——"Baptism."
In the world of sorcery, this term holds a special aning.
"Bathe" in the concept of sorcery usually refers to a kind of ritual.
It is a ritual conducted to protect heirloom secrets from being tainted by foreign enemies by transforming them into Curse Artifacts.
By using toxic curses to lt and filter specially selected creatures, concentrating the curse power into a solution, and then placing the heirloom secret object within it, this is the ritual of "baptism."
The so-called "baptism" refers to this process of the ritual, aning "to imrse the object that needs transformation within it."
Just as Knot set out for the Xiantai Barrier to et with Reiger, such a ritual was being conducted in a solemn place.
A mysterious secret master nad Li i appeared there, reaching the deepest part of this solemn place.
Contrary to its solemn nature, this place was an extrely evil den.
Countless Curse Spirits were crushed into innurable chunks of flesh, layered and tanned together, acting as a substitute for toxic curses, lted and filtered into concentrated curse power solution, with pitch-black liquid continuously flowing down from the ceiling, being injected into the pool below.
The pool was also entirely pitch-black, emitting extrely dense waves of negative power, akin to a tangible curse, making one feel nauseous.
Yet in this nauseating black pool, a black-haired boy was soaking.
This boy was none other than Fushiguro gumi, who went missing during the Shibuya incident.
He had been soaking here for quite so ti.
Of course, the reason he was placed here, soaking in the curse power solution generated by countless Curse Spirits, undergoing the "baptism" ritual, was not for transformation into a Curse Artifact, but to let his consciousness sink and never awaken.
Now, Fushiguro gumi’s consciousness had completely sunk into the pitch-black abyss, not only incapable of surfacing, but his very nature was being infinitely brought closer to the concept of "demon" under the effect of the curse power solution generated by countless Curse Spirits.
And as the instigator of all this, Li i was preparing for the final step of the ritual, bringing the last necessary item here.
"Everything is ready."
Li i knelt with one knee in front of the figure he had placed against the wall, head hung low, sitting by the wall.
"It’s ti to officially return, Lord Sukuna."
The person to whom Li i, kneeling respectfully on one knee, was worshipping was surprisingly Itadori Yuji, who should have been in the Tokyo First Barrier.
Upon closer look, Itadori Yuji’s current condition wasn’t good either; not only was he in a coma, but his body also bore marks of being frozen.
"...This is the second ti, right?"
Before losing consciousness, Itadori Yuji whispered this unwillingly in his heart.
How similar was this scene to that during the Shibuya incident?
Only...
"This is also the last ti, kid."
An evil voice sneered as if mocking him.
"The ti to fulfill the bondage from before has finally arrived."
"Congratulations, kid, you’ve shaken off , as you wished."
"You should be happy for that."
"After all, very soon, you won’t be able to be happy anymore."
Before this, Itadori Yuji had fantasized countless tis about breaking free from the curse inside him.
But he never thought that the day he shook off the curse would be the real beginning of the nightmare.
Unfortunately, at least for now, he wouldn’t realize this.
Because, during this final period of ti, the person occupying his body would be the revived Curse King from modern tis.
"...You are still so conscientious, preparing everything I need at the right ti."
Originally hung low, leaning against the wall, Itadori Yuji—no, it should be Ryonsukuna let out a low chuckle.
Ominous black lines appeared on his body.
The pair of eyes at the corners of his eyes also opened.
Sukuna lifted his head, looking at Li i, who was kneeling in front of him, and complinted him.
"This is what I should have done." Li i said in the most respectful attitude and joyous tone, keeping his head down: "Besides, I’ve waited a long ti for this mont."
"So true." Sukuna grinned and said, "I too have been waiting for a long ti."
Speaking, Sukuna stood up, looking at Fushiguro gumi soaking in the black pool, and his smile grew even wider.
"Great, now we can start directly."
Sukuna had long set his eyes on Fushiguro gumi.
He, who had once dominated the peak era of sorcery during the Heian period as a demon god, was unparalleled whether in curse power, sorcery, or intuition and insight during sorcerer battles.
So, very early, from the first ti he had woken up and saw Fushiguro gumi, he had vaguely sensed that this boy held extraordinary potential for technique.
This feeling only peaked when Reiger summoned extraordinary Divine General in the Jujutsu High and tried to subdue it.
Moreover, when residing in Itadori Yuji’s body, not only was he constantly suppressed by the genius’s consciousness, unable to seize control of the body, but also the vessel of Itadori Yuji did not satisfy him. Thus, Sukuna had an idea early on.
That is, when the ti was ripe, to transfer his soul to Fushiguro gumi, transforming Fushiguro into his vessel, to reincarnate and revive on his body.
Then, not only would he gain those fascinating technique potentials, but he also wouldn’t be suppressed as he was within Itadori Yuji.
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