Curses Everywhere.

"A nobody."

"What did you say?"

….

*Silence*

….

Fushiguro, in the heat of the moment and fear of the unknown ability Michael used a moment ago, asks a very stupid question.

Michael looks at him with a face that says 'Are you dumb? or did you forget I don't speak Japanese?'

Fushiguro realizing his mistake regains his calmness but keeps the wariness.

"Do not move."

The threatening tone coming from Fushiguro and growling sounds from the dogs makes Michael even more confused. 'Aren't I the victim here?'

Fushiguro then uses his phone to call Kiyotaka Ijichi, an assistant director of Jujutsu High.

It might seem like Michael didn't answer the question properly to be cool, but he understood that Fushiguro was not asking for his name.

He was asked whether he is a sorcerer or a cursed energy user, the illegal kind because of the threat that Fushiguro obviously sees in him.

In Michael's thoughts:

'I guess he's calling for someone who can speak English to translate. Why does he seem wary, scared of me even. I'm just a normal guy, I can't see whatever he's scared of. Am I haunted by a curse? Just like Yuta Okkotsu? No, I should be feeling gloomy and heavy instead of feeling great like I am right now.'

'On another note, I really am in the world of Jujutsu Kaisen. I thought this teenager looked familiar, but after he summoned his Divine Dogs there is no mistaking it. This man is Megumi Fushiguro, user of Ten Shadows Technique. Why is he in Canada?'

'It's the year 2021 which is way past the timeline of the Jujutsu Kaisen, I remember but he doesn't look any different. I could check my phone but I left it in the bedroom and I don't think he's gonna let me go grab it. Besides, I thought his dogs turned into Divine Dogs: Totality after the white one died? So many questions....'

Fushiguro finishes his phone call and says a single word in English, "Wait."

Two polar opposite atmospheres covers the two people in the room. While Michael is carefree and slightly annoyed, Fushiguro's side is wary and threatening due to the two wolves he still hasn't dispelled.

In a few minutes, a knock sounds from the front door and Fushiguro walks over to open it.

Michael is irritated that he's threatened and is being forced to sit still in his own home while the trespasser opened the door. Even though Fushiguro's purpose here is to get rid of the cursed, he can't help being ticked off from the unreasonable treatment.

Michael widens his eyes seeing the man who just walked in. Kento Nanami, a Grade 1 professional Jujutsu Sorcerer and one of Michael's favorite characters in Jujutsu Kaisen.

Fushiguro quickly briefs Nanami on the situation while Michael is secretly excited in meeting this man.

After their talk is over, Nanami hands a paper talisman over to Fushiguro and flicks one over to Michael.

While still thinking of what he's supposed to do with it or how he's supposed to use the talisman, Nanami starts to speak.

"Hello, I am Kento Nanami, a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer. This man on my right is Megumi Fushiguro. He has explained the situation to me. May I ask for your name?"

'That's it? He's not gonna introduce Fushiguro? Or Fushiguro is not gonna introduce himself?'

Again, a sense of excitement wells up in Michael. 'This talisman can translate through cursed energy!'

Translator Talisman: a marked paper imbued with cursed energy that transmit and receive intent from each other. Through this, two parties who speak different languages will not understand the other's speech but the message they intended to convey in it.

"Of course, my name is Michael M. Marshal, age twenty-one, a normal working Canadian citizen."

Michael, in his excitement, not only says his name but also his age and affiliation.

"Canadian citizenship? Not Japanese?"

"Yes, is there something wrong with that?"

The unease Nanami has been feeling ever since he set foot in this apartment continues to build up...

"Anyway, as much as I would like clear-up everything, we're dealing with a more serious situation right now. If I am right, you are able to see what we call cursed spirits or curses, and have some kind of a cursed technique. I do not know any more than that."

"It's true that I can see that cursed spirit earlier but I don't know anything about the techniques that you're talking about. Other than that, what's the serious situation?"

"On my way here, I was able to sense as many as four Grade 2 curses and one Semi-Grade 1 curse moving in the same direction as me. Assuming that is just from one direction, we could have at least twenty cursed spirits coming. The curse that was in your living room earlier was a Grade 2 curse."

In Michael's thoughts: 'Shit! What the hell is happening?! Is someone carrying a bunch of Special Grade Objects that are attracting curses?'

"Thus I would like to ask for your cooperation. Even though we cannot sense any cursed energy in you, we have reasons to believe that the curses are attracted to something in this apartment, maybe yourself."

"I don't know why they would be attracted to here or to me but yeah I'll cooperate."

"Great, please follow me, we cannot waste anymore time. I will explain more on the way."

"Okay, let me just grab my phone and my wallet."

Michael follows Nanami out of the apartment while Fushiguro is keeping his guard behind him. Nanami asks Michael to get in the back of a black sedan and gets into the driver seat himself. At the back, Fushiguro enters another black sedan and Michael notices the driver to be Kiyotaka Ijichi, an assistant director of Jujutsu High. Nanami calmly puts on his seat belt and drives. The other car follows closely behind them.

"Our plan is to have everyone move away from the apartment. If the curses are attracted to the place itself or something in it, they will ignore us and every civilian will have to be evacuated until we find out what the curses are after. If not, they will try to follow and obstruct us showing that they are attracted to you or something in your body. From there I ask that you remain in the car and only act if your life is in immediate danger. Fushiguro-san and I will take care of the curses while moving as fast as possible towards Jujutsu High. In there we will---"

*Thump* *Thump* *Thump*

"Guehhriiii"

"HOyaaa"

"Mommammeeee"

Before Nanami can even finish, three dangerous looking curses jump out of nowhere and into the street.

The three cursed spirits now completely block the road.