A few days later, on an unnamed deserted island in Japan.
The film crew was debugging equipment, and the actors were adjusting their condition.
At this moment, the deserted island had been completely transformed.
On the outermost perimeter stood a massive tent used to block outside observation.
Inside, barrier structures rose from the ground.
First, a barrier was erected, then its appearance was altered to form buildings.
After hearing that Eichi wanted to use barriers to simulate Fuyuki City for filming, Medea decisively dragged Tengen over to work.
This kind of barrier construction was technically simple and highly repetitive, an extremely boring task.
With that time, she would rather take more behind-the-scenes photos of Artoria.
So the site construction was left to Tengen, that master of killing time.
For beings at their level, this kind of work required little thought. They only needed to follow the blueprints and repeat the process.
Props team site.
"Geto, what is this?"
Satoru curiously looked at the Cursed Tool in his hand.
"A Cursed Tool used to create a spiritualization effect. Remember to use it when it's your turn to appear later."
Hearing this, Satoru immediately injected Cursed Energy into the tool.
Golden particles of light surrounded him.
"This is pretty fun."
As he spoke, Satoru waved his right hand in a wide arc, and countless golden particles formed a light shield around him.
It gave off a magical girl vibe.
"What about this one?"
Satoru picked up another small jade-like stone.
"That's a Cursed Tool used to issue commands to Cursed Spirits and Shikigami. The actors can use it to direct them."
"Eh? This can control Cursed Spirits?"
Satoru looked slightly surprised.
"No. It simply conveys their thoughts to the Cursed Spirits. The actual control remains with me and Eichi.
However, we will give advance instructions so the Cursed Spirits and Shikigami act according to the actors' requests."
Suguru, as head of the props team, patiently explained.
"By the way, why does every crew member have strange Cursed Energy around their eyes?"
Satoru's Six Eyes had exceptional sensitivity to Cursed Energy.
Ever since arriving on the island, he noticed faint Cursed Energy fluctuations around most people's eyes.
"Those are Cursed Tools that allow them to observe Cursed Energy."
Suguru took out two boxes and opened them.
"Do you remember this?"
He held up a pair of glasses.
"Ah, I remember. That girl Maki has one too. They're Cursed Tools for seeing Cursed Spirits."
"That's right. This time, to experiment with combining Jujutsu and filmmaking, every actor is equipped with Cursed Tools and invisible glasses that allow them to see Jujutsu."
Not only the glasses, but even the cameras and electronic devices on set were simple Cursed Tools capable of observing Jujutsu and Cursed Spirits.
Producing such tools was not difficult. Medea could easily mass-produce them.
Even without her, the laboratory had developed methods over the years to produce observation equipment for Cursed Spirits and Cursed Energy, although slightly inferior to hers.
"Are those crew members really ordinary people? Aren't you worried about leaking information about the Jujutsu World?"
If too much about the Jujutsu World were exposed and caused panic, Jujutsu Headquarters would likely face serious trouble.
They would not dare act openly, but covert interference would definitely follow.
"Eichi already thought it through. Every ordinary person who joined the crew signed a Self-Compulsion Document. Outside, they will only praise our special effects technology and will not reveal anything about Jujutsu."
"Is that so? As expected of Eichi."
The Self-Compulsion Document is a type of magical contract in the Type-Moon system that cannot be violated once concluded.
It is the same kind Kiritsugu and Kayneth signed.
Because contracts under the Cursed Energy system must be willingly formed, forced signatures are invalid.
So Eichi chose to have all ordinary crew members sign this unbreakable contract from the Type-Moon system.
This ensured the secrecy of Jujutsu.
Meanwhile, in the actors' group.
"Excuse me, I heard the role of Gilgamesh has been given to someone else?"
A blond young man approached Eichi and a burly man, asking somewhat cautiously.
He was a mixed-race actor from Japan and the United States, selected because his image closely matched Gilgamesh.
"You mean Satoru? It's fine. He's just here for a cameo experience. Most of the scenes will still be yours. Don't worry."
Eichi patted his shoulder reassuringly.
After that, he turned back to the burly man.
"Try talking to them."
"Are you sure? I can talk to cows with this little thing?"
The two-meter-tall, polar bear-like man looked strangely at the small Cursed Tool in his hand.
"Yes. You'll know once you try."
"Alright then. Come here, let me pet you."
As he spoke, two Piercing Ox walked toward him.
"It really works. Is this also the power of Jujutsu? If Jujutsu exists, do magic and battle aura exist too?"
Feeling the strange power from the Cursed Tool, the bold man grew excited.
"Get familiar with them, so you don't get hit later. Your small frame can't handle it."
"Small frame? Me?"
He stared at his two-meter muscular build in disbelief.
This burly man was playing Iskandar, the King of Conquerors.
His Noble Phantasm, Divine Might Chariot, was represented by a model chariot. The divine oxen pulling it were Chimera created by Eichi through the Fusion of two Piercing Ox summoned via Maximum Technique and Nue.
After confirming that the actors were in good condition, Eichi sat beside Artoria.
"How are the preparations?"
"No problem."
Artoria replied seriously.
The next scene to be filmed was the port battle.
Artoria would need to pretend to be injured.
Although Lancer Diarmuid's actor was someone else, the actual combat scenes were performed by Cú Chulainn as a stunt double.
They would later use face replacement technology to process the footage.
As for why the port scene was filmed first.
That was because of Satoru.
On one hand, as the only active Special Grade among the four, he had to handle numerous missions, including exorcising Cursed Spirits.
On the other hand, Eichi was worried that if Satoru stayed on set too long, he might torment the actors.
So he decided to film Satoru Gil's scenes first.
Soon, the actors took their positions. Artoria and Diarmuid's actor prepared.
After a brief exchange of dialogue, Cú Chulainn seamlessly replaced the actor and began a fierce clash with Artoria.
"I still feel like the scene isn't grand enough…"
Satoru, preparing to make his entrance, muttered thoughtfully.
"What's wrong?"
Suguru turned to him, initially thinking he might be nervous. But it was hard to imagine Satoru being nervous.
"Didn't Eichi say he chose this movie because the scale was bigger? But this scene isn't big at all."
"Satoru, this is for the plot."
"I know. But actors can improvise sometimes, right?"
"Satoru, you're not planning to…"
A bad feeling rose in Suguru's heart.
(To be continued.)
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