Yuji asked, "What exactly do you want from me?"
Hanami replied, "For our long-held wish, we need to conduct an experiment using your body."
Hanami took out a finger. "Itadori, eat it."
"I don't want to!"
Yuji turned his head and ran.
That finger looked disgusting, and he naturally wouldn't cooperate with the other party for no reason. However, before Yuji could run a few steps, several vines suddenly broke through the ground, binding his hands and feet.
"You can't escape. Everyone in this town who has the ability to save you is currently being held back."
Hanami's figure flickered and appeared in front of Yuji, stuffing Sukuna's finger into his mouth. The next second, black patterns appeared on Yuji's face, and an ominous aura slowly rose.
Bang!
The vines binding Yuji's body were as if cut by an invisible sharp blade, turning into a large number of fragments.
Yuji regained his freedom, and two new eyeballs opened on either side of his cheeks. After the four eyeballs flickered left and right, their gaze ultimately fell on Hanami in front of them.
"A Cursed Spirit, huh? That's a bit unexpected."
Sukuna moved his body and said, "Then... I'll give you one minute to explain your purpose."
Hanami got straight to the point. "I need information about Rizevim. A thousand years ago, how did you find that Devil?"
Sukuna snorted coldly, "Rizevim? That's an unpleasant name. That guy appeared in front of me himself, I didn't go looking for him."
"I understand."
As if expecting this outcome, Hanami remained very calm.
However, just as Hanami was about to continue asking, a loud bang sounded.
A figure holding a magic sword smashed through the ceiling, appearing above Hanami's head.
The next second, Hanami's right arm was severed at the root, falling to the ground.
"You are... Rias Gremory's new Peerage member?"
While creating distance, Hanami recognized the culprit who had attacked them.
"Why are you here?"
Tatsuma said, "Of course, I came to find you."
Glancing at the 'Yuji' who was watching him with interest from the side, Tatsuma pointed his sword at Hanami.
Boom!
...
"Hmm?!"
On the north side of Kuoh Town, Rias, who had just cleared out a Cursed Spirit, turned her head sharply.
"President, what's wrong?" Koneko asked from not far away.
Rias said, "There's the aura of a Special Grade Cursed Spirit. Tatsuma is fighting with the other party."
Koneko thought for a moment and said, "If it's a Special Grade Cursed Spirit, Tatsuma should be able to handle it, right?"
"A normal Special Grade Cursed Spirit should be fine, but this enemy is a bit special."
Rias had seen Special Grade Cursed Spirits before and had even personally exorcised a few. Because of this, she could clearly sense that the Special Grade Cursed Spirit in the direction of the hospital was very strong.
Just looking at the scale of its cursed energy, the other party was at least several times stronger than an ordinary Special Grade Cursed Spirit.
"President, you should go help Tatsuma."
Koneko, understanding the seriousness of the problem, became serious and proactively suggested.
"There aren't many Cursed Spirits left here. I can handle it by myself."
"Then I'll leave it to you."
Rias was also a little worried. Tatsuma's strength was indeed very high, but he had only been a Devil for too short a time. If he fell into an ambush and was sneak-attacked, it was possible he could really be defeated.
...
Hanami felt a bitter taste in their mouth as they were about to be defeated.
Tatsuma's strength did not match the intel. According to the intel, Tatsuma was just a minor Devil with a small amount of demonic power, a normal person who had just become a Devil recently.
In terms of strength, he was at most at the level of a second grade Jujutsu sorcerer, not worth fearing.
But in reality...
Looking at Tatsuma, who had cut through the small forest with a single slash and was gradually closing in on them, Hanami wanted to curse.
You call this a Grade 2 Jujutsu sorcerer?!
Hanami, having lost an arm and unable to activate their domain, could only continuously retreat, trying to buy time to recover.
However, at this moment, Tatsuma's aura surged.
"It's time to end this."
Tatsuma, who had completed the fourth round of Boost, activated the Pawn trait and was promoted to the Queen class.
Under the double amplification, his strength temporarily reached a peak, and he exploded. In just an instant, all obstacles in front of him were swept away.
Power of Destruction converged on the sword's edge, and over a dozen slashes fell in an instant.
Like a hot knife through butter, the demon sword, enhanced with Power of Destruction, sliced Hanami's body into pieces.
"Alright, now it's your turn."
Tatsuma looked to the side. "What should I call you? Yuji, or Sukuna."
"Isn't the answer obvious?"
Sukuna twisted his head left and right a couple of times, making a cracking sound.
"You wouldn't think that brat could snatch control of the body from me, would you?"
"You're so noisy."
Just then, Yuji's voice suddenly rang out.
The black markings slowly faded, and Yuji's appearance returned to normal.
"I was just silent for a bit because I didn't understand the current situation. How did that turn into me being dead in your words?"
Sukuna was shocked. "What did you do!"
"Took back my own body."
Yuji poked the eyeball that had appeared on his face and asked, "Tatsuma, what's the situation now?"
"My mind is a mess, I can't understand what happened at all."
Tatsuma slowly walked up to him and said, "It's normal for you not to understand. In short, you should sleep for a while first."
Bang!
A heavy punch landed, and Yuji, completely unprepared, was knocked to the ground and fell unconscious.
After that, Tatsuma flipped him over and began surgery on the spot.
When Rias arrived, she saw Yuji with his chest cut open, and Tatsuma reaching into his body, rummaging around.
"What are you doing?"
Rias blinked, feeling that the situation was a bit different from what she had expected.
"Just now, a Cursed Spirit fed him a Sukuna finger. I'm doing a separation surgery... Found it."
With the help of Senjutsu, Tatsuma successfully took Sukuna's finger out of Yuji. The Spiritual Healing Bracelet activated, and Yuji's injuries began to heal.
"So you were retrieving the finger." Rias breathed a sigh of relief.
She had thought Tatsuma had awakened some special hobby.
"Actually, it's fine even if I don't retrieve it, but I'm a little curious about this thing."
Tatsuma stared at the sukuna's finger for two seconds and asked, "Rias, can I take a bite and taste it?"
Rias immediately said, "No!"
She took back her previous statement, she had relaxed too early.