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CHAPTER 38: TRUST BROKEN, BONDS STRENGTHENED
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Tonji didn't sleep that night.

He kept thinking about the trap. The parasitic curse. The document with Zenin clan signatures.

His own family tried to control him. Turn him into a puppet.

And jujutsu society headquarters helped them. Sent him into a trap. Betrayed him.

Who could he trust? Who was safe?

At three AM, someone knocked on his door.

Tonji grabbed Denizen. Ready for anything. "Who is it?"

"It's me. Maki. Let me in."

He opened the door. Maki stood there with Mai. Both looked worried.

"W
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