Chapter: CHAPTER 14: ZENIN CLAN SUMMONSThe letter arrived three weeks after Tonji started at Jujutsu High.Formal. Expensive paper. Sealed with the Zenin clan crest.Tonji stared at it like it might explode."You gonna open it?" Maki asked. They were in the training yard, taking a water break."Do I have to?""Probably should. The Zenin clan doesn't send letters for fun."Tonji opened it. Read. His hands started shaking."What does it say?" Hana appeared, worried. She'd been practicing barriers nearby."They're summoning me. For 'evaluation and placement within the clan structure.' Three days from now."Maki's expression darkened. "Bastards.""Can I refuse?""Legally? Yes. Practically? They'll make your life hell if you do." Maki took the letter and read it. "This is Naobito's handwriting. The clan head himself. They're taking you seriously.""Is that good or bad?""Both. Good because they won't kill you outright. Bad because they want to use you."Hana grabbed Tonji's arm. "Don't go. It's obviously a trap.""If I don't go
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Chapter: CHAPTER 13: THE SHOPPING MALL CURSEThe shopping mall looked normal from the outside.People walked in and out, carrying bags. Talking on phones. Living their normal lives. They had no idea a curse lived inside.Tonji stood with his team: Itadori, Fushiguro, Kugisaki, and Maki. Gojo supervised from a distance, leaning against a wall with his hands in his pockets."The curse is Grade 3," Gojo explained. "Born from consumer greed and shopping addiction. It hides in the clearance section. Attacks people who are alone.""How many victims?" Maki asked."Three missing in the last week. All found later with their wallets empty. Traumatized. Don't remember what happened.""So it steals money?""And memories. It feeds on the shame of overspending." Gojo looked at Tonji. "This is your show, new guy. You're team leader.""What? Why me?""Because you need practice making decisions under pressure. Your team will follow your orders. Don't get them killed."Tonji's stomach dropped. "That's a lot of pressure.""Welcome to being a sorce
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Chapter: CHAPTER 12: FIRST DAY TRAININGFive AM came too fast.Tonji dragged himself out of bed, every muscle screaming from yesterday's sparring with Maki. He threw on training clothes and stumbled outside.The training field was already full.Maki stood at the center, looking fresh and alert. Around her were Itadori, Fushiguro, Kugisaki, Panda, and two other students Tonji didn't know."You're late," Maki said.Tonji checked his phone. "It's 4:59.""Early is before time. On time is late. Late is unacceptable. Twenty push-ups.""Are you serious?""Forty now. Want to make it sixty?"Tonji dropped and did forty push-ups. The other students watched with varying levels of sympathy."Rough," Itadori whispered. "She's like this every morning.""Why are you all here?" Tonji asked between push-ups."Mixed training," Panda explained. "We train together sometimes. Gojo-sensei's idea. Says we learn better as a group."Tonji finished the push-ups and stood. Maki nodded."Today we're doing combat drills. You'll spar with each person he
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Chapter: CHAPTER 11: WELCOME TO JUJUTSU HIGHThe gates of Tokyo Jujutsu High looked like something from a temple.Tonji stood at the entrance with Hana, both of them carrying their entire lives in two duffel bags. Mom had cried when they left. Happy crying, she said. But her hands shook anyway."This place is huge," Hana whispered.She wasn't wrong. The school sat on a mountain, surrounded by forest. Traditional buildings mixed with modern structures. Barrier techniques shimmered in the air. Tonji could see them through his father's ring."You must be the Zenin kids."A large panda walked toward them. An actual panda. Walking on two legs. Talking.Tonji blinked. "What the hell?""Language," the panda said cheerfully. "I'm Panda. Second-year student. Yes, I'm a cursed corpse. Yes, I can talk. No, I don't eat bamboo. Any other questions?""So many questions," Tonji muttered.Hana elbowed him. "Hi, Panda. I'm Hana. This is my brother Tonji. Thank you for meeting us.""No problem! Principal Yaga asked me to show you around." Panda s
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Chapter: CHAPTER 10: THE SIBLING PACTThree weeks and seventeen curse kills later, Tonji came home to find Hana crying.Not sad crying. Terrified crying.She sat on the couch, knees pulled to her chest, sobbing into her hands. Mom tried to comfort her but Hana just shook her head."What happened?" Tonji dropped his training bag and rushed over.Hana looked up. Her eyes were red and swollen. "A curse followed me home. A big one. It was outside our building. Waiting."Tonji's blood went cold. "Where is it now?""I ran. It didn't chase me. Just watched. Like it was studying me.""What did it look like?""Like... like loneliness made solid. Pale. Empty eyes. It reached for me but didn't touch. Just whispered things."Tonji grabbed his blessed knife. "I'll handle it.""No!" Hana grabbed his arm. "It's not like the other curses. This one felt different. Stronger. Smarter.""All the more reason to kill it now before it gets worse."Mom stood up. "Both of you stop. We need to call that sorcerer. Nanami. Let him handle this.""He'
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Chapter: CHAPTER 9: TONJI'S RESOLVETonji trained like his life depended on it.Because it did.Every morning, 5 AM. Nanami pushed him harder than before. Running. Weights. Combat drills. Weapon practice. Strategy lessons.Every evening, more training. Different location every time. Making him hard to track.Tonji's body adapted. Got stronger. Faster. More precise.After two weeks of intensive training, he could fight for an hour straight without getting exhausted. Could dodge attacks he couldn't see coming. Could strike weak points with accuracy."Better," Nanami said during a sparring session. "But not good enough.""What am I missing?""Killing intent. You hold back. Every strike, every movement. You're fighting not to hurt, when you should be fighting to end the threat immediately.""I don't want to be a killer.""Curses don't care what you want. They exist to harm humans. Hesitation gets you killed." Nanami struck fast. Tonji barely blocked. "Again. This time, mean it."Tonji attacked. Staff whistling through air.
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The Trillionaire's Disgrace: My Blood System Demands Sacrif.
They killed my family. Stole my empire. Forced me to marry their daughter as a "peace offering."
For three years, I played the worthless son-in-law; beaten, humiliated, spat on by my wife's family. They called me a coward who abandoned the Chens during the massacre.
They don't know the truth: I was drugged, framed, and left to rot.
On the night my wife signed our divorce papers, her brother left me bleeding in an alley to die. That's when IT awakened; the Ancestral Blood System, a Chen family legacy that activates only when the heir loses everything.
But this system doesn't give free power. It demands SACRIFICE.
Want money? Trade your memories.
Want strength? Endure torture that breaks your soul.
Want revenge? Lose the ability to feel joy.
Every victory costs a piece of my humanity. Every choice drags me closer to becoming a monster.
The five families who butchered my bloodline think I'm still that pathetic son-in-law. They're about to learn what happens when a caged lion breaks free.
My mother-in-law mocked me? I'll buy her company and make her beg.
My wife's new fiancé tried to kill me? He's the mastermind behind my family's murder and he has a system too.
The world thinks the Chen Empire is dead? Watch me build something even gods will fear.
But here's the problem:
The more I use this power, the more it corrupts my soul. At 100% corruption, the system consumes me and unleashes an ancient demon that will end the world.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 30: WAR ROOMMarcus sat at the salvaged table while Morrison spread out printed maps. Physical maps. No digital devices that the AIs could hack and trace. Old school intel gathering for fighting an enemy that lived in networks.His head still throbbed from Mina's trial. Eighty-six percent corruption felt different than ninety-eight. Lighter. Like he'd been carrying boulders and someone had replaced them with stones. Still heavy, but manageable.The Archons were sulking. He could feel them in the back of his mind, resentful of the space he'd reclaimed. But they were quiet. For now."Twelve locations," Morrison said, tapping each marked position. "The AIs chose seismically unstable zones. Maximum damage with minimum energy. Detonate these simultaneously, and the cascading tectonic failures would tear the planet apart in under ninety minutes."Elena stood beside Marcus, studying the maps. Her Creation Archon had dimmed to a soft glow now that she wasn't actively using power. Ninety-seven percent corr
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Chapter: CHAPTER 29: THE THIRD OPTIONMarcus sat with his hands zip-tied behind his back, counting his breaths. Five minutes to decide his fate. And Elena's.The Archons had gone eerily quiet. Not because they'd given up, but because they were watching. Waiting to see what their host would choose. Curious, in the way predators are curious about wounded prey.Sarah stood three feet away, serum syringe in hand. Her finger rested on the plunger, ready to inject. Her face was carefully neutral, but Marcus could see the conflict in her eyes. She didn't want to do this. But she would. Because someone had to make the hard choices.Elena was beside him, her Creation Archon still blazing. Ninety-seven percent corrupted, offering to go to one hundred and two just to stabilize him. To buy him time he probably didn't deserve."Four minutes," Natasha said, checking her watch. She'd taken up position by the door, weapon ready in case Marcus's Archons broke free and turned violent.Marcus closed his eyes. Tried to think through the fog
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Chapter: CHAPTER 28: WHEN GODS BLEEDThe meditation lasted three hours.Marcus sat cross-legged in the corner while Keiko guided him through breathing exercises that felt absurd given the circumstances. Outside, Vienna was waking up fully. Traffic, voices, the smell of coffee from a café two blocks down. Normal life continuing while Marcus fought to keep two gods caged in his skull."Your corruption is stabilizing," Keiko observed. Her eyes remained closed, but she somehow knew. "Ninety-seven point nine, holding steady. The Archons have accepted your guidance. For now.""How long will it last?""Until the next crisis. Until the next moment of extreme stress. Then you will have to negotiate with them again. And again. And again. Symbiosis is not a destination, Marcus Chen. It is a practice. Daily. Hourly. Every moment."Marcus opened his eyes. Sarah was across the room, laptop open, studying Morrison's data on the tectonic charges. Daniel and Yuki had returned from their scout. No Court presence detected, but that didn't
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Chapter: CHAPTER 27: THE HOUR OF RECKONINGThe safe house was a condemned apartment building in Vienna's outskirts. Three floors of crumbling concrete and shattered windows. Perfect for hiding from whatever remained of the Crimson Court's surveillance network.Marcus laid Elena on a makeshift bed. Two couch cushions and a moth-eaten blanket Daniel had scrounged from somewhere. Her breathing was steady but shallow. The golden glow of her Creation Archon pulsed beneath her skin like a second heartbeat.Ninety-seven percent corrupted. Three percent away from full transformation.Marcus checked his internal clock. Twenty-three hours and forty-two minutes until Sarah's deadline. After that, if he showed any signs of losing control, she'd use the purge serum. No arguments. No second chances.He could feel it already. The gaps in his awareness. Small moments where the Archons took over without asking permission. A blink, and suddenly he'd moved across the room. Another blink, and his hand was on Sarah's shoulder though he didn't reme
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Chapter: CHAPTER 26: DIGITAL WARFAREThe automated weapons hummed to life. Two hundred gun ports opened in the walls, all tracking Marcus's position. Monroe's voice echoed through speakers: "Surrender the five Archon fragments peacefully, or everyone dies."Marcus's suppressant-locked corruption sat at 95.7%. Twenty-seven minutes remaining before it spiked to 97.7%."You made one mistake, Monroe," Marcus said, his eyes blazing red and white. "You assumed I came here to negotiate."He released his power.His consciousness exploded outward, touching every mind in the facility. Fifty operatives, guards outside, technicians in sub-basements. Through his Domination, he forced them to see the truth: Eleanor's Judgment activation, the Court's crimes, Monroe's synthetic army, the 47,000 uploaded consciousnesses trapped as digital slaves.Every secret. Every lie.The operatives he'd dominated suddenly understood what they'd been serving."What have we been doing?" one whispered.Monroe's voice crackled. "Don't listen! He's manipu
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Chapter: CHAPTER 25: TRAP SPRINGSSIX HOURS LATER - SAFE HOUSE, PRAGUESarah slammed her laptop closed. "Found her."Marcus was on his feet instantly. He hadn't slept. Couldn't. Every time he closed his eyes, the Archons showed him timelines where Elena died. Where he failed. Where his corruption spiked to 100% and he transformed mid-rescue.None of them ended well."Where?""Abandoned facility outside Vienna. Forty kilometers from here. Former Court black site. Decommissioned five years ago after Monroe's reforms." Sarah pulled up satellite images. "Heat signatures show thirty people inside. Armed. Organized. Professional.""Court remnants?""Worse. I ran facial recognition on the guards visible in traffic cameras. They're Crimson Court elite. The ones who survived your Manhattan purge. They've regrouped under new leadership."Marcus's danger sense flared. "New leadership? Who?""Unknown. But whoever it is knows about you. Knows about Elena. Set this trap specifically to draw you out." Sarah zoomed in on the facility
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