Feeling the gazes of Mei Mei and Iori Utahime, Yuki curled her lips and looked at Mei Mei, speaking teasingly.
"Mei Mei, what's wrong? Don't you want to learn Kidō? Opportunities like this aren't easy to come by."
Yuki's words immediately snapped Mei Mei back to her senses.
With her own ability, she would never have had the chance to learn Kidō. If not for Utahime and Yuki pushing for this, she wouldn't even be standing here right now.
"Yeah, Yuki-sensei, Satoshi-sensei, I want to learn Kidō too!"
Mei Mei quickly responded, dropping her usual cool, detached image completely.
Seeing this, Satoshi had an idea.
"In that case, bring Shoko, Suguru, Yuto and the others here too…"
He might as well teach everyone. Different people might bring different understandings and perspectives.
...
Meanwhile, in the countryside.
The summer sunlight filtered through the treetops, scattering mottled light and shadow into the courtyard.
The green grass contrasted with the trees surrounding it, full of vitality.
A gentle breeze rustled through the leaves, carrying with it the lazy mood of summer.
In one corner of the courtyard, a tall willow tree stood with branches brushing the ground, swaying in the wind. Beneath it was a stone table and several stone stools, with a pot of tea and cups set out.
Itadori Kaori sat leisurely on one of the stone stools, watching little Itadori Yuji play nearby.
Suddenly, a chill swept across the courtyard.
The surface of the tea cups on the table frosted over.
Yuji shivered. He looked up at his mother but said nothing and prepared to keep playing.
"Yuji, go inside and play for a while. Mama has guests coming."
Yuji nodded. He did not see any guests, but since his mother said so, he naturally obeyed.
He had always been an obedient child.
Yuji ran into the house on short legs but peeked curiously through the gap of the door.
Other than the boy with the scar on his nose, this was the second time Yuji had ever seen anyone come to visit their house…
Noticing Yuji's small action, Kaori smiled slightly and did not bother to hide anything.
"If you're here, why don't you come out? I've already let you out once, I won't lock you up again."
Kaori lifted the frosted tea cup and took a slow sip.
Yuji's eyes widened in shock. Who was his mother talking to?
Was it someone he couldn't see?
The next second, a white-haired girl appeared next to Kaori as if stepping out of thin air.
Yuji was completely stunned.
"Uraume, so you finally came. I have been waiting for you for a long time."
Kaori smiled slightly, her eyes locking on the person before her.
Uraume?
Is this older sister someone Mama knows?
Yuji whispered the name to himself and stared at the visitor.
The girl wore a simple monk's robe, plain but striking. Her doll-like hairstyle stood out, and the blood-red hair at the back blended into the white, looking like a pool of blood.
This sister is so pretty.
In his heart, Yuji judged her only by her looks. But what the boy did not know was that this "girl" before him, whom he thought was a sister, had already left a deep mark in history long ago.
Uraume's expression was calm, but her violet eyes carried hostility toward Kaori.
Half a month ago, a binding appeared before her and was suddenly undone.
At the time, she assumed it was carelessness, that they had thought she had lost all ability to move, so no other precautions were taken.
The moment the binding was undone, Uraume used her ice technique to forcibly freeze the binding and escape the laboratory completely.
In the half month since, Uraume had been questioning why she was able to escape Kenjaku's control so easily. Her ice technique should not have been strong enough to stop them, and yet the immortal old man never even gave chase.
More importantly, she had seen a four-eyed curse mark on the back of Kaori's hand.
That was Lord Sukuna's mark, without question.
After half a month of thinking and realizing she had not even attempted to search for her, Uraume decided instead to seek Kaori out.
Now, sitting opposite Kaori, watching her raise the teacup, the four-eyed curse mark was clear on the back of Kaori's hand.
Uraume was sure now that Kaori carried Lord Sukuna's residual power.
"What do you want?"
Uraume's voice was cold, with no trace of greeting.
"I just want you to do me a favor. And your master has already agreed…"
...
The next day.
After staying one night at the Gojo estate, Yuki's group of three arrived at the Gojo Kyokushin-ryu dojo.
Today, the dojo was closed to the public. Satoshi had taken over the entire space to systematically teach Kidō to his team.
When Yuki and the others arrived, many people were already gathered.
The Yorozuya trio, Zenin Toji, Okkotsu Yuto, and Jogo.
The Jujutsu High trio, Gojo Satoru, Geto Suguru, and Ieiri Shoko.
Counting these three new arrivals, there were now nine people waiting to learn Kidō from Satoshi.
"Toji, are you also planning to learn Kidō?"
"And Jogo, even as a cursed spirit, you plan to learn too?"
Seeing the two of them, Yuki was genuinely surprised.
A body with Heavenly Restriction and no Cursed Energy.
A Special Grade cursed spirit, not even human.
And both wanted to learn Kidō?
In response to Yuki's doubts, Toji and Jogo exchanged a glance and both snorted coldly.
"Satoshi can comprehend Kidō, so why can't I? We're both Heavenly Restriction. What's the difference?"
"Just because I'm a Special Grade cursed spirit, does that mean I can't master Kidō? We cursed spirits also have Cursed Techniques and can master Domains!"
Jogo, who knew Yuki well, spoke bluntly, showing no restraint.
(To be continued.)
***
For every 200 PS = 1 extra chapter. Support me on P/treon to read 30+ advanced chapters: p-atreon.c-om/Blownleaves
(Just remove the hyphen to access normally.)