Megumi followed Yuji all the way to Sugisawa Hospital and learned from their conversation that the Cursed Energy on Yuji came from a Cursed Object he had picked up earlier.
When Yuji found the Cursed Object, he felt an eerie presence from it and thought Sasaki-senpai would like it, so he brought it to her.
After confirming that Yuji was fine, Megumi immediately took a car back to Tokyo Jujutsu High.
He had to retrieve the Cursed Object before those two ordinary people got themselves killed, then exorcise the Cursed Spirits from the mission.
"What a strange guy."
Yuji watched Megumi leave in a hurry, still a little confused about what had happened.
From Yuji's perspective, Megumi was an even more extreme chuunibyou occult enthusiast than Sasaki-senpai.
The so-called Cursed Object and curse were just fantasy settings Megumi had read somewhere and firmly believed in.
But what if it was real?
He recalled Megumi's hurried actions just now.
First, he chased him from Tokyo Jujutsu High to the hospital. After speaking with him, he immediately returned to Tokyo Jujutsu High.
If it was a prank, it was going too far.
Just then, his grandfather's final words echoed in Yuji's mind.
"Yuji, you are strong. Use that strength to help others, within your means. Save as many people as you can. Even if you are not understood or thanked, do not let it bother you. Just keep trying to save more people."
"You must die surrounded by people, not like me..."
At that thought, Yuji made up his mind.
He would catch up and follow Megumi.
If Sasaki-senpai was really in danger, as Megumi said, then he had to save them.
If Sasaki-senpai and the others were fine, that would be for the best. He could speak with Megumi's family and suggest taking him to a psychologist.
To reach Tokyo Jujutsu High as quickly as possible, Yuji chose a shortcut. His physical abilities, which far exceeded those of ordinary people, allowed him to easily perform many parkour moves that even dedicated parkour enthusiasts would struggle with.
On the fourth floor of Tokyo Jujutsu High, Megumi, who had rushed back at full speed, summoned his Divine Dogs. With the cooperation of the two Divine Dogs, he continuously eliminated the weaker Cursed Spirits in the corridor, saving Sasaki and Iguchi from the Occult Research Club.
The Divine Dogs swung their sharp claws, severing a disgusting Cursed Spirit that looked like a fusion of a human and an insect.
Megumi quickly walked over to Iguchi, his hand wrapped in Cursed Energy. He grabbed the masked Cursed Spirit and tore it apart, exorcising it.
Megumi supported the unconscious Iguchi and looked at Sasaki, who was slumped on the ground nearby.
"Can you still walk?"
"Yes, I can. I can walk."
Sasaki-senpai trembled as she got up, looking at the Divine Dogs devouring Cursed Spirits nearby.
With the danger gone and two cute dogs beside her, Sasaki finally calmed down a little.
"Is that a ghost?"
Still terrified deep down, Sasaki's hand trembled slightly as she pointed at the Cursed Spirit.
"It's a Cursed Spirit."
Megumi carried Iguchi, who looked heavier than him, with one hand while maintaining his cool, delinquent-like expression.
"If you can walk, follow me. Let's get out of here first."
Megumi had no intention of helping the senior whose legs had gone weak and walked straight past Sasaki.
"Oh, right. You have a Cursed Object on you, don't you? That is very dangerous. I need to retrieve it."
"A Cursed Object?"
Sasaki immediately thought of the dried finger they had just been examining.
"Is it this?"
Sasaki took Sukuna's Finger out of her pocket, and Megumi showed a surprised expression when he saw it.
The news of Satoru defeating Sukuna, the King of Curses, had caused a huge sensation in the Jujutsu world recently.
Information about Sukuna had been widely circulated both in Tokyo Jujutsu High and on jujutsu sorcerer forums.
Megumi naturally recognized it.
'Sukuna was already vanquished by Gojo-sensei after incarnating. Sukuna's Finger should have disappeared.'
That was what surprised Megumi the most.
'No, the one eliminated before was the sixteen-fingered Sukuna, which means there are still four fingers unaccounted for.'
Megumi, unaware of the location of the remaining four fingers, mentally came up with a plausible explanation.
Outside the Tokyo Jujutsu High gate, Yuji, who had just arrived, sensed a change inside Tokyo Jujutsu High.
It was an instinctive physical reaction to danger, as if some vicious beast that preyed on humans was lurking inside Tokyo Jujutsu High.
"What that person said was true?"
Yuji looked at Tokyo Jujutsu High in disbelief, then jumped straight over the gate and rushed in.
In war, urban warfare is the most brutal tactic because one has to fight in an extremely confined and complex environment.
Normal combat usually involves tactics and coordination, but urban warfare is different. Not only is the fighting chaotic and unpredictable, unforeseen changes can occur anytime and anywhere.
Megumi's current situation was similar to urban warfare.
"This is very dangerous. Give it to me."
The moment Sukuna's Finger appeared, Megumi's attention was completely drawn to it.
In Megumi's view, such a dangerous item had to be retrieved and sealed with the highest priority.
Once a Cursed Object reached Special Grade, it could be made indestructible through a Binding Vow.
Sukuna's Finger was the most powerful among them.
Not only was it indestructible, but it was also extremely difficult for it to incarnate.
For a thousand years, only Tomie, through her special immortality, had endured Sukuna's virulent Cursed Energy.
Just as Megumi's hand was about to touch the finger, a sudden change occurred.
A large dark-green hand pierced through the ceiling from above.
It directly grabbed Sasaki, who was holding Sukuna's Finger.
Megumi secretly thought, 'This is bad.'
The Divine Dogs were behind him eating Cursed Spirits, and his right hand was carrying an injured person, making movement difficult.
Megumi gritted his teeth and suddenly stepped forward. His left hand, which had originally been reaching for Sukuna's Finger, pushed upward with force.
Sasaki was pushed away by Megumi, and Iguchi, who had originally been on his shoulder, was also thrown behind him.
One Divine Dog used its body to cushion Iguchi, preventing him from getting hurt, while the other Divine Dog rushed toward Megumi to provide emergency support.
Boom.
Because Megumi pushed Sasaki away, the Cursed Spirit's large hand landed on him.
The Cursed Spirit forcefully slapped Megumi away, and his head struck the wall heavily.
Blood began to flow continuously from Megumi's head.
Megumi, battle-damaged beauty version.
The nearby Divine Dogs also melted like chocolate when Megumi's head suffered a heavy blow.
'My head hurts. Divine Dogs...'
Megumi struggled to open his eyes, his vision blurry as he looked ahead.
The Cursed Spirit, which looked like a lizard but had four eyes, six human-like legs, and a tongue also covered in eyes, was about to devour Sasaki and Sukuna's Finger together.
'Nue to save people... Round Deer to heal...'
The constant pain in his head made it difficult for Megumi to think. The Shikigami summoning, which would normally have been completed quickly, became exceptionally difficult now.
"Let go of Sasaki-senpai!"
At this critical moment, the strong athletic student Yuji, who had run at a speed not inferior to Megumi's car ride and used the trees to jump onto the fourth floor, arrived.
(To be continued.)