Future Yuji Itadori Joins the Chat Group

"Um, Itadori…"

While the two of them were talking, Yoshino Junpei seemed to notice something and pointed into the distance.

"Is that girl waiting for you?"

Yuji Itadori looked in the direction Yoshino Junpei was pointing. Behind a tree, Beatrice had her head tilted out from behind the trunk, seemingly waiting for something with utmost seriousness.

Before her head even appeared, her enormous cream-colored drill curls had already been exposed.

"Beatrice! I'm finished over here. Come on out!"

Yuji Itadori waved at Beatrice, and she lifted her skirt before running over to him with light steps.

Although the distance was not particularly far, the petite Beatrice still had to take quite a few steps.

Yuji Itadori had not wanted Beatrice to witness anything related to bullying, so he had asked her to wait nearby.

After reaching Yuji Itadori's side, Beatrice almost immediately took his hand.

"This is my little sister, Beatrice."

As Yuji Itadori introduced her, Beatrice raised her head and pouted slightly.

After all, no one would believe that Beatrice was actually a Great Spirit over four hundred years old.

"Your little sister?"

Yoshino Junpei looked at Beatrice in surprise. The girl before him seemed as though she had stepped straight out of a fairy-tale book, so adorable that she almost did not seem real.

Besides, she did not resemble Yuji Itadori in the slightest, did she?

Nevertheless, Yoshino Junpei still greeted her very politely.

"We'll be leaving first, then!"

After briefly speaking with Yoshino Junpei, Yuji Itadori left with Beatrice.

Watching their retreating backs, Yoshino Junpei, whose face had been shrouded in gloom for years, revealed a long-lost smile.

"Honestly, Yuji! Why do we have to pretend to be siblings?!"

Beatrice swung Yuji Itadori's hand back and forth while pouting.

"Even if we have to pretend, Beatrice should be the older sister! Beatrice is already four hundred years old!"

"That wouldn't be convincing in the slightest in this world."

Yuji Itadori said to Beatrice.

As the two walked down the street, the surrounding pedestrians all turned their gazes toward them.

"That girl is so adorable… She looks just like a doll."

"The boy is handsome too. Are they father and daughter?"

"They're probably siblings, right? He looks far too young to be her father."

"As expected, Beatrice's cuteness is the greatest in the world!"

Beatrice faintly heard the compliments from the people around them and proudly raised her head.

"There's naturally no doubt about that."

Yuji Itadori nodded while also noticing that the Chat Group already had an overwhelming number of unread messages.

He scrolled to the very beginning and saw that Renner was extremely curious about the group members traveling between worlds.

This was the first time Renner had experienced anything like this since joining the group.

Moreover, this was not merely ordinary world travel. Yuji Itadori, the Group Leader, had traveled back to a past timeline.

[Witch Who Destroyed a Country: Has the Group Leader really traveled to another world?!]

[Witch Who Destroyed a Country: I'm so curious about what that scene is like.]

[Witch Who Destroyed a Country: According to the Group Announcement, returning to a past timeline won't affect the present. In a certain sense, doesn't that mean there's an opportunity to experiment with all kinds of possibilities?]

As Yuji Itadori read Renner's messages, he felt that her curiosity might be a little too intense.

However, it was understandable. Renner had always been confined within the royal palace and unable to move freely, so it was perfectly normal for her to be interested in the unknown.

Should he visit that world later, he would find an opportunity to take Renner outside and have a look around. He could also give her some books and other things from different worlds.

[Witch of Envy's Runaway Fugitive: It really did allow me to learn about another possible future… It's just that it wasn't necessarily a good one.]

Natsuki Subaru shook his head.

The version of himself from the other timeline seemed to have endured countless hardships.

However, he quickly realized that what he had said was somewhat inappropriate and hurriedly added:

[Witch of Envy's Runaway Fugitive: But the future is still filled with uncertainty. Until the very end, no one knows what will happen.]

[Witch Who Destroyed a Country: That's certainly true! The future is ultimately something people must create with their own hands!]

[Witch Who Destroyed a Country: Coin Decides Your Life or Death, speaking of which, Purge King-dono, it seems you started with nothing and became an influential lord somewhere, correct? May I ask how you accomplished that?]

From the conversations between the others, Renner had heard about the Purge King and had grown somewhat curious about this group member who spoke the least.

[Coin Decides Your Life or Death: It was nothing remarkable.]

[Witch Who Destroyed a Country: Would you mind telling me about it?]

[Coin Decides Your Life or Death: Simply use knowledge that doesn't belong to this era to create things more advanced than anything the era possesses.]

The Purge King had used his knowledge as a modern person to manufacture technological products that did not belong in that world, allowing him to accumulate an astonishing amount of wealth in a short period.

[Witch Who Destroyed a Country: Knowledge more advanced than the era? Wouldn't the people around you question or suspect you? They wouldn't be able to understand you, would they?]

[Coin Decides Your Life or Death: Correct. There were indeed people around me who didn't understand me, but I never needed their understanding.]

As long as the profits one could generate were great enough, others would not care where one's creations came from.

Of course, as the Purge King climbed higher step by step, he naturally encountered suspicion from others. Some people even attempted to uncover his secrets.

The Purge King did not care—

He merely needed to make them disappear.

[Witch Who Destroyed a Country: Purge King-dono must possess an extraordinarily steadfast will.]

[Coin Decides Your Life or Death: I merely follow the coin's result unconditionally.]

Renner found it somewhat difficult to understand the Purge King's words. This was the first time she had encountered someone she could not quite see through.

But that was precisely what made it interesting.

Or rather, everyone in this entire Chat Group was interesting.

The reason Renner's mind had become twisted was precisely because no one around her could understand her thoughts. Their pitiful intellect merely led them to regard her as a freak.

But this place was different.

No one considered her a monster. Instead, everyone got along with her extremely well.

Of course, this was mainly because of Renner's acting skills.

Without needing to make expressions or produce sounds, Renner could present an utterly flawless facade through text alone.

What Renner truly found interesting, however, was that she could learn far more advanced knowledge here.

Some of it even pleasantly surprised Renner.

For example, various technological products—and certain special political methods.

Only communicating with people who possessed broader perspectives was interesting.

Renner even wanted to apply some of those methods to her own Kingdom.

It was not for the sake of improving the Kingdom.

It was merely an experiment.

It would be wonderful if she could turn the entire Kingdom into a test subject.

Renner's obsession with the Chat Group also caused Climb's weight in her heart to gradually diminish.

[Jujutsu's Top PE Student: Senpai, how are things going over there?]

At that moment, Young Itadori sent a message.

[Unsurrounded One: There's still some cleanup work that needs to be handled.]

[Jujutsu's Top PE Student: Do you need my help with anything?]

[Unsurrounded One: It's fine. Leave the rest to me.]

[Jujutsu's Top PE Student: Gojo-sensei also said that he prepared a little surprise for you.]

[Unsurrounded One: So it really was him…]

As expected, Satoru Gojo had said something. He had definitely fabricated some strange persona for Yuji Itadori over the phone.

However, it did not matter. As long as everything was successfully resolved, that was enough.

Although it might be impossible to prevent such situations completely, with government intervention, bullying incidents like the one Yoshino Junpei had suffered would certainly become increasingly rare.

[Jujutsu's Top PE Student: Also, Gojo-sensei and the others seem to have captured quite a few Curse Users. They really do appear to have been plotting something, but we don't know the exact details yet.]

[Unsurrounded One: Understood.]

The last time Yuji Itadori met Satoru Gojo, he had told him about several Curse Users who had once collaborated with Kenjaku. Among them was Haruta Shigemo, who had once murdered numerous assistants and injured Ijichi and Nobara Kugisaki.

Satoru Gojo had successfully located them ahead of time and captured them all.

All that remained was for Yuji Itadori himself to completely eliminate the last few threatening beings in this world.

The Cursed Spirits.

And Kenjaku.

Yuji Itadori closed the Chat Group interface and brought Beatrice to the entrance of the Movie Theater.

He remembered that Mahito had once killed three people here and twisted them into horrifying forms.

The victims had been Ito Shota and the others.

Yoshino Junpei, as the sole survivor, later became acquainted with Yuji Itadori because of this incident.

"Hello, two tickets for Earthworm Man 3, please."

Yuji Itadori said to the female ticket seller at the entrance.

At first, she seemed somewhat distracted, but the instant she caught sight of Yuji Itadori from the corner of her eye, she suddenly became incredibly enthusiastic—

In her eyes, Yuji Itadori was exceptionally handsome.

"Two tickets?"

Yuji Itadori nodded and glanced at Beatrice beside him.

Beatrice was not as tall as the counter, so the ticket seller had not seen her at all.

Earthworm Man was an age-restricted movie. Had the ticket seller seen Beatrice, she absolutely would not have allowed her inside.

Although Beatrice was actually over four hundred years old, it really was still inappropriate to bring her to watch this sort of movie.

In any case, they had not come here to watch the movie.

Just as Yuji Itadori was about to enter the Movie Theater with Beatrice, a burst of footsteps came from behind them.

He turned his head and saw the bruised and battered Ito Shota and the others.

Feeling depressed, they had skipped class and come out to watch a movie.

"Today has seriously made no sense at all…"

"Why did the Tiger of West Middle appear in a place like that? And this time, Sensei didn't help us. He even gave us a vicious scolding."

"We're seriously cursed with rotten luck… Huh?!"

One of them froze, his astonished gaze fixed ahead.

They had seen Yuji Itadori there as well.

The terrifying memories from earlier instantly surged back into their minds.

"Oh, it's you guys."

Yuji Itadori looked at them.

"Are you here to watch a movie too?"

"N-no! We-we-we're only passing by!!!"

The voices of the people who normally acted tyrannically at school were now filled with reverence and trembling uncontrollably.

"W-we'll take our leave now!!!"

With that, the group fled from the area as if escaping for their lives.

Going into the same Movie Theater as Yuji Itadori? Absolutely not!

"Yuji, what did you do to them?"

Beatrice watched their retreating backs and asked in confusion.

"Nothing much. I merely stopped them from bullying their classmate."

Yuji Itadori shrugged.

"Let's go inside."

Ten minutes later.

A ghost-like figure passed through the ticket area and entered the screening room directly.

No one stopped him along the way—because no one could see him.

His thin body was covered in stitches, and a cunning smile hung upon his pale, delicate face.

Mahito.

He had come to the Movie Theater not only because he wanted to experiment with his Cursed Technique, but also because he wanted to use movies to learn more about humans.

Mahito had not existed for very long, yet he was growing at a terrifying rate. He greedily desired to learn more.

His gaze swept around before he finally chose a screening room and entered.

"My, there are fewer people than I expected~"

Mahito yawned. He had originally expected at least three or four people to be present, but it seemed that only one person was watching from the seats ahead.

That person had his back to Mahito and wore a hood, making his appearance impossible to discern.

"One person is still one person~ At least he'll make a decent test subject."

A smile remained on Mahito's face as he leisurely walked to the row behind that person and fixed his gaze upon him.

Only then did Mahito notice that there was also a little girl beside the man.

"A human child. She can serve as a test subject too~"

Mahito spoke frivolously as his gaze shifted toward the man's profile.

Even from this angle, he still could not clearly see the man's appearance. He could only make out a prominent scar at the corner of his mouth.

This made Mahito somewhat interested. He hunched over, leaned his upper body across the backrest of the row ahead, and craned his head forward to take a look.

However, the instant he looked over, Mahito noticed that the man had turned his head, and their gazes met.

"You… can see me?"

Mahito was somewhat surprised—

But in less than a second, that surprise transformed entirely into terror.

Although he had never personally seen that face before, he had viewed it countless times in the photographs and information provided by Kenjaku.

"You're… Sukuna's Vessel?!"

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