Sealing site.
Sukuna stood on the temple stairs arrogantly staring at the Kyoto and Tokyo Jujutsu High students and personnel just as he was about to attack, a voice charming and hypnotic whispered within his mind,
" At one finger you're no match for him, accept Lord Destruction and become stronger, stronger than you are now and you'll ever be!"
" Heh! I just came back to life and some insect is trying to hypnotize me? Dream on!" Sukuna—feeling his disoriented mind—snapped, his cursed energy erupted around him causing the pavement below his feet to shatter.
"...."
The Tokyo and Kyoto Jujutsu High personnel and students silently stared at Sukuna who talked to himself in astonishment, but Satoru's eyes scanned the surroundings.
' Are they the unknown being?' Satoru thought with a frown as his Six Eyes perceived the shadowy figure hidden within a layer of space.
Swoosh!
Suddenly an invisible wind blade streaked through the air and struck him creating a fierce gale that pushed and destroyed anything close.
"Hmm?" Sukuna frowned slightly as he stared at the dust cloud where Satoru still stood calmly with no sign of injury.
" You guys should retreat. The battle from now on might be too dangerous" Satoru said to the Tokyo and Kyoto personnel and students.
Masamichi stared at Satoru for a while before he turned to Shoko and Suguru, " Let's go, we won't be of any help!"
Suguru took one last glance at Satoru before following Masamichi.
" Let's go!" Gakuganji didn't even spare Satoru a second glance before retreating farther away.
' I thought he'd be too strong...' Satoru silently stared at his hand, clenching and unclenching recalling the slashes from Sukuna, ' But he's weak. Too weak!'
" Heh! Getting distracted in our fight..." Sukuna waved his hands and multiple invisible slashes streaked through the air again, " You dare to look down on me?! I'll get your heart out!"
Boom!
The attacks struck Satoru again raising dust cloud to the sky and creating a fierce gale, but Satoru walked out unharmed, hands in his pocket all the gloom and seriousness he had before the start of the mission had vanished replaced by a wide arrogant smile.
" King of Curses?..." Satoru opened his palms and a blue sphere materialized, Sukuna was immediately drawn towards Satoru and just as he reached him, the blue sphere in Satoru's palm changed to red, "... You're too weak!"
Boom!
Sukuna was hurled back violently smashing through the pavement and creating a deep and long trench and Satoru wasn't done.
Vanishing and appearing above Sukuna, Satoru's leg like an axe fiercely cut the air and struck him.
Boom!
Dust cloud rose to the sky and a fierce gale whipped the clothes of the Tokyo and Kyoto Jujutsu High personnel and students who stood far away.
With Satoru and Sukuna at the centre, a deep crater had formed with web-like cracks spreading around its edge.
Boom!
Satoru's cursed energy-coated fist came crashing down on Sukuna's face.
One...
Two...
Three...
Each punch from Satoru made the crater deeper and his smile more unrestrained; all the pent-up emotions that had accumulated for years were slowly being released with each blow.
Being beaten, though he felt rage till the point he wanted nothing but revenge—watching this sorcerer grovel and beg—Sukuna's expression was still cold, and he smiled cruelly, " Savor this feeling of triumph, when I a-
Boom!
A punch interrupted his words, Satoru calmly stood up, a purple sphere slowly gathered on his fingertips, " If you ever come back again in another vessel I'll still defeat you—just like now!"
Boom!
A purple dome slowly enlarged obliterating everything in its path.
After a while, Satoru stepped out from the abysmal crater his clothes immaculate but his expression was grave.
' I have to get stronger, fast!' Satoru thought as he clenched his fist, though he had the power to casually beat Sukuna, that was still in his one-finger mode, ' If he reaches 10...15 or maybe 20, then...'
The fate of the original Satoru flashed through his mind and also his own fate if he didn't surpass not only the original Satoru but also Sukuna!
After calming his slightly agitated heart, Satoru turned to look at a tree—the place where the shadowy figure had stood but surprisingly they had disappeared though faint cursed energy still lingered.
" You guys can go without me. Complete the mission I'll be back!" Satoru said to the Tokyo and Kyoto Jujutsu High personnel and students before vanishing leaving them stunned.
.....
Under the silvery glow of the moon, inside the forest close to the temple, a figure in a black robe jumped through the branches of the trees.
' That arrogant prick, after all those talks he was still beaten ruthlessly!' The black-robed figure muttered under its breath, its eyes—the only visible feature—filled with irritation as it remembered Sukuna's 'feats'.
It had planned everything accordingly: charm a curse user who had stolen Sukuna's finger and let him contact and give the finger to the Jujutsu higher-ups and during the document procedure—assigning the personnel who would seal the finger—it had also charmed the wife of a higher-up and made her persuade him to assign the Kyoto and Tokyo Jujutsu High to seal the finger; a reasonable move as Satoru Gojo was also involved.
After doing all this, the black-robed figure had also charmed Shōma, a student at Kyoto Jujutsu High and made him consume the finger of Sukuna—and all this was for Sukuna to resurrect and kill Satoru Gojo thereby disrupting the fate of this world but who would have expected that Sukuna, too prideful, wouldn't accept an offer presented on a golden tray.
" That bastard, he deserves death!" The black-robed figure said resentfully, going through its memories and selecting figures perfect for destroying this world.
Just as the figure was silently planning a voice sounded above it,
" Don't run. Let's have a chat first"
!!
The pupils of the black-robed figure constricted as it fearfully raised its head upwards, Satoru calmly hovered with hands in his pocket his lips curled in a small smile and the moon's silvery reflection behind him gave him a god-like aura.