Chapter 8

The two new cursed corpses ran at me, one looking like a weird combination between a can and a beaver and the other being a mini panda plushie. The Cat beaver thing was running at me on all fours, and fast. While the panda was wobbling along, arms out to the side as if to keep its balance.

The first to arrive was the cat/beaver and when it did it performed a front flip, swinging its beaver-like tail as fast as it could in the direction of my face. I put my hands up in an x shape and imbued them with cursed energy. This might be reckless but there's a theory I want to test.

The tail smacked against my arms and a loud smacking sound reverberated in the area. It sounded like someone jumping into a pool from a high distance face-first, just amplified by about 10. The pain numbed my arms but I just ignored it and put my plan into action. As the tail impacted against my arms, it stopped for a brief second mid-air, centimetres away from me, and that's when I moved.

As fast as I could I moved my arms, reaching to grab the tail of the cursed corpse, and I succeeded. Before I could test my theory though I had to deal with the other, and fast. The tiny panda, not too far away from me seemed to be preparing to jump. Coaching down and going into a pose similar to a frog, its face looking in my direction.

I held the cursed corpse in my hand, still imbuing cursed energy into it to make sure it couldn't escape. And then the panda jumped, creating small cracks in the surface it stood on, now launching like a rocket right at my torso. I swung the cursed corpse in my hand, trying to hit the panda like one would with a ball and a bat. The timing was off and it seemed like I swung too early, the panda was only halfway and it seemed I would miss it.

I could hear a low mutter ever so slightly, it was the principal asking himself "how did he know?" As soon as he said that, the panda that was in mid-air suddenly accelerated, going faster than even the first cursed corpse that attacked Itadori.

Now left alone from any attacking cursed corpses I could test my theory on this incapacitated cursed corpse I was holding. First I sent my cursed energy in as my control of external cursed energy right now wasn't good enough, then I felt for the cursed energy in the core. I could feel the cursed energy and how it reacted to the incantations on the core, I could also feel an abundance of information that I couldn't understand, but I could get the gist of it.

Now that I can remember everything I experience, even if I don't know what it does I can replicate it. With that thought I used my Innate technique to dispel all of the cursed energy in the cursed corpse, with difficulty and a lot of concentration I succeeded. Then I proceeded to imbue my cursed energy into the core, replicating exactly how it was previously, now just with my cursed energy.

I proceeded to replicate every detail, but as I continued to do this process I succumbed to a half-conscious state. I was still inputting the cursed energy but with no other thoughts or recognition of the time and my surroundings. This continued for an unknown amount of time.

As I finished the process and my consciousness was returning I reopened my eyes, looking around in confusion. The sky outside was dark, indicating it was night and only one other person was in this room with me. The principal Masamichi Yaga was sitting in the same position, looking at me intensely, his face being stoic, but I could see hints of shock.

I looked down at my lap and saw the cursed corpse that looked like a cat and a beaver, it was lying on my lap and sitting still. If anyone saw this they would assume it was just a doll or stuffed animal. But I could feel something else, a connection on a deeper level, as if it was a body part of mine for me to control.

Getting distracted by this weird connection that I couldn't quite understand, I momentarily forgot about the other person in the room.

"How did you do that?" The principal asked me, looking directly into my eyes as if trying to detect any lies.

"Huh?" I whispered to myself as I heard that voice, making me remember that there was in fact another person with me.

"I just replicated the cursed energy and replaced the cursed energy Inside this thing with my own." After thinking about what to say I just decided to tell the truth, obviously not in full detail, but the truth nonetheless.

"Why?" He asked, still looking at me with the same stoic face.

"Because I felt like I could," I answered back again, giving short answers that still answer his questions.

"How did you replicate it?" He asked, but this time instead of the same stoic face his eyes shone with curiosity.

"I just remembered how the cursed energy felt and then copied that."

"So you have no idea how it actually works, you just... Copied it?" He asked back, now looking completely dumbfounded, his mouth hanging open.

"Yeah, pretty much."

"*Cough* *cough* well then go to your room, I will get someone to show you the way. Be up by 7 am tomorrow, you need to pick up the last first year." He said, acting as if he wasn't just completely shocked and dumbfounded, as if he was embarrassed of his earlier display.

"Can I uh... Keep it," I asked nervously, pointing to the cursed corpse in my lap. Even though it is basically mine now, I know from JJK that he views his cursed corpses similar to family so asking this could be taken very badly. It's just that I want it enough to risk it.

"... Fine," he said after a long pause, looking very reluctant, but it seemed after some thought he decided to let me keep it.

"Thank you!" I got up from my seating position bowed and then ran out, not wanting him to stay long enough for him to change his mind.

"Finally done huh, that was an interesting stunt you pulled," a voice I recognised said from behind me, so I turned around and was greeted by Satoru Gojo. His ever present smile greeted me as I looked at his face.

"Huh?" I said, confused about which stunt he was referring to.

"Stealing one of Masamichi's dolls, you should have seen the face he made when you left, hahaha hilarious." Gojo said in a joking mocky tone.

"Oh, anyway where are the dorms?" I said, trying to diver the topic because if the principal overhears Gojo making fun of him he might take it out on me, I'm the one who took his doll after all.

"You're no fun, fine follow me. I've already prepared a room right next to megumi, I'm sure he'll love to meet you hehe," Gojo said as he started walking away, but he didn't forget to end his sentence with a creepy laugh.

[Author - Please tell me if I got anything wrong with the cursed corpses and their cores, I couldn't find much information about them so I just went with what I could find.]