Chapter 40
154.
"Sorry, I bumped into you."
Shiori had just finished a call with Gojo Satoru, and while holding her still hot phone, she "accidentally" bumped into the purple-haired boy in front of her.
Yukimura Seiichi was bumped, but his body inexplicably felt a lot lighter. He shook his head to indicate that he was fine, then turned and walked towards the tennis court.
Shiori looked at the back, put her phone back in her pocket, and walked towards the tennis club.
As she approached the tennis court, she heard a particularly powerful shout coming from inside.
There was a girl standing in the middle of the tennis court, swinging her racket vigorously. "Ahahahaha, I must win! It doesn't matter if I make a few small fouls, right? The game is to be played to the end!"
Then, the referee blew the whistle and shouted solemnly, "Seo-san, you intentionally hurt someone with your tennis racket. You must leave the court immediately!"
In the rest area of Rikkai University, Kirihara Akaya stared at the back of the girl who was half-persuaded and half-pulled off by the members. With a complicated expression, he turned to ask Sanada Genichirō, "Deputy Director Sanada, am I usually like this?"
Genichirō Sanada raised his hand and pressed the brim of his hat. "No, you're a little better than her." He paused and added, "At least you won't just throw your tennis racket at her."
Nozaki Umetaro, who was off the court, commented expressionlessly: "Seo, you have no sportsmanship at all."
Ino Takuma looked around the court in bewilderment. "Didn't it end just after it started? So what on earth was that Seo-san doing here? Wasn't he here to play tennis?"
Sakura Chiyo tilted her head and said uncertainly, "Maybe they're here to improve the relationships among the club members or something like that?"
Shiori's eyes fell on Nozaki Umetaro's sketchbook. She thought that since he was always around the school, he must have a lot of information. So she leaned over and asked, "Does Nozaki-san often collect materials at school?"
Umetaro Nozaki: "Yes."
"Do you know if there's anything strange or unusual happening at school?" Shiori tapped her chin with her fingertips and added with feigned curiosity, "For example, something that left a particularly deep impression on you. We just transferred here, so we're all quite interested in what's going on at school."
155.
Shiori and Ino Takuma followed behind Nozaki Umetaro and Sakura Chiyo, and the four of them walked towards the teaching building. As soon as they turned the corner in the corridor, Ino Takuma lowered his voice so that only the two of them could hear and asked, "You didn't really need to go out of your way to attack that fourth-level cursed spirit just now, did you?"
Shiori turned her head to look at him and said confidently, "What are you talking about, Ino? Didn't you see how beautiful that child is? It's too pitiful for him to be haunted by such an ugly cursed spirit, isn't it?"
Ino Takuma said helplessly: "If you don't change your habit of being obsessed with looks, something will go wrong one day."
Shiori waved her hand nonchalantly: "What could go wrong?"
After the two finished their conversation, Shiori walked up to Nozaki Umetaro and asked, "Is it a legend like the one about Hanako in the toilet?"
"A little more violent than that." Nozaki Umetaro suddenly stopped and glanced at his watch: "Here it comes."
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of hurried running could be heard from the end of the corridor. Immediately, a figure rushed over. Hori Masayuki raised his leg and delivered a flying kick, sending Kashima Yuu, who was running ahead, flying half a meter away. "Bastard Kashima! I've told you so many times not to be late!"
Shiori looked at the familiar scene in front of her, and the corners of her mouth twitched uncontrollably. I said we had met before, Hori, the student sitting in front of me.
As if history was repeating itself, Hori Masayuki reached out and grabbed Kashima Yu's collar, dragging her towards the four of them, pausing as he passed by.
Shiori greeted them with a smile, "Hori-san, Kashima-san."
Yu Kashima was being grabbed by the collar, his head still dazed. When he saw who it was, his eyes widened. "Huh? Miss Tadano is from our school? And she knows Kobori-senpai?"
"Tadono and I sit at the desks in front and behind each other." Masayuki Hori first answered Yu Kashima's question, then nodded to the four people and said, "We'll leave first, we still have to go to the club." After that, he dragged Yu Kashima, who was still muttering, away quickly.
Ino Takuma watched the two disappear around the corner of the corridor, then turned to look at Nozaki Umetaro: "Nozaki-san, are there any other special events?"
"Please follow me." Nozaki Umetaro turned around expressionlessly and walked towards the small garden under the teaching building.
The small garden was quiet at this moment, with only the rustling sound of wind blowing through the leaves, and not even a single person in sight.
Shiori looked around and casually guessed, "It seems like there aren't many people here. Is there something like school bullying going on?"
"No." Nozaki Umetaro raised his hand and placed it lightly on his cheek. Although he had a blank expression, he deliberately imitated the cute look of a girl and demonstrated: "You can look up and shout like this, Mikoshiba-san~"
Shiori didn't understand, but she did what she was told. She looked up and shouted towards the teaching building: "Mikoshiba-san~"
The moment the words fell, a window on the second floor was pushed open, and a red-haired boy poked his head out. He supported the window frame with one hand, a swaggering smile on his lips. "Huh? Which little cutie wants to play with me?"
Shiori and Ino Takuma were both stunned.
Mikoshiba Mikoto's eyes swept across everyone and finally landed on Shiori: "What? Are you too shy to speak? If you really want to play together, you have to do something interesting. By then, even if you cry and beg for mercy, no one can save you, little lamb~"
Shiori clenched her fists and whispered through gritted teeth, "My hands are itchy. I want to beat someone up."
Nozaki Umetaro pointed at Mikoshiba Mikoto, who suddenly blushed and buried her face in her arms after speaking, and said seriously, "Look, this is very interesting."
Sakura Chiyo clenched her fists and shouted energetically: "Come on! Xiao Yuyu! Don't be shy!"
Ino Takuma opened his mouth, but finally took a deep breath. "Nozaki-san, is there anything a little unbelievable? Like, something beyond common sense?"
This time, Nozaki Umetaro led the three of them straight to another teaching building. Before they even got close, a clear and beautiful singing voice drifted out through the crack in the door.
Shiori paused, sighed as she listened to the song, "I don't want to guess anymore, just tell me."
"It's truly incredible." Nozaki Umetaro quickened his pace, walked to a half-open classroom door, flung it open, and spoke with a rare hint of emotion, "Because this singing voice actually came from Seo."
I saw Saeo Yuzuki, who had been swinging the racket like crazy on the tennis court and was even called for a foul, standing in the middle of the classroom, humming a song with her eyes closed.
Ino Takuma watched this scene, and finally just raised his hand to press his forehead, completely losing the energy to continue asking questions.
156.
Ijichi Jiegao stole a glance in the rearview mirror and saw Gojo Satoru in the back seat, his head down, scrolling through his phone, his lips pursed. He tightened his grip on the steering wheel, but cautiously spoke, "Mr. Gojo, did something go wrong with the mission?"
"Hmm? That kind of thing can be solved easily. It's something else." Gojo Satoru didn't even raise his head, and his fingers enlarged the selfie posted by Ino Takuma on the screen.
He scoffed, his tone full of dissatisfaction: "What? Are all male high school students the kind who hand over love letters on the first day they meet?"
"Huh?" Yidi Zhijiegao obviously didn't follow his train of thought and could only respond blankly.
"Nothing." Gojo Satoru waved his hand and casually took a screenshot and sent it to Ino Takuma. The text in the message box was full of displeasure. "Stop at the apartment building in front. Ijichi, go back to the high school by yourself."
As soon as he got off the bus and steadied himself, Gojo Satoru's phone rang. As soon as the call was connected, he questioned Shiori with a wronged tone. After getting an explanation, he said a lot of sticky and coquettish words to her.
"By the way," Gojo Satoru changed the subject, "What's the floor and room number of the apartment you and Ino are staying in temporarily? Please send me the password as well."
"Is Wu around? Then you better not come to pick me up from school. You'll be too conspicuous and the curse master will find you."
"Of course I know about this kind of thing~" Gojo Satoru said with a long smile, "I'll wait for you to come back to the apartment~"
Not long after he hung up, Shiori's message arrived. Gojo Satoru was still humming as he pushed open the door to his apartment and saw Shiori's suitcase already in the entrance. He walked straight to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator door. It was empty.
"There's nothing here." Gojo Satoru sighed helplessly, took off his eye mask and put on sunglasses, then opened his phone to search for nearby supermarkets, and decided to go shopping.
As soon as he entered the supermarket, Gojo Satoru frowned: "What's going on? Why are there so many people?"
"You're too lax."
Suddenly, a deep voice came from the side. Gojo Satoru raised his eyebrows and turned around, only to see a man wearing sunglasses like him.
The man slowly turned around and looked at him gravely: "You're late. Today's special eggs have been sold out."
What on earth is this person talking about? Gojo Satoru raised an eyebrow, but he found this interesting, so he deliberately dragged out his tone, pretending to be distressed: "Eh—what should I do? I wanted to make a meal for my girlfriend who worked hard all day, but if I don't have eggs, I can't make tamagoyaki."
"Are you also a househusband?" The man then took out a box of eggs from the shopping cart and handed it to Gojo Satoru. "I'm A-Long, and I took this extra box. Since we're both househusbands, you're welcome."
"That's a great help, Aaron." After taking the eggs, Gojo Satoru walked to the shelf and picked out vegetables.
"The goods you have are not good," Aaron said, taking a handful of fresher ones from the shelf and handing them to him, "This is the new goods that just arrived."
…
Nearby, near a shelf, an office worker peeked at them, his fear growing. The two men were tall, both wearing sunglasses, and their words sounded like Yamaguchi-gumi codewords.
He still has four younger sisters to support at home, what will happen if something happens here! Thinking of this, he quickly put down the shopping basket in his hand and hurried out of the supermarket, forgetting to take the eggs he had just grabbed with great difficulty.
Gojo Satoru looked at the figure running away in a panic, turned his head and raised his chin to Aaron, and said with a smile: "Lucky~ There are wild eggs on sale over there."
157.
Because they didn't get any clues about the curse master from Umetaro Nozaki, Shiori and Takuma Ino discussed it and decided to go back to their residence first, as it would be a waste of time to stay in school.
In addition, Ino Takuma, who currently spends the most time with Nanami Kento, bluntly stated, "It's impossible to work overtime. Overtime is bullshit."
Because they were unsure how long the mission would last and it was too troublesome to travel back and forth to the technical college every day, they simply rented two adjacent apartments near the school. Of course, the expenses could be reimbursed.
Shiori pressed the code of the apartment door and said, "By the way, Satoru said he has prepared dinner and is waiting for me. Ino, do you want to..." Before she finished her words, she pushed open the door and caught a glimpse of Gojo Satoru standing at the entrance with his upper body naked and only wearing an apron.
Shiori's pupils suddenly shrank, and she quickly closed the door. She turned stiffly to look at Ino Takuma, who was pressing the code to open the door next to her. Her voice was dry: "No, it's okay, Ino. See you tomorrow."
After saying that, without waiting for Ino Takuma's response, she quickly opened the door and went into the house, locking the door behind her.
As soon as the door closed, Gojo Satoru threw himself at her with open arms, hugged her, and said with a smile: "Welcome back~ Shiori, do you want to eat first, take a shower, or--"
"Eat first, what about me?"
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