Gabimaru’s Cursed Energy

It's the seventh day of my promise to Kaneyori to create a Contract with him. To be honest, I have been waiting for this moment since I learned that I don't possess any Cursed Techniques.

Once more, I look at the dark particles surrounding the room I'm in. I try to meditate and sense them, attempting to bring them closer to my blindfold body. What I'm striving to do is what Jujutsu Sorcerers seek when gathering cursed energy.

The particles vibrate a little before freezing back in place. They almost seemed to be disgusted at my attempts to bring them closer to me. Like a pretty girl, cursed energy won't be bought over easily.

...

I try once more, to pull them closer, but it's impossible. I cannot gather anything to come near my body.

They were frozen for a second, but after I stopped trying, I noticed them vibrate frantically in the air. They seemed to be begging to be absorbed by someone.

I heard a small knock outside my door. Like usual, I hid under the pillow, in case of a guard inspecting the house.

After a couple more knocks, the door creaked opened and a figure was looking inside curiously. When I saw who it was, I moved from the pillow and gave a smile.

Walking inside my room, Himari treads in carefully, trying not to bump her horns on the door. Truthfully, I can't help but smirk in delight, knowing that today will be good news.

...

She held a scroll while slowly reporting, "Master, we have alarming news... Sugawara Kiyotomo is dead."

"What? The old master of the clan died? How is that possible?" I ask her, summoning my face onto the blindfold's surface area.

Himari kneeled quickly and explained, "Sugawara Kaneyori was placed in isolation to substitute for the blindfold problem, but he escaped using a Reversal technique. One of the Sugawara guards nearby reported the remains of the isolation box to Kiyotomo, but found him dead. It was the work of the Reversal Red a Limitless user can produce."

Huh? That's impossible. Kaneyori just starting using his technique this week... There's no way in hell he comprehended how to use a Reversed Curse Technique, not even Gojo Satoru could dream of that.

+ 3 Faith

[Cult: Yama's Court, Level: 1, Marks: 0, Followers: 3, Faith: 2887]

Wait a second. Only three Faith today? Huh? Three followers?! Did Kaneyori die or something? There's no way he could escape my control naturally with the hundreds of orders I placed on him... Will this mean I won't have a Contract with him? Dammit. That guy was the key to owning dozens of Special Grade tools.

"Livia went undercover to the main house and wrote a report. Not only were three Special Grade tools missing from the treasury, but all the imprisoned cursed spirits being held captive for Cursed Concretization were exorcised. The rooms looked like a black hole hit it, meaning that a Limitless user most likely caused it." Himari continued reading.

"But that wouldn't make sense. That would mean Kaneyori didn't die until after he stole from the Sugawara treasure house. This is not making sense. Were the masked bastards too slow and killed him after causing such a big mess? Dragon would never let his master die that easily." I asked Himari.

She just looked down and continued reading, "A trail of footprints proved that Kaneyori is alive and has escaped into Mount Fuji to exorcise the Special Grade Mountain Cursed Spirit living there. Keep in mind that this happened in a day, so the Sugawara officials were confused and appointed the last of the bloodline to the position of head master. Her name is Sugawara no Tomoe."

Oh shit! This is not good at all! That guy became a literal Gojo Satoru in a day! Why am I so fuckin' unlucky! Today was the day we were supposed to sign a Contract! If he continues killing cursed spirits, that guy may notice that I'm still alive and want revenge for running away.

God fuckin' dammit all! Wait, aren't I basically god? Am I telling myself to fuck me? Ah! Who cares anymore... This is a disaster.

Himari squinted her eyes, "A final report made public from Fujiwara Chijichi outlined signs of Sugawara Kaneyori showing up near a place with dense cursed energy. I believe that he is waiting for a curse to form, but that seems impossible considering they usually take decades to accumulate from even mountains of energy."

"I see... So Kaneyori has felt it... As expected of the child of destiny possessing the Six Eyes." I say to myself with a long sigh.

The balance of power has shifted. With the side of the sorcerers obtaining an awakened Six Eyes possessor, the world will now send an influx of new cursed spirits after him to balance the world out. It's almost like the world has a binding vow or contract to keep everything balanced. I just wonder how it was possible for Kaneyori to become strong so fast.

It is possible a Special Grade Cursed Spirit made a binding vow with him, but knowing Kaneyori's nature, that would never happen naturally. Everything is just happening too fast recently and I feel like the side character...

That shouldn't matter and it won't. I need to stop worrying.

What's more important is to move on and cut my losses that I incurred from associating with the Sugawara Clan over five years. Unfortunately, if Dragon and his gang couldn't even stop Kaneyori, I should keep tabs on him so we never cross paths again.

At least others will also report about Kaneyori frequently, since he will definitely be chased down as a Curse User. As a Curse User, he will be branded a criminal Jujutsu Sorceror until dead. But that guy is probably a tough opponent for most people now, given his genetics and technique.

Even if I want him dead now to help me sleep peacefully at night, Kaneyori has become an unimaginable threat. Otherwise, I would have executed him right now if I had the power.

...

I can't help but release another long sigh, "Is this how Sagiri felt when she first saw Gabimaru? Haha, I am really too weak."

"Master, is there another person named Gabimaru?" Surprisingly, Himari asked me this.

Although I was just zoned out and said it to myself, I felt bored of worrying. It's just a small story from my old world anyway.

I just looked down at the kneeling Himari to explain, "Technically, yes. Gabimaru was also the strongest anyone has seen. But that person lost his edge after fighting the woman named Sagiri. I guess you could say that Sagiri was a weakling who could convince even a devil to save her life."

Himari clenched her fists tightly and wondered, "Incredible. Master is someone who would never speak nonsense, so this Sagiri must be a wicked woman to convince someone considered the strongest."

"Hahaha! I guess you could say she was a wicked woman. She always knew what to say and how to say it. Poor Gabimaru didn't stand a chance against her." I laugh and answer Himari.

Himari just looked down on the ground, slightly trembling. I was a bit confused, but that was when I noticed something beyond magnificent...

In the space of my blindfold, where my true body was sealed, a dark vapor was gathering around my body. The dark space inside the blindfold never let anything in, only let me temporarily stick an arm or leg out.

That's why I rescinded all my body into the blindfold space to notice the strange vapor gather around me.

It condensed into long strings of threat and revolved around my body. Each time it moved, I felt like a cold ice cube was being pressed against my forehead. That's when I saw the strings of darkness condense at my left hand. It tied around my hand and sunk inside, before appearing to protrude out of my missing pinky.

I started to smell a mahogany fragrance, while the dark matter started to stick to my stump before growing outward. In just a moment, the color changed to the same as my skin.

That's when I realized, I regrew my left pinky. It was completely normal, except my missing fingernail.

I moved it around and touched the finger on all sides. It was as good as new. The smell of mahogany from the pinky faded and I couldn't believe the phenomena that occurred.

I still had the sensation of an ice cube on my head, but it was weaker and fading rapidly. Before I knew it, the event which conspired was over and I returned my focus to outside the blindfold space.

...

So, this was cursed energy. Finally! I've taken my first real steps to really becoming a curse.

I can't help but think back to how this appeared, remembering something from before I was reincarnated.

There was a small questionnaire about my physical and spiritual body. I didn't think much of it then, but it turned out that I ended up really possessing the same body and name as Gabimaru, coincidence or not.

But what never crosses my mind was having the same spiritual body of Sagiri. I remember that in the Jujutsu Kaisen anime, it explained that curses get stronger when more people generate negative energy towards it. One of the easiest way to anchor that negative energy about you is through the name you possess.

It feels so obvious now. I've been a real big idiot.

Why has my physical strength been rising so much despite having such a deficit of cursed energy. It always seemed that both of them went hand in hand when someone became stronger.

Now it made sense!

When negative energy about 'Gabimaru' is directed towards my Gabimaru name, my physical body receives 100% of the negative energy. It strengthened my bodies for years, to the point that I am a Third Grade Cursed Spirit, with just my physical strength.

While it may seem unimpressive, I gained that strictly through a couple years of rumor spreading done by a small family I control.

Imagine if my Cult Creation was on a global scale and 100% of the negative emotions flooded into my physical body's strength. Wouldn't I become stronger than Fushiguro Toji with just my body?

Even knowing that he had the strongest physique in the anime, I would definitely have the better body, if the conditions were met.

Now what is my spiritual body?

It is the accumulation of cursed energy! If I create another legend around 'Sagiri,' it would direct energy towards my spiritual body. It's so obvious.

I have always considered myself to be Gabimaru because it felt so natural, but it was really just a way for me to adapt to the lifestyle of a cursed spirit.

Curses cannot grow without negative energy directed at them always, so what if I never called myself Gabimaru? The answer would be that even an ant could kill me instantly. My physical and spiritual body would not be able to support each other, eventually collapsing! My body would have been weaker than a human infant. How would I have survived until now?

A curse needs a name/concept to exist above all else. Second, it needs cursed energy from negativity in order to become stronger.

It turned out that my physical and spiritual body were not aligned. It wasn't 50%/50%, but instead 100% and 100%. My name 'Gabimaru' obtained all the negative energy in my physical body and my unused Sagiri name is the key to growing with cursed energy.

Sure calling myself a girl's name would be embarrassing to some, but I'm someone who doesn't even know what shame means. I've always done what I want when I wanted to do it. The only thing keeping me from my desires was the time it took to achieve them.

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What difference does even being a woman have to do with anything? My existence is not complete without acknowledging the fact that I am both. That's what I am. A fusion of different concepts, bodies, and abilities. So what if I can't follow the norms of this world?

That won't stop me from growing. In the future, I will be able to become a Special Grade Cursed Spirit as long as I keep progressing, and I will do it for my new goal: Becoming the strongest in history.

Throughout Jujutsu Kaisen, strong monsters have appeared as a curse or a sorcerer, but this world really needs to bow down to this devil/curse/human hybrid. I am no longer what I was in the past. Cursed energy is the path to the top and now I know how to possess it. Why not use it to enjoy myself properly?

I was blind before. Also, I know mistakes will keep happening in the future, but that is what makes everything more interesting anyways.

This world has led me to evolve into something more than just a human. I can test the limits of curses and devils now. Changes happen all the time, I just need to adapt.

I am still a human somehow deep inside, no matter if others called me a monster while I crossed them unknowingly on the streets of Kyoto. No one can stop me if I want to eat what I want when I want.

People didn't learn of my true identity in Kyoto, as the murdering cannibal named Gluttony, which I somehow regret. Now there is no need to hold back! Kyoto will always still a part of my human self, from before dying.

But that doesn't matter because now, since I'm not just the reincarnated Gabimaru. I am also...

Sagiri.