Seal Broken, Special Grade Cursed Object!

The moment Itadori brushed past him, Megumi Fushiguro's expression turned uncertain and alarmed.

Lin Mu knew that Megumi Fushiguro had sensed the residual cursed energy from the box containing Sukuna's Finger that Itadori carried, which was why he reacted that way.

"Stop!" Once Megumi Fushiguro snapped out of it, he tried to call Itadori back, only to find that he had already run far away.

"Damn it, why is he so fast?"

With an expression caught between surprise and impatience, Megumi Fushiguro chased after him.

At Itadori's speed, Megumi Fushiguro would never catch him without using shikigami. Unless something unexpected happened, they would not make it back to school until evening.

And by then, the two upperclassmen would have removed Sukuna's seal and drawn in a massive number of cursed spirits!

Lin Mu did not step in to stop them. Instead, he planned to remain at the school and quietly wait for nightfall.

He had no intention of stopping the two upperclassmen from breaking the seal. After all, this was a crucial plot point, so it was best not to do anything.

If he affected the course of the later plot, one of his greatest advantages would be gone.

Besides, Lin Mu remembered that neither of them would be in mortal danger. Still, if the situation changed, he would step in to save them.

At the hospital, after Itadori finished handling his grandfather's funeral arrangements, Megumi, who had just arrived, pulled him aside.

"I'm Megumi Fushiguro from Tokyo Jujutsu High. The cursed object in your possession is extremely dangerous. Hand it over immediately!" Megumi's tone was stern.

"Cursed object?" Itadori asked in confusion.

"This!"

Megumi Fushiguro took out his phone and showed Itadori a picture of the cursed object.

"Oh! That really is the one I picked up."

"I don't really care, but the upperclassmen were really interested in it. I think they said they were going to peel off the talismans at school tonight."

"What?!" Megumi Fushiguro's expression instantly became extremely grave.

"What's wrong? What happens if they peel off the talismans?"

"If it's really as you said, they'll definitely die!"

"Show me the way. If we hurry back now, we might still make it in time. As long as we stop them from breaking the seal, everything can still be salvaged!"

Itadori also realized that the situation was probably serious, so he immediately set off for the school.

Night fell quietly. Lin Mu remained in the clubroom next to the Occult Research Club, and he could hear every sound made by the two upperclassmen as they talked and moved about.

"How is it? Can't get it off?"

"I don't know. It should come off soon."

Sasaki focused on the object wrapped in talismans in her hands, repeatedly trying to undo the seal.

Normally, a sealed cursed object could not be unsealed by ordinary people. But Sukuna's Finger was simply too powerful, and the seal on it had existed for far too long, causing it to loosen.

That made it possible for even the faint cursed energy of ordinary people to break it.

Suddenly, an extremely faint sound reached Lin Mu's ears.

It was the sound of some kind of seal being peeled away.

In an instant, a cold wind swept through the enclosed classroom, and an eerie atmosphere quietly spread through the hearts of everyone present.

"Wuuueeeehhh—!!!"

Countless cursed spirits emerged from the surrounding walls amid strange, low cries, their eerie presence spreading everywhere.

"They're here!"

Lin Mu's red eyes stood out sharply in the darkness.

Outside the school, the two had just arrived when an invisible pressure bore down on them. The classroom building ahead was filled with the aura of curses!

In Megumi's eyes, the entire building was shrouded in a purplish-black aura of curses.

Even Megumi, a Grade 2 jujutsu sorcerer, felt his heart tremble at that terrifying presence. They must have already broken the seal.

"Itadori, stay here."

"Why? They're my friends. I want to help too."

"You stay here. Curses aren't something ordinary people can deal with!" Megumi Fushiguro raised his voice.

He knew full well how dangerous Sukuna's Finger was. Letting an ordinary person like Itadori go inside would be sending him to his death.

"Don't worry. I'll save them."

To make Itadori stay below obediently, Megumi Fushiguro promised him that.

But he knew perfectly well that with such a dense cursed aura, it was nearly impossible for ordinary people to survive. They would be lucky to even recover the bodies!

An eerie, low growl echoed through the entire school building. The seniors' shouts, which had been audible before, had now vanished as well.

Lin Mu remembered that they should have hidden somewhere, but the entire school building was now filled with cursed spirits. It was only a matter of time before they were found.

He had to deal with the cursed spirit in front of him quickly and make sure the two seniors did not come to harm because of his appearance.

"Uwee! Lunch, delicious—"

A cursed spirit whose face was covered in enormous mouths slowly turned around. Two bulging eyeballs beside its pus-filled cheeks locked onto Lin Mu, seemingly treating him as food.

Its grotesque maw opened wide, and the stench of a rotting corpse flooded his nostrils. The cursed spirit rushed at Lin Mu. In its eyes, Lin Mu was the most delicious lunch!

In an instant, the Sharingan spun. Red light flashed from Lin Mu's eyes, like the deadliest hunter in the night!

The moment the Sharingan activated, everything around him seemed to slow down. His exceptional dynamic vision took in every minute change in his surroundings.

Every movement of the cursed spirit appeared like stop-motion animation in Lin Mu's eyes, allowing him to dissect and predict it at will.

At the same time, an invisible pressure spread outward. Upon sensing it, the cursed spirit, which possessed little intelligence, instinctively stopped in its tracks, its body trembling uncontrollably.

It felt as though a pair of savage, scarlet giant eyes were staring at it from behind. If it dared to take even one more step forward, only death awaited it!

In its eyes, Lin Mu was the savage and terrifying wolf, while it was merely a harmless, adorable cursed spirit.

Lin Mu raised a brow. He had not expected activating the Sharingan to intimidate these cursed spirits as well.

However, he remembered that the Sharingan itself did not possess such an ability. Lin Mu guessed that it was because his power came from Madara Uchiha.

As a result, the aura Lin Mu gave off carried a trace of Madara Uchiha's pressure. Though faint, it was enough to make these low-grade cursed spirits fear him.

Lin Mu did not let its obvious opening slip by. He burst forward, and the physical enhancement brought by unlocking Madara Uchiha's abilities allowed him to arrive before the cursed spirit in the blink of an eye.

His chakra-infused fist punched straight through its chest!

After instantly killing this roughly Grade 3 cursed spirit, Lin Mu's inheritance progress rose by 1%. At this rate, he only needed to kill four more to unlock a brand-new ability!

But Lin Mu guessed it could not be that easy. The further his inheritance progress advanced, the harder it would likely become to increase. Otherwise, he could unlock all of Madara Uchiha's abilities simply by killing a hundred Grade 3 cursed spirits.

That was clearly impossible.

Lin Mu pulled his right hand, covered in purple blood, from its body. The cursed spirit with the hole through its chest gradually turned to ash and dispersed.

Having dealt with this cursed spirit, Lin Mu gained a rough understanding of his own strength: around that of a Grade 2 jujutsu sorcerer.

In the original work, cursed spirits were divided into five grades.

From weakest to strongest, they were Grade 4, Grade 3, Grade 2, Grade 1, and Special Grade.

Assuming ordinary weapons could harm these cursed spirits—

Grade 4 was the level that an ordinary person could easily kill with a baseball bat.

For Grade 3, one needed a handgun to feel somewhat safe.

Grade 2 could barely be handled with a shotgun.

Grade 1 required heavy firepower such as armored vehicles or tanks.

Special Grade was the most unusual tier, and the gap in strength within it was the most unpredictable.

Even modern weapons, including carpet bombing with cluster missiles, would find it difficult to kill one!

Jujutsu sorcerers were graded the same way, but it should be noted that sorcerers of the same grade were most likely stronger than cursed spirits of that grade.

Special Grades were the exception.

And Lin Mu's current strength was precisely Grade 2. The cursed spirits before him posed little threat to him.

"Thud, thud, thud."

The sound of hurried footsteps climbing the stairs rang out. As expected, Megumi Fushiguro appeared on this floor.

The instant Megumi saw Lin Mu, his expression shifted in surprise.

"Lin Mu!?" Megumi remembered Itadori calling him that in the morning.

The absurd physical abilities of those two had left a deep impression on him. They were impossible to forget.

"They should have only broken the seal recently. The other two might still be alive!"

"Hey, it's dangerous here. Get out of here!"

Megumi warned him, intending to get him away before the cursed spirits noticed him. Otherwise, if the cursed spirits attacked, an ordinary person would only hinder him!

The moment Megumi spoke, several twisted faces appeared on the surrounding walls. A large number of cursed spirits passed through the walls, filling the entire corridor!

Megumi's vision was blocked by the cursed spirits as well.

"Danger! Hurry over here!"

Megumi's face was full of anxiety. Surrounded by so many cursed spirits, even he might be in danger, let alone an ordinary person.

"Divine Dogs!"

Megumi formed his fingers into the shape of a dog. Two masses of black shadow shot out from his own shadow, gradually taking the form of canine shikigami.

"Protect Lin Mu!"

Megumi gave the order. The Divine Dogs charged toward Lin Mu, while cursed energy surged from Megumi's body as he prepared to eliminate these cursed spirits as quickly as possible.

"I hope I make it in time."

Megumi could only pray that this student was lucky enough to hold on until the two shikigami arrived to support him.

But the next second, an unpleasant sound reached his ears.

"Rip—tear—"

"Rip—tear—"

It was the sound of limbs being torn apart. Megumi's expression immediately darkened when he heard it.

The Divine Dogs were not that fast. There was no way they could reach him in such a short time, especially with so many cursed spirits blocking the way.

So it couldn't be the sound of the Divine Dogs tearing apart cursed spirits. It had to be the sound of Lin Mu being torn apart by cursed spirits!

Megumi had already assumed that he had been dismembered by the cursed spirits.

Just as Megumi was distracted by his failure to save Lin Mu, a massive arm fell at his feet.

"This is... a cursed spirit's severed limb?"

"The cut doesn't look like it was made by the Divine Dogs. Some kind of blunt blade?" A trace of confusion appeared in Megumi's eyes.

Before Megumi could figure it out, even more cursed spirit limbs rained down from above. The sudden change also threw the cursed spirits in the hallway into chaos.

The cursed spirits that had been targeting Megumi all rushed toward the other end of the hallway.

"What's going on?"

"The Divine Dogs can't possibly have this kind of combat power. What happened over there?"

The sounds of bodies being torn and split drew closer and closer. As a larger cursed spirit was cleaved in half down the middle, Megumi finally saw what was happening in Lin Mu's direction.

Lin Mu was tearing apart that Grade 3 cursed spirit's body with his bare hands. Facing the cursed spirits' attacks, he darted and weaved through the narrow hallway like an elegant dancer.

A strange energy similar to cursed energy clung to his hands. Combined with his precise and ferocious attacks, the cursed spirits were crushed as easily as tofu before him.

Surrounded by a large number of cursed spirits, he showed no panic whatsoever. With beastlike reflexes and perception, he calmly evaded attacks coming from every direction.

Megumi Fushiguro was completely dumbfounded by the sight. He had never imagined that Lin Mu, an ordinary person, was actually slaughtering cursed spirits!!

That was right—an utterly one-sided slaughter!

Not only was Lin Mu fast and agile, his strength was astonishing as well!

A cursed spirit that was far from small was punched straight out the window!

This kind of fight, dancing on a knife's edge, was highly efficient at killing cursed spirits, but one mistake could easily get him instantly killed by their concentrated attacks!

Megumi could never pull off such an extreme fighting style. After all, shikigami were what he excelled at most.

"This guy... is strong! An unregistered sorcerer?"

"But this morning, he didn't have such dense cursed energy around him?"

"No, this can't even be called cursed energy."

"Lin Mu? Just who are you?"

Questions bloomed one after another in Megumi's heart.