Chapter 9
37.
Shiori Tadano stared at the ceiling of her office, groaning inwardly: What the hell is going on with those old guys at the Jujutsu Directors' Council? They have so much energy that it doesn't seem like someone their age, and they summon her to meetings every day without fail.
Exorcising cursed spirits is already annoying enough, and now I have to deal with these old men who dare not even show their faces every day. Is this what the teacher used to do every day? What a waste of time!
Even more frustrating is that they seem to have amnesia, constantly harping on issues they've already discussed eight hundred times. At their age, can't they just retire and take care of their grandchildren? Why do they have to keep nagging young people like them?
The source of all this was that Rika ran out in the individual competition on the second day of the sister school exchange meeting.
Fortunately, Tokyo Technical High School won in the end, and next year's sister school exchange meeting can be held back in Tokyo!
As for the arrogant and rude man with dyed blond hair that she and Yuta Otsutsuka met, she later found out his identity from Gojo Satoru. He was Naoya Zenin, the legitimate son of the Zenin family, one of the three great families.
Why is he from the Zenin family again?! No wonder Maki doesn't like people calling her Zenin, she's got it!
Shiori confessed to Gojo Satoru that she couldn't help but use the technique on that person. After hearing this, Gojo Satoru waved his hand nonchalantly.
"It's okay," he said nonchalantly, munching on a daifuku with edamame and whipped cream. "I'm here. I'm the best."
Tadano Shiori thought about it and felt that what he said made sense. They were clearly of similar age, with Zenin Naoya still the young master and Gojo Satoru already the head of the family. He was indeed the strongest.
Besides, does Zenin Naoya really have the nerve to tell others?
About his painless motherhood!
Does he really have the nerve???
38.
Shiori Tadano is about to celebrate a major event in her life—her 20th birthday! After this birthday, she will be able to legally buy alcohol for Naoko Ieiri.
However, there was still one important thing to do: to prepare a birthday present for Gojo Satoru. After all, she and Gojo Satoru had the same birthday.
After completing her mission, Shiori met up with her sister, Shino Tadono, to go shopping for gifts. The two sisters met in Ginza, as Gojo Satoru was a man who wore shirts costing 250,000 yen. Fortunately, sorcerers earned a decent salary, so Shiori didn't have to worry about budgeting.
Shiori already had an idea in mind. She dragged her sister straight to the Tom Ford counter. She had seen the brand's new perfume on Instagram before, and the blue bottle reminded her of Gojo Satoru's eyes beneath the bandages.
I tried spraying it and the fragrance is also outstanding. I feel that it is completely worthy of Gojo Satoru's 250,000 yen shirts.
Shiori immediately decided: "This is it!"
After buying a gift for Gojo Satoru, Shiori went to eat sukiyaki with her sister. During the meal, her sister asked hesitantly, "Shiori, is that perfume you bought for your boyfriend?"
"Huh? No," Shiori shook her head, "It should be considered a gift for the boss."
"So that's how it is," Shino said jokingly, suddenly realizing, "I thought you were secretly in a relationship and hiding it from us."
Talking is impossible. Among the sorcerers, the proportion of widows is very high. Those like Yuta Otsutsuki and Kinji Hyō are the minority.
39.
Today is Shiori Tadano's 20th birthday.
In the office, Ye Mo Zhengdao stuffed a curse corpse into her palm. Shiori looked down and saw that it was a chubby calf curse corpse. She immediately exclaimed and hugged it tightly in her arms. Her fingertips gently poked the curse corpse's bulging belly and smiled and thanked him: "Thank you, Principal! It's so cute!"
On the training ground, Yuuta Otsutsuki, Maki Zenin, Panda, and Inumaki Stake gathered around. Each of them held a beautifully wrapped gift and shouted in unison, "Shiori/senpai/Salmon, happy birthday/Shengjinzi!"
Amidst the hustle and bustle, Shiori remembered that today was also Gojo Satoru's birthday, and she suddenly felt a little empty in her heart: Is the teacher who always talks about "students" going to spend his birthday on the run?
She quickly stopped the four people who were about to disperse, her eyes lighting up: "Let's throw a surprise party for the teacher!"
Let's get started! Everyone immediately started decorating the classroom.
Yuta Otsutsukotsu stood on a chair and taped balloons to the edge of the blackboard. Maki Zenin pushed several desks together and covered them with a checkered tablecloth. Panda spread snacks on the table—strawberry daifuku, salt-flavored rice crackers, and orange soda—in a haphazard arrangement. Inujūki Tsuchiya quietly hung pennants on the door and window frames. In an instant, the classroom had taken on a lively, party-like atmosphere.
Shiori ordered a two-layer cake for takeout. She hid it in the top shelf of the cafeteria refrigerator with a note saying, "No stealing!"
When everything was ready, the setting sun had just dyed the sky into a palette of colors. Golden-red light slanted in from the corridor windows, casting long spots of light on the floor.
At this moment, Shiori's phone vibrated. It was a message from Gojo Satoru: "Shiori, come to my office~"
"Here we come!" Shiori immediately gestured to the four of them. Otsutsukota Yuuta and Zenin Maki hurriedly grabbed their cannons. Panda donned star-shaped glasses and grabbed his birthday hat. Inumaki Saki pushed the cake cart hidden behind the podium to the side. Shiori turned and ran towards the office.
"Teacher, are you looking for me?" She knocked on the door and when she pushed it open, she saw Gojo Satoru spinning in his swivel chair, shaking a big gift box in his hand.
"Dangdang! This is the birthday present from the super handsome Gojo Satoru to Shiori!" He clicked his sunglasses, his deep blue eyes shining in the sunset as if dipped in light, and then he stuffed the gift box into her arms.
Shiori was stunned after opening the package. Inside was a light blue furisode kimono. The glittering and colorful pattern was so beautiful that it was hard to look away, and the exquisite workmanship made it obvious that it was expensive.
"Thank you, teacher! I like it very much!" Shiori hurriedly thanked him.
"The moment I saw her, I thought she was perfect for Shiori." Gojo Satoru put his hands in his pockets and smiled complacently.
"By the way, teacher, I also prepared a gift for you. I put it in the classroom. Let's go get it together?"
As they walked side by side towards the classroom, the sound of footsteps in the corridor was particularly clear. Shiori quietly clenched her fists: "Is everyone ready?"
The moment I opened the classroom door——
"Bang!" "Snap!"
Two crisp sounds exploded in his ears. Otsukotsu Yuta and Zenin Maki pointed the salutes at them, and golden ribbons fell on Gojo Satoru's white hair like a handful of stars.
"Happy birthday, Gojo-sensei/Satoru!" Several voices rang out in unison.
Shiori saw Gojo Satoru beside her seemed to be frozen, and hurriedly shouted, "Hurry up and put the birthday hat on the teacher!"
"Make a wish quickly." Panda hurriedly put the birthday hat on Gojo Satoru's head.
"No, no, we have to sing the birthday song first!" Shiori clapped her hands and shouted.
Goujuanji walked out from the side pushing a cake with lit candles, and the warm yellow candlelight illuminated everyone's face.
After the song ended, Gojo Satoru quietly made a wish, then blew out all the candles in one breath, and cheers suddenly rang out in the classroom.
"Happy birthday, teacher!" Shiori took advantage of the moment when he lowered his head and smiled, dipped some cream from the cake, and patted it on the tip of his nose.
Gojo Satoru didn't hide, but instead reached out to spread some cream, then touched Shiori's cheek with his backhand: "Reciprocity~"
In the last group photo, Shiori has a cream mustache on her cheeks, Gojo Satoru is wearing a crooked birthday hat, with ribbons hanging on his white hair, and smiling arrogantly, Otsutsuki Yuuta is smiling and making a "V" sign, Zenin Maki has a smile on his lips, Panda is wearing star-shaped glasses and standing with his hands on his hips, and Inuma Satoru's face is half blocked by the cake, with only his eyes narrowed into slits showing.
Later, after completing their mission, Kinci and Xing Qiluo Luo came back and pulled Panda to ask, "How did Goujuan sing the birthday song?"
Panda replied: "It's sung in rice ball language."
40.
Compared to the lively and cheerful surprise party in the afternoon, the atmosphere of the party at night was completely different.
Having just reached drinking age, Shiori Tadano couldn't contain her excitement and dragged Ieiri Shoko down with her for one drink after another, but she was soon defeated. Ieiri Shoko's alcohol tolerance was unfathomable, and Shiori was clearly no match for such a heavy drinker.
In the end, Gojo Satoru had no choice but to half-support the drunk Shiori and leave first.
At this moment, Shiori's vision was shaking. Her head felt heavy as if it were filled with lead, yet also strangely light. Although she was drunk and her steps were unsteady, she could still manage to steady herself and walk.
When Gojo Satoru spoke to her, she could respond vaguely, but the words came out of her mouth so easily that she herself didn't even know what she said.
As the two walked out of the izakaya, the night rain was drizzling down, the raindrops interweaving diagonally, casting tiny glints of light under the streetlights.
Gojo Satoru helped Shiori to the waiting area at the entrance of the izakaya and said casually, "Oh, it's raining. I'm going to the convenience store to buy an umbrella. Shiori, please wait for me here."
Before he could finish his words, Shiori grabbed his wrist. She tilted her head back, her cheeks flushed, her eyes blurry but revealing a stubbornness: "No, just look at me!"
As she spoke, Shiori Tadano, under a drunken state, activated the spell - [Love Umbrella]. As long as they stand under the umbrella together for five minutes, the person standing on the right will fall in love with the person standing on the left.
Relevant information about the technique seemed to flood her chaotic mind, but Shiori had no intention of thinking about it. She just pointed excitedly at the umbrella that appeared out of thin air and said happily, "Look! Umbrella!"
Gojo Satoru's unlimited technique was able to block the rain, but Shiori insisted on holding him and squeezing him under the umbrella. Seeing her drunken persistence, he thought it would be better to go along with her.
So there was a picture like this in the night: Shiori Tadano staggered, but insisted on standing on the right, holding high the umbrella that appeared out of thin air; Gojo Satoru followed slowly on the left, letting her enclose herself under the small umbrella.
Five minutes later, as the umbrella faded into a faint glow, Tadano Shiori suddenly stopped and turned to look at Gojo Satoru beside her. Her eyes were still hazy from the drunken stupor, but she spoke clearly:
"I like you."
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