"Who the hell are you? And what did you do to Maki!"
With a flip, Akira backed up from Kaori, who released his leg with a pleasant smile. His eyes narrowed as he immediately noticed the healed scar on Kaori's forehead.
"You! I saw you before, when I was still with..." Akira was startled as he clenched his fists in confusion and surprise. The woman before him was the same as the one he had met in the rural village.
Back then, he didn't say anything to her as he passed by with a curious glance. She gave him a dangerous feeling, but he ignored it since he didn't care back then.
'Good thing I didn't try to fight her back then, or I would be six feet in the ground....' Cold sweat slid down Akira's temple as he looked at Kaori with worry, a painful throb shooting through the place where she caught his leg.
She cracked his leg bones from a single grip.
"Calm down, Akira-kun. I have some things I wanna talk to you about, nothing much." Kaori stuck her tongue out playfully before speaking to Akira, amusement in her eyes at how cautious he looked for her.
"And what would someone like you have to talk about with me? Besides, I have no reason to do as you ask," Akira walked around Kaori, his eyes constantly on her, his Demon Back and Demon Brain still active.
Not only that, but the new martial arts skill Akira had created, called [Instinct], was constantly active. He dared not disable it in front of this woman.
His stamina drained fast.
Kaori chuckled at his words, unconcerned for whether he would listen.
"I think you'll listen to what I have to say to you, unless you want this beautiful girl and that woman to die from their injuries~," Kaori lifted a hand, her slender finger pointing at Maki and Utahime.
Akira took his eyes off Kaori for a second, scanning Maki and Utahime's bodies with X-ray. The instant he did so, he took a deep breath, disbelief shooting through his spine at the injuries.
Maki's organs were amiss, shredded or torn, wiht her ribs broken in many places. With some of those pieces pierced deep into her lungs, blood pooling in those same lungs, suffocating her slowly.
Utahime was not less injured at all; her previous organ injuries from the curse, and now her ribs were broken, piercing her organs the same way as Maki.
'At this rate, they don't even have three minutes before dying from blood loss or suffocating due to blood filling their lungs...' Akira clenched his fists, helplessness taking him over as he realised his own weakness for the second time in his life.
First was when he couldn't save his mother, and now the second time for not being able to heal them, even though his body is strong as hell.
'This is on purpose; their injuries will kill them, but it will take time. This woman made it this way...'
Turning to Kaori, Akira instantly noticed her leisurely smile, her arms crossed under her chest, which was pushed up by her black one-piece dress.
"What did you want to talk about with me?"
Akira had no choice but to do as she wanted.
Kaori smiled in satisfaction.
"I am planning to create a game in the future involving every single Jujutsu Sorcerer in Japan," Kenjaku's true emotions slipped through, revealing a playful grin filled with eagerness as she spoke.
Akira raised an eyebrow, confusion filling his chest at her words. If she wanted to make a game, all she needed was a computer.
"The name of it will be The Culling Games. Every sorcerer will be placed in a location, or as I like to call it, a colony. Those sorcerers will then fight to the death, until the last one stands from each Colony."
'Figured it's not some video game... What's her goal for creating this game?' Akira narrowed his eyes, but he couldn't think of a reason for her to do this.
"Why tell me this? I am not a sorcerer, just someone with a strong body," Akira asked with raised eyebrows. His cursed energy was average, not enough to be a sorcerer.
"That doesn't matter. Akira-kun, you'll participate in this game as a player anyway in the future," Kaori chuckled before stretching her fair and soft hand out, wanting to clasp Akira's.
"Take my hand, and I'll heal those two, also, you can't tell anyone about the Culling Games or me", Kaori proposed, a victorious smile on her face as she knew he would take her hand.
Akira was silent for a few seconds before taking her hand with an annoyed look, his lips pressing it into a thin line.
"Fine, I'll participate in your Culling Games in the future, and I'll keep my mouth shut about this, as long as you'll heal Maki and this other woman," Akira said with a choked voice, his veins throbbing and popping on his skin as he locked eyes with Kaori.
Suddenly, Akira felt a shudder.
"Huh?!"
Akira's eyes widened as he felt a sensation akin to cold chains curling around his body. He instinctively knew that the pact he made with the women, in the full knowledge of him, held actual power.
"Yaaay, good job, Akira-kun. I'll heal those two right now, don't worry, they'll look brand new when I'm finished with them~," Kaori took her hand back, moving past the frozen Akira.
Kaori kneeled down, placing a palm on Maki and Utahime. Using her Millenia of experience with cursed energy and reversed cursed technique, along with the help of Blood Manipulation, Kaori got to work.
Fwoom!
A white light enveloped Maki and Utahime, healing their bruises and cuts. Their blood returned to their veins, bones reassembled like magnets, and their lungs healed completely.
Five seconds later, Kaori stood up from the ground with a deep sigh, wiping the nonexistent sweat from her brow. She turned to look at Akira, who stared with surprise.
"Well, I had completed my part of the deal. Now all that's left is for you to complete it in the near future, so I'll be taking my leave now, Akira-kun~," Kaori walked past Akira, smiling as if everything she did was a tiny game to her.
"What's your name?" Akira asked.
"Hmm... I have many names, but you can call me either Kaori or Kenjaku, whichever you like most~,"
"Kaori? Kenjaku?" Akira snapped his head around, only to see Kaori gone. His eyes narrowed in confusion and a bit of apprehension as a weird thought entered his head.
'Is she a woman or a man?' Akira thought with a shiver before quickly walking to Maki's side, checking her body with X-ray. Once finished, he breathed a sigh of relief as she was okay.
'And what the fuck was up with that brain of hers?' Akira shuddered as the brain with teeth popped into his mind.
"Let's get out of here before another weirdo pops out and wants to make a contract with me," Akira quickly placed Utahime and Maki on his shoulders, walking to the exit of the curtain, where a shaking Ijichi was waiting.
"G-Gojo-san! Massive explosions are happening everywhere, definitely above Grade 4. It stopped a minute ago, but now I can't hear anything!" Ijichi said with a trembling tone as he talked into the phone, Gojo on the other side.
"What's got your panties in a twist, Ijichi? Everything is taken care of," Ijichi spun around, watching a relaxed Akira leaning against the car, Maki and Utahime on his shoulders.
"U-Utahime?!" Ijichi called out in surprise.
"So that's her name..." Akira muttered.
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Yes, this is how I made Akira become a player in the culling games. Let me know what you think.
Also, Kenjaku is not going to become a female lead. I know what some of you sick bastards are thinking, but Kenjussy is not going to become a female lead...
Unless...
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1.) Yes, Kenjussy is a female lead.
2.) Kenjussy is disgusting!
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