What happens
Under the bridge, Megumi and Nobara play whack a mole with a curse that keeps ducking back into its holes, until something outside drags Nobara out of the domain and 
KechizuKechizuSpecial Grade · Death Painting WombThe youngest of the three Death Painting wombs, part human and part cursed spirit. His rot technique makes him dangerous to touch and Nobara and Yuji beat him anyway, in a fight bu... breaks off to follow his brother. Yuji goes after them.
Megumi finishes the mole with Divine Dog and the barrier stays up, which is when the shape of the whole case arrives. The deaths started in June, the month Yuji swallowed the first finger, because 
Sukuna'sSukunaSpecial Grade · HumanThe King of Curses. A thousand years ago, Sukuna was a jujutsu sorcerer so powerful that other sorcerers of the golden age couldn't defeat him even working together. His cursed tec... cursed energy set every other finger resonating and the one hidden under this bridge woke the thing guarding it. Then the finger bearer climbs out of the hole, the same special grade he ran from at the detention centre.
It breaks his sword and puts him headfirst into a wall. He considers the summoning that would kill him, decides against it, and opens an incomplete 
Chimera Shadow GardenChimera Shadow GardenDomain ExpansionMegumi's domain turns the entire battlefield into shadow. Liquid darkness floods the ground, coats every surface, and plunges the area into his territory. Within this space, his Te... instead. Frogs and liquid shadow give him footing he has never had, a shadow double takes a shot meant for his head, and Divine Dog Totality comes up out of the curse's own shadow to finish it. Then he is sick and passes out holding the finger.
Above ground Nobara has Eso in front of her and Yuji has KechizuKechizuSpecial Grade · Death Painting WombThe youngest of the three Death Painting wombs, part human and part cursed spirit. His rot technique makes him dangerous to touch and Nobara and Yuji beat him anyway, in a fight bu..., and Eso opens 
Rot TechniqueRot TechniqueInnate TechniqueThe Death Painting brothers bleed poison. Their blood causes organic matter to decompose on contact, flesh rots, wounds worsen, and the decay spreads outward from the point of cont...: Maximum: Wing King.
Fights
Megumi Fushiguro vs. Yasohachi Bridge Curse
Megumi FushiguroCursed SpiritYuji & Nobara vs. Eso & Kechizu
Manga chapters adapted
- Chapter 57
- The Origin of Obedience, Part 3
Volume 7
- Chapter 58
- The Origin of Obedience, Part 4
Volume 7
- Chapter 59
- The Origin of Obedience, Part 5
Volume 7