Isekai Adventure in the Dimensional Cube-Chapter 1351 - 962: Which Barrier to Choose?

——[Heaven and Curse Binding].

When this term emerged from Reiger’s mouth and reached the ears of those present, Okkotsu Yuta and Nanami Kento immediately turned their heads to look at Zenin Maki.

"..."

Zenin Maki paused in her action of wiping the cursed tools, her eyes behind the glasses slowly squinted.

The atmosphere inside the small house instantly underwent a subtle change.

Only Itadori Yuji remained bewildered and spoke out.

"[Heaven and Curse Binding]?"

What is that?

Can you eat it?

The sports prodigy appeared completely at a loss.

"...You know about bindings, right?"

Nanami Kento naturally understood Itadori Yuji’s situation the best, seeing his bewilderment, sighed, and began to explain.

"The so-called [Heaven and Curse Binding] is a form of constraint, but unlike usual ones, it’s a congenital constraint forced upon sorcerers from birth."

Normal constraints are formed by the sorcerers themselves, whether they appear or not depends entirely on the sorcerer.

But [Heaven and Curse Binding] is different, it is a forced constraint that appears on an individual or multiple individuals from birth, giving no opportunity for voluntary formation.

"Sorcerers with [Heaven and Curse Binding] usually manifest severe defects in their physical functions," Nanami Kento explained: "However, in exchange, they often gain advantages in certain aspects, embodying the ’binding’ equivalent exchange rule."

"The Mechamaru from Capital City’s school you should have seen at the sister school exchange meeting there, right?" Okkotsu Yuta also explained to Itadori Yuji: "He is a bearer of [Heaven and Curse Binding]. It’s said from birth he has had no right hand or any flesh below the knees, has no sensation below the waist, and his body is extremely fragile, even getting burned by moonlight, thus he cannot appear freely in the outside world."

"So, the Mechamaru from Capital City’s school creates cursed corpses, using the Puppet Manipulation Technique to remotely control the cursed corpses, allowing them to take his place in the outside world."

"In exchange, Mechamaru seems to obtain a very broad array of techniques and powerful cursed energy output, and can even store a large amount of cursed energy for backup."

This is the advantage brought by [Heaven and Curse Binding], power gained in exchange for one’s physical body.

Mechamaru’s insistence that he’s different from Panda stems from the fact that his true self is human, but due to [Heaven and Curse Binding], he can’t act in the outside world and can only be represented by the cursed corpses.

It is probably like a thorn in his side, so during the exchange meeting at the sister school, his reaction to Panda was so intense.

"...Actually, Maki is also a bearer of [Heaven and Curse Binding]."

Okkotsu Yuta, after hesitating for a while, revealed this fact.

"What?" Itadori Yuji was immediately surprised, turned to the indifferently faced Zenin Maki beside him, and said in shock: "Does Senpai Zenin also have [Heaven and Curse Binding]?"

"Didn’t I say not to call me Zenin!" Zenin Maki glanced at Itadori Yuji, expressionless, and said, "Unlike the Mechamaru from the Capital City school, I am a reverse case of [Heaven and Curse Binding]."

"Generally, [Heaven and Curse Binding] is about sacrificing the physical to gain power in sorcery."

"But I sacrificed my talent in sorcery to gain physical abilities."

This is why Zenin Maki has so little cursed energy that she can’t even see curses, yet her physical abilities are so outstanding.

Among the entire Jujutsu High, the only sorcerer with physical abilities more exceptional than Zenin Maki is probably Itadori Yuji.

"By the way, Yuji, you are actually also a bearer of [Heaven and Curse Binding], right?" Zenin Maki’s gaze toward Itadori Yuji became strange, saying: "Your exaggerated physical ability doesn’t seem like something a normal person could have. I heard you originally had no cursed energy or technique—could it be due to [Heaven and Curse Binding] that you exchanged your talent in sorcery for that brute strength?"

"Uh, this..."

Itadori Yuji was immediately bewildered again.

Is it?

How would he know?

That brute strength has been with him since birth, and indeed before consuming Ryomensukuna’s fingers, he had no cursed energy, and until now had no technique, he was completely just an ordinary person before then.

Perhaps... might he really be as Senpai Zenin said, bearing [Heaven and Curse Binding]?

As for cursed energy... that’s due to consuming Ryomensukuna’s fingers, swallowing the special-grade cursed item that he acquired it, right?

Itadori Yuji’s eyes turned into beady eyes, almost getting convinced by Zenin Maki’s words.

Even Okkotsu Yuta and Nanami Kento’s gazes toward Itadori Yuji became strange.

Looking at it this way, it seems quite possible?

Otherwise, how else can one explain how Itadori Yuji, originally an ordinary person, has such exaggerated physical abilities?

"A [Heaven and Curse Binding] reverse case even more remarkable than Maki?" Okkotsu Yuta murmured: "From what I know, there seemed to be such a person in the past who even once pushed Gojo Sensei into desperation."

"Whaaat?" Itadori Yuji immediately reacted even more significantly than before, exclaiming with wide eyes: "Gojo Sensei was pushed into desperation?"

Is it true?

Could even the ridiculously strong Gojo Sensei be pushed into desperation by someone?

"It’s true." Nanami Kento echoed Okkotsu Yuta’s words from the side, lowering his head and saying: "That was when Mr. Gojo was in his second year... which is roughly a decade ago."

The person Okkotsu Yuta and Nanami Kento spoke of was someone Reiger was also aware of.