HAVEN || SATORU GOJO

XXIX

THE SKY DARKENED, swallowing the last remnants of daylight as the foreboding storm approached. A low rumble echoed in the distance, like an unsettling growl from the heavens. Wisps of wind danced through the air, rustling leaves and stirring a sense of unease.

The clouds, once fluffy and benign, now morphed into an ominous mass, stretching across the horizon. A deepening gray swallowed the blue canvas, casting an eerie pall over the landscape.

The gust of wind swept through the trees, bending their branches in submission, leaves shivering in response, their vibrant green turning a sickly shade. A chill crept into the air, causing goosebumps to rise.

"You'd better have a good reason for calling us in this weather .. Urashima." He was the current teacher of the second years after Gojo had been full time instructing the first years. The man was tall with black hair and dark eyes, wearing professional clothing under a brown coat.

He was known as the only grade one sorcerer without an innate technique and was an excellent swordsman respected by Maki.

But Rieka didn't quite like him. He always avoided special grade sorcerers like herself and seemed to be hiding something under his layer of thick skin.

But she smiled. It wasn't a genuine one. "Rieka is fine. Thank you for joining us, Atsuya."

In the faculty room were currently the three auxiliary managers, Ijichi, and Nitta siblings — Akari and Arata, along with herself, Utahime, Mei Mei, Nanami and Aoi Todo.

He nodded, sitting down in one of the empty vacant seats.

"After reviewing all of the incidents that have occurred since the enrollment of Sukuna's vessel, the first year, Yuji Itadori .. it's clear, since the Kyoto Sister School Goodwill Event that there's been a third party behind the scenes that have been receiving intel from someone on our side." Utahime had begun to speak. Her voice echoed throughout the room as silence was given.

She and Rieka had been working in the background, going over alibis and rethinking of ulterior motives of everyone that surrounded them. They were easily able to eliminate potential suspects that left them with two hypothetical outcomes.

"With that being said .. we have reason to believe that there's not one, but two moles. One being a student .. and the other being someone even deeper in the picture."

"Unfortunately, when the first years of the Tokyo school went to go find the culprit — second year Kyoto student, Kokichi Muta, Mechamaru, was already gone. Whether he fled onto the enemy's side or was already eliminated for being discovered, we're not sure yet. As of now, it's sitting at the latter option."

Rieka stood up and looked around the room. "We would like to advise and caution all staff and grade one sorcerers to be on the look out. Proceed with caution on the matter .. this third party .. they're a band of unregistered special grade curses, clearly on a different level than any we've faced before .. the power of one alone was clearly displayed to be strong enough to overwhelm even the strongest students."

With that, they had all dispersed. Utahime sighed as they were the last two in the room, left with the burden of the news. "I know you didn't want to think that it was one of your own students .." Rieka gently pat her friend on the back.

Flashes of lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the ominous clouds in brief, harsh light. The thunder, no longer a distant growl, erupted with a resounding boom, shaking the very foundation of the earth. Fear tightened its grip, as if the storm itself were alive and hungry for destruction.