The King of Curses Can't Stop Me from Becoming an Idol Ch. 61

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"Mahito, Fushiguro's sister has been in a coma for over a year because of a curse. Go see if there's anything you can do, and stay to protect—"

"Wait, no. You're only good at healing. If something dangerous pops up, that'd be bad."

"Uraume, you go to the hospital and guard the girl. Mahito's coming with me to the Yasohachi Bridge to help out, and we'll stop by the hospital afterward."

She figured this setup made more sense. Well, Tsumiki had been unconscious for over a year—there was no rush to fix things right this second. As long as Uraume could keep her safe for now, that was enough.

With Mahito by her side, if anyone on their end got hurt, he could jump in and heal them right away.

"Yes, Lady Kiki," Uraume nodded respectfully.

"Okay," Mahito agreed with a smile too.

He looked calm on the surface, but inside, he was kind of panicking.

—He'd seriously been pegged as just some weak little curse spirit who only knew how to heal. He had to keep that act going. If they ever found out the truth, he was screwed.

Because of the traffic jam on the way, by the time Saki arrived with Mahito, the sky had already gone completely dark.

The three who had been waiting were already getting antsy. If they hadn't been told that someone strong had been sent to protect Fushiguro Tsumiki—and if the assistant supervisor hadn't been holding them back—they probably would've gone off to investigate on their own.

"Kiki." The three of them looked excited when they saw her, but the second they spotted Mahito getting out of the car right behind her, that excitement turned into shock.

"Mahito might be a curse, but he's a good one, okay? He's really good at healing," Saki quickly explained. "Once we've taken care of this, I'll take him to check on your sister."

That last part was directed at Fushiguro Megumi.

Fushiguro clearly froze for a second when he heard that, then gave her a sincere thank-you. Since he was worried about his sister, he didn't have the energy to ask too many questions right now.

It was Itadori and Kugisaki who immediately came over curiously to check out Mahito, even reaching out to poke his arm and feel his hair.

They couldn't help blurting things like, "Whoa, he really doesn't look any different from a human."

Mahito kept a smile on his face the entire time.

Saki didn't bother with them and went straight to the assistant supervisor to ask about the mission. The assistant supervisor immediately gave her a detailed report.

All the clues so far pointed to Yasohachi Bridge, but they'd already investigated under the bridge earlier that afternoon and hadn't found any trace of a curse. Their guess was that the curse might only show up under the bridge at night. Now that it was dark, they planned to check it out again.

"Then let's go," Saki said casually with a nod.

The group immediately headed to Yasohachi Bridge.

Since there were a lot of them, Saki sat in the passenger seat while the other three squeezed into the back with a curse. Since normal people couldn't see curses, they didn't really have to worry about getting busted for overloading the car.

The assistant supervisor parked the car right by the bridge, then said, "If I detect a curse, I'll immediately drop the curtain."

"Got it," Saki nodded, then started debating whether or not she should bring everyone down with her.

She wasn't exactly a pro—if she went down there alone, she might not be able to investigate anything properly. But if she took everyone with her and they ran into danger, she might not be able to protect them all.

While she was still hesitating, Sukuna suddenly spoke from within the domain of her soul, "There's a finger down there."

"Your finger?" she asked, surprised.

"Go down and retrieve it," Sukuna ordered directly.

"Then I'll let you have the body in a bit, and you can go find it yourself," Saki shot back, "It's your business, so deal with it yourself."

Sukuna was speechless for a moment but ended up agreeing anyway. "Fine. Give me the body."

The four nearby heard the girl talking to herself and gave her strange looks, but they figured she must've been talking to Sukuna inside her body, so none of them interrupted.

Once Saki and Sukuna had it all worked out, she turned to the group with a smile and explained, "Sukuna says there's one of his fingers down there. I told him to go get it himself."

"So you guys don't have to come. If there's a curse, he'll take care of it."

"Mahito, you don't need to follow me either. Just stay up here and wait with everyone."

No one said a word, but honestly, if the King of Curses was willing to help them out, who were they to complain?

"I'm heading down now," Saki said, then swung herself off the bridge in a jump.

The moment she landed, she handed over control of her body to Sukuna.

The people on the bridge didn't see the change in her expression, but they all felt that overwhelming pressure in the air—and tensed up on instinct.

After Sukuna took control of the body, he didn't really do much—just shoved his hands into his pockets and lazily started walking in the direction of the finger.

Saki, watching the way he walked, wasn't too happy about it.

"Take your hands out of your pockets. Walking like that makes you look like a total punk. It totally ruins my image."

Sukuna: "..."

He took a deep breath and silently pulled his hands out of his pockets.

He really couldn't be bothered to argue over something so trivial. After spending this much time together, he knew the girl's personality all too well.

She cared way too much about her idol image. Anything that had to do with appearances—no matter how small—was a big deal to her. If he didn't go along with it, she'd definitely kick up a fuss.

Only then was Saki satisfied. She started getting curious and began asking about the finger, while Sukuna replied half-heartedly the whole time.

"You can sense your finger from this far away?"

"Yeah."

"Your fingers attract curses, right? So the curse here was lured in by it?"

"Yeah."

"If a curse eats your finger, does it get super strong?"

"Yeah."

Saki didn't mind his half-assed replies. Honestly, the fact that he was even answering at all was already pretty good.

They were both gradually getting used to each other—Ryomen Sukuna was learning to deal with her "nonsense," and Saki was learning to handle his "don't-care attitude."

They were stuck with each other anyway, so what else could they do? Just get through it however they could.

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