The forest had settled into a strange calm again.
Not peace—just that temporary lull where everyone is waiting for the next impossible sentence to drop.
Takeru suddenly turned toward Kirara.
"…Hey, Kirara."
Kirara blinked.
"…Yeah?"
Takeru pointed at the clearing.
"Train with me for six minutes."
Silence.
Hakari immediately leaned forward.
"…Only six?"
Kirara shrugged slightly.
"…Sure. That's fine."
Nobody else thought much of it.
Six minutes sounded harmless.
Short.
Simple.
Almost casual.
Megumi muttered:
"…That feels suspiciously specific."
Nobara waved it off.
"…It's just six minutes. Relax."
Yuji nodded.
"…Yeah, how bad could it be?"
Tiny Yuji tilted his head.
"…I feel like that's famous last words."
Tiny Takeru nodded immediately.
"…Statistically accurate."
Kirara stepped into the clearing.
Takeru followed.
No one expected anything serious.
Not even Hakari.
Six minutes later—
the air was different.
Not destroyed.
Not shattered.
Just… understood differently.
Kirara stood still, catching their breath slightly.
"…Okay. That was… weirdly intense."
Takeru stretched casually.
"…Yeah."
A pause.
Then he looked at her.
"Oh and now I have your moveset, Kirara."
Silence.
"…What?" Kirara blinked.
Takeru pointed lazily.
"That was the last six minutes I needed."
Everything froze.
Hakari slowly turned his head.
"…You're joking."
Takeru shrugged.
"Nope."
Megumi sighed immediately.
"…Of course."
Nobara pointed aggressively.
"…WHY IS THIS HIS WHOLE SYSTEM."
Yuji just stared into the distance.
"…I miss basic cursed techniques."
Sukuna clicked his tongue from afar.
"…Efficient."
Geto crossed his arms, unimpressed but not surprised.
"…You're collecting people like data."
Takeru nodded.
"…Correct."
Kirara looked at Hakari.
"…Did you know about this?"
Hakari shrugged.
"…Nope."
"…That's terrifying," she said flatly.
Takeru clapped once.
"Anyway."
A grin.
"Six minutes well spent."
Tiny Yuji leaned toward Tiny Takeru.
"…Do we need to train six minutes now?"
Tiny Takeru thought about it seriously.
"…We might be cooked if we don't."
Nanami sighed heavily from the side.
"…I hate how efficient this nonsense is becoming."
And just like that—
another person had been added to the growing list of "Takeru acquired techniques."
No ceremony.
No warning.
Just six minutes of reality being rewritten.