"Wow, I didn't expect Fushiguro to be so strong!"
"Whoosh, whoosh, I'm really impressed with you."
Yuji and Nobara immediately changed their attitude after suddenly discovering there was a powerhouse in their team. They even pulled out paper fans from who knew where and started fanning Megumi, one on each side.
Megumi's mouth twitched uncontrollably, his cool demeanor almost crumbling.
Fanning someone on a windy day when it was about to rain, what were these two thinking?
The short several dozen meters from the outer gate to the Tokyo Jujutsu High dormitory building felt so long that Megumi wanted to abandon these two troublemakers and complete the mission himself.
Megumi felt that these two troublemakers should team up with Takaba Fumihiko, the comedian Eichi had just recruited, instead of deigning to be his classmates.
"Oh! It's getting dark!"
Seeing Yuji's attention finally shift away from him, Megumi breathed a sigh of relief.
"Divine Dogs."
After seeing the Barrier Techniques lowered, Megumi 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 noticed something was wrong.
They had not entered a dormitory building with only a few floors.
Instead, it was a complex space that seemed inspired by Muzan's Infinity Castle.
Towering buildings, numerous rooms, and many roads. It clearly was not something a normal dormitory building could contain.
Megumi immediately realized what this was.
An Innate Domain constructed from Cursed Energy.
You could say the Cursed Womb was easy to defeat, but you could not deny its immense Cursed Energy. This Innate Domain was already larger than those of many Special Grade Cursed Spirits with 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 and Nobara 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, but even Divine Dogs began to look at the two of them with the gaze one would give troubled children.
"Don't worry, Divine Dogs remembers the scent of the exit and can lead us out."
In the next second, the two of them hugged Divine Dogs, patting him all over. Divine Dogs' tail wagged so hard it almost turned into a propeller.
"Quick, bring me all the jerky!"
This time, Paw Patrol was making a great contribution.
Hearing about jerky, Divine Dogs' eyes instantly cleared up considerably.
Troubled children? These were clearly his brothers!
"You two, at least get serious!"
Megumi finally could not take it anymore. At this moment, even Megumi's sea urchin hair stood up even more wildly.
"You really are amazing, Fushiguro."
"Huh?"
Megumi, who was about to erupt, was appeased by Yuji's single sentence.
"Thanks to you, we can be saved. Thank you."
Yuji's straightforward words successfully struck the tsundere Megumi's heart.
"It's time to go."
His anger dissipated, Megumi proactively stood at the front of the group, and his mind began pondering 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 Divine Dogs has no chance of winning.'
The Shikigami of the Ten Shadows Technique were not particularly outstanding in terms of individual performance.
However, the cooperation and even Chimera of the Shikigami made up for this deficiency.
Even before enrolling in Tokyo Jujutsu High, 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 were one plus one greater than two.
After a moment of thought, Megumi 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.
In the next second, hundreds of Rabbit Escape scattered in all directions.
'This will do. Let Rabbit Escape be responsible for warning, and Divine Dogs will protect me from sudden attacks.'
Megumi 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 picked up a Rabbit Escape by the scruff of its neck, curiously examining it.
"So cute."
Nobara was much gentler, holding up a Rabbit Escape and playfully teasing it.
"Fushiguro, is your family running a zoo?"
Yuji 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 excitedly put his hands up to his chest, his sparkling big eyes almost shouting, "Waku Waku!"
"No. Divine Dogs and Nue are Shikigami of the Ten Shadows Technique."
"Is that so?"
In the next second, Yuji squatted on the ground, drawing circles in disappointment.
Seeing Yuji like this, Megumi felt a bit sorry for him.
"But other Shikigami are still possible. Everyone can learn basic Shikigami spells and Barrier Techniques. If you have money in the future, you can also find Medea-sensei at Tokyo Jujutsu High to customize a cursed tool that can summon Shikigami."
"Really? Thank you, Fushiguro."
Hearing that there was still hope, Yuji immediately bounced up, grabbing Megumi's small hand to express his gratitude.
"Too close!"
"You're blushing."
Nobara covered her mouth, stifling a giggle.
"No, I'm not."
Megumi's face turned even redder.
"Wait, go this way."
Megumi'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 turned, wanting to confirm the fate of the remaining two people first.
"I'm taking this body out."
"Whatever you want."
This time, Megumi did not clash with Yuji.
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.
As Yuji carried the body on his back, Nobara 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 Divine Dogs 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 could not fly, so it could not cover reconnaissance of the area above.
The Cursed Womb tilted its head, looking at the three people below.
Yuji and Nobara stood together, while Megumi walked toward 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 Divine Dogs reacted immediately, and Megumi also quickly turned to support them.
However, after turning, Megumi unexpectedly stepped into empty space.
'Nani?'
Megumi looked down in disbelief. A hole had suddenly appeared in what had originally been solid ground.
Megumi immediately spread his arms, wanting to brace himself against the sides of the hole, but suddenly a powerful force appeared behind him.
Megumi desperately turned his head before falling into the hole, and the last thing he saw was the Cursed Womb that had just slapped him.
(To be continued.)
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