Jujutsu Kaisen: Shadow King

The beautiful homeland shared by villains - the sewer.

Inspired by "Earthworm Man 3", the real person in a good mood brought Yoshino Junpei here and explained to him the common knowledge of sorcerers and cursed spirits in a very "caring" way.

"'Special imaginary vengeful spirits', some cursed spirits are called this."

"Cursed spirits are a collection of cursed power flowing out of humans. Even if they do not exist in reality, they have a commonly recognized terrifying image and can easily appear as a powerful curse."

Holding a book "Neon Monster Complete Works" in his hand, the real person lay on a pure white fence hanging in the air.

On the side.

Yoshino Junpei stood obediently on the edge of the sewer wall, listening carefully to the real person's teachings.

"With a commonly recognized terrifying image... do you mean a famous monster or a strange story?"

"That's right."

The real person showed Yoshino Junpei a page of "Neon Monster Complete Works" in his hand.

"There are many, such as Miss Hanako in the toilet, the eight-foot-sama who knocks on the boy's window at night, or the nine-tailed demon fox that fascinates everyone."

"The sorcerer registers these as "special imaginary ghosts" and is on guard against them."

Said.

The real person closed the "Neon Monster Complete Works".

"Unidentified powerful curses will also be classified as imaginary ghosts first. It seems that they only know these."

"But people are not afraid of such imaginary stories." The real person turned his head and looked at Yoshino Junpei.

Yoshino Junpei thought: "Are there natural disasters?"

With his eyes slightly narrowed, the real person smiled happily: "It's great that there is no pressure to talk to you!"

Hearing this.

"No, how could it be~"

Yoshino Junpei's face immediately turned red, and he rubbed his hands embarrassedly. This was the first time he was recognized by others.

Huh——

At this time.

A gust of evil wind blew from the depths of the sewer.

There were wailing and muttering of unknown creatures.

Yoshino Junpei looked curiously into the darkness.

Masato suddenly came close to him, almost kissing him.

Yoshino Junpei looked back and was almost startled.

"People..."

"Fear of the earth, forests, and oceans."

"The curse that flowed to them was too huge, so they gained wisdom before they took shape and lurked until now."

"You are all my proud companions." Masato smiled gently, and at the same time, one hand stroked Yoshino Junpei's face and brushed away his bangs that covered his eyes.

"Then..."

"What kind of curse is Masato?"

"Human."

"I am a curse born from the hatred of people for people and fear."

"The hatred of people for people..." Yoshino Junpei murmured, and his thoughts flew back to the past.

Kanagawa Prefectural Satozakura High School.

Image Research Society and Club Activity Room.

Yoshino Junpei and his two other clubmates are discussing their favorite movies.

Classmate A: "Hey! Is there a 5th movie of "Super Scream Project"?"

"There are 7 movies in total." Yoshino Junpei can only talk about things that he is familiar with and likes.

Classmate A: "Really?"

Classmate B: "I feel like the seventh part of this series will be a hit."

Yoshino Junpei: "The seventh part is completely different, it can't even be considered a spoof."

Classmate B: "What is that?"

Yoshino Junpei: "It's a slow-moving sitcom with a haunted house."

Classmate B: "What is that?"

Yoshino Junpei: "The grandson of the protagonist in the first part, the grandson of the criminal in the second part, and the grandson of the person who died at the beginning of the third part, live together for various reasons."

"It turns out that it's a house where ghosts appear, and then they ask a psychic to come to the house."

Classmate B: "Wow~ It feels so boring."

Yoshino Junpei: "Boring to death."

Classmate A: "Who would want to watch this?"

Yoshino Junpei: "But the interesting thing is that in parts 5 and 6--"

Swish!

The sliding door of the activity room suddenly opened.

It was Hanma Yongjiro and his three friends who came with a group of high school students to cause trouble.

"What?"

"Why are you here?"

"Didn't we say that we're going to use this as a club activity room and you're not allowed to use it?"

"But, but, you haven't used it recently, I thought it was no longer needed." Yoshino Junpei said embarrassedly.

Bang!

The leading fake-smiling man stepped forward and kicked over the table that the three of them were sitting on, and the comic books fell to the ground, and the three of them immediately shuddered.

"So what?"

"No, so..."

Before Yoshino Junpei finished speaking, Hanma Yongjiro stepped forward and kicked the table leg and bent it, threatening: "Don't talk nonsense to me, you bunch of cockroaches, get out of here!"

Classmates A and B immediately stood up and packed their schoolbags, and looked at their companions who were still sitting: "Let's go, Yoshino."

The eyes dimmed.

Yoshino Junpei followed suit, but soon stopped where he was, his eyes fixed on the comic book that was stepped on by the fake-smiling man in the lead.

"What are you doing?"

"I want to take it back..."

"Ah?" The fake-smiling man in the lead said impatiently.

Yoshino Junpei leaned over and wanted to pick up the comic book that was stepped on by him, and said lightly: "Take your foot away."

Classmates A and B immediately felt their souls tremble when they saw this, and whispered: "Stop talking, Yoshino."

"I want to take this back." Yoshino Junpei said stubbornly: "Can you move your foot away? "

Bang!

The leading fake-smiling man kicked Yoshino Junpei in the face without saying anything.

"Oh no!" ×2

Classmates A and B screamed, and were too scared to care about anything else, and immediately fled the club activity room.

Yoshino Junpei covered his bleeding mouth and nose, staring at the leading fake-smiling man.

The leading fake-smiling man walked to Yoshino Junpei with a "smile", leaned down, patted his shoulder, and turned back to order: "Close the door."

"Understood."

A high school student who followed the group responded and closed the door.

With a creak.

Yoshino Junpei, who witnessed all this, had his pupils trembling.

Then.

The three gangsters and their younger brothers surrounded Yoshino Junpei in a circle and beat him up.

In the club activity room.

The excited beating and wailing screams lasted for a full half an hour...