The King of Curses Can't Stop Me from Becoming an Idol Ch. 48

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Uraume was already making breakfast.

She instantly dashed to the kitchen to check it out. Back in Okinawa, Uraume had only been in charge of buying groceries—they hadn't cooked anything themselves yet.

Uraume was frying tempura. The pieces that were already done looked perfectly golden and crisp, and the smell had filled the entire living room.

Oh my god, this looked so good.

"I was a bit delayed buying groceries, so breakfast will take about ten more minutes. Please wait a little," Uraume explained when they saw her wake up.

"No rush, I haven't even washed up yet. I just came to take a peek," Saki said, then immediately dashed back to get ready.

Right when she reached her room door, she remembered something and called out to the kitchen, "Uraume, make breakfast for five, please."

She'd already told Genos yesterday that he didn't need to cook, so with her brother, Genos, and Mahito, that made five in total.

"Yes," Uraume replied respectfully.

"Oh, and when you're done, call Mahito up for breakfast," Saki added.

"Yes," Uraume answered again, still respectfully.

Satisfied, Saki finally went back to her room to wash up. Because her skincare routine was long and detailed, her morning prep always took quite a bit of time.

By the time she finished getting ready, everyone was already seated at the table.

Wait—not everyone.

Saki looked at Gojo, who was sitting there casually waiting for breakfast, and asked, "Mr. Gojo, where's Mahito?"

"Mahito?" Gojp replied seriously. "Since I wouldn't let him pay rent, he insisted on cleaning the place as thanks. He's downstairs tidying up right now."

"Then he said he didn't want breakfast, so he asked me to come eat for him."

"Oh, I see." Saki nodded, accepting the explanation.

Mahito had mentioned before that cursed spirits could eat food, but it wasn't necessary. So she didn't think twice about it.

Come to think of it, Gojo had helped solve Mahito's housing problem, so she should've invited him to breakfast. She hadn't even thought of that—but luckily, Mahito just happened to not want to eat.

She completely believed Gojo's story and sat down happily to enjoy the lavish breakfast—while Mahito was downstairs cleaning in the early morning.

Mahito: Jogo was right. These people are demons!

After breakfast, Gojo returned to Jujutsu High with his students, while Saki headed to her company to film the dance segment of her MV, taking Uraume along as her assistant.

Mahito didn't want to go at all, but thanks to Gojo's threats and the binding vow, he was forced to tag along to the company.

Seeing him follow, Saki reminded him, "You don't have to stick with me. If you wanna go out and have fun, go for it. I'll let you know in advance if there's any work."

Mahito was on the verge of tears. Did she think he wanted to stay? But he couldn't speak the truth, so he just smiled and said, "I want to see you at work."

Hearing that, Saki didn't say anything else.

The four of them rode the elevator down together and split up at the entrance of the apartment building.

Before leaving, Gojo gave Mahito a warning pat on the shoulder and smiled. "My cursed spirit friend—see you tonight."

"Mahito, you and Mr. Gojo get along so well," Saki said with a sigh.

Mahito: "......"

Mahito felt totally miserable—but also very resilient. He wasn't ready to give up on life just yet.

Once they arrived at Inugane Productions, he quickly found a chance to secretly create a clone and used it to go find Kenjaku.

He successfully located him at a hidden base of the Star Religious Group, where Jogo, Hanami, and Dagon were also present. Actually, it wasn't so much that he found them—the four of them had been waiting at the base since yesterday, not expecting it would take until today for Mahito to show up.

"Mahito, what happened? Things didn't go well?" Kenjaku let out a sigh of relief upon seeing him.

"This is just a clone," Mahito said gloomily.

The moment Kenjaku heard that, he knew things must be seriously bad—otherwise Mahito wouldn't even be able to return in person.

"What happened? What's going on? Spill it!" Jogo urged impatiently.

Mahito took a deep breath and started recounting everything that had happened over the past few days.

First, he got caught by Saki and, in order to keep his identity hidden, had to obediently play the role of a fan in Okinawa. Then after returning to Tokyo, he was forcibly dragged back to her place, only to run into Gojo Satoru—who then pressured him into making a binding vow.

He was basically completely stripped of his freedom now, and from here on out, he'd have to live every day on edge, hiding his true identity.

By the time he finished, the room fell into a long, heavy silence.

After a while, Jogo finally broke the silence, growling in frustration, "See? I told you those siblings were demons. I told you to be careful, and you still got caught."

"Mahito, you should've found a chance to run while you were still in Okinawa," Hanami sighed.

"So what do we do now?" Dagon asked, clearly worried.

Everyone turned to Kenjaku.

Kenjaku frowned, deep in thought about what to do next. He considered absorbing Mahito ahead of schedule, but after glancing at the other three cursed spirits, he gave up on the idea.

Even though they were cursed spirits, the four of them actually cared about each other more than expected. Taking on all four of them would be too much, even for him—especially when he still needed them for the upcoming plan.

"Mahito, just stay by Sukuna's vessel for now," he said calmly. "You can keep an eye on that side's movements."

"Once our plan succeeds, those binding vows won't be a problem anymore."

He had noticed the loophole Mahito left for himself in the vow.

"Okay," Mahito nodded, still feeling miserable. For now, this was the only option. Thankfully, aside from Sukuna and Uraume, no one else knew where he stood.

Gojo definitely had suspicions about him, but without proof, he probably wouldn't make a move yet.

"How about Uraume? Can we still work with them? And what did he spill about me?" Kenjaku continued asking.

Mahito told him everything, no holding back.

After listening, Kenjaku felt like his head was going to explode. What kind of teammates were these? One got sent out, one got caught. Not only did they drag themselves down, they even turned around and sold him out.

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