"You know me?"
Tomie's tone carried a hint of displeasure, as if Eichi were a stalker who had secretly followed and investigated her.
Hearing this tone, a sudden urge to explain rose in Eichi's heart.
It was an urge to prevent Tomie from disliking him due to a misunderstanding.
Ding.
Faintly, Eichi seemed to hear the turning of a wheel coming from the shadows.
The impulse in his heart immediately vanished.
When he looked at Tomie again, Eichi reverted to his stoic expression.
"I just think you resemble someone I've recently met."
'Though I met her on a wanted poster.'
Eichi was not in a hurry to make a move.
In Mahoraga's perception, a vast amount of Cursed Energy was continuously expanding around Tomie, subtly enveloping the surrounding hundred meters.
If she were a Cursed Spirit, this Cursed Energy would likely have already begun to take shape, constructing the Cursed Spirit's innate Domain.
Moreover, Tomie was practically a Treasure Trove girl in Eichi's eyes.
There was a bounty on her from the Jujutsu Headquarters, meaning she could yield money.
She could help Mahoraga increase its inventory and assist Eichi in his cultivation.
She could even be given to Shoko Ieiri as a gift.
Eichi remembered Shoko Ieiri complaining to him last time that she had too few Materials and couldn't fully enjoy her research.
Therefore, Eichi planned to package and send this Tomie to Shoko Ieiri after he was done with her.
Ding.
During their casual chat, Mahoraga's wheel completed its third rotation.
The first rotation adapted to Tomie's demonic charm.
The second rotation adapted to her ability to infinitely inflate desires.
The third rotation adapted to Tomie's ability to absorb Cursed Energy, converted from desires, from Eichi.
Thus, Eichi was willing, and Tomie was interested.
The two exchanged friendly words for a long time.
Until Eichi realized he couldn't get any useful information from Tomie and almost had information extracted from him by Tomie once, he finally stopped the conversation.
Mahoraga's inventory was full, and no information could be extracted.
This beautiful Lolita girl in front of him was useless now; he should package her up and send her to Shoko Ieiri.
Thinking this, the dark shadows suddenly transformed into sturdy ropes, binding Tomie tightly.
"You..."
Tomie hadn't expected them to be getting along so well one moment, only for Eichi to turn hostile the next.
Her mouth was gagged by the ropes made of shadow, allowing only pained whimpers to escape.
Fearing that the Assistant Supervisor's strength might be insufficient and that he might be seduced and betray him by Tomie.
So Eichi chose to simply hang Tomie with shadows and fly back to the High School.
Early the next morning, Shoko Ieiri, arriving at the laboratory door, saw two unknown creatures writhing and crawling in the corner on the ground.
Two Tomies, tightly bound, with what looked like rags or socks stuffed in their mouths, and large bows tied on them, were helping each other untie their restraints.
However, what bound them were special ropes with Cursed Seals, specifically designed to deal with Curse Users.
The person who tied them was none other than Gojo Satoru, one of the people in the world who understood Jujutsu best.
Under Gojo Satoru's technique, which both conformed to the aesthetics of the general populace and human anatomy, forcing Tomie to struggle only against herself.
The two Tomies twisted and turned in front of Shoko Ieiri's laboratory all night without being able to break free.
After all, Gojo Satoru's methods had been repeatedly tested on those from the Kamo Family; they were absolutely professional.
"Ieiri Kiyotaka, come help me."
Just as Shoko Ieiri, the High School's only weak woman, was pondering how to move these two long-desired complete specimens onto the experimental table.
Ieiri Kiyotaka, who wanted to "coincidentally" catch a glimpse of Shoko Ieiri before heading out on a mission, happened to pass by.
That afternoon, something unexpected happened to everyone at the High School.
The Jujutsu World's treasure, the High School's most valued talent, the protected... target in the eyes of her peers.
Shoko Ieiri was attacked.
And she was attacked in her own laboratory.
Fortunately, Shoko Ieiri, who had extensive experience in such matters and could even carry back a runaway corpse, did not panic and calmly responded to the attack.
Coupled with the High School's various protective measures for Shoko Ieiri.
Including but not limited to Medea's special multi-functional laboratory barrier, Eichi's specially approved various cursed tools, and Yaga Masamichi's Cursed Corpses, etc.
The attack was quelled immediately.
"What exactly happened?"
Gojo Satoru, upon learning that Shoko Ieiri was injured, immediately returned to the High School.
At the High School's main gate, he met Suguru Geto, who had also just flown back.
"I don't know. I heard it seems like a Cursed Spirit appeared from Tomie's corpse."
Suguru Geto told Gojo Satoru what he had learned over the phone.
"Did Shoko curse that woman? Could it be that she's jealous of how pretty that woman is?"
If a Jujutsu Sorcerer's corpse is not killed with Cursed Energy, or if it's not handled by relevant personnel after death, it can easily give birth to Cursed Spirits.
Gojo Satoru believed Shoko Ieiri wouldn't make such a basic mistake.
"You just said corpse? Didn't the report say that woman couldn't be killed by cutting? Is she afraid of scalpels?"
As they conversed, the two arrived at the principal's office.
Eichi and Artoria had already been waiting there for a long time.
"This is the report Shoko just finished writing; you two should take a look too."
Yaga Masamichi handed them the prepared copies.
"How is Shoko?"
More than the report, they were concerned about Shoko Ieiri's safety.
"She's fine. She's already gone to rest."
Yaga Masamichi gestured for them to relax.
"Is that so."
Gojo Satoru nodded, asking no further questions.
A brief silence fell in the principal's office.
Until Suguru Geto exclaimed in surprise.
"Tomie's true form is a Cursed Spirit?"
Suguru Geto was somewhat surprised after seeing this conclusion.
Because when Gojo Satoru invited him, he had said, "The Jujutsu World has dispatched a large number of personnel to capture the Curse User Tomie, leading to a shortage of personnel to exorcise Cursed Spirits."
Therefore, Suguru Geto, who preferred catching Cursed Spirits over capturing Curse Users, did not participate in the search for Tomie.
"That's right. According to Shoko Ieiri's research, Tomie's true nature has been revealed.
Tomie is not a Curse User, as we initially judged, but an Over-Cursed Vengeful Spirit born from the curses of an entire class of students.
Based on current information, it is inferred that Tomie can cause the desires of those around her to continuously inflate and eventually spiral out of control.
By absorbing Cursed Energy from these ever-inflating desires, she increases her scale of existence and power.
Most importantly, Tomie can split and proliferate her existence.
If not dealt with promptly, this will cause unimaginable losses.
Currently, the most effective way to deal with Tomie is the Reverse Cursed Technique.
During her experiment, Shoko Ieiri injected Tomie's corpse with the Reverse Cursed Technique, accidentally forcing out Tomie's Cursed Spirit true form.
However, because Tomie's scale of existence is vast and she has extremely strong proliferative characteristics, ordinary Jujutsu Sorcerers find it difficult to completely exorcise her, and there's even a risk of them turning against us.
Therefore, after discussions between the Jujutsu Headquarters and the Tokyo Branch, it has been decided that you will handle Tomie."
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