Junpei's Revenge, Jellyfish Shikigami

"Junpei Yoshino's family found a Sukuna's Finger. Nagi Yoshino was slightly eroded by its curse and fell unconscious." Nanami briefly described what had happened at the Yoshino household to Itadori.

As for why an ordinary person had survived under the attack of so many cursed spirits drawn in by the Finger, Nanami had a faint answer in mind.

"How could this happen..." Itadori looked somewhat dazed. Someone had been hurt because of him again.

"Nanami-sensei, why didn't you let me go with you? You were clearly injured."

Nanami sighed. "You know that stitched-face cursed spirit uses altered humans."

"As long as you work in this field, there will come a day when you must kill someone. But for you, that time isn't now."

"As a child, it isn't your fault."

Itadori fell silent at that. Nanami was right—when he learned that those cursed spirits had been transformed from humans, it had dealt him a tremendous blow.

If he encountered them again, he definitely would not be able to bring himself to strike.

"Nanami-sensei, where's Lin Mu?" Itadori did not ask something as stupid as, "Why can Lin Mu work with you while I can't?"

He knew Lin Mu's strength very well.

Nanami adjusted his dark glasses. "To be honest, I don't know either. But his safety isn't something we need to worry about."

"You only need to fulfill your own duties. Continue monitoring Junpei Yoshino."

On the tallest building in the residential district, Lin Mu stood with his arms folded, overlooking the entire city.

After dealing with the Yoshino household last night, Lin Mu had moved through the city rather than returning to Itadori's side.

He had originally wanted to try his luck. Maybe he would run into a few cursed spirits late at night. Following the principle that even a mosquito was still meat, Lin Mu kept moving around the outskirts of the city.

Yet he did not find a single cursed spirit—not even the weakest Grade 4 cursed spirit.

It seemed that all the cursed spirits nearby had been drawn to the Sukuna's Finger that appeared last night.

As he wandered until morning, a faint signal entered Lin Mu's mind. It was the signal indicating that the clone he had placed at the Yoshino household had vanished.

It seemed his guess had been right. Mahito truly could not hold back and had planned to kill Nagi Yoshino personally.

Before leaving, Lin Mu had given the clone one task: if Mahito appeared and harbored malicious intent toward Nagi Yoshino, it was to use an illusion to create terrifying pressure.

Mahito, who had fought him before, would surely be wary and would not realize it was merely a clone.

Lin Mu's goal had only been to scare Mahito away, not kill it. Besides, the clone he had left behind might not even have been able to defeat it.

Having learned of Mahito's appearance, Lin Mu began recalling what would happen next.

In the original plot, after Junpei Yoshino's mother died, Mahito's instigation completely drove him into darkness, and he then went to school to take revenge.

This time, however, his mother had not died because of Lin Mu's intervention. Still, Lin Mu guessed the outcome would probably be similar.

Junpei Yoshino had long lived in an environment of campus bullying and already harbored deep hatred toward his tormentors. It would be easy for him to erupt under someone else's provocation.

And his mother was the softest part of Junpei Yoshino's heart. Even the slightest harm to her would make him explode instantly, let alone her falling into an unending coma because of a curse.

But judging by Mahito's plan to personally eliminate Nagi Yoshino, it had most likely deceived Junpei into believing that his mother could no longer be saved.

That way, Junpei Yoshino would still go to school and seek revenge on the bullies who might be the culprits!

And when that time came, both Mahito and Brain would appear at the school.

"I wonder what Brain will prepare this time to deal with my appearance?"

Lin Mu pondered inwardly. In his eyes, Brain was the opponent who needed the most caution!

After taking over the body of Suguru Geto, a special-grade sorcerer, it had also gained mastery over his cursed technique: Cursed Spirit Manipulation.

It was a powerful cursed technique capable of absorbing any cursed spirit for one's own use, with no upper limit on how many could be absorbed. It could be considered one of the techniques with the highest potential ceiling in the original work.

Imagine being in the middle of a fight when thousands or even tens of thousands of cursed spirits suddenly appeared—how could anyone keep fighting?

Moreover, Cursed Spirit Manipulation had yet to be developed to its fullest potential. In the hands of a monster like Brain, who had lived for thousands of years, it would undoubtedly be even more powerful!

The few Grade 1 cursed spirits and dozens of ordinary cursed spirits Brain had prepared before had only been a test.

Now that it had a clearer understanding of his strength, the cursed spirits it brought would definitely be much stronger!

Yet Lin Mu felt only excitement. The stronger the cursed spirits, the happier he was—the more they would advance his inheritance progress.

Perhaps he could break through 25% in one go this time?

A cold wind swept past Lin Mu's Jujutsu High uniform as the sky over a certain part of the residential district suddenly darkened.

A pitch-black Curtain slowly descended, sealing those inside off from the outside world.

After locking onto its location, Lin Mu's figure vanished instantly like a bubble.

Inside the school's activity hall, all the students holding an event there had collapsed to the ground for some unknown reason.

Only the ringleader who had bullied Junpei Yoshino and a cowardly fat pig of a teacher could still move on their own.

With nothing but hatred left in his eyes, Junpei Yoshino slowly walked up to the bully.

"Did you do that to the Finger?"

The bully looked utterly confused, yet still maintained that arrogant attitude. "What did you do?"

Junpei Yoshino was instantly filled with rage. An invisible force lifted the bully high into the air, purple spots appearing across his body in an instant.

"What do you think this situation is? You still want to answer a question with a question?"

Under his control, the Jellyfish Shikigami slammed the bully viciously into the ground. Junpei Yoshino kept punching and kicking him as well, venting the hatred in his heart.

Just then, the doors to the activity hall were pushed open, and Itadori stared in shock at Junpei Yoshino, who had nearly gone mad.

"Junpei! What are you doing?"

Junpei's eyes were filled with disgust. "Get lost, sorcerer!"

Behind him loomed an enormous Jellyfish Shikigami, glowing with a translucent blue light!