Chapter 45 Chapter 45 The Tiger of the West...

It was not until the afternoon of the next day that Eri Kimoto arrived at Sugisawa Third High School.

School was over at this time. After getting out of the taxi, Eri Kimoto met up with Megumi Fushiguro who was waiting outside the door, and the two of them sneaked into the school together.

The moment they met, Eri Norimoto gave him a thumbs-up for his outfit: "Just a white shirt suits you so well, Fushiguro-san!"

Fushiguro Hui felt that her eyes were a little bit rogue...

Anyway, he glanced at Eri Kimoto, turned his head a little stiffly and pretended that the tips of his ears were not red.

"So who on earth is crazy enough to put a special-grade cursed item in a high school's venetian blind?"

Eri Norimoto looked at the energetic high school students and complained, "Shouldn't something this dangerous be buried in a pit? Or put it somewhere where ordinary people can't find it?"

Megumi Fushiguro nodded in agreement.

The two of them first went to the shutter box, searched it thoroughly again, and then looked at each other in silence.

"How about," Eri Kimoto suggested, "let Xiaobai and Xiaohei come out and smell it?"

"I released it last night and smelled it. There are too many smells here and I can't lock onto the target at all." Fushiguro Megumi frowned: "And look,"

Looking in the direction where he raised his chin, I saw a level 2 curse slowly crawling out from the ground under the baseball field.

"Was it influenced by that Ryoumen Sukuna's finger?" Eri Kimoto thought for a moment, then said with even more disdain, "The higher-ups are all idiots, right?"

Using Captain America's tone, Megumi Fushiguro calmly added, "Language."

Qi Ben Eri shrugged and stared at the Level 2 Curse that had climbed up the pole: "Do you want to kill it while you're at it?"

Glancing around, she saw that even in a slightly out-of-the-way spot in the school, there were still a few students. Now wasn't the right time to act. Fushiguro Megumi shook her head and said, "First, we need to find Ryomen Sukuna's finger. We'll report the curse to the higher-ups and wait for further news. It shouldn't be a big deal if we wait for a while."

Eri Kimoto remained silent, withdrew her gaze and followed Megumi Fushiguro. The sensing range was not enough to lock onto the location, it could be nearby or far away, so they could only search the school first.

After walking a few steps, they heard a noisy sound. A large number of people suddenly appeared and surrounded the other open-air stadium as if to watch the fun. They could faintly hear people saying, "Nishi-naka Tiger and Takagi from the track and field club are going to compete."

"Tiger of West Central?" Eri Kimoto chuckled when she heard the nickname. "It sounds so unfashionable."

Megumi Fushiguro: "...You're very mean."

Although he said that, he still followed Eri Kimoto who was about to join in the fun. The two of them mixed in with the students and looked at the two teams that seemed to be competing in shot put.

A very strong-looking male teacher had just thrown the shot put fourteen meters and was showing off by posing like a bodybuilder.

"What's the level of a 14-meter shot?" Eri Kimoto didn't know much about shot put, so she tilted her head back and asked curiously, "Is it a very impressive level?"

Megumi Fushiguro nodded and said it was not bad. The Japanese record seemed to be more than 18 meters.

As soon as the words fell, the two saw the pink-haired boy called "Tiger of West Middle School" swung his hand and took the shot put. Then, with a baseball pitcher's posture, "whoosh" threw the shot put on the iron frame of the football hoop, making a dent.

"...?"

"Thirty meters?" The student who was measuring the distance with a ruler asked in confusion.

Eri Nori pointed at the spot where the shot put landed, becoming even more curious. "What about 30 meters? If it hadn't been blocked, it should have been farther, right? And he really just threw it casually, huh?"

Fushiguro Megumi's mouth twitched: "...It's going to be sent to the Olympics, and it will shock the world."

"Wow, that's powerful! Can you throw it that far with just your own strength?" Eri Kimoto exclaimed, "People's physiques really can't be generalized."

"She's the same type as Maki-senpai, right?" Fushiguro Megumi retracted her gaze, reached out and grabbed the hem of Eri Nori's clothes, who was still looking up and looking at Nishinaka no Tora, and prepared to take her away: "Let's go."

Eri Kimoto was pulled away. Before she was pulled away, she exchanged glances with the pink-haired, yellow-coated Nishinaka no Tora.

After looking away, Eri Norimoto asked in confusion, "By the way, if we don't find Ryoumen Sukuna's finger, can we go back to the high school?"

"That's what he said."

"If you really can't find it, let him come and help. His six eyes should be very convenient," said Eri Norimoto seriously, "just like the Byakugan."

Megumi Fushiguro sighed inwardly and was just about to ask her to at least pay attention to the copyright issue, but the Tiger of West Central flashed past in front of him like a pink whirlwind. The moment it passed by, the ominous aura made their pupils shrink sharply.

"The aura of a cursed creature?"

The two men immediately reached out to stop the Tiger of the West, but he had already run far away at a speed that was jaw-dropping.

"I heard that guy can run 50 meters in three seconds."

"Is this true? I just started after three seconds." said a passerby.

Qi Ben Eri hesitated to speak, and raised her head again to look at the boy beside her.

"Nene... Fushiguro-san, what's a three-second fifty-meter mark?"

Fushiguro Megumi had a strange expression on her face: "...I'll be sent to the Olympics, and then people from other countries will question my ability to drink two kilograms of stimulants and still cheat."

"..Aren't you mean enough?" Eri Kimoto complained.

....

....

This time, with a target in mind, she directly summoned the Jade Dog and followed the boy's scent.

They thought that all they had to do was get Ryomen Sukuna's finger from Nishinaka no Tora, and that would be the end of it. This simple process allowed them to check out of the room where Fushiguro Megumi had temporarily slept last night, put on the Juuko High School uniforms, and after packing up, they went to the hospital.

The Tiger of the West is currently in this hospital.

"How long are you going to keep calling him the Tiger of the West?"

Fushiguro Megumi was somewhat speechless. Looking at the girl beside her who was humming a tune and seemed to be in a good mood, she asked, "Other people also have daimyo, okay?"

The tiger of Nishinaka is called Yuji Itadori, and the two of them asked passers-by at his school.

"But calling 'Nishi-naka Tiger' is also quite amusing, hahahaha," Eri Kimoto chuckled. "By the way, when you were unbeatable in Saitama, why didn't they give you such a funny nickname? Was it just Fushiguro-san?"

With his head tilted, Megumi Fushiguro didn't really want to continue this topic, and he felt that if he didn't change the subject, she would probably call him some very strange names.

Fushiguro Megumi immediately raised her hand and pointed forward: "Ah, Itadori Yuji."

Yuji Itadori was talking to the nurse, and the atmosphere there was quite depressing.

With red eyes, Yuji Itadori looked as if he had been crying, but when Megumi Fushiguro called him, he quickly raised his head and focused all his attention on the boys who looked about the same age as him and were getting closer and closer to him.

His hair was frizzy and looked a bit like a sea urchin. He was wearing a uniform from an unknown school. The boy had a slender figure, broad shoulders and a narrow waist. His temperament was clean and handsome. Even in the dim light of the hospital corridor, one could clearly see his fair skin and delicate features. He was a handsome guy.

The same goes for the girl who poked her head out from behind him. Yuji Itadori seemed to feel that both of them had a temperament that was different from that of ordinary people.

The girl waving at him was also wearing the same uniform. She had delicate features, and her soft, fluffy black hair was casually tucked behind her ears with a silver headband. The few slightly curled strands of her hair made her look lazy and casual. She was very beautiful when she smiled, with a bright smile between her rosy lips and teeth, especially her pigeon-blood red eyes, which were now shimmering with watery light, as if they could speak.

"Hi, Tiger of the West!" She also greeted herself with a giggle.

Knotweed Hisahito: "..Hi?"

Fushiguro Megumi: "..."

"Hello," Fushiguro Megumi was already used to it, and her expression was calm. "We are from the Jujutsu High School. My name is Fushiguro Megumi, and she is Eri Norimoto. We have something we want to talk to you about."

"Hello!" Eri Kimoto winked at him: "Nice to meet you! Yuji Itadori-san!"

Yuji Itadori scratched his head in confusion: "Hello, but I'm in mourning now."

"I'm sorry, but we really don't have time," Fushiguro Megumi frowned. "The cursed item in your hand is too dangerous. Please hand it over to me immediately."

"A curse?"

Megumi Fushiguro opened the photo of Sukuna's two fingers enclosed in a wooden box from her phone album and handed it to Itadori Yuji: "This."

After taking a closer look, Yuji Itadori quickly replied, "Indeed, I saw it. How is it dangerous?"

Ignoring Megumi Fushiguro's series of explanations about the "curse", Yuji Itadori, realizing that things were not going well, took out a wooden box from his pocket, but his finger was not inside.

"The contents are with the seniors...ah...they said they would uncover the talisman at school tonight." The pink-black-haired boy looked at the boy in front of him who took a few steps back in shock and swallowed his saliva: "Eh...could it be...something serious is going to happen?"

Clicking her lips in admiration, Qi Ben Eri revealed an expression of admiration: "Wow, this is the first time I've seen someone so suicidal!"

"If it can really be revealed, all your predecessors will die." Fushiguro Megumi's face turned cold in an instant. He took a last glance at Itadori Yuji and turned to leave. They had to rush to Sugisawa High School now, otherwise something really would happen: "You'd better pray that the sealing talisman can still hold."

Eri Kimoto also took two small steps and followed him: "But Yuji Itadori's predecessors may not have cursed power, right?"

"The contents of the seal are too strong, and the talisman is also very old." Fushiguro Megumi frowned, then turned his head to her seriously as if he had thought of something, "You are not allowed to get too far away from me later."

"Did you hear that?"

"...I heard it, Mom." Eri Kimoto replied with a pout.

The next second, there was another person beside me.

Yuji Itadori: "I'll take you there! I know the shortcut!!"

........

........

However, not long after running, Eri Kimoto grabbed the two young men in front of her with force.

Then, under the questioning gazes of the two teenagers, she raised her hand and hailed a taxi.

“....”

Eri Kimoto was speechless because of her own subconscious Japanese drama running. Halfway through the run, she remembered that she was now a wealthy person. She turned to the driver and said, "Go to Sugizawa Third High School. Excuse me."

Megumi Fushiguro, who was sitting in the back seat: "...Please hurry up."

Yuji Itadori, who was also sitting in the back row, raised his hand anxiously: "I know I know the shortcut! I'll be your personal guide!!"

Perhaps they arrived in time, the three of them got off the car at the side door of Sugizawa Third High School.

When we got off the bus, we all looked towards the school, which seemed to be the same school as usual nights.

Fushiguro Megumi looked relieved, but still asked in a serious tone, "Where are your seniors? Which classroom?"

Yuji Itadori also breathed a sigh of relief. He looked up, identified the direction, and pointed to a dimly lit classroom: "There, there, the classroom of the Paranormal Research Society!"

Without further delay, the three of them climbed over the iron gate and rushed towards the fourth floor.

As he led the way, Yuji Itadori took the time to look back at the two of them. Finally, he couldn't help but ask curiously, "It shouldn't be anything serious, right?"

Fushiguro Megumi's expression was still unhappy and she didn't seem to want to answer his question, so Eri Kimoto could only shrug at Itadori Yuji: "It's hard to say."

"I've read some ghost stories, where they say you'll be haunted by something."

Yuji Itadori's movements were natural and agile as he led the two of them up the stairs, taking two or three steps at a time. "Will you seniors also be haunted by some ominous things in the future?"

Qi Ben Eri was about to say no, but at this moment a strong sense of oppression suddenly appeared. It was a creepy and strange feeling like a huge rock appeared out of nowhere, pressing the three of them so hard that they couldn't even breathe.

"...not good!!"

Fushiguro Megumi's pupils shrank sharply, and she immediately grabbed Itadori Yuji: "Don't go up there anymore, just wait for us here!"

"for--"

"It's dangerous for ordinary people to even stay here!"

Megumi Fushiguro bit his lower lip tightly, looking as if he wanted to throw this confused boy out of the school right now, because he could already see that the number of curses appearing in this school was increasing.

"But it's dangerous for him to stay here," Eri Kimoto frowned and looked upstairs. "There are more and more of them."

The special-grade cursed object Ryomen Sukuna's finger only appeared for a few seconds, and it seemed that the number of cursed spirits attracted and affected was abnormal. Although the cursed spirits that appeared were very weak, only level three or four, Yuji Itadori is just an ordinary person, and it would be very dangerous to encounter cursed spirits... right?

Suddenly thinking of his shot put and running speed this morning, Qi Ben Eri frowned slightly: "Why not let him follow me, at least I——"

"no!"

Megumi Fushiguro summoned the Jade Dog, stared at Yuji Itadori and said in a tone that brooked no room for rebuttal: "Follow it out, it will protect you!"

“…”

However, Itadori Yuji refused. He just lowered his head and remained silent for two seconds. When he raised his head again, his eyes had become firm: "I want to go."

"Although I have only known them for a short time, they are my friends and I cannot just sit back and watch."

"I want to go."