Chapter 13
Gojo still wasn't at his best.
His head hurt, reverse jujutsu did a little bit of the recovery but he was still feeling rather drunk oddly enough. Perhaps it was due to the fact he was forced into a fight before completely recovering. 'Damn it, I thought being drunk was an easy fix…' he thought to himself.
Still, even in his hung over state, he was still too powerful to deal with.
But something was not right here.
These sorcerers, their curse energy is all over the place, making the field appear muddy to him. The more they moved about, the harder it was for him to see through this odd thickness of curse energy.
"Ugh…" he paused as he found his sight wasn't at it's full potential. He took his blindfold off, just as a sword came within inches of his face!
But, it was blocked…
Someone, possessing a dagger, caught the blade before forcing them back, a woman, cladded in black stood at the ready. But those around them merely laughed off their attempt to look strong. "HA! Gojo got saved by a woman!" one snickered.
"What's next Satoru? Who is your friend here? Are they embarrassed to be seen with you or something?"
Suddenly, this woman's tense state relaxed. They stepped back, at the same time, she was gently pushing Satoru behind her, as if to warn him of what's to come.
The ground began to smolder.
Curse energy began to leech up through the earth and rise like a dense fog before them. "What… what the hell is this?!"
Not even Satoru could understand, but it continued to build and rise. Yet, a powerful pressure came over them all at once.
The fog thickened until it was up to their chests, the one drawing this power up… was standing on the side of the mountain next to a statue. Gojo peered and saw him, but couldn't believe his eyes.
"Suiryu?" he whispered.
It was strange for Suiryu didn't appear to be all there, his eyes were empty as they stared blankly over the land. Then, he made a swift upward motion with his arms, calling the fog up and to cover those within it.
"GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY VILLAGE!" Suiryu roared.
Suddenly, the fog began to be pulled out of the village, all who came to destroy those within, were taken with it. What became of them and the fog, not even Gojo knows, he felt everyone who were pulled into it, vanish. Just like that into nothingness!
But now, the question remains.
Who is this woman in black?
"So… new around here?" Gojo asked of her.
But she said nothing.
Her focus turned to Suiryu as he began to descend down the mountainside. She blindly, somehow found the entrance to the village, and she wasn't alone. There were three others wearing the same black outfit and cowl as she was.
Looking about, everyone appeared to be okay, and yet, when Suiryu appeared. No one spoke.
He was covered in Sukuna's marks again. Gojo even froze as he felt his curse energy surge to that of Sukuna! How? He didn't know or understand, yet, Suiryu allowed the four in black to enter the village without question.
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Inside the mountain…
Choso couldn't help himself.
He braced Yuuji as close to him as possible as he sensed everything happening outside. His brothers have been able to hold their own, yet there have been instances where he worried. Junpei's curse energy suddenly cut off. "Little brother…" he whispered in worry.
At the same time, there was something happening within this place. He could sense surges coming from Suiryu's dorm, and they only grew by the hour. "Suiryu? Is he getting his curse energy back?" he wondered.
"Umph…"
Peering down, Choso froze as Yuuji slowly woke up. "Little brother… Yuuji…" he whispered.
He appeared dazed and confused, yet the moment he saw Choso, Yuuji forced a smile before his eyes closed once more. "Oh thank goodness little brother, you have been asleep ever since we got here…" he said with a sigh.
Yet, before he could even enjoy the moment, Choso felt his body repressed by curse energy. He's never felt such a thing before… not since Sukuna.
Peering out his window. Choso froze as he saw four stranger wearing black walk out of Suiryu's room and then vanish out of the hidden village.
"What on earth… who were they?" he wondered. Yet as they vanished, he began to feel the tides turn in battle. It became one sided, but in their favor. Many of their attackers perished, but then, he saw Suiryu leave his dorm.
"Suiryu…"
Choso rushed out. "SUIRYU!" he called, but he was ignored. He merely watched on as he vanished once more. That was when he felt the world grow heavy. It was far weaker than the presence of the great lady, but still, it was very noticeable.
When the pressure was relieved, Choso held his breath as slowly, everyone returned and some new faces joined them.
He took noticed of Todo instantly, he was a little scuffed up yet in good health. There was also a young woman with long blue hair yet was escorted by these strange robots. Leading them all inside was Suiryu. He appeared to be out of it. His eyes were open and yet, he was in a trance for what he had just done. Once he cleared the threshold, his eyes closed and he collapsed then and there!
"Suiryu!" shouted Junpei. But was caught by one of the people in black.
Gojo was now defensive about this. Choso stood at the ready as he passed Yuuji to Sho for safekeeping.
He didn't trust these four people in black, and yet now, they are within their domain…
