Curse Returns: What did the human-shaped wishing machine do wrong this time?

Itadori Yasuke wanted to pretend he couldn't see it, but when he met his grandson's wet, animal-like eyes, he swallowed back the words of reproach that were on the tip of his tongue.

"Going home, I'll be home soon."

Itachi Yasuke felt a lump in his throat, unable to breathe.

"That's the right thing to do!"

The nurse covered her mouth and chuckled softly. After the stubborn old man agreed to be discharged, she happily completed the procedures for him.

Itadori Yamasuke's health was already compromised by his advanced age, so resting at home was the best course of action. Besides, all his chronic ailments had disappeared today, so Itadori Yamasuke no longer needed to take any medicine.

It's getting late, and if they want to be discharged, they'll need to pay for another day's hospitalization. But neither Itadori Yasuke nor Rime and the others want to stay in the hospital for another day.

They ran into Dr. Itadori Yasuke's attending physician while riding the elevator. The doctor was very happy to see that the old man was about to be discharged and chatted with him for a bit.

"No wonder it's a surname derived from the medicinal herb Polygonum cuspidatum! Your recovery is nothing short of a medical miracle! We had a woman with the same surname at our hospital over ten years ago, and her wound also healed on the day of her surgery. The surname Polygonum cuspidatum is truly lucky!"

Kaori Itadori's name has always been legendary in Sendai Hospital. Now another person with the surname Itadori has come in, and he has recovered as if nothing happened. Even the doctors can't believe it.

Itadori Yasuke coughed lightly, somewhat awkwardly, without replying.

Alluka made a phone call to Hisahito Itadori while she was in the car.

"What happened, brother? Why didn't you answer the phone?"

After feeling unwell, Alluka dialed Hisahito Itadori's cell phone, but couldn't get through.

Now that the connection is open, Alluka can finally relax.

"The signal was bad just now! I'm going home in a bit! Haha." Yuujin Itadori's cheerful voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Then I'll wait at home with Grandpa and the others for my brother to come back."

Alluka puffed out his cheeks. Since his brother said everything was alright, he stopped worrying.

The hospital wasn't far from Huzhang's house, and they quickly returned home.

After spending the day at the hospital, none of them had eaten dinner, so Rimei went to the kitchen to prepare ingredients.

He couldn't calm down all day.

Rime didn't know when Ryosaku planned to make his move. Logically speaking, Alluka had seemed a bit off while she was in the hospital, but Hisahito Itadori called to say that she was fine.

Rime felt it was a bit of a pity; he would have to find an excuse to send Alluka away tomorrow.

Just as he was thinking this, he heard the sound of a key turning in the lock outside the yard.

"Brother~"

Alluka put down the orange in her hand and hurried to the entrance. What she saw was a man with a very bad complexion, Fushiguro Megumi, Gojo Satoru, and the unconscious Itadori Yuujin on his shoulder.

"What's wrong with my brother?"

The pink-haired boy was carried on Gojo Satoru's shoulder, his eyes closed, the lower half of his face hidden in shadow and not clearly visible.

Alluka clutched her heart, which was beating erratically, and tried to get closer, but felt dizzy as she took a step and staggered before regaining her balance.

"You bastard, put Hisahito down right now!"

Zhang Xiang glared at Gojo Satoru with resentment, wanting to ambush him and snatch Yujin away, but he was afraid of hurting his younger brother and dared not make a move.

"I just put him to sleep. Your brother swallowed the finger of the special-grade cursed artifact, Ryomen Sukuna. Unlike you, Hisahito Itadori has to come with us this time."

Ignoring the incompetent rage, Gojo Satoru smiled and gave Alluka a peace sign.

"...What are Ryoumen Sukuna's fingers?"

Alluka blinked, momentarily confused by the name.

He had never heard of this name before, but for some reason, something seemed to flash through his mind, and when he tried to look at it, he couldn't grasp anything.

"Oh, it's normal that you don't know."

Realizing that not everyone knows about top-grade cursed artifacts, Gojo Satoru began to explain.

"It's a top-grade cursed artifact that seals the King of Curses. Sukuna has a total of twenty fingers, and Itadori Yuujin swallowed one today. We're not even sure if he's still the real Sukuna, hahaha~"

Gojo Satoru pulled a twisted, purplish-black finger from his pocket and shook it between his index and middle fingers.

"I'm going to take him to the sealing chamber in Sendai later. After all, if he really gets his flesh burned by Sukuna, he won't be your brother anymore."

Gojo Satoru never imagined that the child he had always treated as an ordinary person could become the uke of the cursed king.

He had just fought a few rounds with Sukuna in the abandoned factory, and ten seconds later Hisahito Itadori's consciousness switched back.

However, Gojo Satoru still couldn't confirm whether Itadori Yuujin was the one controlling this body, so after Itadori Yuujin answered the phone, Gojo Satoru used some methods to make him faint.

If Itadori Yuujin awakens again and is still himself, then he has become the vessel for Ryoumen Sukuna; if he is not himself, then his consciousness will cease to exist.

"Splash—"

The sound of glassware shattering on the ground came from behind them.

Those blocking the entrance turned around at the sound and saw Rimei standing there with her hand hanging in mid-air.

"Can I not go?"

Alluka clenched her fingers and tilted her head back slightly, her expression somewhat bewildered.

"No, Su Nuo's situation is a little different from yours. I need to check first whether he will still be conscious when he wakes up again."

Unlike Nanika within Alluka, the stories passed down about the Cursed King, Ryoumen Sukuna, all prove that he was a cruel, ruthless, and murderous character.

Regardless of his stance, Gojo Satoru would never release Ryoumen Sukuna back into the world of ordinary people.

"I see..."

Alluka lowered her head, a mix of emotions churning within her for a moment before disappearing.

"I'll take him to the sealing chamber in Sendai first, and we'll come back again tomorrow."

Gojo Satoru waved his hand and teleported away before the others could react, leaving Fushiguro Megumi behind.

Zhang Xiang angrily broke the door frame next to him with his bare hands.

"Zhang Xiang, what happened when you went to pick up Hisahito?"

After listening to Gojo Satoru talk for a long time about containers and consciousness, Rime felt that something was off about what he was saying.

Why didn't Sukuna erase Itajiki's consciousness? Why was Gojo Satoru present? What exactly happened tonight?

Rime was eager to know what had happened from the swelling phase.

Zhang Xiang felt very regretful and guilty, and he recounted what he had seen.

When Rime learned that Hisahito Itadori had swallowed his finger and then forced Sukuna's consciousness back into his body, her pupils dilated in shock, and she grabbed her phone and rushed out the door in a daze.

After Rime left, Itadori Yasuke came out to ask what had happened, but was temporarily calmed down by the Prime Minister's few words.

The people here all look a bit off.

Fushiguro Megumi hesitated for a moment, looking at Alluka who hadn't said much, and asked somewhat awkwardly, "Um... are you alright?"

Fushiguro felt somewhat guilty.

He kept thinking that if he hadn't gone to buy sweets with Gojo-sensei, would Hisahito Itadori's situation have been avoided?

Their two families had been friends for many years. When he was young, he awakened the ten shadow magic techniques passed down in the Zen family. Before his mother appeared, he was sold to the Zen family by his father without his knowledge.

When those people came to demand him back, they were driven away by Fushiguro Shige. Over the years, Fushiguro Shige had left a deep psychological scar on Fushiguro Megumi's young mind. So when Gojo Satoru asked him if he wanted to go to the vocational high school, Fushiguro Megumi immediately agreed.

Fushiguro Megumi never expected that what should have been his mission would turn into a scene where he saw Itadori Yuujin swallowing two of Ryoumen Sukuna's fingers.

He truly felt guilty towards his friends.

"It's alright~ You can't blame Xiaohui for this, can you? Even if Xiaohui went, she wouldn't be able to defeat that cursed spirit, would she?"

Alluka looked up, her grey-blue eyes filled with heartfelt agreement.

As Brother Zhang Xiang just said, that cursed spirit's ability to hide is extremely powerful. Fu Hei Hui's strength is no match for a special-grade cursed spirit. If Hui were the only one on the mission, he would definitely have been killed there.

"And I believe in my brother."

Alluka gave Fushiguro Megumi a bright smile, her eyes crinkling.