Chimera Shadow Garden

Panda looked around the training grounds. "Where are the first-years?"

"I sent them out on an errand." Maki Zenin rested a wooden training staff on her shoulder.

"Will they be all right?" Remembering that people from Kyoto Jujutsu High were visiting today, and considering what the Kyoto Jujutsu High Principal had done before, Panda grew a little worried about Chiyo and the others.

Maki Zenin clearly hadn't considered that angle. "They're not little kids anymore. What could happen on an errand?"

Seeing that Maki Zenin hadn't understood, Panda explained, "Maki, I'm not talking about the errand.

"Didn't they say the incident at the Juvenile Detention Center was deliberately arranged by the Conservative Faction, who don't get along with Satoru?"

"And Kyoto's principal happens to be here today for a meeting about the Goodwill Event.

"He's one of the conservatives too."

Maki Zenin wasn't particularly worried. "No matter how rotten those Conservative Faction old bastards are, they wouldn't attack students on campus. Besides, Chiyo's with them."

Panda rubbed his face. "Of course, this is all just speculation. Principals and teachers have their own principles, after all.

"But there's no guarantee with the students. Those people love stirring up trouble for no reason."

"Students? Is Mai here too?"

At the vending machines.

"Zenin, what brings you to Tokyo?" Megumi Fushiguro looked ahead.

Hearing Megumi Fushiguro's words, Nobara Kugisaki stopped fooling around with Chiyo Shin and looked ahead. "Zenin? She does look a little like Maki. Are they sisters?"

Chiyo Shin dumped all the drinks into Kugisaki's arms and nudged Yuji Itadori. "My guess is Maki's the older sister. What do you think, Itadori?"

Yuji Itadori studied her closely. "Hard to say. I really can't tell."

Mai Zenin brushed back a lock of hair. "Fushiguro, if you call me Zenin, won't you get me mixed up with Maki?

"You should call me Mai.

"I only came with the principal because I was worried about your mental state.

"Fushiguro, that pink-haired boy beside you is Sukuna's vessel, isn't he?

"Even calling him a vessel is giving him too much credit. He's just a half-human, half-curse monster.

"And he actually dares call himself a jujutsu sorcerer?

"Having to share a class with something so filthy must be hard on you. It must make you sick."

Yuji Itadori lowered his head slightly and clenched his fists.

"Huh?!" Chiyo Shin instantly erupted beside him, his immense cursed energy engulfing the two visitors.

It was nothing more than a simple release of cursed energy, yet the force tore through their surroundings. The vending machine crumpled flat, while the floor, walls, and ceiling cracked to varying degrees.

What's with this cursed energy? Aoi Todo and Maki Zenin braced themselves as though facing a formidable enemy.

Mai Zenin's legs shook especially badly. It was as though she could see herself dying on the spot in the very next second, and cold sweat broke out all over her.

Mai Zenin desperately wanted to shake it off, but her body's instincts couldn't be denied.

After a brief moment of shock, Aoi Todo trembled with wild delight. "Hahaha! You're Chiyo Shin, right? Your cursed energy alone puts you on par with Okkotsu. Coming here today was the right choice.

"I'm Aoi Todo, a third-year at Kyoto Jujutsu High. Now that we've introduced ourselves, we're friends.

"How about it? Come fight me.

"Oh, right. What kind of woman is your type?

"For the record, I like tall women with big asses."

"Heh. A fight? Sure." Chiyo Shin raised his hand slightly. A pure white space spread rapidly from beneath his feet, enveloping their surroundings.

"Domain Expansion: Stillness of Yin and Yang."

Domain Expansion!

Aoi Todo instinctively deployed Simple Domain to resist it.

At that moment, Aoi Todo could no longer put his feelings about Chiyo Shin into words.

After desperately analyzing the situation with his self-proclaimed IQ of 530,000,

he concluded that if they fought, he would end up in an even sorrier state than he had against Okkotsu.

But!!

Are you just going to back down?

Aoi Todo!

Are you afraid of an opponent you can't possibly match?

Aoi Todo!

Impossible! How could I stop here? My blood will burn in this battle!

"First, you over there. I don't care how you're related to Maki. Get over here and apologize to Itadori right now." After expanding his domain, Chiyo Shin ignored Aoi Todo entirely, fixing his gaze on Mai Zenin.

Under Chiyo Shin's crushing pressure, Mai Zenin shakily walked over to Itadori and bowed in apology. "I... I'm sorry, Itadori. I was wrong."

"It's all right." After replying, Yuji Itadori looked at Chiyo Shin's back, deeply moved.

Mai Zenin glanced back at Chiyo Shin and sighed with relief when he showed no reaction.

With his back to Mai Zenin, Chiyo Shin said, "Watch your mouth next time."

He turned his gaze back to Aoi Todo. "And Aoi Todo, you can get rid of that ridiculous thing. Simple Domain can't stop my domain.

"You want a fight, right?

"Fight Megumi. It'll be a good chance to test what he learned today. How about it, Megumi? Any problems?"

Megumi Fushiguro thought for a moment before answering, "No problem."

Aoi Todo kept his Simple Domain active and protested, "Absolutely not! You're my opponent, Chiyo Shin! Don't run away."

"Looks like you haven't understood. Inside my domain, my rule is absolute. You don't get to disobey."

Chiyo Shin raised his hand and clenched his fist. Aoi Todo's Simple Domain shattered instantly.

Along with it, Aoi Todo's limbs shattered too.

"What a failure." Two tears slid down Aoi Todo's cheeks.

From the moment Chiyo Shin expanded his domain, Aoi Todo had been mentally prepared for the fight to end in an instant.

But the outcome still exceeded his expectations. He'd thought he could at least exchange a few blows, yet he hadn't even touched Chiyo's clothes.

Is he even more monstrous than Okkotsu?

"You're done fighting me. Now fight Megumi. I'll heal you."

Chiyo Shin walked over, crouched down, and placed a hand on Aoi Todo's chest. He activated his Reverse Cursed Technique, Golden Repair, and Aoi Todo's limbs slowly returned to normal.

He's even learned Reverse Cursed Technique, just like Okkotsu?

Aoi Todo sat up. "I lost, and I accept it completely. But can you tell me what kind of woman you like?"

"?" Chiyo Shin looked utterly bewildered. Is there something wrong with this guy's brain? "Beat Megumi, and I'll tell you."

Hoping to learn more about Chiyo Shin through his sexual preferences, Aoi Todo agreed. "Fine."

Chiyo Shin dispelled his domain.

Their surroundings returned to normal.

Aoi Todo stood up and tore off his ruined shirt. "Your name's Fushiguro, right? What kind of woman do you like?"

At that point, Chiyo Shin was completely certain. This guy wasn't normal.

Shaking his head, he walked over to Nobara Kugisaki, took a drink from her arms, and started drinking.

"Hey, Chiyo, when are you going to teach me how to expand a domain?" Nobara Kugisaki looked at Chiyo Shin expectantly.

"I want to learn too." Yuji Itadori came over as well.

Chiyo Shin looked them up and down for a long while. "Kugisaki, you should wait a little longer before learning a domain. And Itadori, you don't even have a cursed technique. What are you joining in for?"

"Hurry up, Fushiguro. Tell me what kind of woman you like," Aoi Todo urged.

Chiyo Shin cut in. "He's all bottled up. Give him a little more time to think."

A vein throbbed on Megumi Fushiguro's forehead. "Shut up!"

"As long as she has a strong sense of self, that's enough for me. I don't have any other requirements."

"Heh. How boring." Aoi Todo took one mighty stride and appeared beside Megumi Fushiguro in the blink of an eye. With a swing of his upper arm, he sent Megumi Fushiguro flying.

"Will Fushiguro be all right?" Watching Megumi Fushiguro get launched away, Nobara Kugisaki grew a little worried.

Chiyo Shin waved a hand. "He'll be fine. I just explained the deeper workings of domains to Megumi today. I'd been planning to find someone around his level to beat him up anyway.

"Then he could fully grasp it in battle. And now we've got someone right here, don't we?"

Meanwhile.

Aoi Todo walked out, wiping away tears. "Couldn't you give me a serious answer? You wasted my kindness."

"Is your head full of paste?" Megumi Fushiguro now felt exactly as Chiyo Shin did. Is this guy an idiot?

He'd heard that this man had single-handedly killed five grade 1 cursed spirits and one special grade cursed spirit during last year's Night Parade of a Hundred Demons, all without using his cursed technique. But right now, he seemed completely deranged.

Still, Megumi Fushiguro didn't dare let his guard down. Opponents with powerful close-combat skills like Aoi Todo had always been his weakness.

The right approach was to keep his distance and wear him down. Megumi Fushiguro quickly summoned Well's Unknown Abyss, a combination of Nue and Toad, to guard him.

Unfortunately, it did nothing. Aoi Todo might have been huge, but he wasn't clumsy in the slightest.

The moment Megumi Fushiguro summoned Well's Unknown Abyss, Aoi Todo darted behind him, seized him, and slammed him hard into the ground with a suplex.

Seeing Megumi Fushiguro take a beating, Chiyo Shin quickly called out from a distance, "Megumi, think about what you felt from me! Draw on the corresponding feeling in yourself and control it!"

Not yet stunned senseless by Aoi Todo's throw, Megumi Fushiguro heard Chiyo Shin's shout and quickly broke free of Aoi Todo's grasp.

But Aoi Todo was faster. Before Megumi Fushiguro could steady himself after breaking free,

Aoi Todo's next attack was already upon him. Just as his palm was about to touch Megumi Fushiguro's face,

Megumi Fushiguro finally sensed the gateway formed by the cursed technique within him. The sensation of domain expansion flooded his entire body.

Megumi Fushiguro threw his head back and laughed like a villain. "Hahaha! I've finally mastered it!"

Aoi Todo, who had already grabbed Megumi Fushiguro's face, suddenly felt a sense of foreboding. No way, right?!

"Domain Expansion: Chimera Shadow Garden."