"Well well well! Look who is here!"
Sukuna, after his death, appeared in a place full of darkness, but Mahito was also there.
"Oh? You are here huh? Is it our third time talking?"
Mahito smiled.
"Because my cursed technique effects the soul, this is kind of residue for that. This place is a passage way for the circulation of souls.
I wanted to ask you something Sukuna. You were lying, weren't you? To yourself and to others?
About just living for the benefit of your nature?
I was fooled by Kenjaku. You weren't actually a curse, but a sorcerer."
"Just having flesh and blood doesn't mean anything. I may be a sorcerer in technical term, but I was a curse. I was born a curse and lived as a curse."
"Oh? What kind of life did you have? I am curious about your backstory."
"No."
His life wasn't really anything worth talking about. He just lived and ate as he pleased.
Mahito smirked, "I think your life was about revenge. Against everyone who scorned you as an abomination. As a curse."
"It amounts to the same thing. Being a curse is my nature. I know no other way...
No. That's wrong. I could have chosen how to live.
I had two choices."
Sukuna pondered about it as Uruame appeared in the place.
"Sukuna-sama."
Sukuna put his hand on her shoulder.
"I guess I will try walking a different path in my next life."
Mahito shouted, "WHAT!? You will settle down? That's so boring!
There is still one of your finger left in the world of living. Want me to re-establish your connection and prevent you to enter the cycle of reincarnation?
In a rematch, I am sure you will win."
Both Sukuna and Uruame narrowed their eyes. How did Mahito, who is dead for a long time, know about this?
"Oh. So you let that hammer and nails girl to the world of living."
Sukuna muttered.
"Yup. If I had let her soul return to her some time before, when you were fighting Satarou Gojo, you would have lost there.
I could have let her go to the cycle of reincarnation, and perhaps Yuji would have lost to you.
How is it, Sukuna? How do you feel that I contributed a lot to your death? If you are dissatisfied, I can re-establish your connection to the world of living. Don't you want Revenge against Yuji?"
Sukuna scoffed.
"If you think you figured me out, that my life was about revenge, you are still immature.
Even if you did not interfere, I may have still lost.
And there is no need for excuses. I lost, that's it. And loss means death.
But I guess you have one more mortal enemy down there because of your foolishness."
Sukuna started walking with Uruame towards Mahito, to the cycle of reincarnation behind him.
Mahito stepped out of the way.
"Well, I am not going to stop you. But you will miss out on the fun from here on out. I am going to surpass you and Gojo Satarou both, and get my revenge on Yuji."
"Well, I would have loved to see you try if I was alive."
Sukuna walked away, entering the cycle of reincarnation with Uruame.
Mahito made a face, and spat, "Fake Curse."