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Chapter 3 - Catching

Boring this is the word for this day seriously I know all of this, it sucks being a kid again this entire class I've mainly been looking at people's soul's to keep me from dying of boredom it's quite freaky but none of these kids are sorcerer's so there soul's pretty normal makes me wonder

if I look at a sorcerer's soul would I be able to see a rough outline of their cursed techniques kind of like how Gojo does with his six eyes, might have to test that out

"Suguru come on it's recess" I hear a soft voice say turning I see the teacher must have zoned out after all I've been barely listening to anything anyone says "sorry guess I zoned out" I apologize

I follow her and the other kids to the playground, I just walk around since it's hard to even have a conversation with a literal child besides I've never been really social with people I don't know, however I notice something or more like sensed

Sensing the flow of cursed energy is pretty basic so it's not that hard using this I'm pretty sure I sense a cursed spirit nearby, I sit on a swing as I focus and yep now I'm a hundred percent sure this is a cursed spirit, I might also have a sensitivity to cursed due to my CT

So I wait until recess is over and I hide not going back to the classroom as intended instead I stay here, one weird thing is the cursed spirit hasn't come out, I think I know why closing my eyes I dim my cursed energy

Then it comes out of hiding I'm surprised it seems high level and ugly it's a weird 4 legged creature with eyes all around it each leaking weird mucus goo or whatever it almost made me vomit I shake my head and look at it

Grade 2 but why is a cursed spirit this high level in a school is there a dead body buried under here? But then again for some weird reason there has been a lot of cursed spirits around this area lots of grade 3 and grade 2

Most of them weak so I can absorb them easily but still maybe it's because of Gojo that OP guy did change the balance of the world making cursed spirits stronger

So maybe there are more now? Doesn't matter I guess "Hey ugly" I call out it's head snaps over to me it bends down ready to pounce on me it quickly runs towards me about to chomp down

Then my cursed energy flares all of its eyes start to leak mucus as if crying it backs away trying to run away, then I do what Yuta does my massive amounts of cursed energy surges around me I might be physically weak due to being a child

But with my monstrous volume of cursed energy I can increase all my physical stats to an absurd level I run towards it reeling back my fist as I punch it, the punch was pretty weak but it still got sent flying I appear in front of it my had held out as I absorb it into a marble

"You can do this just do it okay" I hype myself up as I quickly swallow the marble almost throwing up in the process but hey at least I got another member into my army, I quickly go over to my classroom

"Sorry about that I got lost" I tell my teacher quickly heading over to my seat

(1 year later Suguru Geto age 6)

"Bye mom I'm going out just going to take a walk" "all by yourself..okay but be careful" "don't worry it's just a walk I'm not going far" I tell her as I smile quickly getting out the house

As I do I walk over to my school it's not that far a 5 to 6 minute walk it's closed due to being Saturday I go over there mainly to catch cursed spirits since even grade 4 cursed spirits can be useful, it's a pretty big school and schools tend to have a lot of negative emotions since kids loathe school so there's quite a bit of low level curses

Once I make there I climb the fence and with a neat trick mold cursed spirits into a lock pick I've gotten good at that, can even mold them into swords, knives, hammers anything really

I get inside them I immediately get to catching mostly small one grade 4 nothing to great but at least they will be good in a maximum Uzumaki or just as mobs once I get enough I go outside making sure no one see's me. I still despise swallowing these marbles seriously Geto wasn't wrong they taste awful but I'm getting stronger so might as well suck it up

"Well still got a bit of time might as well do something" thinking about what to do since it's not like there's YouTube it's not 2005 yet well I've always liked Pokémon and as it turns out they have a thing called Digemon packs

Like Pokémon cards but Digimon, well I always did love collecting cards

————————————————————"The total bounty on his head is already over a hundred million yen and it's first come first served" the man said as the old lady smiled viscously

"Thank you for waiting" the waitress said pouring the tea as granny Obama glanced at Awasaka as he stood on a building

"A kid? Shouldn't be that hard he's hardly had time to train anyway's" Awasaka grinned practically smelling the money, finally he saw the Gojo brat but then..

"W-what? Ho-" He fell down to his knees as soon as he met those eyes, it was as if the world itself had laughed and threatened him at the same time

"Quit looking at me weakling" Gojo scoffed as he walked aimlessly mainly since he was bored of getting kept inside the Gojo clan it was so boring! He kept on walking without a care in the world but as he did Gojo felt something

Something like uneasiness and maybe a tiny hint of fear 'is this a special grade cursed spirit?! No it can't be it feels a tiny bit human Also' Gojo stopped in his tracks for a small moment before a tiny smile appeared on his face

He could tell this thing was quite strong it's sheer cursed energy would seem endless to a normal person, with his six eyes even to him it seemed almost endless but he could tell this thing was suppressing its cursed energy probably to not give the non sorcerers a heart attack, but he easily saw through it 'its strength is not bad, how fun Iwonder what it is'

Gojo thought, going to the source of it as he walked over to this thing his interest was getting peaked, he arrived in a shop a toy shop it seems, then he saw it digemon packs his eyes light up a bit he loved digemon he had almost every card, watched every episode,

But he was still missing skullgreymon "yeah just one" he heard a boy said quickly his head snaps to the boy, it was him, the source of that cursed spirit like cursed energy but he's not a cursed spirit?

Gojos a bit confused as he stares at Geto, unbeknownst to Gojo, due to all of the cursed spirits Geto has absorbed due to his CT, his cursed energy is more like cursed spirit than sorcerer, as it's filled with negative emotions, despair, basically the worst of humanity

As Geto opens the pack he gets trash cards but on his last pull he gets skullgreymon "wow! You got skullgreymon it's super rare" Gojo says with a bit of envy and surprise, having been staring over his shoulder as he stares at the card.

Geto looks back at him smiling a bit he felt his cursed energy so it's no suprise seeing him here "yeah it's pretty rare but I already have one so it's eh, want it?" Gojo's ocean blue eyes sparkled as he grabs the card "really? Thanks this is the last one I have left now I have them all! Hehe!"

He smiles laughing a bit "Oh I'm Gojo, Satoru Gojo" Gojo tries bowing since his maids have told him it's respectful to do that when meeting someone, failing in the process since even though the maids tried teaching him a bit of manners, but he didn't try to listen or practice

Geto just chuckled at his failed attempt "I'm Suguru Geto but just call me Suguru no need to be so formal man" He tells him due to being from America in his past life it feels a bit weird to be called by his last name, people here might be pretty formal but he isn't

His mother always softly reprimanding his lack luster manners "oh well nice to meet ya Suguru" Gojo says a bit embarrassed from his failed bow

"Um hey want to get some ice cream with me" Suguru asks him since it's not only because he knew him from watching the anime, but because he's bored and he unlike other kids is less annoying

Satoru at first is a bit taken aback, for almost his whole childhood he's been kept inside the Gojo clan so he doesn't have many friends to talk to or do anything, but maybe that could change "Uh y-yeah sure that sounds nice"

They both walk to the ice cream shop on the way they talk to each other but Suguru notices Satoru is a bit socially awkward I mean the dude has no friends, he's been a bit secluded so it makes sense that he's a tiny bit socially inept

Besides he's not exactly a social butterfly in his past life he at most had four to five friends so he's not super social but he's not a complete introvert. We finally make it to the ice cream shop as we both enter

"Sooo…um which flavor is your favorite?" Gojo asks a bit awkwardly, hands in his pockets while looking around

"I usually get cookies and cream what about you?"

"That's pretty basic I guess…but I like the birthday cake flavor"

I look at him a bit strangely since honestly that flavor kind of sucks way to sweet for me at least "huh that's a little to sweet for me keep getting it and your mouth will be full of cavities" He remarks jokingly

Gojo just laughs a bit then with a smile says "Hehe nah I'm to strong to get things like that besides it's delicious sweetness is the best flavor after all"

"Sure sure keep telling yourself that after you get a metal tooth" we quickly get our ice creams eating it peacefully as we continue to talk, both of us at first were quite reserved especially Gojo but we both quickly bonded as we talked about digimon and other miscellaneous things

"What?! You have almost every card seriously how much money do you have man" "yep now with skullgreymon I have them all, I guess you can say I'm quite the digimon tamer"

Me and Satoru talk and talk but eventually we have to go our separate ways "well it's been fun but um..my parents will probably look for me soon so catch ya later Suguru" Satoru says a bit hastily since his clan doesn't like it when he roams around outside for too long after all they want to keep their precious six eyes used safe even if nothing can harm him

"Ah okay see you later Satoru" he waves to him as he watches him quickly leave with a slight smile it was actually fun hanging out with him a bit since coming to this world it's been hard finding friends since normal kids are quite annoying to him

(Gojo Clan Compund)

"Young master where were you, it's not safe to be out for too long" a servant tell's Gojo with slight worry

Gojo just waves dismissively as casual as ever "Yeah yeah relax besides it's not like anything can hurt me" he quickly goes to his house in a far batter mood than before

He will admit it's been lonely for him but being with Suguru felt like he had an actual friend not a maid, a servant or someone who's afraid of his power, not someone who see's him as just the six eyes limitless user

Just a friend, as he enters his house he notices his father isn't here probably some clan matters since his birth his father has gained a lot of respect along with a high position in the Gojo clan while his mother died during his birth

Instead he's meet with a maid someone who was practically his mother since she took care of him, Hana an older woman in her early 40s gentle eyes, she smiled warmly at him moving towards him with a certain grace "welcome back young master hope you had a wonderful outing"

"Come on drop the young master, no need to be so formal with me" He grumbles a bit since she did basically raise him so it felt a tad weird he also never liked the young master thing

Hana just giggled softly at his request "sorry young master" she says a bit teasingly

"Okay you did that on purpose" he dead pans while looking at her "Hmm maybe~ anyways are you feeling hungry I could serve you something"

"I could eat" he tells Hana walking with her towards the kitchen "but I had a good time I think-I think I made a friend" Gojo says a bit hopefuly smiling slightly "Hmm that so~ well great for you young master" Hana says with satisfaction after watching him grow she genuinely wants him to be happy

And staying here for his childhood would just cause loneliness, as Gojo sits down at the table Hana begins cooking but as she does she slowly turns to him "you said you made a friend" "yeah it was fun being with him" he replies

With that she smiles fondly ruffling his hair affectionately "Good cherish that because for people like you, strong people it's a bit difficult to make those close friends so cherish it okay Satoru-kun~" Hana coos gently

"Huh? Okay" Satoru nods with a bit of a confused look while Hana smiles at him knowing how lonely he feel's already, once he invetiably becomes the strongest she hopes it won't be lonely at the top, like how some say it is

(Suguru's neighborhood)

As I walk back to my house after my day with Suguru I feel a bit better at having made a friend but then…

I smell it, smoke that's not the only thing though I quickly run to the direction of my house as I get closer I see the houses burning "w-what the hell is happening!" I yell

My house! Mom! Dad! I yell In my mind running to my house with each step I feel the heat, each step feeling like I have the weight of the world on me

"Fuck that's horrible" I curse the stench of burning, decaying bodies fills my nostrils after what seems like a marathon of running I see it my house… or what's left of it

Seeing the place where my parents lived crackling with fire I can't help but to tear up I might've felt like at first they weren't my real parents but now after everything

The laughs, the comfort, when mom would cook for me…

"Dam curse I'll kill you make you my bitch"

I say through gritted teeth I could already sense the curse inside my house, it shouldn't have been a surprise curses have been popping up like moles, getting stronger

I just thought-I thought I was safe that my family was safe, I realize that was foolish of me

Controlling my emotions, my resolve, anger hardens quickly running inside my house to meet this fucking curse

Channeling all of my negative emotions into cursed energy as it surges ready to destroy this bastard curse…

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