Bab 15: As far as you can see you’re all alone
In the shop, Noah sat on a stool with his head supported by his hand, deep in thought. Beside him, on the ground, sat Illumi with his stoic face deep in thought.
At his side, Geto stood, his back against the wall as he stared at Gojo, Riko, Misato, and Kalluto, who were doing the shopping.
"Was it really that big of a shock to you? I thought you already knew she was a girl and was just playing pretend. I mean, it is obvious that she is a girl."
"Shut up you bang man!"
Geto's eye twitched, seeing Noah staring at him with a gaze that said "What would you know".
"It's like you fall in love with a person, just to realize that he is a dude. You start to question your sexuality at that point, but then there is a sudden plot twist! You wake up and find that the dude has become a woman, can you imagine my feelings now!?"
"What is this? Reverse Alluring Secret Black Vow?"
"Oh, that one is good."
"I know right. It is my favorite."
"But! Imagining people that I thought were girls but were dudes suddenly becoming girls strangely excites me… I wonder…"
"Your gay?"
"... Yeah…"
"I don't think so… I think it is a beautiful work of art." Geto softly said, staring at Gojo laughing with Riko and the sulked face of Kalluto as she was forced to wear different overly girly clothes. "A person who tastes a forbidden love is willing to throw everything for his loved one, just so he can be with the one he loves, isn't it beautiful?"
Noah became silent while staring at Kalluto before he asked.
"Is that what you feel about Misato, bang-san?"
"I'll punch you."
<<Message>>
{Hello Hello, Can you hear me?}
"Hm?" Geto looked towards Noah, who placed his finger over his lips, gesturing to him to keep quiet.
{Don't worry, it's just another one of my techniques that allows me to communicate with people.}
Noah internally said, while staring at Gojo.
{Listen carefully, right now, we are being targeted by Sorcerer Killer, Toji Fushiguro.}
Geto's eyes widened and his body tensed, but Noah's next words calmed him down.
{Don't worry, he is not here… yet. Anyway, like me, he is also under a Heavenly Restriction that removes all curse energy from within his body in exchange for an inhumane physique. Initially, I'd thought there was no need, but with Gojo deciding to entertain Riko, I think it is important to tell you this. I've already explained this to Gojo while we were talking with each other just now.}
Geto raised a brow, his eyes landed on Gojo, who waved his hand towards him.
It surprised Geto, to think all this time Noah was under conversation with Gojo.
'What a convenient technique, I didn't feel even a single thing.'
All this time, he had thought that Noah was just sulking but he never would have thought that he was talking with Gojo.
Ignoring Geto's internal astonishment, Noah continued.
{If my guess is not wrong, then Toji is the one who posted the Thirty Million Bounty over Riko's head to lure all the assassins in.}
{But that would be useless no? If it is as you say and Toji is Sorcerer Killer, he should also know about Gojo—Wait… He is trying to wear out Gojo?!}
Geto's eyes widened with realization.
How can he forget such an obvious thing?
Gojo cannot use Infinity all the time, and even with his monstrous control over his curse energy, the constant use of Six Eyes put a huge load over his mind.
If he kept using it, he would be both physically and mentally tired when they go back to Jujutsu High.
That means…
{Whatever you are thinking is right. With Toji being invisible due to the Heavenly Restriction, that would be an ideal time for him to strike.}
{But even then, it should be close to impossible to defeat Gojo without any way to cancel Infinity.}
{That's right. But the thing is, Toji has a cursed tool called Inverted Spear of Heaven which nullifies all forms of curse techniques. A slight surprise attack should be enough for him to catch Gojo off-guard and kill him. You understand, right?}
Geto nodded with a serious face.
A curse tool that can nullify all curse techniques? He can already imagine the problem it would cause. It was like a natural enemy to Gojo's Infinity.
{Here's a deal, when Toji attacks, I want you to take Riko and enter the Tomb.}
{What? But—}
{I know. It's risky, but I'm under a contract with Tengen to escort Riko to the tomb. Once she reaches the tomb, the contract should be fulfilled. I don't care what she decides after that, wanting to continue or run away, I don't give a shit. It's her life, and she has full decisions over it.
Gojo and I will hold Toji during that time. If we killed him, then it's good, otherwise, you should come out and help us out.}
Of course, his explanation was filled with a little lie.
First, the thing about the contract was half-truth and half-lie. He indeed was under contract, not with Tengen but with the world.
The mission said to escort Riko to the tomb, but nothing about what to do with her.
It means that once Riko enters the tomb, his mission will be considered complete.
Another reason why he was sending Geto away was that another part of the mission was to defeat Toji.
Will it be considered complete if others did the last hit and he only helped them or he needed to land the last hit for it to complete?
Noah didn't know.
That's why he decided the latter—he needed to land the last hit on Toji, for that, they needed an element of surprise.
In all seriousness, Noah knew he was no match for Toji.
If not a surprise attack, Toji will kill him faster than he can even react.
That's why he needed an element of surprise.
{The plan is simple. Gojo will maintain a certain distance between us and himself to create an opening, a bluff when he undoes his curse technique. At that moment, Toji should attack.}
There was a little doubt in Noah's voice which didn't go unnoticed by Geto. His eyes staring straight, he questioned.
{You are not sure if he will attack Gojo or not?}
{In all honesty, yeah… Theoretically, Toji should attack Gojo since he is the biggest threat to him, but…}
Geto was smart enough to understand what Noah was pointing at, making him frown.
{That should have been the case if we removed you from the equation… which means, there is a 50 percent chance that Toji will attack you instead of Gojo.}
If he had never made contact with Geto and Gojo, Noah was certain that Toji WILL attack Gojo first, but now?
He was doubtful.
Due to his existence, a lot of things have changed which made him doubtful of whether Toji will attack Gojo or him.
The reason he didn't add Geto was that Toji definitely had knowledge about Geto, the reason he attacked Gojo first was that his threat was higher than Geto, that's all.
But now? What will happen due to an unknown existence like Noah?
Will he put Gojo over him or him over Gojo?
Noah massaged his nose bridge with slight frustration.
{It's alright… I have a certain spell that allows me to sense anyone with hostility towards me… It should work…}
'What is the basis of <<Sense Enemy>> anyway?'
Till now, it has basically worked perfectly without any mistake, so Noah had thought that it just picked hostility and displayed it to him, but now he was having doubts.
He questioned himself, how does <<Sense Enemy>> even function?
Does it take a cognitive approach or something else?
'If it worked on the basis of energy…'
Doubts were good. It meant that you would not get overconfident in your battle, but too many doubts would result in a jumbled mind.
This is what was happening to Noah.
With no vast experience in fighting, in the face of a powerful opponent, Noah's mind started to raise doubt over everything.
What if this happened? What if this is not possible? What if?
And the fact that the System only showed him the usage of a spell and not its inner work was cherry at the top.
'I've never met a human with zero energy who is after my life after all…'
This is bad — he internally thought.
{What are your chances of winning if you face Toji?}
He was brought out of his inner turmoil by the voice of Geto in his mind—sighing, he answered.
{Generously, I would say fifty-fifty.}
<<Hold>> restricted the target from moving or making any motion, but this spell despite the enemy having no magical resistance was useless on powerful beings.
Those with superior strength and those with huge energy—both of such people could counter the spell.
The only difference was the amount of time required to cancel it.
Within his estimation, the spell should be enough to hold Toji for a second at least.
'This should be enough.'
With his speed, he can easily decapitate Toji within a second.
The only problem was, 'What if it can't hold him for that long?'
While the worst is the spell restricting Toji for only some milliseconds.
{This should be enough…}
Geto thought for a while before continuing.
{As long as we are prepared, we should be able to dodge the sneak attack. If that is dodged, everything else can be handled.} Geto said. {As long as Gojo is careful enough, he should be able to beat Toji.}
Despite being called the strongest, Geto knew that, in the end, Gojo was stronger than him.
If he and Gojo fought, Gojo would win without a doubt.
That's why he believed that as long as they can save themselves from the first strike, they can beat Toji together.
No matter how strong Toji is or what he had in his arsenal, Geto believed that it would be impossible to beat them if they were together.
'I hope it is… Fuck… I raised a flag, didn't I?'
There was this uneasy feeling swirling within his stomach, it felt like someone crunching it with all their might.
It made Noah highly sensitive to everything.
And for this reason, he knew, something bad is for sure to happen.
'First mission in another world, and I'm already feeling threatened for my life…'
After the shopping was done, all they did was go around the city for different enjoyment—amusement park, movie, though Riko wanted to enjoy the beach since they would have to go all the way to Okinawa for that, they had to decline her request for it.
All in all, the last day was fully spent while doing all sorts of different things.
It was finally the time that they escorted Riko back to the tomb, and so they moved fully prepared for what was to come.
Or at least that's what they had thought.
"One down, two to go."
"Fuck…" Noah cursed, staring at his back, towards Toji as his sword pierced his heart. "I knew it… Fuck you murphy…"
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