Future Yuji Itadori Joins the Chat Group

Facing the burst of blue light from Aqua, Sukuna felt nothing but utter confusion.

He didn't know what that light was.

It contained no Cursed Energy; it was something else entirely.

It was something Sukuna could not comprehend.

But instinct told him that this thing was extremely dangerous.

The fact that Cleave was useless against the woman in front of him was enough to prove that she definitely harbored some kind of secret!

However, at such a close distance, Sukuna had no way to dodge.

The light had already landed on Sukuna.

'If it's an offensive Cursed Technique, I'll use Reverse Cursed Technique at maximum output the moment I'm injured—'

That was Sukuna's plan.

However, he had miscalculated one thing.

That was the power of Aqua's Purification.

The sudden action caused Sukuna's controlled body to let out a heart-wrenching scream, as if countless bolts of lightning were striking his soul simultaneously.

The pain far exceeded anything he had ever endured, no less than Yuji Itadori's previous soul-targeted slashing attacks.

No, it was even worse.

It felt as if a bone-scraping knife was grinding away his soul bit by bit.

Something was reshaping his soul!

Yuji Itadori's Cursed Technique could cut the soul.

But at this moment, what was being applied to Sukuna's soul was something beyond a slash.

Sukuna simply could not understand this power.

His body convulsed uncontrollably; neither Reverse Cursed Technique nor any other technique could be used at this moment.

No, no, no, no!!!

Sukuna felt himself losing consciousness. Now, he had only one option left.

He struggled to control the distorted expression on his face, adjusted his tone, and emitted the same voice as Darkness.

Although Darkness's memories were full of incomprehensible parts, Sukuna at least knew the name of the woman in front of him.

Aqua.

"Aqua, I'm Darkness!! I've changed back!!!"

Sukuna had only one thought in his mind: to get Aqua to stop no matter what.

By pretending to be Darkness, the other party would at least hesitate for a moment, which would give him a rare chance to breathe.

However, facing Sukuna's disguise, Aqua merely tilted her head:

"You're definitely faking it! Because Darkness would absolutely never talk like that! She would definitely say—"

"So good, so good, so good! This pain! It's wonderful!!"

That incredibly frenzied voice belonging to the real Darkness came out of the mouth.

"The pain I receive, your companion will feel too! Are you all just going to ignore it!!!"

"Don't pity me! Don't stop! Yes, keep going, keep going! Don't stop, hohohoho!"

Yuji Itadori watched the scene before him, pursed his lips, and then asked Sato Kazuma with some concern:

"Um, is it really okay in this situation?"

Yuji Itadori was beginning to understand the meaning behind what Sato Kazuma had said to him earlier.

"Don't worry, Group Leader, they know what they're doing."

Although Sato Kazuma said this, the expression on his face was one of complete disgust,

"This is pretty much how we usually are."

"It's... daily life?"

"Aaaaaahhh!"

On the other side, Sukuna could bear it no longer. He now had only one choice.

His Cursed Technique was already in disarray; he could only stake everything on one final move!

Forming hand seals, Domain Expansion!

"Malevolent Shrine!"

The surrounding space was instantly enveloped in darkness, and a giant, hideous statue loomed behind him.

Cleave hadn't worked, perhaps because Aqua possessed some ability that made it impossible for techniques to hit her.

In that case, he would use Domain Expansion to directly grant the technique a guaranteed-hit effect—

"Whoa! What kind of magic is this! Is this a vision of the abyss!! I can feel the forbidden power all around us!! Ah! This is the power of a seal!!!"

Megumin looked at the environment around the Domain with an expectant face, while Sato Kazuma lightly rubbed his chin, thinking about something,

"This would be perfect for a haunted house! I'll have to ask the Group Leader later if he can leave a finger for me, so I can have Sukuna open his Domain every day to make money!"

Sukuna had used his Malevolent Shrine to kill countless enemies.

Among those people, many would fall into despair the moment they saw Malevolent Shrine.

But these few people in front of him were not only not in despair, but actually seemed very excited, as if they were on a tour.

"To think you'd control my body to do something like this?! Wonderful!"

"Shut up! Just watch! Watch your companion die before your eyes!!!"

"What are you mumbling about over there?"

Aqua looked at Sukuna without understanding, and with a casual wave of her hand—

The surrounding space revealed glass-like cracks as light pierced through, and the statue behind him collapsed with a roar.

Sukuna's Domain shattered completely in less than ten seconds.

A look of unshielded shock appeared in Sukuna's eyes.

His Domain had collapsed?

Why?

A Domain collapse could only happen in a few situations: either it was forced when one's Cursed Energy was insufficient or during a technique burnout, or it was destroyed by the opponent's Domain.

But the Aqua in front of him looked like she hadn't done anything, yet his Domain had collapsed?!

What's more, the Yuji Itadori next to her hadn't even made a move.

"Because Itadori said I can't kill you directly! That's why I've been holding back my power! If I used just a bit more, you'd be gone! But you bastard, you still dare to get cocky in front of a goddess like me! I need to teach you a lesson!"

Aqua increased her strength slightly—

With a scream from Sukuna, he, along with Darkness's body, flew backward and slammed heavily into the ground.

the black markings on Darkness's body and that extra pair of eyes had disappeared. She opened her eyes and began to vomit violently; all those Fingers were vomited out.

"The initial purification should be about done! It wasn't easy to control the strength!"

Aqua clapped her hands, her expression as if she had just accomplished a great feat,

"If I increased the intensity, I'm afraid this guy would have vanished into thin air along with the fingers! Phew, I'm so amazing!"

In Aqua's eyes, compared to beings like giant clams, Sukuna—whose essence was closer to a monster—was even more insignificant.

"Are these fingers... useless now..."

Darkness stood up from the ground, her gaze full of disappointment. Just a moment ago, she had been prepared to swallow the fingers again.

"So, is the purification considered complete?"

Yuji Itadori inquired.

"Pretty much! Although there's definitely a difference from before, the energy inside has been preserved to the maximum extent!"

"What about Sukuna?"

"He's completely tamed now! Just like training an animal, as long as you give them a good beating once, they'll listen to you obediently!"

Aqua explained with a smile.

It was hard to imagine these words one day being used on Sukuna.

"I see, thank you for your trouble."

Yuji Itadori expressed his gratitude to Aqua and then placed the fingers back into the box.

"Kazuma! Look at how nice Itadori is!"

"Isn't this what you should be doing as a goddess? And don't forget how much trouble you caused Senior Itadori last time!"

Just as Aqua and Sato Kazuma were about to start bickering again, Yuji Itadori spoke up once more:

"I have another matter I want to ask you about."

Yuji Itadori took another box out of the Group Inventory, similarly surrounded by layer upon layer of Talismans, and opened it. Nine small glass jars were placed inside.

In each glass jar, there was a piece of flesh that looked somewhat deformed.

Cursed Womb: Death Paintings.

"Do these things need to be purified too? I feel like the miasma on them is far less than the one from just now!"

Aqua inquired.

"Oh! Do I have to eat nine this time! Leave it to me!"

"Wait, wait, please wait a moment!"

Yuji Itadori hurriedly blocked the pouncing Darkness. Nothing he had experienced in his sixty-eight years had made him as flustered as that single moment.

Almost, his good older brothers would have suffered.

"Okay."

"These aren't for purification. I want to give them new bodies."

Yuji Itadori then explained his idea to Aqua.

He did not want to use the method of Incarnation to give the Cursed Womb: Death Paintings bodies, so he wanted to ask if Aqua had a way.

"Leave it to me! I'll just reshape their bodies for them! Once the bodies are finished, we'll use Soul Transference to move the souls inside! When we goddesses assist mortals with reincarnation, it's pretty much a similar job!"

"I see, then I'll trouble you with that."

"No trouble! But making the bodies will take some time. I'll have Kazuma call you once they're ready!"

"Right, thank you very much."

Yuji Itadori put the Cursed Womb: Death Paintings away again.

With this crossing, the two matters weighing on his heart could be considered successfully resolved.

"Hey Kazuma! Hurry up and open the Chat Group, and tell the others all about my achievements!"

Aqua tugged at Sato Kazuma's arm and said.

"I praise you in the group every day."

Sato Kazuma gave a yawn and responded in a rather dismissive tone.

"Really? That doesn't sound like your style, Kazuma. You aren't lying to me, are you?"

"Of course not! My nickname in the group is even 'The Strongest and Fastest Goddess Aqua'."

"Really? That doesn't sound like your style. Why do I feel like your nickname is more likely to be something like 'Useless Goddess'?"

"Haha, how could that be."

Yuji Itadori looked at the bickering pair in front of him, and he couldn't help but recall his time with his former companions, the corners of his mouth curving upward slightly.

It seemed Gojo-sensei had mentioned before that he hadn't laughed in a long time.

He opened the Chat Group; Sato Kazuma was already pouring out his woes in the group.

[Jujutsu Physical Education Student: Unsurrounded One, Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die, how are things on your end?]

[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: You absolutely won't believe what I saw! Didn't the Group Leader bring those Sukuna's Fingers? We just purified those things!]

[Jujutsu Physical Education Student: You successfully purified Sukuna's Fingers?]

[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: Exactly! Although that useless goddess usually seems a bit brainless, she's actually reliable in this kind of matter. After all, she is a genuine goddess, no matter how you look at it.]

After sending the message, Sato Kazuma specifically said to Aqua:

"I've already praised you in the group."

"As you should! Maybe it'll even make your group members become my followers!"

Aqua had already begun to fantasize in her head about how the other group members would worship her.

Meanwhile, Sato Kazuma completely ignored Aqua beside him, opened the Chat Group again, converted what had happened earlier into a video, and sent it to the group.

[Only Love White-Haired Elves: Is this female knight named Darkness? Even though she knew it was extremely dangerous, she took the initiative to swallow the finger. This kind of knightly spirit and sense of responsibility... Hm?]

Himmel was just about to praise Darkness's knightly spirit when he suddenly didn't know what to say.

The scenes that followed were completely beyond Himmel's imagination.

It was a vision that exceeded Himmel's worldview.

Not only him, but even Young Itadori was dazed as he watched the video.

He never expected that Sukuna would have such a breakdown.

It wasn't just the physical damage; he felt Sukuna's spirit had received even more severe trauma.

[Unsurrounded One: When I have the chance later, I'll send the fingers back to you. The fingers now should be usable as pure Cursed Objects without worrying about other issues.]

[Jujutsu Physical Education Student: Thank you very much, Senior! Next time you come, I must give you a proper welcome, Senior!]

[Unsurrounded One: Alright, Gojo-sensei also wants me to bring him some sweets from another world.]

[Jealous Witch's Object of Escape: Ah, but one thing is a bit strange. You were just purifying Sukuna's Fingers, no other enemies were present, right?]

[Unsurrounded One: Correct.]

[Jealous Witch's Object of Escape: Then why did Kazuma die?]

[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: Don't worry about those details!]

Sato Kazuma simply couldn't bring himself to tell the truth.

With his constitution, he had been choked to death just by staying near the miasma of the fingers; telling that would indeed be a bit embarrassing.

[Jujutsu Physical Education Student: As long as you can be resurrected, there shouldn't be any problem. I didn't expect coming back from the dead was actually possible, kind of like Subaru.]

[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: It's still a bit different from Subaru. For Subaru, everything restarts, whereas for me, it's just a simple resurrection—and it's all thanks to the power of that useless goddess.]

[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: Speaking of which, there's another Subaru in the group who also has the Return by Death ability, right! Coin Decides Your Life or Death]