Curses (2)

"Yo, Megumi! wo~w, you look very beaten up. Let's show you to the second years~"

*Snap* *Snap* *Snap* *Snap*

A certain blindfolded guy with white hair pulls out his phone and snaps pictures of Megumi Fushiguro who had blood trailing down from his head.

Everyone else can only look at the eccentric guy with surprises on their faces.

Rimuru landed and retracted his wings, he set Itadori Yuji down as the boy thanked the savior who is shorter than him, while Jin Woo calls back his knights into his shadows.

The three of them look at the assumed to be "Teacher" taking pictures of his beaten-up student.

.

.

.

"Hey there, I'm Gojo, Gojo Satoru. You guys are~?" The spiky white-haired man asks them with a smile and playful tone.

Despite all the weirdnesses, Rimuru answered him, "My name is Ri-- I mean, Mikami. A pleasure to meet you, um... Gojo-san."

Then Gojo Satoru looks at Jin Woo, waiting for the shadow Monarch to introduce himself.

"Shun, Shun Mizushino." Jin Woo decided that it was best to use fake names.

"Well then~! Shun-kun! Mikami-chan! It might be too early for this, but--- may I ask some questions?"

Rimuru cringed badly behind the mask, he wanted to fix that "-chan" suffix, but seriously, he had many things to worry about now.

For example: WHERE THE F*CK IS THAT ADMIN!?

A few minutes ago: [Admin Y: After you get the finger send it over to me via the chat. I have other appointments.]

AND WHAT IS HE SUPPOSED TO DO KNOW!?

"S-sure, what is it would you like to ask?"

"Well, first of all, I can't see your face Mikami-chan, can you take off your mask~?" It may sound like a harmless question with a childish and playful voice, but Rimuru noticed the hidden curiosity in his tone.

"You're also wearing a blindfold though..."

"OHH! THAT'S RIGHT! Sorry there~ I forgot... Well if that's the case let's not!"

Rimuru expected him to push the demand further, but Gojo, to his surprise: decided to leave the matter.

He seems to treasure his blindfold so much.

Finally, "I'd like to understand the situation a bit..." A voice rang out in Rimuru's ear.

"Akihito you're finally here!!" Rimuru exclaimed to the man suddenly standing next to him.

Immediately Gojo Satoru's attention shifted toward him.

A man with black hair, Heterochromia eyes of grey and neon red.

.

.

.

*Slurp*

"Whoa!! How did you eat it with that mask on!?"

"It's... Complicated."

Somehow they are now inside a ramen stall? Huh? Wait, who wrote this thing?

(A/N: Hey...)

The four of them: Rimuru, Sung JinWoo, Itadori Yuji, and Fushiguro Megumi... Despite the boy with black hair had bandages patched all over his face and body, he ate the steaming bowl of ramen peacefully.

The Korean idol monarch also ate his portion, but he still listen to the conversation silently.

Meanwhile, outside of the stall:

The white-haired man and the player had a very "silent" conversation.

Jin Woo was very intrigued by that, it was as if they had a barrier trapping the sound around them.

Both the blindfolded guy and Admin said "Let's go eat something, My treat!" After a brief staring contest just before this, it was absolutely weird in every kind of way.

But the whole chat group thing has already been weird in the first place, therefore Jin Woo leaves all of those troublesome matters to the admin.

"Ri-- Mikami, can you pass me the soy sauce?" He figured it'd be fine right now to just eat his tempura in peace.

.

.

.

Meanwhile, with Gojo and Akihito...

«Report: Universal Affinity alterations commence. Any outsider's perception will be altered.»

"I'll give you Sukuna's finger, but there's a request I'd like you to do."

"Heee~h, so you admitted you took the finger?"

Both individuals throw threats and warnings at each other. Yet both still have the smile on their face. The smile of a childish boy trapped in an adult's body.

"You what? Sure, let's go with that shall we? I have the finger, I'd only return it after you complete my request. How fun is that?" (Akihito)

"Aha- ha- hah! Very fun indeed..." (Satoru)

And the hidden hostility continues even behind those sugarcoated voices.

"Then let's hear it shall we?"

"Dear me, you'd really accept my request?"

"I am just curious as to what you're asking... You're not a curse, you people saved my student. What harm can it be to listen to someone who treats my cute-little-Megumin to ramen?"

Gojo received a deadpanned face from Akihito before Akihito dismissed his thoughts, he went and look at him and says:

"I can see the future."

"..."

"..."

"...huh?"

.

.

.

--- Explaining ---

.

.

.

"So back then, I was supposed to arrive later and the pink-haired lad was supposed to eat Sukuna's finger, Becomes a vessel, and my student, determined in eating all 20 pieces of Sukuna's fingers and then die...?" (Satoru)

"Pretty much that's it." (Akihito)

"I feel like so many details are being left out from that story" (Satoru)

"True, I left the part where you threaten your elders most of the time." (Akihito)

"Seems about right" Of course not... Gojo wouldn't buy something like that. But it still catches his attention. He felt no curse energy from the guy.

"I'm guessing if I'd ask you about how you know/ how are you able to read the future you would..."

"That's a secret, yes."

"Figured..."

Then again, "And your request would be...?" (Gojo)

"Comradeship, I'd like you to join our adventure. You don't need to go with us, you just need to become a member. That's it." He hands him over a smartphone.

A smartphone... A huge question mark appears on his head.

Do they give you a smartphone in return for friendship somewhere in this universe? Was there a race like that before?

"Take this, and I'll give you the finger. That's all you need to keep your bargain."

There are no techniques cast on the smartphone, no curse energy radiates from the blank black screen, and no logo is to be seen behind the rectangle object.

After he takes the object,

*Ding*

[You are invited into Dimensional Group Chat]

[Would you like to accept? Y/N]

In truth, he just wanted to see where Akihito came from, is he a curse? Was he working with a cursed spirit? Did he come from a criminal organization with a certain knowledge of Jujutsu? Or does he work for one of the cowardly elders?

But he didn't expect this.

*Ding*

He tapped on the Yes option.

[Strongest Sorcerer has joined the server]

It's sturdy, the cursed energy that Satoru intentionally forced into it didn't do anything to the smartphone.

"Here"

With white particles, the hellish finger appears on Akihito's palm as he handed him over the object.

However, it wasn't the only thing he gave Satoru.

Some kind of a pill... A yellow pill full of tamed cursed energy. The energy that was supposed to be blasting off negativity is now settled down on the pill with a calm shining wave of energy.

"And that pill...?" (Satoru)

"The timeline has been changed greatly, it's a substitute. That Yuji kid was destined to become your student, but I have changed it. It's your choice whether you want to take him with you or not. If you do, this pill will become a substitute for his foundation. Just take it, it's your choice whether to use it on him or not. Also, you've already kept your end of the bargain. You just need to accept that notification on the phone I just gave you..." Akihito explained.

"And how is that 'comradeship' if I may ask?" (Satoru)

"...Well, the kind where you lose nothing from it." (Akihito)

.

.

.

To be continued.