Toji was also surprised by this oute.

  In his opinion, even if it took half a year or more to study how te a special Zanpakutō like this, it would still be worth it.

  If he were the head of the Gojo family, he would have ied all avaible resources into Satoshi. Yet, after only a month, many within the had already started wavering in their support. This made Toji deeply disappointed in the Gojo family.

  The Three Great Families… So-called pilrs of the Jujutsu world.

  A, even the Gojo family, which had produced the wielder of Six Eyes, could be this impatient and short-sighted.

  However, the fact that Satoshi had successfully fed a sed Zanpakutō within just a month was pletely beyond Toji's expectations.

  He had believed in Satoshi's potential and had even been prepared for a long-term struggle alongside him.

  But no one had anticipated that Satoshi would figure it out so soon.

  ---

  "Suzumushi?"

  Toji murmured the name, intrigued. While he uood the value of a Zanpakutō, he felt no greed toward it.

  Perhaps Suzumushi had a powerful ability, but Toji had a gut feeling that it wouldn't suit him.

  That didn't matter.

  Because now, he was certain, if Satoshi could fe a sed Zanpakutō, then the o for him wasn't far away.

  ---

  "Young Master Satoshi, what abilities does Suzumushi have?"

  Shunichi swung his neakutō with excitement, anticipation shining in his eyes.

  After witnessing the overwhelming power of Sode no Shirayuki, he was eager to know whether Suzumushi could rival it.

  As the fer of Suzumushi, Satoshi should have been familiar with its abilities.

  And he was.

  But he chose not to answer.

  Satoshi recalled the system's message, if a borrower wished to unlock a Zanpakutō's power, they o gain its reition first.

  Even if he told Shunichi the Shikai and now, it wouldn't work.

  Shunichi had just obtained Suzumushi. How could he possibly resoh it so soon?

  "Uncle Shunichi, you o discover Suzumushi's abilities on your own," Satoshi said calmly. "Every Zanpakutō has its own soul. Once Suzumushi aowledges you, its power will naturally reveal itself."

  Satoshi's words fused Shunichi.

  But Satoru and Toji?

  They were shocked.

  That… expined everything.

  It expined why Sode no Shirayuki was so powerful.

  It expined why it possessed multiple teiques.

  Because… it was alive.

  A cursed tool… with a soul.

  Takuya, who had been silent throughout the f process, suddenly spoke up.

  "Satoshi, from now on, do not tell anyone about this secret. Especially the fact that your Zanpakutōs have souls."

  His tone was heavy, his expression grim.

  The fe fell silent.

  Everyone present instinctively kakuya would not say something like this without reason.

  And so, they waited for his expnation.

  Taking a deep breath, Takuya asked, "Why do you think there are cursed tool users among sorcerers? And what do you think is the differeween cursed tools and cursed objects?"

  Silence.

  No one had ever questiohis before.

  A sorcerer who specialized in using cursed tools was called a cursed tool user. That was on knowledge.

  But… the differeween a cursed tool and a cursed object?

  Even Satoru had no answer.

  Toji had no answer.

  Shunichi had no answer.

  But Satoshi… uood immediately.

  "Because cursed tools are just tools. So sorcerers use them without restri."

  "And cursed objects… have souls."

  His words sent a shockwave through the room.

  Takuya nodded.

  "A cursed tool is a on that tains a curse, making it effective against cursed spirits."

  "A cursed object, oher hand, is ahat has been cursed. Every cursed object houses a soul, something uable, untrolble."

  The moment he finished speaking, an image fshed in Satoshi's mind—Yuji Itadori, swallowing Sukuna's finger.

  Sukuna had been dead for turies, yet his fingers still held immense power.

  Why?

  Because of the soul within them.

  Then…

  How would the outside world perceive a Zanpakutō?

  Would they sider it a cursed tool?

  Or… a cursed object?

  Satoshi immediately uood Takuya's warning.

  Right now, he wasn't strong enough. If the secret of the Zanpakutō were exposed, it could easily bee an excuse for others to eliminate him.

  Cursed objects were viewed as dangerous, evil things.

  Even though everyone in the room khat Satoshi's Zanpakutō were not cursed objects, the rest of the world wouldn't see it that way.

  History had proven, being ahead of oime was often seen as madness.

  Satoshi's f abilities were already disrupting the bance of the cursed tool world.

  The bcksmiths of the Jujutsu world would see him as a threat.

  And if wot out that his creations had souls?

  They wouldn't stop at simple opposition.

  ---

  "Shunichi," Takuya said, his voice firm. "You must protect the secret of Suzumushi."

  "You should know how special this Zanpakutō is. With your current strength, you shouldn't even have the right to wield something like this."

  "You were only given this opportunity because of your retionship with Satoru and Satoshi."

  Takuya's eyes narrowed. "I know you had ties to the Twin Curse Fa before. But from this day forward, I want you to think carefully."

  "Who do you believe will truly lead the Gojo family forward?"

  "The Twin Curse Fa?"

  "Or these two?"

  Shunichi froze.

  Then, after a long pause—

  He nodded.

  Gojo Shunichi, from this moment on, would follow only Satoru and Satoshi.