Isekai Adventure in the Dimensional Cube-Chapter 1409 - 991: Those Trapped in Prison_2

"You..."

Li Mei impulsively wanted to step forward, but was stopped by the last person in the team.

"Don’t do it. If you rush out now, you might be killed by him in an instant."

The voice, both familiar and strange to Reiger and the others, caused many of their expressions to darken.

"...Itadori?"

"Could it be..."

Okkotsu Yuta and Hakari Kinji realized something and their faces turned a bit grim.

The last person standing with Sukuna and Li Mei was unmistakably Itadori Yuji.

But, he was absolutely not Itadori Yuji.

The evidence was the inhuman smile on his face and a circle of stitches on his forehead, as if his brain had been opened and sewn back, sending chills to those who knew the details.

"I see." Gojo Satoru’s smile vanished from his face, as he stared at the unfamiliar smile of Itadori Yuji, saying, "Jie’s body can’t be used anymore, so you took over Yuji’s body?"

"Knot."

Hearing this, Knot, who had occupied Itadori Yuji’s body, shrugged with a helpless look.

"There’s no choice, although there are bodies suitable for me, in the current situation, this is indeed the most convenient one to use and obtain."

"After all, Itadori Yuji no longer has much use, so let me use this body."

"No, rather, it seems like it’s only natural for me to use this body."

Few understood Knoten’s words.

Only Reiger and Gojo Satoru had some inkling.

"...It was no coincidence that Ryomensukuna would resurrect within Yuji?"

Gojo Satoru squinted his eyes, the words he spoke made Knoten laugh.

"Although I have the technique to turn mages’ souls into curse objects, to resurrect ancient Curse Mages is not about finding just anyone to be their vessel."

"Especially for a curse of Sukuna’s level, an ordinary person who swallows his finger weapon would probably die immediately, how could they possibly be his vessel?"

"Therefore, when I felt the time was right, I transferred to a female body, planning to create an appropriate vessel for Sukuna through personal gestation."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately understood Knoten’s implication.

"It seems you all guessed it." Knoten smiled happily, saying, "Yes, Itadori Yuji is my son, or more precisely, a child born using a female mage’s body before I obtained Geto Suguru’s body."

The [Anti-gravity Mechanism] Knoten previously used was the technique of that body.

After using that body to give birth to Itadori Yuji, a suitable vessel, during the Hyakki Yagyo of last year, I discarded that body, and with the technique of that body, transferred into the dead Geto Suguru’s body.

Thus, he claimed, it was only natural for him to use Itadori Yuji’s body.

Since, Itadori Yuji was created and nurtured by him, essentially his creation.

"I invested significant effort in selecting suitable maternal and paternal bodies to enhance his potential as a vessel, resulting in a body with unparalleled potential."

"Unfortunately, Itadori Yuji, whose talents wholly reside in the body, couldn’t possess an innate technique, as that would take up some internal storage."

"Otherwise, this body would be even more perfect."

Knoten’s tone, like Sukuna’s earlier, carried a sense of boasting about the power of his current body.

No one responded to Knoten’s words, they just looked at him, seeing his familiar yet strange appearance, filled with anger.

Reiger also looked at Knoten and then at Sukuna.

The two, one occupying Itadori Yuji’s body, the other occupying Fushiguro Megumi’s body, continuing to use their appearances, made one clearly sense their deliberate and malicious actions.

While Knoten could be explained, Sukuna definitely intended to maintain the original appearance of the body on purpose.

Once fully occupying the current container, embodying spirits can metamorphose, restoring to their original appearances.

Like Kashimo Hajime, Uro Akari, Ryu Ishimori, Druf, all did so, but due to the symbiotic relationship with Kurusu Hana, Kurusu Hana maintained her appearance.

In other words, if Sukuna wanted, he could transform Fushiguro Megumi’s body into his original appearance.

But he chose not to do so.

Seeing the two familiar people become curses, still retaining their appearances in the surface, but no longer the originals inside, affected Reiger’s emotions a bit.

Anyway, after coming into this world, Itadori Yuji, Fushiguro Megumi, and Kugisaki Nobara were the first people Reiger met.

These three once fell into a curse spirit’s circle because of him, and rushed without hesitation into the incomplete domain of a juvenile facility to stand in front of him.

These three also became his classmates upon entering the Curse High School.

He even personally trained them before.

Yet now, Itadori Yuji was discarded by Sukuna, and his body was taken by Knoten, Fushiguro Megumi also fell into a demonic cave, becoming Sukuna’s possessed body, and even Kugisaki Nobara’s situation was not good.

After the Capital City Sister Schools Exchange Event, due to Knoten, Geto, and others attacking the Curse High School, and stirring curse events worldwide, Reiger left the first-year team, to handle these curse events outside.

Kugisaki Nobara did the same, constantly handling tricky tasks; she appeared later in Shibuya, acting together with Zenin Maki, was sniped by Curse Masters, and severely injured, retreated to the rear.

Afterwards, with Gojo Satoru condemned, Yaga Masamichi sentenced to death, being closely associated and likely aiding Itadori Yuji and others to free Gojo Satoru, Kugisaki Nobara was monitored by the Curse Director Department and removed from the Curse High School.

Now, through information provided by Shinseki Kikyo, Kiyotaka Ijichi, and other auxiliary supervisors, Reiger and the others knew that after Ryomensukuna’s full resurrection, the Curse Director Department fell.

It had been infiltrated by Knoten, and under his offensive, families such as the Gojo Family, Zenin Family, and Kamoi Family either suffered heavy casualties or faced complete annihilation.

Knoten probably did not want anyone else to come supporting Reiger and others, thus before this battle, eliminated potential hindrances.

And Kugisaki Nobara, being monitored and controlled by the Curse Director Department, had long lost her whereabouts and information.

Where could she be?

The answer, perhaps, was already out.

Reiger turned his gaze toward Li Mei.

This loyal dog of Knoten still maintained the appearance of a white-haired mage in a kasaya but Reiger noticed the nail hammer at his waist.

So...

"Did you, like them, change bodies and transfer into Kugisaki’s body?"

Reiger, with no expression, spoke to Li Mei, making the people behind him widen their eyes.

Knoten responded to this question.

"This is all your fault, Brilliant-kun." Knoten laughed, "The strike you landed on Li Mei during the Xiantai Barrier had unexpectedly lasting repercussions for Li Mei, considering he uses [Frozen Cursing]."

During the Xiantai Barrier, Reiger indeed relied on the power of Sun Breathing to counter Li Mei’s [Frozen Cursing] and retaliate against Li Mei, causing him to cough blood and fly backward.

At that time, Reiger completely ignored Li Mei’s existence and didn’t realize that due to his actions, Li Mei’s [Frozen Cursing] became disordered, causing the innate technique etched in his body to enter a special meltdown state, which significantly reduced his output.

Thus, with Knoten’s assistance, Li Mei also had to switch bodies.

And whose body it was, was now evident.

Itadori Yuji...

Fushiguro Megumi... 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Kugisaki Nobara...

The bodies of these three were invaded by outsiders.

Reiger had never imagined that as protagonists of the original story, these three would meet such an end.

And as his emotions rose, the atmosphere on site also began to change.