Chapter 96: Sage Art.

Chapter 96: Sage Art.

Although only 0.01% of Lady Katsuyu's main body was summoned, it was still quite large, about the length of his forearm.

Lady Katsuyu curiously looked around, her gaze finally settling on Tatsuro. She said, "Tatsuro-kun, how about you chat with me? I was about to die of boredom alone in there."

"Alright."

Tatsuro also chatted with Lady Katsuyu with great interest, but gradually he started to regret it. They talked from ten o'clock at night until two in the morning before she let him go, and she still seemed to want more.

Tatsuro, in any case, couldn't take it anymore and fell asleep first.

Lady Katsuyu, seeing Tatsuro-kun asleep, shook her head helplessly and said, "This child sleeps so early. I still wanted to tell him about things I've heard in the past."

Turning her head, she saw the big black dog staring intently at her. Then, as if having found a new successor, she moved closer and said, "What's your name? My name is Lady Katsuyu. Want to chat?"

...

A night passed.

Tatsuro woke up as usual. Having slept for only a little over four hours, he was currently sitting on his bed feeling drowsy.

Lady Katsuyu, who had chatted with Shura all night, saw Tatsuro wake up and asked, "Shall I brew you a pot of revitalizing tea?"

"No thanks, there are no tea leaves at home."

Tatsuro slowly got up and glanced at the scroll on the bed. He then went into the bathroom and took a cold shower. Although the weather was gradually getting colder, it was nothing to Tatsuro.

After a simple rinse, he walked out naked. Looking at the exhausted Shura, Tatsuro knew he hadn't slept all night due to Lady Katsuyu's pestering.

He squatted down, patted Shura's doggy head, and comforted him, "Go to sleep. I'll take Lady Katsuyu out in a bit."

"Aah! Ahem! Cough cough cough!"

A sudden sound startled Tatsuro. Shura seemed to be clearing its throat. It then spoke in human language, "No need, Master. I feel I've learned a lot this past night. I want to continue learning knowledge from Big Sister Katsuyu!"

"Holy crap! Shura, you actually spoke? What the hell?" Tatsuro exclaimed in surprise.

"Hmph hmph hmph! Of course, I taught him! By adjusting the vibration frequency of his voice with cursed energy, he can then speak!" Lady Katsuyu lifted her head proudly.

"..."

Tatsuro no longer knew what to say. Weren't animals not allowed to become spirits after the founding of the nation?

What is this then?

Already unsure how to explain it, Tatsuro attributed it all to the system, since it was the system that gave him the summoning technique. Besides, it was common for summoning beasts in the ninja world to speak; it just seemed odd in Jujutsu Kaisen.

Fushiguro Megumi's shikigami, it seemed, couldn't speak at all.

"Forget it, you two continue. Just keep an eye on the scroll, that's all. I'm going out for a run."

Unsure how to explain, Tatsuro chose to escape, leaving it for his future self to deal with. He put on his clothes and ran towards the training ground.

Watching his master leave, Shura lay on the ground and said, "Big Sister Katsuyu, I want to become stronger! Can you teach me how to become stronger?"

"Become stronger, huh? Let me think." Lady Katsuyu also didn't know how to become stronger; after all, she had lived for too long and gradually had no natural enemies. However, she knew Sage Art. She said, "Then how about I teach you Sage Art?"

"Sage Art?"

The moment Shura heard these two words, it felt incredibly awesome. It quickly nodded and said, "I want to learn, I want to learn!"

"If you want to learn, we'll have to change locations. I'll go put away the summoning scroll. We'll go practice in some other uninhabited place later."

As Lady Katsuyu spoke, she crawled onto the bed, covered herself over the surface of the summoning scroll, and then took it away with her.

...

At the training ground.

Panda and the others had already arrived at six o'clock. Maki, Yuta, and Toge were currently jogging on the track, warming up.

Panda, seeing Tatsuro approaching with dark circles under his eyes, stood up and called out, "You're so late, Tatsuro-kun!"

"It's you guys who are too early!"

Tatsuro jogged all the way to the training ground. Looking at the others running, he stretched his muscles and asked, "How many laps has Maki run already?"

"Ten laps already. If you want to catch up, Tatsuro, you better hurry."

"Ten laps, is it? Watch me speed up." As Tatsuro spoke, he got into a sprint stance and then dashed onto the track.

Just as he passed Zenin Maki, she caught him in a chokehold and said, "Old scores will be settled separately. I hold a grudge, you know!"

"It's already been two days, there's no need!" Tatsuro had just finished speaking when Zenin Maki forcibly stretched him. "Ow, ow, my back! It's breaking, it's breaking!"

Seeing Okkotsu Yuta and Inumaki Toge pass by, he shouted, "Good brothers, save me!"

"Good luck! You'll be saved once Maki cools down."

"Doll fish, bonito flakes!"

After encouraging him, the two gave a thumbs-up and left.

Tatsuro slammed his right fist on the ground and shouted, "You ungrateful bunch! Ow, ow!"

"What are you shouting for? I'm helping you stretch your ligaments."

...

Tokyo Principal's Office.

Gojo Satoru watched the students on the training ground through the window and said with a smile, "Youth is wonderful. It reminds me of those happy times when I was a second-year. Shoko, me, and Geto..."

"That fellow Suguru Geto disappeared for decades. What major event is he planning by reappearing in Tokyo now?" Masamichi Yaga stroked the beard on his chin, seemingly not understanding why Geto would suddenly appear at this time.

Moreover, the investigation these past few days had yielded no progress. He appeared suddenly and then disappeared suddenly. It was truly a headache, but he couldn't pretend he hadn't seen him.

After all, he was Suguru Geto, the Special Grade Sorcerer who had massacred hundreds of people ten years ago, not even sparing his own parents!

Although he was proud to have taught two Special Grade sorcerers back then, that was a lie. But he still felt regret and confusion over Geto's defection; after all, Geto used to be very kind.

At least, if Gojo Satoru, that traitor, had defected back then, he wouldn't have been surprised. Never mind how terrible he was; his arrogance wasn't just a recent development. He had toned it down a bit now; before, he practically looked down on people with his nostrils and even wanted to take on Master Tengen!

One had to know that the barriers that allowed Jujutsu High schools to function as strongholds for the jujutsu world, as well as the barrier techniques of numerous auxiliary managers, were all thanks to Master Tengen's power; their strength had been greatly enhanced. If Master Tengen were to die, the barriers throughout Japan would become incredibly vulnerable.

"His target..." Gojo Satoru paused, his gaze locking onto Okkotsu Yuta, who was running diligently. "He probably wants to obtain Okkotsu Yuta's power, then kill all humans and create a world of only jujutsu sorcerers."

"What a madman." Masamichi Yaga said, then paused for a moment, looked at Gojo Satoru standing by the window, and asked, "This time... will you end him personally?"

"..."

Gojo Satoru gazed out the window, seemingly unwilling to answer this sensitive question. After watching the students on the training ground for a while, he said:

"Mm, this time, I won't hold back."

(PS: Because the summoning scroll is inside its body, Katsuyu's body has been forcibly enlarged.)

Translator's Note: This PS note about Katsuyu's size seems to have been misplaced from a previous descriptive section about Katsuyu and is inserted here during Maki's appearance. I've placed it where it appears in the original text.

"Oh! First time seeing such a large slug!" Panda directly ran over, curiously observing from the side.

Inumaki Toge: "Bonito flakes, doll fish? (What is this, a giant slug?)"

Zenin Maki responded, "I don't know. Probably a new shikigami Tatsuro is raising. After all, he's always messing with strange things."

"Maki, why did you kick me?" Okkotsu Yuta said, rubbing his butt.

"You were blocking my way, hindering my view of this giant slug," Zenin Maki said with a perfectly straight face.

"These people are?" Lady Katsuyu asked Gojo Satoru with a puzzled tone.

"The slug is talking!?" Panda exclaimed in surprise.

"Bonito flakes!? (It actually spoke!?) " Inumaki Toge said, shocked.

Zenin Maki was already numb to it; after all, Tatsuro was always up to some strange antics.

Okkotsu Yuta, who always asked when he didn't understand, inquired, "Is this a new cursed corpse made by the principal? It can actually talk like Panda."

"Cursed corpses can't be made like this, Yuta," Panda explained.

"Eh! Then she's a real slug? Slugs can actually talk!" This shocked Okkotsu Yuta for a hundred years.

"Ahem!" Gojo Satoru cleared his throat lightly to attract everyone's attention and said, "This is Lady Katsuyu. She's Tatsuro's summoning beast!"

"They are also my students, Tatsuro's classmates."

"Oh, so they are Little Luo's friends." Lady Katsuyu was delighted and immediately said, "How about we all go to his place for a chat? Let me get to know what Little Luo is usually like."

"Is this Tatsuro's mother?" this thought floated through everyone's minds.

"What are you all gathered around for? Is there something interesting to see?" Tatsuro asked curiously, jogging back.

Lady Katsuyu, hearing Tatsuro-kun return, spat out the 'Universal Summoning Scroll' from her body. She nudged it in front of Tatsuro and said, "Little Luo, I've kept your scroll safe."

Everyone stared dumbfounded as Lady Katsuyu, who had shrunk by half after spitting out the scroll, thought in astonishment, "It can fit that in there?"

"Good, thanks for your trouble, Lady Katsuyu." Tatsuro picked up the scroll from the ground and slung it over his shoulder. Looking at Shura in Gojo-sensei's hands, covered in saliva, he asked with a disgusted expression:

"Why is this fellow covered in slime?"

"Sage Art. Shura asked me how to become stronger. I didn't have much to teach, so I could only teach him Sage Art."

Lady Katsuyu's words made Tatsuro instantly crack. Naruto characters can learn Sage Art, but how do you learn it in Jujutsu Kaisen? The two training systems are completely different. Are you sure this won't cause problems?

But then again, out of respect for her being a Sage, such things probably wouldn't go wrong. After all... she was a Sage, well-versed and experienced.

He then asked curiously, "Can this thing really be learned? Are you sure it won't cause an explosion on the spot?"

"It's possible. Shura has already guided natural energy into his body. Do you want to learn too, Little Luo?"

Hearing that it was really learnable, Tatsuro's interest was instantly piqued. After all, Sage Mode could greatly enhance one's own combat power, the top choice for fighting above one's level – a one-click Super Saiyan mode activation.

Wait, ninjutsu under the enhancement of Sage Mode would probably become incredibly awesome, right?

Things like Sage Art: Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan, Sage Art: Great Fire Annihilation, and so on, overpowering everyone!

The surrounding crowd, however, was completely baffled. What Sage Art, guiding natural energy into the body, sure it won't explode on the spot? They didn't understand a thing about the exchange between the person and the beast.

Just hearing the names made it sound incredibly awesome.

"What is Sage Art?" Panda asked with a bewildered expression.

"Let Lady Katsuyu explain it to you all. I need to go clean the slime off Shura," Tatsuro said, taking the fast-asleep Shura from Gojo Satoru's hands and then heading towards the dormitory.

He was thinking about organizing a group Sage Art training session tomorrow. He originally thought it couldn't be cultivated in this world and hadn't asked. But he hadn't expected this fellow Shura to secretly learn it first and already sense natural energy. He sighed with emotion:

"Sigh! These days, humans aren't even as smart as dogs."

Lady Katsuyu looked at the four expectant faces before her and said, "Sage Art is the product of combining cursed energy and natural energy in a 1:1 ratio. When all the cursed energy in the body is converted into sage energy, one can enter 'Sage Mode'."

"In 'Sage Mode,' everyone's strength, defense, and perception will be greatly enhanced. The power of taijutsu and cursed techniques used will also be significantly boosted. But the drawback is that there's too little natural energy here. The more cursed energy one has, the slower it is to enter 'Sage Mode.' Moreover, the fusion process is very dangerous. If one's attention is divided, natural energy will run rampant in the body. If it cannot be expelled in time, everyone will turn into slugs."

"In short, this is a double-edged sword and very difficult to learn. I don't recommend everyone waste their time here. If you want to learn, then Panda and that girl with glasses must be excluded first."

"What!? You're discriminating against Pandas!" Panda shouted.

Maki, however, didn't feel much about it. After all, she had no cursed energy in her body; it was normal that she couldn't learn it. Besides, she didn't think much of this stuff. Who has time to power up with buffs in the middle of a fight?

Okkotsu Yuta, after a moment of thought, also decided not to learn. After all, Rika's cursed energy was too vast; learning it wouldn't be useful for him.

Inumaki Toge, however, wanted to learn. He raised his hand and shouted, "Bonito flakes, bonito flakes!"

Panda translated, "Toge says he wants to try learning."

"Is that so?" Lady Katsuyu thought for a moment and said, "Then gather here tomorrow morning at seven. Let's call it the [Sage Learning Small Group]."

"That's that, I'll be heading back first. Hehe-hm~"

Everyone watched Lady Katsuyu leave, humming a little tune. Panda looked at Inumaki Toge and asked, "It sounds quite dangerous. Are you sure you want to learn?"

Inumaki Toge nodded and said, "Doll fish, bonito flakes! (Of course, I want to get stronger!)"

"Then Yuta, why aren't you learning? It sounds pretty powerful."

Facing Panda's question, Okkotsu Yuta rubbed his head and said, somewhat embarrassed, "Rika's cursed energy is too much. I wouldn't be able to use it in a real fight."

"By the way, why did Lady Katsuyu reject Maki?"

"Ah! Yuta, you still don't know?" Gojo Satoru, who was about to leave, asked curiously.

"Know what?"

"Maki has no cursed energy in her body."

"What!? But if she has no cursed energy, how can Maki see cursed spirits?" Okkotsu Yuta asked curiously.

Gojo Satoru glanced at the silent Maki beside them. The field fell silent.

"Gojo-sensei, you're really too talkative," Zenin Maki complained, then took off her glasses. Looking at the ground reflected in the lenses, as if narrating a past story, she said:

"I was born into the Zenin family, one of the Three Great Families, renowned as an elite jujutsu family. But from birth, my cursed energy was extremely low, even less than an ordinary person's. I can only see cursed spirits thanks to these glasses, and the cursed tools I use inherently possess cursed energy."

"However, it's also thanks to this that I was able to leave that family! The food was terrible, and my bedroom was small. There were also unfamiliar greasy old men walking around. The living environment was too awful!"

"Then I couldn't take it anymore. I thought to myself, I must become a first-grade sorcerer and then fiercely slap the faces of those guys in the family! Then completely destroy the Zenin family from within!"

"Maki~"

Okkotsu Yuta's eyes welled with tears. He said, "I didn't expect your past to be so hard, Maki. If I had known, I wouldn't have asked. I'm really sorry."

"Yeah, Maki~" Panda said, tears in his eyes. "If you want to cry, just lie in my arms. Don't hold it in."

Inumaki Toge agreed, "Doll fish~"

"..."

"Cry your grandpa! Haven't you heard this all before! And you're still trying to be sentimental here." Zenin Maki kicked Panda over and swung her staff directly at him.

"Isn't it that I want to cry every time I hear it?" Panda caught the attacking staff with both hands.

"Go to hell!"

"Oh my, my, it's getting late. Let's take a picture to commemorate this." Gojo Satoru took out his phone, snapped a photo, and then quickly departed.

Seeing this, Okkotsu Yuta burst into laughter through his tears:

"Hahaha...!"

♧♧♧

-> SUPPORT ME WITH POWER STONE

-> FOR EVERY 200 PS = BOUNS CHAPTER

♧♧♧

-> 20 Advanced chapters Now Available on Patreon!!

-> https://www.patreon.com/c/Segais

(Just remove the hyphen to access patreon normally)

If you like this novel please consider leaving a review that's help the story a lot Thank you