"Salmon roe, salmon roe?"
Toge's voice trembled slightly.
He truly could not understand why learning Reverse Cursed Technique would be connected to... to that kind of thing.
Could Satoru be hiding some secret technique that he would only teach to his own people?
Because of his family's inherited technique, Toge had spent a long time secluded at home.
Rarely venturing outside, Toge began imagining plotlines from the novels he had read.
Just then, a rumor that Toge had previously completely ignored flashed through his mind.
Toge remembered Panda once complaining to him about it.
He said Satoru had chased a naked Suguru all over Tokyo Jujutsu High, causing a huge commotion in the end.
Geto Gojo: "Only half naked! Haaalf!"
'No, could it be...'
Toge did not dare think any further.
At this moment, in Toge's heart, Satoru's image underwent some changes.
'No wonder the senpai are unwilling to take Gojo-sensei's classes. So that's how it is.'
Toge, who had originally been curious about Satoru's teaching methods, decided to follow the senpai's example and refuse Satoru's "lessons."
"Satoru isn't an option?"
Eichi glanced at Toge, who was already breaking out in a cold sweat.
"Let me think. If Satoru can't do it, who else can teach?"
Because Satoru's Reverse Cursed Technique was incredibly efficient, he could even bathe in Sukuna's Domain.
So when Eichi thought about training Reverse Cursed Technique through soul-swapping, the first person he thought of was Satoru.
The efficiency of his Reverse Cursed Technique was far higher than even Ieiri Shoko, the top healer.
It was just that Eichi did not know whether Satoru's blood sugar was too high, making his Reverse Cursed Technique too sweet to output to others.
The next person to appear in Eichi's mind was Suguru, who ranked at the very bottom.
The first and the last were always the most memorable.
Suguru was at the bottom because his Reverse Cursed Technique efficiency was truly low.
Not only was Suguru inefficient at using Reverse Cursed Technique, there had also been a time when he was using Reverse Cursed Technique while sitting on a Cursed Spirit, and his wound accidentally touched the Cursed Spirit, nearly "healing" his own Cursed Spirit to death.
"If Satoru isn't an option, then how about Shoko? I just don't know whether Shoko would agree."
Eichi scratched his head.
Speaking of which, is Shoko's Reverse Cursed Technique Type O?
It felt like very few people had an adverse reaction to Shoko's Reverse Cursed Technique.
"Bonito flakes."
Upon hearing Shoko's name, Toge seemed to remember something and blushed.
Soon after, Toge shook his head vigorously, keeping his eyes tightly shut and waving his hands wildly in front of him.
Even without understanding Inumaki-speak, it was obvious this meant rejection.
Although Shoko was very beautiful, especially with her lazy and mature demeanor, which was irresistible, the pure Toge declared that he was not that casual a person.
Besides, Ieiri Kiyotaka would cry, wouldn't he? He would definitely cry.
Toge could already imagine Ieiri Kiyotaka biting his handkerchief and watching them resentfully from a dark corner.
Because Ieiri Kiyotaka was bad at hiding his emotions, many people at Tokyo Jujutsu High knew about his crush on Shoko.
The only problem was that Ieiri Kiyotaka was too self-deprecating and simply could not attract Shoko.
Coupled with the fact that Shoko was genuinely busy, she would occasionally forget about Ieiri Kiyotaka.
"Hmm, then how about Yuta? His Reverse Cursed Technique efficiency is also good, and he probably wouldn't refuse if it's to help a classmate."
Eichi proposed another candidate.
Given Yuta's personality, he definitely would not refuse if it was to help a classmate.
After all, Yuta had copied Cursed Speech from Toge.
He had always remembered that as a favor.
So if he could help Toge, Yuta absolutely would not refuse.
However, Toge, who was completely on a different wavelength from Eichi, was now stunned beyond belief.
'Cla... classmate.'
Toge's mind conjured up forbidden publications he had once glimpsed out of curiosity.
The next second, the pink image was swallowed by black smoke.
Toge felt as if he were being tightly clutched in the hand of a grotesque white figure.
"Get away from Yuta!"
Toge seemed to see his dog's head being shoved into the gaping maw of the shikigami Rika.
One had to know that the shikigami Rika was wary even of boys who got too close to Yuta.
If he really got involved with Yuta, would he not be completely wiped out?
Thinking of this, Toge shivered, then immediately made a new move.
"Raw salmon roe!" [Thank you very much for your concern, Teacher!]
"Dried bonito!" [I'm not learning this Reverse Cursed Technique anymore, I'm really not learning it.]
Toge immediately performed the traditional Japanese art of dogeza, kneeling before Eichi.
He clasped his hands above his head in the highest gesture of pleading for mercy.
Eichi looked at Toge strangely, feeling completely baffled.
'What's wrong with this kid? Can Cursed Speech backfire on the brain? Does he really need to be this agitated? So, it's Yuta then?'
But Eichi felt that something was off.
Because he remembered that dried bonito meant refusal, and a cheerful raw salmon roe followed by a refusing dried bonito, what exactly was that supposed to mean?
Hiss, it's a little itchy, my brain is starting to work.
Eichi would definitely update the "Ten-Level Speedrun Guide to Inumaki-speak" later.
"What are you two playing at?"
Suddenly, a voice with unparalleled affinity appeared behind Eichi.
The gentleness and infectiousness in that voice and tone were so strong that even professional multi-level marketing lecturers would pale in comparison.
Accompanied by the flapping of wings, Suguru finally arrived to collect his harvest.
"Hey, Suguru."
Eichi turned around and asked.
"What is it?"
Suguru looked with satisfaction at the Special Grade disease-type Cursed Spirit, Smallpox Deity, which was hanging in a Y-shape by shadow ropes in front of him.
Earlier, when he had passed overhead on the Pelican Cursed Spirit, Suguru had also seen two other Special Grade Cursed Spirits.
If he had not needed to greet Eichi first, Suguru would have already started his meal.
After all, with the special potion given by Medea, Cursed Spirit Orbs were no longer difficult to swallow.
It could be said that after the taste reversal, the flavor of Cursed Spirit Orbs had gone from utterly disgusting to extremely delicious.
Conversely, foods he usually liked, such as soba noodles, now tasted nearly half as bad as the original Cursed Spirit Orbs.
"Have you ever considered becoming a police officer in the United States? Even in movies, I think you'd be very suited to playing an American police officer."
Eichi felt that Suguru, who always arrived at the very end to clean up the battlefield, or even after the fight was already over, was very suitable for that profession.
"If your film crew has such a role, please make sure to save it for me."
Suguru said with a narrow-eyed smile.
After all, the two had been close friends for more than a decade, so this kind of teasing and banter felt completely natural.
"Is this why you called me in the middle of the night?"
(To be continued.)