The Special Grade Cursed Spirit That Shouldn't Exist!

"Then why did you save me?" Yuji Itadori had eyes only for Fushiguro Megumi as he stared into his eyes and asked.

Fushiguro Megumi kept a grim face and said nothing, but Nobara Kugisaki, standing to the side, could no longer hold back. "Enough already! What are you two doing, are you idiots? At least consider the time and place!"

Lin Ran's expression suddenly changed as he shouted, "Something's coming!"

Whoosh!

It was incredibly fast. The moment Lin Ran finished speaking, a green shadow charged straight at them. Fortunately, Yuji Itadori and Fushiguro Megumi reacted quickly and instantly pulled apart, narrowly avoiding it.

Only then did the four of them clearly see what had just rushed past them. A Cursed Spirit with a green body and four arms stood there, with only a single eye on its forehead.

Lin Ran's expression turned strange when he saw the Cursed Spirit. "No... this isn't right!"

This was a Special Grade Cursed Spirit that should not have existed.

"What isn't right?" Fushiguro Megumi looked at Lin Ran. He could clearly sense that the Cursed Spirit before them had surpassed a Grade 1 cursed spirit and reached the level of a Special Grade. "Also, the Divine Dogs never alerted me to any curse..."

It was only when Fushiguro Megumi mentioned his Divine Dogs that he noticed they were already dead. Their bodies had been embedded in the metal walls, leaving behind only bloodied heads. They had died horribly.

"Ah!" Nobara Kugisaki suddenly screamed. A mass of unknown black substance beneath her feet dragged her down, and she vanished from the spot in an instant.

"Nobara!" Fushiguro Megumi's face was now as grim as Lin Ran's. The enemy they had to face was far more powerful than they had imagined.

"This is really wrong." Lin Ran still frowned as he stared at the Green Four-Armed Cursed Spirit before him. This thing was not Cursed Womb: Heavenly Restriction. It definitely wasn't.

Then who was it? How could there be another Special Grade Cursed Spirit in the Juvenile Detention Center?

"You've been saying something's wrong since earlier. What exactly is wrong?" Sweat was already streaming down Fushiguro Megumi's forehead. The pressure given off by that motionless Special Grade Cursed Spirit was simply too overwhelming.

Yuji Itadori looked at Lin Ran. He felt that Lin Ran must have something to say. At a time like this, none of them could act rashly.

"There's another Special Grade Cursed Spirit." Lin Ran spoke with a grave expression, his gaze never leaving the four-armed Special Grade Cursed Spirit.

He could no longer tell whether this Cursed Spirit was stronger or weaker than Cursed Womb: Heavenly Restriction. If this Cursed Spirit could deploy a Domain, he had to buy time for Yuji Itadori and Fushiguro Megumi.

Of the four people present, aside from Yuji Itadori, who could be possessed by Ryomen Sukuna, he was probably the strongest. After all, Fushiguro Megumi had yet to reach that level of resolve.

"What? What do you mean?" Fushiguro Megumi had no idea what Lin Ran was talking about. He thought Lin Ran had been scared witless. It was perfectly normal to lose one's composure upon encountering a Cursed Spirit of this level.

"You two, get out of here and go find Nobara. I'll stay behind and deal with this thing!" Lin Ran said urgently.

"Don't joke around! Even if you have that armor-like cursed technique, you can't take on something like this head-on! The three of us have to fight it together." Yuji Itadori would never let Lin Ran face something like this alone.

Back outside, Jutochi Kiyo had said that even a barrage of cluster bombs might not be enough to kill a Special Grade Cursed Spirit. Leaving Lin Ran alone to face it was a dead end.

"Even if all three of us stay, it won't help. You two need to leave, so stop trying to be heroes." As the one who had joined Jujutsu High before Lin Ran and the others, Fushiguro Megumi understood the terror of a Special Grade Cursed Spirit even better.

The four-armed Cursed Spirit seemed to have run out of patience, or perhaps grown tired of listening to the three of them talk among themselves. It charged forward, targeting Fushiguro Megumi.

"Looking down on me, are you?" Lin Ran sneered. The thing had actually chosen Fushiguro Megumi as its first target.

Cursed Spirits of this level generally targeted the most troublesome opponent first. Once they killed the biggest nuisance, they could toy with the remaining weaker ones.

The Special Grade Cursed Spirit was fast, but Lin Ran was no slower. With his Cursed Energy Output active, Lin Ran manipulated cursed energy to pull Fushiguro Megumi farther back, then collided head-on with the Special Grade Cursed Spirit.

"Blue-Black Flash!"

Lin Ran swung out a kick, and at the same time, Cursed Energy Armor covered his entire body. Against a Cursed Spirit of this level, he had to use Black Flash from the very start.

Bang!

In that instant, the Special Grade Cursed Spirit blocked Lin Ran's kick, but it did not come away unscathed. After all, this was no ordinary Black Flash.

However, the Special Grade Cursed Spirit had four arms and could distribute the damage evenly. Though all four arms were now marked with wounds, the force had been dispersed.

"How did I...?" Fushiguro Megumi truly had not reacted in time just now, but how had he moved backward? It had felt as though cursed energy had pulled him.

"You two, stop being so sentimental with me. This isn't the time for that. When I tell you to leave, then leave. I can hold this thing off. And I'm not trying to scare you—there's another Special Grade Cursed Spirit in this Juvenile Detention Center. Go save Nobara first, and try to avoid that Cursed Spirit. I'm enough here!" Lin Ran spoke loudly. This was no time to be dramatic.

When he heard that there was another Special Grade Cursed Spirit, Fushiguro Megumi's expression truly turned ugly. He had originally thought the three of them might be able to deal with this Special Grade Cursed Spirit and leave, but now that hope seemed vanishingly small.

But how did Lin Ran know there was another Special Grade? Could he be even more capable than a Window, able to discover things that a Window could not?

"What do we do now?" Yuji Itadori was already a little dazed. Too much information had come at him in such a short time. How could there be two Special Grade Cursed Spirits?

After taking a breath, Fushiguro Megumi gave Lin Ran a long look before saying, "Yuji, we're leaving. We save Nobara first."

"What about Lin Ran? Are we really leaving him alone to fight something like this?" Yuji Itadori did not want to go. He could not let Lin Ran take such a huge risk.

"Even without that other Special Grade Cursed Spirit, we still have to save Nobara first. Are you coming or not?" Fushiguro Megumi had no time to reason with Yuji Itadori. Every second mattered now.

"Yuji, go with Fushiguro. I don't want to say it a second time." Lin Ran said without looking back.

Yuji Itadori clenched his teeth and said to Lin Ran, "Then you have to hold out until we get back. Don't you dare die!"

"Hahaha, don't worry. I won't die!" Lin Ran laughed. "Go!"

"Let's go!" Fushiguro Megumi immediately rushed toward another passage, with Yuji Itadori following close behind.

The Special Grade Cursed Spirit did not pursue Fushiguro Megumi and Yuji Itadori. It seemed to find Lin Ran more interesting.

"All right, now it's just the two of us. I can finally fight without holding back." Lin Ran said to the Special Grade Cursed Spirit he had never seen before, "I don't know where the hell you came from, but if I turn down high Points delivered right to my door, I'd be an idiot."