Itadori's struggle
Sukuna, who had caused destruction to Shibuya, killed a large amount of people and defeated Fushiguro's Shikigami, utters:
"Try and chew this, brat."
That's when--
All of a sudden Sukuna's consciousness switches back to Itadori's.
Itadori's eyes stare wide open at the disastrous landscape in front of him.
Gradually, the events that had transpired while his consciousness had been robbed by Sukuna resurge in his mind.
The fact he had killed Nanako and Mimiko--
What happened with Kusakabe and Panda--
Clasping his head, he starts crying out "Uuurrrghh" as he breaks down and eventually throws up.
"Why did I think I had received the death penalty?"
The words Gojou had told him cross his mind.
"Just die." Itadori mutters, crying.
"I had already decided on the way I wanted to die."
"You should be surrounded by a crowd of people"
"Save people"
"People"
His own words and his grandfather's last request keep resurfacing.
But in those words lied his struggle.
"Just me!!"
"Just meee!!"
"Go die!!"
"Right now!!"
As he kept going and going in his inner conflict there was only one answer he ended up reaching.
"I have to go. I have to fight."
"As things stand I'm nothing but a murderer."
Saying those words Itadori's face had a ghastly expression.
Huff... Huff, huff... Huff...
Nanami, half his body burned by Jogo, is wandering through the station.
A man in a photo booth is watching his condition.
It's Mahito.
Trying to locate Fushiguro, Nanami keeps walking until transfigured humans appear before him.
"Malaysia.. Right... Malaysia.... Kuantan would be nice." Nanami suddenly mutters to himself.
(Let's build a house on a beach. Just buy books until they pile up like mountains, leave them untouched, then turn the pages as if I tried to turn back time.)
(No, right now I have to go save Fushiguro... Maki-san... Naobito-san? What happened to those two...?)
(...I'm tired. I really am tired. That's right, so tired. I did enough already after all.)
Nanami's mind is bouncing back between reality and dream. And yet, Nanami doesn't stop and continues walking towards Fushiguro's location while killing transfigured humans.
That's when--
Mahito appears in front of Nanami.
"...So you were here?" Nanami says.
"I've been here. The whole time." Mahito answers as he places his hand on Nanami's chest.
"Should we talk for a bit? Since you kept me company so many times already."
(Haibara. Just what was I trying to accomplish this whole time? I kept running and running away but I still ended up coming back with a vague reason like "It's something worth doing".
That's when Haibara appears in front of him, pointing at Nanami's right hand.
As Nanami turns his head in that direction, Itadori's form is reflected in his eyes.
"Itadori." Mahito utters when he notices Itadori's presence.
"Nanamin."
Looking at Nanami's deformed body, Itadori freezes.
(It's no good, Haibara. It's wrong. I can't tell him that. It'll become a "curse" for him.)
"I'll leave the rest to you, Itadori-kun."
The next moment, Nanami's upper body is blown off by Mahito.
".....Just what the hell are you!! Mahito!!" Itadori cries out.
"No need to scream, I can hear you!! Itadori Yuji!!"
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