"Wow~ I didn't expect Fushiguro to be so strong!"
"Whoosh, whoosh, I'm really impressed with you."
Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki immediately changed their attitude after suddenly discovering there was a powerhouse in their team. They even pulled out paper fans from who knows where and started fanning Megumi Fushiguro, one on each side.
Megumi Fushiguro's mouth twitched uncontrollably, his cool demeanor almost crumbling.
Fanning someone on a windy day when it's about to rain, what are you two thinking?
The short several dozen meters from the outer gate to the High School dormitory building felt so long that Megumi Fushiguro wanted to abandon these two troublemakers and complete the mission himself.
Megumi Fushiguro felt that these two troublemakers should team up with Fumihiko Takaba, the comedian Eichi had just recruited, instead of deigning to be his classmates.
"Oh! It's getting dark!"
Seeing Yuji Itadori's attention finally shift from him, Megumi Fushiguro breathed a sigh of relief.
"Jade Hounds."
After seeing the Barrier Techniques lowered, Megumi Fushiguro began to summon his Shikigami. The large white dog let out a howl and was the first to enter the juvenile detention center.
But as soon as he entered the dormitory building, Megumi Fushiguro noticed something was wrong.
They hadn't entered a dormitory building with only a few floors.
Instead, it was a complex space, seemingly inspired by Muzan's Infinity Castle.
Towering buildings, numerous rooms, and many roads—it clearly wasn't something a normal dormitory building could contain.
Megumi Fushiguro immediately realized what this was.
A Innate Domain constructed from Cursed Energy.
You could say the Cursed Womb was easy to defeat, but you couldn't deny its immense Cursed Energy. This Innate Domain was already larger than many Special Grade Cursed Spirits of greater strength.
"Where's the door!"
The group quickly turned around, but the door had vanished, leaving only crisscrossing pipes.
They were trapped in the enemy's home turf, their retreat cut off, and their future uncertain.
In this perilous situation, Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki followed their inner calling.
They started singing a two-person skit.
"Doo~ shiyou, doo~ shiyou."
The two of them, one on each side, started spinning in circles to the beat.
As they spun, the fear that had just arisen immediately dissipated into nothingness.
At this moment, not only Megumi Fushiguro, but even Jade Hounds began to look at the two of them with the gaze one would give to troubled children.
"Don't worry, Jade Hounds remembers the scent of the exit and can lead us out."
The next second, the two of them hugged Jade Hounds, patting him all over. Jade Hounds' tail wagged so hard it almost turned into a propeller.
"Quick, bring me all the jerky!"
This time, the Paw Patrol is making a big contribution.
Hearing about jerky, Jade Hounds' eyes instantly cleared up considerably.
Troubled children? These are clearly my brothers!
"You two, at least get serious!"
Megumi Fushiguro finally couldn't take it anymore. At this moment, even Megumi Fushiguro's sea urchin hair stood up even more wildly.
"You really are amazing, Fushiguro."
"Huh?"
Megumi Fushiguro, who was about to erupt, was appeased by Yuji Itadori's single sentence.
"Thanks to you, we can be saved. Thank you."
Yuji Itadori's straightforward words successfully hit the tsundere Megumi's heart.
"It's time to go."
His anger dissipated, Megumi Fushiguro proactively stood at the front of the group, and his mind began to ponder countermeasures.
'Eichi-sensei said that my Shikigami currently don't have the ability to fight a Special Grade Cursed Spirit one-on-one, and this is also the opponent's Innate Domain, so Jade Hounds has no chance of winning.'
The Shikigami of the Ten Shadows Technique are not particularly outstanding in terms of individual performance.
However, the cooperation and even Chimera of the Shikigami make up for this deficiency.
Even before enrolling in the High School, when his strength was only Grade 1, Eichi relied on the Chimera Beast: Qiongqi to gain the means to directly confront ordinary Special Grade Cursed Spirits, while he himself would summon other Shikigami from the rear as needed to assist.
In many situations, the Shikigami of the Ten Shadows Technique are 1+1 > 2.
After a moment of thought, Megumi Fushiguro chose a more stable method.
"Rabbit Escape!"
A small mountain made of rabbits appeared behind the three people.
When the two turned around, they only saw a small mountain emitting countless red lights staring at them.
The next second, hundreds of Rabbit Escape scattered in all directions.
'This will do. Let Rabbit Escape be responsible for warning, and Jade Hounds will protect me from sudden attacks.'
Megumi Fushiguro had deeply internalized the lesson from the last time a Cursed Spirit suddenly appeared and struck him heavily on the head, causing his Shikigami to disappear.
"These are rabbits."
Yuji Itadori picked up a Rabbit Escape by the scruff of its neck, curiously examining it.
"So cute."
Nobara Kugisaki was much gentler, holding up a Rabbit Escape and playfully teasing it.
"Fushiguro, is your family running a zoo?"
Yuji Itadori asked curiously.
"No, these are my Shikigami."
"Then can I also have Shikigami? Like cute dogs and that big bird from the rooftop earlier."
Yuji Itadori excitedly put his hands up to his chest, his sparkling big eyes almost shouting "Waku Waku!"
"No, Jade Hounds and Nue are Shikigami of the Ten Shadows Technique."
"Is that so?"
The next second, Yuji Itadori squatted on the ground, drawing circles in disappointment.
Seeing Yuji Itadori like this, Megumi Fushiguro felt a bit sorry for him.
"But other Shikigami are still possible. Everyone can learn basic Shikigami Spell and Barrier Techniques. If you have money in the future, you can also find Medea-sensei at the High School to customize a cursed tool that can summon Shikigami."
"Really? Thank you, Fushiguro."
Hearing that there was still hope, Yuji Itadori immediately bounced up, grabbing Megumi Fushiguro's small hand to express his gratitude.
"Too close!"
"You're blushing."
Nobara Kugisaki covered her mouth, stifling a giggle.
"No, I'm not."
Megumi Fushiguro's face turned even redder.
"Wait, go this way."
Megumi Fushiguro's expression suddenly turned somewhat grim, and he walked directly forward.
The group stood silently before the corpse.
"That makes three confirmed deaths now."
After speaking, Megumi Fushiguro turned, wanting to first confirm the fate of the remaining two people.
"I'm taking this body out."
"Whatever you want."
This time, Megumi Fushiguro did not clash with Yuji Itadori.
Because their original division of labor was for the two of them to confirm the fate of the five people and bring them out, while any combat would be handled by Megumi Fushiguro.
As Yuji Itadori carried the body on his back, Nobara Kugisaki also proactively stepped forward to help.
At this moment, above, where Rabbit Escape had not noticed.
The Special Grade Cursed Spirit, with its lower body like a silkworm pupa, not yet fully hatched, was frowning as it looked at them.
The Cursed Womb had intended to deal with the un-fun Jade Hounds first, and then have a good time with the remaining three people. But as soon as it approached the ground, it attracted Rabbit Escape's attention.
Reluctantly, it could only retreat to the rooftop.
Rabbit Escape couldn't fly, so it couldn't cover reconnaissance of the area above.
The Cursed Womb tilted its head, looking at the three people below.
Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki stood together, while Megumi Fushiguro walked towards a passage in another direction.
The Cursed Womb instantly had an idea.
This Shikigami was summoned by that sea urchin head, and that sea urchin head was now alone.
Since that was the case, it would just get rid of the sea urchin head first, then it could have a good time with the two people below.
After all, this was its Innate Domain.
Under the Cursed Womb's command, a giant mushroom Cursed Spirit suddenly appeared behind the two.
Rabbit Escape and Jade Hounds reacted immediately, and Megumi Fushiguro also quickly turned to support the two.
However, after turning, Megumi Fushiguro surprisingly stepped into empty space.
'Nani?'
Megumi Fushiguro looked down in disbelief; a hole had suddenly appeared in what was originally solid ground.
Megumi Fushiguro immediately spread his arms, wanting to brace himself on the sides of the hole, but suddenly a powerful force appeared on Megumi Fushiguro's backside.
Megumi Fushiguro desperately turned his head before falling into the hole, and the last thing he saw was the Cursed Womb that had just slapped him.
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