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The sight of koganes counting down from 180, was present throughout the barriers, staring at their koganes were Kenjaku and Mute, with confused faces.
" Leave the barrier? Said Kenjaku with blood dripping down his face, Mute just shrugged his shoulders and began to speak. " Three minutes? That's plenty of time for me to leave- " As soon as Mute said this, his eyes abruptly widened and two thoughts ran through his mind. Mai and Maki.
Mute would have to help them, due to his binding vow with Mai. Quickly, Mute spoke, talking to kogane. " Forget the timer. Morph into the mini-map. " Following, Mute's command. The Kogane quickly transformed into the map, and Mute hurriedly began to dash towards two dots located on the map.
Watching this was, Kenjaku, whose mind was racing, until he dashed back, gaining distance away from Mute. The two clearly, had decided that continuing their battle would be pointless...
As Mute and Kenjaku separated, Yuji and Megumi sat on the cracked, dusty floor inside a run-down building. The two were sitting in front of each other, their legs crossed. They were silent, bruises and cuts covering their bodies. The two had been fighting several sorcerers and had gathered 35 points in total.
" I miss life when Gojo-sensei was here. " Said an exhausted Yuji. Megumi could only scoff as he sighed and spoke.
" Yeah. It really put it in perspective. On how- " Before Megumi, could finish his sentence abruptly his Kogane appeared above him, making him glance up into the air, as the kogane morphed into a timer and spoke. " The gamemaster has decided on your first task. Failure to complete this task will result in your curse technique being stripped away from your body. The task is quite simple, please leave the barrier within three minutes. Good luck! "
" Leave the barrier? Is that even possible? " Said a confused Yuji, quickly standing up to his feet. Megumi just shrugged his shoulders, while also standing up.
" Three minutes is plenty of time, we are already close to the barrier. Anyway. But before we reach the barrier, we need to give our points to Shoko. I'm growing disgusted with myself, being forced to kill innocent sorcerers. For their points." Said Megumi, Yuji nodded, and started to walk towards a wooden brown door. Grabbing onto the door, twisting it open. Walking through it.
However, as soon as Yuji walked through the door entering into a dirty alleyway, a powerful surge of curse energy swept above him, making him snap his head up, in shock. Seeing Mute jumping roof to roof with Mai and Maki over his shoulders. But oddly, both of them seemed almost lifeless. Yuji quickly shouted out to Megumi, who was still in the building.
" Hey! Mute! Killed Maki and her sister! " Swiftly, Megumi sprinted out of the building, dashing through the doorway with a confused look. Until he spoke, while holding onto the frame of the door.
" No? That shouldn't be possible. "
" Huh? "Muttered a confused Yuji, as Megumi stared up into the sky watching Mute rapidly approaching the wall of the barrier. He stared at Maki and Mai, who were oddly holding hands until his eyes widened and he spoke.
"M-Mai, is rapidly spending her curse energy "...
Right when, Megumi said this, in the sky, an odd feeling swept across Mute's body. A feeling he had only experienced once before. The breaking of a binding vow. Off pure instinct, Mute let go of Maki letting her drop through the sky, but weirdly, when Mute went to drop, Mai, her body was limp, Mute quickly tossed her body onto a nearby roof, while landing on it.
Mute quickly reached to feel his shoulder, with a grin across his face before he mumbled to himself. " No way. She killed herself? " Right when, Mute said this, a voice spoke while leaping onto the roof.
" No. She gave me the tool to kill you. " Said Maki tightly holding onto a blade, the blade was oozing an odd curse energy. Mute eyes were tightly focused on the blade until Maki's body flickered and reappeared behind Mute. Twirling slashing the blade at the back of Mute's head. But before the blade could reach, Mute's body teleported reappearing on the other side of the roof.
Maki's speed had increased drastically, stacked with accomplishing the binding vow, she created on retrieving Mai in two weeks. Maki's overall strength has grown insanely. Mute grew quiet staring at Maki, as he spoke.
" Let's put this on hold. We need to leave the barrier. "...