The moment I entered the innermost chamber of the kindergarten, I realized I had arrived a little too late as someone was facing off against the special-grade curse. Or rather, it better say the special-grade curse was already facing off against someone.
The familiar pink hair remained the same, but the markings spreading across his face were not. Instantly I realized who this was: the one and only Sukuna.
The King of Curses stood there with a relaxed posture, one hand tucked into his pocket while the other rested lazily against his cheek. The special-grade curse that had terrorized Megumi moments earlier now hesitated under Sukuna's gaze.
I let out a small sigh. "I guess before I got here, Megumi already signaled Yuji. " It made sense even though I started to forget about many minor details from anime. I remember that Yuji told Megumi to signal him after they exit; I guess that happened here.
Great. Now I had to deal with Sukuna. Should have come a bit earlier, and I could have prevented this.
Without exchanging a single word, I stepped forward. The special-grade curse sensed my approach and instinctively turned toward me. Before it could react, I activated Karmic Override.
"The result is exorcism." My fist collided with the curse.
BOOM!
The curse didn't even have time to scream as I already froze him in frame using my projection sorcery.
While I normally use Projection sorcery for just speed, it does have an additional power: while Projection sorcery is active, anything touched by my palm must also abide by the "32 FPS" rule while moving. Failure to do so results in the subject getting immobilized and frozen in an animation frame for one second. Although it's just a second, anything caught in that frame is completely vulnerable to attack.
So when the special grade curse was froze my fist struck and its body shattered apart like fragile glass struck by a wrecking ball. Fragments of cursed energy scattered into the air before completely dissipating.
Silence descended upon the ruined room.
"..."
"..."
Sukuna slowly lowered his hand from his face.
For the first time since I had met him through Yuji, genuine interest flickered within those crimson eyes. A grin spread across his face.
"Oh?" The King of Curses tilted his head slightly. "And who might you be?"
I dusted off my sleeve as though I hadn't just obliterated a special-grade curse with a single punch. "Naoya Zenin."
Sukuna's grin widened. "The brat that fell on the ground, huh?"
Ignoring him entirely, I raised my voice. "Yuji."
I got no response.
"Yuji, come out. I already dealt with the curse."
Once again, silence is what I got; even Sukuna remained still, seemingly waiting for Yuji to switch back, but seeing that no response was given, the grin on Sukuna's face gradually disappeared as his eyes narrowed.
"Oi, brat," Sukuna muttered inwardly. Normally, Yuji would've forcefully seized control by now. Sukuna had already experienced firsthand just how absurd Yuji's ability to suppress him truly was.
One second passed, then another, then another, but nothing happened.
I slowly lowered my hand. "...Yuji? Stop playing, will you? Sukuna is really emitting a scary aura, Yuji! If you wake up, I won't have to fight him, Yuji!!"
Sensing something was wrong for me but good for Sukuna, his expression shifted as the corners of his mouth curled upward.
The realization settled as I slowly realized that Yuji wasn't taking back control and for a time Sukuna remained free.
The devilish smile stretching across Yuji's face became wider and more malicious. The atmosphere inside the ruined kindergarten changed instantly as the curse energy of the King of Curses basked in the concrete room with only one way outside.
Talk about a bad day for me. First, Jogo; now I have to face Sukuna.
Out of context, I get a boner whenever I use too much curse energy. It's something to keep in mind, as in future fight, if someone asks why I am having a boner in middle of fight, always remember this explanation.
And the boner I got from Jogo still hasn't calmed down, and now this.
Sukuna looked down at his own hands before flexing his fingers experimentally, and then he laughed. A deep, delighted sound echoed throughout the destroyed classroom.
"Hah!! Hahaha!" His eyes finally settled on me. "Interesting. It seems the brat isn't coming back anytime soon. If you die, then would that brat be crushed? Maybe I should play with that girl also. It would thoroughly break the brat."
I just smile hearing Sukuna's threat, "First, why don't you try to get past me? Then we can talk about Nobara. And by the way, do you want this finger?" I stretched out my hand and showed him the cursed finger, then without waiting for the answer, I threw it at Sukuna, who caught it.
Sukuna looked at the finger, then at me, his eyebrows furrowed, trying to find out what I was playing. Then he just flipped the finger down. "You Jujutsu Sorcerer seem to underestimate me."
"I am not underestimating you at all; with your current power, you are no match for me, though in the future, after you eat all the fingers, you will be powerful, but currently you are not a threat to me at all." It was a fact: while his presence is overwhelming, power is not that much. So I can just fight him with my projection sorcery only, and I would win.
"I see," Sukuna said as he detached from his position and appeared in front of me with his claws trying to rip my heart out. I immediately used my projection sorcery and avoided that. "Easy there. We have time to play around; you are a feisty little one, aren't you?"
Yeah, that seems to piss him off real good, as the next thing I heard was, "Domain expansion: Malevolent Shrine."
"Oh come on, why are you using the finishing card against me? Oh! Yuji! If you wake up, this will be a really good time."
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