Chapter 80, Chapter 12. Anyway, should I call him "Big Brother" first...?

Karin Oriyuki reveals to everyone that in the original story, Yuuji Itadori gained the Crimson Blood Technique after swallowing numbers 4 to 9 of the Nine Phases Diagram.

Gojo Satoru suddenly realized: "So, after all this time, your Crimson Blood Technique was inherited from Hisahito?"

Yuujin Itadori was also quite surprised. Like Satoru Gojo, he mistakenly believed that Seirin Itadori's Crimson Blood Technique was inherited from her mother.

“However…” Yuujin Itadori frowned, “The Nine Phases Diagram… isn’t it supposed to be able to take on flesh and become human? If I swallow it, wouldn’t that mean…”

That's equivalent to killing six lives?

Even the Nine Phases Diagram originally represented nine cursed fetuses who were already tragically born and had never experienced life.

Thinking back to what Karin Oori had once said about how the shojin died to save him, and now it was all because of Hisahito Itadori, her heart tightened.

Brother...?

Having been an only child for so many years, Hisahito Itadori suddenly felt the weight of the word "older brother," which he found somewhat overwhelming.

Karin knew what he was thinking. In the original story, Yuujin Itadori felt quite apologetic for swallowing the last six of the Nine Phases Diagram, especially since the first two, the Middle Phase and the Bloodstained Phase, died at the hands of their first generation of students.

Ah... thinking about it this way makes it seem even worse.

Forget it, let's not let Tiger know about this. It's better to be kind to the child.

As for the problem that Hisahito Itadori is worried about now, Karin Oriyuki has also thought about it.

“Dad said that the power of the Nine Phases Diagram decreases as time goes on. At that time, Uncle Er and Uncle San had already died, and Uncle Zhang Xiang was a very important fighting force that could not be weakened. So in order to increase the fighting force in a short period of time, Dad had to swallow all the uncles from number 4 to number 9.”

"But now that the uncles are all here, and there's no rush to get the spell formula, could we just have each of the uncles cut a piece for Dad?"

In fact, Karin Oriyuki had already considered this point when she transmigrated before. The original work's description of Itadori swallowing the remaining six Nine Phase Diagrams was very vague. Karin Oriyuki only roughly realized this point after taking many classes in the world of sorcery herself.

After Yuujin Itadori swallowed Sukuna's finger, his body would gradually integrate with Sukuna's technique over time. Therefore, theoretically, Yuujin should only need to swallow one of the Nine Symbols to merge with the opponent. Swallowing the entire set was likely to accelerate this process and allow it to take effect as quickly as possible.

So, Karin Ooyuki was thinking—Sukuna can divide 20 fingers by herself, and Hisahito Itadori has 9 older brothers, so cutting a little bit from each of them would be enough, right?

Based on the rule that the swelling phase is stronger than the deterioration phase, and the deterioration phase is stronger than the blood smear, she seriously suspected that getting some from the first three would be enough for Tiger.

Whether or not one possesses the Crimson Blood Manipulation Technique isn't really a big problem; the key issue is resolving the lack of curse power and the inability to see the cursed spirits.

When she innocently said that she would cut a little bit from each of her uncles to feed her father, everyone present, even Shoko Ieiri, couldn't help but fall silent.

Although cutting off a part of a cursed object might not seem like a big deal, it just felt a little strange that she kept calling him "uncle"...

Shoko Ieiri couldn't help but look at Hisahito Itadori, the child's father, and asked, "You... you're quite good at raising children, yeah. Very sunny and cheerful, that's great."

Hisahito Itadori, whose mood was still somewhat heavy: "..."

Ayaka, seemingly oblivious to the implied meaning, smiled brightly and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Dr. Ieiri!"

Everyone: "..."

Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugizaki thought that perhaps the child's mother taught her this, but... Megumi Fushiguro thought it might also be Kamo's parenting style.

Gojo Satoru thought that the idea of ​​Oriyuki Ayakari was quite good.

Yuujin Itadori's current state of being without magical power is indeed somewhat dangerous. Like Maki Zenin, once he loses his magical tools in battle, he will lose most of his fighting ability. If he cannot even escape, he will basically die.

It's just that releasing all nine phase diagrams and gathering nine curse masters at once is a little troublesome.

But it's not a big problem. If all else fails, we can ask the government for a few death row inmates.

As for whether there would be any problems if they didn't cooperate after all nine phase diagrams were released, Gojo Satoru wasn't worried about that at all. He, Jetsu, and Yuta, any one of them could handle it.

so--

"Hey hey~ Yuta, did you hear what Hoshino-chan said just now?"

——

In the end, Yuta was tricked into getting the Nine Phases Diagram. When Karin saw this situation, she knew that Gojo Satoru didn't want to be scolded, or rather, he didn't want to be scolded alone, so he went to Kotori.

He's really something.

Fortunately, Gojo Satoru wasn't completely idle; he captured several curse masters and even went overseas to capture a few more.

The result was a bunch of curse masters, ranging from white to yellow to black, all sorts. There were men and women, young and old.

However, it seems that because the Nine Phases Diagram is quite special, it does not retain the original appearance of the recipient body after the flesh is received, so it doesn't seem to matter.

When Oriyuki, Karin, and the others finally saw Itadori's older brothers, whose numbers were enough to form a class, they were completely unrecognizable from their original appearance.

Anyway, apart from the bloated form which looks like a person, the rotten form also looks like a person, and the later ones look more and more abstract than the last, not much different from Xia Youjie's cursed spirit army.

No wonder Gojo Satoru said something like that before he came—

"There shouldn't be any problems, it's just that she looks a bit unique."

Upon seeing the nine original figures of the Nine Phases Diagram, everyone had only one thought—is this what you call having a unique appearance?!

Kugizaki Nobara directly retorted, "Uh... Itajimaru, I now admit you're quite good-looking, at least among your brothers, you're pretty good-looking."

Hisuhito Polygonum cuspidatum: "..."

I don't feel like I'm being praised at all!

Upon hearing Kugizaki Nobara call him Itadori, the Kusōzu brothers, who had already learned some things from Gojō Satoru and Otsukotsu Yūta after being taken advantage of, all turned to look at Itadori Yuujin.

The next second, except for the slightly calmer swelling phase, the rest all squeezed up.

"Kudoshin? You're the younger brother?"

"Little brother, little brother!"

"Little brother...I'm a big brother now!"

The brothers of Itadori were so excited that they pushed Fushiguro Megumi, Kugizaki Nobara, and Oriyuki Karin aside.

Oriyuki Karin was even more unfortunate. She was already small, and when she stepped back to avoid it, she stepped on a stone and fell backward, about to fall flat on her backside.

"Wait, Xingling—" Itadori Yuujin noticed her, but he was squeezed in the middle by Xue Tu and the others and couldn't get out at all.

Fortunately, Karin Origami didn't fall in the end; Satoru Gojo teleported over and grabbed her.

The rescued Yuki Ayaka was still in a daze.

No, you're pushing me?

I……

Don't I have the surname Khajiitsu? Or was it I who rescued you all? qwq...

Gojo Satoru, always eager for drama, chimed in: "Hey, you guys, were you pushing your little niece away to see your brother? If I hadn't been quick, Hoshirin-chan would have fallen over!"

They were all stunned by the sight of the blood-stained, grotesque figure.

What?

"Little...niece?"

Gojo Satoru's tone was full of schadenfreude: "Oh yeah~ Itadori Seirin, Hisahito's daughter. She's the one who asked me to release you all, which is why you're all standing here. But now you've almost made you fall over from being jostled by yourselves, how pathetic~"

Along with the expansion phase, everyone in the Nine Phases Diagram was dumbfounded.

Oh no, it seems like I've done something wrong.

Taking advantage of their momentary daze, Itadori Yuujin managed to squeeze through the crowd of Bloodstained and his group, anxiously approaching Oriyuki Karin: "Hoshirin-chan, are you alright?"

Karin Oriyuki: Ah...

Should she be in trouble, or should she be free of trouble?

Seeing that she didn't seem to have reacted yet, Itadori Yuuji quickly looked her up and down: "Hoshirin-chan? Are you hurt anywhere?"

Well……

After hesitating for a moment, Karin Shiki shook her head: "It's nothing."

It's just a little uncomfortable being carried like this by Gojo Satoru.

She kicked her dangling legs, opened her arms to Hisahito Itadori, and asked for help: "Dad."

Yuujin Itadori was also taken aback for a moment, then realized the child was probably still frightened, so he quickly came over and hugged him: "Yes, Daddy's here, it's okay. Want to see Daddy's facial expressions? Look—"

Then he started making all sorts of exaggerated facial expressions at Yuki Aka.

Zhixue Yahuali: "...?"

How could it be so sudden...?

Although it was a bit sudden, it does seem... kind of funny.

Karin couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Seeing that she smiled, Yuji Itadori worked even harder, and even added some sound effects for himself.

The key point is that seeing him play like that, Gojo Satoru also got interested and joined in the fray. The teacher and student thus began a facial expression contest on the spot.

Before long, Karin was laughing so hard her stomach hurt. Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugizaki, who were standing next to her, initially thought the two of them were a bit silly, but later they couldn't help but laugh along with them.

While they're laughing happily here, the nine brothers of the Nine Phases Diagram can't laugh at all.

Although their IQs vary, they all know a lot from the body they are in, so they can fully understand the current situation and therefore cannot laugh at all.

The younger brothers all looked at the bloated figure behind them, their faces seemingly saying the same thing: "Brother, what should we do?"

Good question. I'm also a bit unsure what to do about the expansion phase.

Finally, Itadori Yujin, seeing that the child in his arms seemed to have forgotten what had just happened, smiled and carried her over.

Looking at his half-brothers in front of him, who seemed to be related to him by blood, Yuuji Itadori scratched his head with one hand and said somewhat awkwardly, "Um... hello, I'm Yuuji Itadori. This is Hoshirin-chan, um... it's a bit complicated to explain, but she is indeed my daughter..."

Zhang Xiang, at this moment, seemed somewhat at a loss because his younger brothers had done something wrong: "I am... Zhang Xiang, the eldest brother."

The villainous man squeezed in: "I'm the villain! I'm the second brother!"

Xue Tu also squeezed out: "Me! I am Xue Tu! I am... the third, third brother!"

Then, one by one, more people squeezed forward, and it looked like things were about to turn out the same as before. Zhang Xiang immediately frowned and said, "Alright, everyone calm down. Don't scare your little brother and niece."

Upon hearing him say that, all the younger brothers fell silent.

"Sorry, just now... my brothers got a little excited and accidentally bumped into my niece. I'm sorry." Although Zhang Xiang wasn't among them at the time, as the eldest brother, he still apologized on behalf of his brothers.

Seeing him apologize, his younger brothers, whether they understood or not, all followed suit and apologized as well: "Brother, niece, we're sorry."

"Hmm..." Yuujin Itadori scratched his face and looked at Karin Oriyuki in his arms, "Hoshirin-chan?"

After all, he wasn't the one who got squeezed.

Zhi Xueya looked this way and that way, without saying anything about forgiving or not forgiving. Instead, she turned her body towards Zhang Xiang and called out crisply, "Uncle Zhang Xiang!"

Zhang Xiang paused for a moment, then looked at her.

The child opened his soft arms to him and said, "Hug—"

Expansion phase: Eh?

He was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward somewhat clumsily, as if reaching out to hug her, but feeling at a loss for what to do. Finally, he managed to recall some blurry images of adults holding children from his physical memories, and then stiffly took Yuki Ayaka into his arms.

Hmm... As the one being hugged, Karin could clearly feel the tension in his muscles.

Oh well, it's not the first time I've encountered a novice holding a baby. She skillfully adjusted herself to make herself more comfortable, then looked up at the swollen face and gave it a sweet smile.

Seeing her smile, Zhang Xiang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

If the child is willing to be close to him, it means he doesn't care about what just happened, which is great.

Seeing that Zhang Xiang had already been called "Uncle," the mischievous one leaned over and asked, "Hoshi-Hoshirin-chan, can you call me 'Second Uncle'?"

The others also wanted to squeeze in, but remembering what had just happened, they hesitated to come up, afraid of causing trouble again.

When Ayaka Riko looked at the wicked man, she sweetly called out, "Second Uncle!"

The scoundrel immediately jumped out excitedly: "Great! My little niece recognizes me!"

Seeing that the villain had moved aside, Xue Tu cautiously approached and said, "I... I'm the third uncle."

Zhi Xueya and Hua Li also called him Third Uncle, and then they came up one by one, and she called them one by one.

To be honest, after calling them all out, apart from the first three I already knew from the story, I really couldn't remember or distinguish the last six for a while.

Everyone was happy to be called "uncle" by Karin Oori, and after she finished calling him that, they looked at Hisahito Itadori with wide eyes.

Knotweed Hisahito:?

Wait, could it be... that he has to call out like that all the time too?

Zhang Xiang spoke up: "Yu Ren, anyway...why don't you want to call me 'Big Brother' first?"

Hisuhito Polygonum cuspidatum: "."