White Noroi rushed into the room, grabbed the phone, and unplugged the charging cable. He immediately spotted the name on the screen-Uraume.
His hand trembled. Nervously, he pressed the answer button and carefully held the phone to his ear.
After a brief silence, Uraume's voice came through, sounding as though they were struggling to suppress their anger and barely keeping their tone calm.
"...May I ask whether this is Lord Sukuna or Little Fox?"
White Noroi: "..."
From that tone, Uraume was ready to start scolding if Little Fox answered, huh?
He hesitated, then ventured, "...Lord Sukuna?"
Sukuna, in the Inner World: *[...]*
Sukuna was rather speechless. Little Fox trying to impersonate him was one thing, but hadn't the fox considered that, if Sukuna himself had answered the phone, he would never have replied to Uraume with "Lord Sukuna"?
Sure enough, Uraume's voice soon came through the receiver, every word forced through gritted teeth-
"Little-Fox!"
Little Fox shuddered all over and immediately rushed to finish his answer. "...'s Little Fox!"
Put together, what he had just said was-Lord Sukuna's Little Fox.
-See! He hadn't impersonated anyone! He hadn't lied, either!
His answer had just been a little longer and a little slower!
Sukuna: *[...]*
Uraume: "..."
Uraume was so angry they wanted to smash the phone, but fought down the urge.
Scraping together the last of their patience, they asked Little Fox,
"What have you been doing these past few days? Why couldn't I reach you?"
"How is Lord Sukuna?"
White Noroi answered honestly, "We were busy with a mission... There was no reception there, and we only just got back... Sukuna San-san, he..."
He paused, waiting to see whether Sukuna had anything he wanted to tell Uraume.
Inside his Inner World, Sukuna said, [Let me take it.]
White Noroi