"So... Sukuna, how did you end up growing ears and a tail?"
After petting the ears to his heart's content, Itadori withdrew his hands and asked curiously.
Nothing Teacher Gojo or Megumi Fushiguro had told him about the records of Sukuna seemed to mention anything like this.
Sukuna was even more bewildered than he was.
He wanted to know why he'd grown animal ears and a tail, too. Surely he hadn't looked like this a thousand years ago?
He lowered his head to look at his big, fluffy tail, then looked up to try to see his ears... All right, he couldn't see them.
He had no idea what he looked like now...
Puzzled, he got up from the bed and spoke to Itadori as he walked toward the mirror by the door.
"Let me see what I look like first... Huh?"
He stopped in front of the mirror and instantly froze-
The mirror was empty. It didn't reflect him at all!
Sukuna stared dumbly at the empty mirror, which showed only the wall behind him. After a brief moment of stunned confusion-
A scalp-prickling wave of fear surged up and swept through his entire body-
His eyes widened as he stared at the mirror in shock.
Wh-where was he?!
What on earth... was going on?
Had he turned into a ghost?!
A ghost... He'd turned into a ghost??
Help!-
Itadori noticed Sukuna's terrified expression and immediately rushed over in a few quick strides.
When he saw only himself in the mirror, with no sign of Sukuna, he froze, too.
He swallowed, looked at the empty mirror, then at Sukuna beside him, and couldn't help reaching out to grab his arm.
...He could feel him. He was still there. This wasn't a hallucination...
Itadori managed to relax a little. He