ほろ苦い . [g. satoru x reader]

八

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"I will stay," Yuki and the Blood Cursed user said in unison.

I lift my head and glanced at them in bewilderment. "You're going to what?" was all I could say.

"You heard me and this bum, we're staying. I can't risk you staying in this boring place. After all, I've done my job," Yuki smiled.

"I can't understand how much more useless you are," I sweatdropped.

"Is that fine with you, Okkotsu?" she turns to face the second-year kid.

"Yeah! I don't want to leave the others!" Okkotsu beamed. I sighed and stretched my back since I've been standing in the same position ever since we arrived.

"Thank you. This is necessary for freeing Gojo Satoru," Master Tengen puts his hand in a small hole and peeled out a cube.

"Isn't that the back part of the Prison Realm? It's been years since I saw that one," I said quietly, squinting at it to take in some details of the cube.

"Indeed. This is the 'back' of the Prison Realm," Master Tengen nodded and continued. "Before Kenjaku found it, the Prison Realm was outside my barrier. I believe it was from overseas."

"I think all of this happened because I dropped the Prison Realm into the sea because I heading for Brazil," I mumbled to myself.

"By sealing this rear gate, I was hiding the existence of the 'front,' but it was no use," Master Tengen complied. "Gojo Satoru is also sealed in this rear gate. The authority of opening the gates rests with Kenjaku, as the bearer of the front."

"Particularly, if you want me to open it by making me reverse the rear gate's closing, I'm useless. I don't even have the energy to move a muscle either."

"Rest assured, we can only open the back with the Inverted Spear of Heaven that nullifies cursed techniques or the Black Rope that cancels cursed technique effects," Master Tengen said in a calm tone.

"Oh, crap," I sweatdropped.

"Ichimiya, you seem to already know," Master Tengen looked at the small crowd behind me and exhaled.

"Unfortunately, Ichimiya has destroyed the Inverted Spear of Heaven long ago. While Gojo Satoru has gotten rid of the Black Rope," Tengen sighs.

The two first years grunted which made me sweat more.

"But there's a way, right?" Yuki faced Master Tengen. "Yes, there is," he replied. (He? She? Am I misgendering Master Tengen again??)

"Among the participants in this culling game is a sorcerer from a thousand years ago who calls herself an angel. Her cursed technique can extinguish any cursed technique."

Ah, her . What a rat, the hell she doing here?

"She can extinguish cursed techniques?" Fushiguro repeated.

"Yes. The Angel can open the rear gate itself," Tengen answered.

"Where is she now?" Fushiguro asked.

"The colony in the east side of Tokyo," he replied. "The game barriers reject me so I don't have any information.

"There are colonies surrounded in Japan. They are connected by barriers that form a line that sends humans in Japan to the other side."

"Is Hokkaido not included because of the Jujutsu society's barrier?" Yuki asked.

"Correct. It has already been established as a vast sacred area. Conveyance to the other side may sound exaggerated but a curse fell on everyone in Japan as preparation for the merger."

"How long will it take to complete the ritual?" I asked with a low tone.

"Depends. I think two weeks will suffice," Tengen answered.

Two weeks? Then-

"Right now, it's nine a.m. on November nine," Maki whispered. "The player sorcerers awakened at about midnight on October thirty-one," Okkotsu added.

And Yuki has at least ten days and fifteen hours to declare her preparation, exactly what Fushiguro thought.

"Master Tengen, you said that refusing to participate results in death," Fushiguro said.

"That's correct," he agreed.

I tapped my watch right above its surface and tapped it thrice. It beeps silently and I continue to focus on the conversation.

"--sorcerers like me who don't have a cursed technique aren't at risk," I hear coming from Maki.

"How about the civilians trapped inside the barrier?" Itadori asked.

"They will be given one chance to exit," Tengen responded. "I'm not even titled a sorcerer," I shrugged.

Tengen turned to me and glanced at me closely. "Seemingly, you have a cursed technique at hand," Tengen sighed.

Another beep sounded from my watch. I looked at it again and found a notification I've been expecting for at least two minutes.

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(A/N): Haaaaaa im so tireddd

Bonus:

hello weebs and gays-

please read this to those who've seen the rest above (I just added this part only recently)

uh so, I'm just waiting for the new chapter where (y/n) pops into the scene. for the other chapters so far, was about maki tryna go to the cursed tool warehouse, bumped into her dad, found a bleeding mai. then sadly mai died and I think her soul was combined with maki's. so maki left where ever they were thrown and massacred a lot of zen'in people (well, other than fushiguro and (y/n).

so that's it. I'll wait for the new chapter and update chap nine as soon as I can :)

and also congrats for 4.5k reads!! I'll share some donuts with all of you~