"Human Transmutation is the transmutation of a human using flesh, soul, and spirit. In other words, as long as these things can be transmuted, a human can be born without relying on a mother's womb," Mahito said.
Kenjaku frowned deeply. "I've never heard of such a thing."
Something that Curse Users haven't heard of for a thousand years likely truly doesn't exist in this world.
"It's a setting from a manga," Mahito said. "Fullmetal Alchemist. This manga should be quite famous in this country. It is indeed famous; the current year is 2018, and the Fullmetal Alchemist manga is still popular."
"How can you take things from a manga seriously? Reality isn't a manga," Kinji Hakari retorted, putting his beach sunglasses back on.
What nonsense is a manga character like you talking about!
Mahito couldn't help but laugh.
That's right, this was Mahito's ultimate move.
Even now, Mahito still felt as if he were living in a manga.
Everyone around him seemed vivid and lifelike.
Kenjaku had even told Mahito ancient secrets that were never revealed in the original work.
Logically, Mahito should have recognized reality long ago.
But once a first impression is imprinted, it cannot be changed in a short time.
Everything and everyone around him told him this was reality, and he intellectually acknowledged it as reality, but in his heart, a subconsciousness always told him he was living in a manga and had become a manga character.
Normally, such thoughts were optional.
As his time in this world increased, that sense of incongruity would likely soon vanish.
But for now, that sense of incongruity remained.
And it would indeed become an 'ultimate move.'
Mahito said with deep meaning, "Although it's a setting in a manga, as long as I believe it's real—then isn't it real?"
"What are you babbling about?" Kinji Hakari complained loudly.
"No, wait, it might actually work," Kenjaku said.
"Huh?" Kinji Hakari looked back at Kenjaku as if looking at an idiot.
"A Cursed Technique is a world of perception; it's an existence that changes with a person's cognition."
Kenjaku raised his hand and pointed to his forehead.
"A Sorcerer's Cursed Technique is engraved in the Sorcerer's brain, roughly right here."
"Therefore, the Cursed Technique reacts to a person's thoughts and undergoes massive changes—Kinji Hakari-san, isn't your Cursed Technique exactly like that?"
Kinji Hakari was stunned and frowned deeply. "Are you referring to my Domain Expansion?"
Kinji Hakari's Domain Expansion was vastly different from traditional ones.
If one didn't actively recognize it, no one could imagine the two were the same thing.
In fact, the development of Cursed Techniques follows the development of civilization.
Kinji Hakari is just one example; other exceptions exist.
It's conceivable that as Cursed Techniques continue to develop, exceptions like Kinji Hakari will only increase, eventually becoming 'not exceptions, but common sense.'
Kenjaku nodded.
"I know a modern Jujutsu Sorcerer who needs to use her cell phone to take pictures to activate her Cursed Technique—this was an absolutely impossible technique a thousand years ago because cell phones simply didn't exist then."
"You're the same, Hakari-san. Your Domain Expansion reproduces a rolling high-speed train. You don't think there were any high-speed trains in Japan a thousand years ago, do you?"
More than that.
In the original work, when it reached the late stage and Kenjaku launched the Culling Game, various ridiculous Cursed Techniques emerged one after another.
There were courtrooms, there were airplanes—these concepts are exactly what would appear in modern times.
Such Cursed Techniques could not have appeared in ancient times.
Just as Kenjaku said, the development of civilization also promotes the development of Cursed Techniques.
These Cursed Techniques that manifest according to the era will only grow more vigorous over time, eventually evolving from one-in-a-million exceptions into common sense seen everywhere.
Because the essence of a Cursed Technique is human self-perception!
Kinji Hakari had indeed never thought of this.
He scratched his chin irritably and asked, "What does this prove?"
"It proves the importance of 'deep belief,' Hakari-san."
Kenjaku smiled slightly and pointed at Mahito.
"If Mahito truly 'deeply believes' it to be so, then by using the Construction Technique, he can truly create an incarnation body with a 100% compatibility rate."
Once his train of thought was opened, Mahito had even more ideas.
He said, "Not only that, I might be able to reproduce even more things."
Kinji Hakari admitted he was starting to lose track of the conversation.
"Like what?" he asked.
"I can reproduce a Kamen Rider," Mahito said in a low voice.
"Huh?"
This time, not just Kinji Hakari, even Kenjaku was dumbfounded.
Mahito was a bit surprised. "Kenjaku, you know about Kamen Rider?"
"Japan's three major tokusatsu series—even an old fossil like me knows about them!"
Kenjaku suddenly became animated.
"Don't look down on me! When it comes to knowledge of Kamen Rider, you might not be as good as me."
Kenjaku was indeed very strange, and the things he knew were very diverse.
Near the end of the original work, he could even perform a brilliant Rakugo show with a professional comedian, catching all sorts of memes and jokes effortlessly.
However, the original work never mentioned that he knew about tokusatsu dramas; this was something that never appeared in the source material.
But then again, even that Gojo Satoru was a loyal viewer of Digimon, wasn't he?
He could casually mention the 'SkullGreymon' from an 'erroneous evolution.'
It was hard to say what the private lives of these Jujutsu Sorcerers actually consisted of.
Kinji Hakari had a bit of a headache.
"Wait, why has the conversation turned to tokusatsu? Mahito, exactly what kind of incarnation body are you going to create?"
"Do you understand my Reverse Cursed Technique?" Mahito suddenly asked.
"Soul Creation."
Kinji Hakari had actually gone out of his way to learn about it.
After all, he was defeated by this move, so of course he wanted to carefully understand exactly how he was beaten.
Because of the Thought Steel Seal, Mahito was very at ease with Kinji Hakari.
When asked, Mahito told him without much thought.
"You can record the souls you've touched and simulate some of their characteristics for use. The most important use is recording the soul's Innate Technique."
"Although you can only use one simulated soul at a time, the number of records is infinite. Theoretically, as long as you've touched them, you can use any Innate Technique."
"You defeated me by relying on the Innate Technique of someone named Hijiri Shunta... wait, don't tell me my Innate Technique has also been recorded by you?"
Kinji Hakari's expression changed drastically.
"Isn't that obvious?" Mahito nodded proudly.
Kinji Hakari's face went dark, and he stopped talking.
Kenjaku felt truly amazed from the bottom of his heart; Mahito's Soul Creation was simply too powerful.
Over the past thousand years, Kenjaku also knew of many special techniques where a single Cursed Technique could produce multiple effects, the most representative of which was the Copy Technique.
That's right, the 'Copy Technique' wasn't something Kenjaku was seeing for the first time.
When Kenjaku evaluated Okkotsu Yuta, he once said that although the Copy Technique was strong, it was far inferior to Geto Suguru's Cursed Spirit Manipulation.
The reason Geto Suguru died at the hands of Okkotsu Yuta wasn't a failure in a clash of techniques, but rather that Geto Suguru hadn't used all his power to deal with Okkotsu Yuta at the time.
If Geto Suguru had gone all out, Okkotsu Yuta wouldn't have had any chance.
This proved that Kenjaku understood everything about the Copy Technique; otherwise, he wouldn't be so certain.
But even the Copy Technique was far inferior to Mahito's current Soul Creation.
The Copy Technique still required a part of the body of the Sorcerer being copied, but Soul Creation didn't even need that.
In terms of the efficiency of multiple techniques, it far surpassed Kenjaku's knowledge.
It could be said that just with the existence of Soul Creation, sooner or later, Mahito would surely ascend to the throne of the King of the World, even if it wasn't in the capacity of a god.
This was why Kenjaku was being so cooperative.
Right now, he could indeed easily handle Mahito, but as time went on, the gap between their powers would grow larger and larger.
Unfortunately, they had already signed a Binding Vow, so he couldn't make a move yet.
By the time he could, he would no longer have any room to resist.
"If my plan succeeds, then Soul Creation will surely reach the next level."
Mahito couldn't help his excitement and laughed out loud.
"What exactly are you going to do?" Kinji Hakari asked.
"A Kamen Rider's belt can be loaded with multiple cartridges," Mahito said meaningfully.
Kinji Hakari's pupils contracted, and he suddenly felt a shudder.
He understood Mahito's meaning.
"The incarnation body you want to create can use multiple Soul Creations?"
He spoke with difficulty, as if submerged in the deep sea, pressure squeezing him from all sides, suffocating him.
Mahito turned his head to look at Kenjaku. "Is it possible?" he asked.
"This has already exceeded my thousand years of theoretical knowledge."
Kenjaku took a deep breath, also unable to contain his excitement.
"I don't know, I really don't know... but it's worth a try. Your Idle Transfiguration, your Soul Creation—where exactly is the end of the path you're walking? This is truly—this is truly—"
Making me so excited I've got a rager!
The growth rate is too fast.
Kinji Hakari felt a secret dread.
At this rate—Gojo-sensei, can you really solve everything?
"Ah, one more thing," Mahito suddenly said to Kinji Hakari, "Please give Mei Mei a call."
"Mei Mei?" Kinji Hakari frowned in thought. "Her Cursed Technique is Black Bird Manipulation, right? Is her technique really worth your attention?"
"It's a fairly convenient technique, but it's not her technique I'm interested in."
"Then?"
"Mei Mei's younger brother, Ui Ui. I'm interested in his technique," Mahito said with a smile.
"With Ui Ui's technique, plus the incarnation body I've created for myself, I can... go and test the mettle of the modern strongest, Gojo Satoru."
Ui Ui's Cursed Technique is Teleportation.
With just a wave of his hand, wrapping himself and his target in a curtain, he can instantly teleport from Japan to America.
In terms of escape capability, its performance even surpasses the Spatial Gates held by Kenjaku, in both precision and distance.
Once he obtains Ui Ui's technique, Mahito can wage war against Gojo Satoru without any reservations—because even if he can't win, he can run.
Additionally, there are a few other techniques he could take the time to come into contact with.
Before this, because Soul Creation required him to follow the rule of only being able to use one technique, except for a limited few, Mahito was in no hurry to obtain other techniques.
Even if he did, they would be meaningless; it was better to specialize in a few of them.
But if a perfect incarnation body were truly created by Mahito, the situation would be different.
In this world, many techniques are very interesting and possess immense potential.
Combining them would not be inferior to Limitless.
"Resonance," "Ten Shadows Technique," "Cursed Speech," "Tool Manipulation," "Puppet Manipulation," "Ratio Technique," "Poison," "Miracles," "Inverse," "Construction," "Uncanny Valley," "Interstellar Flight," "Probability Fluctuation," "Mimicry," "Blood Manipulation," "Solo Restriction Zone," "Melodic Amplification," "Projection Sorcery"... and of course, not forgetting Mahito's own—"Idle Transfiguration."
Gojo Satoru, can you withstand this infinity of techniques?