Chapter 13

Back at the domain…

Mechamaru was going over the security footage.

Despite his isolation from everyone else, he hasn't really minded it. But, it also helped that Miwa has always been at his side, not to mention, he is still testing out the extent of his abilities.

So far he has Japan wired as it were. Miniature mecha robots have been placed over the cities, alerting him to curse activity and how to address it. The kids have called him the 'assigner', for he is the one dictating the missions and who goes where.

As strange as it is, he feels almost like the principal.

"Anything interesting?" Miwa asked.

He smiled to her and yet shook his head. "Honestly, all the interesting stuff happens here in the domain. Did you see Gojo sensei?"

She gave him a strange look. She appeared almost terrified. "I never want to see Gojo sensei looking like that again…" she said in a whispered yet startled tone. "How… did he become Sukuna?"

He shook his head on the matter. "I think it's Yua's… sister." He said bluntly and yet an uncertain tone. "I want to call her Yua's descendent, but she is insisted on being called her sister… quite frankly, I don't think I want to go against it nor correct her" he knows he made the wiser choice after seeing what happened to Gojo sensei.

"How's Sukuna taking it? Is that strange to ask?"

"On the contrary, I wonder the same thing. He appears nervous… almost scared. Considering he doesn't have his large body frame, no curse energy, extra arms or eyes… I don't think he has ever been this normal since he took over Itadori and Fushiguro"

Miwa was still concerned. "Are we going to help them in any way?"

"I don't know what we CAN do to help, if anything, we will observe in case if anything happens… but we are going to go and see what occurs in person. I wouldn't miss this for the world!"

Miwa snickered. "It was cute today to see Gojo sensei with the younger students, they were in for a shock once they saw him!"

He snickered and agreed, if anything, Gojo sensei scared the crap out of the children when they first saw him. Yet, when he explained the situation. They appeared to be more at ease. It also helped that he took his time to play with the kid in such a state, Suguru Geto even helped him out. But… he shouldn't be THIS adjusted to his new form, right?

"I don't think we have seen anything yet. If that is true, the best is yet to come… how are our snack supplies?" he asked.

Miwa snickered. "We will go out and get some, we have to load up don't we?"

His smile grew. "If anything, we should bring the others who are not directly involved in this to watch… that or… I got a better idea…" he turned to his control panel and smiled. "I think we need to record this for future generation…"

He had drones in the domain as well, and he has already started to record since this morning…

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Panda was in shock.

Then again, something like this shouldn't bother him, he IS used to seeing it after all. "Shake shake?"

"Oh, hi Inumaki… uh… do you know what to make of this?"

He has been observing Gojo sensei with the students for some time, he wasn't really teaching them anything. It appeared to just be a play day by the looks of it all.

Inumaki took a closer look, but was silent.

He looked between Panda and the altered Gojo sensei before pointing with wide eyes. "So you had no idea either huh?"

'….'

Panda could tell he wanted to say something, he got that connection with curse energy but… Inumaki couldn't bring himself to utter a word or think it anyways.

"The troubling thing is, Yua took Chusi and Sukuna out… I think Chusi was looking for a date day with Sukuna…"

'…'

"Speechless huh? I was too this morning…"

'What is going on around here, the life of a sorcerer is not normal. I get that. At the same time… What the hell is going on!?'

Panda sighed. "I don't have a clue, but we all heard what Gojo sensei said to Chusi right? Many believe this is her getting pay back, but if that's the case, is she punishing Sukuna for something?" he asked aloud.

Inumaki sighed.

"Enjoying the spectacle?"

The two jumped a little as Maki was watching from their hiding spot. "Tsk, what an idiot, to piss off a Tooru, no less your own soon to be sister in law…" she muttered.

"What do you think happened?" Panda asked.

"What else, sensei was stupid. That's usually how it always happens, he says or does something stupid, it attracts stupid."

They snickered, but she kept observing. "It appears Toji and I have to work out a new schedule… since he has changed, he's not able to teach the same thing to the kids. His power is too out of hand as well…"

"I was wondering what you two would do. Are you okay teaching on your own?"

"It's fine, we don't have many students at the moment, most of our graduates have even begun to move out of Japan. In fact, one recently made it to North America… they are getting a lot of buzz since they went on a show called 'American Ninja warrior' no one could keep up with him. So now he has all these side projects and promo deals he made… who knew you could become a celebrity this way?"

"Really? Good for them!" stated Panda.

"Actually, this student was doing some research, for you see, he's not the only one using media to do his job… have you seen this guy?"

She took out her phone and played a video. Some guy dressed as an anime character was talking into the camera.

"Hey everyone! Welcome to Trigun hunts! Today we are on the look out for an ugly ass beast! You know it's here since I'm here right? And I haven't been wrong yet when it comes to the paranormal! Let's go!"

Panda was compelled to watch as this guy wondered the streets… but was killing curses! He showed the world this and yet… there has been no uproar or anything. "He's not Japanese right?" Panda asked.

"Not the least bit, from what I understand, he from the United States. However to gain followers he dresses up as popular anime characters… well, he's one of many. But he has the most viewers."

Inumaki kept looking at the videos. 'How come the council didn't do anything about him?'

"Out of their jurisdiction." Maki explained. "The council deals with curses and sorcerers that reside in Japan, any outside of Japan unless they come here, they don't do anything about."

"How many others are out there like him?" Panda asked.

Maki took her phone back and went through the videos. "Ah, here's one dressed up as demon slayers from the manga. There's also one that looks like a child but goes by Iruma or something. Claiming he befriends demons… looks like another curse tamer to me. The demon slayers all have curse techniques involving the sword. Then, there's a summoner with a giant wolf. Not as big as Megumi's but, it's rather formidable. He goes by Mukouda."

Panda knew the names of those characters from various mangas and light novels the students read. But, why are some sorcerers going to that extend to make a name for themselves?

Inumaki's eyes widened. 'I just realized… if they came here the council would have to address them right? Could they have taken on these personas so if they did come to Japan, they would stick out too much and the council would hold back on approaching them?' he asked.

"Acceptable losses, Inumaki, remember that. At the same time, I doubt they are a threat to the council compared to us." Maki stated. "However, this Trigun guy announced he was going to do a special in Japan. As a treat for his fans…"

The three paused. "So, I assume we may encounter him sooner than later?" asked Panda.

"I don't doubt it the least bit. However, after watching his video, I figured out how he is killing the curses. He has a similar technique that Mia had. Creation, at least, I think he does…"

"We should keep and eye out for him, at the same time…" Panda turned. Gojo sensei has four kids in his arms and he swinging them around effortlessly in a helicopter like fashion. "Somehow, I feel the greater threat is already in the domain…"