He hated everyone here, hated everyone who looked down on him, hated Zenin Naobito who caused all this, hated Zenin Kiyoshi who ruined his plan, and hated the sisters Maki and Mai who hadn't obediently died.
A wave of anger that was almost impossible to swallow surged in his heart, nearly tearing Zenin Ogi's sanity to shreds.
But no matter how much resentment he had, under the firelight that illuminated his sins, it was useless at this moment.
Before the cursed spirit behind him could chase them out, a figure with a slight smell of alcohol appeared in front of Zenin Kiyoshi.
He patted Zenin Kiyoshi on the shoulder, his voice a little thick, as if there was still alcohol stuck in his throat.
"Well done, you have the Zenin clan's... you have my style! Hahaha!"
The moment Zenin Naobito finished speaking, a warm liquid sprayed onto Zenin Kiyoshi's face.
It was the blood of the cursed spirit. Unlike ordinary humans, it was a rotten purple color, and the smell was similar to a mixture of vomit and rust.
Zenin Naobito pinched the cursed spirit's head and walked over to Zenin Kiyoshi. The flush from being drunk had not yet disappeared from his face. He said with a cheerful smile, full of the smell of alcohol:
"No need to worry about trash like this. But, can you tell me in detail how this trash appeared here?"
The old man's body was a mixture of alcohol and blood, which was a bit uncomfortable to smell, but Zenin Kiyoshi didn't care about these things at the moment.
He looked at the two crying Maki and Mai in his arms and said calmly:
"Let's settle them down first. Their mother must be terrified."
Just as Zenin Kiyoshi's words fell, a beautiful woman rushed over from behind the crowd. Her face was pale, her hair was disheveled, and the hot flames swept over, scorching her hair a little curly.
The woman had only a negligible amount of weak cursed energy, clearly an ordinary person.
At this moment, she didn't care about the raging sea of fire, nor did she care about her husband's slightly warning gaze. She just pushed aside the people in front of her and stumbled to Zenin Kiyoshi. While incoherently thanking Zenin Kiyoshi, she directly took Maki and Mai and began to cry uncontrollably.
Watching this scene, Zenin Kiyoshi also felt a slight sense of relief in his heart.
It seemed that it was similar to what was shown in the original story. At least the mother of the sisters Maki and Mai still retained a trace of the most basic humanity.
At least before being brainwashed by her husband, this woman's love for her children should be genuine.
After handing the children over to her, Zenin Kiyoshi felt himself being gently helped up. The smell of alcohol on Zenin Naobito had not yet dissipated, and the sea of fire behind him cast his shadow, making it look a little distorted and deformed.
"Most of the time, you can't use beer cans to hold white wine. But sometimes, some business owners with weaker psychological endurance, after discovering that the white wine they brewed is not particularly good, actually want to smash the shop as well. This kind of person is even more dangerous than a cursed spirit, don't you think?"
When Zenin Naobito said this, his body was filled with the smell of alcohol. Anyone who didn't know would have thought this old man was talking nonsense.
However, Zenin Kiyoshi could roughly guess the meaning behind the old drunkard's words. In fact, from the original story, it could be seen that this Zenin Naobito was clearly fundamentally different from the rest of the Zenin clan.
At least, compared to those like Zenin Ogi who could hardly be called human, he, Zenin Naobito, was at least a person.
Whether it was towards Toji or towards the sisters Maki and Mai, he showed the care of a normal person.
Although Zenin Naobito also had many shortcomings, such as his indifference to the lives of ordinary people, and his failure to properly handle the education of his own son, and so on.
However, these minor flaws, in the perverted environment of the jujutsu world, were hardly considered shortcomings.
Zenin Kiyoshi knew why Zenin Naobito was being so deliberately mysterious with him.
Since he could serve as the head of the Zenin clan, he was naturally very clear about all the messy things in the entire clan. He could see Zenin Kiyoshi's true thoughts at this moment, and he could also understand Zenin Kiyoshi's current situation.
As for Zenin Ogi, Zenin Naobito was still not in a good position to act. A portion of the Zenin clan's higher-ups were radicals led by Zenin Ogi. He had not been the head of the clan for very long, so he needed to consider the thoughts of this group and could not make drastic reforms at this time.
Or to look at it more pessimistically, he might not be able to make such reforms even on the day he retired.
The dirty business within the Zenin clan was far more than outsiders could see.
As the head of the clan, facing such a mess, to be honest, he sometimes felt helpless.
Perhaps this was the reason why he could never quit alcohol.
Whatever, just live in the present and do as much as you can!
At least for the injustice in front of him, if he can manage it a little, he must manage it!
Before Zenin Kiyoshi could answer the question, Zenin Naobito continued to ask:
"When did that cursed spirit appear? When did you discover it?"
"I don't know exactly when it appeared, but when I realized something was wrong, I rushed over and saw the cursed spirit standing outside the baby carriage. I didn't think much and rushed over to stop it, but I was no match for that cursed spirit. In a moment of desperation, I rushed into the room, and that monster followed.
The aftermath of the battle ignited the natural gas in the kitchen, which led to this situation."
Hearing Zenin Kiyoshi's explanation, everyone present had a somewhat strange expression on their faces.
The clansmen who could be here were not fools. They knew better than anyone what the Zenin clan's barrier was capable of.
Especially Zenin Ogi's courtyard, which was at the very center of the barrier. The defensive capabilities of this place were even two or three times that of other areas.
Let alone this kind of third-rate cursed spirit, even a Grade 1 cursed spirit would be blocked by the barrier here.
So... a cursed spirit happened to appear near an unattended baby carriage... This coincidence was too much for people not to let their imaginations run wild.
Looking at Zenin Ogi who had not said a word from beginning to end, everyone's gaze became a little strange.
In fact, anyone could see that Zenin Ogi had an almost pathological obsession with the position of clan head. And recently, they had heard a lot of arguments coming from Zenin Ogi's house.
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