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The curse energy of the finger were gone.
Not dispersed.
Not sealed.
Gone.
Fushiguro didn’t argue after that.
He simply looked at the cursed finger—still pinned to the straw doll, but like an empty husk—and made a decision.
“We report this to Gojo-sensei,” he said. “Immediately.”
Itadori nodded without hesitation. “Yeah. That was… definitely not normal.”
Kugisaki dusted off her hands and stood up, satisfied. “hmm.”
They didn’t linger. The cursed spirits Megumi warned about never reached them—whether because of time, luck, or Sukuna deciding to stay quiet was unclear—but none of them relaxed until the school gates came into view.
Gojo Satoru was lounging in a chair when they burst into the room, legs crossed, blindfold still on, humming to himself like the world wasn’t full of curses and bad decisions.
“Oh?” he said lightly. “Back already? That was fast.”
Fushiguro wasted no time. “Sensei. Something happened.”
The tone alone made Gojo straighten just a little.
Itadori explained first—about the finger, about Kugisaki taking it, about the scream. He gestured at his cheek where the mouth had appeared earlier, still visibly unsettled.
“…and then Sukuna yelled,” Yuuji finished. “Like, really yelled.”
Gojo tilted his head. “Yelled?”
Megumi picked up where Yuji left off. “Kugisaki used her technique. On the finger itself.”
Silence.
Then—
“Oh?” Gojo turned his head toward Nobara. “You did?”
Nobara crossed her arms. “Yeah.”
Gojo’s tone stayed playful, but the air shifted. “Care to explain?”
Megumi watched closely. Yuji did too. Neither of them interrupted.
Nobara exhaled once, annoyed—not nervous.
“My technique is Resonance,” she said. “It doesn’t work like a normal attack.”
Gojo nodded. “Go on.”
“It doesn’t target the body,” Nobara continued. “It targets the soul.”
Yuji blinked. Megumi’s eyes sharpened.
“As long as I have something that belongs to my opponent—blood, a body part, a curse fragment, anything that’s connected to them—I can attack them directly. Distance doesn’t matter. Their physical defenses don’t matter.”
Gojo stopped smiling.
Nobara continued.
“I don’t need to hit them,” Nobara said flatly. “I don’t need to see them. I don’t need to get close.”
She looked straight at Gojo, unflinching.
“If I have the medium, Resonance bypasses the body entirely and damages the soul itself.”
Yuji swallowed. “So… when you used it on the finger—”
“I hit Sukuna,” Nobara said. “Directly.”
Megumi felt something cold settle in his chest.
Gojo was quiet for a long moment.
Then he laughed.
“Wow,” he said. “That’s… bold.”
Nobara scowled. “You asked for an explanation.”
“And I’m listening,” Gojo replied cheerfully. “Please continue.”
“There’s nothing complicated about it,” she said. “If an opponent has strong defenses, Resonance ignores them. If they have cursed armor, it doesn’t matter. If they’re far away, it doesn’t matter.”
Yuji slowly raised a hand. “What about… like… Infinity?”
Gojo glanced at him.
Nobara didn’t hesitate. “Resonance bypasses that too.”
The room went dead silent.
Megumi’s fingers curled slightly at his sides.
“You’re saying,” Gojo said slowly, “that if you had something connected to me—”
“I could hit you,” Nobara said. “Yes.”
Yuji’s mouth fell open. “That’s illegal.”
“It’s efficient,” Nobara shot back.
Megumi finally spoke. “Domains?”
Nobara turned to him. “Same thing. Domains are barriers. Resonance doesn’t travel through space—it travels through connection. I don’t have to be inside.”
She shrugged.
“I can hit someone inside their own domain. From outside.”
Gojo stared at her.
Then he leaned back in his chair and laughed again—louder this time.
“That’s incredible.”
Megumi frowned. “Sensei—”
“That’s terrifying,” Gojo corrected, still smiling. “And incredible.”
Yuji looked between them. “So… Sukuna felt it because—”
“Because the finger is him,” Nobara said. “A fragment, but still connected. That’s why he screamed.”
Gojo’s smile softened just a fraction.
“And you didn’t feel anything, Yuji?” he asked.
Yuji shook his head. “Nothing. I was fine.”
“That's the point,” Nobara said. “I wasn’t targeting you.”
Gojo hummed thoughtfully.
“You know,” he said, “there are people who spend their entire lives trying to figure out how to hurt beings like Sukuna.”
Nobara met his gaze. “Then they’re overthinking it.”
Megumi exhaled slowly.
“This changes things,” he said.
“Yes,” Gojo agreed. “It does.”
He stood up at last, towering over them, blindfold hiding his eyes but not the weight of his presence.
“Kugisaki,” he said. “From now on, do not use Resonance on Sukuna again without telling me.”
Nobara raised an eyebrow. “Scared?”
“Cautious,” Gojo replied lightly. “There’s a difference.”
Yuji scratched the back of his head. “So… am I grounded or something?”
Gojo laughed. “Nope! But we’re definitely adjusting the plan.”
Megumi looked at Nobara.
She just smirked.
If Sukuna thought he was untouchable—
He was wrong.