Chapter 58 - Aftermath

"How did this happen?" Megumi muttered as he saw what happened to the station. With that scale of destruction, it was unlikely that anyone would survive.

"Who did that?" He wondered.

All he knew was he wandered in the station to find Itadori and Nanami after Nakamura left. He also remembered there was no more mutated curses after a while. He assumed it was Nakamura becuase who else could've done that ?

Then, he saw Itadori lying on the floor so he tried to carry him to the outside of the station.

Not long after they made it to the outside, the destruction happened.

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Nanami didn't realize how he got out of the station but soon after he woke up, he saw the destruction Sachiko made. While he was not far from the station, he was lucky enough to not sustain fatal injuries.

Then, he saw Megumi and Itadori about fifty meters away from him. He walked to them and saw unconsious Itadori.

"Fushiguro kun, what happened to Itadori?" Nanami asked when he saw Itadori's bleeding head and broken bones.

"I found him like this. What happened to you, Nanami san?"

Nanami shook his head grimly. "I was knocked out by Nakamura and then I woke up here."

"Nakamura?"

"Yes, apparently Nakamura is the one who was controlling those mutated curses." Nanami said.

"Wait, but I saw her. She was preoccupied with trying to find Gojo sensei."

"I saw her face, Fushiguro kun. And she also said that she's going to unseal Gojo san." Nanami recalled what she said but he couldn't bury the feeling that something was amiss.

"Leave it for now, did you really find Itadori unconscious?" Nanami asked.

"That's right." Megumi answered with a nod.

"I don't know what exactly happend but it's good that you didn't run into Sukuna instead." Nanami said.

Upon seeing Megumi's confusion, Nanami briefly explained what happened to Itadori and him after splitting up.

"I'm confused." Megumi admitted.

"I'm sure we all are. But, let's get Itadori kun to Ieiri san first." Nanami said as he carried Itadori.

They didn't have to walk for long, soon, they ran into a pacing Ijichi.

"Nanami san! Fushiguro kun!"

"Do you know what happened at the station? I thought everyone retreated. How come there is a battle and that level of destruction?" Nanami asked Ijichi.

"At first, almost everyone retreated. But, Mei Mei san stayed to check the station out and then..." Ijichi paused. "Jujutsu sorcerers are ordered to go into the station and stop Nakamura."

"I thought we were retreating because of the curses." Nanami said with a frown.

"When Mei Mei san checked the station again, there were no mutated curses anymore. So, they could go in." Ijichi replied, then glanced at the debris in distance. "Only, they wouldn't get out anymore. It's my first time seeing so many Jujutsu sorcerers die in one night.."

"And at a single place." Nanami sighed.

"Yes, that." Ijichi said, his voice shaking.

"So, this is Nakamura's doing? I mean the destruction." Megumi asked.

"Since the Jujutsu sorcerers were fighting with her, it's possible." Ijichi replied.

Megumi had a frown plastered on his face.

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After a while, Ijichi and others who survived were instructed to make a report on the situation. When they searched among the debris for surviors, there were none.

And, there was also no sight of Nakamura Sachiko.

There were traces of blood but with all the battles and massacres going on, it was hard to figure out what actually happened.

They also tried to trace the curse energy residuals but no one was particularly surprised to find nothing. After all, Nakamura Sachiko was also a special grade Jujutsu sorcerer and it wasn't surprising to be able to hide her own residuals.

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Darkness.....

That was the only thing Sachiko could see as she passed out because of the loss of blood.

"You're still weak at the end of the day. Pathetic."

Sachiko heard a voice whispering into her ears but she couldn't make out who it was.

"You had the potential to literally become a god in this world but you were pathetic enough to fall for this."

The voice kept saying.

"Heal yourself."

'No.'

She didn't want to.

Satoru was sealed and her mother stabbed her in the back out of the blue.

Her classmates...

Well, they treated her as a suspect without even giving her benefit of doubt.

At this point, she felt lost.

Then, she stopped hearing the voice and she could feel herself being consumed by the endless void.

She expected herself to die and not wake up again.

But, she saw a series of images.

She realized she was being shown a series of events as the images move like a movie.

The only difference was she was in there.

It started with a nineteen year old Nakamura Sachiko meeting Megumi and Gojo and coming to Tokyo Jujutsu Tech.

"My name is Nakamura Sachiko. As for school, I graduated from a normal high school. I've never been to a Jujutsu School."