Sure enough, the suspension bridge effect doesn’t lie.
Rescuing a damsel in distress might be a cliché, but it works!
Right then.
Hurried footsteps echoed from the other end of the corridor.
“Sasaki-senpai!
Iguchi!”
It was Yuji Itadori’s voice.
Immediately after, Megumi Fushiguro ran up as well, panting for breath.
When they rushed into the corridor and saw the scene before them, both were stunned.
“This…”
Yuji Itadori’s eyes widened, his mouth forming an ‘O’ shape.
“What happened here?”
There was a massive crater, two meters in diameter, in the middle of the corridor floor.
The pit was filled with the remains of a Cursed Spirit, deader than dead.
And by the edge of the crater…
Lin Ye was pulling Sasaki up from the ground, even thoughtfully patting the dust off her shoulder.
“It’s okay now.
Don’t play these ghost-summoning games so much in the future.”
“A handsome guy won’t be there to save you every time.”
Lin Ye spoke casually.
Megumi Fushiguro looked at the crater, his eyelid twitching uncontrollably.
He could feel the residual aura of that Cursed Spirit.
It was definitely a Grade 2 Cursed Spirit or higher!
To think…
It was stomped to death?
With pure physical technique?
Just who on earth was this guy named Lin Ye?!
“You?!”
Megumi Fushiguro looked at Lin Ye warily.
“You exorcised the Cursed Spirit?”
Lin Ye turned his head and looked at Megumi Fushiguro and Yuji Itadori.
At that moment, his “Insight Eye” activated automatically.
[Name: Yuji Itadori]
[Status: Sukuna’s Vessel (Not fully activated)]
[Combat Power: Superhuman athletic talent (Still a baby)]
[Name: Megumi Fushiguro]
[Status: Ten Shadows Technique (Growth stock)]
[Combat Power: Grade 2 Jujutsu Sorcerer (But likes to self-destruct)]
Lin Ye looked at their status panels, feeling a secret thrill.
This cheat was really comfortable to use.
“Who else?”
Lin Ye shrugged.
“If I’d waited for a slow sea urchin like you to run up here, this girl would’ve been a midnight snack long ago.”
Megumi Fushiguro’s face stiffened; he wanted to retort but had no words.
It was true.
If not for Lin Ye, Sasaki would have certainly died.
“Thank you!
Truly, thank you!”
Sasaki grabbed Lin Ye’s sleeve, her eyes teary, clearly still shaken from the shock.
“No problem, no problem.”
Lin Ye calmly pulled his hand away.
Don’t fall for me, there’s no future in it; I’m just here to farm points.
“Hey!
Pinky over there.”
Lin Ye looked at Yuji Itadori.
Yuji Itadori pointed at himself: “Huh?
Me?”
“Yes, you.”
Lin Ye walked over, his gaze landing on Yuji Itadori’s hand.
He was tightly clutching a withered finger.
The special grade cursed object: Sukuna’s Finger.
“Let me see that thing.”
Lin Ye reached out.
Yuji Itadori blinked, instinctively about to hand it over, but Megumi Fushiguro shouted:
“No!”
“That’s a special grade cursed object!
Normal people will be cursed if they touch it!”
“And…”
Megumi Fushiguro glared at Lin Ye.
“Is that your goal after all?”
The atmosphere instantly became tense and hostile.
Seeing Megumi Fushiguro acting like he was facing a great enemy, Lin Ye couldn’t help but laugh.
“Hahahaha.”
“Megumi Fushiguro, you really are cute.”
“If I wanted to steal it, do you think…”
“The current you could stop me?”
The moment he finished speaking.
A terrifying pressure of Cursed Energy suddenly erupted from Lin Ye’s body!
Boom!
The air in the corridor seemed to solidify.
Megumi Fushiguro felt as if he were being crushed by a mountain; his knees weakened, and he nearly knelt!
Cold sweat instantly drenched his back.
This Cursed Energy…
It wasn’t just the sheer volume.
It was full of aggression and dominance!
“This guy…”
Megumi Fushiguro gritted his teeth.
His Shikigami, “Divine Dogs,” let out uneasy low growls, not daring to take a single step forward.
Grade suppression!
At this critical juncture.
Thud.
Another massive Cursed Spirit emerged silently from the ceiling.
Taking advantage of the standoff, it lunged directly at Yuji Itadori, who was holding Sukuna’s Finger!
This was an even stronger Cursed Spirit!
It was likely close to Grade 1!
“Watch out!” Megumi Fushiguro shouted.
Yuji Itadori reacted quickly, but he had no leverage in mid-air.
“Damn it!”
Just as that bloody maw was about to swallow Yuji Itadori.
Lin Ye stood his ground, not moving an inch.
He was waiting.
He was waiting for that famous scene.
Since the system wanted him to complete the quest, he had to let the plot proceed.
If he didn’t let Yuji eat the finger, how would the following drama unfold?
If Ryomen Sukuna didn’t come out, how could he show off even harder?
“Now!”
Lin Ye’s eyes flashed.
In mid-air, Yuji Itadori looked at the approaching Cursed Spirit, and his grandfather’s final words flashed through his mind.
“You should die surrounded by others…”
“Save people…”
“Since I have the power, I can’t just stand by and watch!”
Yuji Itadori’s gaze turned fierce.
He suddenly tossed Sukuna’s Finger high into the air and opened his mouth—
Gulp!
Under Megumi Fushiguro’s horrified gaze.
Amidst Sasaki’s scream as she covered her mouth.
And under Lin Ye’s expectant eyes.
Yuji Itadori swallowed the special grade cursed object!
The next second.
Time seemed to stand still.
The aura around Yuji Itadori shifted instantly.
Black markings, like living vipers, instantly spread across his entire body!
An ancient, evil, and supreme cursed aura surged into the sky!
“ROAR—!!!”
The Cursed Spirit that had been lunging was hit by this aura and actually exploded mid-air!
As the dust settled.
“Yuji” stood under the moonlight, shirtless.
He slowly raised his head, two extra eyes having appeared on his face.
Those four eyes were filled with contempt and arrogance toward the world.
Ryomen Sukuna, Incarnated!
“Wahaha—”
“Light!”
“It’s light!”
Sukuna spread his arms and laughed wildly towards the sky, his voice vibrating the glass until it hummed.
“A body!
Though it’s a brat’s body, it’ll do!”
“That era!
Women!
Children!
They shall swarm like maggots!”
“Wonderful!
This is simply—”
Sukuna swung his hand violently, and the walls of the entire corridor were instantly sliced in half!
He stood atop the ruins like a demon king descending.
Megumi Fushiguro watched this scene in despair.
It was over.
The worst-case scenario had happened.
A Special Grade Cursed Spirit had Incarnated; everyone here…
would die!
“Is this…
the King of Curses?”
Megumi Fushiguro’s hands and feet went cold.
However.
Just as Sukuna was laughing maniacally.
An extremely discordant, lazy voice rang out.
“Hey, Tattoo Guy.”
“What’s with the screaming in the middle of the night?”
“You’re disturbing the neighbors, you know?”
The air fell deathly silent again.
Sukuna’s laughter stopped abruptly.
Those four eyes slowly turned, locking onto Lin Ye, who was standing not far away with his hands still in his pockets.
Megumi Fushiguro thought he was losing his mind.