Chapter 33: The True Worth of the Evil Eye

“Six… Eyes…!”

“No way… How can there be two Six Eyes in the same era?!”

“Can you just implant Satoru’s eyes like that?! What about rejection or side effects?!”

Satoru stared in shock, mumbling with disbelief.

Yaga, just as well-versed in jujutsu, was equally stunned.

Only Geto Suguru was surprised in a completely different way, while I calmly pushed back my blood-soaked hair and smiled.

I had obtained the Six Eyes, just as I wanted.

Even if it was only one side, it was more than enough.

I smiled as I took in the new scenery revealed by this eye.

Everything was vivid.

The barriers I had only vaguely sensed and sliced through until now.

The gaps in space.

The flow of cursed energy.

The textures of objects.

Everything—was completely laid bare before me.

It made sense now.

With eyes like these, it was no wonder someone could claim to be the strongest.

Their entire perception was simply different.

But…

The damage to my brain wasn’t minor.

Since I hadn’t been born with it, the burden on my brain was overwhelming.

I could feel the constant strain from Cursed Technique Reversal pressing against it.

In that case…

I had to cut it away.

Raising a finger, I sliced through the limit clinging to my brain.

Squelch.

“Haaah…”

I could feel the immediate improvement.

Flexing my fingers, I continued slicing through the boundaries of my brain over and over.

With the Six Eyes, I didn’t even need to see directly—

I could feel everything in 360 degrees.

That meant I could perceive even my own brain.

Gojo Satoru, who was witnessing this with his own eyes, could only stare in utter disbelief.

“What are you… cutting right now?”

“My limits?”

“…You’re f*cking insane.”

Now he understood why I was strong.

To think that the ability to cut through anything included even the limits of talent…

That’s how I managed to step into the realm of that insane black domain.

Ordinary people would have already hit their limits in cursed energy control.

But I kept slicing past those limits again and again.

I had obtained a talent beyond even this body born with the Six Eyes.

Gojo, processing this realization, felt a shiver crawl up his spine.

In other words—

‘This woman… she can keep growing without any limits…!!’

If she continued cutting through her limits like that, there was no telling what realm she would reach.

How far her cursed energy control would evolve.

How vast her cursed energy would grow.

And what heights her Innate Domain would reach…

If she willed it, she could even slice through death and reach the realm of immortality.

A truly undisputed strongest…!!

And that strongest now stood before him—Ieiri Shoko.

Gojo felt his entire worldview shattering into pieces.

He had always believed he was the strongest.

But now, he realized he had merely been a frog in a well.

The true strongest had been someone else entirely.

And upon realizing this…

Rather than falling into despair, Gojo let out a wild, exhilarated laugh.

He had always felt lonely at the top.

He had thought only Suguru might one day reach his domain—

Yet deep down, he didn’t truly believe even Suguru could become his equal.

The Six Eyes combined with Limitless was the absolute peak.

No matter how many cursed spirits or techniques someone possessed, he thought no one could surpass that.

But now, standing before him was someone who shattered that belief with ease—

A true, undisputed strongest.

He had been dragged down from that position.

So what did that make him?

‘…A challenger…!!’

“Fuhaha!! I never thought I’d become the challenger!! I’ll admit it!! Ieiri Shoko, you’re the strongest right now!!! A true strongest recognized by Gojo Satoru himself!! And from this moment on, I’ll become the challenger to that throne!!!”

“The strongest? Is this all it takes to earn that title?”

Gojo, trembling as he watched me cut through my own limits, suddenly burst into laughter and declared me the strongest, saying he’d become the challenger from now on.

Typical behavior from the so-called top sorcerer.

There’s a saying that only madmen can be jujutsu sorcerers—

And as the top of the top, he must be the craziest of them all.

I had no idea what sort of thoughts brought him to that conclusion…

So I sneered at him and let him know—

This wasn’t over yet.

“What do you mean…?”

“Gojo Satoru. How much do you know about Innate Techniques?”

“Well, the same as everyone else, I guess?”

“I see… Then listen closely. I’ll show you something interesting.”

As I said that, I placed a hand over my still-normal eye and continued.

“I’ve healed many sorcerers and studied their Innate Techniques.”

“Because of your Reversed Cursed Technique…”

“Exactly. As a Reversed Technique user, I’ve had plenty of opportunities to closely examine other sorcerers.
And what I discovered is that Innate Techniques fall into two categories.”

“One—those engraved in the brain.
Your Limitless technique is one of them.
My technique, Severance, is also in that category.
These techniques don’t use the body as a medium but instead manifest unique phenomena.”

Gojo fell silent.

It was a revelation that intrigued even him.

He held back his urge to barrage me with questions.

Even he wanted to dive into this research headfirst.

“And the second category—

Innate Techniques engraved in the body.
These usually require some sort of physical action.

Take Geto Suguru’s Cursed Spirit Manipulation, for example.
The records say he consumes cursed spirit orbs to exorcise them…

That likely means his technique is engraved in his body.”

“…Is that so?”

“Yes. Suguru’s technique is engraved across his entire body.”

Rather than Suguru answering, it was Gojo—who had spent the most time observing him—who replied.
He’d seen it with the Six Eyes: Suguru’s Innate Technique was etched into his whole body.

“But have you ever considered this?

If Innate Techniques can be engraved into the brain or body…
Then couldn’t we engrave a new technique into a third vessel?”

“That’s…”

“It sounds impossible, right?”

Innate Techniques are complex and overwhelmingly intricate.

Just observing them is enough to scare most people away.

But Gojo and I are exceptions to that rule.

With the Six Eyes, we can analyze someone else’s Innate Technique in full.

That means—

If we truly put our minds to it, we can engrave new techniques into a different vessel altogether.

Of course, it’s not easy.

As the name suggests, Innate Techniques are naturally developed to match one’s own body.

To adapt a technique to one’s own body requires deep knowledge and careful modification.

But I had six full years to study while confined to Reversed Technique training since I was nine.

I observed countless test subjects.

As a result, I developed the ability to modify and adapt techniques to suit my body.

“And one more thing.
Gojo Satoru.
In your case, you have one more vessel besides your brain and body.”

“One more… vessel…?”

Overwhelmed by my research, Gojo could only parrot my words back blankly.

And then—

I slowly lowered the hand covering my eye.

What had once been an ordinary brown iris…

Was now a deep, vivid red.

The same color as Gojo Satoru’s Cursed Technique Reversal: Red.