NOVEL NEXT Chapter 6: No Appointment
Kakashi sped towards the supermarket. He had planned to arrive in time for the interview which was just 9 minutes from the present time.
"Looks like I'm here." He said as he came to stop at the third supermarket he had seen.
It had only been 10 minutes since he had decided to go and he was already here. Even if Kakashi did not know, it was almost impossible for a sorcerer who didn't have the Zenin's clan projection sorcerery to arrive here before the time he made it.
The problem was that he thought there were many speed-based cursed techniques, there were barely any that made it very far from nil.
The only exceptions were Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto if he used a fast flying curse and just a little bit over 2 other people who would be able to arrive faster than he did.
"Okay, I hope this will go well." He said as he stepped into the front mall. He wasn't sweating at all even after he had ran such a long distance.
He stepped onto the mat, the door automatically opened and he stepped into it. The only thing that had saved him was that he made an appointment some minutes before now.
The door was kept open so that people could come before time when they had registered for appointments. The lights in the building were on but there was no one at the check-out.
He wandered around the building and came across a short, fat man who was wearing the uniform that the workers were supposed to wear. He was arranging the toothpaste isle, he looked more like the manager than the dude at the check-out.
"Hello, I'm here on an appointment. I came here for the job at the check-out. Can you please tell me where the manager is?" Kakashi asked as he observed the old and short man.
"Appointments? Did you come in yesterday to register for an appointment?" The old man asked him.
'Wait, what?' Kakashi asked himself.
'Oh… then what did I register for?' He asked himself.
Back in his time during 2024 appointments were made online. The only conclusion he could come up with is that he registered for an event by mistake, he would make sure to cancel later after he had cleared up the confusion that he had caused.
"Is that what you told the guard?"
"There was no guard there?" He replied as he wondered what this old man was thinking.
"Oh, Rui." The old man sighed as he thought of the one who was supposed to be on guard duty.
"This is a one-time thing. Since we are out of staff I will allow you to fill out the form."
If this were to happen to any other person they would instantly go along with it and higher the stranger immediately. This man in particular was wary of other people for a reason, and that reason could be said in a single acronym.
CE.
The old man did not have access to cursed energy but he was aware of the existence of CE and CT. He was once saved from a cursed spirit when he was younger and was informed about the existence of cursed spirits by his savior.
He was also told the existence of cursed users and to be wary of them at all times. The definition he was given was simple "Cursed users are people who are just as evil as cursed spirits."
The old man did not have any cursed energy but he was aware of it's existence.
Before associating with anyone he made sure to check them to the bone and confirm they do not have any shady background.
"Follow me." The man said as they left the toothpaste isle and went towards the counter.
He pulled out a form from a hidden compartment. The form was just a standard one, and the old man gave it to him and asked him to sign it after giving Kakashi a pen.
Kakashi filled out the form that required to fill out several pieces of information about himself. He had answered most of them to the best of his abilities, the part that required his location he had to use his phone.
Kakashi had to assure the old man several times that the info given was all true and none was fake.
After reviewing the information that was provided was true he begrudgingly gave me a job. The pay was quite low in Kakashi's opinion: 3000 yen per month. In his opinion that wouldn't help him much.
"Get ready." The manager informed him, "The time is 9:30AM so you have 2 hours and 30 minutes before you start today's work."
Kakashi sighed as the manager walked away. He was actually very exhausted due to the fact he hadn't eaten for a long time, not many people would have been able to hold on like this will fighting 5 grade 3 sorcerers.
"Maybe I should take some grub." He said to himself as he got ready for the customers that would come.
He was seriously considering turning to a life of crime until he had some stable supply of grub. The only thing that stopped him is a Geto who was undergoing the mental conflict.
Geto would seriously dish him out of his senses.
"What is today's date?" He suddenly asked himself.
Kakashi already knew Nanami was young. Nanami looked younger than his Shibuya arc counterpart.
"He does look younger than the one from both S1 and S2, and he doesn't always wear a serious face. He only showed that when he found out I knew his name, and that was probably more of his shocked face than his dealing with a threat face." Kakashi said to himself.
He brought out his phone, immediately pressing the power button.
July 3rd 2006.
'Well, this is unexpected.' Kakashi thought.
His eyes suddenly widened in realization as the horror of reality came. Kakashi always found it very easy to remember dates, that was why he suddenly became shocked.
He saw a young version of Nanami so he thought that it was probably 6 or 7 years before the Jujutsu Kaisen season 1 started.
"I am actually 11 years in the past… Before Yuta, and just one month before the star plasma vessel dies. I have 11 years to prepare for Sukuna's revival."
Kakashi folded his hands as he stayed in the back. There was a store room and the manager's room was also in another area, the back was a place where one could stay. That was if you were an employee, and that would also mean you were slacking off.
"Just one month before Toji dies… Broom girl hasn't even been born." He said aloud to himself. He still refused to try remember the name of the young female who was a member of Kyoto Jujutsu high. Kakashi always found himself thinking she was 11-13 years when the season started.
"But broom girl was also in the night parade of a thousand demons. That would mean she was 8 years as a jujutsu sorcerer?" He asked himself.
The hours passed by quickly and by the time the clock struck eleven, Kakashi was already in the supermarket's uniform and was waiting behind the counter.
Just after a few minutes of waiting the first customer of the day came in. It was someone who had blonde hair, there was no signs of aging and he looked to be about 15. The customer was Nanami Kento!
He wore an unusual pair of a pair of white T-shirt with a pair of white trousers with a pair of matching white shoes!
"What an unusual gathering of white." Kakashi muttered.
Nanami did not bother looking at the direction of the counter. He took a shopping cart immediately and went towards the food isle.
'Something tells me this customer is going to finish the supply of bread today, or reject everything and just move to another supermarket.'
This specific supermarket also acted as the grocery store of the next two blocks in both directions. It was a both purpose kind of thing.
Kakashi idly played rock, paper, scissors with himself as he waited for Nanami to finish shopping.
"Rock, paper, scissors." Kakashi said.
"I win."
But there was no use playing with yourself when you could never lose.
A/n: I have been busy for a while and been unable to write chapter 21, the Mech Touch got me hooked on it and I've read up to Chapter 84. I will try to do 4 chapters because I missed last week so pray for me.