[Little Fox.]
Suddenly, Sukuna's voice rang out from deep within him.
White Noroi froze, then immediately cried out in delight, "San-san!"
Sukuna was awake! His spirits lifted at once, and he hurried to tell him the good news he'd received today.
"San-san! We can go back! Gojo just took me to see that Cursed Tool Maker, and he said we'll automatically be transported back tomorrow afternoon at two!~"
He was overjoyed. He could finally return to his own world and see everyone again~
After hearing Little Fox's explanation, Sukuna paused. [...That is good news.]
It was good news, certainly, but he hadn't expected it to happen so soon.
When Gojo had come to see Little Fox last night and proposed visiting that Cursed Tool Maker, he had immediately decided to go back into hibernation to recover his strength.
But he had underestimated how badly he was hurt. The injuries from the Binding Vow were far harder to heal than he'd imagined. He'd thought he would wake up before ten in the morning, but he'd been over an hour late. Thankfully, they hadn't been transported back during their very first meeting with the Cursed Tool Maker today.
Being transported back meant passing through that spacetime tunnel again, which meant facing that terrifying, dangerous space that could all but tear a person apart once more.
Tomorrow afternoon, huh...
He couldn't help frowning. Assessing his condition, which still wasn't quite back to its peak, he fell silent for a few seconds before speaking.
[Then I'll go back to sleep for a while and try to get back to full strength before we're transported tomorrow.]
White Noroi: "..."
White Noroi opened his mouth, his expression stiff.
Only after a long while did he quietly answer in a small voice.
"...Okay..."
His-his San-san had actually