In the underground warehouse of Tokyo Jujutsu High, in Medea's temple.
"So, it still came to this?"
Geto looked at Medea in front of him, still a little hesitant.
"Oh my, are you still hesitating? That's not like you."
Medea looked at Geto strangely.
"No hesitation, really."
Geto shook his head.
"Satoru and I had already prepared to fight Tengen last year, but I thought we wouldn't need that preparation anymore."
A trace of memory flashed in Geto's eyes.
'I wonder how Amanai is doing now…'
The internet wasn't that developed yet, so it wasn't easy for them to keep in touch.
Plus, in the past few months, everyone had been very busy due to the peak season for Cursed Spirits.
Geto hadn't heard any news about Amanai Riko for several months.
"You even prepared a trump card against Tengen?"
Medea looked at Geto in surprise.
"No."
Geto spread his hands.
"Then what did you prepare?"
Medea asked curiously.
"The determination to protect Amanai against the Jujutsu World."
"…"
Medea, not knowing what to say, recited words Eichi often said.
"Alright, let's make the final preparations."
Saying this, Medea extended her hand towards Geto.
"No problem."
Geto relaxed his entire body, his Cursed Energy completely retracted.
The space Geto was in was divided by a cylindrical barrier, and then Medea began to manipulate the space around Geto.
Geto's figure slowly began to shrink, eventually held in Medea's palm.
With the enhancement of her temple, Medea quickly completed the manipulation of space using magic.
Just like that, Medea held Geto in her palm.
After settling Geto and ensuring she could bring him along when summoned, Medea took out her Noble Phantasm.
Rule Breaker.
And so, Medea quietly awaited Eichi's summons.
One hour, two hours… "If you could see through people's hearts, today would be much more troublesome."
As Eichi's words fell, a Command Seal suddenly disappeared from the back of his hand.
At the same time, Eichi's shadow also moved.
"Hmm?"
Tengen's eyes widened.
She naturally knew the effect of Eichi's Command Seal.
Crack.
The teacup in Tengen's hand fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.
The surrounding air underwent a subtle change.
The space to Eichi's left distorted, revealing Medea's figure, and Mahoraga also emerged from Eichi's shadow.
The ground around Eichi began to rise, forming a cage-like barrier.
At the same time, the ground beneath Eichi's feet began to crack.
Although she didn't know why Eichi suddenly attacked her, throwing Eichi and the others out of Hoshiumi Palace was definitely the right move.
Medea threw the object in her hand towards Tengen.
'A barrier? No, it's compressed space, there's something inside!'
Tengen instantly judged Medea's action, then diverted power to intercept the cylindrical object flying towards her.
Mahoraga punched the rising barrier.
The barrier Tengen intended to use to trap them shattered instantly.
The next moment, more barriers rose.
However, Medea had already taken advantage of Tengen's distraction to flash in front of Tengen.
Clap.
An omamori-style magical tool on Medea's body shattered.
This was a single-use tool Medea had specially prepared after learning of this operation.
Although it could only be used once, its effect was excellent, successfully bringing Medea in front of Tengen.
Tengen's two left eyes remained still, while her two right eyes looked at Medea, who had suddenly appeared in front of her.
It had been a long time since she had experienced combat.
Having been cooped up in Hoshiumi Palace for years, Tengen's consciousness was much duller than in the past, and she failed to respond effectively to Medea's movements in time.
Rule Breaker pierced Tengen's body.
"Oh no!"
Tengen felt her connection to this barrier severed.
The almost complete barriers also shattered immediately.
To speed up the release of the barriers, Tengen had used the power of the barrier she was in to establish new barriers.
This led to the failure of these almost complete barriers once her connection to this barrier was cut off.
Tengen's hands began to deform; she was borrowing the barriers that made up her body to release new barriers.
This was much faster than creating new barriers out of thin air.
But Medea and Eichi didn't give her a chance.
Shadows had already climbed onto Tengen's feet, creeping up her sack-like clothes towards her body.
Mahoraga immediately stopped destroying the barriers after Tengen's barriers failed.
A fist larger than a casserole slammed towards Tengen.
Medea also floated behind Tengen, and magical patterns began to spread across Tengen's body.
This barrier-constructed body contained Tengen's consciousness.
Eichi did not intend to destroy this barrier, as that would cause Tengen's consciousness to scatter.
So Eichi planned to have Medea temporarily Seal Tengen's consciousness.
Just temporarily.
Tengen's body knelt on the ground, swallowed by Eichi's shadow.
Medea immediately scanned her surroundings.
"That direction!"
Mahoraga swung his fist towards the location Medea indicated.
Crack.
The barrier shattered, revealing the door leading to the center of Hoshiumi Palace, where the great tree was located.
At the same time, the space that had compressed Geto also shattered.
Geto, with his arms protecting his head, appeared in mid-air.
"Rainbow Dragon!"
Geto mounted the Rainbow Dragon and immediately flew towards the great tree in the center of Hoshiumi Palace.
Medea spread her bat wings and followed.
Eichi, who played dirty, stayed with Mahoraga to guard the temporarily controlled ancient elder, Tengen.
Eichi did this because he truly couldn't trust Tengen.
Whether it was the various problematic actions in the original plot, or Tengen's attitude during their few encounters in this lifetime, Eichi was worried.
Kenjaku had collected ten million Cursed Spirits before the Culling Game.
Not one thousand, not ten thousand, but ten million.
Such a massive undertaking, and Tengen claimed not to know?
Eichi didn't know what Tengen was really thinking.
Perhaps she truly had reached an agreement with Kenjaku on certain matters.
Or perhaps she simply lived too long, becoming numb and decayed in her long life, feeling that nothing mattered.
Even if she died, or if this country was destroyed, it wouldn't matter.
According to old sayings, such a person is either foolish or evil.
But whether foolish or evil, Eichi could not leave such a ticking time bomb unchecked.
Soon, Geto and Medea returned with Tengen's physical body.
Geto had already completed the subjugation of Tengen.
Then Eichi released the barrier body containing Tengen's consciousness.
Eichi did not intend to kill Tengen, after all, it would not be fun if the barrier covering the entire island nation collapsed.
Moreover, he still had use for these barriers.
So Eichi chose to control Tengen through Geto and Medea.
"Speaking of which, Medea."
"What is it, Eichi."
"Your Territory Creation allows you to build temples, doesn't it? Now that you have Tengen's barriers as a foundation, can you turn the entire island nation's barrier into your temple?"
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