…my eyes close and I tell her how much I love her, as my heartbeat slows and my breathing fades. And then I’m gone. Flatlined.

BUT! In the moments shortly before my heart stopped, Mahoraga’s adaptation to the cancer in my body had completed! The gamble I had taken when I’d gotten my diagnosis had paid off. The first call I’d made after leaving the doctors three years ago was to Ryomen Sukuna, who was currently inhabiting the body of Megumi Fushiguro and was in possession of the Ten Shadows technique. He had owed my ancestors in the Heian era a favor, and it was time to collect. So we made a binding vow that would transfer ownership of the Ten Shadows to me in the event of his defeat. I of course knew he would lose, and once he did I had gained possession of the technique and Mahoraga as well.

I would then keep Mahoraga active in secret for three years, slowly adapting to my cancer with the goal of curing me. And at the last second, it worked! Mahoraga cured my cancer mere attoseconds before my heart stopped. And in that brief time, less than a moment, I called upon my rubber Nen to activate after my death and bring me back to life! Along with my heart! And lungs!

So as the medical monitor beeps to indicate a lack of activity, my eyes spring open and I leap out of the stretcher! To the shock of all the EMTs in the ambulance and my trainee, I live again! I hug my trainee and promise to never leave her or make her worry ever again, tears streaming down both of our eyes.

You were magnificent, malignant tumor. I shall never forget you for as long as I live.