"This is reckless. Don't blame me if you get hurt, but in the end, I'll still have to heal you, so are you just adding more work for me?"
Shoko clearly couldn't refuse their requests, slowly raising her right hand as Cursed Energy began to converge, merge, and reverse.
For teaching purposes, her movements were very slow, slow enough for Schwarzer to clearly see the flow of Cursed Energy.
"Hey!"
Taking a deep breath, Shoko slammed down with a heavy punch. Unlike the powerful effects of Black Flash, Reverse Cursed Technique carried no light effects; it was a plain, unadorned punch!
She didn't use much force, but a Cursed Energy-enhanced fist couldn't be too weak. However, facing Shoko's attack, Schwarzer showed no intention of dodging.
Given the Machine Ex Machina's body strength, few could break her defenses; at least, not with a simple punch.
Shoko thought for a moment, choosing to aim for her shoulder—always feeling a twinge of guilt about bullying a child.
But she immediately stopped thinking about such things. The feedback from her hand was like hitting steel—no, harder than steel, as if striking an immutable rigid body!
"Hiss~ That hurts!"
Shoko jerked her hand back as if shocked, shaking her wrist repeatedly, using Reverse Cursed Technique to heal herself while alleviating the pain.
Had it been too long since she fought? No, it was simply that the opponent was too strong; with such body strength, anything below Special Grade wouldn't even qualify to injure her, would it?
"Gojo Satoru, where exactly did you find these 'monsters'? Four Special Grade combatants, you're not trying to reshuffle the entire Jujutsu world, are you?"
The speaker had no intention, but the listener took it to heart. Gojo Satoru paused, then realized it was true—and not four, but five. Itadori could also be considered a Special Grade combatant, and given his personality, he would definitely side with him.
"Of course I have no such intentions"
As if. Everyone knew Gojo Satoru's dissatisfaction with the higher-ups. Even if he didn't have such thoughts now, he should, for 'he who has the strongest army becomes the emperor.'
Blindfolds truly are good things; they completely conceal his thoughts. Shoko didn't know if he was joking or not.
The two tacitly avoided the topic, turning instead to look at Schwarzer, who had been standing motionlessly.
On the other side, the energy of Reverse Cursed Technique was injected into Schwarzer's body with the punch. Shoko hadn't used much Cursed Energy, but it was enough as an object for analysis.
For a Machine Ex Machina, direct experience was the fastest way to analyze. Without any difficulty, the power of Reverse Cursed Technique was already fully mastered.
Multiplying two units of Cursed Energy—the principle of Reverse Cursed Technique could be summarized in this one phrase. However, it required extreme control over Cursed Energy; the concept of multiplication was too abstract to describe in words.
Schwarzer also simply abandoned understanding, choosing to forcefully decipher it using computational power, working backward with the answer in mind.
The more she understood Cursed Energy, the more she found its essence to be unexpectedly complex.
According to its setting, the essence of Cursed Energy was human negative emotions, supposedly a type of spiritual power. But why could spiritual power be converted into life force?
Moreover, most Cursed Techniques were too abstract, seemingly designed purely for the sake of setting, concretizing abstract concepts. Yet the Cursed Energy capable of this displayed overly weak power.
It was too contradictory. Schwarzer found that there were still too many mysteries surrounding Cursed Energy. Was this thing truly just negative emotions?
Multiplying two units of Cursed Energy transformed it from a 'negative number' to a 'positive number'; the life force generated by Reverse Cursed Technique flowed within her body.
Unbeknownst to anyone, Gojo Satoru had removed his blindfold, his Six Eyes intently fixed on her. In fact, only a few seconds had passed when he detected the power of Reverse Cursed Technique manifesting within Schwarzer's body.
She truly was a monster—he now agreed with Shoko's assessment.
The mere ability to analyze received attacks already made Gojo Satoru consider her a maximum threat. He hadn't yet seen the limits of her learning ability; according to her own words, she could even learn Cursed Techniques themselves.
If that were the case, and they were to fight, wouldn't his Limitless also be copied?
No! Gojo Satoru suddenly realized a blind spot.
'Truthful and False Canon can analyze everything it sees. The speed of analysis depends on the complexity of the object.'
She could see Cursed Energy; there was no doubt about that. Gojo Satoru recalled that from the moment Schwarzer appeared, her gaze was initially on Kakashi and the others, and then continuously on him.
Schwarzer's actions could be considered blatant 'peeking'. With his Six Eyes, he quickly noticed her gaze, but didn't pay it much mind.
Observation was also part of analysis. When she said she had finished analyzing Chakra, that was when her gaze shifted from Kakashi and the others to him.
What was so interesting about him? Although Gojo Satoru considered himself quite handsome, what was truly worth observing was probably the 'Limitless' on him, wasn't it?
If that were truly the case, having successfully mastered Limitless and Reverse Cursed Technique, and with Cursed Energy no less inferior to his own, wouldn't she already be the second 'strongest'?
Once suspicion formed, it was hard to erase. Inferring from this line of thought, Schwarzer's purpose in coming to Jujutsu High was highly suspicious.
Despite being a student he personally brought, he now found himself suspicious of her. On one hand, it was due to Gojo Satoru's overly strong sense of responsibility, and on the other... it was because he placed her strength on par with his own.
"She learned it so easily?"
Unlike Gojo Satoru, Shoko didn't think that far ahead. She could only feel that the frequency of Cursed Energy had changed.
The Reverse Cursed Technique she delivered was devoured by the Cursed Energy within Schwarzer, and then more reversed Cursed Energy surged within her body. But... why was its frequency identical to her own?
Everyone's Cursed Energy had its own unique 'frequency'. To heal others, she had to synchronize her reversed Cursed Energy with theirs. This was why Gojo Satoru couldn't heal others; only Shoko possessed this talent.
Now, it seemed an anomaly had occurred; Schwarzer apparently possessed the same talent?
If others knew, she would surely be strictly protected, just like Shoko, forbidden from participating in any battles... The ability to heal others was simply too important.
Realizing this, Shoko wanted to open her mouth to warn the other party, to tell Schwarzer the importance of the talent she possessed. However, she found Gojo Satoru stepping past her, walking straight ahead.
"So you've learned Reverse Cursed Technique? Then what about my Limitless? How's the analysis coming along?"
"[Affirmative] Limitless Cursed Technique's defensive aspect has been analyzed. Offensive aspects lack corresponding data."
Schwarzer hadn't expected Gojo Satoru to ask this question, but she made no attempt to conceal anything.
Shoko and the others were completely baffled by the situation. They watched Gojo Satoru and Schwarzer confront each other, staring into each other's eyes, and the atmosphere grew heavy.
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