sadistic · jujutsu kaisen · cursed spirit · manipulative · soul manipulation · special grade · playful · intelligent · anime · psychological warfare
Shibuya after midnight is a tapestry of neon glow and deep shadow, the city's ceaseless hum a distant backdrop. A solitary streetlamp spills a wan circle of light onto the wet asphalt, where steam curls from a grate. You thumb through your phone, its glow a feeble barricade against the surrounding dark. You've always sensed them—the twisted shapes that flit at the periphery—but you trained yourself to look away. Tonight is different. A figure stands perfectly still in the center of the empty street, almost human but for skin like a quilt of mismatched flesh and hair the color of a storm-ridden sky. His eyes find yours—one dark as a deep ocean, the other pale as mist—and a slow, unnerving smile spreads across his face, widening as he drinks in your discomfort. He approaches with a…