What ultimately stopped Kenmyo Isayama from plunging the blade into Fushiguro Toji's heart, completely ending the life of the "Heavenly Restraints Tyrant"?
Was it to resurrect him, let him return to his family, and persuade him to turn over a new leaf and become a good father?
How could that be? That bastard looked nothing like a good father.
Kenmyo Isayama bet fifty cents that even if Fushiguro Toji died, his kid wouldn't shed a single tear.
What truly made Kenmyo Isayama feel unacceptable was the dying wish that was practically "entrusting his child."
He hated being entrusted with a child; just a moment ago, their identities were that of deadly, life-or-death enemies facing blade against blade.
That man stated with a look of relief that his kid would be sold to the Zen'in Family, essentially saying, "You deal with it." Even though Kenmyo Isayama didn't experience emotions like anger, he still wanted to thoroughly beat up the bastard.
The underlying meaning was: "You killed me, causing my kid to lose his father. Now he has no choice but to be sent into the abyss for 'training.' Do whatever you want with him." He was kicking the ball to Kenmyo Isayama, subjecting him to moral and ethical torment.
Although he did feel a moment of discomfort, it was because Kenmyo Isayama remembered his own past, where he and his older sister had relied on each other after their parents died, barely managing to grow up.
But he quickly snapped out of it.
Fushiguro Toji, that thick-browed bastard, good heavens, his calculations were practically exploding in Kenmyo Isayama's face!
He couldn't possibly think Kenmyo Isayama was some kind of soft-hearted pushover, or that he was young, hot-blooded, and easily fooled (stupid) enough to go against the Zen'in Family, one of The Big Three Families of the Japanese Jujutsu World, just for a dying man's last words concerning a kid he didn't even know.
Leaving aside whether he had enough influence, even if he could manage it, it would be extremely troublesome.
Why would he do such a thankless and difficult thing?
Using Mind-type Psychic Spells, Kenmyo Isayama learned quite a few interesting things from Fushiguro Toji's "dying moment" Life Review.
It was the Zen'in Family members who labeled Fushiguro Toji as "a monkey without Cursed Energy." The scar on Fushiguro Toji's mouth was an injury he sustained when the Zen'in Family threw him into a pile of Cursed Spirits as a child to test the strength amplification of the Heavenly Restriction on the human body.
Sure enough, every single one of the Three Great Families of the Japanese Jujutsu World
the Zen'in Family, the Kamo Family, and the Gojo Family
were pieces of trash.
Unless they had the strength of the Gojo Family's Young Master, capable of turning the family into a "one-man show" using sheer Cursed Technique power, any kid who hadn't received Jujutsu education would only find misfortune by getting close to them.
Kenmyo Isayama kicked Fushiguro Toji back from the Gates of Hell, driven by a slight childish desire for revenge: You want to scheme against me? I'll flip the whole table.
Your child, you manage him yourself.
I'm not his dad.
That was the first reason. The second was that Kenmyo Isayama felt it would be a bit of a waste to simply kill Fushiguro Toji like that.
Literally speaking, Kenmyo Isayama had personally experienced the strength of the "Heavenly Restraints Tyrant," and there was no doubt about it; this unique golden signboard was absolutely genuine.
Fushiguro Toji's strength was monstrously powerful.
Before being completely pierced through the chest by a sharp blade, how many Jujutsu Sorcerers in the world could react and realize they had been targeted by the "Sorcerer Killer"?
Kenmyo Isayama was only able to thrash Fushiguro Toji because he exploited a bug; otherwise, the iron-wall defense provided by the Heavenly Restriction, which allows the body to resist Cursed Technique attacks, combined with the unpredictability of his super speed and the fatal damage caused by the "overbearing" effect of a Special Grade Cursed Tool, made him the nightmare of all Jujutsu Sorcerers.
Moreover, killing Fushiguro Toji yielded no benefit for Kenmyo Isayama; that bastard wasn't a Special Grade Cursed Spirit that could give him points. Furthermore, there was the risk of unknown changes occurring if a user of the Heavenly Restriction was killed using Psyker abilities, especially since no one's Heavenly Restriction intensity could compare to Fushiguro Toji's. These were all risks that had to be considered.
There are generally only two ways to deal with such terrifying enemies: either destroy him permanently for peace of mind, or assimilate him into your own ranks.
The former is a last resort; the true superior strategy is assimilation
bringing this prodigiously talented killer under his banner and turning him into the nightmare of his enemies.
Just imagine: if some blind Jujutsu Sorcerer dared to provoke Kenmyo Isayama, he could simply "close the door and unleash the Heavenly Restraints Tyrant," ensuring that problem was dealt with decisively that very night.
For ordinary people trying to tame this untamed beast, the most efficient method is probably money
it is the simplest way to get Fushiguro Toji, the "Sorcerer Killer," to fight for you, and most people do it this way.
Naturally, Kenmyo Isayama wouldn't use such a "crude method." It was always him freeloading; no one came to him to take and eat.
Also, when Kenmyo Isayama was healing Fushiguro Toji, he surely didn't just use Healing-type Psychic Spells, right?
How could that be? His heart wasn't that generous.
Kenmyo Isayama didn't like testing human nature.
Talking about gratitude to a killer? That must be insane.
No one could be sure if a fully recovered Fushiguro Toji would try to kill Kenmyo Isayama again, or perhaps abandon fighting Kenmyo Isayama entirely and focus solely on killing Isayama Yomi.
Kenmyo Isayama had already figured out what he would use to put a collar on Fushiguro Toji for himself.
The Psykers have already been called Witches by the Imperium.
So what if I, a practitioner of Witchcraft, am a little ruthless?
All in all, a lively Fushiguro Toji could create greater value for Kenmyo Isayama than a dead one.