Chapter 53: You Bastard, What Exactly Are You Talking About?!
Yuji Itadori didn't even look back, for he already knew exactly what the final fate of that Special Grade Cursed Spirit would be.
Once he struck, there was no possibility for that Cursed Spirit to continue existing.
He remembered all too clearly how desperate and helpless his past self had been when facing this Cursed Spirit, eventually being forced to seek Sukuna's power, which even caused him to waver in his own sense of self—eventually leading to a series of irreversible consequences.
Now, this Cursed Spirit was no different from dust in his presence.
The Young Itadori on the side was dumbstruck. Even though he had seen his other self take action countless times in the Chat Group before, it was only now, seeing it with his own eyes, that he felt the immense shock.
The strength of his future self had actually reached such a level.
He also couldn't help but feel lucky that he had the Chat Group and could call his future self to help.
If not for the other him, he would have had to use Sukuna's power...
Even though he had already told Fushiguro Megumi to find Kugisaki Nobara and escape, if he let Sukuna control his body, they would have been in danger all the same.
However, the person even more shocked than Young Itadori was Sukuna.
He knew perfectly well what Yuji Itadori had used.
Dismantle.
That was his own Cursed Technique.
"You... you're actually using my technique?!"
Sukuna's voice trembled, already filled with fury.
"Can't you even recognize your own technique clearly? It seems the so-called King of Curses is nothing much after all."
Yuji Itadori just looked at his other self expressionlessly.
"I've been inside this brat for less than a month. Even though techniques can be etched into the soul, it's impossible to achieve that in such a short amount of time!"
Sukuna rapidly thought through the current situation.
Was this Yuji Itadori's technique 'copying'?
No, this absolutely couldn't be a copy; those were Slashing Attacks identical to his own peak state.
And this Yuji Itadori was clearly the same person as his current Vessel.
Then there was only one possibility.
Even if it was somewhat unbelievable to Sukuna, once all the wrong options were eliminated, only one remained—
"You're the brat from the future!"
"That's right, Sukuna," Yuji Itadori said in an incredibly calm tone.
Even after receiving Yuji Itadori's affirmative answer, Sukuna still couldn't understand what was going on.
Why would a Yuji Itadori from the future appear here?
And Young Itadori seemed to have known about this beforehand.
Could it be that Young Itadori actually possessed a Cursed Technique that could manipulate time?
No, impossible!
Before eating his Finger, Young Itadori had nothing on him.
He had peered into his memories, and there was absolutely nothing related to this.
Any information regarding the Chat Group was something that even Sukuna, residing within Young Itadori's body, could not perceive.
While Sukuna was thinking at lightning speed, Yuji Itadori spoke up faintly:
"Well, it's still a bit awkward meeting face-to-face. How should I address you... forget it, I'll just call you 'my other self'."
Yuji Itadori looked at the younger version of himself.
"I'll need to trouble you to do something next."
"Please speak, Group Leader!"
Young Itadori nodded vigorously.
Even though the two of them were the same person, he felt that the version of himself who was the Group Leader was more like a caring elder.
Could the same person from a parallel timeline be considered the same existence?
Young Itadori didn't think too much about it, simply looking at his future self and waiting for him to speak.
"Next, call Sukuna out."
Yuji Itadori's tone had no ripples, as if he were stating something incredibly ordinary.
"Call him out? Is that really okay?" Young Itadori asked with some concern.
"It's fine. I can handle him. He's nothing special. To prevent him from causing harm to others, I plan to teach him a lesson now. Besides, there are some things I want to test."
Yuji Itadori spoke slowly.
"You death-seeking brat, I'm going to kill you! Then I'll kill everyone around you! One by one!"
Sukuna roared hysterically.
He had never been this angry before. Even during his first contact with Satoru Gojo, he hadn't been this incensed.
This was the first time that he, the King of Curses, had been so slighted by someone else.
Right now, Sukuna's rage had reached its peak.
"I understand."
Young Itadori nodded. He was willing to trust his future self unconditionally.
In the next second, his aura changed.
Black markings surfaced on Young Itadori's body, and above his cheeks, a second pair of eyes appeared.
Sukuna had taken control of Young Itadori's body, and a bone-chilling killing intent was pouring out of him incessantly.
Yuji Itadori was in no rush; he simply opened the Chat Group.
[Unsurrounded One: @Jujutsu Physical Education Student, can you still see the contents of the Chat Group right now?]
[Jujutsu Physical Education Student: I can! Even inside Sukuna, I can use the Chat Group!]
[Jealous Witch's Object of Escape: Senior Itadori, what's the situation over on your end?]
Young Itadori then converted what had happened into a video and uploaded it to the group.
[Only Love White-Haired Elves: Is that a Cursed Spirit? Just looking at it, I can feel the evil aura on its body.]
[Jujutsu Physical Education Student: This isn't a biological creature; it's an existence born from human fear and resentment. People without Cursed Energy can't even see them.]
[Jealous Witch's Object of Escape: Then that thing inside you called Sukuna, what exactly is he?]
After Natsuki Subaru asked the question, Young Itadori told them everything about himself and Sukuna.
[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: So it's an existence similar to Migi?]
[Jujutsu Physical Education Student: Migi? Are you talking about Parasyte?]
[Only Love White-Haired Elves: Parasyte, what's that? Some kind of dangerous wild beast?]
[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: Sigh, an old fossil like you, Himmel, wouldn't understand our conversation.]
[Only Love White-Haired Elves: ??? Who are you calling an old fossil? I'm a Handsome Guy in the prime of my youth!]
[Jealous Witch's Object of Escape: Who taught Himmel to talk like that?]
[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: Let's not talk about that for now. I have a question, Little Tiger. Since you have Sukuna inside you, doesn't that mean when you're at home alone doing #@, Sukuna sees it too? No, not just see it? Could it be...]
[Jealous Witch's Object of Escape: You bastard, what exactly are you talking about?!]
[Jujutsu Physical Education Student: Sigh, I've never considered that problem.]
[Jealous Witch's Object of Escape: It's only right that you haven't!]