Although Chinatsu didn't know why she possessed such culinary talent, she remained optimistic about it, as having an extra skill was always a good thing.
As mentioned earlier, one reason for Geto Suguru's future mental breakdown was the accumulated stress from constantly consuming extremely disgusting Cursed Spirits.
This problem had troubled Chinatsu for a long time, because the nature of Geto Suguru's Cursed Spirit Manipulation was precisely this, and it was impossible to stop him from eating Cursed Spirits.
However, thinking in that direction was actually falling into a misconception. Just as this world is inherently imperfect, Geto Suguru was bound to eat unpleasant food, but delicious food didn't reject him either.
If you ate one unpleasant Cursed Spirit, then eat ten delicious dishes to reward yourself. As long as the stress is released in time and not allowed to accumulate to a dangerous threshold, it will be fine.
People who don't know how to reward themselves to release stress will eventually reach an unbearable threshold, even if the stress accumulates very slowly.
At this moment, Chinatsu looked at Geto Suguru, who was focused on his dry noodles, her face adorned with a faint smile, one hand on her hip, revealing an expression of a proud mother.
Ieiri Shoko stood beside her, and when she saw Chinatsu's expression, she couldn't help but freeze.
At first, when she saw Chinatsu's gaze fixed on Geto Suguru, she secretly chuckled, thinking she had discovered something extraordinary, but then Chinatsu's single expression completely threw her off.
Suddenly, Chinatsu's phone in her pocket vibrated. She pulled it out of her pocket in confusion and opened it. It was a text message from the Elder.
"Chinatsu, there's a Cursed Tool auction in Kagoshima in a month. Do you want to come and see it?"
Inside the Gojo Family mansion, the Elder let out a breath after typing those words, quietly waiting for Chinatsu's reply.
Chinatsu, seeing the text message, paused slightly. She looked up and told everyone present about it, asking if they wanted to come along.
Gojo Satoru: Too lazy to go.
Geto Suguru: If possible, I'd like to go.
Shoko: I want to go too! I want to go too!
Gojo Satoru: Ah, well... then I'll go too.
Gojo Satoru, seeing the two contradicting him, found the noodles he was eating no longer appetizing. He thought that if everyone left and he was alone, he quickly changed his mind.
Chinatsu nodded, then lowered her head to look at her phone screen again, quickly typing a reply to the Elder.
"Satoru is going too, and two classmates from Jujutsu High."
"No problem!"
The Elder immediately replied to Chinatsu. There weren't many people in the Jujutsu World to begin with, and even fewer participated in Jujutsu World auctions, so many gatherings in the Jujutsu World didn't restrict the number of people each major force could bring.
For example, at this Cursed Tool auction, the Elder said that he was already old, and the seats in the auction house had never been full, with almost half of them usually empty.
After confirming their trip to the Cursed Tool auction a month later, Geto Suguru and Shoko were both very excited. As for money, they weren't particularly worried.
Although Chinatsu's earring Cursed Tool was worth over a hundred million, not all Cursed Tools were so expensive.
One of them, due to his high talent, was exceptionally invited to Jujutsu High from an ordinary family, and the other was regarded as a treasure by the academy and even the entire Jujutsu World. Both of them had a considerable amount of money in their personal accounts.
They couldn't afford items in the 'hundred million' range, but they could try for other price ranges. They were determined to get close-combat enhancement and body-protection defense Cursed Tools.
One month later.
Geto Suguru and Shoko got into the Gojo Family's special car with Chinatsu and Gojo Satoru and headed to Kagoshima, the region where this year's Cursed Tool auction was being held.
Along the way, Gojo Satoru, sitting in the car, seemed a bit uncomfortable because Kagoshima was the place where he first carried out a Jujutsu mission.
The situation of "two hours of travel, two minutes of exorcism, not even reaching the destination, and my Older Sister already in bed asleep" was almost a psychological trauma for him.
Chinatsu, on the other hand, quietly observed the scenery outside the window. This seemingly peaceful road was actually filled with Cursed Spirits.
Grade 4, Grade 3... in a world that ordinary people couldn't observe, there were simply too many Cursed Spirits symbolizing human negative emotions.
These Grade 4 and Grade 3 ones were fine; they were mostly weak and timid, not daring to directly attack humans. However, once they reached Special Grade level, they would cause large-scale disasters one after another.
Jujutsu Sorcerers silently exorcised Cursed Spirits for humanity in the dark world, yet some foolish humans still feared, insulted, and even physically harmed children who awakened Jujutsu abilities, which was another reason for Geto Suguru's mental breakdown.
Ultimately, the problem lay with this country and even the entire world. The Jujutsu World could no longer continue to be so corrupt; it needed a major revolution.
During Chinatsu's contemplation, after traversing city after city, the special car finally arrived at Kagoshima, one of the country's most peripheral cities.
At this moment, people from various forces of the Jujutsu World had gathered in this city, and the many Cursed Spirits hidden within the city were trembling, fearing that a single sound from them would lead to their exorcism by some Jujutsu Sorcerer.
Upon arriving at the Jujutsu auction venue, Chinatsu's eyes scanned her surroundings, and both Zen'in Naobito and the Old Kamo Family Head appeared in her line of sight.
In this current timeline, Fushiguro Megumi, who inherited their family's Ten Shadows Technique, and Kamo Noritoshi, who inherited Blood Manipulation, had already been born, but due to their young age, they hadn't awakened their Cursed Techniques and thus hadn't been discovered yet.
As Chinatsu's gaze fell upon Zen'in Naobito, he, with a stern face, quickly noticed and turned his head to look at Chinatsu.
Their gazes met, and in the silent, long-distance eye contact, a fierce dialogue seemed to unfold, with sparks flying between their eyes.
"What a vengeful girl."
Zen'in Naobito snorted coldly before turning and heading into the auction. Chinatsu's lips curved slightly upward, a hint of smugness appearing on her face.
She was no longer the six-year-old child she once was. Even though Zen'in Naobito was "the strongest Grade 1," if she really targeted him, that title might not necessarily remain his.
The Elder beside her looked at Chinatsu's somewhat childish behavior and the sight of Naobito being angered away, and he couldn't help but lower his head and chuckle.
"Alright, alright, let's go in quickly too."
The Elder, with a smile, led everyone into the auction house...