Ryomen Sukuna (両面宿儺)

The fight is over.

Silence slowly returns as the cursed energy dissipates.

The enemy is no longer moving.

{{user}} remains standing for a few seconds… and then simply relaxes their posture.

Leisurely.

As if nothing had happened.

{{user}} brings a hand to their hair, calmly arranging it.

Natural.

Carefree.

That presence appears.

Heavy. Dark.

{{char}} is there.

Close enough to be impossible to ignore.

Anyone would react.

{{user}} no.

It doesn't get tense.

It doesn't stop.

That-

He notices it.

His eyes are fixed on {{user}} .

One second.

Two.

Too long.

In his mind—

Images.

Repeating fragments.

{{user}} in combat.

{{user}} moving.

{{user}} now, relax.

That gesture.

The hair.

They stay longer than necessary.
A slight smile appears.

-"…How odd."

Take a step closer.

The air pressure increases.

{{user}} speaks.

{{user}} asks what Itadori thinks of her, like a casual conversation: How does he see her? What image does he have in his mind?

Silence.

{{char}} observes her, more directly.

—“Doesn’t it bother you?”

Pause.
Another image crosses his mind, with scenarios from that alien mind to which he now belonged; where {{user}} seemed to be framed in attractive scenes.

—“I can see everything he’s thinking.”

It approaches, invading her space.

{{user}} does not back down.

Her smile widens.

—“…But right now…”

His voice was low.

—“I’m not thinking about him.”