2 After The Spar
Between the outer ring of the Zenin Compound lay the infirmary. All the attendants here were women, courtesy of the misogyny of the Zenin Clan.
Amidst the medicinal aroma, a woman with black hair crept among the recovering Zenin Fighters on the beds.
She was Megumi Zenin's attendant, supposed to take care of all his needs, such as cooking, cleaning, and washing his clothes.
Her gaze wandered toward said person, one of the people who were lightly injured because of sparring.
She wasn't surprised when the young boy regained consciousness and immediately went to train. Before he left, she checked him over and found he wasn't hurt. She couldn't stop him if she wanted to, as her status was too low to command him to stay and rest.
She could see Megumi flaring his cursed energy from the window and covering his whole body while punching a wooden pole in the courtyard.
"I hope he doesn't injure himself," she muttered quietly.
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I punched the wooden pole again, ignoring my maid staring at me. I didn't have time to worry about her; I still admired the powers I had gotten from transmigrating three weeks ago. It's funny; Megumi seems destined to have his body taken from him.
Megumi would have said no to going to the Zenin Clan. I chose to go with the Zenin Clan. I liked my powers and wanted to avoid following Cannon, where my body would eventually be stolen. I feel bad about leaving Tsumiki behind in an orphanage, but that would be better for both of us as I wasn't her brother, and she would probably not be turned into a vessel for Yorozu.
After I arrived at the Zenin Clan, they commanded me to show my Cursed Technique. When they discovered I had The Ten Shadows Technique, the old men cough… I mean, Elders like Ogi and Chojuro went completely apeshit into trying to get custody of me. Naobito disarmed the conflict and decided I should stay with Jinichi, my uncle.
Thinking about the Zenin Clan, my supposed family in this world, I couldn't help but grimace. They would help me reach my full potential and make me the head of the clan when I get older. I'm a Young Master now, which gave me access to a lot of money and the clan's cursed tools.
The only downside was how annoying everyone in the clan was. They all are trying to get close to me with those fake smiles. I still hadn't met Naoya yet, but that was for the best. I was sure he would kill me when he got the chance, and I stood in his way of becoming the clan head after Naobito.
Thinking back about the spar with my uncle just made me more motivated. I still had yet to beat him. Whenever I thought I was getting close, he would reinforce himself and trash me. There's still a lot of distance between me and him, considering that I'm only six years old and he's a full-grown man.
I thought that I could beat him this time. So why didn't my surprise attack work?
Mulling it over, I concluded that he must have sensed my cursed energy flaring up before the attack; a good Jujutsu Sorcerer like him should feel Cursed Energy before seeing it. Next time, I should use reinforcement at the last moment so he doesn't expect it.
Another way to win would be If I could land a Black Flash on him. My Cursed Energy Control is good because I remembered and applied Todo's lesson to Yuji: we exist in this world with our entire body, mind, and soul. I don't think of my body as individual parts that would delay my Cursed Energy. But landing a Black Flash is beyond me, just like the Reverse Cursed Technique. Trust me, I've been trying to use RCT since the moment I migrated here because having healing is a must-have.
Taming my nine other shikigami is also a priority. I wanted to go and do it immediately, but I wanted to first train with my dogs and try out all the moves Sukuna did with them. I did that last week in my room and then went to the Disciplinary Pit to exorcise some Grade 2 Curses. My half-summoned Dogs tore through them, but I didn't want to hide behind them, so I started fighting with them.
Punch, kick and dodge. I felt like Yuji Himtadori when I gave that random Centipede Curse the One-Two combo. Still, there were moments when I went too far from my Dogs and got cornered. I just went into my shadow to dodge all of their attacks.
Easily excorsing Grade 2 Curses puts me at the level of Grade 2 Sorcerer at six years old if I'm using my Cursed Technique. Megumi was at the same level at the start of Canon. Man, he must have not trained at all between when he was 6 and 15 . Having Toji as your dad, Gojo as your mentor, and the Ten Shadows that rival the Limitless – 6 Eyes combo while still losing every critical fight in the series is crazy.
You could call him 007 because he has zero feats, zero relevance and seven kamikaze attacks. Trying to summon Mahoraga at every opportunity and get himself killed. But I'm built different; I will tame Mahoraga, surpass Gojo and kill Sukuna.
"Huh, so you're Megumi," someone said a few feet behind me, making me stop punching and turn around to a young girl. "You've been punching that pole for a while now."
I looked at her and knew she was Maki, with her black hair, gold piercing eyes and little presence because of having low cursed energy—the one who would massacre the Zenin Clan.
