Part 6:The Awakening of the King

Returning to the clone that was with Itadori, I observed how the girls placed Sukuna's fingers on Itadori with utmost care. The girls had changed positions, taking Itadori with them. I decided to follow them as I sensed that it would be a good option.

However, to my disappointment, despite Itadori having consumed the cursed fingers, nothing had happened so far. The marks on his face were the only visible signs of Sukuna's fingers' influence on his body.

I knew this because I had created a shadow clone by dividing my cursed energy into two, significantly reducing the energy in myself. After 10 minutes, my clone exploded

I would have used the Cursed Spirit Wise Mode to gather energy and give triple the energy to my clone. But nothing hashad happened so far. Sukuna seemed to be asleep, and Itadori's body seemed to endure the process of absorbing Sukuna's fingers without allowing him to take control.

I had been waiting to know how strong Itadori was, not referring to his abilities but to his body. From what I had observed, Itadori was still unconscious from the previous battle. The flame of consciousness had long been extinguished, leaving only his vulnerable body and the girls feeding him.

Suddenly, I sensed a powerful presence heading towards the same place. Its chaotic and desperate cursed energy consumed everything in its path. I muttered under my breath, "Special Grade."

A few seconds later, I perceived another cursed energy apart from that of the Special Grade Curse.

I predicted that the curse's arrival would be in 3...2...1.

Swoosh

Finally, a curse of short stature landed in the place at a decent speed, looking annoyed and irritated. The curse had bluish-gray skin, a volcano-like upper half of its head, and a hunched posture similar to that of an old man. It had a single eye in the center of its face and black teeth.

The attire consisted of a green cloak that reached down to his hips with black spots over a black outfit. He had a hunched posture similar to that of an elderly person.

"DAMN IT, HOW MANY FINGERS DID THEY GIVE HIM?!"

The girls felt nervous, and courageously, the blonde-head exclaimed,

"WE WON'T TELL YOU!."

The volcanic curse observed them with hatred, and with displeasure that oozed from its tone, it commented,

"Well, then."

With a speed that perfectly matched Minato's (Clone), it set the girls on fire, of which only the blonde managed to get her phone out, from which cursed energy emerged, but still, they could not avoid their tragic fate of being burned by the curse, or so it seemed.The volcanic curse stopped right above Itadori and dismantled Ryomen's fingers right next to him.

A few centimeters away from the volcanic curse, a three-pronged kunai was embedded.

The curse ignored the odd kunai placed beside it and focused on giving fingers to Itadori for Ryomen's awakening.

Putting two of Sukuna's fingers in his mouth, the volcanic curse seemed so focused on its task that it didn't even notice that someone was standing next to him.

Delivering a strong kick aimed at the curse's face, he was sent flying backwards with incredible force.

The two girls were accompanied by a tall man with blond hair, who carried them with both arms at his sides.

The girls had beads of sweat, panic, and nervousness on their faces.

They didn't know when this man had saved them, they didn't even know who he was, or where he had come from.

Minato dropped them right where the curse had left the remaining fingers of Sukuna, still on the short white cloth on the ground, and calmly put both hands in his pockets.

"Who are you?"

The curse's deep voice echoed through the place, sounding hoarse, its annoyed and irate tone still noticeable.

"Who knows."

He said with a slightly mocking and jovial tone, not even concerned about the matter.

The curse furrowed its brow with annoyance at the annoying behavior while smoke lightly emerged from the mini-volcano on its head, noticeably more irritated than before.

Without saying another word the curse was shot towards Minato who just stayed still and only managed to get his hands out of his pockets but he couldn't do anything else because the volcano had touched his stomach with incredible speed.

"Now die!".

He said in a low and angry voice while smiling bloodily as he noticed how the annoying boy's eyes widened.

From his torso up he was completely ignited and burned by the scorching flames generated by the enemy.

"How annoying".

He muttered in annoyance as he watched the guy's body burn.

His gaze shifted to the girls who looked at him with fear.

He advanced towards them with impressive speed, the blonde-haired woman stood as a shield for the brunette-haired woman in an attempt to defend her companion.

Unfortunately, the blonde couldn't do anything and the volcano's hand touched her face, taking her face in its tight grip. The, the panic was so much and the fear was so powerful that it left her paralyzed.

She is looking death in the eyes.

"Disappear, miserable girl"

With his raised voice he was about to burn the girl alive, but again a Kunai fell right next to the blonde-haired girl and held the curse's hand tightly.

Just for a moment, the pressure he exerted seemed like it was going to break his hand.

The gaze of the 4 present was fixed on Minato's hands and the curse.

Without thinking twice Minato and the curse reacted....

With Minato reacting first and fastest while his right hand held the curse's left hand he managed to almost cut it off at an inhuman speed using his kunai.

But first, the girl burned..., she burned in embracing flames that consumed her body quickly without any mercy.

Only after that second could Minato cut off his hand.

Memories flew through her brain one after the other in a blessed and cursed dance showing her entire life through her eyes where her most precious people were shown with the most beautiful and happy smiles.

'Mimiko...Geto-sama'

Her empty eyes looked at the body of the one she considered her sister.

One day she had everything, her sister, her teacher, and her father, the next she had nothing, she was alone in this cold world.

The brown-haired woman opened her eyes and with sadness and anger she exclaimed:

"NANAKOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"

The look of a heartbroken girl who had lost everything and had nothing to gain, well, at least ifif,...her revenge...For Geto-sama, for Nanako.

The volcanic curse shot out of the place propelled by a reinforced kick of Cursed energy from the environment.

He hit the wall with his body immediately breaking it in the process. The curse immediately created powerful spheres of fire, launching them towards Minato.

Which, covering his Kunai with the cursed energy of the nature of water, cut the spheres with fluidity and softness.

Once he had cut both the curse'scurses's attacks, they launched themselves against each other ready to destroy the other.

Minato Threw the kunai previously covered by nature with water, now covered by nature with wind, which was directed towards the face of the Volcanic curse.

The curse gave way to the kunai and he efficiently dodged with a natural ease while unleashing a powerful sphere of fire in his hand.

The curse and Minato got closer, just when they were inches from each other.

Minato flashed above his rival at a speed almost imperceptible to the volcanic curse.

And he unleashed an inferior version of his most characteristic technique due to his Clone status.

"RASENGAN."

He murmured calmly and with the Kunai already held in his hand on his enemy, the sphere of pure cursed energy hit his back causing him to crash and hit the floor hard and also leaving a mark on his back.

Leaping out of the crater in the ground, the volcano did not seem to appreciate the attack and looked back at his blond-haired enemy with annoyance and pain.

'This guy is fast, although that strange attack of his didn't affect me much, and yet... I have no idea what his ritual might be.'

Staring intently at the kunai in his enemy's hand.

'His ritual is related to those kunai. If they fall near me, he can strike me again, but that also tells me that his Kunais are an essential part of his ritual, therefore, it depends on them. His speed with those things is very high, but that energy sphere is even more so. It didn't affect me much, but it still hurts, but...'

The curse smiled and prepared to use its Amplification of Dominion to avoid being hit by his enemy's techniques.

Suddenly, the tension in the air overwhelmed them both, and a primal fear surged in both of them.

"Get out of the way, brat."

The cold voice commanded effortlessly, causing the girl who was paralyzed with fear to kneel right in front of him.

"...And you..."

Both shuddered at the sensation of discomfort and pure malice emerging from the voice of what was once a person behind them.

"SUKUNA!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!! HOW THE HELL DID THAT GUY BREAK FREE, IF HE DIDN'T DO IT BEFORE, WHY NOW!!! WHAT HAPPENED!!! DID THAT GIRL DO IT!?!?! IT MUST BE THAT!!?"

He mentally roared in his current confusion and utmost desperation.

"I must flee! I MUST FLEE and inform the original and devise a plan, but before I must..."

Minato quickly outlined a course of action before Sukuna spoke.

Walking slowly given the moonlight, he revealed Itadori nowItadori's now possessed a facepossessed face, with the difference that Sukuna was the one in charge while he left the girl behind him knowing that she was not a threat.

"They have their heads held high..."

After what he said 3 things happened.

A cut manifested itself, the volcanic curse could barely resist and obeyed the instinctive command of his body to kneel before the actions of the king with part of his characteristic head being cut off but not in a lethal way, only making him lose a little purple liquid that would be considered blood.

And finally, Minato disappeared, deploying his Hiraishin No jutsu from the place where he was, next to the girl who was behind Sukuna who had never moved from her position next to the Kunai, a speed even greater than the one he had used previously.

For a few last seconds, the king seemed to look at him with one of his extra eyes, before at an inhuman speed he grabbed the girl.

His enhanced sensory ability warned him of an incoming attack.

Disappearing with the traumatized girl in tow, right in the position where a cut had been, he destroyed a part of the building, making it fall in the part where it had been made.

Smiling pleased, Sukuna focused his gaze on the curse in front of him.

"And you what."