Just as Minoru finished organizing his thoughts, a sound of rushing wind suddenly came from outside the window.
Crash!
With a loud noise, the window was thrown open.
A figure, shimmering with pale blue Cursed Energy, climbed through the window from outside the building.
Black spiky hair, and the standard Jujutsu High uniform.
Hovering behind him was his Shikigami, Nue, constantly circling in the air and flashing with lightning.
The person who had arrived was none other than Fushiguro Megumi.
Seeing the mess on the floor, his face was grim.
An ominous Cursed Energy signature and terrifying Cursed Energy residue still lingered in the surroundings.
He could sense it—all of this was connected to the man standing before him.
Minoru currently radiated a terrifying aura.
This aura was similar to that of Sukuna’s Finger.
“The Cursed Energy signature from just now, and this massive Cursed Energy residue—they’re both related to you, aren’t they?”
“Did you take the finger!?”
Megumi locked onto Minoru, his tone full of vigilance.
He was almost one hundred percent certain that Minoru was the one who had taken Sukuna’s Finger.
Yuji immediately stepped in front of Minoru, glaring angrily.
“What do you think you’re doing?!
He’s our family’s savior!”
He would never allow anyone to cause trouble for Minoru without reason.
Megumi’s gaze was cold.
He ignored Yuji’s shouting, his eyes fixed intently on Minoru.
His senses were screaming, the aura of a special grade cursed object here was incredibly dense.
The two men in front of him did not look like ordinary people at all.
Megumi’s hands were already poised to form seals.
“It’s alright.”
Minoru pushed Yuji behind him, his gaze meeting Megumi’s, a playful smile on his lips.
“Fushiguro Megumi, a first-year at Jujutsu High, a descendant of the Zenin clan, a genius capable of manipulating Shikigami.
Am I wrong?” Minoru said calmly.
Megumi’s pupils constricted.
How did he know his identity?!
Could it be that he was a Curse User who killed without batting an eye?
Or could it be that Jujutsu High had a traitor who leaked all their information?
A Cursed User is a Sorcerer who violates Jujutsu regulations, almost all of them have taken lives and are extremely dangerous.
Before Megumi could react, an incredibly terrifying pressure was suddenly unleashed.
“Ugh…”
Megumi grunted, his brain feeling as if it had been struck by a hammer, ringing.
The blue Cursed Energy flowing around him stagnated for half a beat in the face of this pressure.
Megumi’s knees buckled, and he even knelt on the ground.
The opponent hadn’t even moved, nor had he deliberately released any Cursed Energy.
Yet, in an instant, it made it impossible for him to even raise his hands to form seals and summon stronger Shikigami.
This person had a profound understanding of Cursed Energy and immense power, definitely at the level of a special grade Sorcerer.
“You…”
“Don’t be nervous.
My name is Shibata Minoru, and I’m a good person.” Minoru stepped forward, looking down at Megumi.
That pressure vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed.
“Being so rash right after meeting isn’t polite, you know.”
In the original series, Megumi was a person who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside.
He wished to protect those with kind hearts and acted to save as many “good people” as possible.
The moment Minoru approached, Megumi raised his hands, preparing to fight to the death.
Nue charged towards Minoru and Megumi himself began to chant.
“With this…”
Hearing these two words, Minoru’s lips twitched.
He wanted to summon Mahoraga already?
Minoru’s pressure intensified.
Megumi, who was already forced to the ground, had both hands propped on the floor.
As for Nue, Minoru raised a hand, tearing its wings, and tossing it aside.
Yuji, witnessing this, was filled with admiration and subconsciously blurted out, “So amazing.”
Minoru didn’t completely destroy the Shikigami, because he knew that once a Shikigami was completely destroyed, it could not manifest again.
“If I wanted to kill you, you’d be dead with a raise of my hand.” Minoru lowered his voice and whispered into Megumi’s ear.
Looking at Nue twitching on the floor, Megumi fully agreed with what Minoru said.
At such close range, Minoru killing him would probably be even simpler than killing Nue.
“You became a Jujutsu Sorcerer to create a world where good people can find happiness, right?
So that your slumbering older sister, Fushiguro Tsumiki, can one day awaken to a more just world.
A world where more good people can live equally and happily.”
He…
how did he know about my sister?!
This was his deepest secret and pain.
Seeing the shock and disbelief on Megumi’s face, Minoru knew that the time was ripe.
He had to strike while the iron was hot.
He helped Megumi up, his gaze becoming distant.
Megumi initially wanted to shake off Minoru’s hand.
But in the face of Minoru’s immense strength, enhanced by Sukuna’s power, he couldn’t.
‘His strength and speed are not on the same level as mine.
I have no chance of winning at all.’
‘But he doesn’t seem like a bad person.’
Thoughts flashed through Megumi’s mind, and his fighting spirit weakened.
“But you and I both know that this world is inherently unjust.
Good people don’t always get good rewards.”
“You don’t have to be so tense confronting me, I won’t do anything to you.
I can even make a Binding Vow with you to guarantee this.”
With that said, Minoru, to show his sincerity, made a Binding Vow.
“I make this Binding Vow: provided that Fushiguro Megumi is not possessed, does not actively attack me, and does not harbor intentions to attack me, I will not actively attack him.”
Minoru snapped his fingers, and Cursed Energy fluctuations flashed around, making the Binding Vow officially effective.
“You should know the price of breaking a Binding Vow, right?
You can relax a bit.” Minoru gave a slight smile, his expression full of sincerity.
Megumi’s shocked expression persisted upon hearing this. This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
He had never expected Minoru to go this far.
He just made a Binding Vow like that!?
As for confronting him?
Megumi knew in his heart that unless he summoned Mahoraga for a mutual kill, he had no chance of winning.
But he couldn’t even summon Mahoraga right now.
Relax?
Megumi couldn’t do it either.
This stranger in front of him knew all his secrets.
How could anyone relax under such circumstances?
But this man in front of him offered a Binding Vow as a guarantee.
Countless thoughts struggled and intertwined in Megumi’s mind.
Ultimately, his tense shoulders slumped a little.
Though the vigilance in his eyes hadn’t diminished, it was mixed with too many emotions.
Megumi questioned, “Who exactly are you?
Why do you know all this?
Why are you doing this?”
Minoru’s lips curled slightly.
The fish had taken the bait.
The Binding Vow as bait was indeed effective.
What he just did was a psychological attack.
Next up was the strategy.
Of course, not the kind of strategy from a dating sim.
“Who I am depends on your perspective.
Names and identities are not important at this moment.
What matters is action, and results.”
“Look at him.”
Minoru’s gaze fell on Yuji, who was still warily staring at Megumi.
“This boy just witnessed the horror of a Cursed Spirit firsthand, yet he still bravely stepped forward to face someone like you who clearly means no good.”
“Does this undisguised kindness, in your eyes, only deserve the claws of a Shikigami?”
Minoru pointed at Nue behind Megumi and at his hands.
Megumi’s breath hitched.
He glanced at Yuji and suddenly realized that his reaction just now had indeed been a bit excessive.
“I didn’t say I was going to harm him…”
Megumi’s voice softened, but his Cursed Energy fluctuations remained taut.
He dared not relax his guard, he dared not gamble whether Minoru was truly a good person.
“Then why were you preparing to form seals without hesitation just now?
Was it because of your suspicion?
Or because of your mission?”
“You immediately wanted to resolve even this silly kindness beside you with violence.
Then how can you talk about exorcising Curses and saving good people?”
Yuji, who had been tense, froze.
He suddenly felt like Shibata Minoru had scolded him.