"What kind of women do you like?"
"I like girls who can eat a lot!"
Even though Yuki was a stranger, and even though she hadn't mentioned Haibara when speaking with Suguru and Eichi earlier, Haibara still answered enthusiastically and seriously.
"Girls who can eat a lot... wouldn't they get fat? Do you like girls with a bit of meat on them?"
"Girls with a little meat are healthier."
Haibara smiled and gave a thumbs-up.
"You two, isn't the most important issue right now figuring out who this woman is?"
Suguru sighed and rubbed his forehead, speechless.
"Oh, her."
Eichi, sitting between the two, turned to look at him.
"You should have heard her name, Yuki Tsukumo. She's that Special Grade slacker."
"Sla... slacker..."
Yuki instantly felt like she'd been struck by lightning.
"Ah, so it's that..."
Suguru suddenly understood.
Seeing his expression, Yuki immediately brightened, looking at him expectantly.
"A Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerer who never takes on missions and just drifts around foreign countries like a street bum."
As expected of Suguru, his ability to annoy others came so naturally.
Yuki's expression shifted from disbelief, to hope, then to utter defeat.
Instantly disliked by two juniors she had taken an interest in, she gave up.
"I really hate Tokyo Jujutsu High."
"Oh, are you sulking?"
At that moment, Haibara also got up to say goodbye.
His intuition told him Yuki was looking for Suguru and Eichi, so he didn't stay any longer.
"What a cute kohai."
Watching him leave, Yuki recovered a bit of her spirit.
"I think he's a little too enthusiastic. He should be more cautious."
At the very least, don't answer so seriously when a random woman asks you a question.
Suguru crossed his arms, feeling helpless.
Yuki understood what he meant.
"Then, Suguru-kun, are you unwilling to answer my question?"
"I haven't thought about it."
'He rejected me after all. He's really wary of me.'
She felt a little helpless.
"Speaking of which, if you hate Tokyo Jujutsu High, why did you come here?"
Eichi tossed the empty honey tea can into a nearby trash bin.
"I came to find Gojo Satoru, and to see Zen'in Toji one more time."
So that's the reason, Eichi understood.
At this time, Yuki was still traveling the world with the goal of eradicating Cursed Spirits.
Toji, who had no Cursed Energy and thus didn't leak negative emotions, was exactly the kind of subject she wanted to study.
Her desire to see Satoru was probably more out of curiosity. In the original timeline, she had left without even meeting him.
"You should call him Toji. Otherwise, he'll hit you."
Eichi corrected her.
"Hmm?"
She looked confused.
Having been abroad, she wasn't familiar with the situation in Japan.
In fact, Toji had retired after getting married, so even now, many people in Japan's Jujutsu world still referred to him as Zen'in.
Just like the old woman in Shibuya who used spirit mediumship. She also used the name Zen'in during the ritual.
"Toji left the Zen'in clan long ago. His surname now is Fushiguro. If you call him Zen'in, he'll dislike it."
"I see. I gained some useful information right after arriving."
Yuki smiled and thanked Eichi.
"What do you want with Toji?"
Suguru pressed further.
"Because I want to create a world without Cursed Spirits."
Her expression turned serious.
"Huh?"
Suguru's eyes widened slightly.
"Let me give you a lesson. What exactly is the essence of Cursed Spirits?"
She looked seriously at him.
"Entities formed by the gradual accumulation of leaked negative human emotions."
"Correct. With that premise, there are two ways to create a world without Cursed Spirits."
She raised two fingers.
"One is to eliminate human Cursed Energy. The other is to make all humans capable of wielding Cursed Energy, turning them into Jujutsu Sorcerers."
"But I think the first method is better. Because if Jujutsu Sorcerers die and aren't properly handled, there's a risk they'll become Cursed Spirits themselves."
"And we already have a prime example of the first method."
She looked earnestly at Suguru.
"Toji? Heavenly Restriction, huh..."
Suguru was completely absorbed by her words.
Since Toji didn't fight him during the Star Plasma Vessel incident, and Amanai Riko was now alive and well overseas, he still had a favorable impression of Toji.
Moreover, Suguru even had a slight fondness for this man who usually lazed around daydreaming and sunbathing but could immediately join in close-quarters training whenever needed.
After all, there were too few people now who could truly go toe-to-toe with him in hand-to-hand combat.
Especially since Satoru had become increasingly busy.
"Exactly, Toji."
Yuki nodded, her gaze seemingly piercing through the wall into the distance.
"Heavenly Restriction isn't that rare in the world. I've seen many people whose Cursed Energy was suppressed to the level of ordinary humans. But someone with absolutely no Cursed Energy— even if you searched the whole world, there's only one."
"And Toji's uniqueness doesn't stop there. Even without Cursed Energy, he can still perceive Cursed Spirits using his five senses."
"By completely abandoning Cursed Energy, he elevated his physical body to a higher realm."
"A powerful physique, extremely high resistance to Curses. He's a true superhuman, my ideal specimen."
She spoke of the world she envisioned.
A method similar to Heavenly Restriction, using it to reinforce the body instead of leaking Cursed Energy.
Preventing the negative energy of ordinary people from forming Cursed Spirits, and even turning it into nourishment for humanity.
'If it could succeed...'
Suguru began seriously considering the feasibility of her plan.
"It won't work, will it?"
"Eh?"
Eichi's words made both of them turn to look at him.
"Do you know how large-scale a Heavenly Restriction would need to be to cover all of humanity?"
"It would indeed require an enormous scale."
Yuki admitted that much.
The entire world was a vast place.
"Also, the source of Heavenly Restriction lies in the Cursed Energy system. But beings like Toji have already broken free from that system. Their actions are no longer judged by Cursed Energy."
"A power that originates from the Cursed Energy system, yet cannot be bound by it. Do you really think such contradictory beings could appear in large numbers?"
"And in a sense, what you're trying to do is to overturn the entire Cursed Energy system. Even if you had the ability to pull it off, the Jujutsu world wouldn't allow it."
"To be an enemy of the world, huh..."
"There's always a way, right?"
Yuki leaned back in her chair.
(To be continued.)
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