Chapter 28 The Main Body in Sixteen Days

Without a doubt, this sounds exactly like something a teacher would say.

No matter what happens, there's nothing to worry about.

Go ahead and do it.

After all, I am the strongest.

It perfectly matches the style of the quotes from Teacher Gojo.

Handsome, wild, and arrogant.

I suddenly smiled and said, "I understand, teacher."

To some extent, I may have relied too much on Mr. Gojo.

Hmm.

Perhaps it shouldn't be simply attributed to dependence, because I think it's also fine to interpret it as trust.

In short, I did feel much more relaxed because of Mr. Gojo.

Although Gojo-sensei usually acts carefree and sometimes childish like a five-and-a-half-year-old kindergartener, showing no professional attitude whatsoever, he is the complete opposite of the steady and composed Mr. Nanami.

But I know that he is actually a protective and reliable teacher.

She's just a little mischievous at times... or a little prone to acting spoiled... maybe?

Maki once said that I have too much of a bias against Gojo-sensei.

I was in first grade then, and had only been in school for a short time. Yi Gu hadn't arrived yet, so it was just me, her, Ji, and Panda traveling together.

Maki walked ahead carrying the spell tools, glanced at me sideways, and said, "Why does it feel like the Gojo Satoru you described is not the same Gojo Satoru I know? Isn't your filter for Gojo Satoru a bit too thick?"

I was actually quite confused: "...Huh? Is that so? I didn't notice at all."

Maki continued to complain, "That's it. It's like... how should I put it? A pervert's perspective? The legendary 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder' buff?"

I:"……"

Me: "Maki, are you sure this description is appropriate?"

Is this appropriate?

Is this reasonable?

Are you serious?

Then Panda chimed in, "I know! It's probably just fan bias."

Dog-Curl said, "Salmon."

Maki pondered for a few seconds, then nodded and said, "More or less."

"That's not even close!!" I shouted, then stroked my chin and said, "But maybe there is some bias, like fan bias or something."

But at the time, I didn't really understand: "Isn't it normal to have a fan filter for Gojo-sensei? He's a top-tier sorcerer, the strongest one at that, so he's bound to be looked at with admiration by many people. Wouldn't most sorcerers cheer for seeing the live Gojo Satoru—like shouting in their hearts, 'Ahhh, it's the live Gojo Satoru!' or something?"

As soon as I finished speaking, I saw Maki, Panda, and Thorn all looking at me at the same time, then revealing identical blank stares in their eyes, as if to say: What nonsense are you talking about?

I:"……"

In that instant, I realized that this might be the barrier between me and the city boys and girls. Maybe it's because Miyagi is a bit out of the way, while everyone in Tokyo is probably a worldly person.

Before Eki arrived, among Maki, Panda, Thorn, and me, I was the last to learn about Gojo Satoru.

When I first met Gojo Satoru, my impression of him was that he was a very outgoing and friendly teacher.

And then... and then it seems like that's it.

Oh, wait, that's not right.

When we first met, I pondered a question—whether Gojo Satoru could actually see the road with his blindfold attire.

I've heard that some sorcerers use decorations to cover their eyes because the spirits can sense when a sorcerer looks at them. To avoid this, some sorcerers choose to use decorations to hide their vision.

However, it only mentioned hiding one's vision, not completely refusing to look. As for someone like Gojo Satoru who completely blindfolds himself, I haven't seen another one like him, not even now, let alone back then.

Out of curiosity, I also asked Maki Panda and the others if there was any special reason why Gojo Satoru wore an eye patch.

Maki said there was no particular reason, it was probably just that he liked it.

I:"……"

Of course, Gojo-sensei sometimes chooses not to wear an eye mask.

I forget how long after I arrived at the Spellcasting Academy, he said he wanted to take me to meet someone.

When they met, Gojo Satoru wasn't wearing an eye patch, but rather a pair of sunglasses hanging on the bridge of his nose.

That was the first time I saw Mr. Gojo's eyes—don't ask me why I could see them even though he was wearing sunglasses, I just saw them.

Snow-white eyelashes pressed down on the slowly melting glaciers of the far north.

My first reaction was that it was blue, and my second reaction was that it was so special and beautiful.

Then Gojo Satoru pulled me close, wrapping one arm around me and saying, "Let's take a picture together, or..."

Before I could even react, he had already snapped the photo with a "whoosh".

Gojo Satoru usually enjoys taking photos, and he also likes to share some weird and possibly ridiculous pictures with everyone.

I said helplessly, "At least give me some preparation time, teacher."

Gojo Satoru said with satisfaction, "Well, it's pretty good. Let's send it to Maki and the others."

I:"……"

You didn't listen to me at all, teacher.

In that photo, he was smiling brightly, while I had a long face, like I was forced to work.

At first glance, it doesn't look like a teacher-student photo at all; it looks more like a photo of kidnappers and hostages, with the kidnappers sending the photo to the relatives to ask for money.

Maki later actually messaged me saying: "Edagawa, blink if you've been kidnapped."

That time, Gojo Satoru took me to see Nanami Kento.

The reason is that Mr. Nanami's techniques are roughly the same as mine, so I can learn from him.

Mr. Nanami's technique is the Ten-Stroke Incantation.

As the name suggests, it can divide the target into ten equal parts. Regardless of the opponent's strength, it can forcibly create a weakness at a point with a ratio of 7:3, and hitting that point will cause critical damage.

My technique is a psychic spell.

It sounds pretty high-tech, but its actual function is very simple—it allows you to see the death of a target and thus the lines and points marked by that death.

I say that I am somewhat similar to Mr. Nanami because what Mr. Nanami needs to hit is the point he has defined, while what I need to penetrate is the lifeline and life point that I see falling on the target.

The difference between me and Mr. Nanami is that if I pierce the vital point, I will definitely die, but Mr. Nanami may not.

Because once a dead point is pierced, it cannot be undone, so dead points are not so easy to see, but I can still see them without any problems with level one and below cursed spirits.

Maki, Thorn, Panda, and even Otsuko, who later joined the high school, all know my technique.

But there's one thing they don't know about my technique, and I've never told them: the range of my technique's effects is actually uncontrollable.

For example, when I exorcise a cursed spirit, it's not that I only want to see its death line and will only see it.

I will see the death of everything that appears in my field of vision.

Including Maki, including Thorn, including Panda, I can see the twisted and black lines that cut them apart, and even the skeletal part has a few scattered, tiny dead lines.

Death is the common destiny of all people.

Everyone, from the moment they are born, is on the path to death.

I've always told myself this, and I've been telling myself this for a long time.

However, I met Gojo Satoru.

Perhaps he truly is invincible, so much so that I cannot see his death line.

If you were to ask Gojo-sensei when he reached his highest level of respect in my eyes, and if I were to give a serious answer, he would probably say it was when he first exorcised a special-grade cursed spirit in front of me.

But I know that's not the case.

I admit that when I first saw Teacher Wu easily defeat the top-level teacher, my mindset did indeed undergo a magical change from "Huh?" to "Holy crap, holy crap!"

I've always said he's outrageous because he looks so cool when he casts the curse.

But the scene that left the deepest impression on me was when I used a spell and Gojo Satoru suddenly appeared in my field of vision.

At that moment, I saw it.

He is the only whole one in a broken world.