Watching Chinatsu effortlessly subdue the Cursed Spirit that was emitting such a terrifying aura, Geto Suguru's pupils involuntarily trembled, and the Cursed Spirits he had instantly summoned also froze in place.
"Hmm? Why are you just standing there? I'm the gold-medal support; you just focus on the damage, but don't slack off." Chinatsu, slightly confused, turned her head to look at the stunned Suguru Geto and urged him on.
Suguru Geto gave an awkward, soft chuckle before walking straight toward the Cursed Spirit, which was trapped and immobilized by the Limitless Power.
On the way, Suguru Geto had briefly introduced his Cursed Technique, [Cursed Spirit Manipulation], to Chinatsu, explaining that it was a rare Cursed Technique capable of subduing Cursed Spirits and making them his own.
Of course, even if Suguru Geto hadn't introduced it, Chinatsu knew his Cursed Technique, as she possessed the Rikugan / Six Eyes, which could see through others' Cursed Techniques, and she was also a reincarnator who knew the plot development of the original work.
Suguru Geto slowly raised his palm toward the immobilized Cursed Spirit. Just as he was about to begin the subjugation ritual, he paused.
"Why do I feel like I'm just freeloading..."
Suguru Geto complained to himself internally. They were supposedly a team, but it seemed he hadn't done anything except command a Cursed Spirit to dismantle a door lock at the start.
After a moment of silence, Suguru Geto regained his focus, confident in his Cursed Technique and talent.
Compared to the present, perhaps he was freeloading, but he believed he could quickly grow and become a strong person capable of protecting the weak.
Subjugation ritual!
Suguru Geto's palm touched the physical form that the Cursed Spirit had manifested using Cursed Energy, activating his Cursed Technique.
After [Cursed Spirit Manipulation] was activated, the Cursed Spirit's body began to twist violently, as if it had been hit by a close-range [Blue].
Although the Cursed Spirit was immobilized by Chinatsu, its mouth wasn't sealed. Upon realizing it was being affected by the subjugation ritual, it opened its mouth and immediately let out sharp, piercing screams.
Currently, Suguru Geto was only at the level of Grade 2 or near Grade 1, but the Cursed Spirit he was attempting to subdue was at the peak of Grade 1, making the difficulty self-evident.
If Chinatsu hadn't been by his side, Suguru Geto, facing this Cursed Spirit alone, might have been able to fight and exorcise it, or he might have been defeated and forced to retreat, but he certainly wouldn't have been able to perform the subjugation ritual as smoothly as he was now.
Time passed minute by minute. During the stable yet difficult subjugation ritual, Suguru Geto's expression constantly shifted, and drops of cold sweat ran down his cheeks.
Finally, Suguru Geto's expression darkened, and the Cursed Spirit, which had been processed by his hand, was twisted into a black sphere that settled in his palm.
At this step, Suguru Geto only needed to swallow the sphere, which the Cursed Spirit had been twisted into, to complete the process entirely.
Suguru Geto looked down at the black sphere in his hand and fell into a brief silence.
Just as Suguru Geto steeled his resolve, raising the hand holding the Cursed Spirit sphere and opening his mouth to inhale deeply, intending to swallow the sphere, Chinatsu, who had been silent beside him for a long time, suddenly spoke.
"Cursed Spirits must taste terrible, right?"
Chinatsu's sudden question made Suguru Geto freeze. Before this, no one had ever asked him that question, nor had anyone ever cared about this perspective... not even his parents.
Cursed Spirits were not tasteless, nor were they alluring like candy; in fact, it was the opposite. Anyone who tasted one would declare that they never wanted to taste a second.
Suguru Geto let out a breath, a relieved smile appearing on his face.
"Yeah, it tastes terrible. Although I don't know if this description is accurate, I think Cursed Spirits taste like a rag soaked in vomit—it's truly disgusting..."
Having spoken, Suguru Geto opened his mouth again and swallowed the black Cursed Spirit sphere. The sight of him struggling to swallow it yet pretending everything was fine registered clearly in Chinatsu's eyes.
In the original work's depiction of Suguru Geto's mental breakdown, although the events he experienced in the future were a significant part of what caused his beliefs to crumble.
However, the pressure and negative emotions accumulated from swallowing Cursed Spirits for years before that, which made him appear strong on the outside but actually made his spirit fragile deep down, could not be ignored.
With a "Gulp!" sound, Suguru Geto forcibly swallowed the Cursed Spirit sphere. After a brief moment of gloom on his face, he quickly adjusted his expression and flashed a faint smile toward Chinatsu.
"Thank you very much. This Cursed Spirit is extremely powerful; it's the strongest one in my Cursed Spirit inventory right now."
After Suguru Geto finished speaking, the Cursed Spirit he had just subdued emerged once again, rising from the ground.
However, the subdued Cursed Spirit was completely obedient to Suguru Geto, having lost its aggression, and stood dumbly on the ground.
After dealing with the Cursed Spirit here, Chinatsu and Suguru Geto returned the way they came and left the idol management company building.
Before leaving, they reinstalled the door lock. It was fortunate that surveillance cameras were not yet fully widespread in this era; otherwise, they would have had to deal with the monitoring system as well.
After all, the [Curtain] set up by Jujutsu Sorcerers only blocked the view from the outside to the inside, while the surveillance cameras were installed inside the building.
Once outside the building, Chinatsu was about to suggest they grab dinner together since it was getting late, but Suguru Geto's phone buzzed in his pocket.
Suguru Geto opened his phone to check the message and found it was from his parents, asking why he hadn't returned home for dinner yet at this hour.
Since things had come to this, Chinatsu did not press the invitation. The two simply exchanged contact information via their phones, and then Suguru Geto turned and left in a hurry.
"Well then... See you at school!"
"Yeah, see you at school."
Watching Suguru Geto's retreating figure, Chinatsu stood in place, gently waving her hand as she saw him off, her pale blue eyes shining brightly in the dark night.
In the near future of the original work, Suguru Geto, who fell into the path of "killing all non-Jujutsu Sorcerers and creating a world where only Jujutsu Sorcerers exist," killed his own non-Jujutsu Sorcerer parents to uphold his beliefs... Chinatsu lowered her head slightly, and after a moment of silence, she also turned around and quietly walked toward her family's Gojo Family residence.
On the way, a fine drizzle began to fall from the sky.
However, under the effect of Chinatsu's "Limitless Defense," the raindrops falling from the sky failed to splash onto her body, being completely isolated by "Limitless" until she arrived home...
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