Megumi Fushiguro forced himself to hold on until Fujinuma left, his vision darkening in waves.
No... it was fine... he already knew how to deal with this curse. It was fine...
"...Fushiguro? Fushiguro!"
Someone gave him a hard shake.
Megumi Fushiguro stared blankly for a moment before coming back to his senses.
He raised his head and saw the anxiety and concern on Itadori's and Kugisaki's faces.
"I'm... fine..."
Only when he spoke did he realize how hoarse his voice was. It felt as though he were speaking through someone else's throat.
He had never known he could sound like that.
Itadori and Nobara were frantic. They had been surprised when they first learned from Fujinuma just now that Megumi Fushiguro even had an older sister.
But his abnormal reaction, so close to a breakdown, had immediately put them on edge.
"Fushiguro, calm down. Your sister will be fine. We still have a few days. We'll get rid of the curse soon!"
"Didn't you say it yourself? As long as we find a way into the domain, we can... right! Why don't we ask your sister exactly what she did during the test of courage? We can just follow the same steps!"
Itadori exclaimed in delight.
Megumi Fushiguro struggled to look at Itadori, his voice trembling.
"My sister... has been unconscious this whole time... never mind telling us how the test of courage went. She can't even tell us whether anything unusual has happened around her..."
That was why he was so afraid. His sister might well have fallen victim to the curse at Yasohachi Bridge too, yet she couldn't even speak to tell anyone whether anything strange had happened around her.
He was afraid his sister would die silently in her unconscious state.
*His sister... was the only family