There was no denying that Satoru Gojo was reckless.
But one must understand: Satoru Gojo was no fool.
After learning about Ronawa’s abilities, no matter how confident or reckless he was, there was absolutely no way he would genuinely feel so at ease leaving her unchecked.
After all, at the end of the day, Ronawa was a cursed spirit, not a jujutsu sorcerer.
Gojo could unconditionally trust Yuta Okkotsu, and he could unconditionally trust Yuji Itadori, because those two were fundamentally human.
Ronawa wasn’t.
So why was Gojo protecting Ronawa as if his IQ had suddenly plummeted?
The answer: Ronawa had used Death of All Things to kill Gojo’s “killing intent and guardedness” toward her.
You could only say Gojo had severely underestimated Death of All Things.
Of course, it was also because Ronawa’s innate technique was just that utterly broken.
What sane person would ever anticipate that an entity could kill something as abstract as “killing intent and guardedness”?
But Ronawa had done exactly that.
And she had done it completely silently.
In truth, Death of All Things was never a flashy, loud innate technique to begin with.
Its activation was inherently silent.
Just like death itself, which often arrived without a sound.
Plus, Ronawa’s target wasn’t Satoru Gojo himself, merely his hostility and wariness.
Since Gojo didn’t harbor an overwhelmingly heavy killing intent toward her in the first place, pulling it off was a breeze.
This was the real reason Gojo was willing to butt heads with the jujutsu higher-ups just to protect her.
It looked like Satoru Gojo was just strutting around the map with full HP, playing with his food.
In reality, he had quietly fallen right into Ronawa’s trap.
As for Shoko Ieiri…
Thinking of this woman, Ronawa’s expression turned a bit strange.
She swore to god she hadn’t done anything to Shoko.
She hadn’t used her technique to kill a single thing inside her.
As for why this woman was treating her so incredibly well?
Ronawa couldn’t quite figure it out.
Surely Shoko wasn’t actually just into women, right?
The happy times of being a freeloader were ultimately short-lived.
Soon enough, Ronawa ran into the person she currently wanted to see least in the entire world.
Suguru Geto.
That day, Shoko went to clock in for work at Jujutsu High as usual.
Ronawa was left alone in Shoko’s apartment, drinking Shoko’s soda, enjoying Shoko’s AC, and happily gaming on Shoko’s PC.
Suddenly, Geto’s thoroughly obnoxious voice rang out.
“A cursed spirit born from the concept of death, yet completely uninterested in manufacturing it.
Honestly, I’m quite surprised!”
Seeing the sudden appearance of Suguru Geto, Ronawa’s face filled with intense guardedness.
For a cursed spirit, a guy like Geto was just way too dangerous.
Geto saw her defensive posture and proactively explained.
“Don’t misunderstand.
I have absolutely no ill will toward you.
It’s true that my innate technique manipulates cursed spirits, but I would never do that to you.”
“You possess unparalleled potential, and I have a grand ideal.
I wouldn’t do something as foolish as killing you!
In fact, I’m here to propose a partnership!”
Geto genuinely didn’t want to kill Ronawa.
Granted, her innate technique was already an unsolvable cheat code, but it wasn’t enough.
Her baseline strength was too low.
Even if he manipulated her, could he use her current state to defeat Satoru Gojo?
Could he use her to change the world?
Of course not.
Since he couldn’t achieve his goals with her yet, Geto had no reason to kill her.
On the contrary, he was here to help her grow, to make her stronger.
To partner with her!
As a textbook villain, Geto possessed all the necessary prerequisites for the role.
For example, a tragic past.
He had personally witnessed the horrific deaths of his comrades.
It was after that event that his original ideals had begun to waver.
For another, he had a grand ambition: to create a world without ordinary humans and without cursed spirits.
“No cursed spirits” was easy to understand—his comrades had died at the hands of curses.
But why “no ordinary humans”?
Because cursed spirits were born from the negative emotions and fears of non-sorcerers.
Exterminating humanity would permanently eliminate the emergence of cursed spirits!
Naturally, Geto’s plan was viewed by everyone as sheer lunacy.
And naturally, everyone tried to stop him.
Because of this, Geto had become what he was now: a traitor to jujutsu sorcerers.
Once you understood Geto’s plan, it was obvious why he didn’t want to kill Ronawa right now.
He wanted to use her power to realize his ambition.
As a cursed spirit born from the concept of “death,” Ronawa undeniably possessed the potential to eradicate all of humanity.
But she needed to grow.
The current Ronawa absolutely couldn’t pull it off.
Therefore, not only would Geto not harm her, he would actively find ways to help her level up rapidly.
As for Cursed Spirit Manipulation, yes, it could control curses, but a controlled curse lost the ability to grow forever.
So he wouldn’t control her—even if he intended to eventually, it wouldn’t be now. This chapter is updated first at g.com.
It would have to be much later.
Because of this, when Geto said he wouldn’t hurt her, his tone was exceptionally sincere.
Ronawa almost believed him.
Yeah, right.
Just barely!
While listening to Geto’s bullshit, Ronawa was simultaneously calculating her escape route.
She’d have to be clinically insane to actually listen to Geto and join up with him.
That was just throwing herself straight into the tiger’s den.
But verbally, she didn’t miss a beat.
“Oh, really?” she humored him.
“A partnership.
Let’s hear it.”
“It’s very simple.
I’ll help you grow, and you just need to do a tiny, insignificant favor for me,” Geto said smoothly.
Ronawa almost burst out laughing.
A tiny, insignificant favor?
You probably want me to go on a massive, unhinged killing spree!
She’d be out of her mind to actually do that.
Still stalling for time, she asked, “A tiny, insignificant favor?
Care to elaborate?”
Geto replied vaguely, “Don’t worry.
I just want you to do what you’re best at.”
As the Cursed Spirit of Death, what she was best at was incredibly obvious.
But Ronawa immediately put on a look of extreme excitement.
“You mean you’re scouting me to play esports?!”
“I always knew with my god-tier mechanics, I belonged on the pro stage making a name for myself instead of rotting here as a NEET!” she rambled passionately.
“By the way, what’s our team name?
How much funding do we have?
Who’s on the starting roster?!”
Suguru Geto’s perpetually polite smile vanished.
It was replaced by a look of sheer bewilderment.
What on earth are you talking about?
He was a majestic Special Grade sorcerer!
The ultimate villain plotting to exterminate humanity!
Why the hell would he be in the mood to recruit her for a damn esports team?!