Chapter 21: 20. The emergence of the strongest.
Chapter 20
I don't know how long I was unconscious, but judging by the still empty reserve and incredible fatigue, it was probably not more than a couple of minutes. I woke up because of the rumble nearby. My thoughts flowed extremely slowly, but I very quickly realized that the connection with Oz was lost, and the continuing sounds of the battle literally screamed that it was not over yet.
Despite how hard it was, I gathered my strength, stood up on my feet and went out into the corridor. The corridor was strewn with piles of ash, and through holes were visible on the ceiling. However, it was not this that worried me, but an obvious hole in the wall where the corridor turned to the right. From where I was, I could only see the edge of this hole, but the noise of the battle clearly showed where I needed to go, and I saw that 3 sources of cursed energy were located exactly there.
Leaning on the wall, I tried to move as quickly as possible. I didn't want the efforts I had made to go to waste, I had promised myself that I wouldn't let Itadori become the vessel of the two-faced one!
With each subsequent thought, anger and resentment flared up in me, and along with them a small spark of cursed energy, thanks to which I no longer walked, leaning on the wall, but as if having received a second wind, I began to run, taking out my bow on the go.
Having run to the hole in the wall, I saw how Megumi Fushiguro was lying wounded on the roof opposite, slightly in the distance, and in front of him, standing on her hind legs, Itadori was trying to push a huge curse into her mouth, who, resting his feet on the creature's teeth, did not allow it to achieve what it wanted, while holding the disgusting human finger by the slightly protruding skin with his teeth.
Seeing this, I understood that I had no more than 3 seconds to do something. I inflamed my negative emotions in the hope of receiving at least a little more energy.
- Don't you dare, Itadori! - I screamed desperately with tears in my eyes, seeing how he threw the cursed object above himself with one movement of his head, clearly intending to swallow it. While screaming, I used the cursed energy in the hopes of repeating the skill that I usually use with the Electro element. At the tip of the arrow, unlike the usual purple, a black circle with a cross appeared.
When I pulled the bowstring, the arrow flew like black lightning and pierced the monster's head and flew off somewhere into the distance.
For the curse, this shot was clearly fatal, but I was not happy. I was late by literally a couple of moments. At the moment when I released Itadori's arrow, Yuji, ignoring my request to stop, and Megumi swallowed the two-faced's finger, and a second later, the already dead curse was torn to pieces.
- Oh, how right I was! How beautiful this light is! - the guy said, laughing madly, tearing his outerwear open to reveal the black tattoos that had appeared on his body.
- I'm late. - I said emotionlessly, falling to my knees.
- The curses have revived again?! How boring! Where is everyone?! Where are the women?! - the two-faced man in Itadori Yuji's body began to look around, getting heated up.
- Oh. - the curse king turned his gaze to the night city and continued with a joyful smile. - Ah, what a wonderful era.
- Children... Women... There are so many of them! Like larvae!
- How wonderful it will be... To arrange a massacre! - Sukuna screamed madly, until suddenly...
- What? - the curse king was surprised when the hand of the seemingly completely obedient body squeezed his own throat.
- What are you doing in someone else's body? Give it back. - it was obvious to everyone around that this time it was not the two-faced man who was speaking, but Itadori himself.
- You can move? - Sukuna asked in surprise.
- What? This is actually my body. - Itadori answered as if it were obvious.
"Am I losing consciousness?" - the two-faced man thought before Yuji completely regained control.
- Don't move. - Megumi spoke sharply, while gathering cursed energy to summon the shikigami. - You are no longer human.
- What? - Yuji looked at him in bewilderment.
- According to the rules, Itadori Yuji. You have become "cursed"... And I am going to exorcise you.
- No, everything is fine. - Itadori spoke carefreely, showing how his tattoos began to disappear. - Besides, there is not a single healthy spot on you, and on me too. Let's get to the hospital quickly.
"I can't tell if this is Itadori speaking or the curse." - Fushiguro was tormented by his thoughts, not knowing what to do.
- Well, well, what do we have here? - a white-haired guy suddenly appeared on the roof next to Megumi, wearing black clothes similar to the one Fushiguro wears and a black bandage covering his eyes.
- Gojo-sensei?! Why are you here?! - the wounded mage was clearly surprised.
- Hello. - the newcomer spoke serenely.
- I didn't want to come, but... - the mage began to say, taking out his phone, clearly intending to have a little fun at Megumi's expense, but his gaze caught on me. Suddenly becoming more serious, he lifted the bandage, revealing his special eyes.
When I saw the arrival of the strongest mage of our time, I was able to cast aside my disappointment that I could not change the first key moment of the canon of this world and began to greedily peer into the much-desired infinity technique, which, although it was not in an active state, but the fragment that was now visible to me allowed Gojo Satoru, in combination with his eyes, to have infinite cursed energy, and the way he uses the reverse cursed technique to constantly heal the brain in order to be able to block any attack with his cursed technique at any time and completely caused sacred awe.
For about 5 seconds, the dumbfounded mage peered into my golden eye, in which greed was clearly visible, and spoke. - I am, of course, beautiful, but how about introducing myself?
- Oh. Sorry. - realizing how my expression probably looked, I embarrassedly apologized.
- My name is Fischl von Luftschloss-Narfidort. - I introduced myself before bowing 90 degrees and saying. - Satoru-san, please take me as your student!
- Huh? Fischl, do you know them? - Itadori asked me.
- Mmm. - Nodding contentedly at my words, Satoru turned to Fushiguro. - You see, Megumi, some people are fully aware of how wonderful I am as a teacher.
When I decided to raise my head without straightening my back, the first thing I saw was two beautiful blue eyes. Right in front of me, almost leaning close to me, stood Gojo Satoru, with a curious expression on his face.
- Funny. Your left eye, except for the color, is similar to mine. Well, consider yourself accepted! Now excuse me, but wait here for a bit.
- Uh-huh. - Nodding slightly, I slowly straightened up, not knowing how to react. Still, although I thought that it wouldn't be difficult to become a student, everything happened too quickly?