Eating Avatars' Soft Rice Starting from Jujutsu Kaisen

Clearly, this move was one of the hallmarks of a Special Grade: Domain Expansion.

From the shadows, hidden far away at some stronghold, a certain person was observing the battlefield through special means.

Everything happening now was his masterpiece.

Originally, the cursed spirit born in this abandoned hospital was only barely Special Grade. It might have been enough to deal with ordinary sorcerers, but against other Special Grade sorcerers, it wouldn't have stood the slightest chance.

To ensure this cursed spirit of the abandoned hospital wouldn't be defeated so easily, he had used various methods to increase its strength, including embedding it with a Special Grade cursed spirit, thereby indirectly boosting its power to the level of a Special Grade.

While this strength was not enough to defeat the strongest, the Five Eyes, it was more than enough to deal with other Special Grades who were not him.

As long as he could ascertain even one piece of information about the opponent's Cursed Technique, their Domain, or even the cursed spirit residing within them, the resources consumed to cultivate this cursed spirit would be considered well-spent.

A Special Grade cursed spirit capable of Domain Expansion, now inhabiting Geto Suguru's body, was something he couldn't afford to lose.

However, in order to probe the information of the new Special Grade, he hadn't made any moves.

The Special Grade cursed spirit's domain effect was: upon activating Domain Expansion, it would integrate the ability to seize others' organs from its Cursed Technique into the domain. This would temporarily remove the organs of everyone within the domain except for itself, utilizing the domain's sure-hit effect.

After having their organs removed, the affected individuals would not immediately lose their bodily functions. Their condition would simply continue to deteriorate from its original state.

If the domain could be broken or the cursed spirit that initiated the Domain Expansion could be killed within a short period, the body would recover. If the battle could not be concluded within a short time, the organs would be permanently removed.

Combined with the cursed spirit's own ability to revive multiple times, ordinary sorcerers would undoubtedly find such an opponent extremely troublesome.

So, how would this newly promoted Special Grade respond? Would they activate their own domain to negate the opponent's domain effect? Or would they use their Cursed Technique to quickly kill the cursed spirit?

In his eyes, the opponent's reaction was quite unexpected—they hadn't reacted in any particular way.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but feel a bit baffled.

As a Special Grade capable of defeating Gojo Satoru, logically, the opponent should have noticed the abnormality in their body by now. Why was there no change in their expression?

Did they not take the domain's effect seriously, or did they have some other means?

He didn't know what the Five Eyes was thinking lurking in the shadows, but he didn't expect that the opponent would actually be so calm.

After all, the moment the cursed spirit unleashed its domain, Seele had already entered her Quantization state. Although she appeared to still be standing within the domain, thanks to Quantization, Seele had evaded the opponent's Domain Expansion from the very beginning, rendering it completely ineffective.

As for the Sure-Hit effect of the domain, with Seele, who could freely enter the quantum realm to evade damage after activating Quantization, she and the cursed spirit were not even on the same plane of existence.

If the person isn't even in the domain, how could there be a sure-hit?

Naturally, Seele felt nothing from the current domain effect.

After realizing that her current domain didn't seem to provide any significant boost to the cursed spirit itself, Seele directly took action.

Puchi!

The creative power from the Herrscher of Life and Death's authority covered the scythe. Coupled with the defensive-ignoring effect of Quantization, Seele's figure instantly appeared before the cursed spirit. With a wave of her hand, the cursed spirit's body was easily torn apart once more.

The Special Grade cursed spirit's formidable body seemed nonexistent at this moment.

"Ahhhhh—!!!"

The torn Special Grade cursed spirit howled and revived again, extending several thick arms to counterattack. However, its full-force attack passed through Seele's body as if striking an illusion, not even hindering her movements.

As Seele raised her scythe again, the opponent's body was once again split in two.

In this manner, each time the cursed spirit revived, Seele killed it. The cursed spirit's body was torn apart by the scythe, it revived, and then it was torn apart again. Its desperate attacks all seemed to hit air, causing no damage to Seele.

Watching this scene, he was initially smug, but soon his expression turned serious.

After all, continuing to watch would only be a waste of time.

"It seems that subsequent plans must be made with even more care and caution."

The only information gleaned from a Special Grade cursed spirit capable of Domain Expansion was its Cursed Technique, which seemed capable of ignoring all attacks and could also perform spatial movement. He didn't even know the specific details of the Cursed Technique or if it possessed other derivative abilities.

Gojo Satoru alone was already troublesome enough, but Seele now made him feel even more apprehensive.

Conservatively estimating, she also possessed a Cursed Technique that could ignore attacks and perform spatial movement. Judging by its performance, it could even evade domain effects.

Such a Cursed Technique, unless its weakness could be discovered, was impossible to counter. Coupled with the strength to instantly kill a Special Grade cursed spirit with ease...

"Sigh..."

Honestly, he hadn't expected such a difficult opponent, but it seemed he had no choice but to continue.

Chapter Sixteen: The Plot Begins, Fushiguro Megumi and Itadori Yuji

"Ding! Detected that Seele has eliminated a Special Grade cursed spirit for the host, rewarding 2500 points."

Hearing the system prompt in his mind, An Xiu knew that Seele had passed the Special Grade sorcerer assessment.

To be honest, if possible, An Xiu would have liked to undergo such assessments multiple times. After all, one Special Grade cursed spirit was 2500 points. Four Special Grade cursed spirits would be enough to purchase the Herrscher of Life and Death's Authority at full price, or other items of equivalent value from the system store.

If you factored in discounts... considering that Seele's entire set of abilities only cost 8900 points with discounts, optimistically, four Special Grade cursed spirits would be enough for An Xiu to manifest another new avatar with strength comparable to Seele's.

It was just that, although there were quite a few Special Grade cursed spirits, they weren't that numerous, making them rather difficult to find. Before An Xiu transmigrated to this world, the higher-ups had some intelligence on Special Grade cursed spirits, but they were basically all handled by Gojo Satoru early on.

As a result, the hypothetical Special Grade cursed spirit used for Seele's assessment was the only piece of intelligence on a Special Grade cursed spirit that the higher-ups had collected recently.

Thinking of this, An Xiu couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache. Those Special Grade cursed spirits that Gojo Satoru had wiped out years ago were a huge sum of points in his eyes.

Since he couldn't rely on the Jujutsu World's intelligence network for now, if he wanted to find Special Grade cursed spirits, he would have to look towards the plot points of the original story.

Coincidentally, An Xiu had found an interesting place.

"This... is this the school Itadori Yuji attended before joining Jujutsu High School in the original story?"

Although the specifics of Itadori Yuji's school before joining Tokyo Jujutsu High School weren't mentioned in the setting, the school's name did appear at the beginning of the plot.

Furthermore, Itadori Yuji himself had mentioned being from Sendai. After pinpointing the general location and the school's name, An Xiu managed to find the school's exact location online.

And if An Xiu remembered correctly, when he had received information about the Special Grade assessment previously, he had a brief chat with the other party. During that time, Gojo Satoru had mentioned that one of his students was going on a mission to retrieve a Special Grade cursed object.

Considering the timing, today should be when the story begins.

With that thought, An Xiu promptly contacted Seele.

While An Xiu could reach his destination before dark using normal transportation, the speed was too slow. In comparison, Seele's Quantization was much faster.

The straight-line distance from Tokyo to Sendai was only a little over three hundred kilometers. In An Xiu's previous life, that wasn't even enough to cover a large province. For Seele, it was merely a matter of a few minutes.

Evening, on the rooftop of a teaching building in a certain campus.

"You brat, you actually swallowed the cursed object!"

With his hands in a stance for summoning shikigami attacks, Fushiguro Megumi looked at Itadori Yuji, who stood opposite him with a bewildered expression, feeling conflicted.

To be honest, based on the fact that the opponent had instantly gone from a normal person to being able to kill cursed spirits with ease, and his suddenly changed aura, Fushiguro Megumi was certain that the opponent's body had been taken over by the curse sealed within the cursed object.

According to the rules of the Jujutsu World, Fushiguro Megumi should immediately execute the opponent as if exorcising a curse.

However, Itadori Yuji's innocent appearance now didn't seem like a cursed spirit's disguise, which made Fushiguro Megumi hesitate.

After all, from their brief interaction tonight, Itadori Yuji was undoubtedly a good person, someone who, by Fushiguro Megumi's standards, deserved to be saved.

To personally kill such a person, especially when Itadori Yuji no longer seemed possessed by a curse...

Damn it!

Just as Fushiguro Megumi was racking his brain while forcing himself to stand despite his injuries sustained while fighting the cursed spirit, a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"Yo, what's the situation?"

"Gojo-sensei?"

Seeing Gojo Satoru appear beside him from somewhere behind, Fushiguro Megumi looked surprised.

"Why are you here?"

"After all, the loss of a Special Grade cursed object is no small matter, so I came to take a look. I didn't expect to see this scene."

Gojo Satoru said as he examined Fushiguro Megumi, who was kneeling on the ground, then shook his head.

"You really are in a sorry state. You look so pitiful, all battered and bruised."

"Even if you can't comfort people, you don't have to say sarcastic remarks."

Fushiguro Megumi's lips twitched. That's right, it was still the familiar Gojo Satoru. He had actually thought for a moment that the man was finally reliable.

"Also, I didn't expect the two of you to be here as well. It seems that even if I didn't come, nothing would have gone wrong here today."

After surveying the surroundings for a moment, Gojo Satoru looked towards a corner and spoke slowly.

"There's... someone else here?"

Realizing what Gojo Satoru was referring to, Fushiguro Megumi quickly followed his gaze. He saw An Xiu and Seele walking out from a corner not far away.

"We were just passing through Sendai and happened to sense the commotion here, so we came to take a look. Please don't mind us."

An Xiu said.

"Mr. Gojo, it's nice to see you again."

Seele also greeted Gojo Satoru with a smile.

"Um... Who are you all?"

Feeling that the rooftop, which originally only had him and Fushiguro Megumi, had suddenly gained several unfamiliar people, Itadori Yuji, who had been ignored for a while, scratched his head in confusion and asked.

Beside him, Fushiguro Megumi, who was barely supporting himself to get up from the ground, also looked at Gojo Satoru beside him.

"Gojo-sensei, who are they?"

"Oh, this is young Mr. An Xiu, a sorcerer who recently joined the Jujutsu World. And this is Miss Seele, who also recently joined the Jujutsu World and is a newly appointed Special Grade sorcerer."

Gojo Satoru introduced them in a relaxed tone. However, Fushiguro Megumi's eyes widened.

"Newly appointed... Special Grade sorcerer?"

"Yes, they should have just completed their Special Grade assessment today. The higher-ups should issue a notice tomorrow."

"By the way, both of them were brought into the Jujutsu World by me, your teacher."

Ignoring Gojo Satoru's attempt to take credit, Fushiguro Megumi stared blankly at Seele beside An Xiu before snapping back to reality after a while.

As a first-year student at Tokyo Jujutsu High School, he was already a very young sorcerer in the Jujutsu World. Yet, this girl in front of him looked even younger than him. Had she become a Special Grade sorcerer at only middle school age?

While he knew that over eighty percent of a sorcerer's strength came from talent, this gap was simply too large. It was even greater than the difference between Itadori Yuji and his Divine Dogs.

Chapter 17: Sukuna, Who Was Instantly Defeated, An Unexpected Bonus

"So, where did that Special Grade cursed object go?"

Putting aside An Xiu and Seele's identities for the moment, Gojo Satoru began to inquire about the cursed object's whereabouts.

Gojo Satoru didn't doubt the reason for An Xiu and Seele's arrival here. For one thing, with their strength, neither of them had any reason to covet the cursed object. For another, something like Sukuna's finger was indeed of little use to ordinary sorcerers.

However, for cursed spirits, Sukuna's finger could certainly be considered a great tonic. But with the strength of the curse residing within Seele, would that entity need it?

Gojo Satoru felt that, based on his observations of the other party's personality, they would likely find it distasteful.

"Um, if you're referring to the finger with the long nail, I already ate it."

Although Fushiguro Megumi's previous reaction suggested that he himself had caused trouble by eating that finger, Itadori Yuji wasn't so lacking in courage as to not dare to admit his actions.

"Oh?"

Upon hearing Itadori Yuji's words, Gojo Satoru stepped forward and closely examined the pink-haired youth before nodding.

"It really is completely mixed together. To be able to eat something like that, impressive."

It was hard to imagine how a normal person could eat something like Sukuna's finger, which looked psychologically unsettling at first glance, with what kind of mindset.

"Kid, you were suppressing Sukuna's consciousness yourself before, right?"

"Uh, are you referring to the guy who was fighting me for my body just now?"

"That's right. Can you switch him out? And then switch back after ten seconds."

As he spoke, Gojo Satoru stood in place and stretched his body.

"But that guy is very dangerous, isn't he?"

Seeing this, Itadori Yuji said with a worried expression, realizing that the other party intended to fight the entity inside his body.

"Don't worry, I am the strongest..."