Chapter 185

Leaving aside how Louhu spent a week in the humiliating body of a human girl, her fear of pure white, long-haired big cats is probably etched into her DNA.

Assuming that cursed spirits have DNA.

Even after hearing the description and explaining to it that the white cat at the time was actually Gojo Satoru in feline mimicry—just as it was mimicked by Hato Kazuma as this girl—it was all in vain.

At most, it went from having a huge psychological trauma only towards cats to having a huge psychological trauma towards both cats and Gojo Satoru.

Are you kidding me? Even if Gojo Satoru turned into a cat, he could beat it to a pulp. What would happen if he turned back into a human?

As for Kazuma Hagoromo, Natsuyuge does not recommend that Roko recover from her injuries before launching a second attack.

After this battle, Louhu and Hanami's existence has been exposed to the world of sorcery. If they don't want to be completely exorcised next time, it's best to avoid them in the future.

Louhu was usually unwilling to listen to advice, but after being beaten to the point of near death this time, it is now exceptionally obedient.

Moreover, even if Kazuma Hatori hadn't had Satoru Gojo by his side at that time, he might not have been unable to defeat it.

After all, before the white cat rushed up and beat it senseless, Louhu had already realized that Hatori Kazuma's spatial magic was indeed troublesome to deal with.

It's incredibly lucky that they managed to escape death and come back alive.

"Since everyone has no objections to my plan now,"

Xia Youjie sat on the beach chair with its backrest supported, his hands clasped together on his lap, looking at the four top-level curse spirits with a relaxed and at ease.

"Then let's try the second step first. A real person?"

The one called "real person" is a top-tier cursed spirit with sutures all over its body, long gray-blue hair, and golden-blue heterochromatic eyes—if you ignore the surgical-like sutures and pure curse aura, you could almost mistake it for a human.

Unlike the Leaky Coral that controls magma and flames, it can alter the soul form of the object it touches, while also possessing a touch of lively childlike innocence and thirst for knowledge, as well as a certain natural and undisguised, malicious cruelty.

"Is it finally my turn to appear?"

The real person, now dressed in a different outfit, stretched and yawned, then turned their shoulders a few times in a seemingly deliberate manner, as if trying to mimic human behavior.

"Alright, let's see how far I can go."

………

"It's getting more and more complicated..."

Despite being able to repel two unregistered, rational Special-Rank Cursed Spirits with the power of a single cat, Gojo Satoru's reaction was not as easy as it seemed on the surface.

The "not easy" he mentioned here does not refer to the difficulty he faced in the battle, but rather to his slight anxiety about how things would develop.

With Xia Youjie and Fu Shu's top-tier cursed spirits joining forces, how could they possibly only want to kill Yi Zhen and end it all?

Including Rimei, who forcibly made Ryoumen Sukuna suffer on Hisahito's body, it's unknown what she will do next.

Moreover, there are high-ranking officials who are extremely wary and disgusted by the "vessel of the Two-Faced Sukuna"... Even though he submitted a report yesterday that deliberately erased the existence of a top-level cursed spirit's eyewitness account and attack report, those old men are still even more wary and repulsed by Yuujin.

If they hadn't been terrified by Kazuma Hato, they probably would have already dealt with Hisahito quietly through some "people".

"It's true, it's true, it's true—"

At home, Gojo Satoru often wears loose and casual loungewear, and he has chosen a large and soft sofa that is big enough for a 1.9-meter-tall adult to lie down and roll around, completely relaxing while being wrapped in soft down.

At that moment, Gojo Satoru was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, then grabbed a cushion and hugged it to his chest before calling out to Hatori Kazuma, who was on the balcony collecting laundry, in a coquettish tone.

"What's wrong?"

Kazuma Hatori, holding half-received clothes in his arms, first peeked over from the balcony.

There's also raw chocolate cake in the fridge.

He made a special detour to [As You Wish] after get off work to buy it, because Wu had mentioned that the store had released a super delicious limited-time new product, but he really didn't have time to queue up.

"Yay! ...Wait, that's not what I meant."

Gojo Satoru cheered reflexively, then quickly waved his hand, "I wanted to ask, can you not go to the Panxing Sect recently?"

"Yes, there's no problem."

All you need to do is tell Ayako Sakura to help temporarily manage everything at the Panxing Sect.

Kazuma Hatake nodded, and decided to take the clothes in his arms and go back to the living room first—before sitting down next to Satoru Gojo, he exchanged a brief kiss with him.

"There's a sister school exchange event next month, and the second and third-year students are busy with training and tasks,"

Gojo Satoru narrowed his eyes slightly, a little dissatisfied, but didn't forget to get down to business first.

“Recently, there have been so many cursed spirits that it’s almost an overabundance. Even the first-year students are busier than in previous years… To be honest, I’m not very at ease with Yuujin.”

Kazuma Hatake pondered for a moment, "Is it because we haven't found Rime yet?"

"Pretty much. Since they intend to revive Ryoumen Sukuna, they certainly won't be willing to let Hisahito keep suppressing him."

Gojo Satoru hugged the cushion and leaned his body against his lover's shoulder, adopting a very relaxed posture—not even caring that his sunglasses were slightly smudged.

“I suspect they have a backup plan. But I have so many things to do right now, so could you please ask Kazuma to look after Hisahito for a while?”

Just as Yukichi was about to agree, he remembered Satoru's little mischievous prank on him last time.

Putting aside his identities as a college teacher and a top-level sorcerer, Wu's nature is always more romantic and vivid, like a bubble gently blown up in the sunlight, shimmering with iridescent light.

More often than not, Kazuma Hatori wished that Satoru could be more free and not be bound by so many things, so busy that he didn't even have time to queue up to buy desserts.

The last time they could sit quietly together on the sofa at home like this was the day he was attacked by the leaky coral last month.

That very night, Gojo Satoru, smugly humming, "Ichima should thank me for saving you," confidently told him, "Try this..."

Kazuma Hatori's thoughts paused for a moment, and he turned his gaze away—from his line of sight, he could only see soft, cotton-candy-like white hair and half of an extremely beautiful profile.

Oh my god, this is his lover.

Just thinking about this made Kazuma Hatori's heart beat faster involuntarily, filled with a kind of abundant, light, and beautiful emotion, so much so that it was about to overflow.

—The world is blessing him.

"Is this Wu's personal request?"

Kazuma Hatori smiled, his tone suddenly becoming much more lively.

"Um?"

Gojo Satoru raised an eyebrow, keenly noticing that something was off about the man's tone—or rather, it sounded remarkably like the tone he used when he was up to no good last time.

He's slowly going astray too, that guy.

"—That's right."

Gojo Satoru thought to himself with a smile, completely ignoring the fact that he himself was the model for the other person's bad behavior.

"Can I ask for the reward in advance?"

With a slow blink, Kazuma Hatake, under the tacit approval of those misty blue eyes, leaned down and kissed him.

…………

The next day.

Tokyo Jujutsu High School, first-year classroom.

Gojo Satoru hopped in from outside the door with a "Hey!" and greeted Itadori Yuujin—his mood was visibly fantastic.

"Good morning, Yuujin!"

Compared to Fushiguro Megumi, who has been exposed to the world of sorcery since childhood, and Kugizaki Nobara, whose family has sorcerer elders, Itadori Yuujin, who entered the scene halfway through, was indeed a little slower in the early stages.

However, his talent and speed of progress in combat, including his physical qualities that even surpass those of ordinary [Heaven and Curse], are so great that even Gojo Satoru couldn't help but praise him.

As for the fact that Yuujin currently has no magic techniques and can only exorcise cursed spirits by using his fists to apply cursed power or by using cursed tools, he is not too worried.

As a vessel inhabited by the two Su Nuo, it won't be long before the cursed king's magic formula is naturally inscribed within his body.

Good morning, Gojo-sensei!

Hisahito Itadori responded very enthusiastically, "Did you call me over for something?"

Of course, it's not that he doesn't usually come to class, but he's been really busy lately, and Kugizaki and Fushiguro are currently on business trips.

However, for the time being, he can only take on exorcism tasks for cursed spirits below level three; it is safer to exorcise level two cursed spirits in a team.

"Oh dear—I was just thinking that Hisahito has made great progress lately,"

Gojo Satoru shook his index finger, his face beaming with a bright and cheerful smile.

"So, the teacher wants to give you a special reward!"

Upon hearing that the reward was from the teacher, Yuji Itadori's eyes instantly lit up with anticipation, almost sparkling.

Wow! Really?!

"That's right, that's right, why would your teacher lie to you? Look over here—!"

Gojo Satoru clapped his hands in front of him, then guided Itadori Yuujin to look at his feet—at the same time, Hato Kazuma, who had heard Satoru's clapping signal, took a step with his front paw and slowly strolled into the classroom.

"Ta-da! It's the teacher's beloved black Shiba Inu! His name is Mamaru! He's really something. For the next while, whenever you leave the high school, keep him by your side."

"!!!!"

Upon seeing the super, super cute black Shiba Inu, Yuujin Itadori was overjoyed. He pounced on the dog, picked it up, and rubbed his face against it.

Kazuma Hatake was so disgusted by the rubbing that he felt like he had nothing to live for. He stared at his lover with his dark eyes, which earned him a silent, smiling plea in return.

Well... after all, it was Satoru who asked me to do it, so there's nothing I can do about it.

Moreover, he originally needed to take care of Yujin, so disguising himself as a black pea shoot was indeed the most discreet way.

"I know the teacher is worried about me, hehe."

Having finally had his fill, Yuji Itadori looked at Gojo-sensei with an equally radiant smile, every word he uttered utterly sincere.

"Thank you, Gojo-sensei!"—Then, he looked at the black Shiba Inu whose eyes held a hint of helplessness, "Please take care of me too, Mamaru!"

Even after nearly half a year in the world of sorcery, he remains very energetic, as if those dark aspects can never taint him.

Gojo Satoru was speechless for a moment, then laughed, "And remember to thank Kazuma too."

"Yes, thank you, Mr. Hodor!"

Yuji Itadori nodded vigorously, then suddenly realized something was wrong.

Wait, Shinmaru... Kazuma... Hatori Kazuma...

!!

His usually quick-witted mind suddenly stiffened, and his neck seemed to stiffen as he slowly turned to the black Shiba Inu that was still standing quietly in place.

Wait, wait...!