Kana Shizumi instinctively said something rather unfriendly, but he quickly realized what he had done.
"Ah—um, sorry—I just—"
A-Hai, how can you talk to your mother like that?!
Just because it's a single-parent household, you think you can do whatever you want?! (Something's wrong with that.)
"It's fine. I don't mind."
Kenjaku's expression remained calm when she heard those words.
She seemed completely unconcerned by the personal attacks. She merely waved a hand lightly, then spoke in an indifferent tone.
"Besides, there's no use in keeping this thing with me, and the time isn't right yet. It's fine if you take it for the time being and get a feel for it."
"—Huh?"
Wait.
What did she mean, get a feel for it for the time being?
Kenjaku looked at him. After parting her lips and falling silent for a moment, she spoke in a somewhat peculiar tone.
"What's with that expression? Do you really think you can completely control Sukuna's power with your own body alone? Don't be ridiculous—you don't have that kind of special body. At most, you can only use it for a while."
Kana Shizumi felt as though question marks were popping up over his head.
What did any of that have to do with anything—
Jail Mom was clearly speaking, so why did he stop understanding once he put all the words together?
"After eating the finger, shouldn't I, shouldn't I—"
"You should die on the spot."
Kenjaku said it very calmly. "You probably understand the principle, right?"
Of course. Kana Shizumi nodded without hesitation and opened his mouth.
"Because Sukuna's Fingers themselves contain immense cursed energy. To ordinary people, that kind of thing is poison in the absolute sense—of course, the same applies to low-grade cursed spirits and jujutsu sorcerers."
Up to this point,