Tsumiki's calm words exploded like a thunderclap.
"...Sukuna's bride?"
Yuji's eyes went blank as he repeated the words under his breath.
Possessing Tsumiki's body, Yorozu shot him a flirtatious wink and replied playfully,
"Not yet…"
"But I will be very soon."
Ancient sorcerers who had incarnated into modern human bodies could all read the memories of their vessels' souls.
That was why they could quickly adapt to how different the modern era was from a thousand years ago.
Changes in geography, smartphones, skyscrapers, and all the rest.
Before this, Tsumiki had never been a sorcerer—just an ordinary student living in the normal world.
As a result, after reading Tsumiki's memories, Yorozu still didn't know that the Yuji standing before her was the vessel imprisoning the one she loved.
"The old family estate from a thousand years ago… I think it was around Sendai?"
Yorozu shyly rubbed her cheeks.
"As a woman, I should stay at home, dress myself up properly, and wait obediently for my husband to come and marry me."
Using points, Yorozu had already added a rule to the Culling Game:
As long as Sukuna remained inside the barriers, he would definitely see her confession of love.
Thin wings like cicada wings sprouted from Tsumiki's back.
"Goodbye, little boys."
"Big sis still needs to hurry home and prepare her dowry."
Watching Tsumiki slowly float into the air, Megumi felt as though someone had smashed him over the head with a club. He stood frozen for a long time, unable to recover.
Yuji, Nobara, and Hana Kurusu were also caught completely off guard by the sudden turn of events.
But there was still one person present whose mind remained clear.
"BOOM!!!"
A merciless downward strike smashed Yorozu out of the air and straight into a crater in the rooftop!
"Did I ever give a liar permission to leave?"
"Maki-senpai!"
Yuji, Nobara, and the others stared blankly at the figure standing at the edge of the crater.
Her teacher sealed away.
Her sister dead.
Her comrades dead.
Principal Yaga dead…
Her mother's indifference.
And in the end, her own older brother becoming her enemy…
Crushed beneath all those burdens, Maki seemed to have become an emotionless machine.
Single-mindedly carrying out the mission of unsealing Satoru Gojo.
Megumi and the others might have frozen because of Tsumiki's identity reveal, but Maki had no such hesitation.
Not an ally…
Then kill them.
"Crack—!"
Floating up from the rubble, Yorozu looked at Maki with slight seriousness.
To properly maintain her disguise as Tsumiki, Yorozu had refrained from using cursed energy until now.
But after sensing Maki for a moment, understanding dawned on her.
"So it's a Heavenly Restriction. No wonder you managed to sneak attack me."
Twins cursed by misfortune. Heavenly Restrictions.
Such things had existed in the jujutsu world even a thousand years ago.
Glancing at the group surrounding her, Yorozu laughed lightly.
"You little brats whose hair hasn't even finished growing in—don't tell me you actually think you can stop me?"
Yorozu was a fanatically devoted admirer of Sukuna.
A worshipper.
The ancient sorcerer who believed herself to be the only woman worthy of becoming the King of Curses' bride.
And at the same time—
She was also an absolute powerhouse who once dominated an era a thousand years ago.
Yorozu's technique was the same as Mai Zenin's:
The Construction Technique, capable of turning imagination into reality.
But unlike Mai…
The gap in cursed energy reserves between them was astronomical.
As was the difference in talent as sorcerers.
The butterfly-like wings on Yorozu's back fluttered.
While hovering in the air, four black ribbons shot from her sleeves, lashing viciously toward the four surrounding her!
The silk-like bands possessed hardness comparable to steel and overflowed with dense cursed energy.
Yuji, Nobara, Maki, and Hana all hurriedly dodged.
Only Megumi remained standing numbly at the edge of the rooftop, completely lost.
He still couldn't escape this cruel truth.
Couldn't accept that the sister who had depended on him—and whom he had depended on—for all his life was already dead.
The Angel's technique could separate merged souls.
But there was also a terrifying ninety-nine percent chance that the vessel's original soul would perish alongside them.
Hovering in midair, Yorozu handled the group's attacks with ease.
Several black ribbons glittering like starlight carved long trenches across the rooftop.
"Killing you all here would work too."
"But if we're cooking human brains, I should wait for Uraume to arrive."
"My husband—no, I suppose this era calls him my 'hubby'?"
"My hubby really loves the monkey brains that person cooks. As his wife, I should prepare the ingredients first."
The moment Sukuna was mentioned, Yorozu's eyes practically turned into hearts.
Yet her attacks became even more ruthless.
Yorozu's aerial advantage made it difficult for Maki to get close, while Hana Kurusu—despite sharing a body with Angel—was clearly no match for Yorozu in aerial combat.
"BOOM!"
A terrifying sonic boom suddenly echoed from the distant sky.
Everyone in the middle of the fight abruptly looked toward the same direction.
"A… curse spirit?"
"That's a curse spirit… right?"
Yuji and Nobara muttered uncertainly.
It looked like an enormous worm-like body.
Six pitch-black holes covered its face, and half of a human corpse hung from its chest.
It was a grotesque, utterly inhuman creature—
Yet somehow, they struggled to identify it immediately.
Because despite its monstrous form, the thing rushing toward them carried the unmistakable presence of a human.
"So it's a sorcerer who turned into a cursed spirit shortly after dying."
Well-traveled and experienced, Yorozu smilingly enlightened them.
"Looks like this one even has some history with you people."
In only a few exchanges—
The inhuman monster crossed ten thousand meters at horrifying speed and crashed straight into the battlefield!
"BOOOOM!!!"
The creature launched down from the sky, its gigantic body piercing completely through the skyscraper!
The building collapsed.
Rubble exploded outward.
At a speed impossible for the naked eye to track, it smashed all the way from the eighteenth-floor rooftop down to street level!
On the ruined street beside heaps of fallen debris—
A savage face suddenly burst out from one of the creature's dark facial openings!
"Bitch!!!"
"I've come to get revenge on you!"
The monstrous face glared directly at Nobara—
And Maki, standing nearby, cried out in shock:
"Naoya?!"
The half-corpse hanging from the creature's abdomen still vaguely retained the outline of an American military uniform.
"Oh, so that's who's holding such a grudge against me."
"It's you, you creepy bastard."
Protected beneath Yuji moments earlier, Nobara slowly rose from the rubble.
Only two days ago, Naoya had forced her to use her Domain Expansion.
There was no way she'd forget him that quickly.
Though she was inwardly confused about why the opponent she had supposedly killed with her Domain had returned as a cursed spirit seeking revenge—
Nobara would never lose verbally.
"So after only two days apart…"
"What happened? Did your plastic surgery fail?"
Naoya's twisted face froze for a moment—
Then burst into hysterical laughter.
"Heh… Hahahahaha!"
"This isn't failure—this is rebirth!"
That great person even had curse spirits like the White Zetsu serving under him.
Which proved that person didn't care whether his followers were human or not.
Ah!
What greatness.
What incredible magnanimity from a leader!
After silently praising him to himself, Naoya's writhing body slowly rose upright.
"I can feel it…"
"The terrifying power hidden within this body!"
Looking down at Nobara, murderous intent flooded Naoya's inhuman eyes.
"Girl, I really should thank you!"
"I'll use your death to celebrate my rebirth!"
"BOOM!!!"
The high-speed charge pulverized every structure in its path into fragments!
Yuji shoved Nobara aside just in time.
Still shaken, Nobara stared at the violent shockwaves rolling past beside her.
But before she could fully relax, Yorozu's jealous, lovestruck voice rang out from above.
"Th-This… is love!"
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