A few days later, in the mountains outside the Tokyo metropolitan area.
"Too slow."
The person speaking was burly, with an air of laziness tinged with arrogance.
"I came straight here after school, Toji-ni."
Toji Zenin, no, he had changed his name to Toji Fushiguro now.
Two years ago, Toji, who had rebelled and left the Zenin family, was picked up by a beautiful young woman named Fushiguro.
Worried that Toji wouldn't survive out there with his personality, the kind and beautiful young woman took care of him for a while, and eventually, she fell for him too.
On one hand, Toji wasn't famous at this time. Because he had shown some respect to the old man, Naobito Zenin, Toji hadn't wiped out the Zenin family. In reality, if the old man hadn't died, Maki Zenin wouldn't have chosen to destroy the Zenin family.
On the other hand, this young woman knew nothing about the Jujutsu World or Cursed Spirits.
Later, when they got married, Toji Zenin changed his name to Toji Fushiguro.
"I'm the one who moved in, so now I'm Toji Fushiguro."
At the time, the young woman was both touched and helpless. After all, in the customs of the country at that time, it was already good if the man didn't insist on changing his surname after marriage. Toji had actually taken the initiative to move in.
Unfortunately, the young woman died in an accident shortly after Megumi Fushiguro was born.
"Hmph, alright, let's start. My time is very valuable."
Exhaling a smoke ring, Toji Fushiguro stomped out his cigarette and stood up, leading Eiji to an open space.
"Hey, let's begin."
Toji Fushiguro clenched his fists, a defiant smile appearing on his face.
Hearing this, Eiji didn't waste any time. He bent his knees slightly, Cursed Energy surging.
"Full Elephant."
The shadow behind him stretched in the opposite direction against common sense, and a large pink Asian elephant appeared before the two of them.
"Oh? A nice punching bag."
After Megumi was born, Toji Fushiguro had visited the Zenin family once. It wasn't to reclaim his lineage, but to break into their library and flip through all the books related to the Ten Shadows Technique.
The reason for doing this was simple: when Eiji was celebrating Megumi's birthday, he had said, "This child is also a Ten Shadows user, just like me."
At that moment, Toji Fushiguro had said, "I'll leave this child to you."
"You expect me, a bastard son from a branch family who ran away from the Zenin family at age 7, to understand the Ten Shadows Technique?"
Under Eiji's scornful gaze, Toji Fushiguro left behind a single sentence: "If you dare to lie to me, I'll kill you."
Eiji, who had read the script: "..."
Then, Toji Fushiguro went straight to the Zenin family.
After venting his frustrations at the Zenin family, Toji Fushiguro's grief over his beloved wife's death lessened somewhat.
However, since he hadn't attended school, when Toji recited the records of the Ten Shadows Technique to Eiji, he often missed a sentence here or changed a word there.
You ask why Toji didn't take pictures?
Let me tell you, taking pictures was already him being lenient. If he took pictures, it would be too much. Are you planning to sell all the information about the Ten Shadows Technique?
Old man Naobito Zenin knew that Toji Fushiguro was extraordinary but couldn't change the traditions formed over a thousand years by the Zenin family. Therefore, he let Toji Fushiguro and Maki Zenin leave, maintained a certain level of contact, and showed some leniency so they wouldn't go too far.
This was also the reason why Toji Fushiguro was willing to send Megumi Fushiguro back to the Zenin family if he awakened his Cursed Technique.
This was the only way Toji Fushiguro, who had never experienced familial affection since childhood, knew how to express fatherly love.
This was also why Toji Fushiguro, after being reincarnated later, said "That's great" when he learned that Megumi's surname was Fushiguro and not Zenin.
Toji Fushiguro knew that the Zenin family was a devil's den, but he knew even better that he couldn't take good care of Megumi Fushiguro.
If his child awakened a Cursed Technique, only in that devil's den could Megumi receive the best growth.
Although some parts were missing, the information on the Ten Shadows Technique that Toji Fushiguro brought back still greatly helped Eiji. After all, the system only provided information on the External Technique, the Holy Grail, before it left, not on the Ten Shadows Technique.
Bang, bang, bang!
The sound of fists hitting flesh echoed. Toji Fushiguro attacked the slow-moving, large punching bag that was Full Elephant like a boxing champion in a ring, unleashing a storm of blows.
Every time Full Elephant tried to spray water to push Toji Fushiguro back, he would be punched in the bridge of its nose, choking itself.
Head, nose, front legs, hind legs, back, buttocks.
When he hit its buttocks, which felt good, Toji Fushiguro even playfully switched his fist to an open palm and patted it a few times.
Fists rained down, and Full Elephant's angry roars gradually turned into miserable wails.
Full Elephant didn't understand what was happening.
Toji Fushiguro, who had no Cursed Energy at all, was like a stone by the roadside during the taming ritual of Full Elephant and the Ten Shadows Technique.
Toji Fushiguro's presence was even more inconspicuous than that of plants and trees.
However, this "stone" was very strange. Before it could even test the potential of the current wielder of the Ten Shadows Technique, this "stone" that it couldn't identify rushed over and beat it to the point of being unable to care for itself.
More than ten minutes later, Full Elephant, its brain overloaded, was beaten into unconsciousness.
Although the taming ritual for the Ten Shadows Technique hadn't seen this situation before, according to regulations, since no outsiders (no cursed energy other than the Ten Shadows Technique user's) intervened, and Full Elephant lost its combat ability while Eiji still had the strength to fight, Eiji was judged to have successfully tamed it.
Eiji: Taming a Summoned Spirit has never felt this good.
It's just a bit expensive; most of the money I saved up went to this commission fee.
"That was exhilarating, next."
Toji Fushiguro rotated his shoulders with a grin, then directly tore off his shirt, revealing a muscular physique that even men couldn't look away from.
Eiji didn't waste any time and raised his hand to summon the next Summoned Spirit.
"Tiger Grave."
Tiger Grave, a Summoned Spirit that can wield strong winds, is one of the strongest offensive spirits in the Ten Shadows Technique.
The strongest offensive spirit in the Ten Shadows Technique is Uroya. Theoretically, if this thing ran around the Earth once, it could shatter Sukuna. The problem is it's too cumbersome; it can only move in a straight line and requires a long charging time. Eiji doesn't need it for opponents he can defeat, and for opponents he can't defeat, it can't even reach them.
It's a case of "tasteless to eat, a pity to discard," that's Uroya. It's better to keep it as fusion material.
The strongest for group attacks is Full Elephant. With enough cursed energy, Full Elephant can even cause floods to submerge Tokyo.
The strongest for single-target attacks is Tiger Grave.
"Clouds follow the dragon, wind follows the tiger."
Tiger Grave possesses the agility of a feline and can harness the wind to increase its speed.
Its sharp claws can tear apart cursed spirits up close and unleash wind blades from afar. Its bite force exceeds Divine Dogs and is comparable to Ferocious Dog.
Such a Tiger Grave has almost no weaknesses in a one-on-one fight.
"Roar!"
A black and white fierce tiger, even larger than Uroya, appeared before the two.
The terrifying killing intent made Eiji tremble slightly.
"Need my help?"
"No, go cool off somewhere else."
After Tiger Grave appeared, Eiji noticed Toji Fushiguro smiling even more happily.
Whoosh.
A gust of wind surged, and Tiger Grave's agile form moved with a speed that was difficult for the naked eye to follow.
Boom.
Toji Fushiguro stomped on the ground with both feet, launching himself like a cannonball towards Tiger Grave.
Sharp claws, fangs, whip-like tail.
Iron fist, elbow strike, whip kick.
Unlike Full Elephant, which could only be used as a punching bag due to its clumsiness, Tiger Grave, being agile and highly offensive, was barely a match for Toji Fushiguro.
A true battle began.
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