Itadori, who had something shoved into him, suddenly fell to his knees in agony. He gripped his neck tightly with both hands as if trying to vomit everything out, but it was to no avail; he was merely dry-heaving.
Nobara's immediate reaction was to check on Itadori's condition. She patted his back to help him throw up while asking anxiously,
"Itadori! Itadori, what's wrong with you?"
Megumi Fushiguro looked at the smiling Tsumiki as if he were looking at a complete stranger. He questioned her, his face full of disbelief: "What... are you doing?"
Tsumiki simply looked at Megumi and smiled. "Megumi, thanks to you leading me to Itadori, Sukuna will be able to control that body as long as he eats those fingers~"
"Fingers...? What fingers? Do you mean Sukuna's fingers? You..." Megumi looked at Tsumiki in utter horror.
Hearing this, Naobito's drunkenness completely vanished. Without any hesitation, he launched an attack directly at Tsumiki.
Naobito swung his hand like a blade, aiming directly for Tsumiki's neck, intending to knock her unconscious first. Whatever was happening to Tsumiki could be dealt with later.
After all, her words declared that Itadori, as Sukuna's vessel, was likely about to have a problem. This was the top priority; if Sukuna really emerged, he wasn't sure he could handle it. Moreover, Satoru Gojo had already entered the Curtain in Shibuya, so the consequences would be unthinkable.
However, a strange sensation came from Naobito's hand. The attack had indeed connected, but it wasn't the soft touch of human flesh; instead, it felt incredibly hard.
Naobito realized the cause of this sensation: a palm-sized black square was floating at Tsumiki's neck. Besides the Cursed Energy controlling it, he could faintly see a metallic luster. It was this incredibly hard object that had blocked Naobito's attack.
"What?"
Naobito spoke in disbelief, but in the next second, more of the same black substance emerged from Tsumiki's body. That massive amount of black matter gushed out like a torrent, blasting Naobito away. Blood could be seen splattering from Naobito in mid-air.
No matter how unbelievable it was, Megumi's logic told him that the person before him was no longer the sister he remembered. Megumi used the Ten Shadows Technique to summon a Chimera Beast while asking in a trembling voice,
"You're not Tsumiki... Who exactly are you!?"
[Regarding the Chimera Beast: During the Exchange Event, after Agito—a combination of 'Totality' and 'Nue'—was killed by Mahito, it was the product of all abilities being transferred and inherited by 'Madoka'.]
Tsumiki spoke to Megumi with'sincerity': "I am your sister, of course! Megumi Fushiguro!"
Although Megumi desperately wanted to hear those words from Tsumiki's mouth, based on her behavior, there was a one hundred percent chance this person was not his sister.
In fact, during the day, Megumi had asked Shoko to examine Tsumiki.
The result was only that her sister's body had undergone changes for some special reason, leading to a late awakening as a Jujutsu Sorcerer. However, Shoko couldn't see the specific details and suggested a more comprehensive physical examination might be needed.
So they were unaware that Tsumiki had actually become the Incarnated Vessel of an Ancient Sorcerer, and the one awakening now was an ancient Jujutsu Sorcerer who had acquired knowledge through the vessel's brain.
However, having completed her mission, Tsumiki didn't intend to continue playing house with Megumi using this identity. She simply threw up her hands and told the truth.
"Sorry, I was just playing with you guys~"
Megumi stared at Tsumiki with gritted teeth, his clenched hands trembling. He still couldn't bring himself to order his Shikigami to attack Tsumiki.
"Who are you? What did you do to Tsumiki!?"
Tsumiki toyed with her hair and replied with a light laugh, "I am Yorozu. If it were those old-timers, they might still remember me. This body is already my property~"
Nobara looked at the heavily injured Naobito, then at Itadori, who was looking down and trembling, and finally her gaze fell on the confronting Megumi and the person calling herself Yorozu. Nobara no longer knew what she should do.
At that moment, Nobara heard words coming from Itadori's mouth.
"Oh, it's Yorozu. You really did something unnecessary."
Although Nobara didn't hear clearly, she instinctively thought Itadori was okay. She reached out to shake Itadori's shoulder and said,
"Pull yourself together! Megumi's sister seems to be an enemy now!"
Because Itadori had swallowed a large number of fingers and the ground remains of Sukuna's mummified body all at once, his control over Sukuna had dropped to the limit. Sukuna regained control of the body.
"Don't touch me," Sukuna said with dissatisfaction, swatting Nobara's hand away.
"What?"
Before Nobara could turn around and realize Itadori's abnormality, several 'Dismantle' slashes released by Sukuna at close range instantly dismembered her. It happened so fast that Nobara didn't even have time to realize her own death or see her life flash before her eyes.
Sukuna looked at Nobara's remains on the ground with satisfaction, cracking his neck. He smiled and muttered to himself, "That brat didn't react at all; it certainly makes things a lot more convenient."
Sensing the sudden burst of Cursed Energy from Sukuna, Megumi, Yorozu, and Naobito all looked over simultaneously.
"Sukuna~"
"Sukuna...!"
As Megumi looked at Sukuna, he noticed out of the corner of his eye the dismembered remains of Nobara Kugisaki and the hammer lying nearby.
At this moment, Megumi finally broke down. He couldn't tolerate this series of consequences caused by him bringing Tsumiki here: Sukuna's resurrection, Nobara's death, and Naobito's heavy injury.
And he no longer had any way to control the current situation. The terrifying Cursed Energy coming from Sukuna was no longer comparable to how it was back at the Juvenile Detention Center.
Megumi felt like his head was going to explode from the chaos. If Tsumiki was already gone, then he had lost his reason to keep trying. He might as well just blow up everything with them!
"With this treasure, I summon..."
Before Megumi could finish the incantation for Mahoraga, he took a heavy punch to the gut from Sukuna. He even floated slightly from the upward impact, and his technique release was directly interrupted.
"I'd be quite troubled if you died," Sukuna said with a smile.
[Regarding the information on Mahoraga: After Itadori's confinement was lifted, he learned about what happened during the Exchange Event and the terrifying power of Mahoraga from others. Sukuna inside Itadori also received this information simultaneously.]
Yorozu, who was on the side, naturally observed the expression of appreciation Sukuna showed toward Megumi. Jealous, she launched an attack at Sukuna and questioned him,
"You should be looking at me! I'm the one who released you from that vessel!"
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