After finishing his musings, Kamo Shizumi landed steadily on the ground.
Although he had already complained about it repeatedly in his head, judging from the actual situation, Kamo Shizumi was quite satisfied with his ability.
After all, having something was better than having nothing.
Do not look at how I can only attack the soles of Gojo with my head right now.
Take a look at everyone else.
Some people cannot even reach high enough to headbutt him!
At the same time, while becoming familiar with this new power, Kamo Shizumi was also doing his best to analyze the current situation and Kenjaku’s plans.
Based on the facts, it was not difficult for him to roughly figure out what Kenjaku meant by a “complete form.”
‘All six Cursed Tools are applied to the body, directly adding more than 30 attribute points out of nowhere.
On top of that, each Cursed Tool can display some marvelous little traits and abilities…’
In terms of his basic stats, he could probably reach the level of a standard Grade 1 sorcerer.
With targeted preparation on top of that, matching the weaker Grade 1 sorcerers should not be difficult.
Thinking of this, Kamo Shizumi naturally made a connection to the Death Paintings.
In the original story, Itadori swallowed the remaining brothers and sisters.
If he compared that situation with his own current circumstances…
It seemed that the two sides also shared another kind of “commonality” in a certain sense.
It was just that Kamo Shizumi’s situation was clearly more “inferior.” The Cursed Tools themselves had already lost their individual consciousness.
‘So is this one of the common problems with early works?’
Furthermore, if he followed this theory to its logical conclusion, perhaps only someone possessing this level of strength could be considered qualified by Kenjaku.
While Kamo Shizumi was still thinking, Kenjaku clapped his hands and stood up.
“All right. Since you have gained quite a lot this time, stay here with me for the next few days.”
“…Hm?” (Alert.)
I am going to live with my prison mom?
What is he planning to do…
Compared to Kamo Shizumi’s vigilance, Kenjaku maintained an extremely calm tone as he leisurely explained,
“Considering your current level, your next missions of a similar nature will probably not be easy either. So I need to give you some time to become stronger first.”
He gave a soft hum, as if agreeing with his own suggestion, then quietly added,
“With the goal of increasing your strength as quickly as possible, achieving that level will not be particularly simple… It is somewhat troublesome, so I will have to weigh the options carefully.”
Kamo Shizumi immediately became energetic upon hearing this.
Here it comes.
Prison mom gives me a gun and even provides special training afterward…
Who says children without mothers are like weeds?
I am living pretty happily!
However, just as mentioned before, the jujutsu world itself did not advocate for mediocre talents to achieve a reversal of fortune through hard work…
Kamo Shizumi did not believe that aimless hard work would accomplish much.
After all, the reason people like Yuji and the others were able to improve in the original story was essentially because they were already “exceptionally talented.”
Did you not see how Six-Eight-Tiger only had to accumulate strength for a while before sweeping through the entire jujutsu world?
Yuta was even more outrageous.
He spent the rest of his life pouring cursed energy into Rika’s ring, actually crafting a super Cursed Tool with his own hands…
So, in that case, what kind of special training could allow him to rapidly increase his strength right now?
Facing Kamo Shizumi’s confused gaze, Kenjaku raised his head at the right moment, and a slightly enigmatic smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
“I have it… Let us begin by practicing barrier techniques.”
Barrier techniques.
Upon hearing those words, Kamo Shizumi was initially stunned.
Then, as if he had suddenly understood, he opened his mouth slightly and revealed an expression that said,
“I see.”
He understood.
Just as Kamo Shizumi had summarized earlier, from a practical standpoint, among the abilities that could be directly improved through training…
Barrier techniques were one of the major branches.
It sounded simple enough, but in reality, its applications were extremely broad.
At the most basic level, there was the “Curtain” that the people at Jujutsu High and others would put up before taking action.
It could isolate unnecessary observation and completely separate battles between jujutsu sorcerers and cursed spirits from the outside world.
Some people who were particularly skilled at it could even use barriers as cover.
In the original story, when Gojo was preparing to personally unleash his massive attack and give Sukuna an explosive opening move, he needed Ijichi to deploy a barrier in order to delay Sukuna’s perception.
Furthermore, under the premise of establishing a Binding Vow, it was even possible to exclude certain specific targets.
Of course, these were merely more specialized applications.
The “Curtain” within barrier techniques was the foundation.
As long as one could fully master it, training in this area would become twice as effective with half the effort.
Moreover.
There was also the special defensive technique commonly used by the Three Great Families to protect themselves from Domains…
The technique known as “Simple Domain” could also be learned and mastered.
Although the original story described it as a technique that “the weak use to protect themselves,” in reality, it still had plenty of situations where it could be useful.
Whether it was for emergencies or to exploit an information advantage, selectively applying techniques and playing different “cards” was itself a form of strategy during an confrontation.
And in fact, learning these things was not easy at all.
Because, generally speaking, knowledge itself was monopolized within the jujutsu world.
Simple Domain might sound like a technique that was available everywhere, but in reality, apart from sorcerers belonging to the Three Great Families, it was a specialized technique known by very few people.
‘And the quality of the teacher is completely different too…’
The original story had mentioned that Kusakabe’s method of teaching Yuji was rather crude.
Yuji even had to use the method of exchanging souls in order to gain a deeper understanding of various techniques and methods of application.
And who was Kenjaku?
Standing before you now was a thousand-year-old monster, Tengen’s best friend, the second person in the entire series to possess an open-barrier Domain, and the foremost expert who personally constructed the barriers for the Culling Game…
To be honest.
Apart from Tengen himself, it was probably impossible to find another person in the entire series whose mastery of barrier techniques surpassed Kenjaku’s.
A PhD personally supervising a high school student’s homework!
At this point, if you still cannot pass the exam, you might as well just admit defeat…
All these random thoughts flashed through Kamo Shizumi’s mind, and his expression became noticeably more excited.
Because, based on everything above, once he mastered barrier techniques, as long as he did not directly confront T0-level powerhouses, he would more or less have a few more tricks up his sleeve.
And finally.
Barrier techniques themselves were also a necessary prerequisite for unlocking a sorcerer’s ultimate technique: Domain Expansion!
After all, from a fundamental perspective, the essence of Domain Expansion was using cursed energy to manifest one’s innate domain into reality.
Without an understanding of this aspect, accomplishing such a feat would be extremely difficult.
Therefore, this specialized training could also be considered a crash course in the fundamentals for Kamo Shizumi.
There were benefits and no drawbacks.
Oh, good!
I am in!