Chapter Twenty: The Truth Revealed
Two years later
Rainy day in majutsu high, floors wet and cold, air chilled and fresh, Sensei Rikuya and Himuro Sensei sat in a dojo, conversing about the past and it's connection to jūzō and his great power.
"Himuro," Sensei Rikuya called out, voice stern and loud enough to be heard outside the dojo.
"I'm sure you are aware of the demon King's plan to destroy all humans,"
"Yes, Sensei. But it's been years, are you sure he is gonna go through with it?" Himuro asked
"Of course he will, he's the demon king. But that's not the reasons I called you here. Actually, it's part of the reason I called you here,"
"What is it Sensei?" asked Himuro
"We need someone strong enough to destroy both him and his army of demons and cursed spirit. We would have been able to kill him if we made a pact with the king of Curses but, as we both know, he is no more. Himuro,"
"Yes Sensei?"
"Didn't you say a long time ago that the king of Curses has two sons?"
"Yes Sensei,"
"We know shinji is dead but, the other son, his brother might,"
"Might what Sensei?" asked Himuro
"He might just be either the reincarnation or, the one with his father's cursed energy," Sensei Rikuya replied
"Yes Sensei, but you won't be able to believe who it is,"
"Who is it? Do you know where he is? If you know, then tell me, we can find him and make a pact with him to destroy the demon king," asked Sensei Rikuya
"It's, it's," Himuro hesitated for a moment
"Spill it Himuro," Sensei Rikuya yelled.
"It's Jūzō, he is shinji's brother," Himuro replied
Sensei Rikuya's eyes widened and paused for a while before he spoke.
"Nonsense, it can't be him, are you sure about this,"
"Sensei, you know I'm never wrong. He gives me the chills and scares similar than that of the demon King's general I fought years back and he also perfected a new skill,"
"What skill is that?" asked Sensei Rikuya
"Vanity,"
The room went silent for two whole minutes before Himuro Sae decided to break it
"He also wields six eyes and fire technique along with the slicing technique (cleave and dismantle) plus,"
"Plus what?" Sensei Rikuya asked
"Plus, Null frame,"
"Impossible, that's the king of curses' main skill. And you are sure of this Himuro," He asked
"Of course sensei, at this rate, he could even perfect reversed cursed technique and a domain expansion, too bad shinji didn't have a cursed energy or technique, he wouldn't have been killed by the demon king. Sensei, don't you always tell us of an alternate universe where these same things happened?"
"Yes, so?"
"He reminds me of Gojo Satoru, the guy who you told us about. The wielder of Limitless and Six eyes. And he also reminds me of Ryomen Sukuna, the king of curses' of that universe. Jūzō is like a combination of both with his own specific powers,"
"Yes, I wonder if we could o there or if they could come over, it would be great wouldn't it be Himuro?" Sensei Rikuya asked
"Yes it would Sensei,"
OUTSIDE THE DOJO
"So, I had a brother and a family, and he was killed by the demon king huhn? You guys still could not save him with my village,
Now, I'll make you lives a living nightmare now that I know the truth, you all will suffer," said Jūzō in a low but audible voice. Eyes red and destructive, he headed out of majutsu high straight into the forest and sat on one of the mountains watching all from up.
INSIDE THE DOJO
"Sensei," Himuro called out
"Yes Himuro?"
"Do you think that jūzō would be able to control the other cursed spirits? Like to put them in order?"
"It depends, if he's truly the one, he will be able to control them,"
"You think so?" asked Himuro
"I know so, no cursed spirit would even think of going against the King of Curses. Unless they have a death wish, and that's if he's the one. There's no cursed markings on his skin,"
"Yes but you have forgotten that the King of Curses could hide his cursed markings. How did you think he married Jūzō's mother?"
"You're probably right, keep a close eye on him, what about his sister, Akira? Where is she?" Sensei asked
"She's in my apartment, why ask of her Sensei? Do you notice something off about her? I know I do," asked Himuro
"Yh, she's too strong for a little child, something is really wrong about her,"
"Yes Sensei, it's either a cursed spirit backing her up allowing her to use other sorcerors techniques or something else,"
"Have you checked why she holds the teddy everywhere she goes?"
"Yes Sensei but the cursed energy is coming from both her and the teddy. It seems like she has a cursed energy and so does the teddy,"
"There must surely be a cursed spirit inside that teddy bear and it can't be anything less than a special grade curse but how, how did she get har teddy and how did the spirit get into it?" asked Sensei Rikuya
"I don't know, I only asked her where she saw the teddy or how she got it. She told me that it was her dad who gave it to her before he died, maybe—,"
"Maybe what Himuro?" He asked
"Maybe it's her dad's spirit that's in it, he must be the cursed spirit in the teddy. I think both her and Jūzō came from the village deep in the forest,"
"Yeah but that village was destroyed by demons,"
"Yes Sensei, both her and Jūzō must have come from the same village and I bet it was the incident that woke up Jūzō's domant powers,"
"Yes but that still does not explain the cursed doll," Sensei Rikuya uttered
"She told me that, when the demons came, her father died on the spot when he was attacked, she also told me that she hid in a small cupboard and wished for her dad to come back no matter how he looked. Scary enough, she said her teddy talks to her everytime and seaso sees him sometimes,"
Sensei Rikuya sighed and then spoke;
"It seems like we brought in curses as sorcerors, and I just pray they don't go rogue, if they ever should, even you might not be able to handle them. Even Akira alone is enough to kill us all not to talk of Jūzō the king of curses himself,"
"I'll keep a close eye on them both Sensei," Himuro said
"You better do," Sensei Rikuya added