First Encounter with Hua Yu

Chapter 103 First Encounter with Hua Yu

"The first one."

Inside the moving car, Chu Wuji gently tossed a dark red finger wrapped in a yellow talisman in his hand.

The harvest at the Tokyo hospital was surprisingly simple. The only things they encountered on the way were small cursed spirits formed from the negative emotions in the hospital. The strongest one was only a level three. Basically, Chu Wuji could knock them to sleep with just one punch.

After processing the hospital's fingers, the next step was naturally the Sendai High School's.

This is also the first finger that Yuuji Itadori swallowed in the original work, symbolizing the beginning of the story.

Yuujin Itadori swallowing the finger can be seen as a carefully orchestrated scheme by Zoro, causing Megumi Fushiguro to misjudge the strength of the cursed spirits in the school. This led Itadori, in a desperate situation, to swallow the finger and be devoured by Sukuna.

However, in the original work, this part of the plot takes place some time after Fushiguro Megumi enrolled in school, after Kugizaki Nobara was recommended to become a first-year student at the Jujutsu High School.

Now, due to Chu Wuji's butterfly effect, the current timeline has been moved forward to the point where Fushiguro Megumi has just enrolled, and even Kugizaki Nobara's application for enrollment has not been received.

In this situation, how should Soroku design a scenario where Hisahito Itadori swallows a finger?

Chu Wuji was a little curious, but he didn't actively look into it; he figured he'd find out soon enough.

It was also part of Chu Wuji's plan for Itadori Yuujin to swallow the finger. Although he had his eye on Sukuna's life-giving technique, Chu Wuji did not intend to swallow Sukuna's finger himself and let the other party possess him.

Putting aside whether the Demon King's body could withstand the poison from Sukuna's fingers, what if, after possessing another body, he didn't have the ability to suppress Sukuna's consciousness like Itadori Yuujin did?

Sukuna only needed to possess Fushiguro Megumi to beat Gojo Satoru to a pulp. If Sukuna gave his own demon king body to Sukuna, he would definitely beat Gojo Satoru into a coward.

In Chu Wuji's plan, he intended to use Itadori Yuujin, who had swallowed a finger, as a template to first figure out why the other party could control Sukuna's consciousness, and then to make himself have this ability through physical modification before swallowing the finger.

After Sukuna received flesh, he gained the power of two fingers, including the one that Itadori had at birth. In the original work, he was basically the one being toyed with when fighting Gojo Satoru.

Chu Wuji believed that his physical skills were at least comparable to Gojo Satoru's, and that he wouldn't have much of a problem against Two-Finger Sukuna.

The only thing to fear is that Su Nuo will immediately open his domain, and since I haven't learned how to use it yet, I'll have no choice but to give it to him.

Just as Chu Wuji was pondering how to obtain Itadori Yuujin's body tissue after he was taken in, a suppressed cursed power exploded from the cliff beside the highway.

"Oh? You're here?"

"Huh? What do you mean?" Having not noticed anything, Fushiguro Megumi paused, startled. "What's coming?"

"It's nothing, just pretend someone's looking for me." Chu Wuji tucked the finger into his clothes and gently patted the driver to signal him to stop the car.

"Then I'll leave Sendai High School to you. I'll get off the bus for a bit."

Although she didn't understand what Chu Wuji was going to do, it seemed to be a rather urgent matter, so Fuhei Hui didn't say much and nodded.

Watching the vehicle disappear from sight, Chu Wuji stretched and looked at the tall, white figure on the cliff.

The other person glanced at Chu Wuji, then turned and ran away.

"They actually sent out a top-tier cursed spirit right off the bat?"

"

Although he already knew that Rosso would definitely transfer his powerful combat force away in order to create a sufficiently urgent situation for Itadori Yuujin to swallow his finger.

But Chu Wuji did not expect that the other party would send Hua Yu to intercept him halfway.

But that suited him perfectly.

Chu Wuji leaped lightly and gave chase.

Almost the instant Chu Wuji disappeared into the woods, countless wooden vines burst through the ground like pythons, shooting towards him.

"That's not how you use Wood Release. I know a Wood Release user who is much stronger than you."

Chu Wuji reached out and grabbed more than ten wooden vines in his hand.

With a powerful tug, the terrifying force pulled the vines straight out of the ground, sending dirt flying, like a lit fuse spreading towards the distant flower garden.

Upon seeing this, Hanami immediately pulled her fingers out of the ground, thus avoiding being pulled along with the vines.

Seeing Chu Wuji drop the vines in his hand and rush towards her, Hua Yu reached out and made a gesture. Flowers resembling the Queen of the Night bloomed on the ground. The petals contracted and turned into a ball, and then suddenly spat out countless red seeds.

Every seed was covered with sharp, metallic-looking teeth, and they flew toward Chu Wuji like piranhas.

Cursed Seed is a seed that feeds on cursed power. It is a skill that Hua Yu designed specifically for sorcerers. Once a sorcerer covers their body with cursed power for defense, this seed will break through the cursed power and take root in the sorcerer.

As long as the sorcerer mobilizes their magical power or uses spells, its root system will multiply wildly, making it increasingly difficult for the sorcerer to move.

Chu Wuji reached out and plucked the cursed seeds from the air. The seeds that made strange noises died with a scream as soon as they were gently squeezed.

Hua Yu was stunned for a moment upon seeing this. A cursed seed is almost a guaranteed kill against a sorcerer, but Chu Wuji actually lowered his guard against the cursed power on the first encounter and took the initiative to catch his seed with his own body.

The intelligence has been leaked!

At this moment, only this one thought remained in Hua Yu's mind.

Who is it? Could it be that human girl?

But before she could tear it apart any further, Chu Wuji had already ripped through the wooden vines she was using for defense and was standing in front of her.

Clench your fist and swing it.

"collapse!!"

The black and red flash disappeared in an instant, and half of Hua Yu's chest exploded from the blow, splattering out countless black and purple blood.

"Aaaaaah!!"

Just as Chu Wuji threw another punch, preparing to finish off Hua Yu's head, a sense of threat welled up in his heart.

The next moment, terrifying flames and lava covered the spot where Chu Wuji was standing, burning him into a lump of charcoal.

"It was such a close call."

The water clock appeared behind Hua Yu without her noticing, and with one hand outstretched, it summoned a small volcano on the ground.

"However... the so-called strongest who can be compared to Gojo Satoru... seems to be nothing more than that."

A hint of mockery appeared in the water clock's single eye, and then it grabbed the injured Hua Yu and was about to leave.

But the next moment, a voice rang out from behind.

"You think you can just leave after a sneak attack? You think you can get away with something so easy?"

Suddenly, Chu Wuji, who had been burned to a crisp, broke free of the charred exterior, revealing half of his face.