Culling Games IX

Inside Tokyo Colony 1, at the top of the rooftop, there lay one figure on the floor having been passed out. She was Angel, an incarnated player. The other was Itadori Yuji who had a face full of despair.

And lastly, there stood Fushiguro Megumi but he adopted a sinister smile with black markings and a second pair of red eyes beneath his already existing one. He had just become the vessel to the King of Curses, Sukuna.

"Don't you remember? 'We'll be able to see something interesting.' Didn't I say that, brat." Sukuna said with Megumi's body.

"Fushiguro?"

Sukuna answered Itadori with a punch through the stomach sending him flying through multiple buildings. 

"No matter which era, there will always be insects crawling around." Sukuna said before making the distinct hand sign of wings.

[Nue.]

The brown owl that was originally only a couple of feet in length became a bird large enough to cast a shadow over multiple buildings. Its electric spark aimed down aiming at the comedian to the ground.

Just then, a light shone down the sky illuminating everything within its range. Sukuna looked up and saw Hana, the host of Angel, creating a trumpet made of cursed energy.

"Angel! Megumi, he-"

The mouth to Hana's cheek opened and yelled at her. "It's him, Hana! It's the Fallen! Before his body and he completely assimilates, we need to separate them apart and extinguish them. We need to take this gamble!"

[Oh radiance... Radiance which purifies all things... Evil, sin, and misery... Extinguish them all. Guide them, oh radiance, to thy right path.]

[Jacob's Ladder!]

On the other side of the city, Arai was currently running towards this immense amount of cursed energy being released. He had heard lightning being released at an unprecedented rate and now he saw what appeared to be a formation made out of light above the buildings and being concentrated into a single pillar of light striking down at the roof of a building.

'Who the hell is throwing that amount of power around?' Eino asked in her mind.

"An old sorcerer most likely. That's an unknown cursed technique in the modern age." Arai said as he vigilantly analyzed what had just happened.

A storm of lightning being thrown around and now a formation of light, these two techniques were at a high level. Enough to threaten him.

'I really hope it isn't who I think it is.' Arai thought before increasing his speed.

While going there, he could hear the sound of crashes and buildings being toppled. He jumped up to the building where he felt the presence were. That is when he saw people on opposite sides of each other.

There was Itadori who was covered in his own blood and cuts and the other was Megumi who now had black markings on him.

"Shit." Arai muttered as he realized what had happened. 

Megumi Fushiguro had now become the vessel for Sukuna.

"Who?" Itadori looked at him and frowned while Sukuna simply smiled at Arai.

"Don't worry about that, Itadori Yuji. I can't explain now, but I'm on your side." Arai said before drawing his blade that oozed a flaming hot aura. 

'This woman has an immense amount of cursed energy and that sword is oozing a sense of danger.' Sukuna thought before facing Arai.

Itadori nodded and his eyes became bloodshot. He looked as if he was restraining himself from jumping into the fight alone. "Then help me beat the man in front of me, a sorcerer took over the body of the original owner of that body. Kill him, he's not going to die!" 

"Don't worry, I was going to do that no matter what."

The two immediately jumped on Sukuna. Arai swung his sword creating an explosion of wind knocking Sukuna back and Itadori threw a fist to which Sukuna ducked. Arai then swiped his leg and Itadori smashed his fist down which was caught by Sukuna. With a fist reeled back, Arai punched Sukuna in the face sending him crashing into a compartment but not before he spun back and kicked down to Arai's head. 

"His movement is completely unlike Fushiguro's." Itadori said before spinning his arm.

Arai rubbed the back of his head. 'His cursed energy output is lower than it used to be in Shibuya. Is it because he's in a new unfamiliar body or because Fushiguro Megumi is fighting him from within? Either way, this gives us a better chance.'

"Itadori, will you be able to keep up with us?"

"Don't worry, I won't fall behind!" Itadori was resolute in his decision.

In an instant, the entire building collapsed, and running out of rubble was Sukuna. Itadori and Arai were chasing him.

Itadori and Arai launched a flurry of fists that were all blocked by him before putting his palms to the ground.

[Spider's Thread!]

The entire floor collapsed into the shape of a spider web making their footing uneven. Only Sukuna was unaffected by this.

'He made sure we were close enough to not have time to dodge this.' Arai thought before receiving a punch to the jaw.

Sukuna smiled seeing his strike connect but frowned upon closer inspection.

*Crack*

The clay forming a lower mouth mask on Aria cracked and fell apart.

"Clay, huh." Sukuna said a little surprised as he remembered a certain foe with a familiar technique. 

"Hm?" Sukuna felt Arai grab him by the head with his legs and throw him in the air.

[Supernova!] Arai shouted as Sukuna realized that a compressed orb of clay floated behind him and exploded like a buckshot in all directions. The explosion of clay resembled a grenade with shrapnel.

'This guy!' Arai frowned as he saw Sukuna enveloped by an aura of cursed energy.

[Domain Amplification!]

Using Domain Amplification, Sukuna minimalized the damage.

Itadori then jumped at him from behind and threw a chunk of concrete at Sukuna who easily smashed it with his fist. Itadori was about to continue attacking but Arai grabbed him by the hoodie to stop him.

Just in time for the three of them to feel a spark of cursed energy.

[Maximum Output: Dead Calm!]

An immense glacier appeared in front of Sukuna covering entire buildings in ice. 

Uraume, Sukuna's assistant, had finally arrived and kneeled to him.

"Haha! What a view." 

"I apologize, my entrance ended up being quite intrusive. Please forgive me." Uraume said as he lowered his head.

"You are forgiven."

"I've weakened the ice around Itadori Yuji just in case."

"It doesn't matter, that brat served his purpose. Though it is a good idea you targeted that woman."

"I have already prepared the 'bath' for you, Lord Sukuna."

"As meticulous as always, Uraume." Sukuna said before summoning the giant Nue. The two got up on the owl before it flapped its wings and flew in the air.

At this time, the ice in front of them cracked, and out went Itadori who screamed with all his might. "SUKUNA!!"

Spikes of clay pierced through the ice revealing a dome where Arai walked through. "Don't bother, Itadori. We couldn't even take him down together. What makes you think you can beat him when he has additional help? Leave them be."

"Damn it!"

As Sukuna flew on the owl, they both glared at one another. Sukuna could see something deep within the eyes of the girl in front of him, hatred. Absolute anger towards him, yet he couldn't remember her. Someone as strong as her would surely be remembered. 

That was when Arai lifted his arm up into the air and snapped his fingers.

[Supernova]

Nue suddenly shrieked in pain and barreled down as it lost control of its body. Its body enlarged from within before bursting and exploding spilling its corpse all over the sky. Leaving Sukuna and Uraume in the air and falling down.

"Think of that as a farewell gift." Arai said before turning back.

"That damn woman!" Sukuna smiled before Uraume created a platform of ice that levitated.

Sukuna wore a pensive expression before glancing back to where she was, only to find no one there. "Eino Haibara. She's not to be underestimated, that's for sure."

--------------------------

{AN: I had to scrape like 3 chapters because of Yuta's return in Gojo's body. so from here on out, I'm a Yuta hater. I also totally didn't forget about this book again.}