Although it was Saturday, no one had gone out. Gojo had been worried that it would be unsafe while the Kenjaku situation remained unresolved, so he had told everyone to stay on standby within Jujutsu High's barrier.
After dealing with Kenjaku at noon, he hadn't had time to notify everyone. They were all relaxing and chatting on the Playground now.
From far away, Little Fox spotted everyone on the Playground.
Little Fox excitedly started to rush over, only to stop abruptly.
Those little eyes darted around. Little Fox glanced back at the beautiful Young Master, immediately flashed a wicked fox grin, and then-
Turned into white mist and plunged straight into Sukuna's body.
Soon, everyone on the Playground saw Sukuna walking slowly toward them.
Everyone who saw him froze for a moment-
Sukuna actually... wasn't holding his little fox?
Then they took another look-
The familiar black Cursed Markings were missing from his face, too?
Their eyes lit up, and they immediately relaxed.
-No little fox in his arms and no Cursed Markings? Then that had to be their little fox, Sukuna-chan!
Everyone cheerfully greeted "Little Fox," and Nobara spread her arms wide as she happily rushed over-
"Su-ku-na-chan! Your big sister missed you!~"
-Then threw her arms around him!
However-
The person she was hugging didn't enthusiastically return her embrace with a great big hug as usual-
Nor did he greet her in that bright, smug voice-
-He was utterly still. As still as a corpse.
Nobara was a little puzzled. What was wrong with her Sukuna-chan? Why was he so quiet? Was he sick?
Then she suddenly heard everyone behind her gasp.
An ominous feeling surged through her...
Slowly, carefully, she raised her head-
And sneaked a peek upward-
Only to find a pair of eyes as cold