Tsumiki's calm, mocking words were like a thunderclap to Megumi Fushiguro.
"The bride of... Sukuna?"
His pupils were completely glazed over, and he murmured the same words over and over, his brain unable to process the sheer horror of the situation.
Occupying Tsumiki's body, the ancient Sorcerer Yorozu winked playfully and replied, "Not yet..."
"But I will be soon."
Ancient Sorcerers who possess modern human bodies can read modern memories from the souls of the vessels they inhabit. Therefore, they can quickly adapt to and accept the differences between modern times and those of a thousand years ago. Changes in geographical location, high-tech mobile phones, skyscrapers, and so on.
However, Tsumiki Fushiguro was not a Sorcerer before she was possessed; she was just an ordinary student living in the mundane human world. Therefore, Yorozu, who had read Tsumiki's memories, was entirely unaware that Yuji Itadori, the boy standing right in front of her, was the vessel currently imprisoning her beloved.
"The location of our ancestral home a thousand years ago seems to be in Sendai..."
Yorozu shyly rubbed her cheeks, acting out a bizarre, twisted fantasy. "As a woman, I should stay at home, dress up, and obediently wait for my husband to come and marry me."
Yorozu had already spent points to add a rule to the Culling Game linking their names. So as long as Sukuna was somewhere within the Culling Game barriers, he would definitely be able to see her declaration of love broadcasted on his Kogane!
A pair of thin, insect-like cicada wings suddenly grew from Tsumiki's back.
"Goodbye, little brothers."
"Your sister is busy going home to Sendai to prepare her dowry."
Watching Tsumiki slowly float into the air, Megumi Fushiguro was stunned. It was as if he had been hit on the head with a heavy club, completely unable to recover for a long time. Yuji, Nobara, and Hana were also caught completely off guard by this sudden, insane turn of events.
However, there was still one person who was entirely sober at the scene.
BOOM!!!
A merciless, devastating downward slash sent Yorozu, who had just taken off, crashing violently into a deep pit on the rooftop!
Did I give you permission to leave, you liar?
"Maki-senpai!"
Yuji, Nobara, and the others stared blankly at the figure standing on the edge of the deep pit and exclaimed in relief.
Gojo Satoru was sealed away. Mai was dead. Naobito was dead. Principal Yaga was dead.
Her mother's indifference before her death, and the fact that the ultimate enemy behind all of this was her own clan head, Zenin Mirai...
Under all this crushing pressure and trauma, Maki Zenin seemed to have become an emotionless machine. She rigidly carried out the task of unsealing Gojo Satoru without a single trace of hesitation.
While Megumi and the others might be stunned by Tsumiki's change of identity and possession, Maki didn't have that many complicated thoughts.
Not one of our own...
Then kill them!
...
Splash!
As she floated up from the pile of rubble, Yorozu looked at Maki with a slightly solemn expression.
Previously, in order to perfectly impersonate Tsumiki Fushiguro, Yorozu had never used her Cursed Energy.
Now, after a moment's reflection, Yorozu nodded in understanding.
"So it was a Heavenly Restriction that allowed you to ambush me without being sensed."
Twins were considered unlucky, and the Heavenly Restriction curse had existed in the world of Jujutsu for thousands of years.
Yorozu glanced at the group of people now surrounding her and laughed out loud.
"You bunch of brats who haven't even grown their hair yet... you don't really think you can stop me, do you?"
Yorozu was a fervent admirer and absolute worshipper of Ryomen Sukuna!
She was an ancient Sorceress who believed herself to be the only one worthy of being the bride of the King of Curses! She was also an absolute powerhouse who dominated an entire region a thousand years ago!
Like Mai Zenin, Yorozu's innate technique was also Construction—a technique that could materialize imagination into reality out of nothing.
But Yorozu was vastly different from Mai...
The immense disparity in total Cursed Energy reserves, and the sheer difference in their talent as Sorcerers made her an unparalleled threat!
Her back flapped like butterfly wings!
As Yorozu floated into the air, four black liquid-metal ribbons shot out from her sleeves and lashed out at the four people surrounding her!
The silk-like fabric, boasting a hardness comparable to reinforced steel, was also covered with a layer of dense Cursed Energy fluctuations!
Yuji, Nobara, Maki, and Hana quickly dodged to avoid the deadly attack!
Only Megumi remained standing blankly in a corner of the rooftop, completely at a loss for what to do. He had not yet recovered from this cruel truth and could not accept that his sister, who had been his only family since childhood, was essentially dead.
Angel's Jacob's Ladder could separate fused souls, yes. But there was a terrifying 99% chance of failure... it would destroy the soul of the vessel itself. He couldn't risk killing Tsumiki.
...
Suspended in mid-air, Yorozu faced the encirclement and attacks of four people with absolute ease.
Several strips of black liquid metal, adorned with starlight, plowed long, deep furrows into the concrete rooftop.
"Killing you all here is also acceptable," Yorozu mused.
"If it's just about cooking human brains, we'll have to wait for that guy Uraume to come. My husband—no, in this day and age we should call him my darling... my darling really likes that guy Uraume's monkey brain cooking. So as his wife, I'll take care of preparing the ingredients for him first!"
When Sukuna was mentioned, Yorozu's eyes seemed to literally turn into hearts. She was completely unhinged!
Her attacks became even more ruthless and frenzied!
Yorozu's aerial mobility made it incredibly difficult for Maki to get close, and Hana, who coexisted with Angel, was clearly no match for Yorozu in direct combat.
BOOM!
A terrifying sonic boom came from the distant sky!
The people fighting suddenly stopped and looked up in the same direction!
"A Curse...?"
"That's a Cursed Spirit... right?" Yuji and Nobara murmured uncertainly, squinting into the distance.
It was clearly an enlarged, grotesque version of a worm's body moving through the sky.
The face had six dark holes, and a half-body remnant resembling a mangled human was hanging obscenely from its chest. The creature was so disgusting and inhuman that it was difficult for the group to even identify it.
But the monster that rushed toward them also possessed an aura uniquely similar to a human Sorcerer.
"So it was a Cursed Spirit that had recently died," the knowledgeable and worldly-wise Yorozu smiled and reminded the group. "It seems this guy has some kind of connection with you brats."
Between two or three sentences...
The inhuman monster, initially thousands of meters away, charged into the battlefield at an incredibly terrifying, physics-defying speed!
BOOM!!!
The monster was launched from the sky, its massive body piercing straight through the roof of the entire building!
Collapsed concrete! Flying debris!
At a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, it crashed all the way from the 18th-floor rooftop straight down to the ground floor!
On the street below, beside piles of collapsed boulders.
Suddenly, a hideous face burst out from the dark hole in the monster's face!
"BITCH!!!"
"I've come to get my revenge!"
Staring intently at the monstrous face screaming at Nobara Kugisaki...
Standing to the side, Maki exclaimed in absolute surprise and horror, "Naoya?!"
The half-destroyed body hanging from the monster's abdomen still faintly revealed the outline of Rose's American military uniform.
The Vengeful Cursed Spirit of Naoya Zenin had arrived!
"Oh, so I was wondering who harbored such resentment toward me," Nobara said coldly. "So it was you, you pervert."
Amidst the ruins of the building, Nobara, protected by Yuji's body, slowly rose to her feet.
Two days ago, Naoya had nearly killed them; Nobara wasn't that forgetful. Despite her confusion as to why the opponent she had defeated in her own Domain would turn into a Cursed Spirit seeking revenge, Nobara wouldn't admit defeat verbally.
"It's only been two days..." Nobara taunted. "What, did your plastic surgery malfunction?"
Naoya's ferocious face froze for a moment, then he burst into booming laughter.
"Hey... hahahaha!"
"This is not failure! This is rebirth!"
Beside Zenin Mirai, there was a Special Grade Cursed Spirit named White Zetsu serving him. To Naoya's twisted mind, this showed that the great Clan Head didn't care whether his subordinates were human or not, as long as they were strong!
Ah! What a great leader! What a magnanimous vision! Naoya sighed inwardly.
Naoya's writhing, worm-like body slowly straightened up!
"I can feel the terrifying power contained within this body!"
Looking down at Nobara, Naoya's inhuman pupils were filled with absolute murderous intent. "Bitch! You really should thank me!"
"Let your death celebrate my rebirth!"
BOOM!!!
The high-speed impact reduced everything in its path to rubble!
Nobara, who had been violently pushed out of the way by Yuji just in time, looked around at the churning air around her with lingering fear.
But just as Nobara breathed a sigh of relief at dodging Naoya, she heard Yorozu's terrifyingly envious and jealous voice echoing from above!
"THIS IS TRUE LOVE!!!" Yorozu screamed down at them, completely misinterpreting the situation.
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