Megumi Fushiguro Was a Total Letdown!

Under Satoru Gojo's arrangement,

Ronawa entered this haunted house with Megumi Fushiguro.

Yes, she had not come alone to exorcise the curse.

Megumi Fushiguro was with her.

What Satoru Gojo had in mind was for Ronawa and Megumi Fushiguro to form a bond.

After all, bonds were the most unbreakable things.

Like NaruSasu, or Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto.

Even if their ideals differed, as long as the bond remained, there would eventually come a day when they reconciled.

That was precisely why Satoru Gojo had arranged for Ronawa and Megumi Fushiguro to take this mission together.

Unfortunately, in Ronawa's eyes,

Megumi Fushiguro was nothing but dead weight!

It was not that Ronawa had low emotional intelligence. Megumi Fushiguro's track record was simply too pathetic.

A Grade 2 Jujutsu Sorcerer had nearly been exorcised by a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit.

There was no defending that.

And that was something that would not even happen until next year.

The current Megumi Fushiguro was only weaker.

Come to think of it, it was strange. By all rights, Megumi Fushiguro should not have been this weak.

After all, he had known Satoru Gojo since a very young age.

He had also studied under Satoru Gojo plenty of times.

No matter how one looked at it, he should not have been this much of a disappointment.

After all, another person who had grown under the guidance of a Special Grade Sorcerer was Aoi Todo.

That guy was fierce enough to exorcise a Special-Grade Curse while only a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer.

Megumi Fushiguro had also studied under a Special Grade Sorcerer, and even the strongest of the modern era, Satoru Gojo.

Yet he had nearly been beaten to death by a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit.

The more Ronawa compared them, the more utterly pathetic Megumi Fushiguro seemed.

Of course, maybe Megumi Fushiguro was not the problem.

Maybe Satoru Gojo simply did not know how to teach students, and Megumi Fushiguro had been thoroughly led astray by him.

Either way, one of those possibilities had to be true.

Of course, it was also possible that both Satoru Gojo and Megumi Fushiguro were the problem.

Back to the matter at hand.

Led by Megumi Fushiguro, Ronawa entered the haunted house with him.

According to the information Ronawa had received on the way over, this haunted house had existed for more than twenty years.

It was said that a woman had once been brutally murdered here by her husband.

Ever since then, strange things had often happened here.

It had therefore become one of the sources of Tokyo's urban legends.

Quite a few thrill-seekers came here to explore and test their courage.

Nothing had happened for a long time, until the past few months.

Several consecutive "spiriting away" incidents had occurred here.

More than seven people had entered this haunted house and never come back out.

That was what drew the attention of Jujutsu Sorcerers.

After basically confirming that there really was a curse inside,

Satoru Gojo took on the mission.

He intended to use it as practice for Ronawa and Megumi Fushiguro.

"Megumi Fushiguro. That's my name!"

As he carefully entered the haunted house, Megumi Fushiguro spoke softly to Ronawa.

He had already recognized Ronawa as that Special-Grade Curse from before.

Though he did not know why Satoru Gojo had not exorcised her,

Megumi Fushiguro clearly trusted Satoru Gojo.

He believed Satoru Gojo must have had his own reasons for doing so.

Therefore, his attitude toward Ronawa was fairly good.

He even took the initiative to introduce himself.

Ronawa paused, then replied, "Ronawa."

Then Ronawa asked, "Did you often come out with Satoru Gojo to exorcise curses before?"

Megumi Fushiguro shook his head. "This is my third time!"

In fact, Megumi Fushiguro had only recently graduated from middle school.

He was preparing to enroll at Jujutsu High.

That was precisely because Megumi Fushiguro was about to enter Jujutsu High.

Satoru Gojo had brought him out for practical combat experience.

Before that, Megumi Fushiguro had been attending school.

Apparently, he had even been the school bully.

"Then have you ever exorcised a curse on your own?"

Ronawa asked Megumi Fushiguro again.

Megumi Fushiguro recalled his rather miserable performance when he had first faced a curse.

He shook his head somewhat stiffly.

Ronawa understood and nodded. "I see. No wonder you didn't notice anything."

"What?"

"Didn't you notice that you've already stepped on a curse's face?"

Megumi Fushiguro froze, then immediately looked down.

To his shock, a twisted curse had appeared beneath his feet at some point.

A pale, fang-filled mouth was grinning viciously up at him.

That nearly scared Megumi Fushiguro into having a heart attack.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly. He immediately leaped back and activated his technique.

Ten Shadows Technique: Divine Dogs!

A majestic wolfhound emerged from the shadows and swiftly charged at the curse on the ground.

The two quickly began grappling and tearing at each other.

Megumi Fushiguro also prepared to help.

But before he could make a move, two hands stretched out from the wall behind him and grabbed his arms.

Before Megumi Fushiguro could react, they dragged him straight into the wall.

Watching all this, Ronawa did not panic in the slightest.

She even had the leisure to look around for snacks like chips or spicy strips.

So she could eat while watching.

Before long, the Divine Dogs tore the curse on the ground into pieces.

Megumi Fushiguro also burst out of the wall.

He looked considerably more disheveled.

However, he was not injured. Clearly, he had defeated the ghost within the wall.

But when Megumi Fushiguro came out and saw Ronawa leisurely still looking for food,

he was rather dissatisfied.

"Are you here to exorcise curses, or are you visiting as a guest?"

"How are you so at ease? It's like you've come home."

Though somewhat dissatisfied, Megumi Fushiguro still said, "The curse has been exorcised. We can wrap things up."

Ronawa smiled, confirming something once again.

The current Megumi Fushiguro really was a rookie.

For Satoru Gojo's sake, Ronawa said to Megumi Fushiguro, "Take another careful look around."

"What's wrong with this place?"

Megumi Fushiguro was confused, but he still followed Ronawa's instructions and opened up his senses.

Then, he gradually realized that something was wrong.

"This is... a barrier?"

Megumi Fushiguro could clearly sense that this place differed from the outside.

The environment here was more suitable for curses to survive in than humans.

"More or less."

The moment Ronawa stepped into this haunted house, she had known something was wrong with it.

It was somewhat like a ghostly domain. Even the environment was different from outside.

Seeing that Megumi Fushiguro still had not realized the severity of the situation,

Ronawa could only explain further. "A curse capable of setting up a barrier like this..."

"Do you really think it could be exorcised by you so easily?"

In Jujutsu Society, Domain Expansion stood at the absolute pinnacle.

Before reaching a Domain Expansion, one generally started with something like this—a half-domain resembling a barrier.

In other words, a curse capable of creating this kind of special environment, like a ghostly domain,

even if it was not a Special Grade, was definitely at the strength of a Grade-One Cursed Spirit.

How could Megumi Fushiguro possibly exorcise it so easily?

Megumi Fushiguro understood that as well, but it was already a little too late.

Because in the next second, a round object came flying straight at him.

Megumi Fushiguro barely managed to catch it, but when he looked down,

he discovered that what he held in his hands was actually a dog's head.

The head of a Divine Dog!