Chapter 143 Contract and Progress

A plump blue and white bird flew out from the barrier.

"Ding-ling-ling--" A series of crisp bell sounds rang out in the empty main house of the Kamo family.

It was another good morning. People who had adapted to the new order woke up hurriedly and started a new day's work.

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"It's recorded here!" Yuji Itadori shouted from the side.

Those who were nearby rushed over to take a look. Fushiguro Megumi frowned: "Where did you find it?"

"Right here, there is actually a small mechanism underneath the shrine," Yuji Itadori said, holding a small roll of silk cloth in his hand. "If I hadn't been careless, I wouldn't have been able to find it, hehe."

Zenin Maki came up with a stick in one hand and a magic tool in the other. "This small stone box has patterns on it that can prevent the magic power from escaping, and it also has specific hidden functions. No wonder the people from the Supervisory Bureau didn't find it. I guess they just searched it using the methods of the magic world."

"Yuji has always had a kind of wild luck," Kugisaki Nobara came over: "Let me see."

"Hmm," she read the words on it: "'I am the priest of this village. I have made a contract with the god of happiness and longevity with my human body... I will exchange my life for yours, and your worship will never end... I will burn my hair and skin, and respectfully invite all the gods to listen... I swear here, and those who betray me will be damned forever...'"

She touched her chin and thought, "The date is two hundred years ago. Could it be that this was decided at that time?"

"Doesn't that mean that the cursed spirit has been in existence for more than two hundred years since its birth?" Fushiguro Megumi felt heavy in his heart and found the situation very difficult.

"Mentaiko." Inugami Ji also expressed his surprise.

"This is impossible," Zenin Maki felt it was ridiculous. "Let's not talk about how the cursed spirit could have the patience to endure for two hundred years. Let's talk about this village," she gritted her teeth, her eyes showing coldness. "Doesn't it mean that they have been using other people's lives to worship this evil spirit for so long? How many people have they killed?!"

For a moment, these young people were stunned by this incident. What makes them even more reluctant to admit is that this kind of thing was done by humans. Even if there is a curse spirit as the source, these people are willing to do it. They were even so enthusiastic that they called it the Crown of God, and couldn't wait to hold one "grand ceremony" after another.

"Why?" Yuji Itadori was very puzzled: "Is being alive so important? Taking other people's lives to prolong their own lives, what can they gain by doing this?"

"I see," a voice suddenly sounded in their ears in the silence. It was Gojo Satoru who appeared here at some point. He squatted on the platform of the shrine and looked carefully at the cloth roll in Kugisaki Nobara's hand: "This cursed spirit is the type that will fulfill its promises."

He didn't seem to be shocked by the content at all. Just when his students wanted to say something, the high school teacher seemed to see their inner struggle and asked directly: "What else?"

"What?" Fushiguro Megumi was confused.

Gojo Satoru perked up: "Are you going to give up your previous determination because of these people? But we weren't doing this for them in the first place. The vast majority," said the much more mature teacher, "are our goals. Saving them has nothing to do with them, but if you degenerate here and become a villain who kills indiscriminately, then the innocent people who die in your hands will be among the vast majority."

"They weren't the ones who did these things, but when you reacted and decided to take another path, they were still the ones who got hurt. They didn't do anything, but they still got hurt. This is wrong. So..."

"Alright, alright." Kugisaki Nobara quickly raised one hand and covered her face with the other hand. "We just didn't think about it for a moment, so we're not that fragile. Why is Gojo-sensei so long-winded and talking about such great truths?"

"Maybe I just remembered something from the past," Gojo Satoru quickly smiled, "But when you saw this 'contract', you didn't really think it had some mysterious effect, did you?" He glanced at the piece of cloth.

"What?" Yuji Itadori was shocked: "No, that's not right, it's clearly written on it, it also says 'various gods'..."

Gojo Satoru sneered: "If there really were gods, the world wouldn't be like this." He picked up the cloth and shook it: "This thing is purely fooling fools!"

"But, didn't they all get...what they wanted?" Zenin Maki clenched her fists.

"If one side is willing to fulfill a contract, the other side will naturally not see any problem." Gojo Satoru shook his hand, and the cloth with all kinds of high-sounding words immediately turned into powder and dispersed with the wind. "That's why I said that this cursed spirit is willing to fulfill the agreement."

His eyes under the eye patch were still vast and pure. "It made a contract with humans, and humans would willingly worship it and never spread its news to others, thus attracting the sorcerers of the time. It can also accumulate strength and secretly wait for the opportunity to be born. Humans' fear of the end of their lifespan is endless. It is also because of this accumulation that it has the ability to fight against a family."

The people who heard it were confused: "This cursed spirit... is it so powerful..."

"It feels like it knows more than any of us think. Does it have that kind of brain?" Kugisaki Nobara muttered. Zenin Maki then asked: "But why did it break such an agreement in the end? The people from the Supervisory Bureau said that all the villagers who died here that day were killed. Oh, by the way, there were also several little stars who participated in the show among them, right under this shrine, but none of them were in trouble. It can't be that it changed its habits and refused to eat even the snacks placed next to its mouth?" she asked doubtfully.

"Then we have to ask the other person present, the new head of our Kamo family." Gojo Satoru said with great interest, "How did he make the cursed spirit that had been planning for so long destroy its past plans, and be willing to walk out from under the crown that had been worn for more than two hundred years with him, and use his own power to become the enemy of a family of cursers that had accumulated power for a thousand years, and even stand behind him without saying a word?"

"This sounds too weird!" Unable to help but shiver, Kugisaki Nobara touched her arm and said with a heavy face: "There must be a big secret!"

"It can't be because of 'love'," Gojo Satoru joked, "In short, what we know is that this cursed spirit is by no means a little monster without the ability to think. It even has wisdom beyond many people. If the head of the Kamo family knew this earlier, it would mean..." He looked at his student expectantly.

"A new cooperation contract." Zenin Maki looked thoughtful and finally said, "Only in this way can they maintain a superficial 'equality'."

"It is also possible that the head of the family offered more benefits." Kugisaki Nobara was also thinking about it.

"Aba Aba." Yuji Itadori looked at his companions with a confused look on his face, whose behavior suddenly changed.

"It is also possible that the cursed spirit thought that it was no longer worthwhile to stay here, so it changed its target. The man from the Kamo family at that time was the best choice." Fushiguro Megumi said, his expression becoming particularly serious: "But if this is the case, then the head of the family is no different from these villagers, all deceived by the 'promise' of the cursed spirit. It originally wanted to have two hundred years of sacrifice, so now, why is it willing to act like this?"

It can only be a greater purpose. It has already taken over the Kamo family, and next... the entire world of sorcery. It's really scary just thinking about it. "Prince Mingtai!" There was obvious panic on Inumaki Satoru's face.

“Hahaha,” Gojo Satoru laughed, “It seems that you all have your own ideas about this matter. Good, the fact that you can think of these things shows that you have made progress during this period of time.”

"Gojo-sensei!" Although he didn't quite understand what he heard, he knew that this time they were exploring an extremely cunning and powerful enemy. Yuji Itadori couldn't help but yelled, "It's already so dangerous, why don't you do something? Even if it's just to remind others!"

Gojo Satoru jumped down from the shrine, put his hands in his pockets, and said coldly: "What are you talking about?"

"I am Gojo Satoru," he turned around, "For me, nothing is dangerous. No matter how you analyze it, when the time comes, as long as I go and take a look myself, there will be no danger!"

He made a particularly cool declaration in a casual manner.

Kamo Tsukiyuki and Ao had no idea that this group of people from the technical college had made such a judgment on them. They were currently sorting out matters in the outside world. Of course, the five elders were the ones doing all this chores. Even Kamo Kenji, who was about to return to school, was pulled into the team processing the documents. He had never known that the family had so many businesses, and that during that year, these businesses had been embezzled by the other two families and some organizations. Whenever I see that, even though I know it has nothing to do with me, I still feel angry and empathetic.

Kamo Yuexing still didn't withdraw his main mind from the laboratory. Not only the real person, but also Noso was tortured. He learned many techniques inherited from the world of sorcery from him. This ancient sorcerer had no taboos and many of the sorcerous techniques in his memory were inhumane. Even so, Yuexing felt that he had not been fully exploited.

At least he didn't reveal anything about the "Death and Return".

With his "help", Yue Xing made rapid progress in his research on real people. In addition, the "Colorless Sword" has spiritual power, so he felt that he had entered a new world.

"Oh?" Pei Zhen picked up the cat: "Do you already have your own power?"

Without relying on Cang, did he finally develop his own methods and break away from his position as a low-level sorcerer? Pei Zhen rubbed the "gem's" ears and showed a gentle smile on his face. Yes, how could he be willing to stay still, even if there was another self.

Under the essence, they should be equal.