Nanami began assigning tasks.
Although Itadori showed rapid recovery ability, Nanami, who habitually protected the young, still only gave Itadori a simple task—
He assigned Itadori and Ijichi to investigate the teenager named Yoshino Junpei—the other human student who had been at the crime scene.
And so.
Three hours later.
Sukuna rubbed his eyes, and then rubbed them again.
He stared blankly at the scene before him—
At the dinner table, his little Tiger (Yuji) was chatting happily with Yoshino Nagi and her son, cracking jokes that made both of them laugh heartily.
Nanami had just assigned his little Tiger the task of investigating Yoshino Junpei not long ago... but how, in such a short time, had they ended up eating dinner at the person's house?
And they were getting along with the target, Yoshino Junpei, like old buddies?
...Was his little Tiger's social ability perhaps a little too strong?
Hmm... This is truly the student surpassing the master! As expected of someone raised by the Super Popular Gojo-sensei! (Confirmed!)
...After a few rounds of drinks.
Of course, only Nagi, Yoshino Junpei's mother, was drinking, and she was the first person to fall asleep at the table.
Junpei quickly fetched a blanket and draped it over his mother's shoulders, his gaze toward her full of tenderness.
"Junpei's mother is truly a good person."
Itadori sighed with genuine emotion.
Junpei softly hummed in affirmation. For him, the most important person was his mother.
He could endure anything for her sake.
"Buzz—"
Itadori's phone suddenly rang. He immediately answered and saw that it was Mr. Ijichi.
"Mhm, okay... Yeah, nothing happened... Alright, got it."
He hung up the phone and said apologetically to Junpei.
"My... uh, the person who is probably my superior is here to pick me up. I have to go back now."
"But I think I'll come again. It was really fun chatting with you both."
He flashed a wide smile.
"See you next time!"
"...Mhm, okay."
Junpei hesitated for a moment but ultimately said nothing more.
Although Mr. Mahito had told him to deliberately get along well with Itadori, it probably wouldn't hurt to wait a day or two.
He thought that today, just like this... was already very good.
He walked Itadori out and watched him get into a black sedan.
Itadori poked his head out of the car window, smiling and waving goodbye.
He also raised his hand and waved back... Are all Jujutsu Sorcerers like Itadori?
He was Mr. Mahito's enemy, yet... He stared blankly in the direction where the car had disappeared.
Then he went upstairs and collapsed onto his bed... Did he really want to use the power Mr. Mahito gave him for revenge?
But if he did that, Itadori would surely treat him as an enemy, right?
He didn't want to become Itadori's enemy... And besides... his mother would probably be very disappointed.
He sighed heavily.
His mother, above all, he didn't want to disappoint her... Sitting in the car, Itadori was in good spirits.
After chatting with Junpei for so long, he believed Junpei had no connection to the deaths of those three people at the movie theater.
Meanwhile, Ijichi drove anxiously, saying.
"Mr. Nanami just encountered the Curse we were looking for and got injured—he said it was a humanoid Special Grade Cursed Spirit with stitch lines on its face!"
"Injured?!"
[Special Grade?]
Itadori and Sukuna were startled simultaneously.
Itadori asked anxiously, "Nanami, is he seriously hurt? Where is he now?"
Ijichi replied, "From Mr. Nanami's tone, the injury isn't serious. We are heading to meet up with him now and then take him to Ms. Ieiri for treatment."
Ms. Ieiri... right, she also uses the Reverse Cursed Technique.
Itadori breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that the injury wasn't severe.
Ijichi's voice continued, "He asked me to relay a message: be careful if you encounter that Special Grade Cursed Spirit. That Cursed Spirit seems unique; ordinary Cursed Energy attacks have absolutely no effect on it and cannot cause substantial damage."
Itadori's expression grew serious, but he wasn't overly worried.
If worst came to worst, he could always switch to Sukuna. With Sukuna present, any kind of Special Grade Cursed Spirit should be solvable.
Sukuna, meanwhile, was frowning in thought within his innate domain... Why another Special Grade? Has the frequency of Special Grade appearances been a little high recently?
From the Special Grade Cursed Womb to the Volcano Head that Gojo dealt with, to the Flower-Wielder who rescued Volcano Head, and now this stitch-lined one... Can Special Grades really be encountered at any time now...?
Suddenly, the term "Special Grade" feels cheap... Does he really need to discuss with Gojo applying to the higher-ups for a new title like "Super Special Grade"?
How can he, the King of Curses, be just a Special Grade that pops up anywhere?
Sukuna's thoughts suddenly stopped.
He froze abruptly.
Just now... he suddenly sensed the aura of one of his fingers...!
An image appeared in his mind—
He saw one of his fingers being unsealed by a person with stitch lines on their face, and then placed in front of... Yoshino Nagi, Yoshino Junpei's sleeping mother!
He was instantly alarmed!
What is going on?!—
...stitch lines?!
...Could it be the humanoid Special Grade Cursed Spirit with stitch lines on its face that Ijichi just mentioned?!
[Yuji! Tell Ijichi to stop the car immediately!!]
He roared quickly inside Itadori's mind—
[That stitch-lined Curse has one of my fingers, and it placed it inside Yoshino Junpei's house!!]..
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