Chapter 12: Chapter 3: Part 4
- Silas -
It was evening and time to open the Restaurant again.
This time Sakura was assisting me in arranging things.
Tobio was the first one to come.
He was here to pick up a bento for himself
"Did they find any news about Sae-chan?" I asked.
He shook his head disappointedly.
"Don't worry. You will find her soon." I reassured him and patted his shoulder. He left for school soon after.
A few minutes later, the door opened again and the customers from yesterday came in one by one.
The Ryozanpaku Masters, the Jujutsu Academy teachers as well as Kisuke-san all returned.
Hayato-san thanked the teachers from the academy for taking care of Naruto and helping him out.
After serving their orders, we sat together.
Principal Masamichi questioned Sakura about the place she lived and the one who was behind all this.
I placed a hand on her and she explained the basics about her world.
Their world had people called magus who used something called Magecraft.
She was adopted into the family by the head of the family called Zouken Matou who used some kind of ritual to give her the bloodline of their family. One of the main reasons behind this was the fact that the original heir of the family wasn't born with Magical Circuits, the nerves through which magic flowed and was necessary for one to use Magecraft in their world.
The guy I had punched earlier was the original heir of their family and he held a grudge against her for this.
That said, that Zouken bastard was actually preparing her for some kind of experiment and from what Kisuke-san and the rest had deduced, he was probably planning to make her a vessel to possess her and take over her body.
The things he had put her through was so that he could absorb magic from her to stay alive.
The guy was not even human anymore, as most of his soul was inside the worms. From what Sakura said, there was a pit of worms under the Matou residence, which was the place where he lived.
"This should be enough to qualify him as a curse user, right Sensei?"Gojo-san asked in a very nonchalant voice.
"Are you going to stop if I say no?" Principal sighed.
Gojo-san didn't answer and for once even Nanami-sensei didn't say anything.
"Are there any organisations who would take action against this Zouken person if they found out about his actions?"
"I don't know." Sakura shook her head.
"If they could then they would have done so earlier. The fact they didn't means that they either didn't know anything or didn't do anything. Either of which is a failure. If left alone, that monster could target someone else. Why are we even discussing all this?" The doctor asked, irritated.
"Because that is a different world. It is outside our jurisdiction." The Principal argued.
….
"Ah, that solves a lot of things doesn't it? That means whatever I do there is none of your business then." Gojo-san got up and dusted his clothes. "I have been really itching to go to other worlds and I owe Shoko one for helping out. Sakura-chan, can you tell me where this Matou residence is in your world?"
He was however not the only one to stand, Kisuke-san stood up too. "I have been quite curious about the magecraft of this world which could manipulate souls too. Can I accompany you? I might be able to help you somewhere." He asked to which Gojo-san just shrugged.
Sakura however was quiet.
At this, Shoko-san spoke up again. "Don't be quiet Sakura. If you keep quiet today, there is a chance that that monster would do the same thing to some other unfortunate person." She urged and finally Sakura looked up and told the address to them and opened the door.
As they were leaving, Shoko-san called out from behind. "Satoru?"
Gojo-san looked back.
"Make it painful."
"Sure."
With that said the two people left the Restaurant.
The only reason that the Masters of Ryozanpaku didn't do so was because they didn't know anything about magic and could fall into traps.
They however decided to help her out whenever they could.
- Kisuke Urahara -
He looked around the place.
A different word.
He tried to sense the surroundings and sensed many things different from his previous world.
It really was a different world.
Even now, he was finding it hard to believe that the Restaurant had the power to do such an outrageous thing.
Yesterday, when he had suddenly found a dark spot during his routine observation of Karakura town and went to see for himself what was going on there only to discover this wonderful place.
Different worlds.
Completely different power systems.
Curses.
Ninjutsu.
Martial Arts which can manipulate internal energy.
At first he had thought that they were joking but his thoughts were completely shattered when he tried to sense the owner and felt enormous power within him.
The next one to come in his range was that kid, Naruto.
The power inside him… it was unreal.
On listening and observing the people, he found out more about the situation of the Restaurant.
This was a place which connected many worlds together. Most of these people were from different worlds.
His talks with the girl, Miu clarified the situation even more.
And that's where he heard something interesting in their conversation.
Someone experimenting with a girl and the tortures she had suffered, but the thing which caught his attention the most was the manipulation of the soul being mentioned.
This was something he needed to see.
His senses had already found the traces of some items containing souls of some kind in the bag in the hands of the white haired guy.
And that's why he decided to work.
If they had some method of affecting the soul, then he needed to know it and prepare for it.
He still didn't know what kind of place this Restaurant was so it was better to be prepared.
What he had encountered was a unique but rough craftsmanship of someone dividing someone's soul and making relics to take over other people's bodies.
The girl whom he assisted in treating was a more interesting case though.
The worms inside her were… revolting.
He was not a saint by any means but there were things even he disliked. One of the reasons he and Mayuri were so different despite having similar hobbies.
But revolted he might be, he did find this technique a more advanced version of the last one.
The worm in the heart contained the soul while the other worms were used to absorb magical energy and feed it back to the user.
She was both a battery as well as a future vessel for that person.
The most interesting thing about the girl however were the nerve-like network inside her body. Magic Circuits she had called those.
How fascinating.
They had some kind of energy flow through them different from Spiritual energy and yet these nerves were intertwined and connected to her soul.
He made sure that he separated the worms without harming them in any way and for that, he used his Bankai.
Even the technique used by the doctor was quite amazing. She might not have noticed it but that thing was also healing her soul to some extent. A very tiny extent but it was there. Which meant it could be improved. So fascinating.
But what was the most stunning thing he saw was probably that boy Touma.
That boy's power both stunned him as well as sent shivers down his spine.
The only thing even remotely comparable to it was perhaps the Hogyoku.
The entire night of research had given him many insights into the workings of Magic Circuits. He still had to work on the information he had received about curses but they seemed a bit like hollows to him so they might share some common features. He will have to find one for himself to experiment on later.
That's why when he saw a chance to go to another world, he jumped at the opportunity.
The soul in the worms had been degraded and he wanted to know why such a thing happened. Just what kind of magic could degrade the soul. Also, how was he transferring magic from the worms back to his main body?
Sakura didn't know much about Magecraft so he wondered if he could get some books for himself while he was there as well.
While he was thinking of these, he detected the same soul signature as the one from the worm and pointed towards the direction. "There. Three kilometres away in that direction."
Gojo looked at him and then towards the direction and placed a hand on his shoulder.
The next moment, they were facing the gates of an old Japanese style mansion.
….
Movement technique?
No.
It was too fast to be so, not to mention that he would have sensed it.
Spatial Technique.
Spatial Kido and techniques were banned in the Soul Society and were something he hadn't really delved much into except for opening senkaimon between Soul Society, Hueco Mundo and the Human World.
But it was not this fast.
While he was thinking of this, Gojo made some handsigns and a thin barrier spread over the place.
"Kisuke-san, can I leave it to you to see that no one escapes?" Gojo said while pulling down his glasses and revealing a very unique pair of eyes.
Those eyes had to have some kind of power. Kisuke just knew it as he watched the man look directly towards the ground below the mansion as if seeing through all the ground.
"Oh, sure. They are thirty five metres from our current position, ten metres below the ground." He offered while making some barriers of his own. His Spiritual senses had already locked on to the signature of the rest of Zouken's soul. "Just make sure you don't destroy the books and information too much. Such good research data would be hard to come by." He said as he made a barrier of his own. "There, now the souls won't be escaping. By the way, we should make it quick. There was an unusually large signal in this town. We might not want to attract too much attention."
"Alright then. Get back a little." He pointed a finger towards the place where Kisuke sensed the soul from and a red orb, similar to Hado Number 31: Shakkahō and it blasted through the ground, creating a hole for them to walk.
"You could have just teleported us, you know?"
"Now now, where's the fun in that? Moreover, isn't it a common courtesy to knock the door down when coming in?"
It's knocking on the door, not knocking down the door.
"You can go and collect whatever you want first. Just don't get too close to the fight. I will go and do some pest control first." Gojo said. Kisuke didn't need another word as he disappeared from his place with a Shunpo.
It was important to save as many books and research papers as he could as fast as he could because Gojo didn't look like the person to cleanly take care of things.
- Shinji Matou -
Shit!
What the fuck was going on?
He had been thinking that he had hit his head too hard yesterday when he started hearing voices in his head until he was dragged into the presence of one of the ugliest looking guys.
And that's where he found out what exactly he had eaten.
A finger.
He had eaten a finger of a dead body.
That bastard!
He would make sure that he kicks that bastard in the face when he is brought down and enjoy himself when torturing him.
He would show that bitch that she belonged only to him and no one else and that she couldn't ever escape from his grasp. He will make her submit to him.
But eating a finger wasn't even the worst part. The worst part was that it was cursed.
They had cursed him and now he was stuck with a ghost who was always trying and taking over his body the moment he lost any concentration.
Yesterday, it had tried going back to the Restaurant only to come across a scene where a man in a funny green and white striped hat was destroying his finger.
The spirit had left the control of his body to him the moment he saw the people inside the room and he didn't dare enter the Restaurant, just watching from outside.
That still didn't stop the ghost from raging inside his head when he saw his finger being destroyed, swearing to kill each and everyone of them present there.
Shinji had quickly escaped from the area but before he could reach back home and ask his grandfather for help, the ghost had taken over his body and began interrogating him.
He hadn't been able to leave till the morning when the ghost suddenly left the control of his body back to him.
He didn't know why but honestly, he didn't even want to know. All he knew was that he had to reach home first so he quickly ran back towards his home, only to encounter a barrier outside.
What followed was a loud sound of explosion and smoke rising from his house.
He didn't know what was happening but Shinji had a feeling that he wouldn't be having good days ahead.
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Author's Note:
Alright, this chapter took a day or so more than I expected.
I didn't want to skip on the scenes by just hand waving them and had to plan them in detail.
All of this happened in one evening mostly so not much happened in the chapter in the background.
I thought about Naruto's birth conditions, the amounts of deaths and negative feelings directed towards him, not to mention Kurama, the self proclaimed living embodiment of hatred sealed inside him as well as his own depressing childhood experiences. The guy was born for Jujutsu and was bound to have insane reserves.
As for the chakra imprints of Kushina and Minato inside him, I thought about introducing them in a unique way in this story.
Vengeful Spirits.
We will know more about them in the later chapters.
For now, wait till the Matous get their due.
Enjoy the new chapter.
Good Day, Peace Out.
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