"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"...
Amidst the sharp sound of the arrows slicing through the air, the seemingly ordinary arrows unexpectedly continued to accelerate in the air, becoming increasingly powerful.
Even though the arrows werenât infused with cursed energy and werenât any special cursed tools, somehow as they were fired, not only did their speed increase, but they seemed to possess a consciousness of their own, arranging themselves strategically.
"Oh?"
Reiger tossed aside the bell fragment in his hand and watched the scene before him, a faint smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.
The arrows spread out before him, either turning automatically or detouring, tracing unbelievable trajectories and shooting towards Reiger from all directions.
"Buzz!"
Just as the swarm of arrows was about to hit Reiger, their speed suddenly slowed, becoming progressively slower, until they were just inches from Reigerâs body, where they froze and could move no further.
"...Sure enough, the inherent invulnerability of [Limitless Cursed Technique] is active?"
Kamo Noritoshi, holding his bow and arrow, wasnât surprised by this; he just felt a slight heaviness in his heart.
Being one of the Big Three families, the effects and strength of the Gojo Familyâs [Limitless Cursed Technique] were crystal clear to Kamo Noritoshi.
He knew his attacks were ineffective against the [Limitless Cursed Technique], but he still wanted to try and hoped the opponent hadnât activated the inherent invulnerability of the [Limitless Cursed Technique].
This wasnât a gamble of luck, but a rational consideration.
The [Limitless Cursed Technique] is indeed powerful, but as a technique, it consumes cursed energy upon usage.
If the cursed energy isnât immense, naturally itâs impossible to constantly keep the inherent invulnerability active; even with abundant cursed energy, disregarding the consumption, constantly maintaining the invulnerability would cause severe mental strain, exhausting energy and focus.
Hence, Kamo Noritoshi wanted to test if Reiger had kept the inherent invulnerability active all along, hoping the opponent had insufficient cursed energy and chose to minimize consumption, only activating the invulnerability at critical moments.
However, reality proved that even against non-cursed energy-infused attacks, Reigerâs inherent invulnerability remained active, indicating his cursed energy was ample enough to sustain such consumption.
And from his casual demeanor, it was obvious that even with the invulnerability constantly active, his brain didnât bear too much strain.
"Could it be... has he reached Gojo Satoruâs level?"
Kamo Noritoshiâs heart grew heavier and heavier.
Gojo Satoru, the strongest curse mage of the current era, had mastered the automatic uninterrupted activation of the inherent invulnerability in the [Limitless Cursed Technique] a decade ago, allowing the technique to operate on its own, automatically assessing the cursed energy strength, mass, speed, and other facets of any object approaching, determining the threat level before deciding whether to stop or repel it based on the evaluation.
In this state, Gojo Satoruâs technique only responded to forces or objects that pose a threat, ignoring those without, thereby minimizing the techniqueâs consumption, achieving 24/7 activation of the cursed technique.
This is also why Itadori Yujiâs punches canât touch Gojo Satoru, whereas Yaga Masamichiâs fists can.
Understanding the principles of Gojo Satoruâs technique, Yaga Masamichi always controls his movements within the range where [Limitless Cursed Technique] wonât auto-activate, at most leaving a lump on Gojo Satoruâs head.
As for the mental load from nonstop technique activation, Gojo Satoru uses the same principles, employing reverse cursed techniques to alleviate brain fatigue, keeping his mind in a constantly refreshed state.
Whenever the mental load accumulates to a certain limit, Gojo Satoruâs reverse cursed technique automatically operates, healing the brain.
Thus, Gojo Satoru reached the peak, becoming the strongest curse mage of the era.
Kamo Noritoshi suspected that Reiger had reached the same level.
If so, then the opponent he now faced was undoubtedly the strongest curse mage, a monster on the same level as Gojo Satoru.
"No, itâs only been two months, he couldnât have reached Gojo Satoruâs level."
Kamo Noritoshi forced himself to change his line of thinking.
At least, the information he had showed that itâs only been two months since Reiger first came into contact with [Limitless Cursed Technique].
In two months, to develop impressive cursed energy manipulation skills without Six Eyes and thereby learn to wield the [Limitless Cursed Technique] was already incredibly astonishing.
If Reiger could reach Gojo Satoruâs level in just two months, then he would not be a mere monster, but a deity.
But when Kamo Noritoshi thought this way, he couldnât help but recall the attack Reiger launched on Todo Aoi at the Capital Cityâs Jujutsu High School entrance.
[Hollow Technique]â this technique should only be executable by someone whoâs mastered reverse cursed techniques, a possessor of [Limitless Cursed Technique].
Reiger could wield [Hollow Technique], doesnât that indicate heâs already mastered reverse cursed techniques?
And as for Gojo Satoru... how long did it take him to learn reverse cursed techniques back then?
As far as Kamo Noritoshi knew, even for Gojo Satoru, it seemed he only successfully learned reverse cursed techniques when he was in his second year at Jujutsu High School.