Chapter 4

"I'm impressed. At first, I thought you were just a wimp with no brains, but you've proven to me that you are more than what meets the eye. You're the perfect Host."

Sukuna snapped his finger and a chair materialized behind me. It was made of bones and hardened blood.

"Sit. We have much to discuss now that you've settled your score with that human," Sukuna said, crossing his right leg over his left. "There are things you should know if you're going to become the vessel of my cursed energy and retrieve my rings."

"Like what? There isn't much about you I don't already know."

"Let me warn you." Sukuna's tone went cold as a blazing fire lit up around me in a circular wall. "I can kill you in more ways you can imagine, each more painful than the last. Don't dare me. Out there with the other humans you can say whatever you please, but in here, with me, mind your tongue. I will not warn you again."

"Better you just get used to me doing what I want to. Sukuna, you've earned my respect, but if you think I'll be one of those idiots who worship you because of your might, you have it wrong," I replied, forcing Sukuna to clench his teeth in anger.

Be a God or whatever's higher than that, I'll still not bow to you.

Sukuna let out a breath and his eyes which had turned blood-red returned to normal.

"I'm starting to get the feeling that I'm going to hate you more than I hated that brat, Itadori. You're lucky I have need of you," he said calmly as he crossed his hands over his chest.

"Can I go now? Talking with you is becoming very boring." I let out a forced yawn. not that I was sleepy though. Are dead people even supposed to feel sleepy?

"You're right. There's an easier way to do this without me having to tolerate your very annoying person." Sukuna jumped from his throne. He landed a few paces from where I stood.

"What are you doing?"

In an instant, he got behind me and placed his hand on my head. I began to feel a wave of electricity flow into me. The longer his hand rested on my head, the more I thought my head was going to explode.

"What the fuck are you doing?" I asked Sukuna, trying to move but couldn't.

"Stay still if you don't want your mind shattering to countless pieces," he replied, as the surge became stronger. "I'm transferring my cursed energy and knowledge into your mind. Easier than trying to explain a thousand years of cursed techniques within the limited time we have to keep quiet and stay still. I've barely even started."

I did as he said. After what seemed like an hour of agonizing pain radiating through my body, Sukuna released his hand from my head. The instant he did, I no longer felt the pain. I placed my hand on my head as my vision was a bit blurry.

"What did you do to me?" I asked when I started to remember things that shouldn't be in my memory. "Are these your memories?" I closed my eyes, trying to organize the newly inputted content in my mind.

"Now that you know everything I do about cursed energy and possess a copy of my cursed energy, let's make that pact." He waved his hand in the air and I was lifted from the chair. The chair dissipated into dust. "You're lucky to have survived. I've never attempted a Mind-Soul Technique that intense. You should be fine in a few minutes."

Just like he said, I became myself after a few minutes. Everything he had transferred into my mind became one with me as though it had always been there. It was then I truly understood his words.

"You now possess my wisdom, strength, personality, and most importantly, my Will amongst other great things. I have given you a weapon that will aid you in your journey. Clearly, you understand that having done so much, I will not tolerate failure."

"I understand. With all this power, I will be unstoppable," I said with an assuring smile. I could already feel the strange power flowing in my body. The kind that could split the moon in half in a single blow.

I ran through Sukuna's memories, searching to know the first Dimension I would conquer.

"Seriously?" I chuckled, checking for the others.

Well, considering the fact that I had become Sukuna's vessel, it didn't surprise me much that all the dimensions were actually anime worlds.

And first on the list was Konoha (Naruto's World)

"Sukuna, you can perform the pact. I'm ready."

"Good. This Demonic Pact is founded on the agreement that in exchange for granting you a second life as Sukuna, the God of Cursed Energy, you will venture into 5 Dimensions of Earth and do whatever it takes to acquire all 20 of my Infinity Rings." While he spoke those words, Sukuna made several handsigns with his four hands.

All his eyes were glowing obsidian black.

"When you've gathered all of them, you will return to me. Do you have any request to seal this Pact?" Sukuna asked, and I could see it in his eyes that he didn't do it out of choice. The anger in them was obvious.

"Just a few."

He clenched all four arms hands to form muscle-bulging fists. He was one sign away from completing the Pact. The air gained tension and started to swirl around us to form a red-aura twister.

For a few seconds, I thought really hard about what to say.

"You will not influence my mission in any way. Don't ever summon me or speak to me unless I want you to. I want free will to do as I please without you interfering. Lastly, I want your word that after I'm done, you won't kill me or hurt me in any way."

"As long as this Pact holds, I will respect your demands."

After those words, he made the final handsign and the thundering sound of an explosion filled my ears. Everything turned pitch black and I couldn't sense my surroundings. I couldn't even see, hear, or feel anything for the next few minutes. Those words repeated in my mind… 'As long as'

Now I know Sukuna doesn't have any good intentions for me when I finish his interesting mission, I need to gain as much power as I possibly can in each dimension. In the end, one thing is certain; Someone is going to die, and it won't bloody be me.

When I could finally hear again, I opened my eyes only to find myself in what seemed like a thick forest. I was lying on the ground. I got up and the first thing I noticed was my hands. They had transformed into those of a child.

'This can't be real.'

I scanned my body and found out I was indeed in the body of a child. I looked around and saw a little puddle nearby. I walked up to it and stared at my reflection.

'Who's body is this?' I asked myself.

It wasn't mine or Sukuna's for one. It was when my eyes went up to my pink hair that I realized the body I had transmigrated with.

The fallen hero - Yuji Itadori.

What was even more shocking was the headband tied to my head.

"No fucking way!"

It bore the crest of the Senju Clan…