Surprised or Not?

Surprise or not? Hospital, an hour later.

After two and a half hours of driving, Megumi Fushiguro brought Jie Jian and the others to the hospital.

In one of the wards, they met Megumi Fushiguro's older sister, Tsumiki Fushiguro.

Seeing so many people come with her "little brother," Tsumiki Fushiguro looked at Megumi Fushiguro in slight panic.

Seeing this, Megumi introduced them. "Tsumiki, they're all my friends."

Tsumiki visibly relaxed.

Covering her mouth, she smiled at Megumi.

"I never thought you'd have so many friends. My Megumi has grown up."

"Shut up! You're so annoying."

The siblings' banter brought a faint smile to Yuji Itadori and the others' faces, which had been clouded by the Culling Game.

Yuji looked at Tsumiki Fushiguro at the right moment.

"Ms. Fushiguro, we came to take you to join the Culling Game."

"Have you gathered enough points?"

Tsumiki Fushiguro's face brightened.

She had long known about Megumi Fushiguro's plan to add a rule that would allow someone to withdraw from the Culling Game for 100 points.

Since Megumi Fushiguro had come to take her into the Culling Game today, didn't that mean they had gathered enough points?

Yuji scratched his head awkwardly.

"Um... not yet, actually."

The happiness on Tsumiki Fushiguro's face suddenly faded.

Seeing this, Megumi Fushiguro hurriedly spoke up to bail Yuji out.

"Tsumiki, don't worry. The barriers now have rules allowing points to be freely transferred and everyone to enter and leave freely."

"Although we still can't get you out of the Culling Game, just register as a player and come right back out."

However, Tsumiki Fushiguro's attention was drawn to something else after hearing Megumi Fushiguro's words.

She asked in surprise:

"You're saying the Culling Game barriers can now be entered and exited freely?"

Megumi Fushiguro nodded without thinking.

"Yeah."

However, he did not notice that after hearing the answer, the curve of Tsumiki's lips rose a little too high.

At that moment, no normal person present would have thought anything was wrong.

But one person was indeed an exception.

As someone who knew everything, Jie Jian smiled as he watched Tsumiki Fushiguro continue acting.

At that moment, he was the only one present who knew that the Tsumiki Fushiguro before them was no longer herself.

The one occupying this body was an ancient sorcerer named Yorozu!

Although Jie Jian did not know why Yorozu was still pretending to be Megumi Fushiguro's sister, he could not be bothered to let it continue.

Suddenly, an arc of electricity flashed.

In an instant, the electric arc struck "Tsumiki Fushiguro" directly.

Having suddenly been shocked, "Tsumiki Fushiguro" immediately cursed.

"That hurt, asshole!"

Megumi Fushiguro immediately glared at Jie Jian.

"What are you doing?!"

Seeing the tense atmosphere, Yuji quickly tried to smooth things over. At the same time, he cautiously glanced at "Tsumiki" and thought, Megumi's sister is seriously scary!

Faced with everyone's confusion, Jie Jian smiled faintly and raised a finger to point at "Tsumiki."

"Megumi, are you sure the person behind you is still your sister, Tsumiki herself?"

Megumi Fushiguro instinctively wanted to argue, but Jie Jian's next words stopped him cold.

"The voltage of that electric arc wasn't low. An ordinary sorcerer couldn't withstand it."

Cold sweat instantly ran down Megumi Fushiguro's face.

He suddenly remembered that reincarnated sorcerers inherited all the memories of the body's original owner.

That was why those ancient sorcerers reincarnated inside the barriers could adapt to modern technology so quickly.

Megumi Fushiguro's sister, Tsumiki, had suddenly fallen into a coma for more than a year for some unknown reason.

After the Culling Game began, Tsumiki suddenly woke up.

So why had he instinctively assumed that the Tsumiki who woke up was his sister?

At that moment, a cold laugh came from behind him.

"Oh? What a surprise. You figured it out?"

Megumi Fushiguro's heart jolted. He slowly turned around in disbelief, looking at his "sister," Tsumiki, with terror in his eyes.

He hoped he had misheard, that everything happening was just a joke.

But when Megumi saw the expression on "Tsumiki's" face—one he had never seen before—his heart sank.

"Y-you... who are you?!"

"Me?" "Tsumiki" laughed exaggeratedly. "I'm your sister, Tsumiki! Hahahaha!"

After laughing wildly, Yorozu stopped hiding when she could no longer keep up the act and directly revealed her identity.

"My name is Yorozu. I'm an ancient sorcerer from a thousand years ago."

Yorozu looked at Megumi Fushiguro with a hint of pity.

"I've had quite a lot of fun playing with you these past few days. Now that the barriers no longer restrict entry and exit, I won't play with you anymore. Goodbye."

Megumi Fushiguro still refused to accept the truth.

He muttered to the "Tsumiki" before him, who was not his sister.

"W-why did you lie to me...?"

To Yorozu, the answer to that question was obvious.

She knew full well that Kenjaku would not give her the chance to live again for nothing.

Since some sucker was willing to help her leave the Culling Game, naturally she would not pass up the chance to get free points.

But now that her act had been exposed, there was no reason to keep pretending.

"Because it was fun, of course."

Yorozu answered Megumi Fushiguro with a smile.

The next instant, a thin dragonfly-like wing suddenly grew from her back. She rose straight into the air and turned into a streak of light, vanishing from the spot.

Seeing her choose to flee, Yuji and Panda, who had been watching from the sidelines, turned to give chase.

At that moment, something unexpected happened!

A small mouth suddenly grew on Yuji's cheek. It belonged to none other than Sukuna.

Then, a word carrying the power of a Binding Vow came from Sukuna's mouth.

"Enchain!"

According to the Binding Vow Yuji and Sukuna had made, once Sukuna said the word "Enchain," no matter what happened, Yuji had to unconditionally hand over his body for one minute.

And now, the time had come for that agreement to take effect!

The instant Sukuna took control of Yuji's body, Megumi and Panda noticed it.

Sukuna grabbed Panda beside him and hurled him away.

Panda's body rolled several times across the floor before smashing through a wall and coming to a stop.

Megumi Fushiguro stared at Sukuna in disbelief.

"H-how is this possible? Why would Itadori let you out?!"

Sukuna smiled casually. "Who knows?"

He did not tell Megumi Fushiguro about the agreement between him and Yuji.

Time was running out. It was time to gamble!

Sukuna began gathering cursed energy throughout his body, pouring a massive amount of power toward Yuji's little finger.

The next moment, Sukuna grabbed Yuji's little finger and yanked hard!

Before everyone's eyes, Yuji's little finger was forcibly torn off.

Sukuna laughed wildly.

This was also Sukuna's first time turning his soul into a cursed object.

Once he saw that he had succeeded, he threw his head back and laughed without restraint!

The plan was going perfectly. All he had to do was feed the finger to Megumi, and he could successfully take over Megumi's body!

Megumi also briefly snapped out of the shock of his sister's death.

Not understanding the situation, he thought Sukuna had taken over Yuji's body.

Never one to back down under pressure, he clenched his fists and assumed a stance with one hand high and the other low.

He was about to summon "Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga" and blow himself up with that bastard Sukuna!

However, with Sukuna's strength, there was no way he could fail to notice.

In a flash, he appeared before Megumi and seized his hand, interrupting the summoning ritual.

But what Megumi had not expected was that Sukuna did not continue attacking him. Instead, he grabbed Megumi's jaw.

Looking at Megumi Fushiguro so close before him, Sukuna could barely contain his delight!

He was about to succeed. The finger condensed from his soul was about to be fed to Megumi Fushiguro!

Given Megumi's current mental state, once his finger entered him, Sukuna would definitely be able to take over this body.

Then, the Ten Shadows Technique would belong to him!

That powerful Mahoraga would become his new strength as well!

However, just as Sukuna thought his plan was about to succeed—

A voice that had been waiting for a long time suddenly exploded beside his ear.

"Sukuna, have you ever been hit by a Lightning-Speed Kick?"