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[Cheat] Chapter 35: Field Test Gone Wrong
🕑 Added 2025-04-05 19:09:37 +0000 UTCMegumi Fushiguro asked, “So, where are we going next?”
Gojo Satoru replied, “Since all five first-years are finally together—and four of you just arrived in Tokyo—it’s only natural that we do a little sightseeing!”
As soon as he said that, Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki lit up with excitement.
“Tokyo, Tokyo—Tokyo’s the best!”
“Disneyland! I wanna go to Disneyland!”
“Idiot, Disneyland is in Chiba! Let’s go to Chinatown, Sensei!”
“Chinatown is in Yokohama, not Tokyo.”
“Yokohama’s basically Tokyo, isn't it? Don’t you know that? Just look at a map!”
Paimon threw up her hands. “Seriously, you two are already this old and still act like little kids. I wanna go to McDonald's!”
“What’s wrong with your brain!? Who comes all the way to Tokyo and immediately wants to go to McDonald's!? Like, if you want to go to McDonald's, you can do that literally anywhere! Why Tokyo!?”
“Ugh…”
Zephyr nodded solemnly. “I think they have a point.”
“Uwaaahh…”
Gojo Satoru clapped his hands. “Alright then, I’ll announce our destination… Roppongi!”
Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki were beyond excited.
Paimon tilted her head. “Roppongi? Is that a famous place?”
“Of course it is! Ugh, forget it—there’s no point explaining to a bumpkin like you.”
“You’re the bumpkin, not Paimon!”
…
Looking at the rundown, abandoned building before them, filled with an eerie aura, everyone felt like they had been duped.
“Liar!!”
“Fraudster!!”
Gojo Satoru explained, “There’s a large cemetery nearby, and this old building combined with it gave birth to a curse.”
Yuji Itadori took a deep breath and said, “Well, if we can’t avoid it, then we’ll just have to face it head-on. Besides, I want to test out the new power I just gained.”
“Oh?” Gojo raised an eyebrow.
Nobara Kugisaki rolled her eyes. “What’s with the whole ‘if we can’t avoid it, we move forward’ act? You think you’re some pretty-boy swordsman like Kojiro Sasaki?”
Gojo smiled and said, “I want to see what you’re all capable of. Let’s treat this as a field test. Everyone except Megumi and Lumine, go inside and exorcise the curse in the building.”
Yuji protested, “Wait, why’s Megumi sitting this one out? And Big Sis too?”
“Exactly!” Nobara chimed in.
“Well,” Gojo shrugged, “Megumi is already strong enough. He doesn’t need this kind of test.”
“Eh!?”
Suddenly, Lumine spoke up, “Sorry, but I already exorcised the curses inside that building.”
“Huh?” everyone blinked.
Gojo scratched his head. “I thought the vibe inside felt off... Lumine, how’d you do it? You only just joined the school yesterday, right?”
“I got rid of them last night.”
“At night, huh? You’re a diligent one, Lumine. On the other hand, the men on this team are just getting lazier by the minute.”
“…”
Nobara grinned. “Nice job, little one. You really showed those stinky boys. I’m seeing you in a new light!”
Lumine turned and said flatly, “Don’t get chummy with me. You’re too weak. I’m not interested in you.”
“Ha!? You little brat, what did you just say to me!?”
“Don’t disrespect Big Sis Lumine!” Yuji jumped to defend her. “Don’t be fooled by her height—she might be short, she might be short, she might be short—but she’s crazy strong! She could beat up a hundred of you!”
With a blank expression, Lumine walked over and stomped hard on Yuji’s foot.
“OW! What was that for, Big Sis!? That hurts!”
“Pffft, hahaha!” Nobara clutched her stomach, laughing. “Look at you, totally wrecked.”
Only a few minutes passed before Gojo returned, casually holding a curse in each hand.
Megumi asked, “Gojo-sensei, those curses…”
“Well, since Lumine already took care of the original ones, I ‘borrowed’ a few more from somewhere else.”
A bead of sweat rolled down Megumi’s temple. Borrowed? That definitely looked more like you kidnapped them...
But since curses weren’t human, there were no rights to violate, so Megumi decided not to argue.
“Go,” Gojo said, tossing the two curses into the building. “Your new target is them.”
Yuji blinked. “Wait, you can just… do that?”
“Yup~ That’s exactly what I can do,” Gojo replied cheerfully. “Oh, and by the way, the curses I just tossed in are about three times stronger than the original ones.”
“So, Megumi, Lumine, you’re going in too. This is now a test for all five of you~”
Megumi let out a heavy sigh. Just his luck.
Lumine said, “I have to go too?”
“Of course! I’m not going to give you any special treatment just because you’re younger.”
Then, turning to Paimon—who seemed like she was trying to sneak away—he added, “And of course, Paimon has to come along too~”
“Ah! Paimon has been found out!”
Paimon puffed up her cheeks. “P—Paimon is super weak! Paimon will only slow everyone down!”
“Haha, and that’s exactly why we need you to increase the difficulty of the test!”
“Wha!? Paimon is mad now!”
“Haha, just kidding, just kidding! It’s because you’re so cute, Paimon.”
“Hmph! Trying to flatter paimon won’t work. No matter what you say, Paimon is not going.”
“One order of fried chicken.”
“Paimon is in!”
Lum: ……
Gojo scratched his nose, thinking to himself, Paimon really is easy to convince. I wasn’t planning to have her go in the first place…
Yuji Itadori spoke up, “Um, I haven’t had a chance to ask before, but aren’t curses supposed to be exorcised with cursed energy? I don’t even know how to use jujutsu.”
Nobara Kugisaki snapped, “Hah? You can’t use jujutsu? You’re a total newbie then! How the hell did you even get into this school!?”
“Uh… I’m not sure either. I kinda just… ended up here.”
“Tch. Damn nepotism.”
Gojo laughed and said, “You might be misunderstanding Yuji a bit. It’s true he’s a total rookie, but due to some special circumstances, he broke the seal on one of Sukuna’s fingers and accidentally absorbed some cursed energy from it.”
“Well, I guess you weren’t entirely wrong—he is a rookie.”
“…”
“Rookie.”
“Of course, cursed energy isn’t something you can just master right away, but cursed tools can also hurt curses. And the weapon you’re carrying just so happens to be a very powerful cursed tool.”
“Really!?”
Yuji lit up with excitement. He hadn’t expected that the weapon Big Sis Lumine gave him was actually that strong.
“But,” Gojo added, “in such a cramped space, a huge sword like that might be hard to use. Just in case, take this too.”
Gojo pulled out a strange-looking weapon.
//END
