"Brat, you are the first person in all these years to dare challenge me like this. I can't deny that your martial arts are enough to earn my respect, but next, you will be beaten to death by me!"
Seiya could sense his disadvantage, and as an ancient monster, Ryomen Sukuna quickly realized his own advantage. For the upcoming brawl, he would attack with even greater ferocity, forcing Seiya into a perilous, injury-for-injury exchange. Does he want a fist-to-fist brawl? I, Ryomen Sukuna, will gladly give it to him! Since the body he was using wasn't his own, even without using the Reverse Cursed Technique, the worst he would lose was one finger's worth of Cursed Energy. But if the brat opposite him died, he'd be truly dead.
Just as Sukuna was laughing maniacally at Seiya with a playful look, his heart suddenly fluttered. Then, the black tattoos on his face and the extra mouth under his eye corners abruptly vanished.
Fushiguro, who had summoned his Shikigami and was preparing to launch a sneak attack, witnessed this and was completely stunned again.
In contrast, Seiya let out a huge sigh of relief when he saw the aura around Itadori switch from a menacing chuunibyou to his usual goofy self. Good. Though things got a little chaotic, they didn't completely go off the rails in the end.
"Idiot Itadori, what the hell was that all about! Where did that chuunibyou edgelord go?" After confirming that Itadori was back to normal, Seiya rushed over and immediately delivered a knuckle chop to his head.
Itadori, with a huge bump on his head, knew he was at fault and didn't fight back. He apologized, saying, "I don't know what happened. After I swallowed that finger, I suddenly blacked out for a moment. When I regained consciousness, I felt my body moving uncontrollably and fighting you, Seiya. Then I tried to take control of my body, and it became like this."
Hearing Itadori's explanation, Seiya fell silent. If he remembered correctly, the first time Itadori swallowed Sukuna's finger, he only regained control after the Curses in the school were eliminated. So, because it's the first time he encountered the Sukuna finger, Itadori's body needs an adaptation period? Originally, the Curses in the school should have helped Itadori get through this period, but since Seiya eliminated the Curses, Itadori adapted during his fight with Seiya instead?
"So, if that chuunibyou comes out again now, are you confident you can suppress him?"
Itadori paused to think for a moment before answering, "I think it should be fine. Want to try it out right now?"
Seeing Itadori ready to try it out on a whim, not just Fushiguro, but even Seiya was alarmed. Both Seiya and Fushiguro grabbed one of Itadori's arms, signaling him not to act rashly. According to the original plot, Itadori suppressing Sukuna's consciousness again should have been fine. But Seiya wasn't willing to gamble right now; they had nearly lost control earlier, and Gojo Satoru wasn't here yet. What if Sukuna came out again and Itadori couldn't suppress him?
"Damn it, I can't believe that chuunibyou in you was so tough. The fight was so intense that my school uniform is completely ruined. This is the uniform I just got this year! Since the school is practically destroyed now, do you think we can skip school tomorrow? I've already gotten two demerits. If I get one more, I'm probably going to be expelled."
Looking at Seiya's school uniform, which was practically rags from the fight with Sukuna, Itadori looked apologetic. He wanted to lend his uniform to Seiya, but when he looked down, he saw that his own school uniform was also in tatters. Suginami High had strict rules, and getting a demerit for not wearing the uniform was guaranteed. Unfortunately, both Seiya and Itadori were strapped for cash and didn't have spare uniforms.
Fushiguro, listening to the concerns of Seiya and Itadori, was speechless, concluding that the thought process and wiring of these two were truly not normal. Normal people who encountered what they did tonight—a rampage of Curses, the awakening of the King of Curses, and the near destruction of the entire school—would be concerned about... what? Yet these two were focused on whether they had to go to school tomorrow and what to do about their destroyed uniforms.
The person who should be having a headache tonight is me, Fushiguro! He was only supposed to follow his teachers' orders to retrieve the Special Grade Cursed Object from Suginami High, and now it had caused so much chaos. A powerful wild Sorcerer, the awakening of the King of Curses, and an ordinary high schooler who became a vessel and could easily suppress Sukuna's consciousness—how was he supposed to report any of this?! I'm just a first-year at Tokyo Jujutsu High! The things I've encountered tonight are more ridiculous than all the Curses I've faced combined!
"Young men, I overheard your concerns. Since you can no longer attend school here, how about joining us at Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High School? In your current circumstances, it's probably not suitable for you to remain in a normal high school, right? And the most important thing is, our Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High School provides free school uniforms! You get two sets upon enrollment."
The speaker was not Fushiguro but a handsome, tall man with silver-white hair and a black blindfold over his eyes. He also held a rather incongruous box of Kikufuku mochi, a specialty from Sendai. Despite his sudden appearance, neither Seiya nor Itadori found it strange, as his words had clearly captured their attention.
Itadori: "A school is willing to scout unique talents... I mean, slackers like Seiya and me, and in a place like Tokyo? Are you sure?"
Seiya: "Free tuition and uniforms? And two sets of uniforms? Is this school really that generous? For real or for fake?"
Gojo Satoru didn't mind Seiya and Itadori's unusual thought patterns, finding them quite amusing and compatible with his own style. He nodded and confirmed: "Of course it's real. Our Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High School isn't just any high school. Everyone there is talented and great to talk to. Just look at me and Megumi; those who get into our Tokyo Jujutsu High are generally handsome studs like us, tall and cool."
Itadori: "(・∀・) Seiya, I think this white-haired guy is right. Aren't we exactly the kind of people he's talking about?"
Seiya: "(≧∇≦) Just handsome studs? Are there no beautiful girls? Is this some kind of all-male school?"