ALL NOVEL Chapter 3: The Strongest.
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"And then I looked at the cursed spirit, pointed my hand at it, and used 'Blue' on it! It got turned into a ball in 2 seconds flat!" Gojo leaned back as he laughed out loud at the poor first-grade cursed spirit that had the misfortune of running into The Honoured One.
Tsumiki clapped her hands as she listened to Gojo tell tales of his victory over the curse, "Wow, that's so cool Gojo-san! You're as strong as ever huh?" The younger girl said as she took a bite of the white rice that she made for lunch.
Along with perfectly made Japanese fluffy white rice, there was a side of hearty Miso soup, some grilled Salmon fillets, Tamagoyaki (rolled omelette), pickled vegetables such as pickled Radishes and Ginger, Nori and more curiously some Natto.
"He forgot to mention how even with his fabled Six Eyes, he managed to not notice a grade 2 Hair curse sneak up on him and attack the civilian we were sent there to save." Shoko called out to Gojo mockingly before eating a piece of perfectly grilled Salmon and pausing for a moment before sighing in satisfaction.
"My god Tsumiki, you really know how to cook huh? This Salmon is fantastic, I'm so glad we came here to eat instead of just getting a sandwich from the Konbini." Tsumiki blushed a little before hastily thanking the older woman for the compliment.
"Oh, it's nothing, really Shoko-San! If it wasn't for Gojo-San taking care of our money problems and keeping our fridge and cabinet fully stocked with the highest quality ingredients this food wouldn't be as good as it is!"
The white-haired man who was just grimacing remembering his mistake that almost cost them the mission and lost an innocent civilian life seemed to brighten up a little at that.
"I always told her she could be a great chef in the future but she always denied it, no idea why. She's the best cook I've ever eaten from, and that's counting all the expensive restaurants Satoru-San takes us to." Megumi finally spoke up and said after finishing his Miso soup.
Tsumiki blushed and stammered even more from that statement.
Gojo gained a grin before changing the subject and asking the raven-haired boy " So Megumi-kun have you done what I asked you to?" Megumi looked up from his food and nodded while looking the Honoured One in the eye.
"Heh, good then. Show me!"
"Alright."
"Gamma Toad."
The young boy brought his hands together in the shape of a shadow puppet of a frog. His thumbs were touching, and above them were his index and middle fingers together making a mouth-shaped hole in the middle with his pinky fingers bent in the shape of eyes.
The two Divine Dogs who were still summoned perked up from where they were sleeping together cuddled up on a dog bed that Tsumiki bought specifically for them.
Just as before, a void like abyss opened up beside Megumi from which a rather large at 6 foot tall Green Frog hopped out, he had a white under belly and identical marks on it's front and back with red markings around the eyes.
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(OG Megumi/Megubum's Frog only reached 4ft while Meguna's Frogs are estimated to be capable of being 400ft. I'll explain the difference later.)
"Ribbit." The frog seemed rather content as it was summoned into the kitchen.
"EW Megumi please put that thing away, it's so gross, it's gonna dirty the kitchen!" Tsumiki freaked out at the sudden unexpected arrival of the Shikigami, jumping out of her place and hiding behind Gojo.
"Hahaha! No need to worry Tsumiki-chan the scary frog won't touch you while I am here!" Gojo expectedly laughed out at the young girl's unexpected fear.
Shoko giggled at their antics as she took a sip of her Miso soup before saying "That's a pretty big frog you got there, Megumi-Kun. A bit bigger than I remembered it being explained before."
The Brown-haired woman brought a finger up to her lip as she hummed in thought before saying "Didn't the records say that the average size of the Frog Shikigami was only like, 4 feet tall or something? That thing is as tall as Satoru!"
The titular man laughed a little before considering it for a moment and agreeing, calling out "Yea, I remember that! The records did say that the height was 4 feet in the last user of the Ten Shadows. Although…"
"Just a sec!" The white- haired man suddenly stood up before a Blue glow surrounded him for a moment and he suddenly and inexplicably disappeared.
Tsumiki's eyes widened for a moment in amazement at the casual feat of power, while Shoko just shook her head while looking at where the disappeared man used to be before looking back down at her food and taking a bite out of a pickled Radish.
'I think I know why mine is bigger than the average, I remember back when Sukuna first took over Megumi's body and summoned Nue. It was almost a 100 times bigger than the Nue Megumi was able to summon. Maybe this is because he supplied Nue with much greater cursed energy than Megumi could ever hope to, making it that big. It could also be because he used totality with The Serpent."
Looking over at the twin Divine Dogs cuddling together in the living room and noting that they were rather big, almost 3.5 feet tall.
'Maybe this applies to me too? I did notice that I never really ran out of energy while summoning these two. I guess the same thing that made Sukuna's Nue so much bigger is making my Shadows also bigger than normal even at base without me purposely funnelling cursed energy into them to make them bigger?'
The Raven-haired boy paused for a moment to eat some rice followed by a piece of grilled fish 'I haven't really thought of it or really considered it much, but I think me taking over the original Megumi's body in the way that I did blessed me with abnormally huge cursed energy reserves.'
In the background you could see Tsumiki slowly getting back into her seat and continuing eating while keeping an eye on the Frog, which was simply sitting there croaking away contently after it caught a house fly that was flying around. Shoko was still enjoying her meal and stole Gojo's Salmon fillet while he was away.
'Not sure what happened to the OG Megumi's soul but if I had to say, Maybe his soul and mine fused together when my soul entered his body our collective cursed energy which was supposed to stay somewhat static since birth had collided and caused a sort of fusion reaction that multiplied my cursed energy reserves manifold.'
[A/N: Megumi's current CE reserves = Yuta reserves.]
Before Megumi could continue on his line of thought a blue flash of cursed energy flooded the room, originating from where Gojo sat prior to teleporting away. The man appeared once again with a well worn book on hand that had the words "Ten Shadows encyclopaedia" on it.
"I got it!" The man exclaimed before sitting down where he sat before, in his excited haze of finding the book not even noticing his missing Salmon, to which Shoko slyly smirked in the background.
Opening the book and letting it unfurl, the pages flying by before he stops it with a theatrical flare. Tsumiki had stars in her eyes as she watched her idol and only father figure.
Only for him to stare at the book for a few seconds before shouting out comically "Ah shit, it's the wrong page!"
Tsumiki's awe turned into confusement and dumbfoundedness as she had a comically large sweat drop fall down her face, in the background Shoko and Megumi could be seen snickering at both of them.
Gojo started swiping at the book, looking through its pages quickly before crying out "AHA! Found it."
He then started reading out loud through the parts of the book relating to how the summoning the Shikigami of the Ten Shadows works, which just as Megumi hypothesised is true. The size, speed and strength of the Shikigami is directly proportional to the amount of Cursed Energy provided for the Shikigami.
"Seems like your abnormally gifted Cursed Energy reserves subconsciously buffed up your Shikigami making them much stronger in base than all of the previous Ten Shadows users."
"I'm sorry, what does that really mean Gojo-San?" Tsumiki, who isn't all that adept or knowledgable in Jujutsu asked.
Shoko responded before Gojo could and stated matter of factly "It means your brother is a really gifted Sorcerer who could be the strongest Ten Shadows user ever born." A smile climbing onto her face, happy for the boy.
"Exactly. It means I was right your brother could really give me a run for my money one day, if he works hard enough"
At that, Megumi gained a steeled, determined look on his face which was accompanied by a surge in his Cursed Energy which gained an air of refinement. His very Soul responding to his silent declaration of resolve and willpower.
A fact that was not missed by either sorcerer, each of them gaining a very excited grin.
"HAHA, Good then! I like your enthusiasm, you're coming with me tomorrow and we're getting you some actual experience in the field!" Gojo declared heatedly with Shoko who is usually the more calm and level-headed of the two, actually agreeing with him as she knows first hand that such a drive for strength must be nurtured and allowed to grow.
Megumi responded to this with a steeled glare and a firm nod. However his elder sister who wasn't as in tune with the sorcerers in this matter questioned cautiously "Wait, wouldn't it be dangerous he's still 7 don't you know!"
Gojo turned to her and announced not as a boast but as a statement of a natural Fact of The Universe.
"Don't you worry Tsumiki-Chan, he will be fine. After all, I'm The Strongest."