"Finally…answer me one question…Tamamo-no-Mae…"
Sanzu River forced out these words.
"What?"
Tamamo-no-Mae could sense that Sanzu River wasn't stalling for time, so she decided to listen to what Sanzu River wanted to say in the end.
"Hmph, hmph, if I really gather all the sesshoseki, will you revive my parents?"
Sanzu River asked the doubt in his heart.
Sanzu River felt it, Tamamo-no-Mae's Soul was watching him.
"No."
Tamamo-no-Mae's voice was filled with indifference.
"Is that so? As expected…"
Sanzu River actually already had the answer in his heart, but did he have a choice?
He had no choice.
When he made the binding with Tamamo-no-Mae, he was severely wounded and on the verge of death. He didn't know what had happened to his parents, nor did he know what would happen to him.
At that time, Tamamo-no-Mae, hidden within the sesshoseki, made a binding with him on the condition that she would let him live.
The binding that Sanzu River and Tamamo-no-Mae made at the time was only for Tamamo-no-Mae to save Sanzu River's life at that moment.
For this, Sanzu River had to gather all the sesshoseki for Tamamo-no-Mae.
Reviving Sanzu River's parents was a false promise Tamamo-no-Mae made later to motivate Sanzu River to search for the sesshoseki more diligently.
Over the years, Sanzu River also tried to find a way to break free from Tamamo-no-Mae, but Tamamo-no-Mae's Soul was inside the sesshoseki in his left eye. It could be said that everything about him was under Tamamo-no-Mae's surveillance.
Moreover, he was also restricted by the binding, and ultimately could only act according to Tamamo-no-Mae's demands.
So Sanzu River had long guessed his outcome, but he still held a faint glimmer of hope in his heart.
At this moment, that hope was completely shattered.
Seeing Sanzu River completely give up resistance, Tamamo-no-Mae no longer waited and directly completed her embodiment.
The white-haired youth quickly transformed into a tall, golden-haired older sister figure.
Tamamo-no-Mae walked out of the room, enjoying the warmth of the sunlight on her body.
For a thousand years, she had been mostly in slumber.
The times she regained consciousness were few and far between, let alone successfully embodying and having her own body like now.
Night fell over Sendai.
Tamamo-no-Mae was walking through the capital of Miyagi.
Sendai is not only the capital of Miyagi, but also the largest city in the Tohoku region of Japan.
Tamamo-no-Mae walked alone through this bustling city.
Soon, she arrived at a secluded spot in Northern Sendai, near the ocean.
Here, there was a very well-hidden barrier, within which a sesshoseki was stored.
Excluding the one currently on Tsuchimiya Utata, and the one Eichi and others obtained after Isayama Mei was captured.
This sesshoseki was the last one.
The reason she didn't come to get this sesshoseki earlier was because it was protected by a very sophisticated barrier.
With Sanzu River's methods, it was impossible to retrieve the sesshoseki within without alerting the barrier's owner.
Tamamo-no-Mae also didn't plan to reveal herself too early, as that would inevitably invite an Subjugation from the Jujutsu World.
One is a pseudo-Special Grade Curse User who can use Special Grade cursed tools, and the other is a powerful individual who was defeated 800 years ago by the combined strength of an entire era.
The significance represented by the two is vastly different.
However, now that she had decided to act personally, she naturally wouldn't leave the sesshoseki here untouched.
"Indeed, it's quite an Advanced barrier."
Tamamo-no-Mae carefully observed the barrier in front of her. Even she, who had seen much in her lifetime, rarely encountered such an Advanced barrier.
Even for Tamamo-no-Mae, a powerful individual who stood at the pinnacle of her era over 800 years ago, breaking this barrier would not be easy.
"However, you made a fatal mistake. You shouldn't have placed a part of me inside the barrier."
A seductive curve appeared on Tamamo-no-Mae's lips.
Her slender hand rested on the barrier.
The next moment, the sesshoseki, which had been dormant within the barrier, began to respond to Tamamo-no-Mae's call.
The strongest fortress is often breached from within.
One minute, two minutes… With internal and external cooperation, Tamamo-no-Mae successfully opened the barrier in front of her.
Tamamo-no-Mae walked gracefully into the barrier and picked up the glowing red sesshoseki.
"The seventh one."
After retrieving the sesshoseki, Tamamo-no-Mae began to carefully examine everything inside the barrier.
"How is this possible?"
The next moment, Tamamo-no-Mae was shocked.
Inside the barrier, countless precious cursed tools and cursed tools were neatly arranged in numerous display cases.
Among them, the Cursed Energy fluctuations from many cursed tools and cursed tools were even comparable to a single sesshoseki.
"Who exactly is the owner of this barrier?!"
Tamamo-no-Mae reached out and picked up one of the cursed tools, feeling the Special Grade Cursed Energy hidden within it, countless thoughts flashing through her mind.
There was more than one such Special Grade cursed tool in this barrier.
Putting down the cursed tool, Tamamo-no-Mae began to seriously explore the space within the barrier.
Opening a door, Tamamo-no-Mae seemed to have entered another world.
"Squeak, squeak."
Click, clack, click, clack.
Countless dormant Cursed Spirits were awakened by Tamamo-no-Mae's sudden intrusion.
All these Cursed Spirits looked at the suddenly intruding Tamamo-no-Mae with glowing red eyes.
Sticky drool dripped from the mouths of many Cursed Spirits.
"Disgusting things, truly an eyesore to this concubine."
Tamamo-no-Mae waved her hand, and fox fire instantly burned a Cursed Spirit that approached her to ashes.
The powerful Special Grade Cursed Energy was released, and all the countless Cursed Spirits confined in this room by the barrier immediately prostrated themselves on the ground.
"Hmph."
Tamamo-no-Mae snorted coldly, then began to explore the next room.
However, the more she explored, the more alarmed she became.
There were hundreds of such barriers for imprisoning Cursed Spirits here!
"Truly an eye-opener for this concubine."
After a long time spent touring the interior of the barrier, Tamamo-no-Mae returned to the initial room where the cursed tools were stored, her face numb.
She truly found it hard to imagine who could have set up such an Advanced barrier here.
And also hide so many Cursed Spirits and precious cursed tools within the barrier.
"Could it be that Tengen?"
Over the years that Sanzu River had been searching for the sesshoseki, he had quite a few dealings with the Jujutsu World.
The two also obtained a lot of information about the Jujutsu World from many Jujutsu Sorcerers and Curse Users.
In Tamamo-no-Mae's opinion, the only one who could imprison so many precious cursed tools and such a terrifying number of Cursed Spirits here was Tengen, whose barrier covered the entire island nation.
Moreover, whenever the Jujutsu World mentioned Tengen, they referred to Tengen as an "omniscient and omnipotent" Jujutsu Sorcerer. Presumably, no one could make such a big move under her omniscience.
"However, from now on, this place belongs to this concubine."
Tamamo-no-Mae looked at everything in the barrier with excitement.
Everything here would become her power to seek revenge on the Fujiwara Clan.
"In that case, I should thank you, 'Tengen'. If my revenge succeeds, I will spare your life."
If it failed, it would just be falling into darkness and waiting for the next opportunity.
At this moment, Kenjaku, who had changed bodies and hidden in the Kamo Family after the star plasma vessel incident more than a year ago, suddenly sneezed.
"Strange, I shouldn't be catching a cold. Is someone trying to curse me?"
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