Saying this, Gojo's cursed energy flared up inadvertently with his fighting intent as he locked eyes with Lorien, waiting for the latter's response.

If anyone capable of seeing cursed energy were to look in their direction, they'll immediately notice the 'dark sun' formed by their aura rising from the horizon with each passing moment.

Of those who instantly noticed this were some of the special grade cursed spirits such as Jogo who immediately looked in said direction with a bit of fear and awe in their eyes.

'What even is that?'

However, they weren't the only ones who noticed this as many others who while they might not be able to see cursed energy, still felt the oppressive feeling in the distance.

Moreover, it seems that those living within a 2 kilometers radius of Lorien's home will be very safe in the near future from cursed spirits as every single one of them (cursed spirits) started running away from the place.

With the level of power shown right now, no cursed spirit will approach this place for at least a year.

However, while this might be interesting for some, the parties involved in the discussion didn't care much about this as they still continued their deadlock.

This lasted for a couple more moments until Lorien finally busted out laughing and responded.

"Hahhahahaha! You are really interesting, alright then, I am waiting for your challenge!"

Saying this, Lorien's eyes narrowed slightly before continuing.

"However, do know that you are not the only one getting stronger! so don't expect me to still be at the same level when I previously fought you."

"Hahahaha, I know that!"

Saying this, Gojo then looked at Yuki and Lorien with narrowed eyes before saying mischievously.

"Well, I think I should go, otherwise, I might really get beaten up!"

However, just as he turned around and was about to teleport away, Lorien suddenly called out to him, stopping him in his tracks.

"Wait!"

"Huh?"

"Take this!"

In response to Gojo's confused and inquiring gaze, Lorien shook his head as he then waved his hand causing an intricate glass cover to appear surrounding the golden orb that was still floating some distance away from Gojo.

"Take it with you, break it if you ever change your mind!"

Doing so, Lorien then waved his hand once again, sending an information package into Gojo's mind which caused the latter to pause in place and close his eyes.

'Space usage, open domain creation method, and other miscellaneous information...'

Digesting this package, Gojo opened his eyes once again as he asked Lorien jokingly.

"Do you want to lose that badly?"

However, Lorien just ignored this as he waved his hand back and forth, responding.

"Whatever, just leave already."

To be honest, the reason Lorien is helping Gojo so much isn't only because he liked him as a character when he previously watched the anime, instead, this act has a bit of selfishness and some curiosity hidden in it.

First of all, for the selfishness, the stronger Gojo gets, the bigger Lorien's feedback will be, not to mention that space/infinity is a very important aspect of any world, so it is imaginable how helpful it'll be getting that feedback especially if Gojo hones his power even further.

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As for curiosity, Lorien is a bit interested in knowing how the battle between Sukuna and Gojo will change after the latter gets enough information prior to the battle.

In the original timeline, Gojo had a lot of trouble at first analyzing Sukuna's open domain until finally countering it.

However, this might change as the strongest sorcerer now has a lot of time on hand to either do similar to how he did in the original and hone his own domain and alter it in a way to counter an open domain, or he could just create his own in this time period.

'Hahahaha, I really wonder how this will go!'

'Tsk, Tsk, Tsk, Did I go too far sabotaging Sukuna this much?'

'Well, This is going to be interesting!'

However, just as Lorien was deep in thought imagining all the different scenarios, Gojo was currently looking at the small ping pong ball-sized glass orb in front of him as he then interrupted Lorien's chain of thoughts and said in a cheeky manner.

"Give me a few of those and I'll leave!"

"..."

"..."

Face palming, the corner of Lorien's mouth twitched uncontrollably as he looked speechlessly at the man in front of him.

However, after looking at him for a couple of moments, he finally gave up as he waved his hand again creating a few of them and sending them towards him while saying.

"Here you go, give it to whoever you want, just not Maki!"

""Huh?""x2

Hearing the double confused exclamation coming from Gojo and Yuki, Lorien looked at them in confusion and asked.

"What's wrong?"

"Maki? The second-year student? What's your relationship with her?" Immediately asked Yuki who had been keeping silent all this time.

Hearing this, Lorien instantly froze in place while Gojo found a place to sit as he looked at the couple, his eyes full of interest.

'Tsk, Tsk, Didn't know he was also interested in Maki, ahhahahaha, it seems that this guy is a bit of a pervert.'

Thinking of this, Gojo's eyes narrowed as he started rubbing his chin.

'However, when I come to think of it, this isn't bad, after all, ever since the Yuta ordeal, the small seeds that were about to sprout were ruthlessly crushed, especially after Rika's comeback.'

Shaking his head, Gojo immediately threw those thoughts aside as he had more interest in watching the show unfolding in front of him instead of rationally analyzing the situation.

"..."

Seeing Gojo's posture, Lorien couldn't but roll his eyes while gritting his teeth.

'This guy, I really want to beat him up!'

However, sadly for him, he didn't have time for this right now as Yuki still had her eyes on him as she waited for his response.

And sensing this, Lorien's mind immediately started working at an incredible speed, thinking about what he should say.

'Should I just say that I am interested in her?'

'Well...That would end up a bit badly, after all, Yuki isn't Saigai.'

'Speaking of Saigai, it seems that I haven't told her about it, did I?'

'Tsk, It seems that I am walking down a weird path...'

Shaking his head, Lorien immediately threw those distracting thoughts aside as he finally decided to just wing the answer and see how things go, after all, worst case scenario, he'll just get his 'reward' revoked.

So, without further delay or hesitation, he spoke.

"Maki's situation is a bit interesting, so I am planning on intervening with her training, it's fun!"

Hearing this, Yuki relaxed a bit, but she still asked another question which contained her last ounce of vigilance.

"Are you really just interested in the situation? Not her?"

However, just as Yuki was expecting a normal answer, Lorien suddenly raised an eyebrow and responded calmly.

"Well, I am indeed interested in her."

Hearing this, Both Yuki and Gojo's eyes widened in shock under Lorien's smug eyes.

'Hahahaha, did you expect me to back down? fat chance!'

Indeed, with Lorien's personality, he doesn't like hiding such things, if he is interested in something, he'll just declare it, not hide in the shadows and ride on two boats.

'Tsk, what a pain.'

Shaking his head, Lorien knew that his answer this time will definitely cause some problems for him and might even break the fragile relationship that was just established, however, he still didn't regret it.

'If it's not destined, then so be it, I don't want to lie in such subjects.'

'It's better to make things clear from the get-go instead of clarifying them later as even though that may be a bit easier to handle, I still feel like it's a scumbag move.'

However, just as Lorien was expecting a punch in the face after his declaration, Yuki surprisingly didn't do anything as she just glared at him menacingly before glancing at Gojo and then looking back at him.

"We'll talk later!"

Seeing this, both men in the room felt shocked for a moment before their emotions went in two separate directions.

The first was Lorien who was immediately filled with joy as he knew that he had room to maneuver and wiggle his way as he knew that the relationship wasn't over.

And the other was Gojo who looked a bit regretful as he put down the phone he was about to use to record the scene, knowing all too well that he won't be able to enjoy the show anymore.

Realizing this, he finally stood up from the sofa before quickly disappearing with a spacial fluctuation as he only left a single phrase.

"Well, Tsk, enjoy your night..."

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