Chapter 4: The act.
"Help!"
"My phone broke! Does anybody have a phone?!"
"Someone call an ambulance!"
"Michael-kun! Michael-kun-! Can you move from there? Can you get out?"
Ijichi and Fushiguro, who was driving behind, saw a massive curse ram into the side of the vehicle Nanami and Michael was in. At the same time, the curse puts it's so called arms under it and lifts the car weighing approximately 1200 kilograms. The strength and initial impact of the spirit combined, which is more than enough to put the vehicle a few meters off the ground, flipping it like a table.
Michael, who despite being a normal human without the reinforcement of cursed energy, survives miraculously in a relatively intact state and is now under the inverted vehicle. Nanami, who was supposed to be in the driver seat, is now fighting the cursed spirit which toppled the both of them.
"Iji- Ijichi-san? How long was I out for? What happened?"
As Michael's hearing returns completely, panicked voices accompany it. The full scope of everything now available to him only making the situation in his head, what he didn't think could get any worse, even more distressing.
"I'm sorry, I don't know how long, it's been too chaotic! Another Special Grade Cursed Spirit hit your vehicle and Nanami-san is fighting it. Wait, how did you know my name?"
"Anyway, we have to get you out of here. All of these curses are attracted to you. I do not know if they told you yet but the only way to stop this is to hide you inside the school, Jujutsu High! You might not understand but there is something there that can hide whatever is attracting the curses."
'That's right, these guys are coming after us left and right. I'm the one they're after. Which means I... I killed all of these people...? What did I do?'
Replacing the pain-filled face of Michael is a blank expression. His skin lost its color and the shine in his eyes nowhere to be found.
"Ijichi-san, I did all of this, didn't I?"
Ijichi being asked this question which could not take any good answer, panics.
"Uh.. y-yes? I mean no! Not purposely r-right?"
'You are such an idiot. Why would you say yes? We're going to waste more time like this. Look at his face, look at what you did!'
Contrary to Ijichi's thoughts, Michael doesn't linger at the guilt that long visibly.
Michael moves without wasting anymore time and unbuckles his seatbelt. He falls to the ground and pain sears several parts of his body: one on his head, left shoulder, right wrist, the sole of his left foot and a blazing one at his lower right leg.
"Arghh, fuck, I am seriously messed up."
"Here, let me try to help you out."
Opening the broken door and grasping Michael's arm, Ijichi suddenly feels a devouring force come from it. Not even half a second after, Ijichi faints as every single drop of cursed energy is forced out of his body. The shock of having lost something that was always flowing through his system taken away, which put him directly in a state of unconsciousness.
One would think that Michael should feel something having his unknown jujutsu activate twice now, however, just like if a person stepped on an ant without seeing it, would he feel it? would he know of it? The answer is no, the person would not. Once the difference between two elements become so great, the effect of the lesser element becomes insignificant.
However! If the greater element is able to perceive this occurrence, and at point-blank range for that matter, then it is up to the said element whether to investigate it or not.
"Ijichi-san! Ijichi-san! What's wrong?"
'He fainted. Did the situation give him so much shock that he fainted? No, this is his job, he must encounter these things all the time. Did he get hit in the head by something? But he just fell straight down. Did he get hit by a curse I can't see?'
Hurriedly, Michael, regardless of his injuries, crawls out of the car, bearing on pain he has never experienced before. Making sure that Ijichi only fainted and wasn't attacked, he looks around and scrutinizes everything. His expression only hardens as he clearly sees everything with focus. Knowing that dwelling on it will only make it worse, he pushes it to the back of his mind.
'I can't see anything close enough to hit him. Did it move away or is it something else? Wait a second, he fainted when he touched my arm. Is it... me? Did I do this? The same reason the curses are attracted to me? And Nanami-san mentioned something about me having a cursed technique...'
Unable to comprehend what's happening, Michael takes his hand off of Ijichi. Unknown to him his set of actions was seen not as a form of care but ones full of hostility.
"Nue!"
In Fushiguro's perspective, he was running back after exorcising curses. He sees Michael, who was pretending to be hurt. Ijichi fainting just as he tried to help Michael. Michael then checks if Ijichi-san is indeed out cold and looked to see if anybody saw his behavior. The only reason that Michael didn't see him, when he checked around, was that he was coming from an elevated position and he purposely avoided being seen.
"You bastard! Get away from Ijichi-san!"
Michael sees a hole in the spot he was previously in, an instinctual dive saving his life. The pain inside him intensifies after he forcefully moved his body. Anger waiting to be let out brews from within deep inside him.
The bird-like shikigami flies back up in the air after it's assault and lingers there, readying for another dive. Fushiguro darts over to the unconscious Ijichi and checks his condition. He notes that aside from fainting, he did not have a single drop of cursed energy.
Shikigami: curses summoned by jujutsu sorcerers to aid them in battle. However, the jujutsu, Ten Shadows Technique that Fushiguro uses is an inherited technique unlike other shikigami users. Every time a shikigami in his arsenal is killed, it's power is passed down to other shikigami in the technique.
"Why the fuck are you attacking me?!"
"I saw everything. Stop the act."
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