Chapter 195: Itadori: Did I Just Hit Something?
Having found a clear target and direction, Itadori Yuji immediately demonstrated his superb physical mobility, leaping down from the top of the building in a single bound.
He seemed to have forgotten, however, that he was still carrying a Charge Blade weighing several tons on his back.
BOOM!
As dashing as Itadori Yuji looked when he jumped, the scene of him crashing into the building was equally pathetic.
"Friend!!"
Before Fushiguro and Nobara could even react, the overly concerned Kechizu immediately jumped down after him, followed closely by Eso, who was worried about his younger brother.
It truly felt like a wonderful "You jump, I jump" moment.
Now that this had already happened, what choice did Fushiguro and Nobara have, no matter how reluctant they were?
They could only choose to leap down as well.
Fortunately, with Kechizu's guidance, their objective became exceptionally clear, no longer disturbed by other factors.
They didn't even care if Kechizu's horrifying appearance would be seen by ordinary citizens and cause uncontrollable panic. After all, ordinary people can only see Cursed Spirits if they have a special constitution, but Incarnated vessels like Kechizu and Eso were monsters that paraded through the streets in full view.
However, having cast aside all reservations, this didn't affect their actions for the time being. Most of the panicked civilians didn't even have time to realize what was happening before Itadori and the others had already sprinted past them.
To the civilians, it probably felt like a strange, howling gale blowing past. Well, in many cases, ignorance is bliss... if they knew the reality—that hundreds of thousands of them were being held hostage—who knows what kind of chaos would ensue?
In just a few minutes, the group successfully arrived at the location where Kechizu's "Big Brother" was supposed to be.
The only thing that wasn't quite perfect was that Kechizu's brother, Choso, didn't seem to be on the same "layer" as them.
"Strange, so strange... I can feel Big Brother is right here, so why can't I see him? It's so weird..." After following his instincts to the destination only to find the brother he longed for missing, Kechizu began scratching his head in confusion.
"Really? Are you sure your brother is here?"
"Mm-hmm!"
"That really is weird... Could that guy actually be in a pocket dimension?!"
The dialogue between Itadori Yuji and Kechizu was perfectly in sync, but Fushiguro, watching this happen from the side, only felt they were being incredibly dim-witted.
"Is it possible that the reason you can't see him isn't because of some supernatural world, but simply because you haven't looked in the right place? Look over there." Fushiguro very helpfully pointed out their error, directing them toward a sign that read: Shibuya Subway Line 2.
"Oh! It's very likely Kechizu's brother is underground, which is why we can't find him."
"Fushiguro, you're so smart!"
Fushiguro Megumi: "..."
"None of that matters. The problem now is that the subway entrance is packed with non-sorcerers. How are we going to get past them to reach the underground?"
"Wait, let me ask Mr. Ijichi if he has a map of the Shibuya sewer system." Fushiguro pulled out his phone to try and communicate with the outside, but he didn't expect Itadori Yuji to have a sudden brain wave.
"Don't go to all that trouble, Fushiguro! I have a great idea!"
Before Fushiguro could react, he saw Itadori Yuji already unfolding and hoisting his several-meter-tall Charge Blade. After briefly aligning his position, Itadori slammed it down toward the ground without hesitation.
CRASH!
To ensure his "brilliant wisdom" didn't meet any accidents, Itadori Yuji even concentrated his strength at the tip for a moment before releasing it all into the asphalt road.
Under normal circumstances, to ensure the safety of subway passengers, the underground space and the surface are separated by a gap of more than ten meters. Itadori's single strike only smashed a crater about two meters deep, still quite a distance from the actual underground space.
Fortunately, Itadori Yuji had one virtue: persistence...
BOOM! BOOM! CRASH!
After many consecutive hammerings, a hole leading directly to the depths of the earth was finally cleared—until Itadori's final effort—
KABOOM!
Thankfully, the ground under Itadori Yuji's feet remained intact; instead, the ground under Fushiguro's feet collapsed first, causing him to slide all the way into a certain section of the subway station.
Rumble!
The sudden turn of events caught Fushiguro off guard. He could only fall amidst a shower of rubble into a tunnel where the lights were flickering from the impact.
It turned out their direction wasn't off at all. As soon as Fushiguro landed, he saw a grotesque Cursed Spirit nearby, chewing on something. Its thighs and abdomen were abnormally developed, and its face featured terrifying compound eyes and mouthparts. Coupled with its deep green body, it looked exactly like a giant humanoid locust. There was no need to doubt what kind of curse this spirit was born from.
"S... S...?"
"Could it be, you are... a Ju... Ju... Jujutsu Sorcerer!"
Seeing Fushiguro's sudden appearance, the Locust Curse displayed both shock and excitement. It pointed a trembling palm at Fushiguro and shouted, "I, I, I knew you Ju-Ju-Jujutsu Sorcerers would come here for a s-s-sneak attack!
I... I am the em-em-embodiment of humanity's f-f-fear of locusts..."
BOOM!!!
Generally speaking, possessing clear intelligence means it can no longer be considered an ordinary Grade 1 Cursed Spirit. Spirits like this, capable of human speech, were unrecorded in earlier times; even if it had a stutter, it was enough to prove its power.
The pity was, this was a stuttering Cursed Spirit that insisted on rambling, which led to an unimaginable tragedy—
BAM!!!!
Before it could even finish its self-introduction, a massive Charge Blade descended from above, flattening the poor Cursed Spirit into the ground. Not even a drop of green jam was left behind.
"Cough, cough... Fushiguro, you okay!" Itadori Yuji, standing in a cloud of dust, waved his hand to clear the air and shouted toward Fushiguro.
When he finally stepped out of the dust and saw Fushiguro, he found the other boy looking at him with a very strange expression.
"Wh-what's wrong? Did I just hit someone? No way, right?!"
Scratching his head, Itadori Yuji turned back to look at the crater behind him.
"Probably... not?"
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