"I heard from Itadori that you're a Shikigami user?"
After teaching Junpei how to use cursed energy while running, Megumi Fushiguro suddenly asked him this as he warmed up before his run.
As a fellow Shikigami user, he was a little curious.
Junpei nodded and, without much hesitation, summoned his Shikigami, Moon Dregs.
A pale blue jellyfish over a meter tall floated in the air, radiating a soft, shimmering glow. Several long, slender golden tentacles drifted around him, swaying gently as his body bobbed.
"Wow! So pretty!"
Itadori and Nobara exclaimed in unison beside them.
Nobara's eyes sparkled. A girl's weakness for beautiful things came into full force at that moment.
She moved closer, reaching out to touch him.
"Don't touch him!"
Junpei immediately stopped her.
As Nobara froze and turned to look at him, he looked a little embarrassed and hurried to explain.
"Um... Moon Dregs' ability is poison... You'll get poisoned if you touch him..."
...Poison?
Nobara quickly pulled her hand back.
Along with Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro, she looked at Moon Dregs, and all three took a step back.
Moon Dregs, who had just been summoned and was about to cheerfully greet everyone: "..."
"-!!!"
He let out a little whimper, so heartbroken that his whole jellyfish body drooped. The golden tentacles floating around him sagged, along with all the tentacles beneath his bell-
He drifted sadly and dejectedly to the ground.
He looked small, pitiful, and helpless.
Listening to his Shikigami whimpering and crying inside his head, Junpei felt both sorry for him and amused. He hurried to hug Moon Dregs and comfort him.
"Don't be sad, Moon Dregs... I'll learn as soon as I can how to keep you from refining poison when you don't need it."
His control over cursed energy wasn't that precise