Chapter 22
86.
Why on earth did that man give her the black rope?
This was like putting your own weakness into her hands.
Shiori Tadano stared at the ceiling in a daze, the cat doll in her arms was deformed by her grip.
Never mind. Gojo Satoru has always been like this. He does whatever comes to mind. Why would there be so many reasons? There's no point in trying to guess.
But my thoughts are like a wound-up pendulum, and I can't stop.
She slammed her face into the pillow and muttered in a muffled voice: "What on earth is this person thinking?"
If this continues...
The high wall built with the word "teacher" was about to collapse. She could even hear the sound of bricks falling at her feet.
But Gojo Satoru's eyes were filled with the world of Jujutsu, his students, and so many other people. She was just one of them.
Let's stop here.
Gojo Satoru valued his students so much, so she would obediently stand in her place as a student. She drew a line at her feet and would not step outside of it.
There's nothing wrong with being a coward and hiding in a safe shell.
"Let's just leave it like this..." Shiori buried her face deeper into the bed, her fingers unconsciously twisting the corner of the quilt, wrapping it around and around, just like the tangled thoughts in her mind.
That's it.
After waking up, she will still be his former student and current partner.
She would look at him from afar and hide herself.
87.
It was a holiday at Kanagawa Prefectural Satozakura High School, and a maintenance notice was posted at the school gate, clearly stating that students were strictly prohibited from returning to school.
The assistant supervisor had already set up camp outside the school. Shiori and three first-year students followed Megumi Fushiguro's jade dog to the teaching building.
"What do you mean by that look? Are you dissatisfied?"
"Do you have any problem with us?"
"Hurry up and lick my shoes clean! Do you hear me? Are you deaf?"
Shiori leaned against the window and looked out. She saw five or six boys and girls in the same school uniform forming a circle, cornering a boy and shouting insults at him. The leading boy had already raised his foot, about to kick him.
"Hello!"
Yuji Itadori grabbed the windowsill and flipped out, shouting, "What are you doing?"
Kugisaki Nobara then poked her head out, rolled up her sleeves, and jumped down as well: "They're actually a bunch of delinquents, perfect for me to teach them a lesson!"
Fushiguro Megumi stood by the window, frowning slightly: "Why is there still someone in the school?"
Shiori looked at the arrogant group and said, "People like them don't take the ban on returning to school seriously."
The surrounded boy looked up at them, his shoulders shaking uncontrollably.
A boy turned to Itadori Yuji and sneered, "Who are you? You want to be a hero?"
A burst of laughter suddenly broke out around him.
"You guys are so infuriating!" Kugisaki Nobara clenched her fists.
The girls in the crowd glanced at her and deliberately dragged out their words: "Is this really a girl? She's not cute at all, she looks like a tomboy."
Kugisaki Nobara clenched her fists until they made a crackling sound. "Huh? What did you say?!"
At this moment, the jade dog suddenly barked wildly towards the depths of the teaching building, obviously smelling the scent of the cursed spirit.
"There are more important things to do, let's go." Fushiguro Megumi said in a deep voice.
Shiori flipped over and leaped out the window, her movements as swift as a shadow. Before the group could react, her sword strikes had already begun to fall. After a few muffled thuds, the men who had been shouting and cursing arrogantly collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
She walked up to the boy who lowered his head and raised her chin in the direction of the jade dog: "Can you see it?"
The boy looked up cautiously. "It's a white puppy, isn't it?"
"You can see it." She reached out and pulled him up. "Come on, let's go exorcise the curse first."
88.
Shiori protected the boy and stood at the corner of the corridor, looking at the three people in front of her who were fighting with the cursed spirit. They cooperated well and quickly exorcised the second-level cursed spirit.
"Teacher Tadano!" Yuji Itadori ran over waving his hand, sweat still on his forehead. He turned to the boy and asked, "What's your name? I'm Yuji Itadori!"
The boy's hair covered half of his face, and he replied with downcast eyes, "Yoshino Junpei."
Shiori raised her hand and patted Yoshino Junpei's shoulder: "Yuhito and the others are very strong, right?"
Yoshino Junpei nodded, his eyes fixed on the place where the cursed spirit had just dissipated.
"So Junpei, do you want to become as strong as them?" Shiori asked seriously.
Yoshino Junpei's eyes flashed with disbelief: "Can I, too?"
"Of course!" Yuji Itadori immediately responded, "Our school is super interesting! There are many great teachers and classmates who can help you!"
Shiori curled her eyes and said cheerfully, "Come to the technical high school. I don't dislike kids who want to work hard to become stronger."
Yoshino Junpei clutched the edge of his clothes and whispered, "I have to ask my mother first."
"Then let's go now!" Yuji Itadori grabbed his wrist and turned to walk out of the school.
"Wait!" Kugisaki Nobara suddenly said, "Those guys just let them go like that?"
Yoshino Junpei was silent for a few seconds, then whispered, "It doesn't matter to the others, but there's one person I hope will learn a lesson."
89.
The open space next to the teaching building.
Yuji Itadori looked at Shiori with a glint in his eyes: "No matter how many times I see it, I always think that Mr. Tadono is amazing!"
Yoshino Junpei stared at the various items that kept flashing in front of Shiori's hands and couldn't help asking, "Excuse me, what are you doing?"
"This is my technique~" Shiori said with a smile as she activated the technique, "I need to choose a suitable tool... Well, this one is perfect."
——[Dream Game Console] After inserting the disc into the body, as long as you lean on it to fall asleep, you will become the protagonist and experience the contents of the disc firsthand.
Yoshino Junpei looked at the thing that suddenly appeared in front of him: a game console with a pillow and a pile of CDs.
Ito Shota, the leader of the bullying, was still unconscious. Shiori placed the Dreaming game console under his head, inserted a disc labeled "School Bullying," and pressed the start button.
Not long after, Ito Shota's brows were tightly furrowed, his face turned pale, and he began to babble incoherently, his voice full of fear: "Don't hit me... Please... I know I was wrong... Please forgive me..."
Yoshino Junpei looked at him struggling in pain with a complicated expression on his face. Itadori Yuji patted his shoulder.
"Let the bully experience what the bullied feels like? That's great." Kugisaki Nobara raised her eyebrows.
Fushiguro Megumi withdrew her gaze from the sky and looked at Shiori: "A sorcerer can't use a spell on a non-sorcerer, right?"
Shiori put her finger to her lips and winked at them: "Then everyone please keep it a secret for me. We are now accomplices."
The setting sun stretched the shadows of the five people very long. When they walked out of the campus side by side, the group of unconscious bad boys and girls were still lying in a mess.
90.
Yoshino Junpei's mother, Yoshino Nagi, was an open-minded lady. When she heard her son wanted to transfer to a technical high school, she immediately agreed.
"Great!" Yuji Itadori cheered excitedly, "Junpei's mother is such a nice person!"
Yoshino Nagi laughed out loud at his amusement and called out, "It's rare for Junpei to bring friends back. Everyone, why don't you stay for dinner tonight?"
The dinner table was particularly lively. Yuji Itadori and Junpei Yoshino huddled together, animatedly chatting about a newly released movie, with Nobara Kugisaki occasionally chiming in with a few comments, while Megumi Fushiguro focused on eating, occasionally glancing up at the others chatting.
As Yoshino Nagi picked up some food for Shiori, her eyes fell on her face and she asked with a smile, "Teacher, you look really young. Are you old enough to drink?"
Shiori nodded: "Sure, I stayed on to teach at the school after graduation, so I'm a little younger."
"That's amazing." Yoshino Nagi smiled and poured some beer into Shiori's cup. "Would you like to have a couple of drinks with me?"
Shiori raised her cup and clinked it lightly: "Okay."
Megumi Fushiguro's phone suddenly rang. He glanced at the caller ID and answered with a flick of his finger: "Gojo-sensei."
Gojo Satoru's voice came from the other end of the line: "Megumi, is Shiori with you guys? I sent her a message but she hasn't replied."
Fushiguro Megumi said simply: "Yes, we are in Kanagawa."
Gojo Satoru had sharp ears and immediately caught the sound of Shiori and Yoshino Nagi clinking glasses and saying cheers in the background. He immediately asked, "Is Shiori drinking?"
Fushiguro Megumi glanced at the blushing Shiori and said, "Yeah."
"How much did you drink?"
Fushiguro Megumi glanced at the empty bottles on the table: "This is the fourth one."
There was silence for two seconds on the other end of the phone: "Send me your address."
91.
Shiori felt that her alcohol tolerance had improved significantly. Even after four cans of beer, her mind was still clear. Yoshino Nagi, on the other hand, had fallen asleep on the table.
When a few people were cleaning up the leftovers on the table, the doorbell rang from the entrance.
Shiori was carrying Yoshino Nagi to the bedroom when Fushiguro Megumi put down the bowl in her hand and stood up to open the door. Standing outside was indeed Gojo Satoru.
"Hey, good evening."
Nobara Kugisaki and Yuji Itadori poked their heads out of the kitchen, their voices filled with surprise: "Gojo-sensei!"
Shiori gently placed Yoshino Nagi on the bed and covered her with a blanket. When she returned to the living room, she saw Gojo Satoru bending over and talking to Yoshino Junpei.
"Teacher?" she called softly.
Gojo Satoru walked up to her and gently poked her blushing cheek: "Hmm? You look quite energetic~"
92.
The black car assisting in supervision was already waiting at the entrance of the alley.
Gojo Satoru waved for the three students to get in the car. Itadori Yujin leaned half his body against the car window and said, "Teacher Gojo and Teacher Tadano, aren't you coming with us?"
"There's no room left," Gojo Satoru waved his hand, "Shiori and I can just take a taxi back~"
In the back seat, Nobara Kugisaki reached out and poked Yuji Itadori on the back, lowering her voice and gritting her teeth, "Idiot, can't you see?"
Yuji Itadori exclaimed "Ah?" and wanted to ask more, but was pulled back by Nobara Kugisaki.
Megumi Fushiguro had already sat down and only glanced at the two people standing together before closing the door.
The sound of the car engine gradually faded away, and they were the only two left at the alley.
Shiori watched the taillights of the car disappear around the corner and subconsciously took a half step to the side, increasing the distance between her and Gojo Satoru. "Why are you here, teacher?"
Gojo Satoru said nonchalantly, "Shiori hasn't replied to my messages, so I had no choice but to come and arrest you myself." He paused, his eyes falling on her flushed cheeks. "Besides, we can't let a drunk teacher take the students back, can we?"
"I'm not drunk." Shiori immediately retorted, then looked away uncomfortably at the taxi waiting for passengers at the alley entrance. "The taxi is here."
Gojo Satoru smiled and stopped teasing her: "Let's go."
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