When Megumi Fushiguro arrived at the hospital, he spotted Yuji Itadori at the nurses' station in the ward.
Something seemed off about him. His eyes were red and swollen, as though he had been crying.
But Megumi had no time to concern himself with that. There was something more important at hand-the Special Grade Cursed Object, Sukuna's Finger.
If anything went wrong with it, it could cause an irreversible disaster.
So Megumi stepped forward and said calmly,
"You're Yuji Itadori, right? I'm Megumi Fushiguro from Jujutsu High. I need to talk to you."
Perhaps Megumi's expression was too serious to ignore. The kindhearted Yuji followed him to a corner of the hospital.
"Um... I'm in mourning right now."
Megumi paused briefly, but quickly collected himself.
"Sorry, but there's no time. The cursed object you have is extremely dangerous. Please hand it over immediately."
Yuji looked baffled by his words.
"Cursed object?"
Megumi took out his phone and pulled up a picture of Sukuna's Finger wrapped in talismans.
"This."
Yuji leaned closer and examined it. He remembered it. When he had joined the Occult Research Club a few days earlier, he had seen a box containing this object. The older club members had been fascinated by it and taken it away.
"I found it. I don't mind handing it over, but the upperclassmen are really interested in it. What's so dangerous about it?"
Ordinary people had no idea what a special grade cursed object meant. Hearing his question, Megumi earnestly explained it to the pink-haired boy.
"Every year, more than ten thousand people in this country die or disappear for unknown reasons. Curses are responsible for all of them."
Yuji looked even more confused. "Curses?"
Megumi had no patience left for going back and forth. He needed to retrieve the special