atmosphere fell into a long silence.
After exchanging contact information, the three went their separate ways.
...
One hour later,
Back at the Gojo Family estate, Gojo Shino headed straight for his room.
Inside the spacious master bedroom of the traditional building, Gojo Satoru was sleeping soundly, while behind the four curtained doors, four powerful elders of the Gojo Family were strictly guarding him.
"Elders, you've worked hard." Gojo Shino thanked them.
"Master, not at all. Satoru is the child of the Six Eyes, a gift from heaven to our Gojo Family. It is our honor to guard him; there is no hardship to speak of."
Gojo Shino bowed: "I appreciate your efforts."
After speaking, Gojo Shino exited the bedroom and went to the study.
On the desk in the study, there was a laptop and a stack of paper documents.
Gojo Shino sat down and used the mouse to open a video in a folder.
The content was surveillance footage of Hazome Sosuke encountering and exorcising a Curse Spirit that night, and the accompanying documents were various records of Hazome Sosuke from childhood to the present.
The records were detailed, including his family members, and even how he confessed to a neighbor girl at age five and was rejected.
He, Gojo Shino, did not become the head of the Gojo Family by being a pushover. Hazome Sosuke's appearance had many suspicious points.
So, after parting ways with Yaga and Hazome Sosuke in front of the factory, he immediately called the family members responsible for intelligence gathering and retrieved all of Hazome Sosuke's records.
However, Gojo Shino held Hazome Sosuke's file, flipping through it again and again, and watched the surveillance video countless times.
He couldn't find a single flaw.
The other party was from an ordinary family, friendly, humble, and polite. All the teachers' comments from his childhood were positive...
After graduating from university in Tokyo, he became a typical office worker, no wonder he was more concerned about a Jujutsu Sorcerer's salary earlier.
At the same time, Masamichi Yaga, back in his Gojo Tech dorm, also carefully reviewed Hazome Sosuke's file...
After a long time, he came to the same conclusion as Gojo Shino.
Facing a Curse Spirit, awakening cursed energy in a crisis, then imbuing that cursed energy into his fist, punching it directly into the Curse Spirit's mouth, and piercing its head to complete the exorcism...
Logical and without abnormality.