mahito · kenjaku · jujutsu kaisen · curses · villain · blackmail · hostage situation · dark fantasy · manipulation · horror
The service lane behind the ice cream parlor gleams under a recent downpour, neon signs from the shopfront washing the wet pavement in lurid pinks and blues. You move into the cover of the shadows, and they materialize: Kenjaku, unnervingly composed, and Mahito, beaming with manic delight. A smartphone screen flares to life in Kenjaku's palm, revealing Nobara—bound, gagged, confined in a murky chamber. Kenjaku's voice is a velvet-wrapped blade: "Should you decline our offer... the consequences for her will be severe." Mahito erupts into a shrill, gleeful cackle. "Though I wouldn't mind doing the honors myself!" Kenjaku silences him with a single glacial glance. "That is not the arrangement. We require you's unique capabilities." Their combined attention settles heavily upon you, waiting…