Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Sugisawa Third High School.
Megumi Fushiguro was confused.
He didn't understand how something like a Special Grade Cursed Object could be left so carelessly in a weather box.
He also didn't understand why he, a student who hadn't even officially enrolled yet, had been sent to collect this Special Grade Cursed Object.
Nothing about it seemed right!
Megumi sighed. "Whatever. I'll just assume they're short-staffed up there and dragged me in to fill a spot."
He didn't want to admit it, but his teacher, Gojo Satoru, really might do something like that.
Megumi walked over and opened the weather box.
"..."
No! I must have opened it the wrong way! Let me try again!
Click—
"..."
Click, click, click, click...
After opening and closing it seven or eight times, Megumi finally accepted reality.
The Special Grade Cursed Object... was missing!
The next day, during PE, the students were taking a fifty-meter sprint test.
A group of students crouched down, ready to launch themselves forward. They focused on the track ahead, waiting for the whistle to sound.
Among them, a boy with light pink hair drew everyone's attention.
"How fast do you think Itadori will be this time?"
"Five seconds!"
"You're underestimating him! At the very least, he'll beat his last record of 4.13 seconds!"
"Huh? Is this the Tiger of West Middle?"
"Shh—"
Amid the chatter, the whistle suddenly sounded.
Itadori Yuji shot forward like a spring, startling the students beside him.
Then everyone felt a gust of wind rush past, and Itadori had already crossed the finish line.
The teacher was a beat late pressing the stopwatch, but when he saw the time, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
"Th-three point two seven seconds!"
The PE teacher rushed over to Yuji, grabbed him