Chapter 178
Hisahito Itadori was certain he had never encountered such a short person before, with hair color and attire that... well, it was impossible to tell if they were male or female.
He even felt that the other person calling him late at night couldn't be a good thing.
Yuji Itadori secretly exerted force with one leg, shifting his center of gravity accordingly—preparing to run away as soon as he heard what this strange fellow wanted to say.
He has excellent athletic ability and outstanding physical talent; if he sprints at full speed, he can cover fifty meters in just three seconds.
Hisahito Itadori was waiting for the monk with the spiky haircut—Rime—to answer, but the latter had no intention of talking to him any further.
The road was very quiet at night. Apart from the dim streetlights that lit up at intervals, there were no pedestrians around, which made it easier for Rime to move around.
She raised her palm and held it flat in front of her mouth, as if gathering a wisp of mist that was neither fully dispersed nor completely dispersed.
Although Yuji Itadori did not understand what Rime's action meant, his intuition instantly sounded the highest alarm, like the starting gun in a race, making him turn around and rush out without hesitation!
--fail.
He felt as if he were frozen in place by a large, cold, hard mass of air, a situation worse than being stuck in mud, where he could hardly move even a finger.
"...How did they manage to do that?"
Yuji Itadori struggled a few times and found that only his head could still turn, but it seemed as if the other party had deliberately left only his head exposed.
Because after the monk with the shaved head blew out that breath, he slowly walked over, pinched his face with one hand, and while forcing his mouth open, he forcefully shoved something indistinguishable into his mouth with his other hand.
It tasted awful!
Yuji Itadori tried hard to spit out the unknown thing, but it was like a bar of soap that dissolved in water, flowing down his throat in an instant, without giving him a chance to spit it out.
"I've lost my patience."
She never revealed her name, only saying this one sentence.
Hisahito Itsurari could no longer hear that cold whisper.
As the air began to flow again, dark runes appeared on Yuujin Itadori's face and wrists—as if he were offering himself as a sacrifice, not as an offering to the gods of Takamagahara, but as a complete sacrifice to the demons deep within purgatory.
Even its eyes, which suddenly opened again, transformed into four, all aimed at the person in front of it!
"...Is it Rime!?"
—[King of Curses] Two-Faced Su Nuo, successfully received flesh.
The [Sukuna container] that Lu Suo had once revealed was indeed effective. Rimei immediately knelt down on one knee respectfully, her posture humble, but her tone extremely joyful.
"Lord Su Nuo, I've come to fetch you."
"I didn't expect you to wake up first. Is it because of that guy?"
Ryomen Sukuna stretched his limbs. After a thousand years, the clear feeling of flesh again made him feel exceptionally good, and he wanted to immediately start a massacre.
This era is filled with the smell of women and children, it's wonderful, they're everywhere like maggots!
"Yes, it's not hard to find a body that can fit me, but Lord Sukuna is not someone that any scum is qualified to have flesh."
Rime remained respectful to the two Sukuna, kneeling on one knee and keeping her head down the entire time, not paying any attention to her surroundings.
Therefore, she did not notice the short blade that came flying from behind her.
—Buzz!
Ryomen Sukuna clearly sensed the rapidly approaching aura of cursed power, and raised his hand to unleash an invisible [Dispel], which collided violently with the blade tip aimed at Rimei's head.
After the violent tremor, the strangely shaped short blade was not completely cut into neat fragments. Instead, space itself shattered and reformed at an extremely fast speed—and the [Solution] that should have cleaved the ground seemed to vanish without any further damage.
The intact short blade paused briefly in mid-air before flying back like a shooting star, until it was caught and gripped by a hand that reached out from the shadows where the streetlights were not lit.
"oh?"
Ryomen Sukuna let out an intrigued interjection.
Techniques are a type of manipulation of space... no, or rather, they tend to destroy space?
In the vision of the two Su Nuo, the figure holding the sword walked slowly and steadily into the area illuminated by the streetlights—the black eyes that looked at him were cold and angry, but there was not a trace of fear towards him.
Upon closer inspection, there was not even any sense of apprehension.
"You bastard, how dare you launch a sneak attack..."
Before Liangmian Su Nuo could speak, Li Mei, who had turned around, flew into a rage and was about to unleash another ice-condensing spell.
This time, the short blade in the other's hand arrived even faster, almost flying to Rime's front in the blink of an eye, giving her no chance to cast a spell!
With lightning-fast reflexes, Ryoumen Sukuna tentatively unleashed more [Dispel] attacks. Not only did one of them collide with the short sword, but the remaining invisible blades also aimed directly at the opponent—
However, those solutions also failed to leave any trace.
If Ryoumen Sukuna hadn't been certain that he possessed the power to unleash spells, it would have seemed as if he himself would one day fail to cast a spell.
It's not just effective on the touch point, but the entire space has had its curse power erased due to the reset!
Using Hisahito's body, Ryoumen Sukuna raised five fingers and grinned at him with an extremely amused and arrogant smile.
“Interesting. I’m going to kill you as the first appetizer of this era.”
Seeing that Lord Sukuna was planning a great battle, Rime, not wanting to be a hindrance, was about to retreat when she heard a voice behind her say, "What do you want to do with my body? Give it back!"
That's not something Lord Sukuna would say!
Rime turned around in surprise, only to see two Sukuna characters equally astonished—one of them still had a hand gripping her throat. "Why can you still move?"
"Huh? This is my body, isn't it? And hurry up and give it back to me."
To onlookers, this scene, which resembled a madman talking to himself, lasted only a few seconds; in the blink of an eye, the curse marks on Itadori Yuujin's body faded away completely, and even the two extra eyes that had grown out of him closed again, as if he had involuntarily fallen into a deep sleep.
"You actually..."
Rime stared in shock at Itadori Yuujin before her, unable to comprehend how he could suppress Ryoumen Sukuna...!
But she didn't have time to ask any more questions. The blade had no intention of letting her go, and this time there was no two Sukuna to stop it for her!
Rime decisively turned and retreated, barely dodging the spatial capture range while using her magical power to strengthen her body, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.
The streets returned to silence at night, leaving Hisahito Itadori in a daze for a long time, unable to imagine what bizarre scenes had just unfolded before his eyes.
The monk with the short haircut seemed to be named Rimei. He ate something that caused a strange new person to appear inside his body. Then, he seemed to get into a fight with another person who had appeared. When this guy arrogantly said he would eat the other person, Rimei finally realized what was happening and quickly regained control of his body...
Now, only he and the last person who appeared are left.
Given the chaotic events of the night, Hisahito Itadori looked cautiously at the young man not far away—the man had an indifferent aura and wore an exceptionally formal black haori with family crests on both cuffs, but Hisahito couldn't decipher their meaning at all.
As for his appearance... the moment Yuujin Itadori saw him, he couldn't help but feel a strange yet trusting sense of goodwill.
Hmm, has he met this person before?
Yuji Uruga was utterly bewildered.
He looked so familiar... like he'd seen it in a magazine or on TV... or maybe... wait, he was just a little bit away from remembering!
"—Ah, it's Kazuma Hodori!"
A sudden inspiration struck him, and he clenched his fist and shouted the name Hisahito Itadori, feeling as exhilarated as finally sucking up the last pearl from the bottom of an empty milk tea with a straw!
“…”
When his name was called out accurately, Kazuma Hatori was silent for a moment before replying, "Hello."
Like Wu, he is now experiencing the consequences of being too famous at a young age; it seems that wherever he goes, people can recognize him at a glance.
Even Hisahito, who only knew Kamo-sensei in the previous playthrough, can now call out his name in this playthrough.
"Hehe... I've listened to quite a few songs, and I also enjoy watching TV."
Hisahito Itadori scratched his head sheepishly, and his second words were filled with anticipation: "Could you please sign your name for me?"
Kazuma Hatori: "...Okay."
...This kid is really thick-skinned; he clearly wasn't even his own body just now.
He sheathed [Karma Double], but instead of putting the black staff back into his inventory, he held it in one hand—both to guard against the guy inside Yuujin Itadori reappearing and to prevent a sudden attack from that little monk with the spiky hair—and then took out his cell phone from his pocket with his other hand to make an emergency call to Satoru.
When Kazuma Hatori arrived at the school, it wasn't too late, but his classmates who knew him said that Hisahito had already left the school.
He originally planned to stay at a local hotel for one night and come back earlier the next day to find someone; but just as Kazuma Hatori was about to book a room at the nearest hotel, he suddenly remembered that there was a hospital where he could try his luck.
Last time, I met Hisahito and his seriously ill grandfather in June, and it's only just past April now. Kazuma Hatori isn't sure if Hisahito's grandfather is currently in room 301 of Sugisawa Hospital.
But unexpectedly, the unforeseen events occurred ahead of schedule!
Whether it was luck or misfortune, he arrived in time but was unable to stop the enemy's actions, while Hisahito Itadori seemed to be able to take control of the body.
"Wu is coming right away."
Kazuma Hatori briefly described what had happened and gave his current address before hanging up the phone and looking back at Hisahito Itadori.
The latter was completely oblivious to the serious trouble he was in, his eyes still shining as he stared at Kazuma Hatake.
"Is it that Wu..."
—Itadori Yuujin paused briefly, deliberately using a tone as if sharing a shocking secret, and uttered the eagerly anticipated name, "Gojo Satoru?"
Speaking of "Satoru" who will be with Kazuma Hato, it must be Gojo Satoru, right?
He never expected to see his idol, who had retired many years ago, tonight!
Hisahito Itadori was so happy that he couldn't help but rub his hands together, filled with anticipation and excitement.
Kazuma Hato: "...Yeah, it's that Gojo Satoru. You can ask him for his autograph later."
Hisahito's reaction was exactly the same as that of Yuta Otsukoshi when they first met.
Hisahito Itadori raised his hand and cheered, "Yay!"
However, his laughter was soon to be cut short.
Upon receiving Kazuma's call, Gojo Satoru rushed to the location to meet them. After inquiring about Hisahito Itadori's situation before and after the attack, and staring at him intently for a moment, he informed them of the results with a rather solemn expression.
"You were tortured by Ryoumen Sukuna, weren't you?"
Yuji Itadori blinked his eyes.
"...Hey, who's that?"
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