Marvel: Superman Strength in a World of Heroes

After completing the mission, Carl didn't immediately return to his own world.

After all, leaving right after arriving felt like a waste of an opportunity.

Besides, there weren't any girls waiting for him at home.

Sticking around to explore this parallel world and chat with its people didn't sound like a bad idea.

And besides...

Spider Girl, Tsunade, and Kamen Rider Tsukasa weren't leaving either.

Tsunade approached Carl with a warm smile.

『Princess of the Senju』: Carl-kun, you're just as incredible as ever.

『Spider Girl』: Yup yup! Big Bro Carl is totally amazing~!

『Masked Rider』: Obviously. We're talking about Carl-sama here.

Yuji Itadori stepped forward respectfully and gave them all a deep bow.

『Pink-Haired Vessel』: Thank you so much for helping. I really appreciate it.

Carl reached out and lifted him up gently.

『Carl』: No need to be so formal.

After all, defeating that special-grade curse hadn't taken much effort.

And the system had handed him a chunk of points on top of that.

To Carl, traveling to a new world for a mission like this was a win-win.

Besides,

Every world he visited during a mission, he was able to record its coordinates.

So, in the future, even if no group member from that world issued a task, he could still use his own dimensional travel ability to return.

『Carl』: I came here because I wanted to. You're being way too polite.

『Spider Girl』: Right right! No need to be that formal.

『Spider Girl』: I mean… I was mostly here to tag along and leech the mission points anyway...

『Masked Rider』: Hah, I was thinking the same thing honestly.

As the small group talked, Carl's eyes landed on Yuji's severed hand, and his expression darkened slightly.

Though Yuji had the stamina of a high school athlete, he was still human.

Regenerating a severed hand on his own was out of the question.

There was only one way to fix it, through the power of the special-grade curse residing within him:

Sukuna.

Curses were different from humans.

They could manipulate cursed energy to regenerate their bodies with ease.

Of course,

Yuji could also spend some of his points from the group chat to restore his injury.

Just as Carl was about to speak,

A deep, unfamiliar voice echoed from Yuji's body.

『???』: Who… are you people?

『???』: You're not jujutsu sorcerers… but you're not curses either...

The voice clearly came from Yuji, but it definitely wasn't his voice.

It was rougher. Older. Sharper.

『Spider Girl』: Whoa!!

『Spider Girl』: Wait a second, Vessel-kun, you have more than two eyes?!

『Spider Girl』: And… another mouth?! That's awesome!

Everyone turned toward Yuji in surprise.

Underneath his right eye,

A grotesque third eye and a grinning mouth had suddenly appeared.

The new eye was blood-red, and it radiated an unmistakable malevolent aura.

『Masked Rider』: Yuji… what's going on?

『Princess of the Senju』: This… isn't normal.

Tsunade and Tsukasa weren't as quick to make jokes as Spider Girl.

They remembered clearly that Yuji had been completely normal just moments ago.

Besides, this new voice, tone, and aura were clearly from someone else.

Carl, of course, knew exactly what was happening.

That voice didn't belong to Yuji.

It belonged to the being sealed inside him, the King of Curses.

Sukuna.

Yuji's group chat nickname, "Pink-Haired Vessel," finally made sense.

After all,

In the world of Jujutsu Kaisen, people often referred to Yuji as "the vessel."

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『Pink-Haired Vessel』: Ah! Sorry, everyone.

Yuji hurriedly reached up and tried to cover the extra eye and mouth.

『Pink-Haired Vessel』: That… that's the curse living inside me.

『Spider Girl』: A curse?

『Spider Girl』: Like that ugly freak we just fought?

But just then,

Another eye and mouth appeared beneath Yuji's left eye.

Sukuna's twisted grin widened.

『Sukuna』: So you're not sorcerers… and not curses either.

『Sukuna』: But you're clearly not ordinary people. You smell… powerful.

『Sukuna』: Killing you might actually be fun.

Earlier,

Sukuna had been fully aware of everything happening from inside Yuji.

The mission, the curse's appearance, the arrival of the strangers, the defeat of the curse,

He had seen it all.

He had even expected Yuji to eventually surrender control to him to deal with the special-grade curse.

After all, Yuji and that other kid clearly weren't strong enough to handle it.

Yuji had even said he'd let Sukuna out if things got too dangerous.

Sukuna hated being under someone else's control.

Hated that Yuji could summon or suppress him at will.

But he could do nothing about it.

The vessel's body wasn't his.

It belonged to Yuji.

And Yuji could shut him down whenever he wanted.

That infuriated him.

Still, Sukuna had prepared to be released during the fight.

If he had been let out, he'd planned to kill all of Yuji's companions as payback.

But unexpectedly, Yuji had called for backup instead of letting Sukuna out.

Some guy in high-tech armor had shown up.

Fast, yes, but weak. Couldn't even hurt the curse.

Sukuna relaxed a little.

『Sukuna』: No cursed energy? You're no threat.

But then a second person showed up…

A strange man in a skintight suit,

Who annihilated the special-grade curse instantly.

Sukuna hadn't even seen it happen.

His curiosity piqued, he decided to speak.

And now…

He realized these people weren't strangers to Yuji.

They were friends.

Which meant, if he fought them, they might hesitate to strike back.

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『Sukuna』: I wonder what it'll feel like… to kill all of you.

Carl looked calmly at the curse's grotesque eye.

『Carl』: If you think you can, go ahead.

『Carl』: But for now, why don't you go back to sleep?

『Sukuna』: You dare, ? I won't obey your,

Before Sukuna could finish, a wave of drowsiness washed over him.

He collapsed into unconsciousness.

The extra eye and mouth disappeared without a trace.

『Spider Girl』: Huh?! That mouth and eye are gone?

『Pink-Haired Vessel』: Wait, really?

Yuji touched his face, stunned.

Then looked up at Carl, his eyes wide in disbelief.

『Pink-Haired Vessel』: Carl-sama… you made him go away?

『Carl』: Mm-hm.

End of chapter...

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