Stepping into the courtyard, Makima found that despite it being late at night, there were still many servants moving about the grounds.
She passed through the front courtyard and, after several more minutes of walking, arrived at the central area. Along the way, quite a few people greeted her upon seeing her.
"Lady Makima, you're back."
"Mm. Is the family head present?"
Makima gave a casual nod to one of the servants and asked calmly.
"The family head returned not long ago and is currently in the meditation chamber."
The servant didn't dare hide anything and answered truthfully.
"The meditation chamber, huh… I understand."
With a slight nod, Makima turned and headed toward the location the servant had indicated.
As a Grade 1 sorcerer, Makima's status and standing were undoubtedly high. There was no obstruction whatsoever along the way, and she soon arrived before the family head—one of the jujutsu world's higher-ups.
"So late at night… Is there something important you need to report?"
Inside the meditation chamber, the family head—who had been meditating with his eyes closed—showed no sign of vigilance upon seeing Makima. He simply spoke casually.
After all, he trusted and valued Makima greatly. A young sorcerer who had already reached Grade 1, she was regarded as the backbone of the family and carefully groomed for the future. Naturally, he had no reason to suspect her.
And so—
The moment Makima entered the meditation chamber and closed the door behind her, a golden chain suddenly extended out from the void.
Caught completely off guard, the family head was instantly bound tightly by the chain.
"Makima! What are you—doing…?"
Faced with such a sudden turn of events, the family head's eyes widened. He tried to question her, but immediately realized that his body could no longer muster even the slightest strength.
He attempted to circulate his cursed energy—but the power he had wielded so effortlessly for decades was now completely unresponsive.
He tried to cry out for help, only to discover that even his ability to speak was rapidly fading.
"Th-this… what kind of… technique…?"
Staring at the golden chain wrapped around his body, confusion filled the family head's eyes. He struggled to keep his mind focused, yet his consciousness grew increasingly hazy.
What kind of technique could weaken him to this extent in such a short time?
He was a seasoned Grade 1 sorcerer with rich combat experience—under normal circumstances, he could even fight a Special Grade cursed spirit head-on.
And yet now, he couldn't even break free from a single golden chain. Not only that—he was on the verge of losing consciousness entirely.
Such a terrifying technique…
When had Makima learned it? As the family head, he had known nothing about it.
And more importantly—why?
Why would she attack him, the family head himself?
Countless questions flooded his mind, yet none had answers. In the end, he could only fall into unconsciousness with confusion and disbelief.
"A single binding chain is enough to instantly strip an experienced Grade 1 sorcerer of all resistance…"
Sensing the old family head's aura rapidly weakening under the restraint of the golden chain—so much so that his life would be in danger within seconds—Makima recalled the chain and stepped closer.
Binding Chains were an ability Makima had developed using the Herrscher of Binding Authority, inspired by the Eleventh Divine Key from the Honkai world—Judah's Oath, which had been forged from the Herrscher of Binding's core.
Strictly speaking, it wasn't a particularly advanced technique. Aside from deploying a Binding Barrier, this was merely another application of the Herrscher of Binding's authority—closer to a basic attack than anything else.
However, since Makima was wielding the Herrscher authority directly rather than through a Divine Key, the power and effect of her chains far surpassed those produced by Judah's Oath.
Even so, when placed in the jujutsu world, it was an absurdly powerful ability.
A single chain was enough to instantly incapacitate a Grade 1 sorcerer. Even an ordinary Special Grade cursed spirit wouldn't fare much better—one chain would easily suppress it.
As for stronger Special Grade cursed spirits or Special Grade sorcerers, that would depend on the situation.
But even against outliers like Gojo Satoru or twenty-finger Sukuna—beings who completely eclipsed other Special Grades—Makima estimated that three or four chains would still be sufficient to strip them of their ability to resist.
After all, while Binding Chains weren't as absolute as deploying a full Binding Barrier, their restraining power was already outrageous.
As for how many chains Makima could summon?
She estimated that in a normal state, several hundred to a few thousand wouldn't be a problem. If she were to fight seriously and go all out, she wouldn't even bother with chains—
She would deploy a Binding Barrier instead.
A Binding Barrier with a maximum radius of 100 kilometers.
Using something like that against Gojo Satoru or twenty-finger Sukuna would honestly be a bit too respectful.
"Now then…"
Activating the Control Devil's authority, Makima gazed down at the fallen family head—one of the jujutsu world's higher-ups. Her eyes at that moment were chillingly indifferent.
Without any suspense at all, in a single instant, Makima brought him under her domination.
Under the Control Devil's authority, anyone who was dominated would not only obey Makima's every command without question, but she could also freely use the abilities of those she controlled.
The prerequisite for domination, however, was that Makima had to genuinely and instinctively view the target as inferior to herself—placing herself in the position of the superior.
Once the domination relationship was established, unless Makima chose to release it herself, the dominated individual would almost never be able to break free.
Of course, as always, even the most powerful abilities required sufficient scale and output to support them. A power that cost only 6,000 points at full price—even without discounts—was destined to fail when faced with existences whose "scale" exceeded a certain threshold.
But in this jujutsu world—
There was clearly no one who could meet that threshold.
Now that Makima had dominated a jujutsu higher-up, she naturally gained access to the family head's cursed technique. That said, she had little interest in it.
There were only a handful of cursed techniques in the entire jujutsu world that could be considered genuinely interesting—and this clearly wasn't one of them.
"What a shame. It's already so late—today I can only dominate a single jujutsu higher-up."
"But with one of them under my control, subjugating the others will be much easier."
"And not just the jujutsu world's higher-ups… even some of the higher-ups in the ordinary human world could be brought under control. Master should find that useful."
An Xora wanted to turn the jujutsu world into his personal garden.
But Makima thought—
Since the conditions were already in place, why not go a step further?
Why not turn all of Japan into her master's garden instead?
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