Chapter 38: What Is a Domain? Does It Taste Good?
Since it's impossible for those two...
Then what about himself?
Sato Kazuma took out his Adventurer Card. Looking at the somewhat pathetic stats on it, he shook his head, but quickly consoled himself:
'That's right! If this could actually be implemented, I'd be the boss! There's no logic in a boss showing up in person!'
The corners of Sato Kazuma's mouth curled up slightly; he already had an idea.
He would have Aqua learn it!
"Aqua, I'm giving you a mission!"
As Sato Kazuma spoke, he pulled Aqua to the side.
"What?"
Aqua looked at Sato Kazuma with a face full of confusion.
"Go learn Domain Expansion!"
"Ha? What's that? Is it a brand of booze? Does it taste good?!"
"Is your head filled with nothing but eating, drinking, and playing?"
Sato Kazuma sighed and proceeded to recount everything that had happened in the Chat Group.
"Oh oh oh! So that means if we learn it, we can make a fortune! We can eat delicious food every day! And drink as much booze as we want!"
Aqua's eyes sparkled with light as she asked impatiently.
"More or less!"
"Great! Then I want to learn it right now!"
"You'll have to wait until the next time the Great Group Leader comes over to teach you. Speaking of which..."
Sato Kazuma fell into thought.
In this world, he was like a game character, gaining Experience Points by killing monsters to level up, thereby obtaining Skill Points to upgrade.
In that case, could he use this system to learn the techniques from Yuji Itadori's side?
Sato Kazuma felt a bit curious and opened the chat interface again.
[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: Great Group Leader, is it hard to learn Domain?]
[Unsurrounded One: I'd say it's quite difficult. After all, as far as I know, the number of Jujutsu Sorcerers who can master a Domain can be counted on one hand.]
[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: Then how did you learn it, Great Group Leader?]
[Unsurrounded One: If I had to say, I suddenly grasped it in the midst of a crisis.]
Yuji Itadori remembered it was during the final battle with Sukuna, when both sides were at the end of their ropes, that he successfully learned Domain.
At that time, he didn't even know what the effect of his Domain was until he refined it bit by bit later on.
[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: Never mind then, we'll talk about the Domain stuff later...]
Sato Kazuma shook his head.
Suddenly grasping it in the midst of a crisis...
He went on adventures with these several idiots and was in danger almost every single moment!
[Jealous Witch's Object of Escape: Putting that aside for now, Senior Itadori, has that girl awakened?]
[Unsurrounded One: Not yet.]
[Only Love White-Haired Elves: I really can't believe that the person casting such a malicious Curse was... was just a child... Just how did things turn out like this?]
Himmel absolutely could not accept the fact that a small child had been turned into an assassin.
[Unsurrounded One: I'm not sure either. For now, it seems she is with Elsa, hired by someone to target Emilia and those around her.]
[Jealous Witch's Object of Escape: Who exactly is it! I'm definitely going to find that guy and give him a good beating!]
Looking at the unconscious Meili beside him, a question couldn't help but surface in Yuji Itadori's mind.
Why did both Elsa and Meili seem to know the movements of Emilia and Natsuki Subaru so well?
Was it a coincidence?
Or rather...
[Only Love White-Haired Elves: Regardless, making a child do such things is absolutely unforgivable.]
[Unsurrounded One: I noticed earlier that this girl seems very concerned about the mission failing. I suspect that behind her and Elsa, there might be a mastermind pulling the strings. I might be able to get some important information out of her in a bit.]
[Jealous Witch's Object of Escape: You've really worked hard, Senior Itadori.]
[Unsurrounded One: It's what I should do.]
[Only Love White-Haired Elves: Helping each other as comrades is only natural.]
"Comrades?"
Looking at those words, Yuji Itadori subconsciously repeated the term.
One could say the members in the group had completely different personalities compared to his former companions.
And yet, he seemed to see traces of them in these people.
He even saw traces of himself.
Perhaps this was what Satoru Gojo once felt.
Looking at his juniors and hoping they could grow up strong.
Yuji Itadori closed the chat interface and stood beside Meili.
After another ten minutes or so, Meili's eyelids twitched slightly before she slowly opened them.
What entered her sight was Yuji Itadori's face.
"You!?"
Her previously murky consciousness cleared instantly, and Meili practically bolted upright in fright.
She couldn't forget what had happened earlier.
The world she was in had suddenly changed.
The Witchbeasts she controlled... were shredded into fragments in an instant, turning into a pool of bloody water.
All of it felt like a nightmare.
And the sight of Yuji Itadori's face right in front of her caused Meili's illusions to shatter, bringing her back to reality.
"Don't be afraid. I won't kill you."
Yuji Itadori crouched down, keeping his tone peaceful.
"You... won't kill me?"
Meili looked at him with some disbelief.
She knew very well that if the person before her wanted to kill her, he could do so with just a flick of his finger.
It was only then that she noticed she was draped in an ill-fitting piece of clothing—Yuji Itadori's jacket.
"I don't have the right to take someone else's life," Yuji Itadori said slowly. "And you don't either."
Meili simply lowered her head and did not speak.
"Next, I have questions to ask you. Please answer truthfully, and I can guarantee you'll be fine."
Yuji Itadori's gaze focused on Meili's face, but the latter didn't dare make eye contact, keeping her head down and looking at the ground.
However, Meili indeed did not detect any killing intent from Yuji Itadori.
"Mm..."
Having no other choice, Meili could only nod.
"What is your name?"
"Meili... Meili Portroute."
Her voice was very small, almost audible only to herself, the complete opposite of her previous murderous persona.
Yuji Itadori could feel that, at this moment, the girl before him was not putting on an act.
On the contrary, her previous fierce and frenzied appearance seemed more like a front—just like when Yuji Itadori first met Elsa.
"What is your relationship with the Bowel Hunter, Elsa Granhiert?" Yuji Itadori continued to inquire.
"She is my... big sister," Meili answered.