Summary 4:[1]
."Maybe, in fact I grew up in an orphanage with those two behind me" referring to his two comrades waiting for him irritated by the situation
."But we don't recall any other country except from this one"
."Really? Then tell me did anyone adopt you or something?"
."No we just worked as hard as we could and then sponsors from different companies noticed us and then payed for our tuitions", he added suspecting that old man's curiosity, no cashier would want to waste that much time talking to any client, no matter how deserted his shop was, which again added up to the suspicions, "How is it that nobody makes their way to it?"
."Come to think of it we haven't seen anybody coming out of it either" He contemplated while having a quick glimpse at his comrades, who knocked multiple times on the wall to signal him that nothing suspicious was to be alerted of.
That knock was certainly not Yuji's idea, even thought he was the one who suggested it in the first place, a certain red headed spy was the one who taught them the subtle art of spy's communication.
The knocking of that woman's hand against the table could still be heard echoing within that gloomy room of theirs.
."You are not as dense as I thought" he remembered feeling annoyed about that sarcastic yet almost personal comment
."All this knocking got me a headache" the pink headed teenager whispered, "Well for me the entire adventure even before our arrival was overwhelming" Yuji added as he was thinking about the sound of despair of that little girl's voice that he heard in the forest, "not alone...again" that feeling of despair and powerlessness reminded him of his own, after his grandfather's death. Until being swayed by that clear blue warmth, which gave his youth another chance of reviving. "Well for me the craziest part of the day was landed in the middle of a laboratory full of curses" Kugisaki replied as she was recalling the disgusting cold aspects of those creatures.
Apparently, the trio have been swayed into another world that they didn't know anything about, the only positive aspect in that critical situation was the fact that the three of them have been teleported safely, nothing was missing. That observation made by one of the scientists brought a smile on Okino.
."Subarachi"
."It seems that the subject Satoru Gojo didn't appear yet?"
."You can't expect the greatest sorcerer of all time to show up right after some of his ex-students were kidnapped, for now let's make good use of those soldiers of his, I believe we got ourselves an interesting bonus for our army don't you think?"
."But unlike the other curses, those three don't seem ready to be manipulated"
."Those three there are jujutsu sorcerers and at the same time that third one there with the pink hair is renown as the old vessel of a very strong special curse apparently"
. "Again, it doesn't solve our problem about how to manipulate them and get them to join our cause" the scientist said
."Patience, all that's required is a little patience and they will come from their own free will"
. "What the heck is that?" the three students asked at the same time
."No worries I'll get us out of here in no time" Fugisaki said while targeting one of the laboratory's walls "
.Make sure to not make the entire building crumble, those people could be innocent victims you know?" Yuji said
."I am telling you, that fairness of yours is going to kill us someday"
50 seconds passed and nothing happened, the nail and hammer that she took out remained the way they were, they didn't just seem insignificant, they were insignificantly weak, with no value, after noticing his comrade being in the same position for about a minute now, Yuji dared to ask why nothing was happening
."Kugisaki why nothing is happening?"
."No clue, it is as if the room sucked all the cursed energy that I have"
. "Yuji" Fushiguro said as he was adjusting himself into a combat position
That adjustment, acted as a trigger for the three curses in front of them to launch the first attack. However, in a split of a second, a pinkish-red light flew across the entire room, catching the main opponent off guard with a violent right kick that decapitated him. Right before the head reached the floor the other two monsters immediately went for the kill. One of them targeted the other redheaded wizard, but as he confidently charged towards her, his target seemed surprisingly unfazed and more relaxed than terrified. Kugisaki was so focused that it was as if she had forgotten that she couldn't use her powers. As her eyes remained closed, the woman's opponent seized the opportunity to strike, directing a punch towards her. Yet, to his surprise, his fist came to an abrupt stop just before making contact with her face. As the woman opened her eyes, they transformed into a dazzling shade of blood red, and the tattoo of a rose drawn itself around her right eye, hinting at the possibility that the room was not absorbing their powers.
."So what does it feel like to be betrayed by your partner?" she asked her adversary who laid silent with a fatal wound to his abdomen inflicted by his own beheaded comrade.
."How did you do this?" asked Yuji
. "I thought that you couldn't use your powers?"
. "Let's say that the room isn't the one absorbing our cursed energy" Fushiguro said
."Hey, it was my time to sound smart" She shouted
."Well then genius explain us what happened the first time you tried to use your powers" Yuji asked while stepping on the head to make sure it doesn't change into something else.
."Well, I am sure that you have all noticed when I tried to infuse my nails with my cursed energy, that energy appeared but somewhere else, we couldn't detect it exactly at the beginning, but I believe that it was circulating within the room before being absorbed by them"
."You mean those ugly bitches stole your energy" Yuji added "But why didn't it go straight to them?"
. "That I don't know, and I can't really consider them curses to begin with, I don't know why but something sounds fishy" she said before making the decapitated body slice her opponent into two. As for Fushiguro he was out there fighting the third remaining curse, from a fist strike to a right kick, the two opponents found themselves in a position of wrestle, each one of them pushing the other as hard as he could, for 2 minutes straight their level of energy was similar, they were like synchronized and the two wizards could feel it in the room.
. "At the count of two Yuji" Kugisaki declared as she was holding her hammer tight in her right and crossed two of her left hand's fingers starting from the index
. "Wait up" Yuji interjected,
."He is okay, we can trust him on that" he confirmed with a determined look, that look was enough for his colleague to relax a little but not enough to drop her sense of impatience
. "Fushiguro I only give you 5 minutes to get us out of here"
."I'll only need 1" he asserted before avoiding two strikes and one right kick
."Stand stilllllllllll" the monster screamed before trying to inflict one last strike with what it looked like his last reserve of energy, Fushiguro didn't try to avoid it until the very last 2 seconds, that amount of energy was enough to destroy that metallic door's lock filled with cursed energy too.
."Yuji" he shouted "No need to scream" he replied, before tackling the opponent on the ground by landing on him.
."Took you long enough" she commented, before taking a look at the curse who was still alive, wondering why she glanced at Yuji who ignored her
."We should leave now" He suggested
."He is right more of them are coming our way" he added
[1] Maki's unexpected pregnancy tied to a cursed energy stuns everyone, while Yor and Loid’s strained yet warm family dinner leaves Anya emotionally shattered as she senses the fragile reality of their bond.
As Anya collapses into despair, haunted by eerie voices, Bond envisions a hopeful future—only for the scene to shift mysteriously with Fushiguro’s sudden appearance, hinting at a looming connection.