Megumi Fushiguro glanced at Itadori and said calmly, "I'll have my uncle protect you."
After spending a day with him, Megumi didn't think Itadori deserved to die just like that. It was far too unfair to him.
At a time like this, Megumi could only use his connections and find a way to change the higher-ups' minds.
There were only two people who could do it: his teacher, Satoru Gojo, and his uncle.
Since Gojo was away on a mission, Megumi had no choice but to trouble his uncle.
"Oh, really? Thanks, Fushiguro."
Itadori didn't understand why he had to die, but if someone could promise he wouldn't, that person counted as his savior, right?
Two days later.
Megumi arrived at Jujutsu High right on time with Itadori to handle his enrollment.
"You're Yuji Itadori, right? Come with me."
Shinsuke Zenin looked at Itadori with an unhappy expression.
This was clearly something Satoru Gojo should have handled. That guy had sure picked the perfect time to run off.
"Oh, okay."
Itadori looked around curiously and asked, "Mister, Fushiguro said I might be sentenced to death. Is that true?"
"You're currently the vessel of Ryomen Sukuna, the King of Curses. In principle, the higher-ups won't allow you to live.
"But because Sukuna's vessel is so rare, the higher-ups decided to let you swallow all twenty of Sukuna's Fingers before killing you, so they can eliminate the King of Curses once and for all."
Of course, the higher-ups had only made that decision because he'd threatened them. Otherwise, they would have killed Itadori without a second thought.
"So I'm going to die sooner or later?"
Itadori sighed. "At least dying like that would mean something. That's not so bad."
"By the way, Mister, what's with the twenty fingers? I'm not supposed to