Before long, Sukuna and Uraume emerged from the shop, carrying a tipsy Little Fox.
The drunken Little Fox yawned, closed its eyes, and fell asleep without a fuss. Only its bushy tail dangled over the arm holding it, the tip curling gently now and then.
Holding it in his arms, Sukuna exchanged a few words with Uraume and decided to buy some ingredients for dinner.
As he walked, he suddenly changed direction and slipped unobtrusively into a quiet alley.
Uraume understood immediately and followed him.
After turning down two more lanes, Sukuna stopped in a dead end, turned around, and calmly watched the entrance-several unfamiliar figures stood blocking it, their expressions vicious.
They all carried weapons and were fairly well dressed, much better than ordinary commoners. Clearly, they were local thugs, and fairly successful ones at that.
"This is a robbery! Hand over everything you have!"
Their leader delivered the line with practiced ease, his relaxed expression making it obvious that he had done this plenty of times.
Wonderful. They had picked these two to rob.
Uraume mentally lit a candle for these fools with a death wish, then looked at the Young Master in puzzlement.
They had always killed people like this outright before. This time seemed different.
Did the Young Master have some use for them?
Sukuna paid no attention to what the other man said. He merely spoke coolly.
"Freeze them."
Uraume immediately perked up and activated Ice Formation, sending a blast of Frost Nagi their way. A freezing wind filled the entire alley with swirling snow, and a series of ice pillars shot up from the ground, surging straight toward the men opposite them.
The five men who had followed them in were instantly frozen in place inside the pillars, with only their heads exposed. Their