Chapter 140 Why Do They Always Like to Dream?
A relatively complex departmental structure can indeed ensure the stable operation of an entire organization, but without a reliable supervision or feedback mechanism, even the most perfect entity will gradually decline.
Whether it is a dynasty or a government, the curve often follows a relative path from foundation to peak, and then from peak to decline.
Even the Mechamaru Zero that Kokichi Muta created himself is the same. The damage to one unknown component requires a large amount of time for inspection, and no matter how much it is updated and iterated, the entire machine will eventually be phased out by a new puppet.
The Jujutsu High Higher-Ups have only been established for a few decades. Although there were official Sorcerer organizations long ago, none of them had the current level of unification and authority.
Those above Jujutsu High can freely give orders to those below, but those below Jujutsu High have few means to supervise those above, making the mechanism seem very imperfect.
Of course, it is also possible that when the Three Great Families collaborated with the government to establish the Higher-Ups, they never intended for Sorcerers below Jujutsu High to become High-Ranking Officials.
The highest Jujutsu High students can achieve is the status of Grade 1 Sorcerers, who receive higher salaries and treatment, but they will not be the High-Ranking Officials sitting in the back making decisions.
In fact, apart from members of the Three Great Families, many of the so-called Higher-Ups are ordinary people from the government who are not even Sorcerers.
If something unexpected happens or a mole appears among those individuals, it is genuinely difficult to spot any flaw from the perspective of Jujutsu High, unless there is decisive evidence beforehand.
Alternatively, if a consensus could be reached with the Three Great Families, it might not be impossible...
But with Gojo Satoru and Itadori Yuji involved, wouldn't that be too difficult?
"High-Ranking Officials, huh..."
Emiya genuinely cannot investigate this alone. It's not like he can infiltrate the Higher-Ups personally, can he?
Even if the High-Ranking Official colluding with the Cursed Spirits were stupid, they wouldn't leave clues at their workplace; at most, there might be some faint traces at home... but without a suspect, it's difficult to proceed with the investigation.
It seems that to prevent Sorcerers with power from taking private revenge on the Higher-Ups, much information is still hidden from those below Jujutsu High, which is practically providing space for crime to grow rampant.
As for the other question—the precise part of the body that differentiates a Sorcerer from a Non-Sorcerer—Emiya truly hasn't looked into it, as Cursed Power can always be generated in any part of the body.
He'll just ask Ms. Shoko when he gets back, and perhaps inquire about issues concerning the [Reverse Cursed Technique] as well.
"Emiya-sensei! Are you two alright?!"
Just then, Utahime Iori's voice drifted over. She and Mei Mei rushed to Emiya's side.
As late-arriving reinforcements, their speed was a bit slow. But after seeing the frost still lingering on Mei Mei's weapon, Emiya could roughly understand the situation that had just occurred.
The reinforcements on both sides had actually run into each other before arriving at the battlefield, but the enemies had used a Cursed Technique with a control effect to stall for time, causing Utahime and Mei Mei to be slightly delayed.
If one were carelessly covered by the frost, breaking free would indeed be challenging.
"Did you eliminate the enemy alone, or did they escape?
That Curse User's strength was quite terrifying. If she hadn't given up on fighting, the two of us might not have been able to retreat unscathed."
Indeed, that ice Cursed Technique was incredibly absurd in both offense and defense and could be used as support to control enemies at any time. It was much stronger than abilities that could only create a single bullet.
Such an enemy, combined with the person who was already planning to kill Mechamaru—the strength of the two Curse Users must absolutely exceed the scope of Grade 1 Sorcerers. Did Emiya defeat them alone?
They couldn't possibly have achieved their goal and taken Mechamaru... wait?
It was then that Utahime suddenly remembered something and noticed the young boy standing beside Emiya.
"You're Mechamaru... no, Kokichi Muta?!"
As a teacher, Utahime, unlike the other students, had certainly seen what the true state of her student's body was like long ago.
But this unfamiliar, clean-looking young boy... who is he?
"Yes, Sensei..."
A shut-in who spends years at home, and a friend who has only communicated online, will inevitably feel awkward when meeting offline. Kokichi Muta was experiencing this emotion.
Moreover, he had just made such a mistake; meeting acquaintances now was agony for him.
"It's really you?!
No, I mean, how did you change into this appearance... Is it some kind of humanoid robot? Strange..."
Facing the confused Utahime, Kokichi Muta had no choice but to recount his words from earlier.
After everything here was temporarily concluded, Emiya did not let Utahime take Kokichi Muta back to Kyoto Jujutsu High but took him back to Tokyo Jujutsu High instead.
After all, compared to Kyoto Jujutsu High, whose internal situation is still unknown, Tokyo Jujutsu High, with more of their own people, is safer and less likely to be noticed by those with malicious intentions.
Since the internal situation was not reported directly to the Higher-Ups, Mechamaru's puppet had to continue operating at Kyoto Jujutsu High. At Tokyo Jujutsu High, Yaga Masamichi provided a relatively secluded location where they began to discuss the information Kokichi Muta had uncovered—
"The mole said that... the enemy's target is Shibuya Ward?
Are they planning to launch a large-scale attack directly on Non-Sorcerers to achieve some goal..."
When Satoru Gojo returned to Jujutsu High that evening, Emiya immediately informed him of the intelligence obtained from Kokichi Muta.
What followed was the sight of Gojo Satoru deeply contemplating with one hand supporting his chin, while the other hand held a spoon, continuously scooping soup from a bowl and bringing it to his mouth, making a slurping sound.
Elegant? No, that word has probably never been associated with a guy like Gojo Satoru from beginning to end.
"I never thought those guys had much of a moral compass, but I didn't expect them to directly plan such a large-scale attack... are they genuinely not afraid the world will have problems?
Oops, sorry. I almost forgot that the enemies this time aren't just Curse Users, but also include the Cursed Spirit faction."
Normally, rational Curse Users would never plot a plan to overthrow society and destroy the very ground they stand on; irrational Cursed Spirits can't even plan anything coherent.
Now, the Cursed Spirits' objective is clear: do they want to eliminate humans and rule the world themselves?
"Seriously, they are just some worthless waste products. Why do they always like to have such meaningless dreams?"
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