Chapter 107 107: Sukuna Appears, Innate Domain

A grotesque mass of flesh blocked the corridor ahead.

It was huge, swollen, and malformed, like countless Cursed Spirits had been crushed together and forced into a single body. Distorted heads bulged from its surface. Dozens of eyes rolled in different directions. Arms of varying lengths writhed from its flesh, grabbing, pulling, groping for anything alive.

And two humans were trapped inside it.

One had already been swallowed halfway into the Cursed Spirit's body. The other, a young girl, was being dragged in by several pale, twisted hands.

Megumi's pupils tightened.

"It's trying to devour the humans and the Cursed Object together?"

The Divine Dogs at his sides lowered their bodies, ready to spring.

But it was already too late.

At that exact moment, glass shattered.

A figure smashed in through the window from outside and landed hard on top of the Cursed Spirit.

Yuji Itadori.

He grabbed the two students, one in each arm, and yanked them free from the creature's flesh before jumping aside.

The Divine Dogs surged forward at almost the same time.

Black and white shadows flashed through the hallway. Fangs tore into the Cursed Spirit from both sides, ripping through its swollen body. In a matter of seconds, the hideous mass was shredded apart, its remains dissolving into the darkness.

Yuji landed a few steps away and carefully set the two unconscious students on the floor.

In his hand was the retrieved Sukuna Finger.

Megumi immediately noticed something else.

"You can see them, can't you?" he asked. "Ordinary people usually can't see Curses unless they're in special conditions. You're lucky the finger wasn't eaten."

Yuji looked down at the object in his hand.

"Is that right? This is my first time seeing a ghost too." He tilted his head. "But why does everything want to eat this finger? Does it taste good or something?"

Megumi's brow twitched.

"Don't say stupid things. Cursed Spirits eat it to obtain powerful cursed energy. That thing is dangerous. Give it to me, now."

He stepped forward and reached out.

Yuji was about to hand the finger over.

Then the ceiling above them split open.

A hideous arm shot down from the darkness, clawing straight toward Yuji.

"Move!"

Megumi reacted first.

He shoved Yuji out of the way and commanded his Divine Dogs to drag the two unconscious students to safety.

The next second, the ceiling collapsed.

A huge Cursed Spirit dropped into the hallway, sending dust and debris blasting outward.

When the dust thinned, Yuji finally saw what had happened.

The Cursed Spirit had Megumi in one massive hand. Its jaw stretched wide, ready to swallow him whole.

"Divine Dogs!"

Megumi forced the words out, trying to counterattack.

The Cursed Spirit slammed him into the wall before he could complete the command.

Pain exploded through his body.

His Cursed Technique faltered.

The Divine Dogs vanished into shadow.

The Cursed Spirit did not stop. It charged after him, determined to finish the job.

With a deafening crash, the wall burst apart.

Megumi was thrown through the broken masonry and landed hard on the rooftop below. He rolled several times before coming to a stop, blood running from his forehead.

He tried to get up.

His arms trembled.

His head spun.

Even a simple movement felt impossible.

Damn it.

I can't move.

The Cursed Spirit came barreling toward him.

Just before it reached him, Yuji leaped into the air and smashed his elbow into the monster's head.

The impact knocked the Cursed Spirit sideways.

Yuji landed and immediately darted away, deliberately pulling its attention.

It worked.

The Cursed Spirit turned toward him and lunged.

Megumi gritted his teeth and shouted, "Itadori! You should have taken those two and run! Curses can only be exorcised with curses. You can't beat it!"

Yuji kept moving, narrowly avoiding a sweeping strike.

"But you're in danger too! If I ran away and left you here, I'd never forgive myself!"

His answer came from the heart.

Unfortunately, that moment of distraction was enough.

The Cursed Spirit's fist slammed into him and launched him into the air.

The Sukuna Finger slipped from his hand.

Yuji's eyes widened.

He twisted mid-air and caught it with his mouth.

The Cursed Spirit seized him in its palm.

Then, without hesitation, it tried to shove both Yuji and the finger into its mouth.

Yuji braced both feet against its teeth, struggling to keep himself from being crushed and swallowed.

Megumi's shout rang out again.

"Are you an idiot?! Throw the finger to me, or you'll get eaten!"

Those words made Yuji's thoughts sharpen.

If Cursed Spirits could gain power by eating this finger...

Then why couldn't he eat it?

The thought was reckless.

Absurd.

But Yuji had never been the type to stand still when someone needed saving.

He opened his mouth and swallowed the finger whole.

Megumi's face froze.

Ryomen Sukuna's Finger was a lethal poison.

Eating it meant certain death.

Unless...

The air changed.

The hand gripping Yuji burst apart.

Yuji landed lightly on the Cursed Spirit's head, then stepped down from it as if descending a stair.

The Cursed Spirit roared and rushed at him.

Yuji raised one hand.

With a casual wave, the creature was sliced to pieces.

Its body scattered across the rooftop before dissolving.

The figure standing there was still Yuji Itadori.

But he was no longer the same.

Black markings crawled across his skin. Beneath his original eyes, another pair had opened, cold and inhuman.

His lips curled into a delighted grin.

"Hahahaha... As expected, feeling the moonlight on flesh is the best."

He stretched his arms, savoring the air.

"But Cursed Spirit flesh is dull. Too dull."

His grin widened.

"Women. Children. Humans."

A vicious excitement surged through his voice.

"Let me go on a killing spree. How wonderful."

Then he stopped.

His body went still.

Completely still.

Megumi, who had thought the nightmare was only beginning, stared in confusion.

"What... happened?"

Somewhere he could not see, Yuji Itadori opened his eyes in another world.

It was a vast place where sea and sky met, silent and endless. Clear water stretched beneath his feet, reflecting a horizon that seemed to go on forever.

Yuji looked around in bewilderment.

"What a beautiful place..."

He blinked.

"Where is this? Wasn't I just...?"

Then he saw someone standing nearby.

Another him.

"Eh? Why is there another me?"

But after taking a closer look, Yuji realized the differences at once.

The other figure had black markings across his body and four eyes.

Yuji tensed.

"Who the hell are you?"

The answer came as a slash.

Invisible force tore through the air, aimed straight at Yuji's head.

But just before it struck, black mist swept in and erased the attack completely.

Sukuna's expression changed for the first time.

His gaze sharpened as he scanned the strange world around him.

That wasn't the brat.

This place was inside the brat's body. An Innate Domain, perhaps.

But that black mist...

There was no cursed energy in it.

And yet it had blocked Dismantle effortlessly.

Even for Ryomen Sukuna, this was a first.

While Sukuna analyzed the situation, a graceful figure appeared silently in front of them.

Crimson eyes.

Long hair like ink.

An exquisite face carrying an arrogance that looked almost natural.

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