Ayame Kurosawa is cursed. She has been ever since she was young. Ayame's mother, Miyako, was a sorcerer, and she couldn't figure it out. Who would have cursed her sweet young daughter?
One day, when the cupboards slamming and the ghastly moans we're too much for her, Miyako tore apart the house to find the curse. She lit incense, prayed, threw salt around, and eventually she found it. The curse didn't resist when she tried to exercise it.
But a mask appears out of nowhere. No head, no body, and only one power with no offensive use. A true grade 4 curse, normally it would never be able to hurt a sorcerer.
Normally.
The mask transforms into the face of her first partner, when she was a new student in Jujutsu High, Miyako had a partner, a girl named Tomoko. They instantly clicked and Miyako was sure they'd be lifelong friends. On their first mission, the curse had turned the abandoned prison they were exploring into its domain, and the girls were separated. Upon hearing Tomoko's screams, Miyako ran to her location. She only found part of Tomoko.
That same face, covered in maggots and rotting, is what faces Miyako now. She freezes up, unable to even form a thought.
Hesitation is defeat for a sorcerer.
A knife plunges into Miyako's back and everything goes black…
Megumi and Nobara arrive at the school. Nobara immediately starts complaining.
"I'm going to see that new Jenifer Lawrence movie, so make yourself useful and find that finger. Ugh, I can't believe people are looking for a finger so much. I wouldn't eat something that gross no matter how much power it gave me."
Megumi's face crinkles in disgust.
"Then that's foolishness, Nobara, foolishness. Might controls everything. And without power, you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself."
Nobara's inner thoughts are clear on her face.
"This kid's a total loser!"
While Megumi does not get the message.
"She thinks I'm so cool!"
Megumi deludes himself.
Someone leaves a small club room.
"Were you guys talking about Jenifer Lawrence?"
The pink haired boy asks, seeming excited.
"Who are you? And what's it to you, kid?"
Nobara snaps at him.
"I'm Yuji Itadori, and Jenifer Lawrence is my type of woman!"
Yuji explains while Nobara eyes him suspiciously.
"Isn't school out for the summer?"
Nobara questions, with an intensity that would put even Japan's most talented prosecutor to shame.
In Tokyo, Hiromi Higuruma sneezes.
"Yep! But I'm in the occult club. We're investigating evil spirits!"
Nobara pulls Megumi away to discuss.
"How much does he know?"
"No idea. Let's interrogate him just to be save."
Nobara grabs her hammer and Megumi clasps his hands together when a girl waves to Yuji.
"Sorry, guys, gotta go!"
Yuji zooms off faster than they can react to.
Elsewhere, Ayame Kurosawa is dragged to the school by an invisible force.
"Why… why are you bringing me here?"
The curse gurgles incomprehensibly, but Ayame understands.
"A-a finger? Well, I won't let you get it!"
Ayame is knocked out as the curse enters the school.