However, at that moment, the Special Grade cursed spirit that had just been playfully toying with Itadori Yuji and Fushiguro Megumi suddenly seemed to have been startled by something. It looked around uneasily.
"What's going on?"
Noticing that the cursed spirit before them was acting strangely, Itadori Yuji and Fushiguro Megumi hurriedly took the opportunity to regroup.
The next second...
Squelch!
A scythe swept through the air. Although the Special Grade cursed spirit sensed the danger and retreated immediately, one of its arms was still severed in a single strike.
Seele appeared before Fushiguro Megumi and Itadori Yuji, a scythe in her hand.
"Ah, you're the person from that night..."
Recognizing Seele at once as one of the people who had appeared on the night he first encountered cursed spirits half a month ago, Itadori Yuji spoke instinctively.
Meanwhile, Fushiguro Megumi's expression relaxed.
"Thank goodness. It's a Special Grade."
He remembered that half a month ago, Gojo Satoru had told him that she was a newly promoted Special Grade sorcerer in the Jujutsu World. The next day, he had indeed received the Director's Council's notice announcing the birth of the Jujutsu World's fifth Special Grade sorcerer.
Now that she was here, it meant someone could finally deal with this Special Grade cursed spirit.
It was hard to understand that kind of pressure without confronting a Special Grade cursed spirit head-on. If Seele had not arrived, Fushiguro Megumi was certain that he and Itadori Yuji would have died.
"Right, Kugisaki!"
Realizing he had forgotten one of their companions, Fushiguro Megumi hurriedly prepared to call Itadori Yuji over. While someone was dealing with the Special Grade cursed spirit, they needed to rescue Kugisaki Nobara first.
However, Seele had already realized this. During the few short seconds it took the Special Grade cursed spirit to regenerate its arm, she sensed cursed energy and used Quantization to instantly reach the space where Kugisaki Nobara was trapped.
Boom!!!
Cursed energy containing the Power of Creation gathered in her hand. With a single strike, she swept away all the low-level cursed spirits in the area. Then, Seele came before Kugisaki Nobara, who was still dazed by the scene before her.
"Don't be afraid. Seele will take you somewhere safe."
Taking Kugisaki Nobara's hand, Seele used Quantization again and returned to the area where the Special Grade cursed spirit was.
"Kugisaki!"
Seeing Kugisaki Nobara return safely, Fushiguro Megumi and Itadori Yuji immediately let out sighs of relief.
"Ah, I'm fine. By the way, who is this little girl?"
Hearing her two companions call out to her, Kugisaki Nobara finally came back to her senses, though the shock in her eyes had yet to fade.
"She's Miss Seele, the fifth Special Grade sorcerer recently promoted in the Jujutsu World."
Fushiguro Megumi answered.
Although the Director's Council had issued a notice to the Jujutsu World and even distributed Seele's photo among lower- and mid-ranking sorcerers and staff to prevent cases of people failing to recognize her, that obviously did not include students who were still attending Jujutsu High School and had yet to graduate.
Therefore, unless they had seen her before or came from a family background, ordinary Jujutsu High School students like Kugisaki Nobara had no idea what Seele looked like. They only knew that a new Special Grade had appeared, along with her name.
"Huh? You're kidding, right? A Special Grade?! At her age?!"
Having just recovered, Kugisaki Nobara was plunged into shock once more.
"Aaaaaaaaaah—!!!"
At that moment, the Special Grade cursed spirit, whose arm had fully regenerated, let out an enraged roar. Massive cursed energy began to gather between its hands, eventually forming a glowing sphere over a meter in diameter.
"Please step back."
Feeling the powerful cursed energy gathering in the cursed spirit's hands, Seele turned and warned the three of them.
The next second, the cursed spirit violently hurled the gathered cursed energy in Seele's direction.
Rumble—!!!
Terrifying cursed energy erupted in an instant. The violent explosion swept outward, shattering every building around them.
However, a flash of white light appeared, and the full-force cursed energy unleashed by the Special Grade cursed spirit was instantly split in two.
Seele appeared once more with her scythe in hand. Behind her was the Special Grade cursed spirit, which had somehow been cut into two and completely lost its life force.
Thud!
As the Special Grade cursed spirit's corpse slowly dissipated, a severed finger fell from within it and landed on the ground. It was unmistakably one of Sukuna's fingers.
"Is... is it over?"
Watching the battle, which had seemed absurdly overwhelming to them, come to an end, Itadori Yuji and the other two, now reduced to spectators in the corner, asked hesitantly.
"Yes, it's over."
As she answered, Seele handed the Sukuna's finger dropped by the Special Grade cursed spirit to Itadori Yuji.
Itadori Yuji did not hesitate either. He swallowed the Sukuna's finger in one bite.
"So, can we go back now?"
This time, however, Seele shook her head.
"Please wait a moment. An Xiu-ge has something he wishes to discuss with you."
Activating Quantization, Seele vanished from the spot. When she reappeared, there was already another figure beside her.
Using Seele's Quantization, An Xiu instantly arrived at the scene. He first surveyed the surroundings, then turned his gaze toward Itadori Yuji among the three.
"There's something I need Itadori to help me with, so I asked Seele to tell you in advance."
"I see. So, what do you need my help with?"
Itadori Yuji scratched his head with a puzzled look.
"It's simple. Release Sukuna and let him fight Seele."
An Xiu answered calmly.
"Huh? But why would we do that?"
"Well... just think of it as me being curious about how much stronger Sukuna has become after gaining several more fingers."
PS: After Sukuna is dealt with, the new clone should be able to make an appearance. This clone will be sent out by the protagonist and will be more of a villainous clone aligned with the cursed spirits.
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Itadori Yuji: Does a Curse Like This Really Exist?
Inside the Reform School, in an unoccupied area.
Itadori Yuji stood facing An Xiu and Seele across from him.
Since Sukuna had previously attacked onlookers, Fushiguro Megumi, having learned his lesson, took Kugisaki Nobara and left ahead of time. He had no intention of staying to watch.
Thus, An Xiu was the only one left to observe the battle.
"So, you really don't plan to leave first? Sukuna is very dangerous."
Itadori Yuji looked at An Xiu with concern.
"Even if Miss Seele isn't afraid of Sukuna, if Sukuna suddenly attacks you during the fight, then if Miss Seele doesn't have time to protect you..."
Then this sparring match to test Sukuna's strength would most likely cost someone their life.
An Xiu silently added in his heart.
After all, if that really happened, Seele would definitely go all out immediately to protect him. Once the Herrscher of Life and Death unleashed her full authority, An Xiu certainly would not be the one to die.
Besides, that situation would not happen. If even Itadori Yuji could think of it, how could An Xiu and Seele possibly have failed to consider it?
"Don't worry. Seele won't be fighting this time. She'll stay by my side and protect me throughout the battle. As for Sukuna's opponent, it will be another Seele."
"Another one? Does Miss Seele have an older sister or younger sister?"
Itadori Yuji looked confused upon hearing that.
"Idiot."
Terrifying black-and-red cursed energy surged forth. Black Seele's figure slowly emerged from within it and appeared at Seele's side.
"Sukuna's opponent is me."
Cold, dangerous, and domineering. Those were Itadori Yuji's first impressions of Black Seele.
At that moment, Black Seele floated in the air beside Seele. Her overall color scheme was black and red, and her aura was completely different from Seele's own. Her sharp gaze alone made one feel intense malice.
Feeling waves of danger and lethal intent wash over him, Itadori Yuji swallowed with difficulty.
"W-what is going on here?!"
This was a curse, wasn't it? That bone-chilling feeling had to be from a curse, right?
Why had such a dangerous curse suddenly appeared beside Miss Seele, a Special Grade sorcerer?!
"As you can see, just as Sukuna's consciousness resides within you, Black Seele has resided in Seele's body since Seele was very young."
"However, compared to your relationship with Sukuna, Seele and Black Seele get along a little better. So you don't need to worry about her harming you. This time, Seele and I specifically asked her to help test Sukuna's strength."
An Xiu explained.
In truth, Black Seele had volunteered to fight Sukuna this time. An Xiu had originally intended for Seele to take action, with Black Seele only appearing if something unexpected happened and Sukuna tried to harm him, stopping Sukuna at the crucial moment.
However, the current arrangement was not bad either. Since Black Seele had not fought for a long time after appearing and defeating Gojo Satoru last time, An Xiu agreed to her request.
"A curse that won't harm its host and will even actively help them?"
Hearing An Xiu's explanation, Itadori Yuji felt his mind go blank.
"So, Miss Black Seele won't fight Miss Seele for control of her body, won't have any harmful intentions toward Miss Seele, and will even actively help Miss Seele whenever there's trouble?"
"That's right. When Black Seele first appeared, Seele had not awakened cursed energy and certainly did not possess her current strength. To keep Seele from being bullied at the orphanage, Black Seele was the one who protected her back then."
An Xiu's answer reached Itadori Yuji's ears. He could understand every word, but when put together, they somehow made no sense to him.
Does a curse like this really exist?
Looking at Seele and Black Seele before him, then thinking of Sukuna inside his own body, Itadori Yuji keenly felt the disparity between their worlds.
"But Gojo Satoru said Sukuna was the King of Curses, even among all curses. Won't Miss Black Seele run into trouble?"
"Heh."
Upon hearing that, Black Seele curled her lips into a disdainful sneer from midair.
"Just release Sukuna already. The rest is none of your concern."
"The King of Curses? He's merely a mortal born in an era without me."
As Black Seele's words fell, the entire scene seemed to sink into silence for a moment.
The next second, a mouth suddenly grew on Itadori Yuji's face and spoke through gritted teeth. "You bastard... you really dare say that!"
Without question, it was Sukuna inside Itadori Yuji who had spoken.
Honestly, as the strongest King of Curses from a thousand years ago, Sukuna had seen plenty of arrogant people. There had been no shortage of fools who dared to speak wildly before him, but every one of them had ultimately died at his hands.
Ordinarily, being looked down upon by some nameless nobody would not have stirred much emotion in Sukuna. He would have found it amusing at most.
Yet for some reason, Black Seele's words tugged precisely at his nerves. They made Sukuna inside Itadori Yuji feel uncontrollable waves of rage bubbling up within him.
That feeling made Sukuna want nothing more than to tear everyone present into pieces immediately!
"A curse that has been tamed by humans is nothing more than livestock. How much strength could something like you possibly have?"
"Hey, brat, you heard them. They asked me to attack them myself. In that case, hurry up and give me the body. I can't wait to make these bastards regret it!"
"First, that curse spouting nonsense, and then that woman who attacked me last time!"
Although Black Seele had already drawn Sukuna's hatred, the extremely vindictive Sukuna had not forgotten Seele, who had caught him off guard and severely wounded him in a single strike half a month ago.
At that moment, Sukuna planned to deal with Black Seele first after coming out, then seize the opportunity to take revenge on Seele. He continuously urged Itadori Yuji on.
Having truly been annoyed by Sukuna's nagging, Itadori Yuji retreated some distance, then nodded at Black Seele in the distance.
"Then, I'm going to release Sukuna."
Closing his eyes, black markings began to emerge across Itadori Yuji's body.
The next second, four eyes opened. Sukuna's crazed gaze fixed on Black Seele in the distance, and without any warning, he raised his hand and sent several slashes flying.
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