(AN: Sorry it took over a week. As I said, it was a hectic week and I underestimated it. I attended the Food Handling Safety and Cleanliness training for 5 days straight. It was boring as hell, listening to a lecture for 8 hours straight. At least on the final day we had a practical class at the site. But the free food and drink on company's expenses is amazing 🤩.)
Somewhere in Japan, a certain monk wearing a Buddhist priest robe with a unique set of stitches marked on his forehead, was walking with unhurried steps through a dark and abandoned alley, humming to an unknown tone before he suddenly came to an abrupt halt and opened his eyes wide.
"This overwhelming Cursed Energy… is a new Special Grade just being born?" The monk pondered for a moment, his expression filled with intrigue before he smiled.
"Interesting." He mutters as he continues his casual walk. "Could this be the reason for the unusual activities in Tokyo Jujutsu High?"
At the end of the dark alley is a dead end filled with piles of discarded things and trash. But in the man's eyes, he could see a Cursed Spirit cowering and agitated from the previous ripple of Cursed Energy that swept through this area.
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"Hmn, that's strange. Is this punching bag playing hard to catch?" Ray scratched his head, sensing none of the presence of any notable Cursed Spirit and definitely not the one he was luring out.
Just before Ray could summon Freya to go find and drag the punching bag over for Jack to play with, a sudden barrage of notifications from the Chat Group rang in his head.
[Satoru Gojo: I leave for one day and y'all decide to give all Jujutsu Sorcerers in Japan a heart attack? What did I say about having fun without me, huh?]
[Subaru: Uh… definitely not us. We are still exploring the Tokyo underground labyrinth.]
[Kazuma: We need back up!]
[Kazuma: Whatever that is, had just sent all the Cursed Spirits into a frenzy!]
[Subaru: Stop overreacting, bro. Tanya handles all of them just fine.]
[Kazuma: **** Y'all use me as bait!]
[User (Kazuma) had been banned for 1 hour for inappropriate language usage.]
[Ainz: Are you guys sure you're alright?]
[Ainz: I can lend some summons if needed.]
With Tanya's group.
Subaru took and sent a selfie of him with Tanya shooting and cutting down Cursed Spirits while Kazuma is being used as bait to kite the Cursed Spirits.
If not for the small horde of Cursed Spirits behind Kazuma, chasing him down like a pack of starved wolves. Kazuma would square up with Tanya and Subaru even if he knew he had no winning chances against them. He can't even hurl curses at them because he was banned.
[Tanya: No worries, we are doing just fine. Worst comes to worst, we just need to ask the Admin to revive Kazuma if he dies.]
[Satoru Gojo: Btw, what are you guys doing? Crawling in the abandoned subway tunnels under Tokyo?]
Subaru stands in front of Tanya with a plain but faintly glowing enchanted steel sword and a shield, slashing down any enemies that lose interest in Kazuma while mentally typing a reply.
[Subaru: Kazuma used Tarot divination technique and found some clues about Sukuna Fingers which lead us to the abandoned section of the underground metro station.]
Kazuma had actually acquired this ability from the Chat Group shop, an ability from Ainz world that belongs to one of the Divination Classes.
He had actually acquired not just Tarot Divination but a few other divination abilities using his accumulated points from the past Missions and diligent log-ins unlike others that developed their combat capability.
His reason?
It wasn't as grand as trying to aspire to defeat the Demon Lord in his world. That was simply never his intention. But his intention is to actually gamble at the silver of chance to strike rich by locating valuable stuff he can loot from his world to pay off the astronomical debt his party had accumulated from their 'adventures'.
The thing is, Kazuma is actually doing quite successfully. He had excavated or discovered plenty of valuable treasures and items in his recent adventures. The only problem is that his party is just racking up debt too fast and the income simply can't keep up. Especially when Megumin destroyed a noble's castle that one time.
Another time, when they pilfer through the Imperial Tomb only to find another Demon Lord General which resulted in a fight and subsequently, Megumin nuking the Imperial Tomb off the map.
This makes him a treasure detector in human form and Sukuna Fingers are technically treasure since it's very valuable. Just incredibly dangerous too.
This time, Kazuma's divination abilities lead him to deduce clues of a Finger being within the underground metro station that had been abandoned and had become lairs and operational grounds for the fugitives and criminals which also includes evil Jujutsu organizations and criminal groups. However, due to the vastness of this place and the vagueness of Kazuma's divination results, they had to explore the entire place which is like looking for needle in haystacks even with Kazuma's unnatural luck.
Half a day had passed and the three of them had only been encountering mostly lower grades of Cursed Spirits that filled this place since the Tokyo Jujutsu authorities rarely extended their reach to these abandoned places which normal humans almost never visited.
[Satoru Gojo: Hmn. If you are really certain, I will inform my students to aid your search. The more the better, right?]
[Tanya: Of course, any help is welcomed.]
[Satoru Gojo: Alright, I'll inform them immediately.]
[Subaru: Guys, I think we forgot about something.]
[Subaru: No one had explained the sudden spike of Cursed Energy yet that caused all the Cursed Spirits here to become restless and frenzied like a stirred hornet nest!]
[Rimuru: Btw, @Ray. What are you doing right now?]
Rimuru, who had been silent so far, suddenly suspected Ray. After all, knowing his track record of doing something insane behind everyone's back. Rimuru had the right to suspect it's him.
[Ray: Fishing for a punching bag for Jack to play with.]
Ray replied without explaining much context.
Upon his reply, all older Chat Group members immediately understood and swept the matter under the rug while offering a prayer for the unsuspecting victim.
[Subaru: Understandable. Have a nice day.]
[Tanya: @SatoruGojo When will your students arrive?]
Tanya suddenly asked, changing her mind when she saw Kazuma accidentally tripped on something and fell squarely on the ground before the small horde of Cursed Spirits pounced on him, resulting in a rather painful death.
Before Satoru Gojo could reply. He suddenly saw a new announcement which made him understand Tanya's urgency.
[User (Kazuma) had died.]
Satoru Gojo was instantly alert and sorrowful for the casualty. Yet, when he looks back at the Chat Group. Everyone just acted nonchalant about the death of Kazuma.
[Ainz: Do you need a Wand of Resurrection?]
[Tanya: No need to waste valuable assets on waste like him. His immediate presence is unnecessary. I will trade his corpse over to Admin for revival.]
Tanya quickly declined the offer because it would be a waste either way. But after a quick thought while using her Flying spell to fish the battered and deathly pale corpse of Kazuma before she trades it to Ray quickly and drags Subaru out as the horde turn their attention to the next human.
Tanya decided to request for help from Ainz because there's no way she and Subaru alone could manage this much Cursed Spirits
[Tanya: I could use some wide scale holy attribute attack though.]
[Tanya: These Cursed Spirits are endless and I am running out of Mana.]
[Ainz: Wait, I'll send you a Lv 80 Angel summon with AOE attacks.]
[Tanya: Thanks]
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