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you all met up in a little room at the school where you would regroup and plan what was going to happen next.
upon walking in, you saw this tall blonde girl and a familar face that you didn't think you'd see again,
"maki..?" you muttered,
"hey, y/n," she slightly smiled.
you ran to give her a hug, rambling on about how you thought she was dead and that you didn't wanna lose her.
after you all had a little reunion, you began discussing master tengen's barrier and how to get through so we can talk to him,
"i'll explain," choso insisted, "between the doors and the tomb, there is the cursed warehouse that holds all the cursed tools and objects,"
"yeah, but how would we get there?" okkotsu asked,
"well, it holds the remains of my brothers. even if they are just remains, with all six of them together, a side effect of my technique can provide some guidance," choso finished,
"that's good!" the blonde girl who introduced herself as yuki exclaimed,
"who even is this guy?" maki asked. yuji sighed,
"just... think of him as my big brother for now,"
choso stopped in his tracks,
"yuji!!!" he teared up from his words, happy that he was accepted by yuji as his brother,
"okay, pipe down, choso," you muttered quietly.
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once you guys arrived at the warehouse, you continued walking deeper in to find an elevator that led to the tomb.
choso did stay back a bit, just to feel the energy of his brothers. you honestly did feel sorrowful for him, he must've been missing them.
once you got into the elevator, you all waited for a little before stepping out,
"woah, what's with all this blood?" yuji asked, referring to the blood stains that showered the wall,
"it was from an incident 11 years ago.." yuki muttered, "that's when everything got distorted,"
"huh..?" megumi deapanned, "you know context is a nice thing,"
"anyways," yuki shook her head, "the main shrine should be through here,"
you guys walked towards where the shrine would have been but to your surprise, there was nothing,
"uh, there's nothing here," you stated quite obviously,
"yeah, no shit sherlock.." megumi retorted,
"why are you giving me attitude, what did i do?!?"
"nothing, it's just funny," he chuckled.
you rolled your eyes, going back on topic. you were all about to leave before you were stopped,
"leaving so soon? it's a pleasure to meet you. child of the zenin, michizane's descendant, death painting womb, l/n descendant and of course sukuna's vessel,"
you got a little confused at first,
'l/n descendant? i mean i am a descendant of the l/n's but why is he mentioning it? none of my ancestors are sorcerers..'
you just decided to shrug it off before yuki spoke up,
"you aren't gonna say hello to me, tengen?"
"we've already met before, yuki," he spoke.
'so that's tengen?!? jeez he doesn't look so good..'
you shivered and shook your head, listening intently at what the wrinkled up guy had to say.
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tengen had spoken about kenjaku and explained the culling game to all of you. he then finished up by giving you guys a box that had the ability to free gojo from the prison realm,
"now, to open this requires either the inverted spear of heaven that nullifies the cursed technique, or the black rope that disrupts and cancels the cursed technique," he explained.
your jaw most literally dropped to the ground in horror,
"holy shit, gojo is so fucking STUPID. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH HIM??" you exclaimed in irritation.
both yuji and megumi understood,
"BUT GOJO-SENSEI SEALED THE INVERTED SPEAR OVERSEAS 11-YEARS AGO?? OR HE DESTROYED IT??" yuji cried, "WHY'D YOU DO THAT, SENSEI??"
"AND LAST YEAR HE GOT RID OF ALL THE ROPE?" megumi added, "WHY'D THAT GUY DO THAT???"
okkotsu just watched in amusement as you all cursed gojo for making this whole thing so much more difficult.
okkostu sweatdropped slightly before speaking,
"actually, i looked for the remaining pieces in africa with miguel. but the efforts were fruitless,"
"oh, so that's why you went overseas, huh?" maki added,
"but there is a way, right?" yuki said with a slight glimmer of hope.
tengen replied with a yes and explained there was a sorcerer from thousands of years ago who calls herself an "angel" and that her cursed technique can extinguish any cursed technique.
her real name was hana kurusu, and she would be your first step into getting gojo released from the prison realm and help save megumi's sister.
tengen then went through the rules with everyone, which put deadlines on the situation, making it a little more stressful..
RULE NUMBER ONE:
After awakening acursed technique, players must declare their participation in the culling game at a colony of their choice within 19 days.
this rule meant that tsumiki only had roughly 10 days and 15 hours to declare her participation.
RULE NUMBER TWO:
Any player who breaks the previous rule shall be subject to cursed technique removal.
you saw megumi get visibly stressed, especially when he realised that anyone who didn't declare their participation on time would be killed.
RULE NUMBER THREE:
Non players who enter the colony become players at the moment of entry and shall be considered to have declared participation in the culling game.
tengen did state that civilians still have a chance to get out though.
RULE NUMBER FOUR:
Players score points by ending the lives of other players.
you suddenly felt your heart squeeze. not because you minded killing people, but because of yuji. he had already been through so much.
he stiffened, so you grabbed his hand and rubbed it gently, causing him to smile at you in gratitude.
RULE NUMBER FIVE:
Points are determined by the game master and indicate the value of aplayers life.
As a general rule, sorcerers are worth 5 points and non-sorcerers are worth 1 point.
RULE NUMBER SIX:
Excluding the point value of a players own life, players may expend 100 points to negotiate with the game master to add one new rule to the culling game.
RULE NUMBER SEVEN:
In accordance with the previous rule, the game master must accept any proposed new rule unless it has a marked and long-lasting effect on the culling game.
RULE NUMBER EIGHT:
If a player's score remains the same for 19 days, that player shall be subject to cursed technique removal.
yuji looked down to the ground upon hearing that,
"so, i have to kill people again," is all he said blankly,
"no." you spoke, "i won't let it happen. i have an idea,"
you looked at him softly in the eyes. he didn't know what your plan was at all. he had no idea what so ever.
megumi looked towards you, thinking the exact same thing.
you had to rack up 100 points, then make a rule that allows points to be swapped between players.
if that rule gets accepted, you were gonna give your points to yuji. you didn't want him to go through what he did with sukuna again. you just wanted to keep him happy.
of course, yuji probably won't like it, considering you could be subject to cursed technique removal, but in the long run, you would do anything for yuji, even if it meant dying.
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guys im sorry this chapter is such a drag
and sorry for late chapter i have so many essays and im tired of writing
but the grind never ends and theres a fluff coming out like right now 😍😍