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He reached out his hand to me.

I looked at it and then at him, "What?"

"Just take it already," he said.

I hesitated for a moment, making a disgusted face, then reluctantly took his hand as he pulled me close to him. I stood beside him, and from the corner of my eye, I saw him smiling at me. My eyes widened, and I looked away, feeling uncomfortable in my chest.

He used his two fingers, "Domain Expansion: Infinity Void."

Within a few seconds, the entire environment transformed into another dimension. Gojos Domain was known as the strongest. Only he was capable of using it more than once on a day.

My eyes widened at the flood of information contained in his Domain Expansion. The ground beneath us dissolved, and the earth crumbled upward. Yuji emerged, fighting against the shadows. He froze instantly within the Domain Expansion. The monster also appeared, likely as big as a giant football field, with various eyes. The monster also froze.

Gojo chuckled lightly, surveying his Domain and then looking at me, "It's sad, having knowledge of everything but still unable to do anything."

Once again, he was yapping about strange things I didnt understand .

I watched as the monster went berserk due to Gojo's presence and tried to attack Yuji, who was trapped in the Domain.

I broke free from Gojo's grip, causing him to yell, "NO!"

I unleashed my ice, freezing the monster. However, it wasn't long before I was also struck by the Domain and suddenly bombarded with things that had never happened to me before. I fell to my knees, my hands to the side, feeling confused.

I saw memories of Gojo and me-how we laughed, talked, fought but such things never happened.

Gojo quickly pulled me back to him, and it took several minutes for me to regain my senses. I felt like a disabled person. He shook me, and I snapped back to reality. I looked at the monster, which had apparently already killed Gojo. I touched my head and only now realized that the Domain was gone.

Shocked, I asked, "What were those memories?"

He looked at me with concern.

I pushed his hands away, "You saw them too!"

He replied softly, "Those were just false memories."

I furrowed my eyebrows.

He's lying. He's damn lying!

Yuji rose wearily beside us, "You guys were pretty late."

I had momentarily forgotten about him and knelt beside him, concerned.

"Hey, are you okay?"

He lay down on the ground, "Do I look okay?"

I smiled, "Well, at least you're not dead."

He stuck out his tongue.

Gojo took a deep breath, "That object never existed."

We both looked at him, "What?"

He looked seriously at the surroundings, "The object you were supposed to confiscate never existed, which is why they sent you and not me."

My mouth fell open, "And why would they do that?"

Even though I didn't know Gojo's character well, I could tell he was getting angry, "Good question."

I straightened up, but my legs felt shaky. He placed a hand on my back. I didn't like his touch. I swatted his hand away, and he sighed, retracting it.

I helped Yuji to his feet as well, looking around Shinjuku.

"Uh, how are we going to explain this disaster?"

Gojo scratched his head, "We'll say it was the monster."

"You don't seriously believe that," I retorted.

He shrugged with a laugh, and I sighed. He had destroyed the entire area. Today, I realized that I needed to question whether he was human or a monster.

"We should head back now; I still have things to discuss with the elders," I said.

He reached out his hand, and we took it, teleporting abruptly back to the estate, right in front of its door.

I tugged at his clothes, "Hey, what's this? Why are you coming with us?"

"They put you in danger for nothing," he replied, stepping inside.

I followed him, annoyed.

Once again, he wore a concerned expression.

We entered the room, where Urahara sat, grinning. So, he really did know about this.

I stepped forward, "Urahara, what was the meaning of all this?"

He interlaced his fingers, "Well, I just wanted to make a point."

His eyes shifted from me to Gojo, who in turn looked at him seriously. I felt the tension in the room.

Did it have something to do with Gojo and Urahara? But why was I dragged into it?

Gojo took a step forward, and there was a noticeable change in his demeanor. My eyes moved to his hands, which clenched into tight fists, his veins popping.

"But Gojo, we don't want to risk anything, do we?"

What did he mean by risk?

Gojo scoffed, turned around, and left the room. Yuji and I looked at each other in confusion. I glanced one last time at Urahara before turning around and leaving the room with Yuji. I hurried outside where Gojo was descending the stairs.

"HEY, WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN?"

He stopped.

"Just do me a favor," he said.

I stopped too.

"A favor?"

He nodded. "Don't accept missions that come from them."

With that, he continued on his way, leaving me in bewilderment. Today, too many strange things happened. Yuji hurried to catch up with me.

"Sensei, do you understand any of this?"

I shook my head. "No, unfortunately, I don't understand it either."

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