Tokyo ~
"That's a beautiful place..."
"Big cities are definitely a million times better than my little rural village!"
A slender young woman with a neat short haircut sat on the Shinkansen, daydreaming about her wonderful life in the big city. She watched the fields gradually disappear outside the window, a slight smile playing on her lips...
"Big city! Here I come!"
The girl, holding her bento box, said this...
Welcome to Tokyo Nobara Kugisaki!
Welcome! Welcome!
When the girl stepped off the Shinkansen and finally entered Tokyo, she saw a silver-haired social butterfly holding a huge sign and shouting incessantly. Surrounding him were two plainly dressed teenagers and a group of indifferent Tokyo passersby...
" Tokyo..." the girl's lips were slightly dry, "Not bad at all~"
Her first impression of Tokyo was great, very good...
"Welcome, Nobara Kugisaki." The silver-haired man walked beside the girl, carrying a two-meter-wide fluorescent board. "From today onwards, you are a first-year student at the vocational high school, and also my student. Oh, right, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is... Satoru Gojo, you can just call me... Gojo- sensei."
"The renowned Satoru Gojo- sensei." The girl nodded. "Even I've heard of him, back in the countryside."
"Really? Hahaha..." The silver-haired man laughed, carrying the fluorescent board. "This is truly flattering."
"You two should introduce yourselves too," Sōgo Shihoin said to the two boys beside him. "Don't neglect our new classmate."
"Hello... My name is Yuji Itadori." With his pink hair, Yuji Itadori, like Sōgo Shihoin, is a social butterfly. "I'm your classmate! To be honest, I'm still a little confused; this world feels somewhat unreal to me!"
" Megumi Fushiguro." Megumi Fushiguro remained aloof and taciturn. "A first-year student at the Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School."
" Nobara Kugisaki!" The girl turned around. "We're both first-year students at the Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School. And you bunch of country bumpkins, could you please stay away from me? Thanks!"
The girl's eyes held a hint of disgust and a hint of distance...
" Yuji Itadori? He sounds so rustic. He must have eaten his own boogers when he was a kid..."
" Megumi Fushiguro... Why are you so quiet? What are you pretending for? I hate self-important guys the most. He's probably the kind of guy who sees a seagull stuck in the oil and pulls out a lighter to light it..."
"As for Mr. Satoru Gojo, I've heard many exaggerated rumors about him... He's not bad looking, but... he doesn't seem very bright... What normal person would carry that thing around in public? Don't they have any shame?! Fine, they don't have any shame... but that fluorescent board has my name printed on it!? You bastard! If the villagers see this, I'll be utterly humiliated!"
"Anyway, it's best to keep these weirdos away from me..."
The girl, named Nobara Kugisaki, had, in just a few seconds, used her rural background to analyze Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, and Sōgo Shihoin.
"Haha..." Sōgo Shihoin chuckled easily, " Megumi-chan-chan, Itadori-chan, are we being rejected?!"
"It's all because you're always grinning like an idiot," Megumi Fushiguro sighed helplessly. "People are bound to dislike you for looking like that."
"Really? Hahaha..." Sōgo Shihoin continued to chuckle, "But the girls at the maid café really like me."
"Idiot!" Megumi Fushiguro felt speechless. "That's because he likes your money, isn't it?!"
"Huh... really?" Sōgo Shihoin in surprise, "I thought they were captivated by my handsome appearance and noble personality!"
"You're overthinking it..." Megumi Fushiguro routinely retorted, "Where do you get any personal charm?!"
"Hahaha... Megumi-chan-chan really doesn't hold back when she speaks!" Sōgo Shihoin remained relaxed and carefree. "So, what are we going to do next, Fushiguro-kun!"
"Isn't that something you should be arranging?" Megumi Fushiguro felt a wave of helplessness. "You're the teacher, aren't you?!"
"Ahaha..." Sōgo Shihoin smiled slightly, "Sorry? I went to the maid café last night and came back very late, so I didn't plan anything for today..."
"Are you even a teacher?" Nobara Kugisaki exclaimed helplessly, "Give me a break and be a little more reliable!"
"Hey, hey, hey! This teacher... is he really reliable?" Nobara Kugisaki asked, pulling on Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro. "He seems a bit unreliable."
"Um..." Megumi Fushiguro's eye twitched slightly. "Although, although my teacher seems a bit eccentric all the time, in terms of ability and reliability, he's second to none in Tokyo... no, in the whole world."
"Really?!" Nobara Kugisaki looked suspicious. "Don't lie to me just because I'm from the countryside..."
"Hahaha... Although we have plans for what to do today, Nobara Kugisaki and Yuji Itadori just arrived in Tokyo, right?!" After thinking for a while, Sōgo Shihoin finally remembered what they were supposed to do today. "In that case... how about we tour Tokyo today!"
"A tour of Tokyo?!" Nobara Kugisaki, Sōgo Shihoin, suddenly perked up when she heard that Sōgo Shihoin was going to take them on a tour of Tokyo.
"Visiting Tokyo!!" Equally enthusiastic was... Yuji Itadori!
"That's right! A visit to Tokyo!" Sōgo Shihoin smiled slightly. "So, what do you think of this kind of project?"
" Tokyo!"
" Tokyo!"
" Tokyo!"
We love Tokyo!
Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki abandoned Megumi Fushiguro and surrounded Sōgo Shihoin, shouting excitedly.
"Hahahaha... you guys are excited, aren't you?" Sōgo Shihoin his hands on his hips; he had to take a moment to warm up in this awesome moment. "So, where do you want to go?!"
"Let's go to Disney! We absolutely have to go to Disney when we're in Tokyo!" Nobara Kugisaki exclaimed excitedly. "If we come to Tokyo and don't go to Disney, what's the point of coming?!"
"Idiot!" Yuji Itadori disagreed. " Disney's in Chiba, okay? If we're in Tokyo, of course we have to go to Chinatown! Gojo- sensei, shall we go to Chinatown?!"
" Chinatown..." Nobara Kugisaki raised an eyebrow. " Chinatown is in Yokohama, isn't it? Idiot!"
"Huh?!" Yuji Itadori turned to Nobara Kugisaki and said unhappily, " Yokohama is in Tokyo, okay?! Did you even look at a map?!"
"You bastard..." Nobara Kugisaki...
"Now let me announce where everyone is going!" Sōgo Shihoin around and instantly found the destination, " Roppongi!"
" Roppongi!!!"
Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki exchanged glances, their minds filled with countless beautiful images of Roppongi.
Then... Sōgo Shihoin led the three of them to an abandoned building...
"Um... there's a curse here." Sōgo Shihoin looked at the abandoned building before him and smiled slightly. From his perspective, a child was crouching in a corner of the building, trembling. No matter how much he was looking forward to visiting Tokyo, he had to do his job first...
"Is this Roppongi?!" Yuji Itadori Sōgo Shihoin, holding a picture he'd found on his smartphone via Google.
"How dare you fool a country bumpkin..." Nobara Kugisaki glared angrily at Sōgo Shihoin, "You despicable local!"
The city is full of tricks, Nobara Kugisaki suddenly wants to go back to the countryside...
"Hahaha..." Sōgo Shihoin smiled slightly, "Delicious food always comes after hardship, right?! The prerequisite for enjoying delicious fruit is that you all put in the effort first, so keep it up! Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki ~"
"Teacher... you mean...?!" Yuji Itadori's eyes flickered...
"Could it be..." Nobara Kugisaki also understood what Sōgo Shihoin meant.
"It depends on how much time you have to deal with the cursed object," Sōgo Shihoin shrugged. "I mean, if we still have time, we can go check out the surrounding commercial area..."
"Of course~" Sōgo Shihoin smiled, "Provided... you're fast enough!"
"Then what are we waiting for?!" Nobara Kugisaki was eager to try, having already taken out her equipment and strapped it to her waist. "Let's go!"
"But... only those with Cursed Energy can deal with curses, right?!" Yuji Itadori looked troubled. "I don't have any Cursed Technique!?"
"Having consumed the curse, you're now essentially cursed yourself!" Sōgo Shihoin smirked. "Here, take this. Just use it to cut down enemies."
Sōgo Shihoin tossed a cleaver-shaped magical artifact to Yuji Itadori via his wrist...
"Ah..." Yuji Itadori looked at the spell tool in his hand, his eyes sparkling, as happy as a child who was 1.7 meters tall.
"Huh? You ate the curse?!" Nobara Kugisaki frowned. "What do you mean by 'ate the curse'?!"
"Huh?! Didn't I say that?! Actually Yuji Itadori..." Sōgo Shihoin said, looking at Nobara Kugisaki, "Ate Ryomen Sukuna's fingers!"
"What!?"
"No!"
"No!"
"No!"
"No..."
"How nasty!" Nobara Kugisaki looked at Yuji Itadori with the eyes of someone looking at a pathogen. "Can't you be a little more hygienic?!"
"What did you say?!" Yuji Itadori exclaimed, clearly displeased.
"Um..." Sōgo Shihoin hand at this moment, "Although I don't really care, I still want to remind you that you don't have much time left."
"Damn it..." Nobara Kugisaki walked towards the building with a disgruntled expression. Although he didn't want to team up with Yuji Itadori, he had no choice but to do so for the sake of sightseeing in Tokyo...
"Oh, right." Just before Yuji Itadori was about to enter the building, Sōgo Shihoin suddenly remembered something. " Itadori, don't let Sukuna out! Although he can end the battle instantly if he comes out, he'll also demolish the building!"
"I see." Yuji Itadori nodded. "Don't worry, I won't release him. I'll handle this with my own strength."
"Hurry up!" Yuji Itadori's momentary pause displeased Nobara Kugisaki.
"Got it!" Yuji Itadori walked towards Nobara Kugisaki. "Really..."
" Gojo- sensei..." Megumi Fushiguro looked at Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki, who were staring at each other without blinking, "Are they really okay?! Or should I go too?"
"You should rest for a bit," Sōgo Shihoin, pulling at Megumi Fushiguro. "Your injuries haven't healed yet, have they?! This is a test for them, you know."
"A test!?" Megumi Fushiguro was taken aback.
"I've looked at Nobara Kugisaki's information." Sōgo Shihoin. "While she did behave quite well in the countryside... it's hard to say what will happen in Tokyo. The curse originates from people's hearts, and Tokyo's population is incomparable to that of the countryside. The curse in Tokyo... is many times more powerful than in the countryside."
"..." Megumi Fushiguro nods slightly, "I see."
One minute, two minutes, five minutes...
Time passed minute by minute. Just as Megumi Fushiguro and Sōgo Shihoin were sitting in front of the building, waiting quietly, a cracking sound suddenly came from the sky, and a strangely shaped curse burst out of the window.
"Hahaha..." Sōgo Shihoin looked up at the curse, "Look! Megumi-chan-chan ~"
"I'll go and destroy him!" Megumi Fushiguro looked at the curse and stood up from his seat.
"No rush." Sōgo Shihoin shook his head.
"Huh?!" Megumi Fushiguro looked at Sōgo Shihoin with a puzzled expression.
The next second, purple flames suddenly burst into flames in the sky, instantly burning the curse to ashes.
"Look..." Sōgo Shihoin smiled slightly, "That girl Nobara Kugisaki is quite capable!"
"Is that Nobara Kugisaki's Cursed Technique?!" Megumi Fushiguro looked at the strange flames in the sky and nodded. "I understand."
"Hahaha..." Sōgo Shihoin, watching as they successfully rescued the hostages and defeated the cursed Nobara Kugisaki and Yuji Itadori, offered his sincere congratulations, "Congratulations on defeating the curse! And successfully rescuing the hostages! Congratulations! Congratulations!"
"That's a must!"
"Hahaha... I'll definitely handle it with ease!"
Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki accepted the praise from Sōgo Shihoin without hesitation.
"Now... it's time for our Tokyo tour!" Sōgo Shihoin smiled slightly and announced what Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki had been eagerly anticipating...
"Oh! They've finally arrived?!"
" Gojo- sensei, I want to go to Chinatown! We're in Tokyo, we absolutely have to go to Chinatown!"
Yuji Itadori looked at Sōgo Shihoin.
" Gojo- sensei, Disney! Disney! Disney! I have to say it three times!" Nobara Kugisaki's love for Disney was truly felt by Sōgo Shihoin.
"So, you want to go to Disney and Chinatown, right?!" Sōgo Shihoin smiled. "Those two places, right?!"
"That's right! That's right!"
Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki watched Sōgo Shihoin with excitement.
" Megumi-chan-chan, what about you?" Sōgo Shihoin looked at Megumi Fushiguro, "Is there anywhere you want to go?!"
"Me?!" Megumi Fushiguro was stunned. "I..."
Thinking this, Megumi Fushiguro took out his phone and started scrolling through it one by one. It contained his favorite places to go, but at this moment, because Sōgo Shihoin suddenly brought it up, he was a little unsure of where to go first.
"Huh?!" Sōgo Shihoin walked up to Megumi Fushiguro Megumi Fushiguro, glanced at the places she wanted to go, then shrank back, pushing Nobara Kugisaki's back with one hand and Yuji Itadori's back with the other, and walked into the distance... "Let's go! Let's go to Disney first! Ladies first, after all. I'll take you to Chinatown tomorrow. You two agree, right?"
"Long live Disney!" Nobara Kugisaki certainly agreed, "Long live Disney!"
"I can!" Yuji Itadori nodded, still maintaining that much of his gentlemanly manners.
"Uh..." Megumi Fushiguro watched as Sōgo Shihoin left with Nobara Kugisaki and Yuji Itadori, his mouth slightly agape. He put his phone back in his pocket and quickly followed. He, Megumi Fushiguro, was not disliked...
Tokyo... in streets where no one can see.
Countless pairs of malevolent eyes are fixed on Sōgo Shihoin... A conspiracy is about to unfold around Sōgo Shihoin...
"Strange..." A man with stitches on his forehead, long black hair, and delicate, almost effeminate features murmured, his eyes darting around. "I feel like Satoru Gojo is acting a bit strange right now... Never mind, none of that matters. As long as the plan succeeds, eliminating Satoru Gojo will clear away all obstacles in my path."
In July 2018, at the Eishu Juvenile Detention Center in West Tokyo City...
Above the sports field! A curse, shaped like an egg, floats in the air, constantly writhing!
"What is that...?" A staff member at the stadium looked up at the giant egg floating in the sky, his face turning cold. "That thing floating in the sky?!"
"Something floating in the air?" The other staff members looked up at the question. "What is that?!"
But it seems that no one else saw anything in the air.
"That's what's floating in the air!" the staff member pointed to the object in the sky. "That thing that looks like an egg!"
"So..." the other staff members asked, puzzled, "What exactly are you talking about?!"
"Can't you see anything?!" The staff member was on the verge of collapse... He wasn't sure if there was really something strange in the sky, or if he was hallucinating from working so hard... For a moment, because he was the only one who could see it, he couldn't tell if it was an illusion or reality... Similarly, because of his momentary hesitation, he also missed the best opportunity to escape.
Five thousand~
(End of this chapter)