Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Chapter 117

   

 Summary:

Clinging to life after being surprised by curse user Haruta Shigemo, Megumi reveals her last resort. He forces Shigem into an unbeatable exorcism ritual against the uncontrollable shikigami Mahoraga! Shigemo is clearly no match for the creature, but Sukuna comes to the rescue to ensure his plans for the young jujutsu student go off without a hitch.

Plot:

Exhausted and injured, Megumi slowly walks away from her attacker. He tells Shigemo that the Ten Shadow Technique begins when the wizard who inherited the technique receives two divine dogs. In order to use additional shikigami, the wizard must summon and defeat them with the help of Divine Dogs. This allows the user to obtain more shikigami and repeat this method until they have collected up to ten different ones.

Unconcerned by Megumi's stoppage, Shigemo asks if the young wizard is done talking. Megumi crosses the road away from the curse user, leaving behind a trail of blood from his injuries. Shigemo notices that Megumi won't let him get close despite being on his last legs. Even so, Shigemo feels that he won't even need to finish off his opponent. A moment later, Megumi collapsed and hit the ground with a hard thud, proving her right.

Megumi tries to get up, but continues to reveal how the Ten Shadow Technique works. Other people can assist the user with the exorcism ritual, but this cancels the technique once the respective shikigami is defeated. This makes it a pointless exorcism, but even a pointless exorcism has its uses for Megumi.

Sometime in the past, Gojo sensei explained to Megumi why the Zenin family and the Gojo family were so bad. Hundreds of years ago, perhaps during the Keicho period, the heads of individual households killed each other in battle. The head of the Gojo family was an unlimited user with six eyes, and the head of the Zenin family had the ten shadow technique. Satoru hinted that Megumi might one day rise to his level. However, in the present, Megumi still does not believe that he could become stronger than his mentor.

Megumi decides to use her last option, believing that the head of the household at the time who defeated Six Eyes used the Ten Shadow Technique in this way as well. Meanwhile, Jogo's Maximum: Meteor hits the ground in the distance, shaking the ground and gaining Shigemo's attention. He asks himself who it could be, and Megumi redirects his attention back to his explanation.

Megumi finishes revealing her technique by revealing that a ten shadow technique user cannot use shikigami unless exorcised. However, they can be summoned at any time using an exorcism ritual. Shigemo turns to notice Megumi's sudden influx of cursed energy. The Tokyo Jujutsu High student claims that not a single user of the Ten Shadow Technique has ever been able to banish the shinigami he is about to summon.

Shigemo realized that his opponents were planning too late. Megumi summons Sila Divine General Mahoraga's Divergent Eight-Handed Sword, drawing his opponent into an insurmountable exorcism ritual. Shigemo realizes the grim situation in which he finds himself. He has to fight to survive with Megumi, but the student is in no condition to fight. On her last legs, Megumi silently apologizes to Yuji and then tells Shigemo good luck before leaving.

Mahoraga punches Megumi in the side, causing his body to crash into a nearby building, incapacitating him. Shigemo is shocked by Megumi's willingness to sacrifice herself and curses him for it, demanding that the jujutsu wizard stand up and stop this cruel game. After defeating Jogo and meeting Uraume, Sukuna notices that something is wrong. Sensing that it is urgent, he leaves Uraum behind after telling them not to neglect their preparations. Sukuna disappears and Uraume says they will wait for his return.

Just before Mahoraga crushes Shigemo, Sukuna saves the curse user with tremendous speed. He immediately reads the situation and recognizes that Megumi is in a suspended state of death. Sukuna was right to save Shigemo because he was dragged into the exorcism ritual. If the curse user died, Megumi Fushiguro would too. To prevent this, Sukuna uses the Reverse Cursed Technique to heal Megumi, telling him that he still needs the student to do something. Shigemo wants to comment but Sukuna tells him to stay there and keep quiet.

Sukuna believes that in order to save Megumi, he needs to defeat the shikigami. Despite being an outsider to the ritual, banishing Mahoraga will cancel the ritual completely. Sukuna takes his fighting stance and says he'd like to start the battle with some gusto.