The cursed spirit's brain teleported to Shidou's hand, killing it instantly and getting shocked reactions from Yuji and Megumi.
'He has a curse technique as well, shit.'
Megumi decided not to summon Mahoraga anymore, as Yuji is in the picture now, but he was still itching to use his Shikigami if the anomaly decided to attack.
Shidou glanced at both Yuji and Megumi, crushing the brain. Megumi was in front of him while Yuji was beside him. He clenched his fist, feeling the amount of cursed energy in him, but he couldn't control it. He needed to attend Tokyo Jujutsu High School.
"State your name and explain what you're doing here!" Megumi cried out.
"My name is Shidou, and I'm just as confused as you are." He lied.
"That doesn't explain what you're doing he-"
Suddenly, Shidou moved forward.
DOOM
A massive, cursed spirit crashed from the ceiling.
"Shitty spirit number two." Shidou pulled back his middle finger again, but this time, instead of snatching the cursed spirit's brain, he decided to steal its physical attributes.
"Snatch."
He felt a massive surge in his strength and speed and launched himself at the cursed spirit, punching it through the building and landing on a rooftop of a school building. Megumi and Yuji followed right after, landing across from Shidou.
"Megumi, why are you trying to fight him? He seems to be helping us," Yuji asked, confused.
"He's most likely a non-cursed user based on the fact that he hasn't tried to kill us yet, despite having many chances. Non-cursed users are people who possess knowledge of jujutsu and are active in the curse user community, but I've never seen him before or heard of a Shidou, and he seems to be hiding what he's doing here. Could he potentially be after Ryomen Sukuna's fingers? That's the most likely outcome, but then he would have gone after you first, so it doesn't make sense."
"Why is the curse targeting the finger in the first place?"
"Because if it eats it, it gets stronger, that's why they keep targeting it."
"I see, so if I eat it, that won't be possible, right?" Yuji took out the finger from his pocket and opened his mouth wide.
"WHA-?! You dumbass! Don't!" Megumi reached to grab the finger from Yuji, but it was too late, Yuji had already gulped it down.
Megumi immediately jumped away from Yuji, summoning his Divine Dogs.
❁•❁•❁
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Three consecutive punches rang out as Shidou pummeled the cursed spirit, which was covered in a purple-colored fluid. Shidou was having the time of his life, and he knew he couldn't exorcise the curse as he couldn't control his cursed energy yet, but that just means the cursed spirit could endure more of his punches, becoming his training dummy.
He landed another attack until he sensed something, a bloodlust so vile it made him break out in sweat. There was only one person he knew who could cause that.
'Sukuna.'
He turned back to see Megumi lying on the floor with a huge slash from his chest to his stomach, and was unconscious, while Yuji was now covered in black marks and had two extra eyes.
"What a wonderful age it has become! Women and children spawning like maggots! Marvelous! It'll be a massacre!" Sukuna grinned manically. He then turned towards Shidou with an interested expression on his face.
"You have a vast amount of cursed energy; you would be fun to play with!" Sukuna raised his arm slightly, using Cleave, which created a small gash across Shidou's chest. He grunted out in pain but retaliated using Snatch; his time limit was reset as it was a new user.
Sukuna suddenly felt sluggish.
'What the he-'
Shidou appeared in front of him before he could react, halting his thought and hitting him with a right hook to the jaw that sent him flipping through the air and crashing into the railings.
"Listen up, Sukuna, your reign as the King of Curses is no more. I have arrived," Shidou said as he pointed to himself.
"Heeh, heeh, heeh." Sukuna chuckled. "No matter what era, you Jujutsu sorcerers are the pinnacle of arrogance."
He ran up and jumped in the air, hitting a downward strike that created shockwaves, destroying a part of the other side of the building. Sukuna's eyes widened as Shidou caught his fist and countered with a backhand to the face that sent him crashing and spitting out blood.
'His punches feel so heavy.'
Sukuna got up immediately with a grin on his face, but before he could continue, his left arm grabbed his neck.
"Huh?!" Sukuna exclaimed.
"What do you think you're doing with my body? Give it back!"
Sukuna's black marks started to fade, and his eyes disappeared as well.
"Sorry about that, I didn't mean to attack you," Yuji apologised.
"You should be more worried about your friend over there." Shidou pointed towards the still unconscious Megumi.
Yuji ran up to Megumi when a tall, white-haired man appeared in front of Yuji.
"Yo! What happened here? Who would do such a thing to my student?" Gojo frowned, asking Yuji.
"I'm sorry, it was my fault. Sukuna took over, but I got him handled now. We should get him to the hospital." Yuji clenched his fist, angry at himself for hurting a friend.
"For real?" Gojo leaned forward to Yuji with his finger on his chin.
"Ha, ha, you're really not kidding, you actually combined with Sukuna, and don't worry about Megumi, Shoko will fix him right up."
"That's great, but I think we have another problem." Yuji pointed back at Shidou.
"Oh, him?"
'I can't believe it, his cursed energy is on the same level as Yuta.' Gojo thought.
"Yo, silver-haired boy!" Gojo handed his bag to Yuji, then clasped his hands, teleporting behind Shidou.
"Who are you?" He asked with a slight smirk.
By this point, Shidou had reached his time limit, and his stats went back to Sukuna, but he wanted to test something: could he steal Gojo strengh?
"Snatch."
Instead of snatching Gojo's physical capabilities, his middle finger was broken.
Crack
'Fuck.' Shidou bit his lips in pain.
'So that's the consequence of trying to snatch someone much stronger than me.'
"Ho? Did you just try to use your curse technique on me? Not only is your cursed energy massive, but your curse technique is also powerful."
Gojo, using the Six Eyes, analysed Shidou's technique.
The cursed spirit that Shidou had pummeled finally recovered and tried to attack Satoru with a swipe.
"Watch out!" Yuji warned.
The cursed spirit's swipe slowed down until it looked like it was frozen. Gojo didn't even turn around and smacked it, exorcising the curse.
"Continuing where I left off before I got rudely interrupted, this falls back to my previous question: who are you?"
"Shidou, and I have no recollection of who I am. I think I'm suffering from amnesia."
"Do you really expect me to believe that?" Gojo said dryly.
"No, but I couldn't care less. I want to attend Jujutsu High. I'm sure you see the potential inside me. After all, I'm going to surpass you." His eyes met Gojo's blindfold with a challenging stare.
"Hahahaha, you? Surpass me? Not in a million years, kid, but let's do a test. For you to 'surpass me,' you would have to understand just how strong I am, right?"
Gojo bent forward in a wide-legged crouch with his hands braced on his knees while smiling.
"If you can survive just ten of my punches, I'll let you attend Jujutsu High, but if you don't, you will be treated as a cursed user and killed by me."
"Deadass? Bet." Shidou bounced up and down slightly, getting into his boxing stance. He was not one to run away from a fight, no matter how impossible the odds were.
Satoru attacked first with a punch that Shidou couldn't react to.
Bam!
The punch caved into Shidou's cheek, breaking his nose and sending him flying backwards.
"1."
Gojo clasped his hands and teleported behind Shidou before he could even land. He slammed his fist into his back, sending him crashing through the floor.
The only thing that was saving Shidou from having all his bones broken was subconsciously using cursed energy reinforcement.
"2."
'Fuck!' Shidou got up, bleeding profusely from his nose, but then got kicked in the jaw, sending him flying upwards.
"3."
Gojo appeared above and threw a punch midair, but Shidou blocked it with his forearms, sending him right back down, creating a massive crater.
"Are you starting to understand the difference between us, Shidou? The difference between the strongest and a weakling." Gojo grinned, walking up to the fallen Shidou.
He got up, giving Gojo a death glare.
"Listen up, you shitty sorcerer! My purpose is to be the strongest, you with your bullshit hax won't be able to stop me, same with Sukuna, it is not a matter of if I surpass you but when!"
Red cursed energy exploded out of Shidou's fist as he ran up to Gojo.
"I see, then I simply have to beat it into you, you stubborn brat."
Shidou's fist slowed down as he touched Infinity. He pulled back, attacking several more times, which was futile. He knew deep down that there was no way for him to win, but he refused to acknowledge that.
Gojo finally had enough of watching the pathetic display and went on the offensive. He struck Shidou in the stomach, making him spit out blood, but then pulled him back, grabbing his shirt and proceeded to make his face a boxing bag, hitting him with six consecutive right and left hooks to the face.
Bam!
Bam!
Bam!
Bam!
Bam!
Bam!
"That makes ten! Hahaha." Gojo laughed.
Shidou fell unconscious, his face completely battered. Gojo grabbed Shidou by the shirt and teleported in front of Yuji.
"Don't you think you went a bit overboard?" Yuji asked. He had been watching the whole ordeal and was thankful he wasn't Shidou.
"Nah, you just can't reason with stubborn people, especially someone as stubborn as he is; knocking some sense into them is way better, but I need you to go to sleep as well." Gojo tapped Yuji on the forehead, knocking him out.
He looked down, thinking about all his students, and wondered one thing.
'Could they finally surpass me?'