"[Confirmed]The binding vows of this world truly exist."
Under the glow of the setting sun, Schwarzer found a tree branch to sit on and relax, while Gojo Satoru, under the guise of training her Cursed Technique mastery, had her repair the destroyed forest.
She looked up at the red sky, though in reality, she was watching the countdown displayed on her HUD: the third day was about to end.
During their final battle that afternoon, she aimed Hollow Technique: Purple at Gojo Satoru, and at that instant, the binding vow took effect. She had a very clear intuition that killing him would come at a great cost.
"According to my judgment, this is a 'restriction' of Cursed Energy; the binding vow established by both parties is guaranteed by the Cursed Energy of the entire world."
"If you were to forcibly violate it, the Cursed Energy within you would run wild, and in severe cases, it could damage your soul."
"Of course, even if you were to truly violate the binding vow, it wouldn't have a significant impact. The 'quality' of Cursed Energy and your soul are too vastly different; the worst-case scenario would merely be a single soul shockwave."
The System indicated that with its presence, Cursed Energy was negligible, as Cursed Energy of this magnitude was utterly insignificant against a soul reinforced by Spiral Power.
However, Schwarzer had no desire to experience violating the binding vow. She had no intention of wantonly killing people to begin with, and this binding vow was merely a step in gaining trust.
Besides, if she really wanted to act, she could simply abandon all her Cursed Energy. Her Machine Ex Machina abilities were enough for her to become a Homelander in this world.
Clear all Cursed Energy from her body or convert it into other forms of energy – a mere binding vow, could it really use the power of this world to deal with her?
The mission at Jujutsu High was successfully completed. She was certain she had gained Gojo Satoru's trust, so now it was time for a brief rest.
Schwarzer sat on the tree branch, casually swinging her legs, black-purple stockings encasing her metallic calves.
There was no need to constantly emphasize her non-human identity; her previous appearances in her original Machine Ex Machina form had merely been intentional.
Now, her clothing almost entirely concealed her mechanical components. Her full-body attire and stockings were enough to cover her joints, with only the highly futuristic metal 'headpiece' on her head remaining without a good way to conceal it.
But this was sufficient. When in doubt, she could just use the excuse of it being necessary for her Cursed Technique.
Just as she was about to clear her mind and return her processing power to her main body, a rustling sound came from behind her, someone was coming through the bushes to find her.
Schwarzer turned her head slightly and saw Sasuke approaching from below.
"Um, hello?" His tone held a slight awkwardness, even using honorifics.
The battle between Schwarzer and Gojo Satoru that afternoon was vivid in his memory. Although he had only witnessed a small 'aftermath', it was a power far beyond his imagination.
Not to mention Schwarzer was now his superior; he had accepted her power, that thing called the Cursed Seal, which allowed him to experience immense strength.
In this situation, he was subconsciously trying to curry favor with her, and of course, part of the reason was… her appearance.
Sasuke's attitude towards Orochimaru was certainly not like this, but facing Schwarzer, whether it was because he had accepted her power or for some other reason, his favorability towards her was unexpectedly high.
—Truly, it was a world where looks mattered. Orochimaru never looked like a good person, whereas cooperating with Schwarzer didn't bring that sense of peril, like trying to get a tiger to hunt for you.
Outwardly, they appeared to be peers, and with the initial impressions of her being of the opposite sex and immensely powerful, Sasuke wasn't sure what to make of his feelings for her.
He looked up and met Schwarzer's gaze—though from that angle, he naturally couldn't see anything—then lowered his head as if to avoid impropriety.
"[Query]Do you need something from me?" Schwarzer lightly jumped down, landing in front of Sasuke.
After acquiring the World Fragment from the Naruto world, she had been revising her plans, which had left Sasuke somewhat behind.
In truth, it was still due to his insufficient strength; before activating his Mangekyo Sharingan, Sasuke wasn't even qualified to step onto her stage.
Nevertheless, he was somewhat of a protagonist, one of the top beings in terms of attracting the world's attention, so she wouldn't truly leave him unattended.
One could never have too much Core Data; these past three days had already seen over half of one piece of Core Data depleted, leaving her with only about ten days' worth.
"Did you… come to Jujutsu High to inform me of something?" Sasuke proactively asked. He wanted more power, and Schwarzer possessed that power. If he were to directly demand it, she might not help, and it would make him seem greedy, so he proactively tried to take on a task.
"[Correction]Just call me Schwarzer. From now on, we are classmates and teammates."
"[Supplement]My visit this time was solely to analyze the Reverse Cursed Technique and Limitless Cursed Technique, and to join the student roster."
Her meaning was clear: her presence here had nothing to do with Sasuke; there was no need for him to flatter himself.
Of course, it wasn't entirely unrelated to him. Since she was already here, she might as well recruit him into the Celestial Organization.
Schwarzer casually extracted some metallic elements and forged them into a ring, upon which were inscribed only the four characters 'Celestial Organization'. Currently, Sasuke was not yet qualified for the positions of the four 'Angels'.
"[Main Point]This is the organization's emblem. Wearing it signifies your joining our Celestial Organization."
"[Information]Our organization's aim is world peace."
World peace – what a grand objective that was. Sasuke fell silent after hearing this; he couldn't imagine what world peace truly entailed.
However, it sounded good. At least it wasn't some ambitious organization aiming for world domination, so joining it came with no pressure.
The Celestial Organization's ideals were far better than Sasuke had anticipated, and he took the ring and put it on without hesitation.
"I know absolutely nothing about world peace. If there are any tasks, you can tell me directly, and I will complete them with all my might."
This wasn't just empty politeness; Sasuke truly decided to go all out. He also wanted to see what this so-called world peace truly looked like.
Of course, that would be after his revenge. Everything else was secondary to revenge.
"[Information]For now, there are no tasks you can participate in. Your current objective is to improve your strength. I will assign you after you awaken your Mangekyo Sharingan."
"Mangekyo… What exactly are the conditions for awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan?" Hearing this term, Sasuke immediately thought of Uchiha Itachi, and his expression darkened. At the same time, he wanted to know how to activate the Mangekyo.
"[Answer]The Cursed Seal allows you to absorb the power of 'negative emotions'. By utilizing the Cursed Seal's characteristic of absorbing Cursed Energy, it can forcibly help you awaken the Mangekyo, but the cost is that your mind might be affected."
The Cursed Seal given by Schwarzer was the ultimate cheat code. As long as Sasuke continuously hunted and devoured Cursed Spirits, accumulating enough Cursed Energy to convert into negative emotions, awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan would only be a matter of time.
The only drawback was that an excess of negative emotions would be a huge shock to the mind, potentially even causing one's SAN value to drop to zero, leading to outright madness.
However, she felt she should have a little more faith in the 'protagonist', and if it truly came to that, someone would intervene.
She subtly glanced behind Sasuke; on a tree branch in that direction, a crow was perched.
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