Chapter 19

"Yeah, that sounds about right…"

The next morning, there was a meeting of the 'elders'. Yua, Nanami, Muta, Suiryu, Gojo, and by special request Megumi and Todo. Suiryu told them the situation and how distrusting he was of Toji. "I am still trying to understand why he was returned among you, yet don't have a damn clue, I never interacted with him nor did Sukuna. So… we got a slight loose cannon in our ranks here." Suiryu explained.

"Then kick him out," Fushiguro said rather coldly. "I don't like the way he keeps eyeing Yuuji, he's like a meal ticket or something. I don't trust him either."

"Brother has always had good judgment of character on people, Suiryu was informed by Choso that they were having a conversation just the other day…." Todo paused. "Someone should be with Itadori at all times from this moment on."

It was a little extreme, but Suiryu agreed with the notion. "I want to ask what Yuuji wants," Yua announced.

The table paused. "Wait, Yua, he wants to cash Itadori in…" protested Gojo.

She nodded to him on the notion. "More than aware of that, and also aware of his skills, despite the fact that Toji has not gone up against divine users before, it could be a worth while risk…"

"Wait, you WANT him to cash in the bounty?" demanded Muta. "Yua, I thought the whole purpose for us being here is to AVOID being caught or Yuuji being used."

"It is, but please, hear me out on this," Yua asked gently. "I am seeing Toji notion, Yuuji told me the whole conversation just this morning as he went to his sunning spot. Toji pitched it as bankrupting the divine users… quite frankly I am all for that. We take away their funds, we take out half of our pursuers in theory. With no money for motivation to obtain Itadori, not to mention these guys will have nothing left when the bounty is cashed in… that is, unless there is another motivation."

The table paused. "What are you getting at Yua? I am even having a hard time following this," said Suiryu.

"I am thinking about what happened with the body thief." She explained. "Despite the fact I wasn't here… I saw and was told everything that happened. Even in your memories Suiryu, I saw it all. They would do the same thing to the one who cashes in the bounty. They will try and kill whoever is able to do such a thing,"

"So… let Toji use Yuuji, but we are using Toji?" asked Gojo.

Yua tapped the side of her nose.

Suiryu appeared to think it over. "But as you said, he may not be able to contend with divine users, if that's the case, how do we save either one… or just Yuuji for that matter?"

Yua smirked. "You said so yourself, Suiryu. He's been brought back for a reason and I don't think it's for fodder either. We finally have a teacher for the kids with no curse energy. I think he would be a good fit, not to mention a great assistant teacher for Mika."

Suiryu snorted a laugh. "Like that's going to work, the man is driven by one thing, like Mei Mei, he loves money,"

"I got the jiffs of that too…" muttered Megumi. "The guy is really strong and powerful. He should work for us. I don't like him any more than you do, but there is something there right? I mean, he hasn't left this place yet."

Gojo was about to speak, yet Yua caught him and shook her head to him. He silenced himself rather quickly. "What do you know of him, Megumi?" Todo asked.

"He's powerful, strong and fast. Dare I say his speed alone was faster than Sukuna after he had three fingers returned to him."

The room paused. "That… is very impressive…" Yua paused as Megumi continued to explain.

"He took down Dagon during the Shibuya incident all on his own using playful cloud. He did so with ease,"

Muta paused to consider their option as did Nanami. "So, we are to allow him to obtain Itadori, cash in the bounty and expect him to return Yuuji without harm… I doubt that." Nanami stated. "If this were to be a plan, we need someone to go with them discreetly."

"I agree," said Yua. "Suiryu, your thoughts?"

He appeared to be thinking, he fell into a blank stare before a sigh came out of him. "I don't like this plan, but I do understand its merits. But we need to have a back up in place. I agree with Nanami's suggestion, we have someone go along with them discreetly. So, whose up for that?" he asked the room.

"Me," said Megumi instantly. "I'll go, I can hide in Yuuji's shadow, divine can't sense me there."

"I will accompany you then," stated Nanami. "After all, I have been given the ten shadow technique as well, I need some time to master this shadow movement you are able to do. Fushiguro, can I trouble you for some lessons?"

He smirked but nodded.

"I wish to go too!" Todo announced. "I want to help protect brother!"

"I think we are going to need you here more than anything," Yua explained. "I'm not saying you won't be helping in the matter, but we need you on stand by."

He sneered at the notion, but nodded. "Very well then, I'll go along with this for the moment."

"Thank you Todo." Yua said respectfully. "Is there anyone who objects?"

Gojo's hand went up!

"I don't like this the least bit. What if someone finds out he has Itadori? Are we not just setting ourselves up again to be exposed?"

Suiryu smirked. "No," he said instantly. "You forget. Toji got back a thing called an inventory curse. I have little doubt he will use it to transport Yuuji from here to there."

"Wait, that worm thing? It will be able to hold Itadori!?"

"Inventory curses are rare, but it's similar to the storage subspace I can make, see…" Suiryu reached to his right, there came a tear in the reality before he took something random out… which happened to be an old bowl of Ramen! "Hey, I had some left! Sweet…" he started to eat then and there as the table stared on rather confused to it all.

"Things placed in the sub space won't go bad, if it's alive, it won't die. It's just a tear in the reality and displacing that one item. The inventory curse works by using the curse world as its sub storage space. It claims a part of it to use for itself," Yua explained. "If Yuuji was a true dragon, the curse wouldn't hold him. But, since he's not one just yet. It will work."

"Look at you knowing stuff!" Suiryu said with great amusement. "You know as much as me, don't you… part of your request wasn't it?" he said with an smirk on his lip.

"Request?" asked Fushiguro.

"Before we were reincarnated, we were asked if there was something more we would want. We could have it within reason." Muta explained. "Many of us just wished to have our curse abilities back and a little more power behind them. Yet, somehow we got the three great's curse abilities and a few extras that do go well with our original technique and method."

"Well it's a little bit more than that…" Suiryu muttered. It caught the attention of the room and yet he didn't elaborate any farther.

"Such as?" Gojo asked curiously.

"For me, along with my abnormally large pool of curse energy and the range that I can control it, I was also gifted with the create technique. Yua asked for that too, didn't you?"

She nodded her head. "I think that ability has far more uses than anyone cares for, as long as the curse energy the person possesses is ample…"

He nodded in agreement. "I can create more of my robots rather instantly. As well there are other purposes for it too. Anyway, I have that, the Kamo blood manipulation technique and a technical hack technique."

"That's new," Suiryu said as he polished off his bowl of ramen. "How does that work?"

"It's like hacking with curse energy, technology won't stand a chance against me," he said rather proudly.

"Impressive," Nanami said. "So security, anything data base… you are able to manipulate and use?"

"I'm still learning it,"

"It hasn't been made before, of course you are… I want in." Suiryu stated. "Let me learn this with you."

Muta was stunned but nodded in agreement.

"We all have more than one technique now… at the same time…" Yua stared at the odd brace on her wrists. Not just her though. They are also on Nanami and Muta. No one know why they have such a thing, let alone how to take it off. "Anyway, are we all in agreement for this plan?"

The table nodded. "Okay, I need to get one final approval. I am going to speak with the brothers." Yua announced.