The King of Curses Can't Stop Me from Becoming an Idol Ch. 52

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It wasn't that she wasn't strong enough—it was that the cursed tool wasn't. Hanami's defense was way tougher than Jogo's. The blade snapped in two the moment it hit his neck.

Hanami hadn't expected to still be alive. Fueled by desperation, they refused to give up and summoned a massive swarm of tree roots again.

Saki was honestly getting fed up with all the fighting. With a sharp breath, she tossed the broken sword aside. Then, acting on pure impulse, she leapt up and threw a full-power punch straight at them.

A serious punch. Her ultimate move.

A true earthquake rocked the space. All the protective barriers layered over the Star Corridor were instantly shattered. The entire palace began to collapse.

In that moment, Hanami felt themselves brush up against death itself. Even though there was still no cursed energy in the girl's punch, they could smell the scent of death on it.

Was this really strength a human could possess?

Invisible force tore through their body, and in an instant, they began to disintegrate—leaving behind nothing but the ceremonial flowers on their left shoulder. Their consciousness began to fade.

The last thing in their mind was the falling shards of stone... and the delicate, striking face of the girl who had killed them.

Above the Tomb of the Star, Gojo Satoru, who had just arrived, felt completely overwhelmed.

"Hey hey hey, you've got to be kidding me."

He had told the girl to go all out and that it was fine even if she wrecked the school, but that was just to get her to fight without holding back—he didn't actually mean she should tear the place down.

And sure, destroying the school was one thing, but how did it end up affecting the Tomb of the Star too?

He had really seen what kind of chaos people were capable of causing today. He could already imagine how furious the higher-ups at the headquarters were going to be.

He let out a sigh, his Six Eyes scanning the situation beneath the rubble.

Tengen and Yaga were together. The former had set up a small barrier. Both of them were fine, just buried pretty deep. They'd need help getting out later.

Over by Sukuna's side, two people were seriously injured, but their vitals looked stable for now. Since they were farther from the collapse center, they hadn't been buried. Someone could go pick them up later.

Alright, no casualties—at least that was something.

He sighed again, then walked over to a spot in the rubble and crouched down to wait. Barely two minutes later, the girl pushed up a slab of stone and stuck her head out.

Their eyes met.

Saki froze for a second. She looked around at the ruins, then at his worried face, and finally realized she might've gone too far.

"Mr. Gojo, if I say I didn't mean to, would you believe me?" she asked with a sweet smile.

"I'd believe you, but the higher-ups probably won't," Gojo replied with a smile of his own.

This conversation felt oddly familiar.

Gojo couldn't help letting out a third sigh. Then he reached out, grabbed the girl by the collar, and casually pulled her out of the rubble.

Once she was out, Saki stood up and guiltily explained, "That plant-controlling cursed spirit ran over here, so I chased it. Then I found out that volcano-headed cursed spirit was here too. They were trying to steal Sukuna's finger."

"I exorcised them and got the finger back." She pulled the finger out of her pocket and handed it over, not even thinking about keeping it for herself.

She had totally forgotten about the binding vow she made with Sukuna in the beginning.

"You should take the finger back. Don't forget the binding vow with Sukuna," Gojo reminded her for her own good.

"Huh? I have to take it back?" Saki looked a little annoyed.

"We're not exactly sure what the punishment would be for breaking the vow, but let's not risk it if we don't have to," Gojo said, exasperated.

Only then did Saki reluctantly take the finger back, and then she pulled a small seed out of her pocket.

"And this too—it's a drop from that plant-controlling cursed spirit I fought." She asked curiously, "Mr. Gojo, do you know what this is? Looks like a seed. Can I plant it?"

She was kind of curious to see what it might grow into.

Gojo: "......"

Drop? What kind of nonsense was that?

Gojo took the seed and looked it over. His Six Eyes judged it to be something like a cursed womb. He had never heard of a special-grade cursed spirit dropping anything after being exorcised.

"I have no idea either. Just take it back and try planting it, I guess?" he said casually.

He was kind of curious about what the seed might grow into too.

"Okay." Saki tucked the seed away.

"Alright, Kiki-chan, you can head home now," Gojo Satoru said after thinking for a moment. "You'd just get in the way if you stayed here anyway."

"Okay." Saki didn't argue.

"Oh, and Sukuna's finger is absolutely not for eating, got it? This time you definitely can't eat it." Gojo warned her, still uneasy.

"I won't eat it, geez. Last time was an accident," Saki mumbled, trying to defend herself.

"I'm just worried you'll think carrying it around is too much trouble and decide to eat it instead." Gojo genuinely believed she was capable of doing that.

Saki: "......"

She really wanted to argue, but honestly... she would do something like that if he hadn't reminded her over and over not to.

"I won't eat it," she promised again. Then, thinking about the trouble that might come next, she added with a sense of responsibility, "If the higher-ups want to hold someone accountable, they can come after me. You don't need to cover for me."

Worst case, she'd pay for the damages. And if that didn't work out, she'd just beat up those old geezers. She had a healer with her now anyway, so no need to worry about troubling Ieiri.

"Don't worry, I'll handle it," Gojo said with a helpless smile. "Just leave stuff like this to the adults. I'll have someone take you back."

Even though she was already eighteen, the ten-year age gap and her obvious youthful energy made him instinctively treat her like a minor.

"No need, no need. I'll run back myself." Saki waved it off.

She'd already wrecked the whole school, plus there had been cursed spirits and sorcerers invading—everyone was probably swamped today. She didn't need an escort.

"You'll run back?" Gojo looked a bit surprised.

"Yeah, honestly I'm faster running than taking a car," Saki explained, a little embarrassed. She usually took a car just because sprinting around everywhere felt a bit uncool.

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