Jujutsu Kaisen: Shadow King.

Chapter 156 Sword, power, and direction of fate

Student Activity Center.

"What time is it now?"

"The short hand points to 11 o'clock."

A cursed spirit with horse mane on its back, a human body, a frog face and four eyes was wandering in the corridor on the fourth floor, muttering to itself about time in a humming voice.

'What on earth is that thing?!'

Sasaki "Maki" was hiding in the corner of the corridor at this moment, covering her lips with her hands to prevent herself from making a sound out of fear. The cursed spirit, who was only moving straight ahead for the time being, did not notice her.

But there was no sign of "Dongtang" at the wellhead beside her.

As soon as the two of them opened the talisman paper, they were frightened by the cursed spirits that were attracted and ran away separately, completely ignoring each other.

After the four-eyed cursed spirit with a human body and a horse-maned frog face had completely gone away, Sasaki "Maki" was about to sneak away from here and seek help.

Suddenly.

"Sa-Sa-ki~"

The voice of "Toutang" from the well mouth came out intermittently from behind her.

"Iguchi, that's great. Where did you go? I couldn't find you anywhere..."

Sasaki "Maki" immediately breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and stared, but his lips and teeth could not stop trembling.

I saw.

The well mouth "Toudou" appeared from the shadows.

Its head is completely wrapped in a strange creature that looks like a "facehugger", with no facial features visible, and its entire body movements are like a marionette controlled by its spirit!

"!!"

The cursed spirit on the head of "Toutang" at the wellhead was also constantly pulling and tearing at his face, as if it wanted to completely devour him starting from the head.

Sasaki "Maki" was so frightened that he froze in place.

Just at this time.

"What time is it now?"

The cursed spirit with human body and frog face that had walked away earlier was attracted back by the voice of "Dongtang" at the wellhead.

It suddenly appeared without any warning behind the edge of the corner where Sasaki "Maki" was leaning against, and a dry, ugly, broad palm wiped directly towards Sasaki "Maki"'s face.

“Aiya——woo!!!”

at the same time.

Pound! Pound! Pound! Pound! Pound!

Megumi Fushiguro had just climbed to the third floor and was approaching at a very fast speed.

"The curse has been activated!"

"The aura is still so strong!"

"Did some cursed spirit swallow Sukuna's finger?!"

boom!

The knight kicked open the half-open door to the fourth floor.

An ugly cursed spirit with spider legs in the lower body, a sausage-like upper body full of eyeballs and a big mouth blocked Fushiguro Megumi's way.

"Trash, get out of the way!"

As the cursed energy surged, Fushiguro Megumi's speed increased instead of slowing down. He turned into a human-shaped missile and smashed the "secondary" cursed spirit with its head.

next moment.

Then he rushed forward violently.

Instantly break through the low-level cursed spirits that came one after another.

They encountered a first-level cursed spirit that was as heavy as a mountain, and its body was made up of various animal corpses and human remains.

"Is that you?"

"The culprit is the big appetite!"

Fushiguro Megumi originally wanted to give it a try and continue using the beating technique to exorcise this "level one" cursed spirit and refresh his own PB.

PB=Personal Best, which means personal best, is often used in track and field events such as running.

however.

The two people that the flesh mountain cursed spirit was holding in its mouth and hanging on its body were the ones it wanted to rescue, causing Fushiguro Megumi, who was originally preparing to accelerate a second time, to stop instantly.

"How can it be repaired?"

"You beast, are you trying to threaten me with these two?"

As long as Fushiguro Megumi shows any intention of getting close, the Meat Mountain Curse Spirit will immediately bite and tear Sasaki "Maki" and Iguchi "Todou" apart.

Blood was splattered everywhere,

It makes people feel cold at the sight of it.

The two had already lost consciousness before Megumi Fushiguro arrived.

His clothes were torn and his head was bleeding.

At this moment, the vital energy has dropped to freezing point!

The Meat Mountain Curse Spirit instinctively felt the threat of two deaths from the shadow of the human in front of him, so he was able to be clear-headed and use his brain a little, but not much.

"You really pissed me off!"

"Zenyuan Sensai once said that when doing things, one must always keep one's mind open."

"In that case, you can't be allowed to stay!"

Megumi Fushiguro crossed her hands and instantly made a deer-shaped hand shadow.

"Yen——"

boom! ! !

Just as he was about to summon the curse-killer, Maruko.

Let's give this ugly, filthy, treacherous and cunning flesh mountain curse spirit a positive energy SPA, a baptism of body and soul.

But at this time.

A figure that was beyond Fushiguro Megumi's expectations somehow broke the glass outside the fourth floor and jumped here.

It also interrupted his spellcasting.

a few minutes ago.

At the back gate of Sugizawa Third High School.

After Megumi Fushiguro left.

Yuji Itadori stood there in a daze, not moving for a long time.

He wanted to go, but was a little afraid.

Yuji Itadori has an instinctive human fear of the unknown supernatural beings.

"I can only listen to what he says and wait here?"

"What am I...so afraid of?"

They will die!

'die?'

"Yes~ The breath of death is approaching."

'I am afraid of death too. How could I not be afraid of death?'

"But... am I really scared? It seems like I don't feel anything at all."

'When grandpa died, I cried, not because I was scared, but because I felt lonely.'

'Now, the death that is about to happen makes me feel weak and powerless. Can I only watch my grandfather die like a bystander? Can I do nothing?'

His hanging hands couldn't stop shaking as he asked himself this question.

"Both are 'death', is there any difference?"

You are powerful, so go save others.

Grandpa’s last words suddenly came to my mind.

Yuji Itadori looked at his hands that could not stop shaking, pursed his lips, and was speechless.

'Am I really that strong?'

In a trance.

Yuji Itadori seemed to have returned to his youth.

The cherry blossoms are in full bloom and the breeze is gentle.

It was a rare occasion that both mom and dad were here, so the three of us walked through the rainforest of petals, enjoying the tranquility and beauty.

The short-haired beautiful woman with some traces of surgery on her forehead smiled quietly as she looked at the young man with cherry pink hair who was sitting on the shoulders of the white-haired, blue-eyed young man and looking into the distance.

"Dad, I accidentally pinched a classmate and made him cry today. They think I am too strong and don't want to play with me anymore." The boy was very distressed about this.

The young man said without hesitation: "This is a good thing ~ Hisahito is very strong, so he doesn't need to play with weaklings."

"But I want to play with them. Dad, can you please let me not use so much strength?" The boy shook the young man's head and asked.

"They all say I'm a gorilla, but I'm not a gorilla!"

Hear the words.

The young man smiled and explained:

"But if he was stronger, Youren could protect his father and mother from being bullied by bad guys, and he could also protect his favorite classmates."

This was the first time that the boy established the concept of "power" in his mind - power means protection.

"You may not understand it now, but 'having a sword in hand' and 'having a sword but not using it' are two different things."

"The time will come when you need strength."

"Well, then I still hope to be stronger. I will protect the happiness of my parents and grandpa!"

The boy's sincere and enthusiastic emotions made the white-haired, blue-eyed young man and the beautiful woman with shoulder-length hair smile at each other, and both of them looked relieved.

"But I still want to play with my classmates~"

The boy's head drooped between the young man's snow-white hair. He had no idea how to control his own strength and had a bitter face.

"Stupid tape~"

The young man laughed and said confidently:

"When Youren grows up a little bit, he will be able to control his power naturally."

"As long as you wish, fate will definitely be on your side. After all, you are my son..."