After making the binding vow, Sukuna returned to his room in a good mood, ready for bed.
[Sukuna...]
Itadori's downcast voice suddenly sounded deep within him. He froze, then gradually slowed his movements.
He carefully tucked away the cheerful expression on his face.
[Why did you agree to a binding vow like that...]
Itadori sounded frustrated, with a clear edge of anger.
Sukuna sighed inwardly and muttered softly.
"That's why I told you to go to sleep first... You said you would, but you were still listening in..."
Itadori paused. [I just thought... I had a right to know, too.]
Sukuna shrugged.
"I know. That's why I didn't call you out."
Itadori's frustrated voice sounded again.
[But don't you think... that was going too far?]
...All those densely packed conditions, each one containing the word "death"-just listening to them had chilled him to the bone.
He couldn't imagine what Sukuna had been feeling when he agreed to a binding vow like that.
An amused smile tugged at Sukuna's lips.
"That's what you think?"
[What else would I think?!]
Itadori raised his voice. His Sukuna could actually still smile!
Sukuna toned down his smile a little, afraid of upsetting Yuji further.
Thinking back over the conditions they had just established, he spoke softly, his tone soothing.
"A binding vow like that isn't excessive-"
"Gojo only made it that detailed after seriously considering all sorts of possibilities."
"To really go too far, he wouldn't need such a complicated binding vow at all."
"He could do it with a single sentence-for example, 'Under any circumstances, whenever he wants me dead, I will die.' Now that would be excessive."
"And even if he really proposed a condition like that, I'd still agree."
Itadori was stunned. He hadn't expected Sukuna to say something like that.