Chapter 4: Part 2

- Silas -

I felt Sakura tremble slightly in my arms. "Did I…."

"You did nothing wrong. There was probably something wrong with the Knife. The same happened with me where I cracked the sword. Don't worry about it. In fact I haven't seen that kind of Cursed Energy in anyone. Even Naruto didn't have this kind of power. You are awesome Sakura. I am sure you will be a great Jujutsu Sorcerer. Let's get back quickly. There are more monsters coming here and Nanami-sensei seems to have fainted. This place is unsafe."

I quickly picked up Nanami-sensei in one arm and led them back to the Restaurant to see Shoko-san inside.

She looked at us in surprise.

"What happened?" She asked, quickly coming and checking up on him.

"There was something wrong with the knife and an accident happened. Monsters swarmed the area and Nanami-sensei fainted. Sakura destroyed several of them and we returned quickly."

As I relayed the information, she used her Reversed Curse Technique on him.

"There was a mild concussion at the back of his head. I healed him. Let him rest for a while and let's wait for Gojo and the rest to arrive. It might have been an ambush outside."

Oh.

Yes.

Gojo-san seemed to have said something about there being a fight in that area a while back.

I looked at Nanami-sensei and then at Sakura.

Her power was mind blowing. Far above Naruto.

I was having trouble even standing in her presence.

Then again, it was understandable as Naruto was still a kid while she was double his age.

It was only normal that her power would be higher.

In comparison, my own power….

Nanami-sensei was probably trying to console me earlier.

But then again, both Naruto and Sakura were from supernatural worlds while my own world seemed normal….except me.

It was only normal that they would have more power.

And yet there were people stronger than her in her world….

So I would have to train harder.

Which reminds me that I have to start martial arts lessons with the Ryozanpaku masters too.

By then Nanami-sensei had woken up but didn't say anything about the incident. He reassured Sakura that it was not her fault and just said that Gojo-san might be the best teacher for Sakura.

Gojo-san and Kisuke-san came a few hours later, looking quite happy.

"Is it done?" Shoko-san asked.

"Yup. That old guy was more of a curse than human anymore. Actually, he was quite a lot like Tengen-sama, old, shrivelled and almost a monster."

"Gojo!"

"Chill out. Anyways, he's dead now. Kisuke found him and we cleared everything related to him. The guy had a lot of stuff." He looked at Kisuke-san who continued.

"Books on new kinds of magic, tools, even personal notes on several things. I will leave all of this for Sakura-chan here although I would like to temporarily borrow a few books to study if she doesn't mind."

She easily agreed. In fact, she didn't even seem to care. Right now, she seemed more relieved than anything else.

"Great."

"So….what's up? You all look worried?" Gojo-san asked.

"Ah….actually while you all were away, we had Sakura awaken her Cursed Energy….and well, there was an accident of sorts."

He merely raised an eyebrow and looked at Nanami-sensei who kept quiet for a second and then spoke.

"She is….exceptionally talented."

"Oh! That's quite a praise from you. So….what are you sulking about Nanami-kun?"

"The barrier outside shattered when she awakened and a lot of curses were attracted. I think we should go out and clear those first."

….

"The barrier….shattered." Gojo-san looked surprised.

"Hmm." Nanami-sensei nodded.

"Hahahahahaha that's great."

Gojo-san began to laugh loudly and then looked at Sakura, giving her a thumbs up, making the girl look embarrassed.

"Great job. Also don't worry about the curses outside. I will take care of them. In fact, Silas, you haven't experienced any combat yet, right? Come on. This will be a great experience."

"Umm Gojo-san….there were hundreds of those monsters. Sakura's power took care of most of them but there were still a few left. Maybe we should wait here until they are gone?"

"Don't worry. We will be fine. After all….I am the strongest."

….this guy….he was quite cocky.

Although from what I have heard, he did have the ability to call himself as such.

The strongest sorcerer, Gojo Satoru.

I nodded.

"In that case, Shoko, teach Sakura-chan some theory while we take Silas out to clear the area."

"Do you mind if I tag along? I have been quite curious about these curses." Kisuke-san tagged along.

"Sure."

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I was standing face to face with a grotesque monster, the size of a small car.

The monster had tentacles and was green in colour. It crawled towards me, faster than I was expecting.

I quickly dove towards the side and slashed with the dagger in my hand, cutting off the tentacles.

It let out a shriek and the rest of his tentacles came towards me and I attacked with my knife in return, using the technique I was most comfortable with.

My chopping techniques.

It happened without me even realising, due to my habit.

Before I realised, all of its tentacles were chopped into pieces.

It retreated quickly.

I however didn't back down as I kicked the ground, directly stabbing the knife into its giant single eye.

The monster crumbled apart.

I took a deep breath as I felt my heart pounding in my chest.

I did it.

Right now, I was outside my Restaurant, fighting the curses which had gathered due to the breaking of the barrier.

Nanami-sensei, Kisuke-san and Gojo-san were watching over me from a distance and would intervene if I was in any danger.

I didn't get much time as another curse jumped towards me.

- Kisuke -

"These curses….how are they born?"

"From the negative thoughts and emotions of humans."

"Oh. They remind me a lot of hollows."

"Hollows?"

"Evil Spirits, basically souls of the dead who have had regrets and linger over and get corrupted. They eat souls to sustain themselves and are extremely dangerous."

"Some curses do that too so they might have similarities. Even powerful sorcerers can become curses under certain circumstances."

He questioned them as he looked over the owner fight against what was said to be low level curses.

He could feel the energy which they called Cursed Energy and from what he felt, the owner was very rough in his control although he seemed to be improving very quickly.

"So….what exactly happened?" Gojo asked.

"Sakura….her power….it was beyond anything I had ever experienced. I couldn't even stand in her presence."

"Oh." Gojo merely raised an eyebrow.

"You don't understand Gojo. It was unreal. Even Naruto with all his power seemed almost like a kid in front of her."

"No, I believe you. I can't sense the barrier over Japan right now. It's damaged severely and the place it was damaged….is right above us."

"What?!"

"Explain about her power."

"They seemed to be shadows of some kind, similar to the Zenin's Shadow Manipulation. She could also kill and devour Curses using her Shadows and….raise them as familiars, similar to…."

"....Suguru's power."

They became quiet at the mention of the name and he felt a special history behind that name.

"Her shadows spread over the entire space….and it seemed as if her power was rising every time a curse was devoured." Nanami continued to explain.

"I see, that also explains why I am feeling so few curses around the area. It seems that Sakura-chan gobbled up most of them. Although….with the damaged barrier, things are going to change a bit."

"They would have detected us too and soon people will be coming here to investigate."

"If her power was as great as you said, I doubt they would come here so quickly. But yes, there will be scouts."

They again became quiet.

"But how can someone have that kind of power? It was almost as if….as if she were some kind of a God. The God of all Curses. I felt as if I should kneel in front of her."

"She was experimented on by that creep. Who knows what he did? That guy was apparently several hundred years old. We will have to look more into it to understand the reason." Gojo said, not taking his eyes off Silas who was now fighting more comfortably with curses.

Kisuke decided to throw in his two cents.

"It could have something to do with the worms implanted into her. I will look into it. Maybe his notes had something about it."

"Thank you, Kisuke."

"It's fine. I am getting a lot out of it too."

"Well….in that case, let's wrap things here too. Silas has fought enough for today."

With that said, Gojo disappeared from the place, appearing beside Silas who was being attacked by a curse and with a single raised finger, a red light burst out, destroying the monster and all the lands behind it.

Kisuke paid attention to the man because his strength was nothing to scoff about.

Even in Seireitei, someone like him would be a captain.

Maybe it will give him an idea about the power levels of this world.

"Gojo-san!" Silas looked surprised.

"Well done. Now, step back. I will take care of this."

"But….there are hundreds of them."

There were….but from what Kisuke had sensed, they were barely at low level hollows strength.

Against someone like Gojo….yes, he will be fine.

And sure enough, that was the case.

In less than a minute, all those curses were torn apart and there was not even a scratch on him.

There were so many interesting things in other worlds.