The three of them were silent for a long time.
Finally, Maki was the first to break the heavy atmosphere.
"What's out there?"
Maki pointed her hand towards the outside of the island.
From here, all they could see were waves occasionally crashing onto the island, and a thick fog.
"I don't know, but it's probably better not to go there."
Inoue Hao shook his head.
"Why?"
Maki asked, puzzled.
"I tried. There's only a dense fog where you can't see anything, and even if you try to swim away, you'll just swim back to the island."
"So, the exit of this Domain can only be in the building at the center of the island?"
Maki looked towards the ancient building in the center of the island.
At the same time, she began to ponder how to take Inoue Hao out of this Domain with her.
Unlike the two Jujutsu Sorcerers,
Inoue Hao was clearly not going to last much longer.
Therefore, Maki felt that saving Inoue Hao safely was the most important thing, rather than exorcising the hypothetical Cursed Spirit that was still nowhere to be seen.
"Actually…"
Inoue Hao hesitated.
Upon realizing that the true form of this Cursed Spirit might originate from people's fear of cthulhu, he had a guess.
However, he was not a professional after all, and he didn't dare to voice this guess.
It would be very dangerous if he misled the two people in front of him.
As a member of the Assistant Supervisor, Inoue Hao had also interacted with Jujutsu Sorcerers.
He had witnessed the deaths of Jujutsu Sorcerers.
The Assistant Supervisor's regulations also clearly required specific and accurate information.
Because in the past, there had indeed been incidents where Jujutsu Sorcerers died due to incorrect information.
"Stop being so wishy-washy. Are you a man or not? Just say what you want to say boldly."
The straightforward Maki disliked this hesitant behavior the most.
If you want to do something, do it immediately.
Procrastinating only increases the chances of failure.
"salmon roe." (Don't worry about it.)
Inumaki Toge put one hand on Inoue Hao's shoulder, comforting him.
Although he didn't know why Inumaki Toge said salmon roe,
the comforting tone did make Inoue Hao relax a lot.
That's right, he was almost done for, what was the point of hesitating?
Just say everything he knew and let the Jujutsu Sorcerers, who were good at exorcising Cursed Spirits, make the judgment.
Was there a better way now?
"Actually, I think this might not be a Domain, but a dream."
Inoue Hao stated his judgment.
"A dream?"
"salmon roe?"
Maki and Inumaki Toge both showed puzzled expressions at the same time.
"That's right, it's a dream. I heard a Senior say before that a Domain is the spiritual world of one's inner self, and an external Domain is created by a Cursed Spirit using Cursed Energy, which means a Domain has a range.
But I distinctly remember that I never stepped into any place in the village that looked dangerous and could be a Domain.
On the contrary, before coming here, I had already pitched a tent and gone to sleep in an abandoned courtyard."
Inoue Hao recounted his actions in the village yesterday to the two of them.
"Speaking of which, we also came here after falling asleep."
Maki felt that if it was a dream, her experience would be reasonable.
Because if she had been brought here or teleported here, she would definitely not have been unaware at all.
Panda would also not have given any hints.
Moreover, the Thousand Machine Umbrella was right beside her, and if it was teleportation, it would be difficult not to bring the Thousand Machine Umbrella along.
"Salmon."
Inumaki Toge nodded in agreement.
"Then how do we get out?"
Maki asked Inoue Hao directly.
"I remember there's a way to wake up from a dream in movies, which is to die in the dream, but I…"
Inoue Hao's voice grew softer and softer.
This was a method from a movie after all, and no one could guarantee it would work.
What if he died in the dream and his body outside became a vegetable?
What if his spirit died directly, and his body also died shortly after?
"Mustard greens." (Leave it to me.)
Seemingly sensing Inoue Hao's doubts, Inumaki Toge stepped forward and patted his shoulder.
"Do you have a way?"
Inoue Hao looked at Inumaki Toge with hopeful eyes.
Inumaki Toge nodded, then turned to look at Maki.
Maki also understood Inumaki Toge's meaning.
"Come on."
It was undoubtedly the best choice for her, who had no cursed tool in her hand, to test the possibility of this conjecture.
Inumaki Toge reached out and pulled down his zipper, revealing his face tattooed with snake eyes and snake fangs… Late at night, Tokyo Jujutsu High.
Eichi and Artoria sat facing each other at a combined desk, reviewing the mountain of documents on it.
The contents of these documents were very complex.
There were Cursed Spirit traces submitted by the Assistant Supervisor.
There were Jujutsu Sorcerer mission schedules.
There were application forms for support from nearby areas.
There were approvals for Jujutsu Sorcerers' rewards for exorcising Cursed Spirits.
There were compensation forms for public facilities damaged by Jujutsu Sorcerers in battle… Eichi found the endless documents a headache.
Fortunately, with Artoria, who had once managed a country, Eichi was able to quickly understand the operation of the Jujutsu World.
Eichi's desire to control the Jujutsu World was not just talk.
He had always been putting it into action.
After years of accumulation and development,
Eichi dared to say that if he wanted to take over the Jujutsu World, he would certainly succeed.
Two of The Big Three Families, the largest forces in the Jujutsu World, would support him.
The Zen'in Family and the Gojo Family's vassals would also not say anything.
Local families such as Shinkage-ryu, Tsuchimiya Family, and Isayama Family would also support him.
So now the foundation was laid.
All that was needed were talent and systems to build the skyscraper.
Therefore, Eichi planned to first understand the specific operating mechanisms of the Jujutsu World.
For example, how the Assistant Supervisor operates, how Assistant Supervisors mobilize local areas to evacuate people, where the high rewards of Jujutsu Sorcerers come from… These were all things that must be understood in order to control and change the Jujutsu World in the future.
After all, if you don't understand these things, and then directly replace a group of people forcefully,
what if after a period of time, the local implementers find that you actually don't understand anything, so they revert to the old ways?
For them, it's just a matter of changing some data and exercising the charm of statistics.
Eichi couldn't possibly lead people to secretly investigate the whole world every day, could he?
"Finally done."
Eichi massaged his somewhat stiff shoulders.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
"…Come in."
Although his tone was normal, Eichi was secretly praying in his heart that no new documents would arrive.
"Eichi-sensei, there's a request for support document and a report that needs to be reviewed."
It was Rika Orimoto who entered.
To become the woman who stands behind Yuta Okkotsu and holds up half the sky for Yuta Okkotsu in the Jujutsu World,
Rika Orimoto was also diligently learning about the situation in the Jujutsu World.
Her prayer failed, and Eichi helplessly accepted the application form and report handed to him by Rika Orimoto.
The next second, Eichi's gaze became serious.
The request for support was from Nitta Akari, one of the Assistant Supervisors Eichi had specifically assigned to the first-year students.
The report was submitted by Shoko Ieiri.
Its content was the research results on the Octopus People sent by Nitta Akari.
"Originally human… affected by Jujutsu… modified…"
Key words were extracted by Eichi.
'Could it be that the Immortal Master has appeared?'
At the mention of this kind of modification, the first person Eichi thought of was the Immortal Master.
Coupled with the fact that among the natural disaster Cursed Spirits that appeared with the Immortal Master in the plot, there was Dagon, who had a similar artistic style to an octopus and cthulhu,
so it was indeed possible for the Immortal Master to create such Octopus People.
"Artoria, let's go, let's stretch our muscles and bones."
Thinking of this, Eichi stood up directly.
The other natural disaster Cursed Spirits didn't matter, but the Immortal Master must not be allowed to escape.
"Alright, after sitting for so many days, my body is a bit rusty."
Artoria sensed the seriousness in Eichi's tone and also stood up.
Before leaving, Eichi also called Suguru Geto, telling him not to sleep and to wake up and have fun.
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