Chapter 287: Sukuna-Brand Coffee Candy
Megumi Fushiguro and Sukuna's souls floated in the air, staring at each other. Both looked at their own illusory, translucent hands in a daze.
The body that had lost its souls lay silently on the ground, just like a corpse.
"This is... soul extraction? How is this possible?" Sukuna felt his entire understanding of the world being overturned.
This armored man who used a spatial technique to get here had actually slapped both of their souls out with a single palm? What kind of Jujutsu was this?
He wanted to return, but he couldn't move at all. He could only flail his four limbs ridiculously in the air.
"I just need to stuff this hedgehog-haired kid's soul back in, right?" Tony Stark grabbed Megumi Fushiguro's soul.
After Gojo Satoru nodded, Tony stuffed Megumi Fushiguro's soul back into the body.
Sukuna panicked. This is bad. I've run into a total pro.
Without a physical body, he couldn't do anything.
"Then what about this guy..."
Tony pointed at Sukuna. He looks pretty weird. Is this a genetic mutation?
"Tony, you can stuff a soul into any vessel, right?" The corners of Gojo Satoru's mouth turned up. He'd just had a fun idea.
"Sure. Depends on what vessel you want to use. Of course, I could also just extinguish him," Tony nodded.
"Hold on..."
"Stuff him into this."
Gojo Satoru vanished instantly. When he returned, there was a round coffee candy in his palm.
He'd just bought it from a store. It wasn't past its expiration date.
Stuffing him into a small animal wouldn't be stable. A single coffee candy was perfect.
"No... No... NO!"
Sukuna's face was filled with terror. The dignified King of Curses, turned into a piece of coffee candy? This was the ultimate humiliation! He would never have a chance to make a comeback.
"Stop whining. Get in there, you."
Tony didn't hesitate, grabbing Sukuna's soul and stuffing it directly into the coffee candy.
Bzz... Bzz...
It did have a soul, after all. The Sukuna-brand coffee candy vibrated in Gojo Satoru's palm, but that was all it could do.
"Hahaha! Sukuna, you can take out loans, but I can call for backup!"
Gojo Satoru pinched the coffee candy and let out a hearty laugh. His chat group buddies were just too awesome.
[Ghost of the Uchiha]: "A Sukuna-brand coffee candy. I wonder how the taste will change?"
[Shadowkhan Queen]: "I get the feeling it won't taste very good."
["Nah, I'd win"]: "I dunno. Just knowing Sukuna is inside, I have zero desire to eat it."
[Star Forger]: "In the Dragon Ball world, Vegito was turned into a coffee candy by Buu, but he was the strongest coffee candy in the world. This Sukuna-brand coffee candy is just a roadside pebble."
It has no power, no speed. Right now, it's just a vibrating piece of candy.
This is just his soul merged into the candy. If he were like Vegito, with his body and soul turned into candy, would he be stronger?
[Ahoge King]: "How tragic. Being turned into a piece of candy... for a strong person, that's more painful than being killed."
[Little Monster]: "What a weird candy. It even has a face on it."
That's right. The surface of the coffee candy had the pattern of a face—exactly Sukuna's face. It looked like it could even speak.
["Nah, I'd win"]: "So, how should I deal with this? Everyone, give me some ideas."
He wasn't looking for a normal disposal method; he wanted a special one.
Tossing it in a latrine or a gutter was too simple.
[Star Forger]: "Sukuna can sense his surroundings. Doesn't he hate emotions and beliefs like 'love'? Just play those kinds of videos in front of him all day. Preferably the ones that aren't R-18, just pure, wholesome romance."
[The Champion]: "Are you trying to rehabilitate Sukuna?"
[Star Forger]: "Not rehabilitate. Torture. What do you think, Gojo Satoru?"
["Nah, I'd win"]: "Makes perfect sense. I can find lots of those."
Crack...
Gojo Satoru clapped his hands, forgetting that Sukuna was now a fragile piece of candy. The vibration instantly created a crack.
"Sukuna~, you're so weak right now~"
Gojo Satoru teased him with an utterly contemptuous tone, his expression practically begging to be punched.
CRACK!
Perhaps because Sukuna was so enraged, the already-cracked coffee candy developed another fissure.
This was a case of literally cracking up from anger.
"Gojo Satoru, your mouth is really asking for it. Even I wanted to slap you just now," Tony retorted.
To be able to make someone crack from anger... The taunt level was maxed out. It didn't do much damage, but the humiliation was extreme.
"It's just a small crack. I'll patch it up with some glue when I get back," Gojo Satoru said dismissively.
"Megumi, my adorable student! How does it feel to be reborn?"
WHAP! WHAP! WHAP!
Gojo Satoru slapped Megumi Fushiguro's shoulder heavily, nearly knocking him to the ground.
Megumi Fushiguro rolled his eyes, rubbing his shoulder. "Hiss... That hurts, you know! Is Sukuna... dealt with?"
"Dealt with. If you're still not satisfied, here, have a candy to calm down."
Megumi Fushiguro decisively shook his head. He absolutely did not want to eat it. Being force-fed that finger by Sukuna earlier was disgusting enough.
Still, for the King of Curses, Sukuna, to meet an end like this... it was truly anticlimactic.
"If there's nothing else, I'm heading out."
Tony said his goodbyes and left this world.
"Sensei, is he your friend?" Megumi Fushiguro was slightly stunned. What kind of technique was that? He hadn't sensed any Cursed Energy.
"Yeah. But not my best friend," Gojo Satoru nodded, a rare look of melancholy on his face.
His one and only best friend was Suguru Geto, and he was the one who had to... finish him.
"Well, I'm off! I've got to go back and take good care of Sukuna."
Gojo Satoru left with the coffee candy, leaving Megumi Fushiguro to stare at the ruins, lines forming on his forehead. Sensei, aren't you forgetting someone?
...
"Kenji, we've been gone for a while. Did you decide to get into real estate?"
Toriko and Komatsu returned from space and saw Kenji's villa manor. They both thought they'd gone to the wrong place.
Kenji smiled and said, "We'll have other people living here in the future, so I had Smile build a few extra villas."
Toriko had gotten stronger again. He should now be able to handle his White Ogre materializing for a long time.
"Toriko, want to try this coffee again?" Kenji took out the coffee, and Toriko's face paled at the smell.
The dead memories attacked him once again.
"Ahem, I think I'll pass."
His intuition told him that even in his current state, drinking this coffee would probably put him to sleep.
"Then what about this?"
Kenji slowly took out "The Hour of Judgment." Only Acacia had ever had the privilege of tasting it.
"Goodbye!"
Toriko grabbed Komatsu and fled. Did he think he hadn't seen it before? Back then, Acacia had literally pulled out his own stomach! This stuff was even more terrifying than the coffee.
The Ogres inside his body were already protesting. If Toriko dared to drink this, they would find a way to run away from home.
Red Ogre: Danger! Don't drink!
Blue Ogre: Glutton! That's life-threatening stuff, don't eat it! DON'T EAT IT!
White Ogre: Mr. Toriko, please choose carefully.