LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 36: Old Friends
Holding a rice dumpling in his hand that he munched on, he lazily stretched his back once more, about to leave, when he sensed two cursed energy signatures behind him that caused him to turn around solemnly.
The next instant, two figures materialized a couple of meters away from him in a burst of cursed energy, and an intense stare down ensued.
Gojo Satoru and Suguru Geto. The rumoured strongest sorcerers of the modern world now both stood face to face with the second strongest mercenary for the first time...
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Gojo took a step forward and closed the distance a bit, while Sasuke remained somehow laid back. The level of threat Gojo Satoru posed to him now wasn't all that great compared to before.
But then again, someone as crazy as him would definitely not run from a fight with another crazy person like Gojo Satoru.
"You're a hard man to find, Zero."
They faced off for a moment, and after that, Satoru broke the silence first as a smile formed on his face.
But Sasuke remained silent. The only hint of an expression on his face was the slightly raised eyebrow that Gojo found certainly amusing.
"I bet you're wondering how I knew of your little mercenary identity."
Gojo asked, placing his hands in his pockets, while his six eyes scanned Sasuke from head to toe.
"Not really. I could pull off some parlor tricks to fool everyone in the Jujutsu society, but even I wouldn't dream of fooling the six eyes.."
Sasuke responded, admitting there and then, before Gojo could even respond, as the white haired youths smile widened.
"At least you know your place. Bet you could've fooled me only if you didn't have the most unique cursed energy and physique in the whole of Jujutsu.
You certainly have come a long way...Sasuke.."
Gojo looked him dead in the eyes and spoke, and Sasuke became surprised for a moment, but with him finally spilling the beans, Sasuke didn't keep a straight face any longer and his lips cracked into a small smile.
"I would've been hurt had you not recognised me, Satoru. It's also good to see you again as well, Geto."
Sasuke waved towards Geto who nodded towards him, and then faced Gojo who turned towards his best friend with a raised brow and then shook his head, turning back towards Sasuke.
"You already know Suguru? Knowing him, he'd probably tell you to come join Jujutsu High and use your abilities for good, but it's pretty amusing and ironic how, the once biggest star of the Zen'in clan, and my so-called rival has been reduced to a lowly vengeance filled mercenary who now despises his own clan and hunts them down.
Those old men in your clan are extremely stupid not to recognise your identity off the bat.."
Satoru laughed, throwing a subtle jab at Suguru who merely rolled his eyes and ignored him, focusing on only Sasuke in the moment.
This was not the same Sasuke from before. Something about the kid had changed. He looked fearless in their presence as if both of them here posed absolutely no real threat to him. He was either being suicidal with not trying to escape immediately or he was confident in his ability to take both of them in battle.
"What can I say. Karma is a bitch. What goes around, comes around. But the way, I go by Uchiha now."
Sasuke spoke proverbially, while he finished the rice dumpling in his hand with a sigh.
"It's a shame, Sasuke. Real shame. You just had to end up on the Jujutsu society's blacklist so unfortunately for you, you gotta go to hell."
Satoru's smile widened, while his crystal irises shone brightly, as he powered up the Limitless once more, causing loose objects to begin to levitate around him.
"Bring it on!!"
Meanwhile, the fully matured three tomoe Sharingan activated on its own, as if in response to the six eyes, as Sasuke's cursed energy burst out in a similar fashion.
"Those eyes!!"
Gojo and Geto exclaimed at the same time, but with completely different emotions. Gojo looked excited, a stark contrast to his usually apathetic and bored expression he revealed when he fought sorcerers other than Geto, while Geto himself felt apprehensive.
The sight of the Sharingan made him uncomfortable. It was as if deep down he could tell it posed far greater danger compared to the six eyes and with Sasuke's current stance against the Jujutsu society.
In short, Suguru Geto was worried.
With the Limitless powered up fully, Gojo instantly pushed blue into his infinity and stretched out his arm towards Sasuke.
The next moment, Sasuke who had formed the hand seal of confrontation was about to unleash a Jutsu when he felt an unnatural pull on his body and in the next moment, he was soaring towards Gojo.
With a small smile, his left hand sneakily formed a hand seal in a split second while in mid air, and right there, a clone split of from his main body and headed for Geto with blinding speed and a tanto in hand.
Gojo was surprised at the sudden turn of events, but he couldn't afford to lose concentration here. Not against the guy whose kill count exceeded almost every mercenary within a span of three months, the guy who could sneak into the Zen'in clan and eliminate a target openly and effortlessly.
He was proud, but not stupid.
Meanwhile, Sasuke pressed on to Gojo, using the pull of blue on his body to facilitate an attack.
"Chidori!!"
His hand wrapped in a thick sheath of lightning ripped towards Gojo, however it was stopped ultimately by the infinity around him, and he smiled and nodded in acknowledgement.
"The stories are indeed true. How troublesome.."
"I don't perceive you to be stupid, Sasuke. You should know I'm untouchable.."
Sasuke and Gojo entered a stalemate, while smiles bloomed on their faces, as they locked eyes amidst the heated exchange.
Turning off his infinity for a split second, Gojo unleashed a punch empowered by blue, aiming for Sasuke's jaw. His other free hand, gathered immense cursed energy, empowered with blue and unleashed a massive concussive force that ripped into and blasted away everything around him.
Sidestepping the punch easily, Sasuke raised a brow when he saw through the energy brewing atop Gojo's palm, and before it was unleashed he moved.
"What?!"
Gojo was shocked, when he noticed only a destroyed and splintered wooden log amidst the destruction rather than Sasuke's torn apart corpse.
Meanwhile...
Suguru summoned two ginourmous curses that roared and rushed towards the incoming clone with immense ferocity. However, before the two curses or Suguru himself could even touch the clone, it exploded and massive surge of lightning rippled forth, destroying almost everything it came into contact with.
"Suguru!!"
Turning towards the chaos, Satoru rushed towards the destruction as sweat dripped down his cheek. He had been too careless against Sasuke.
"I'm fine.."
Suguru who seemed to have shielded himself with the bodies of the two cursed spirits walked out with his uniform torn in multiple places, but seemed fine overall.
"Tsk!!"
Snorting in annoyance, Gojo turned around, examining the surroundings, only to find Sasuke perched atop a massive street light looking down on them from above with a smile.
"Well played Sasuke Uchiha, well played. Didn't expect you to be this petty. But what else can I expect from a suicidal maniac"
Gojo clapped, yet despite the smirk on his face, he was far from pleased.
"See you later. Hopefully at that time, we can have a real battle.."
Sasuke turned around, and spoke with his head turned to the side, ready to leave.
"Stay right there!!!"
"Cursed Technique Amplification!!! : B-"
"Satoru!! There's innocent civilians in this area!"
Watching his departing figure, Gojo powered up the Limitless once more in fury. His hands moved in tandem as if he was churning the waves of the ocean, as ephemeral blue light slowly collapsed into a small round energy sphere.
But before he could finish up his technique, Suguru grabbed him by the arm and stopped him.
Raising his head, Gojo sighed and pulled his arm free of Geto's grasp. The Sasuke he wanted to kill with that attack was even nowhere to be found.
"Let's leave."
Gojo put on his glasses, placed his arms in his pockets and walked away, leaving behind Suguru who watched him from behind, rolled his eyes and follows behind him.
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