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After finishing their meeting with the higher-ups, Satoru and Naoya took their leave and headed to the containment chambers.
"Don't jump straight to pulling in people to school. We don't even know what kind of curse this is? It could be dangerous for the other kids," said Naoya.
"What kind of curse is not dangerous? We need to train the students to face exactly those kinds of curses, you know. Plus, if this is a Special Grade cursed human and Special Grade curse spirit, it would be better if the boy is able to utilise their power. From what those oldies told us, the cursed spirit doesn't seem keen on harming the boy.....The boy could become like you....or Suguru..." replied Satoru.
At the mention of Suguru Geto, both the special grade sorcerers turned silent.
Their friend and fellow Special Grade was still not found, and they were not even able to catch a trace of him as well.
They and their men have been snooping around for the trace of the man, but despite all that, there was no trace. If they thought about it logically, either the man suddenly disappeared from the face of Earth or is atleast not in Japan.....worst case scenario was there as well, but they were not willing to believe something like that happened to Suguru.
Naoya had pestered Tengen quite a lot to help them find a trace of Suguru Geto. Though Tengen was not very keen to involve themselves in matters like these, the constant pestering from Naoya, Satoru, and, surprisingly, Riko Amanai, who now goes by the name Kiriko Kuroi after getting her identity changed. She decided to take up Kuroi's family name and was registered as her distant cousin, and was currently working as a cafe owner along with Misato Kuroi.
Naoya and Satoru visited them, wondering if the two of them knew something about Suguru's disappearance, and it was the ex-star plasma vessel herself who brought up involving Tengen in the search.
Because of this, they finally got a trace of Suguru, through Tengen, though the site where his CE signature was last found was now a destroyed house whose previous owners had been dead for quite a long time. There were signs of a fight as well, but apart from that, they didn't get any leads.
Because of this, they have been guessing that either Suguru was not in Japan since Tengen's barriers covered almost the entirety of the country, or Suguru Geto somehow found a way to not get perceived at all. Either way, they were not taking death into consideration since the signs of battle at the abandoned and destroyed house told them that the things didn't escalate too much, meaning Suguru didn't go all out.
If he had been killed swiftly by the attacker, then the army of curses with Geto would have been unleashed and would have caused far greater damage to the area.
Because of this, their search has slowed down quite a bit, though they were on the lookout for any possible leads.
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While the two Special Grade sorcerers were eerily silent because of a sad topic, they arrived at their destination.
Satoru and Naoya looked at each other and then proceeded to enter the containment chambers.
Once they entered, they noticed a huge room filled with restriction talismans all around them.
Though the thing that made the two Special Grades raise a brow was the cursed presence coming out of the boy who was sitting on a chair with his legs shackled.
Satoru and Naoya looked around the room. There were still some blood stains present here and there, likely from the sorcerer who came before them and died.
The two walked closer to the boy, making him register the people who were coming towards him and look up.
Naoya looked at the boy.
Swollen and tired eyes that seemed to be giving up on everything.
Satoru, on the other hand, picked up something that seemed to look like a knife, or at least it used to be one.
"Yuta Okkotsu, right?" asked Naoya with a friendly smile.
The boy gave a tired nod before he looked down.
"Can you tell me what this is?" asked Satoru as he showed the knife that was twisted in an incomprehensible manner.
"...It used to be a knife....I tried to use it to end my life....but Rika-chan stopped me," said the boy weakly.
Naoya and Satoru remained silent. Rika-chan was probably the cursed spirit attached to the boy.
"That's dark..." muttered Satoru before tossing the knife on the ground.
Satoru was about to speak further, but Naoya gave a pat on his shoulder, gesturing to him to let him take over for a bit.
Satoru shrugged his shoulders and gave Naoya the go-ahead.
"Yuta-kun. Is it fine if I call you that?" asked Naoya with a smile as he made a chair out of shadows and sat upon it.
Yuta gave a weak nod. The people in front of him were probably sent to kill him anyway. The people who came before them were the same.
"Okay, then, Yuta-kun, what flavour do you like?" asked Naoya.
"...Huh?"
Surprised by an unexpected question, Yuta looked up and saw Naoya showing him a carton. The carton was filled with an assortment of cup ramen of different flavours, and Naoya was presenting the carton with a smile to the boy.
"You should be hungry, right? Go ahe-"
"Dibs on this one!!!!" declared Satoru and tried to reach for a cup himself.
"Oi! Let him decide first!" yelled Naoya and smacked Satoru's arm away.
"Huh?! Taking a random boy's side over me?! Naoya, are you going to cheat on me with Yuta-kun?!" asked Satoru with a serious look on his face.
"Like hell I am doing something like that!!! Besides, I already have a lovely girlfriend!!! No way in hell your single ass is involved with me!" retorted Naoya.
"...That's it! I am eating all the ramen myself!!!" yelled Satoru and tried to grab every cup for himself, only for Naoya to grab both of his hands and hold him back.
"Yuta-kun! Hurry up and grab the ones you want?!"
"H-Huh?" muttered Yuta in shock. He didn't know what the hell was happening all of a sudden.
"Let me go! I need to eat my sorrows away!" declared Satoru.
"Hurry up!" ordered Naoya once again.
"Y-Yes!" said Yuta and immediately started to look through the cups, and took out one of them that he wanted to eat.
"Take another one!!! You are scrawny as shit!!!" ordered Naoya.
Yuta grabbed another one under peer pressure.
~A few moments later~
Naoya was happily slurping on his noodles.
Satoru was angrily slurping on his noodles. He had a head bump as well.
Yuta was confusedly slurping on his noodles.
He looked at the two men who came to this chamber and didn't know what their motive was. They were weird, but for the first time in a long while, Yuta's mind did not have negative thoughts.
"Next," said Satoru and passed on his next cup to Naoya.
Naoya took the cup and partially summoned Freeza, the [Max Mammoth], to dispense some hot water for their noodles.
"Here," said Naoya and passed the cup back to Satoru, who grabbed it and waited for the noodles to finish cooking.
*SLURP*
In the entire hall, there was just the sound of slurping going on.
'...What are we even doing here?' thought Yuta as he looked at the blond and the white-haired man in confusion.
"Had your fill or do you want some more?" asked Naoya with a smile as he noticed the boy looking at him.
"N-No. Thank yo-"
*GROWL*
The sound came from Yuta's stomach, and his face immediately turned crimson. He had not eaten in quite some time, and now that he was finally not stressing over his thoughts, his body started to go back to normal and demanded food.
"*Pfft* Hahaha!!!!" laughed Satoru.
"O-Oi! D-Don't laugh!" said Naoya, though he too was trying his best not to laugh at the boy.
"Ugh!!!!"
Yuta covered his face in embarrassment. He wanted to hide somewhere right now. {A/N: Probably in a bush}
"Here. Don't be shy, humility won't keep you full, you know," said Naoya and snatched the cup from Satoru and handed it to Yuta.
Satoru looked at Naoya, and even with his blindfold, he was still able to give a 'what's with your audacity' look to Naoya.
Yuta looked at Satoru with a conflicted gaze. He didn't know whether he should eat it or not.
"Eat it. Satoru, here, say Aah," said Naoya and raised his chopsticks towards Satoru.
Satoru's mood immediately shifted to a jolly mode.
"Aah~"
"..."
The two men were weird.
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After they had a meal, and Yuta finally seemed to be a bit less depressed, Naoya and Satoru started their questioning.
"First of all, let me introduce us. He is Gojo Satoru, and I am Naoya Zenin," greeted Naoya as Satoru waved his hand with a carefree smile.
"A-Ah, um, you already know me, but I am Yuta Okkotsu. N-Nice to meet you and thank you for the noodles once again," said the boy and bowed to Naoya.
"Ah, mention not~ It wasn't a big deal~" said Satoru.
Naoya looked at his shameless son, who was acting as if he had brought the noodles.
"Coming to why we came here," said Naoya, bringing the topic back to Yuta.
"...You two are here to deal with me, right?" asked Yuta in a slightly sad tone.
"Huh?! Oi Oi Oi! Do we look like the killing type of guys to you?" asked Naoya.
Yuta looked at Naoya and Satoru.
...Their behaviour did tell him that the two were quite carefree and unserious to be the ones who came to kill him.
"We are here to understand your situation a bit so that we can help you," said Satoru.
Help.
It had been forever since Yuta heard that. Someone trying to help him seemed like such a foreign thought to him.
"Would you tell us the whole situation that is going around you? Whatever you know, even the minor details," said Naoya.
Yuta looked at Satoru and Naoya once again.
...The two might be weird, but for some reason, he felt that they were reliable.
The boy gave a nod and then started speaking.
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Meanwhile, at an unknown location outside Japan:
"A new special grade cursed individual...." said a woman as she read a report.
"Hm? What is it? Seems interesting," said a man as he tried to peek into the report.
"Keep your head away! You have too much hair!" complained the woman as she shoved the man away.
"Aww~ Don't be like that. These long and silky hairs look good, you know~" said the man and dramatically flipped his hair with his hand.
The woman ground her teeth before she clicked her tongue and went through the report.
"So? What is it?" asked the man once again.
"A new special grade cursed individual has emerged. Seems to be that he is bound to some special grade vengeful, cursed spirit. What do you think? Does this need our attention Kenj-"
"Kureha," interrupted the man.
"...Does this need our attention....Geto," said Kureha Tojo.
The man, Suguru Geto, thought for a while before a smile appeared on his face.
"For now, let's wait and watch. We have quite a few things to do anyway. We will be quite busy, you know?" said Geto, as he stood up to stretch his body. His body looked completely fine, though, for some reason, he had a scar on his forehead.....a scar similar to the one Kaori Itadori had.
"...Still, should I ask my people to monitor the boy, too? Special Grades are especially troublesome, you know?" said Kureha.
"True....though ask them not to get noticed. Considering Suguru Geto vanished overnight, they must be quite watchful of their surroundings, you know. They won't like to have another Special Grade asset to be lost," said Geto.
"Yes, yes, I know. My people are trained, you know."
"Wow~ As dependable as ever, Kureha-chan~" said Geto and spanked Kureha's butt.
Kureha's eyes widened in shock at the sudden act of harassment as she immediately used her technique on Geto.
Suguru's hand moved on its own, and a second later, he slapped himself.
"Ouch! Bad Kureha!" complained Geto.
"You spank me, and I am the bad one?!"
"Eh? But you were quite enjoying it last night."
"I-I-I wasn't!!!" retorted Kureha.
Geto looked at her and gave her a 'seriously' look.
Kurehead noticed that and walked out of the room as she stomped her feet in frustration.
Geto smiled as he saw Kureha walk by, though his gaze unconsciously moved towards her butt.
'...'
Geto looked down. There was a physiological reaction.
"You really were and are a monkey, Suguru Geto," muttered Suguru.
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A/N: Just wanted some opinion from you guys. Do you want to see the current students do missions and all, or should I give a brief about what is going on and go to the Goodwill event?
Also, a few of you asked about Geto in previous chapters. Hope this clears things up as to what is going on his end.
Do stone the fic.