The King of Curses Can't Stop Me from Becoming an Idol Ch. 42

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He also revealed that Itadori had been created by Kenjaku to serve as a vessel for Ryomen Sukuna. The recent attacks on Saki? All orchestrated to force Sukuna into repossessing Itadori's body.

"What's Kenjaku's end goal in all this?" Gojo frowned.

"I don't know," Uraume admitted. "I only teamed up with him because we shared a goal: reviving Lord Sukuna."

Their current betrayal wasn't because they feared death—it was because they had received orders from Sukuna. Since their master no longer wanted Itadori Yuji as a vessel, there was no point in sticking with Kenjaku. Staying near the girl would be more helpful to Lord Sukuna.

"What about the other Special Grade Curses? What's their deal?"

"They're Kenjaku's partners. Their plan is to resurrect Sukuna and build a world ruled by cursed spirits."

At this, Saki couldn't help but speak up. "Are they dumb? Cursed spirits are born from human negativity, right? If humans are gone, what are they gonna feed off of?"

"Maybe they are dumb," Gojo replied seriously. "Cursed spirits that can actually talk like people are already rare. Those ones might have some brains—but probably not much."

He let out a long breath, then turned to Saki. "Kiki, that's everything I wanted to ask. Do you have any questions?"

"I do," Saki said, unusually serious as she looked at Uraume. "You were revived through possession, right? So since you've taken over that body... what happened to the original owner?"

"The soul is still inside, but I've suppressed it," Uraume answered truthfully.

Saki frowned. She wanted to ask how to reverse the possession, but caught herself. There was no way Uraume would tell her that even if they knew.

Forget it. I'll figure it out later.

She cleared her throat. "Okay, one more thing—are you a boy or a girl?"

"This body is female," Uraume said calmly. "But I'm male."

Saki stared at them for a beat, her expression going weird. "Okay, what is up with you and your boss? Why are you both into hijacking girls' bodies? It's giving serious hentai vibes."

"Right? So creepy," Gojo added with a sunny smile.

Sukuna: "......"

After getting clear answers about Kenjaku, Gojo flew back to Tokyo that very day, taking Kenjaku's phone with him. He planned to have a specialist unlock it to see if there was any useful information inside.

Saki, on the other hand, made a binding pact with Uraume, making them promise not to hurt anyone. Then she brought them to meet the Inugane group, telling everyone this was their newly hired personal assistant.

Personal Assistant Uraume was officially on duty.

Even though Uraume only wanted to serve Ryomen Sukuna, the current situation forced them to play the part of a proper assistant for now. As Sukuna's former attendant, they actually had a sharp eye and knew exactly how to do a servant's job right.

Whenever Saki worked, Uraume stayed quietly by her side, always ready for her next command.

If Saki got thirsty, Uraume would instantly go buy her a drink and even use their technique to keep it icy cold.

Whenever Saki got up in the morning, breakfast would already be on the table—filled with all her favorite foods. Uraume had only asked once but remembered all her preferences.

Not only that, they were the kind of person who noticed when things needed to be done. If anything was messy, they cleaned it up without being told.

Their cleaning skills were even better than a hotel housekeeper's. Clothes that couldn't go in the washer? Uraume hand-washed them. After Saki finished her makeup and left all the bottles and jars lying around, Uraume neatly organized them...

Saki even considered paying them a salary—this assistant job was just done too well.

But that was just a thought. After all, Uraume clearly had their own reasons for staying close. They weren't exactly a good person, so Saki didn't feel any guilt making them do things.

...

Inugane Onimanjirou had planned for all the filming to be finished in five days, and everything was going according to schedule—until day four, when a sudden heavy rain ruined their plans. With no way to shoot, everyone had to rest at the hotel for the day.

With nothing else to do, the Inugane group gathered to drink. Saki didn't join them since she was afraid of getting drunk, so she stayed in her room watching TV alone.

Without her brother around, there was no way she'd risk getting drunk out there.

But after watching TV for a while, she got bored. She looked over at Uraume, who was diligently cleaning the room, and suddenly had the urge to invite them to play cards.

Saki actually loved playing cards, but her skills were awful—she lost to everyone. After a while, she just gave up. But now, seeing Uraume and thinking they were some ancient person who probably didn't know how to play, she got excited again.

"Come on, come on, I know you don't know how. I'll teach you."

She had the hotel staff bring up a deck of cards. Once Uraume sat down, she started eagerly explaining the rules.

Uraume listened quietly, obedient as ever—but they actually had all the memories of their host body, so they already knew how to play.

Once the rules were explained, the girl confidently declared, "Play seriously with me. I don't need you to go easy."

"Yes, Lady Kiki," Uraume nodded respectfully.

Saki dealt the cards—and lost three games in a row.

"One more," she said, refusing to give up as she started round four.

It was clear she was about to lose again when Sukuna, who was sitting deep within the domain of her soul, couldn't take it anymore.

"You idiot. Play the pair of sevens," he said.

Saki followed his instructions, unsure.

"Now play the pair of twos."

"Play that straight."

"Bomb him."

Saki did exactly as instructed, and she was left with just one card in her hand. As long as the other side couldn't play anything, she'd win.

She stared nervously at Uraume—only to watch as they played a bomb too.

"Ugh, Sukuna, were you giving me garbage advice on purpose?" She immediately turned to blame Sukuna for the lousy instructions.

"Isn't the game still going?" Sukuna calmly shot back.

"How is this any different from it being over? What are we supposed to win with now?" Saki looked at the lone 4 in her hand, completely clueless on how she was supposed to pull off a win.

"Make Uraume play a 3. If he doesn't, we'll slice him up," Sukuna offered a solution.

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