When Did Sukuna Arrive?

When Did Sukuna Arrive? The scene where Yuji and Choso acknowledged each other as brothers was touching indeed.

Yet this failed to move Hajime Kashimo.

He looked down at Jie Jian with a gloomy expression, asking a question he had wanted to ask for a very long time.

"What is Kenjaku doing all of this for?"

As early as when Hajime Kashimo was relatively young, Kenjaku had already sought him out and proposed entering into a binding vow.

However, Hajime Kashimo had never trusted Kenjaku, and he could never see through what Kenjaku ultimately wanted to do, since he certainly did not want to become some mere pawn along Kenjaku's path.

Yet as age caught up to him and his time grew short, he genuinely had no other choice, and in the end, he had to agree to Kenjaku's demands.

Among all the ancient sorcerers incarnated and revived by Kenjaku in the Culling Game, there were probably very few who were truly willing to sign a binding vow with Kenjaku.

They were all on the verge of death, and only did it because they had no other choice.

Earlier, Hajime Kashimo had assumed that Yuji becoming Sukuna's vessel was just an accident.

Yet upon hearing that Yuji's "mother" was Kenjaku, it instantly clicked for him.

Everything that had happened was undoubtedly the result of that old bastard Kenjaku operating behind the scenes, and Yuji becoming Sukuna's vessel was no accident either—there had to be some unspeakable secret hidden within it all!

Regarding Hajime Kashimo's words, Jie Jian spoke casually:

"It's nothing particularly special, really; he wants to create a world composed entirely of sorcerers."

Jie Jian's words drew the attention of Yuji beside them.

Having not yet sought out Tengen, he did not know Kenjaku's true goal, and upon hearing Jie Jian's description, he felt a chill run through his heart.

He knew all too well what kind of entities sorcerers were.

If everyone in the entire world became a sorcerer, how terrifying this world would become!

He could not help but ask:

"What on earth is Kenjaku's objective in doing this?"

Yuji's words made Jie Jian pause, and he scratched his head.

"Objective? It doesn't seem like he has much of one; maybe he just purely thinks it would be fun?"

Fun?

Yuji only felt a sense of sheer absurdity.

Could it be that people were being dragged into a crisis of death for nothing more than a reason like that?

You've got to be kidding me!

Unlike Yuji's anger, Hajime Kashimo's acceptance level was much higher.

Recalling the few rare conversations he had shared with Kenjaku, he suddenly felt that the reason of "fun" did not seem entirely unacceptable after all.

Yuji took a few deep breaths and looked back at Jie Jian.

At that moment, he had only one question left.

"Why would Kenjaku seek me out? Me becoming Sukuna's vessel couldn't have been a coincidence either."

"It certainly wasn't a coincidence." Jie Jian nodded. "This has to do with your grandfather, Wasuke Itadori."

"My grandfather?" Yuji froze.

He could not understand what him becoming Sukuna's vessel could possibly have to do with his grandfather.

Hajime Kashimo grew interested as well.

"Was this Wasuke Itadori some kind of powerful sorcerer?"

"Not really."

Jie Jian shook his head and stopped dragging out the suspense.

"You guys should know that Sukuna has two faces and four arms, right?"

Everyone nodded; they certainly knew about this most prominent feature of Sukuna.

"There's a reason why Sukuna has two faces and four arms—it's because he was a twin before he was even born."

A twin?

Everyone was stunned; this was the first time they had ever heard this piece of news.

Jie Jian continued to elaborate:

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"You must have heard that twins are considered inauspicious in Jujutsu Society."

"Twins weaken each other; it causes the cursed energy that should belong to a single individual to be evenly split between them, resulting in a drop in strength for both parties."

"While still a fetus, Sukuna devoured his own twin, thereby prolonging and enhancing his own strength. This is also the reason why he was able to become the King of Curses later on."

Hearing this, Choso's expression sank.

He could not accept someone harming their sibling for the sake of power, and in his eyes, Sukuna's actions were utterly unforgivable.

Jie Jian's voice came through once more.

"Except that Sukuna's sibling's soul did not vanish. He was reincarnated, and now, a thousand years later, he was reborn as none other than your grandfather, Wasuke Itadori."

Jie Jian looked at Yuji.

"Your grandfather's body and soul are extremely special; he was born with the ability to suppress Sukuna.

That is also why Kenjaku set his sights on your father, and even went so far as to take over your mother's body just to bear a child with him.

Because only by doing this could a body be born that would not be completely overtaken by Sukuna!"

At this, Jie Jian suddenly chuckled.

"So strictly speaking, Sukuna can even be considered your great-uncle."

Jie Jian's parting "joke" failed to make Yuji laugh.

With a calm expression, he looked down at his own palms; he had never expected his family background to be so twists-and-turns tortuous.

Suddenly, a mouth emerged from Yuji's neck.

It was none other than Sukuna's mouth!

"Who the hell are you? How do you know about something like this?"

Yuji's suppression of Sukuna was not absolute; when Yuji failed to suppress him deliberately, Sukuna was capable of growing a mouth on his body.

At the same time, the Sukuna residing within Yuji's body could hear and see everything happening in the outside world through Yuji's physical form.

Therefore, he had heard every single word Jie Jian said loud and clear from inside Yuji.

Despite being the King of Curses, there were many things Sukuna himself did not know.

He never expected that this person named Jie Jian would possess such a vast amount of intelligence!

Even the news that Wasuke Itadori was the reincarnation of his twin was something he was completely in the dark about.

Intense curiosity drove Sukuna to directly grow a mouth on Yuji's body, unable to stop himself from asking who on earth this guy was.

The suddenly popping-out Sukuna gave Jie Jian a massive fright.

"S-Sukuna-sama, when did you arrive?"

Jie Jian was still somewhat afraid of Sukuna, the King of Curses.

Unlike Hajime Kashimo, in this old man's eyes, the figures of the weak simply did not exist.

Hajime Kashimo watched as the Sukuna he had been yearning for finally appeared, his entire body trembling with the excitement of his cursed energy.

"Sukuna! You've finally shown yourself, come out and fight me!"

Facing Hajime Kashimo's provocation, Sukuna completely ignored him.

In his eyes, there was only a single sorcerer worthy of his attention!

And that was the strongest contemporary sorcerer, the invincible Satoru Gojo!

As for Hajime Kashimo?

Just some random stray by the roadside, not worth wasting his time on.

However, while he had no interest in fighting, toying with the guy was fair game.

He smiled and said to Hajime Kashimo:

"Fine by me. As long as you can make me come out, I'll have a match with you."

Watching the Sukuna protruding from his neck, Yuji finally snapped out of his thoughts.

Hearing Sukuna's words, he clapped a hand over the mouth and shouted:

"Don't even think about it, Sukuna! I am never letting you out again for as long as I live!"

As Yuji focused his attention, Sukuna felt his control over Yuji's body rapidly fade away.

With a mocking chuckle, he prepared to slip back inside Yuji.

However, right at that moment, Hajime Kashimo's words froze him in his tracks.

"Can't you forcibly control the body for one minute?

If you don't switch to a new body right now, I'll kill your vessel!"

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