Hi3rd: Achievement Hunter

Thud-!

It was a very swift work. All that was left on the former Mahito was his severed body parts. Soon, they disappeared upon being exorcised.

"This move works universally, I see…"

Aleph stared at the bits of Mahito's body completely disappearing. His gaze then turned into the half-burnt Nanami.

"Ahem. It seems like you got in a huge trouble."

"...I did."

To Aleph, who was a completely unknown Sorcerer to Nanami, the latter gave a dry reply. The latter watched as Aleph's sword disappeared in his grasp.

"You might be wondering who I am, but that is not important."

Step by step, Aleph walked closer to him.

When he was only a few meters away from Nanami, the latter's burns started healing visibly. It resulted in him, who was about to doze off, to regain the clarity of his mind.

By the time Aleph walked past him, he was completely healed. It was a very swift operation of reversed curse technique, leaving Nanami baffled about his experiences.

"Just like how we can only save those who want to be saved…" Aleph stopped walking and gave out his thoughts. "...people who allowed themselves to be trapped would never be able to move forward."

Aleph's words made him pause. Coupled with the recent events here in Shibuya, Nanami knew he had to rethink his life decisions.

"Sometimes, you just have to make up your mind, Nanami-san."

Tap.

Tap.

Tap.

Only when Nanami could not hear his footsteps did he snap out of his daze. His thoughts turned complicated as he recalled his deceased friend.

Aleph's words were something that his friend would say, too.

'Did he… know me?'

*****

'That should be good.'

Aleph recalled Kashimo's words. It was from him that Aleph heard about Kento Nanami's life. He was someone that everybody respected, at least that was the case for the people around Kashimo.

'The Ratio Technique originally belonged to him. It should've been good enough for most enemies…'

He was surprised when he heard how Nanami didn't realize Domain Expansion before he died. Aside from talent, the most important thing was mindset. If a person did not have a strong sense of self—capable of making decisions they won't regret—they would never learn Domain Expansion.

These things pinpointed Nanami's problems.

In this case, Aleph's words served to propel him to that realization.

Sou-!

Sou-!

Sou-!

As he walked, he came across dozens of deformed humans. They were settled by the flying Knight Killer. He tactfully stopped using Juezhao to exert pressure on his surroundings. While he did so, he operated Sphere Boundary to hide his presence. 

To others, he seemed like a ghost.

'Sukuna and Mahito are dead. All that was left is to kill Kenjaku and free Satoru Gojo.'

B2.

B3.

…

Soon, Aleph arrived in the fifth underground level. He stepped out of the functioning escalator. 

'...There are really people who want to see hell.'

The scene that greeted him was pure carnage.

Unlike the previous floors, the entire floor was filled with blood. The amount of casualties in this place was estimated to be thousands. The people who use the station daily do not go below two million people. The human traffic in this area numbered in the thousands, which were the casualties just now.

Using Elemental Sight, Aleph knew that only several dozen people in the train managed to escape out of the thousand or so. Add to that the casualties caused by Sukuna's battle against Jogo, it could easily reach ten thousand.

'They weren't fast enough…'

Thinking of the sorcerers who tried to evacuate people, Aleph only let out a sigh.

Then again, if it was compared to all the atrocities made by Herrschers, it pales in comparison. That alone numbed Aleph's supposed reaction to the deaths of thousands.

'...It is what it is.'

The world remained dark blue in his eyes. He didn't kill any deformed humans he came across. He only focused on searching for Kenjaku's trails by looking at the past.

The sixth Herrscher did not escape Aleph, and so did he. In the waiting area stood a man wearing a buddhist priest attire.

'Hm… Space around him is distorted.'

Kenjaku stood still with his eyes closed. Through unknown means, he was able to 'grasp' the gravity around him. The technique was still inactive, but it would come off the moment someone steps into it.

Any unsuspecting people would've fallen into his trap.

Unfortunately, Aleph wasn't the unsuspecting person.

'This move is kind of like a panic button now.'

The sheathed blade in his hands was unleashed once again.

*****

Prison Realm.

It was a cursed tool made of the remains of a strong monk. Its sealing ability was so potent that it sealed Satoru Gojo who was the strongest contemporary sorcerer. The inside consisted of a small and congested place made of red flesh.

"Hum?"

Originally, Satoru was relaxing inside it, with his back laid against the wall. The next moment, he found himself in Shibuya.

His body floated as he remained in that leisurely pose.

"This isn't the genie I expected."

With a "tsk", the man who freed Satoru crossed his arms.

His words took Satoru's attention. 

"You are an unfamiliar face." The latter commented. "It's beyond our knowledge that a strong sorcerer was present overseas."

"What can I say? Maybe you haven't looked enough."

"Oh?"

Tap.

Satoru's feet touched the ground. His hands were placed in his pockets. His blue pupils looked directly at Aleph's purple eyes.

'Yep, this is it. I don't know this guy.'

It was baffling. Satoru thought he had scoured the entire world thoroughly, yet he missed Aleph, or so he believes.

Absurd cursed energy reserves.

A pupil similar to his Six Eyes.

Most importantly…

"I left him with an intact corpse. That's why I… you know, only cut his head off."

Not far away from them was a corpse with a severed neck. Its head was missing its brain. Kenjaku… rather, Suguru Geto's eyes were closed.

Satoru walked up to it. He was silent for a while before he looked towards Aleph again.

"So, what are you planning now, Mister-Foreign-Sorcerer?"

"Go home and sleep. This day was quite tiring, to be honest." Aleph replied as he stretched his arms. "I assume I can leave peacefully, Mister Strongest?"

"Yeah. Feel free to do so." 

Satoru waved his hand at him as if he was driving him away.

"Oh, that's right. I dealt with Sukuna." Aleph dropped a bombshell casually. "You can deal with the rest. No need to thank me."

For the first time, Satoru experienced how others felt while they were around him.