Vessel // Jujutsu Kaisen x reader

8. Cursed Womb

"Our window confirmed the cursed womb's existence about three hours ago. When the evacuation guide was at 90%, we closed the facility after evaluating the scene. At the inmates' hospital 2nd Lodge....five patients were left there with the cursed womb."
Kyotaka Ijichi, an assistant in this whole jujutsu tech organisation, was with the four of us on the site and explained everything to us.
"If the cursed womb can metamorphose... We predict that it will become a high-grade cursed spirit."

"I still don't really get that whole high-grade stuff." Yuuji piped up and the three of us sighed at him.
Well, I wasn't too surprised.

"Fine then, I'll explain so even an idiot can understand." Ijichi started.
Rude, but understandable.
"Fourth grade, you'll be fine with a wooden baseball bat.
Third grade, a handgun will suffice.
Second grade, a shotgun will be barely enough.
First grade, even a military tank won't make it.
High grade, you'd need a rapid carpet bombing.
You get it now?"

"Amazing..." Yuuji mumbled, stupified.

"Normally, shamans with an equal level to the cursed spirits are assigned missions. In today's case, that would be someone like Gojo Satoru." Ijichi continued.

"Huh? Where is he then?" Yuuji asked and I nodded, curious as well.

"He's on a business trip. In the first place, he can't just hang around the school. He's talented."

Will he bring me a souvenir along?

"This industry has a Labour shortage. Many shamans have taken missions beyond their capabilities. But this time, it's an emergency, and there's an anomaly. 'things you should never battle against'." Ijichi pushed up his glasses with a serious expression.
"You have two options when you're against a high grade enemy; run or die. Follow what your fear tells you, please."
He sighed and looked at his wristwatch.
"Remember, your mission is to confirm any survivors and if there's any strive to rescue them."

"Excuse me! Is Tadashi... Is my son okay!?" a woman ran up to the safety barricades and yelled.

"Depending on the person, there's a possibility the poison has already spread." Ijichi stepped in front of us.
"At the present time, I cannot offer any more information."

"This can't be..." the woman started crying and Yuuji started looking dead serious.

"Kugisaki, Fushiguro, Y/n... We're going to save them!"

"Of course." Kugisaki answered right away.
Megumi and I nodded.

Well, let's hope there is anyone to save...

We made our way to the door that lead to the womb's territory.
"I'll bring down the 'screen'. Please be careful."
Ijichi started chanting and the so-called 'screen' started covering the sky and surrounding us in darkness.

"It's almost night time..." Yuuji awed.

"It's because the residential district is nearby; the screen hides us from the outside." Megumi explained.

"It's my first time seeing it, actually." I hummed and looked around fascinated.

Fushiguro put his hands together into a sign.
"Divine dog."
Out of his shadow a white, wolf-like dog appeared.
"he'll let us know when the curse gets close."

"Really? What a good dog!" Yuuji and I started patting the dog with grins.

"Well, let's go!" I stood up and approached the door.

Once we went through we stopped in shock. This wasn't a two-story dorm, no, this was enormous.

"What's going on!? We're supposed to be in the two-story dorm, right?" and there goes Yuuji, voicing my thoughts.