The King of Curses Can't Stop Me from Becoming an Idol Ch. 68

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Saki had noticed the commotion Jogo caused too, but since her brother was over there, she didn't worry about it. Her priority was figuring out how to deal with the curtain.

"Sukuna, how do I break this curtain?" she asked for help.

Because the curtain didn't block sorcerers from entering or leaving, her punches couldn't land on it. She had no idea how to destroy it.

"Sorcerers can't touch the curtain. Just go find your brother," Sukuna replied, sounding exasperated.

Oh—right!

Saki had a lightbulb moment and ran toward where Saitama and Jogo were. She'd started later than Mahito, but both of them arrived at the same time.

And the next second, they were both blown away by the aftershock.

When she finally crawled out of the rubble, covered in dust, the entire Tokyo Dome had already been leveled. Her brother was standing on the ruins, curiously examining something in his hand.

She walked over and saw a small flame flickering in his palm.

"What's that?" Saki asked, confused.

"Some gear that popped out after beating that volcano head," Saitama answered casually, then pulled a tiny octopus out of his pocket. "And this one popped out after I beat that octopus guy. Not sure if it's edible."

They were totally on the same wavelength. Both of them called this kind of thing "gear drops."

Mahito, who had also just crawled out of the rubble, swallowed hard when he saw that. He couldn't believe how lucky he was—that he hadn't openly sided with the enemy. Now he could only hope he could keep fooling the girl.

Looking at the state Hanami, Jogo, and Dagon were in—none of them had been completely exorcised, but it wasn't much better than that.

He didn't even want to imagine what would've happened to him if he hadn't gotten away with it.

"Save the loot talk for later, big brother. First go break the curtain," Saki quickly said. "Sorcerers can move through it freely, so I can't hit it."

"Oh, got it." Saitama nodded, then jumped straight up and easily landed on top of the curtain, punching right through it.

Saki had just started to relax when, all of a sudden, the ground began to tremble. Something under the rubble was trying to burst out.

Without hesitation, she threw a punch at the ground. The force blasted open a deep pit, revealing a cursed womb buried underground.

The cursed womb looked like a heart, pulsing steadily—and with each throb, the ground trembled beneath them.

"Sukuna, what is that?" Saki asked instinctively.

"A cursed womb. What else could it be?" Sukuna chuckled darkly in response.

"I know that. I mean—can I just exorcise it directly? Feels like a trap Kenjaku left for me." When it involved the safety of regular people, Saki—rarely—got cautious.

"Same difference." Sukuna's grin was full of malice. "Kenjaku's a smart one. He wouldn't leave you a way out. I guarantee it—whether you act or not, the result's gonna be the same."

"Then do you have a way to deal with it?" Saki frowned.

"So what if I do? So what if I don't? Kenjaku's obviously giving me opportunities here. Why should I help you?" Sukuna had no intention of offering help this time.

"Mahito, do you know what this thing does?" Saki turned to him.

"Kenjaku never told me anything about it," Mahito shook his head honestly.

"Ki-chan, want me to help smash it?" Saitama asked.

"Hold on," Saki said as she reached toward him. "Brother, give me your phone. I'll ask Mr. Gojo."

Saitama handed her the phone.

Saki was just about to make the call when the cursed womb suddenly twitched. Cracks formed along its membrane, and tendrils of strange, purple gas started seeping out.

It was clearly about to hatch.

Her instincts screamed in warning. Without hesitation, she launched a punch at the womb below.

Ultimate move—Serious Punch.

It had to work, right? As long as her power was strong enough—as long as she could completely destroy it in one blow.

With a deafening boom, the ground quaked. The already-ruined arena was reduced to dust—literally. Not even pebbles were left in the blast radius. A violent shockwave tore through the air, sending up a thick cloud of debris.

The cursed spirit evaporated under her cursed energy-infused punch. But—

As Saki stared at the drifting purple mist, a terrible sense of foreboding crept over her.

"Ah, I see now. So even after death, this cursed spirit's technique still lingers," Sukuna remarked with interest. "Looks like that bastard really went all in on this plan."

"What do you mean?" Saki asked, her voice tense.

"Kiki!" Not far off, Itadori and Kugisaki had just arrived, rushing toward them.

Before they could get close, Kugisaki suddenly collapsed. Itadori caught her just in time.

Saki and Saitama hurried over, and Mahito followed without being told.

"Mahito, help treat her!"

Mahito glanced at the girl's face, now covered in spreading purple blotches, and shook his head. "It's poison. My technique can't neutralize it. We'll have to try Reversed Cursed Technique."

The air fell completely silent.

As Saki looked at the toxic mist spreading outward, she finally understood Kenjaku's plan. After all that maneuvering, it still came down to forcing her into a binding vow with Sukuna.

The people trapped inside the curtain—they were both the fuel that helped the cursed womb grow and the leverage Kenjaku had prepared for Sukuna.

"Sukuna, name your requirements," she said calmly.

"My bottom line is that there's no way I'm giving you my body. If you get full control, even if my brother steps in to stop you, the casualties from that fight would be unimaginable."

"Eat all the fingers, and I'll help you save them," Sukuna replied, without making any unreasonable demands.

He wasn't in a rush to seize full control of her body anyway—there were still two fingers he hadn't gotten yet.

"Deal." Saki let out a breath of relief at how manageable the condition was. She agreed without hesitation and handed her body over, then immediately started urging him to help.

"Hurry up, hurry up—go save them!"

"You're so loud. Shut up already," Sukuna muttered as he swallowed the four fingers in his hand.

While doing so, he noticed one of the fingers was surrounded by a lingering curse. But he didn't care at all—and ate it without a second thought.

Saki really wanted to call him out for being gross again, but saving people was more important right now. She forced herself to hold back and urged him once more, "Hurry up."

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