Chapter 19

The script change was accepted, however the director noticed a problem. "We don't have enough material to make a full movie" she said. "Even if we added more details to the scenes we already shot…"

At the time, the knockoff happened to be lingering. He smirked as he suddenly came forward. "Well, if you are going to detail a villain's rise to power, you got to go back to where it all started. How they grew up… if ONLY we had a pintsize version of this guy here…" he said offhandedly as he suddenly leaned on top of Ryoto like a table.

Of course his son laughed it off, until he paused. "You mean watch Ganondorf grow up?" Ryoto asked, but then his eyes widened. "YES! I can help!" he said proudly. "Let me be Ganondorf as a child!"

Sukuna glared at the knockoff who smiled victoriously.

"And Suiryu can be Ganondorf has a pre teen!"

That smirk suddenly dropped as Sukuna's grin grew.

"BAHAHAHAH! PRE TEEN!" Sukuna roared with laughter.

"HEY!"

The director on the other hand, was inspired. "Do you think you can do this?" she asked of Ryoto.

"Of course I can, my father can do this, so can I!" he decreed proudly.

"Fuck…" muttered the knockoff.

"Okay, how about we figure out how we are going to do this…" suddenly, Ryoto took the director to the side, they began to speak about how to set up the scene, as well as other fillers for the movie.

Sukuna peered to the knockoff and smirked. "Didn't think he would drag you into this huh?" he laughed. "You forget my child. Despite him being MY son… he is too much like his mother."

"I keep forgetting about the Tooru genetics in this… damn… no wonder you waited for her and stayed single this whole time…"

"No other woman would have given me such a gift. Now then, you know the story?" he asked.

The knockoff gestured his hand so-so. "Then I suggest you speak with Ryoto. One thing… if you ruin this for me, expect the wrath of my wife."

"What? Why would Chusi punish me?"

"You upset her child… I know I am of no threat to you, but my wife… that's a different story, dragon or not" he said but whispered the last part. He took pleasure in seeing the knockoff shutter for a moment. He understands how serious this is now.

On the plus side, Sukuna realized he no longer has to be the more threatening one in a situation like this!

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It would be a day later when Ryoto announced he was ready for his moment. He was turned green and wore a similar costume as his father, but it wasn't as glamorous or covered in gold. He had short red hair for the sake of the battle, but bore broad eyebrows. "Remember, he's a boy, Ganondorf is the first male to be born to the Gerudo people in nearly a hundred years. You bet your butt they are going to make him earn his place," he stated as the knock off noticed his wardrobe was not as flashy as Sukuna's.

Yet, after that, he understood, but the knockoff paused. "Why are my girls dressed as the warrior women too?" he demanded.

"Someone has to kick my ass," he protested.

"Huh?"

"My child is trying to explain he is working on the build up of Ganondorf. As a child, no doubt he was beaten by the women around him to ensure he proves himself to them and that he can stand among them as an equal. They have been without a man in their rankings for a hundred years, therefore, they ensure that male earns his spot to be among them." Sukuna explained.

"HE gets it!" Ryoto protested. "Besides, I've been working with Nao and Chiyo. They are both very capable of keeping up with me,"

The knockoff froze. "Has this become a family film or something!?"

"Perhaps, at the same time, look."

The knockoff peered over and saw Ryoto practicing the scene with the two girls. They listened to him a lot better than Sukuna when he was trying to teach them jujutsu. And yet… it made him feel oddly proud.

"What's with that look?"

He peered at the knockoff who looked to him curiously. "If I didn't know any better, I think you just had a proud papa moment!"

He said nothing about it, instead, Sukuna continued to watch on as his son finished the final comments he had for Nao and Chiyo.

"Are we ready?" the director called.

"Show time," Ryoto shouted back. "Let's do this, and make it good!"

"Oh just watch me…" Nao said proudly.

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The scene was done perfectly.

Ryoto and the girls were able to keep up a mock fight, and yet every which way, Ryoto appeared to be taking a strike and selling it well.

Perhaps there was a reason why he sat and watch professional wrestling with the curse womb triplets every so often. But in the end, it was a perfect battle that was nearly ten minutes long… it took all day to shoot ten minutes of film.

When it was done, the director was pleased and announced tomorrow, they will do a 'pre teen Ganondorf' mock battle too.

He couldn't wait to see it himself!

"Great… how did I get dragged into this?!" the knockoff demanded. "I was brought here to keep an eye on you!"

"The universe works in mysterious ways…" Sukuna chimed back. "Besides, your daughters had fun, my son enjoyed his screen time, so there is no harm."

"Yeah, yeah…" the knockoff muttered. But he paused. "Perhaps it is for the best…"

Instantly, Sukuna picked up on his tone. "Someone following you?"

"Yeah, well, my family… I don't know what to make of it, they have a smell of divine on them, but they are not divine users nor do they have summons. But it's… uneasy for me."

He merely nodded to this, perhaps there was some fun to be had here…