Gojo Satoru was many things.
Gojo Satoru was the bearer of the Six Eyes and the Limitless.
Gojo Satoru was the strongest sorcerer of the modern era.
Gojo Satoru was the first-year teacher at Tokyo Jujjutsu High.
But right now…
Gojo Satoru was not having a good day.
First of all, he had gotten an earful from the higher ups, demanding he retrieve one of Ryomen Sukuna's twenty fingers, from a school of all things!
So obviously, he sent Megumi there instead for his first official mission (They grow up so fast!).
But the mission went just a teensy bit wrong and the fucking King of Curses himself incarnated, somehow having FIVE TIMES THE CURSED ENERGY OF THE FINGER!
(Hopefully it isn't like that for the rest of the fingers, because that is just terrifying to think about.)
Thankfully, Megumi survived without a scratch, and now Gojo had a brand new first year, Itadori Yuji! (Not that the boy has any choice, of course!)
Unfortunately, the new first year also happened to be Sukuna's Vessel, and Sukuna himself could straight up Ignore Limitless.
("The Anti-Limitless technique, from the Heian era.")
Yeah, what the fuck.
Oh, and apparently anyone can learn how to do the same because he decided to write it down in a book, and finding said book was still on the to-do list.
So here Gojo was for the past hour, sitting in a chair and waiting for Yuji to wake up, because he needed answers.
Yuji groaned, beginning to wake from unconsciousness, his eyelids fluttering as the ropes binding him to the chair creaked faintly.
"Rise and shine~"
Yuji snapped awake, looking towards him, struggling against the ropes binding him.
"My senpais! Fushiguro! Are they alright!?"
Gojo leaned forward.
"I don't think you're in a position to be worrying about others, Itadori Yuji." He said in a low voice.
Gojo continued, speaking with an unsettling clinical detachment.
"It has been decided that you will be executed."
Yuji stopped struggling, momentarily silenced.
"Let me explain it from the top–" Gojo began, before Yuji interrupted.
"My execution has been suspended, hasn't it?" Yuji said confidently.
'Eh!? How does he know!?' Gojo thought, his surprise expression masked by his blindfold.
"Why do you think that?" he propped.
"When I was asleep I woke up in…"
Yuji trailed off, looking like he was listening to something.
"Sukuna's innate domain. He told me I was going to get executed but the execution would be suspended because it'd be easier to get rid of him if I ate all the fingers."
This wasn't good. Gojo suppressed a grimace, forcing a relaxed smile onto his face.
"You've been talking with Sukuna?"he inquired, voice laced with caution
"Yeah? He lives in my head?"
"You shouldn't trust him, you know? He's like, suuuuuuper evil." Gojo advised playfully
Yuji's eyes looked up, listening to Sukuna as he spoke again..
"Sukuna says Nuh uh, and that if you say that again, he'll take your tasteless blindfold and…"
Yuji's face went pale.
"Sukuna no! I can't say that!"
Gojo spoke up "Aaanyways Sukuna is right, your execution is being suspended on the condition that you eat some more of those crusty fingers! Mmmm~ delicious!" Gojo exclaimed, mimicking a chef's kiss.
Yuji's face somehow went even paler, gagging at the thought.
A mouth manifested on Yuji's cheek, an extra eye opening, looking above as it spoke.
"Hey! Those are MY fingers you are gagging at, vessel. Have some damn manners!"
"How nice of Sukuna to grace us with his presence, I actually had some questions for you, King of Curses." Gojo interjected, turning the conversation towards his primary objective.
Gojo needed to ask about the book, it would be catastrophic if it ended up in the wrong hands.
The eye on Yuji's cheek looked towards Gojo as Sukuna hummed in contemplation.
"Hmmm, very well then, I shall answer one question in exchange for some more mochi."
"I've already eaten the rest of the bag." Gojo shrugged.
"Get some more"
Gojo huffed in annoyance before teleporting out of the room.
The middle of Shibuya was pretty busy, even at this time of night, alive with a kaleidoscope of neon lights and a swarm of pedestrians..
Stepping inside his favourite bakery, Gojo walked up to the counter to obtain Sukuna's ransom, the bell above the door dinging to signal his presence.
"Hello again~ could I get a bag of mochi please?" He said, flashing a charming smile at the attendant behind the counter.
The lady at the counter nervously scratched the back of her head as she replied in an apologetic tone.
"We're out of mochi, sorry Gojo-san!"
…
"Eh?"
They were the only quality bakery that was open at this time, and Gojo was willing to bet that Sukuna wouldn't cooperate if the food wasn't up to his standards.
As long as he brought him quality sweets, he would be happy, right?
"In that case I'll get a cupcake instead." Gojo declared, pointing towards the cupcake display case.
The lady nodded, putting a cupcake in a paper bag before handing it to Gojo.
"Thank you for shopping here again Gojo-san!"
Teleporting back after exiting the store, Gojo grabbed out the cupcake and held it in front of Sukuna's eye.
"They didn't have any mochi left, so you can have this instead! It's called a cupcake!" Gojo offered, voice upbeat, hoping it would suffice.
Sukuna made an intrigued hum before Gojo shoved the cupcake into Yuji's cheek, Sukuna eating the sweet treat.
"So, was it good~?" Gojo asked expectantly.
"Yes. It was indeed delicious."
"Great! So my question is–"
"I'm not answering your question." Sukuna interjected flatly.
Gojo paused.
"But you got what you wanted?" He asked, confused, gesturing towards the empty cupcake bag.
"I asked for mochi." Sukuna said, matter-of-factly.
Gojo prepared to teleport again, resigning himself to buying cheap and low-quality mochi.
"Fine fine… I'll get you your mochi." He acquiesced.
"Don't bother, I'm going to sleep."
…
Was this guy serious?
Sukuna's eye closed as the extra mouth disappeared.
Did…
Did he just get scammed by the King of Curses!?