"Spit it out..." Sōgo Shihoin said with a silly grin, shaking Itadori's leg repeatedly. "Spit it out already..."
"Ugh... I feel so dizzy!?" Yuji Itadori began to feel his mind becoming increasingly foggy. "My head hurts so much, I'm not feeling clear..."
As Yuji Itadori was speaking, his expression suddenly changed, and his body was suddenly covered with strange, jet-black patterns.
"Hey! You bastard... Haven't you had enough?" Yuji Itadori's tone became rough after his transformation.
"Huh~" Sōgo Shihoin smiled slightly at the angry Yuji Itadori, "Are you angry?"
"Die!" Yuji Itadori ignored Sōgo Shihoin's words and Sōgo Shihoin him with a grab.
"Watch out!" Megumi Fushiguro, who had been keeping a close eye on Itadori, warned Sōgo Shihoin, "He's possessed! He's not human now, he's the King of Curses, Ryomen Sukuna."
"Boom!" Unfortunately Megumi Fushiguro's warning came too late. The huge roar and shockwave made Megumi Fushiguro involuntarily close her eyes.
"What did you say? Megumi-chan-chan ~" When Megumi Fushiguro opened her eyes, she saw Sōgo Shihoin standing peacefully on Yuji Itadori's head.
"Damn it!" Yuji Itadori, possessed by Ryomen Sukuna, roared. When had he, the King of Curses, ever suffered such humiliation? His claws flashed with a ferocious light as he clawed at the top of his head.
But the moment the Ryomen Sukuna looked up, his head was already completely empty...
"Oh dear~" Sōgo Shihoin appeared behind Ryomen Sukuna at some point. "So eager?! Being in such a hurry isn't good~"
"You bastard..." Ryomen Sukuna was surprisingly calm by now. He turned to look at Sōgo Shihoin, scrutinizing him closely. "How on earth did this era create a monster like you?!"
"Eh... Calling someone you've just met a monster is hardly the act of a gentleman." Sōgo Shihoin wore a faint smile. "As the King of King of Curses, Ryomen Sukuna, I suppose since you're supported by countless curses as your king, you should at least observe some courtesy, shouldn't you?!"
"Hahahaha..." Ryomen Sukuna suddenly chuckled, "In our time, whoever had the strongest fist was the boss. In my time, my fist is the strongest, so naturally I'm the boss, and countless weaklings support me as their king~"
"Is that so?!" Sōgo Shihoin. "That was truly a remarkable era."
" Gojo- sensei..." Megumi Fushiguro's eyes trembled slightly upon hearing this. He had originally thought that the unknown curse had only made Satoru Gojo's understanding of him unclear. However, it seemed that it had not only affected Satoru Gojo 'Satoru Gojo understanding but might even have affected his thinking. Megumi Fushiguro could hardly imagine what a terrifying disaster it would be for the world of Cursed Technique if Satoru Gojo were to fall into the trap of becoming a curse master... It was simply unimaginable.
"Hehehe..." After hearing what Ryomen Sukuna Sōgo Shihoin, Ryomen Sukuna's expression suddenly twisted, and he grinned loudly...
"Right?! In that era where the strong could do whatever they wanted, just imagining it is incredibly wonderful." Ryomen Sukuna spoke, like a devil's whisper, constantly tempting Sōgo Shihoin, "If you and I join forces, we can completely turn this era back to a thousand years ago. The difference is, instead of one person being supreme, we'll share supreme power. You'll have endless women and children to enjoy every day, and if anyone annoys you, you can kill them and tear them to pieces..."
"Alright, alright, are you done?!" Sōgo Shihoin picked at his ear impatiently. "If you're done, take a break~ I'm tired of listening~"
"You bastard..." Ryomen Sukuna's expression suddenly changed, "How dare you fool me?! Die..."
Ryomen Sukuna could finish speaking, his body suddenly stiffened...
"Ah... this feeling is back..." Ryomen Sukuna's consciousness began to blur. "Damn it, who is this brat?!"
"Ahhh..." The tattoos on Ryomen Sukuna's body gradually faded, transforming him back into Yuji Itadori. "I'm sorry! I just fainted, so he took over my consciousness."
"Aha! Megumi, did you see that?!" Sōgo Shihoin, seeing Yuji Itadori's performance, grabbed Megumi Fushiguro from his side. " The King of Curses you've been talking about for so long actually lost to a teenager! Isn't that hilarious?!"
"Ah! I see it..." Megumi Fushiguro looked at Sōgo Shihoin and slowly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to herself, "Thank goodness, even if Satoru Gojo- sensei's brain is broken, he's still Satoru Gojo- sensei."
"So how do we usually handle this situation?!" Sōgo Shihoin pointed at Yuji Itadori and asked Megumi Fushiguro, unable to tell for a moment which of the two was the teacher.
"In this situation, we would usually kill the possessed person directly." Megumi Fushiguro rubbed his temples.
"Killed?!" Yuji Itadori's expression changed drastically. "No way!? I haven't done anything wrong."
"But to be honest, this is the first time I've encountered a situation like Yuji Itadori's," Megumi Fushiguro shook her head. "It's obvious that Yuji Itadori defeated the King of Curses, Ryomen Sukuna. Although this is absurd, since it has already happened, we need to consider it. I suggest we take Yuji Itadori into custody and report the matter to Principal Yaga, letting Yaga make the final decision."
"Principal Yaga?!" Sōgo Shihoin stroked his chin. "Alright~"
" Yuji Itadori, right?! Come here for a second..." Sōgo Shihoin gently beckoned to Yuji Itadori, "Come quickly, come quickly..."
"Me!?" Yuji Itadori was taken aback, but still walked towards Sōgo Shihoin. "Excuse me, is there something you need?! You're not really going to kill me, are you?"
"Well, we'll see." Sōgo Shihoin smiled slightly, then delivered a swift chop to Yuji Itadori's neck. "Here you go!"
"Thud~" Yuji Itadori fell to the ground and fainted... Including Ryomen Sukuna, who was fused with Yuji Itadori and had the power of a finger, he also fainted.
"Alright! Let's go!" Sōgo Shihoin gave a thumbs-up to Megumi Fushiguro behind him and smiled slightly.
"That's... simple and brutal!" Megumi Fushiguro Megumi Fushiguro's lips twitched slightly as he watched Sōgo Shihoin had knocked out Yuji Itadori with a single blow.
" Megumi-chan-chan... study hard." Sōgo Shihoin with a teacher's expression, "The simplest method is often the most effective."
"I've learned something, I've learned something..." Megumi Fushiguro's eye twitched slightly. He really didn't want to be lectured by the amnesiac Gojo- sensei!!! Especially not with such twisted logic...
"Anyway, let's go~" Sōgo Shihoin grabbed Megumi Fushiguro's hand.
" Gojo- sensei, what are you doing?!" Megumi Fushiguro's expression suddenly changed, and at the same time, a bad premonition arose in his heart.
"Of course, it's home." Sōgo Shihoin smiled slightly.
"Mr. Gojo," Megumi Fushiguro swallowed hard, "Actually, I booked tickets. We can take the train back to our hometown..."
"I'm sorry... I didn't book tickets." The moment Sōgo Shihoin finished speaking, he grabbed Yuji Itadori on his left and Megumi Fushiguro on his right, and vanished into the sky above the school in a blur.
"My head... hurts so much..." When Yuji Itadori woke up from his seat, his eyes Sōgo Shihoin, who was casually sitting on the chair with his hands on the back, smiling at him.
"So it's Mr. Gojo?!" Yuji Itadori looked at Satoru Gojo who was smiling at him and subconsciously tried to stand up, but he found that he... couldn't stand up at all. Every now and then, he could hear the sound of metal scraping together.
"Eh..." Yuji Itadori's expression changed drastically as he looked at his situation. "What happened to me?!"
"Yo~" Sōgo Shihoin smiled slightly at Yuji Itadori, "Your name is Yuji Itadori, right?! The situation is a bit urgent, so be prepared."
"Tie me up like this, and then tell me to prepare myself mentally..." Yuji Itadori's expression changed. "Could it be...?"
"That's right! It's that one, could it be!" Sōgo Shihoin smiled slightly, "Congratulations! Yuji Itadori! You've been sentenced to death by the higher-ups, aren't you especially happy?!"
"Happy?! Okay?!" Yuji Itadori struggled, "I'm about to die, and you're asking me if I'm happy?! How can I be happy?!"
"Hahaha... Is that so? So you're unhappy?" Sōgo Shihoin smiled slightly. "Then what if I told you that you were originally going to die, but we stopped you? Would that make you a little happier?! Wouldn't you feel much better?!"
"..." Yuji Itadori fell silent upon hearing this. "I do feel a little bit better..."
"I knew it! In this world, contentment brings happiness." Sōgo Shihoin smiled slightly. "When you're always alive, you never truly appreciate what you have. But when you know you're about to die, and then suddenly you're alive again, that's when you'll know how to cherish it."
"Indeed..." Yuji Itadori's mind went blank. The shock he had received today was too great; his brain was a bit muddled and not working properly.
"Anyway, from now on you'll be following me." Sōgo Shihoin snapped his fingers lightly, and the restraints on Yuji Itadori instantly vanished. "My name is Shihoin... I mean, my name is Satoru Gojo- Gojo from now on. So... nice to meet you, Itadori- kun~"
"Okay... Gojo- sensei..." Yuji Itadori looked up upon hearing this, "What did you say?!"
"Huh?! Didn't I mention this before?" Sōgo Shihoin smiled slightly. "From now on, you'll be transferring from your school to the Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School to become a first-year student... which means you'll be my student. So, it's not too much for you to call me 'teacher,' is it?!"
"Transfer schools?!" Yuji Itadori was taken aback.
"Of course." Sōgo Shihoin. "You're not still so naive as to think you can go back to a normal human life, are you?! You should understand by now that you're different from ordinary humans."
"I... understand." Yuji Itadori recalled everything he had experienced before, and he realized that he was different from ordinary people.
"Very good." Sōgo Shihoin slightly. "The rest will be explained to you by Megumi Fushiguro."
Sōgo Shihoin opened the outer door and waved to the people outside, " Megumi-chan-chan, you can do the rest~"
"This is such a hassle... This is supposed to be the teacher's job..." Megumi Fushiguro said helplessly as she walked in with documents in her hand. "Anyway, Yuji Itadori, let me start by telling you about Ryomen Sukuna."
" Ryomen Sukuna..." Yuji Itadori nodded slightly. In any case, he needed to understand exactly what was inside his body...
"Hmph hmph hmph~" After handing Sōgo Shihoin Yuji Itadori over to Megumi Fushiguro, Sougo Shihouin put his hands in his pockets, hummed a little tune, and walked out the door.
"Beep beep beep..."
Just as Sōgo Shihoin stepped out of his room, his phone suddenly rang.
"Huh?!" Shihoin was taken aback as he pulled out his phone from his pocket. "It's Principal Yaga again?!"
"Hello, hello~" Sōgo Shihoin answered the phone and greeted the caller immediately, "Is this Principal Yaga?! What do you want to talk to me about?!"
" Satoru Gojo... come here and get Sukuna's second finger. Make sure he eats it while staring at Itadori, ensuring he remains under control even after swallowing the second finger. If he loses control, kill him on the spot..." Masamichi Yaga's words were serious and helpless. "Secondly, your third first-year student is coming to Tokyo the day after tomorrow. Remember to pick her up."
"Oh... is that so?" Sōgo Shihoin smiled slightly. "I think there was something like that? Strange, I can't quite remember!"
"Because you left the notebook with me that records these things..." Masamichi Yaga, somewhat speechless. "Anyway, just pay a little more attention. Also, try to remember whether you are Sōgo Shihoin or Satoru Gojo. Think about it carefully..."
After finishing his Masamichi Yaga hung up the phone.
"Hiss..." Sōgo Shihoin after hearing Masamichi Yaga's words, "I'm doomed, I'm starting to lose sight of who I am?!"
"Lost?!" The word suddenly popped into Sōgo Shihoin's mind. "It seems the person I've targeted wants me to be completely lost in this world. If I don't even know who I am anymore, maybe I'll never be able to go back... Impressive!"
Sōgo Shihoin inwardly excited. He wasn't flustered at all; on the contrary, he found it quite enjoyable. This enemy was far more troublesome than Sōsuke Aizen, and it was precisely because they were more troublesome that it was so interesting...
The difficulty in bringing the enemy to this world lies in the fact that everyone in this world seems to recognize Sōgo Shihoin, and they all regard Sōgo Shihoin as another invincible Satoru Gojo.
When everyone seems to know you, saying you're a completely different person, and they can even produce a mountain of evidence—photos, videos, fond memories of you—they know what you like, what your hobbies are, but they've got your name wrong, it's hard for anyone to shake their resolve. Everyone will ask themselves, perhaps they've misremembered, perhaps they aren't actually the person they remember, but rather the person everyone else remembers...
This is unavoidable; it's a herd mentality inherent in human nature...
But Sōgo Shihoin wouldn't... He's fundamentally more advanced; possessing a higher essence, he can unwaveringly believe in himself, which is the key to his breaking this deadlock...
"Interesting..." Sōgo Shihoin muttered to himself, "But before I find the exit from this world, before this world actively discovers my problems and rejects me, before it throws me into strange and weird worlds, I'd better play the Satoru Gojo well."
Every world is alive. This is something that Sōgo Shihoin discovered after unleashing his full Bankai. And these beings living in the worlds are roughly equivalent to cells in the human body compared to humans.
Ordinary people without power are like ordinary cells such as platelets; those with extraordinary power are like functional cells; and those who are excessively powerful, threatening the very existence of the world, are like cancer cells that proliferate uncontrollably...
When the world discovers the existence of such beings, it will automatically develop certain countermeasures. For example, in the Bleach world, when the power of the Void became too strong, the chaotic world directly created the Soul King to suppress the power of the Void. When the power of the Void was suppressed, the world commanded the Soul King to nourish the world in return...
When the power of the Soul Reaper becomes too great, even to the point where Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai exist and could destroy the world if they unleash their full power, the world sends Yhwach to suppress the Soul Reaper.
When Yhwach destroys the absolute power within the Soul Reaper, the world will use the hands of others to destroy Yhwach, continuing to Yhwach's power to give back to the world.
This is a cycle, a continuous giving back...
The appearance of Sōgo Shihoin directly broke this cycle Sōgo Shihoin's power was too strong, so strong that the world's suppression mechanism was completely unable to control him. In this situation, in order to survive, the world would directly expel such a unique existence as Sōgo Shihoin from its body...
After Sōgo Shihoin is expelled from one world, he will be absorbed by another. Then, when a new world discovers that Sōgo Shihoin Sōgo Shihoin a threat, it will expel him again, and so on, one world after another, in an endless cycle.
Therefore, Sōgo Shihoin did not intend to continue this cycle. He needed to hide himself as much as possible in the new world, then silently find his original world, leave the new world in one go, and instantly return to his original world, without giving the world a chance to notice.
"This is a bit troublesome," Sōgo Shihoin, then yawned. "Oh well, let's see how it goes! We'll just have to take it one step at a time."
With that thought in mind, Sōgo Shihoin walked straight toward the maid café.
(End of this chapter)