A Bizarre Adventure That Begins in Jujutsu Kaisen

With the enhancement of magical power and conceptual understanding, the two moved extremely fast.

Even so, Theo and Kamo Kenki traveled along the winding, rugged mountain path for nearly three minutes.

Only after turning the last bend in the mountain valley did the long-abandoned palace-style building slowly reveal its massive outline amidst the dense shadows of the trees.

The exact date of the manor is unknown.

Sunlight, filtered through layers of ancient trees, falls in broken spots onto the moss-covered stone steps.

The cypress-roofed structure had long been swallowed up by creeping ferns and moss, and from a distance it looked like a green sore growing from the ground, layer upon layer covering the decaying wooden structure.

The rain shelters were crooked, some half-open, some already fallen off, revealing dark interiors.

The railing was broken, and vines hung down from the broken end, swaying gently in the breeze as if beckoning.

The pond in the garden had long since dried up, and the bottom of the pond was cracked soil with cracks extending outwards like a spider web.

Scattered among the small pits are neatly arranged rims, suggesting recent disturbance.

The patterns on the stone bricks are dark red and have a rusty smell.

That wasn't paint, but rather the blood and resentment accumulated from countless sacrificial rituals performed here over the long years.

Layer upon layer of invisible barriers, like some kind of translucent cocoon, tightly covered this broken wall and ruins.

These "tents," each with different entry and exit conditions, are precisely for imprisonment, tightly confining the cursed spirits' activities within the framework of the ruins, making it impossible for them to trespass.

This is the cage that the Kamo family tailored for "Evil Road King Daigaku".

Today, Kamo Noriyuki was dressed in a dark hunting robe, which unexpectedly suited the atmosphere of the old, dilapidated manor, making him look like a nobleman who had come from the Heian period.

He spoke softly, his voice unusually clear in the silence:

"Lord Theo, Ootakemaru is right here."

The Kamo family patriarchs have always regarded it as an "untouchable taboo," only periodically sealing and reinforcing it, and no one has ever considered "using" it.

"Why?" Theo asked casually, looking around as he stood in the center of the courtyard.

Kenji explained, "Because it's too troublesome. The Kamo family's techniques are 'incompatible' with it, and forcibly using it as a 'bomb' would only result in mutual destruction."

Moreover, its techniques are very inconvenient, requiring a long time to guide celestial phenomena before it can become a powerful fighting force.

In spellcasting combat, such a casting time is practically tantamount to suicide.

Theo nodded slightly, without saying anything more.

He had already consulted the information and knew the details of this cursed spirit.

"Ooku-o Ōtake" is a special-grade rogue spirit born from the legends of demons and gods of Suzuka Mountain in Ise and Omi provinces, commonly known as Ōtakemaru.

Its spell, "Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning," can summon and control storms and raging lightning within a certain range.

It should be noted that this is not something that appears out of thin air in an instant; it usually requires a long period of celestial guidance to form a natural disaster of considerable scale.

This is precisely the reason why it was sealed away in the deep mountains and forests, rather than being used in actual combat by the Kamo family.

In the era of slow-moving vehicles and cold weapons, it might have been able to guide the celestial phenomena before the enemy got close, turning the battlefield into a thunderstorm inferno.

However, in modern sorcery warfare, which prioritizes speed and explosive power, a high-level sorcerer who needs to cast a spell might be destroyed before even releasing the incantation.

"Lord Theo, please come with me."

Kamo Kenki turned and walked deeper into the manor.

Passing through the dilapidated corridors and around the low torii gates, the two arrived at a stone chamber in the center of the manor.

The stone chamber had no door, only a seal woven from shimenawa rope, with dozens of paper pendants hanging from the rope, swaying slightly in the still air.

"Right here, please." Xianji stopped, stepped aside, and raised his hand to indicate.

Theo stepped forward, raised his hand and gently touched the shimenawa rope, slowly untying it.

The moment the rope was unloaded, there was no expected roar, nor any earth-shattering explosion.

A dormant magical power awakened from the depths of the stone chamber, like a hibernating beast being nudged on the shoulder, lazily turning over.

"Come forth, 'King of the Evil Road, Dayue'."

After a call as calm as calling a dog, four eyes lit up deep within the stone chamber.

Ōtakemaru emerged from the darkness, and with each step he took, the ground trembled slightly.

It is very tall, more than three meters high, with a heavy body like a mountain rock, and its dark blue skin is covered with cracks eroded by the years.

"Evil Road King Dayue" has three sharp horns on his head, four small round eyes on either side, a tuft of messy white beard under his huge bulbous nose, and holds the companion cursed tool "Cloud Cutter" giant axe in his hand.

The whole image is both majestic and somewhat comical, like a mountain god walking down from the Noh stage, or a mountain spirit who has mistakenly entered the human world after getting drunk.

It spoke with a hint of morning grumpiness, its voice like muffled thunder: "Who goes there? Why did you wake me?!"

Theo did not back down, nor did he adopt any defensive stance.

He simply stood there, his hands hanging naturally at his sides, his head slightly tilted, as if examining an interesting collectible.

"Ootakemaru, I am your new master," he said.

Ootakemaru exhaled a cloud of murky mist, his beard trembling slightly. He raised the giant "Cloud Cutter" axe in his hand, the blade pointing at Dio.

Xianji almost instinctively took a step back, his magical power surged, and radiating blood-red patterns appeared around his wide eyes—"Crimson Scale Leap" had been silently activated.

Dio remained motionless, but quietly endowed himself with "six eyes".

Four small, round eyes confronted a pair of heavenly pupils in the dimly lit stone chamber.

Just as Chou Bao had instinctively sought out Xia Youjie, "Evil Road King Dayue" also clearly sensed at this moment the unique aura belonging to "Spirit Manipulation Technique" and the immense magical power that was a hundred times stronger than it in terms of quality.

He was abducted and sealed away from Suzuka Mountain by the Onmyōryō (Bureau of Yin and Yang) during the Heian period, and has been sleeping here ever since. Occasionally he wakes up to drink alone, and then falls into a deep sleep again.

In terms of the level of "homebody", she can roughly be compared with the strongest homebody girl in a thousand years, Tianyuan.

Having lived long enough, it had already cultivated a degree of detachment, and thus knew:

Unstoppable and indefensible, this is the king ordained by the cursed spirit.

Since that's the case... let's go out and take a look.

Then, "Evil Road King Dayue" slowly bent down and knelt down with a thud.

Its three sharp horns almost touched the ground, and it bowed its head and murmured:

"Godfather, from this day forward, I will follow you, even unto death, and assist you in your great undertaking."

Dio suddenly felt uneasy.

What the hell is this halberd-wielding Ootengu?!

Ugly Baby calls Xia Youjie "Mom," so you, Ootengu, call me "Godfather," right?

One is looking for their mother, the other is recognizing their father. Does the world of cursed spirits have a bit of a talent for drama?

"...Very good, a wise choice."

Looking at the super-grade cursed spirit kneeling before him, calling him "godfather," Theo's eye twitched almost imperceptibly.

He reached out and pressed his hand on the flat area between the three sharp angles on Ōtakemaru's head, turning it into a cursed spirit jade, and then swallowed it.

The mountain wind howled past the entrance to the stone chamber, carrying away centuries of pent-up resentment, loneliness, and intoxication, all towards their new home.

"Xianji, you've worked hard."

"Not at all, it would be my honor to serve Lord Theo!"