I'm doing Jujutsu Kaisen in the ninja world.

He could easily gain a large amount of cursed spirits by exorcising cursed spirits, thereby rapidly increasing his strength.

Another point is that the strength of the cursed spirits varies, and the ninja system of this world has cultivated many powerful individuals.

If the people of the major ninja villages can take the problem of cursed spirits seriously, they should be able to eliminate most of them quickly.

Thinking about it this way, it seems that the situation is not as serious as he imagined.

However, Shinji's heart remained uneasy.

[Chapter 41. Johnny Arrives]

"That's it? What a weakling! It's utterly useless except for being disgusting."

Hidan was still there, recklessly mocking them.

After all, a monster with that kind of strength doesn't deserve the title of 'monster' at all.

It's garbage!

Shinji also felt something was wrong after hearing this, because if it was only a [Level 3 Cursed Spirit], the guards sent by the Grass Country should not have suffered such a crushing defeat.

But the truth is that they couldn't even get the news out, and it seems they were all wiped out.

So where did the problem lie?

Shinji glanced at Hidan and suddenly remembered something: they might have fallen into a cognitive trap.

Although the old man kept emphasizing that there were monsters eating people, he never said that there was only one monster!

It's impossible that there's only one [Level 3 Cursed Spirit] to have turned this no-man's-land into the dead zone it is today.

In other words, there is a high possibility that even more powerful cursed spirits reside here.

[Level 2 Spell Spirit] or [Level 1 Spell Spirit]?

Even the most terrifying... [Special Grade Cursed Spirit]?

Shinji suddenly felt a toothache. It was supposed to be a very ordinary task, so why did it suddenly become so troublesome?

They wanted to leave, but were reluctant to part with the [Soul Curse Points] that were right in front of them.

Moreover... it's probably too late for them to leave now.

So many days have passed, and neither the Grass Country nor the Evil God Cult has received any information about the 'monster,' nor even knows of its existence. This means one thing.

The monsters have made this their hunting lair, and no human is allowed to enter but not leave!

Anyone who tries to escape will be caught and eaten immediately.

Shinji had a vague feeling that his guess was not far from the truth.

"Tonight's night is unlikely to be peaceful."

. . . . . .

In the cellar of a house.

"Mom, I'm hungry..."

"Good boy, just bear with it a little longer, Daddy will be back with food soon."

In the darkness, a mother and daughter huddled together in a corner, their bodies covered with a tattered blanket.

Because they were afraid of being visited by monsters, they didn't even dare to light a single candle.

The woman's husband wouldn't have risked going out to find food if he hadn't been so hungry.

More than an hour had passed since the man left, exceeding the agreed time, which made the woman begin to have some bad thoughts.

Whether the men abandoned them and ran away alone, or were caught and eaten by monsters, the widows and orphans left behind certainly could not survive.

The woman's face was filled with sorrow. She gently stroked her daughter's hair with her right hand and told her the fairy tale she had told hundreds of times in a tender tone, trying to distract her daughter and reduce her hunger.

After a while, the story was finished once again.

Suddenly, the daughter looked up and asked with innocent eyes, "Will a brave warrior riding a white horse really appear and defeat the evil monster?"

"It will definitely happen!"

The mother affirmed her daughter's question in an extremely firm tone, as if she were also comforting herself.

"So... is the white horse delicious?"

Faced with her daughter's innocent yet heartbreaking question, the mother could only laugh and cry as she said, "A white horse is for riding, not for eating; it is a hero's companion."

Upon hearing that the white horse couldn't be eaten, the daughter's face immediately showed disappointment, and then she asked, "Then if we can also become the hero's companions, will we not be eaten?"

"Mom, I don't want to be eaten. Can I go find the Hero...?"

The woman's heart suddenly trembled, and she hugged her daughter tightly, her face filled with both self-reproach and fear.

I feel guilty because I'm useless and can't feed my daughter properly.

What I fear is losing her.

After all, fairy tales are all lies; there won't be a passing hero riding a white horse, wielding a long sword, slaying all the monsters to save them.

How ironic that the daughter naively believed that as long as she became the hero's partner, she wouldn't be eaten!

Just as the woman was about to burst into tears, she suddenly heard a noise from above. Someone was moving the wooden planks covering the entrance to the cellar.

The woman was startled at first, then asked in a trembling voice, a mixture of joy and trepidation, "Runyi, is that you, Runyi?"

"Ah, it's me. I'm back, and I found plenty of food. Wait for me, I'll be right down..."

"It's Dad!"

Upon hearing her father's voice and hearing that he had brought back food, the little girl immediately broke free from the woman's arms with a beaming smile.

However, the woman suddenly went mad and grabbed her daughter, immediately using the wood that had been prepared in the cellar to firmly block the cellar exit.

"Mom, what are you doing? It's Dad! Dad's back, and he brought some delicious food."

"Shut up! That's not your father, that's a monster!"

The woman suppressed her voice and gritted her teeth as she spoke, her face already streaked with tears when she turned around.

Although the monster outside was disguised very well, with not even a flaw in its voice, the couple had already established a secret signal.

Runyi was not her husband's real name at all; it was just a test. But he agreed without hesitation, as if he had no idea about the secret code between them.

So despite the immense pain, the woman had no choice but to fight to save herself and her daughter's lives.

"Knock knock, knock knock!"

The sound of something hitting the wooden planks came from above, but because the door was blocked, it couldn't be opened.

Then a voice came from above, "Why can't I open it? It's me, Runyi. Let me in quickly, I found a lot of food."

The woman didn't answer, but huddled in the corner, hugging her daughter tightly and covering her mouth with her hand to avoid attracting the monster's attention. She hoped that the monster would realize it couldn't get in and leave on its own.

Seeing that they had not received a response for a long time, the 'person' above began the next round of performance.

"Who are you? No, don't take my things! That's my food and my water!"

After a while...

"Quick! Let me in! There's...there's a monster! The monster's coming!"

"Please, please let me in."

Perhaps hearing that her father was in danger, the daughter immediately began to struggle desperately, trying to let her father in.

But at that moment, the woman unleashed tremendous strength, refusing to let go no matter how her daughter struggled, even when she bit her.

Gradually, the sound outside stopped; it seemed the monster had left.

As soon as the woman relaxed, her daughter broke free and pushed the log forcefully, trying to let her father in.

The woman rushed over to try and stop it.

Just then, a crackling sound came from above their heads.

When the woman looked up, she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, and a chill ran down her spine!

The wooden plank at the entrance had been cleaved open by a sharp weapon, and now a terrifying, greedy eye was staring intently at them through the crack.

"Found it, the food!"

[Chapter 42. Separate Actions]

At that moment, extreme fear instantly spread throughout my body.

It's over, it's over!

Crack! Crack!

The monster outside was frantically dismantling the wooden planks, as if it couldn't wait to come down and enjoy its feast.

The little girl was terrified and remained motionless as her mother held her tightly in her arms.

She now clearly knows that the person who spoke up there wasn't her father at all, but a monster in disguise!

boom!

With almost no effort, the wooden planks at the entrance to the cellar were violently removed, and the wooden supports inside drooped helplessly.

Then a green monster that looked like a toad jumped down and scanned the mother and daughter in front of it with undisguised greedy eyes.

"I'm Runyi! I'm so miserable! It's all your fault that I was killed by the monster!"

Suddenly, the familiar voice rang out again.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the human head in the toad monster's hand was speaking through its opening and closing mouth.

The woman, who was already in despair, broke down when she suddenly saw her husband's head, which had died a gruesome death. She covered her mouth tightly with her other hand, and tears streamed down her face.

"It's all your fault for not letting me in! You're the one who killed me!"

"Enough! You disgusting monster!"

After the breakdown, the woman seemed to have nothing to lose and was no longer afraid of angering the other party, because there was only one outcome left anyway.

The toad monster wasn't angry at all; on the contrary, it was even happier.