After receiving the blood samples uploaded by Uchiha Hikari, Bulma seemed to study them right away. Curiosity piqued, she popped into the group chat to ask about the samples' owner—a boy named Constantine.
[Bulma]: …Whoa, a "Dragon King" who can control metal and fire? Sounds pretty badass!
[Nameless]: Eh, it's alright.
[Bulma]: No wonder his blood's so hot! If a normal person had that stuff flowing through their veins, they'd probably burn up in seconds.
In the original story, Cassel Academy had studied Constantine's body after his death. While the process was never detailed, their equipment department used his dragonbone cross to create a batch of super-rare "Philosopher's Stones" infused with fire elements. Just one of those could take down a high-pedigree dragon and burn it to ash.
On top of that, Chu Zihang's bloodline came from the same Fire King lineage. When he went into his third-stage blood rage, his blood turned corrosive, like aqua regia, which is why Angers had to swap out his blood to dodge the school board's scrutiny.
It's likely Constantine's blood had similar properties.
Doing experiments with it would probably require some extra caution.
So, Uchiha Hikari gathered what she knew and shared it with Bulma in the chat.
During the exchange, Minato Namikaze and Yuji Itadori popped in, tossing around a few comments.
Hikari took the chance to ask Yuji about the Jujutsu Kaisen world.
[Nameless]: By the way… how's things going on your end, Yuji? Sukuna's been behaving, right?
[Tiger of Nishi-Naka]: Uh… mostly fine.
[Tiger of Nishi-Naka]: Ever since you took those ten fingers out of the jujutsu world, Miss Hikari, Sukuna's been a bit grumpy. He keeps dragging me into his "Innate Domain" and ranting about random stuff… He seems to suspect you're from another world, but he doesn't know the details. With Teacher Gojo around, though, he probably won't try anything reckless.
[Nameless]: That so…
In reality, Hikari rubbed her chin, thinking it over.
When she'd taken Sukuna's fingers—held by Jujutsu High and the four major cursed spirits—out of the jujutsu world, it was a precaution. Even if Sukuna, through Rimei, managed to collect the remaining fingers and his mummified body, he'd only have about fifteen fingers' worth of power—roughly his strength during the Shibuya Incident.
Against Gojo Satoru, that version of Sukuna would almost certainly lose.
Still… there were a few risks to keep in mind.
[Nameless]: From what I know, Sukuna made a binding vow with you called "Enchain" when you died the first time. The deal was he'd take control of your body for one minute when activated, but he couldn't kill anyone during that time… If you can, you should try to break that vow. Otherwise, he might use your body to cause chaos.
—To be precise, that's exactly what Sukuna did in the original story.
In the Jujutsu Kaisen timeline, without Hikari's interference, the Shibuya Incident would've likely already happened by now. During that event, Sukuna faced off against Mahoraga, unleashing "Dismantle" and "Cleave" to shred everything within a 140-meter radius. When Yuji woke up and saw the carnage, he nearly broke down.
Now, the trigger for the Shibuya Incident was gone.
But there was no guarantee Sukuna wouldn't use "Enchain" to stir up trouble—like transferring himself to a new "vessel," maybe Megumi Fushiguro or someone else, to slip out from under Gojo and Yuji's watch.
For Hikari, that wasn't her problem. But for the jujutsu world, it could be a hassle, so a heads-up felt like the friendly thing to do.
As for when she'd visit the jujutsu world again to clean up those lurking threats… that was a question for another day.
[Tiger of Nishi-Naka]: …Got it. Thanks for the heads-up, Miss Hikari. I'll pass all this on to Teacher Gojo and the others, and we'll figure out a plan!
[Nameless]: No problem.
Hikari closed the chat window and stretched lazily. She was about to check on Xia Mi and the others when she felt something stirring inside her.
"…Hm?"
"This feeling… Nine-Tails?"
Yup, definitely Nine-Tails.
Back when she'd returned to the Naruto world, Hikari had met the Nine-Tails inside Naruto and struck a deal. She'd take a piece of its chakra out of its jinchuriki prison, and in return, it would stop messing with Naruto's training.
—That was the plan, anyway.
But since Hikari came to the Dragon Raja world shortly after, she'd blocked Nine-Tails' perception of the outside world to avoid complications. Now, though, it seemed the fox wasn't too happy about it.
Still… unhappy or not, against Hikari—who had the Mangekyō Sharingan and sealing techniques rivaling the Uzumaki clan—Nine-Tails could only throw a tantrum in its mental space. It couldn't break free on its own.
After some thought, Hikari temporarily lifted the restriction.
"…Where is this?"
As the seal loosened, Nine-Tails used Hikari's eyes to scan the surroundings. A puzzled look spread across its furry face before it asked through their mental link, "Hey, kid, what is this place? This isn't the ninja world, is it?"
"…Oh?"
Had this guy actually guessed the truth by chance?
Hikari kept her expression neutral and teased lightly, "Why don't you take a guess?"
"…"
Nine-Tails snorted through its nose but pressed on. "I'm a fragment split from the main body, and I'm connected to it. But right now, I can't sense the main body at all… This isn't the Pure Land, and it's not inside the Reaper's stomach from the Fourth's summoning. So… could it really be another world outside the ninja world?"
"Huh, not bad," Hikari said, raising an eyebrow. "Too bad there's no prize for guessing right."
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