『Felix Karl Grimm - The Inventory』
Somehow, through sheer force of will, I managed to resist the urge to whoop wildly at the sight of these tickets.
As always, the Patron was the best god-adjacent being in the entire multiverse and reality. No being was more benevolent and lovable than the Patron. All hail the Patron. All hail gambling.
I took a swig of my chocolate milk and stroked my tickets lovingly before stating:
"I'm gonna roll the Gold Advantage Ability ticket first."
The Dealer looked visibly pleased at that, I purposefully said that aloud since I knew she had a thing for me rolling tickets for some reason. I was not averse to indulging her when she was always so helpful like that.
Grabbing the ticket with the gold sheen from the counter, I gingerly tore it in half.
Rolling Advantage Gold Ability Gacha...
[Tantric Healing]
|Rare Ability|
Allows you to heal ailments and various negative status effects through sexual intimacy, even scars, old wounds, and diseases can be healed and curses mitigated. The higher the level of intimacy and release the more effective the healing.
or
[Familiar Manifestation]
|Uncommon Ability|
Allows you to temporarily call upon the limb or a body part of a familiar you own to use them as an attack, when using Familiar manifestation, the familiar itself does not take damage.
Huh.
I furrowed my brows and put a hand on my chin. The Dealer meanwhile looked rather amused at my rolls.
"How curious, Tantric Healing is actually a pretty powerful healing ability, even being able to measure up to Elite healing abilities and beyond but at the tradeoff of being practically unusable in combat and requiring both the willingness of you and your partner to work."
Indeed, it sounded like a good healing ability, but I already had the Way of the White and Great Healing. Healing was not something I lacked. Familiar Manifestation on the other hand... I may have an idea for that.
"Dealer, could Familiar Manifestation be used to summon only the weapons of my Knights and control them telekinetically? Or am I reading into this too much?"
Dealer, to her credit, almost instantly understood what I was getting at and smirked widely.
"Indeed, what you are proposing is definitely possible."
I confirmed the choice of Familiar Manifestation and slotted it in before summing a black knight sword mid air and making it spin around. I could summon over a hundred of those swords with how many Black Knights I currently had.
Hell yeah.
Discount Gate of Babylon.
"Now... Diamond Trait. Patron, please give me something good."
I gave a quick prayer and the Dealer looked amused by it.
"The Patron would not go out of their way to rig the rolls, but who knows? While the Chaos Gacha itself is pure chaos incarnate, maybe it will smile upon you."
With the diamond ticket in my hands, I tore it in half while praying so hard my jaw was clenched harder than a diamond.
Rolling Diamond Trait Gacha...
An Epic Trait!
[Satsui no Hado]
|Epic Trait|
Street Fighter - You have awakened the Satsui no Hado, the Surge of Killing Intent, otherwise known as the Dark Hado, allowing you to tap into your inner Ki reserves thanks to it. This Hado requires the practitioner to tap into their inner animalistic bloodlust, rage, and murderous intent to physically manifest your killing intent and tap into your inner energy through it.
Using the Hado will slightly transform the user, enhancing their physical strength, allowing them to imbue energy into their strikes, and turn their Ki into dark flame-like energy. Skilled enough users may even be able to use it to telekinetically control objects. The more someone practices the Hado, the stronger they will become, and so will their desire for conflict and conquest. If one cannot control their Hado properly, they may even transform into an Oni. But it is possible to tame this power no matter how difficult.
I felt it instantly, a change within my body, no, my very soul. An impossibly warm surge of energy circulating through my being. It was as if boiling water was being poured into my veins. I couldn't help but grip the bar and my fingers dug into the wood and made it creak as I gritted my teeth hard enough that my gums bled.
I want to kill something.
I am going to fucking kill Sukuna.
I am going to rip that bastard apart when I next see him.
I am going to-
"Are you alright Felix? Perhaps you should finish your chocolate milk, it is poor manners not to."
For a moment, I came to my senses as I felt a gloved hand land on my back. I turned to see the Dealer looking at me with an expression of mild sympathy. I spat blood to the side and rubbed my forehead. Despite not drinking, I felt hungover.
"Shit, that's one hell of a trait, huh?"
The Dealer went behind the bar and nodded before pouring me my 31st glass of Chocolate Milk.
"Indeed, the Satsui no Hado is a very potent source of power. And as a result it is also very difficult to control, especially shortly after receiving a defeat as visceral as the one you have experienced."
I grabbed and chugged my glass and nodded. As someone who has played Street Fighter quite a lot, I knew just how bullshit Akuma could be. Akuma, with just this alone, could blow up entire islands with his punches and withstand nuclear bombs.
To put it simply, this had impossibly large potential, and also very compatible with abilities. Especially Superhuman and Precognition. But I would need a lot of training to use it properly and without destroying myself.
I am both satisfied and annoyed at the same time.
You know what? I'll just stay on the spectrum of happy since I will eventually be able to blow up islands with my fists.
Hell yeah.
I stood up from my stool and nodded at the Dealer.
"Thanks Dealer. But I think I better head back to the world of the waking now. I don't know how long I've been out for, but I wouldn't want to worry the others any more than I already have."
The Dealer leaned against the bar and waved at me lazily.
"Good luck Felix. I hope you have all the luck you need."
With that, I walked over to the door of the Inventory and walked out.
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『Felix Karl Grimm』
"Urgh..."
"Oh, you're... awake."
I rubbed my eyes and felt an intense soreness all throughout my body. As if somebody ran me over, which was a good sign considering Sukuna did far worse than simply run me over
I turned my head to the sound to see someone already sitting by my bedside waiting. My eyes met with Yuji's, he looked excited about me waking up for a second before biting his lip and lowering his head. I noticed an apple and knife in his hands and a plate of neatly cut apple slices by the side.
Rubbing my head I pulled the blanket off my body and gave him a sardonic smile.
"Y'know, I kinda expected a more enthusiastic wake up after fighting off Jujutsu Satan. Thanks for the apples though."
Picking up one of the slices and throwing them in my mouth, I watched how Yuji's face froze.
"How can I say that? You almost died because of me, if I did not trust Sukuna, you wouldn't have been beaten up by him so badly. I'm... sorry. You... nearly died because of me."
For a moment, I didn't say anything, just throwing another slice of apple into my mouth.
"I can't say it's not your fault, because it is."
Yeah, I was not gonna sugarcoat it, I did almost bite because Yuji trusted Sukuna. But at the same time, he may also have saved me from the Finger Bearer. So while it was Yuji's fault, I would not blame him.
"I-!"
"So that's why you will never do that again, right? I didn't die, so you better take this lesson to heart. It's your fault, so it's your job to make sure that never happens again. That's your punishment. And it's not wholly your fault anyway."
I felt a boiling rage fill my gut at the thought of the higher ups who were willing to throw away the lives of me, Megumi, and Nobara just to kill Yuji. But as I was feeling the encroaching anger, Yuji let out a sigh of equal gravity and relief.
"Yeah, right. Right! Sorry about that, Grimm-kun, I'll make sure Sukuna can never hurt anyone ever again, and I'll make sure to make it up to you the best I can too. That is my duty. I won't be a burden."
It was good to see his spirit was unbroken, but this also was the guy who managed to walk off murdering shit tons of people when Sukuna took over his body. Yuji had one hell of a durable mind. If it was him with the Satsui no Hado, he'd no doubt excel.
Tired with the suffocating aura, I got up and threw on the shirt that Yuji handed to me before cracking my sore neck.
"Ah man, why'd it have to be a guy I woke up to cutting apples for me? I wish it were a pretty girl instead."
Yuji nodded his head solemnly.
"Yeah, unfortunately, only Nobara is here."
"I-TA-DO-RI-!!!"
The door to my bathroom was thrown open by a furious looking Nobara who pointed her hammer at Yuji with visible killing intent.
"Repeat what you said, and I swear I'll stick this hammer-!"
"It's good to see you again too Nobara, I was worried when I saw you get yanked by that cursed spirit."
Nobara blinked and turned to me, as if she did not even notice I was here beforehand and released a huge sigh of relief before taking a step closer to the bed and hesitated for a moment before putting a hand on my head, making me raise an eyebrow.
"Geez, you scared the hell out of us you know? You've been knocked out for 2 days, Gojo-sensei said you exhausted yourself too far beyond your limits."
No wonder I felt stiff as a board. I got up fully before stretching my muscles who made noises akin to tortured rusty machinery as I stretched. Though the sight of Nobara not hiding her appreciation of my muscular physique did make me feel way better.
"Right, where is Gojo-sensei? I want to have a chat with him."
Yuji raised his hand.
"Gojo-sensei said he still had a job to do, but that he'd keep his phone open at all times if we have an emergency!"
Oh well, we could save the discussion about murdering the higher ups of Jujutsu Society for later.
"Fine, wanna grab some lunch together? I'm absolutely starving."
While I wanted to go to the higher ups and pry the flesh off their right this second, I needed to get stronger first, way stronger than I was right now. I was not going to let myself be pushed to near death like that ever again. And the first step to that was filling my stomach.
"Sure, let's go together, Itadori won't come."
Itadori looked outraged by Nobara's statement.
"But I'm hungry too- Never mind, I am fine with just apples, ma'am."
Yuji stopped mid sentences and gave a salute as Nobara glared at him with such intensity that I was surprised that she wasn't the one with the Satsui no Hado instead. As if she hadn't done anything, Nobara turned to me sweetly.
"Let's go Grimm-kun, I discovered a good restaurant near the school. You are paying of course."
I shrugged my shoulders.
"Sure, I'm game."
Nobara nodded with a victorious grin.
"Alright, it's a date then."
I raised an eyebrow.
It was?
Oh well, I suppose it was. I could use a bit of winding down from that pounding I took.
A/N: Huh, Familiar Manifestation is pretty nice- Satsui no Hado!?!? It's like the Strong, Kure and Rodriguez traits were a prelude to Grimm rolling this trait of all things. It fits in scarily well with Kure, and especially with the Jujutsu power system, if you know Akuma, you know how bullshit this trait can get. And I for one am looking forward to it.
Felix and Itadori have a nice bonding moment, and Felix suddenly feels way more amenable to the idea of just killing all of the Jujutsu higher-ups like they deserve; they are basically Jujutsu Corpo's anyway. And Nobara is staking her claim. What did you guys think about this chapter? I'd love to know.