Chapter 26
109.
"I'm sorry to bother you all." Tadano Shiori bowed slightly to the backstage staff with an apologetic smile on her face. As she handed over her ID, she explained, "We are from the Jutsu Safety Committee. We just had an emergency and had to borrow your props. I'm really sorry."
Gojo Satoru put one hand in his pocket, tilted his head and smiled at the staff, "The committee will follow up on the subsequent compensation, don't worry."
The staff quickly waved their hands and said, "It's okay, it's okay. The performance is not affected."
The rabbit man pointed at Yuji Itadori and complained, "I was scared to death! This kid rushed over and ripped my clothes off!"
Yuji Itadori immediately bowed: "I'm so sorry! The situation was too urgent!"
On the other side, Fushiguro Megumi took off her bear costume and handed it back to the bear husband in casual clothes: "Thank you for borrowing it."
"It's just a piece of cake." Mr. Xiong took the clothes and replied casually as he turned around.
Megumi Fushiguro stood there in a daze, watching Kumafu's back disappear around the corner backstage.
Shiori came close to him: "Xiaohui, did you hear that? This voice——"
Fushiguro Megumi nodded: "Very similar to Gojo Sensei."
Gojo Satoru touched his chin and clicked his tongue, "Is my voice so common? This is the second one." He had just met a girl cartoonist with a voice like his a while ago, and not long after that, there was another bear husband. Even he wanted to laugh.
At this moment, the curtains on the side of the stage were lifted, and the actors who had finished their performances returned to the backstage. Shino immediately spotted Shiori and walked over to her, hugging her and letting out a long sigh: "I'm exhausted. I might as well just finish this and get married!"
Shiori reached out and patted her on the back: "Thank you for your hard work."
Shino had just let go of Shiori when she noticed Gojo Satoru standing next to her. She calmly pulled Shiori aside a step and asked in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Who is that?"
Shiori stammered, "It's the one I gave perfume to before... He's my senior, I guess."
"Senior?" Shino raised an eyebrow, deliberately drawing out the tone, and her eyes shifted back and forth between the two of them.
"We have to go meet up with Nobara and Junpei," Gojo Satoru walked over to the two of them and patted Shiori's head gently, "Shiori, are you leaving?"
Shiori quickly raised her hand: "I'll go too! Sister, I'll go first!"
Shino released the hand that was tugging at her sister's sleeve and waved it with a smile: "Go ahead, go ahead. Don't keep Senpai waiting anxiously."
110.
As soon as the group walked out of the theater, they saw Kugisaki Nobara and Yoshino Junpei waiting for them not far away.
"Hurry up! I'm starving!" Kugisaki Nobara urged, hands on her hips, "I want to eat itamae sushi!"
Yuji Itadori retorted: "But I want to eat steak!"
Shiori looked at the two people who were arguing with each other, and turned her head to ask Yoshino Junpei beside her: "What do you want to eat, Junpei?"
Yoshino Junpei smiled shyly: "Ramen will be fine."
"Okay!" Gojo Satoru clenched his right fist and tapped the palm of his left hand. "Then listen to Junpei. Let's go eat ramen~"
Nobara Kugisaki and Yuji Itadori said in unison, "So ordinary—!"
Fushiguro Megumi said calmly, "It doesn't matter what you eat."
Everyone walked into the ramen shop on the corner. As soon as they sat down, Itadori Yuji couldn't help but lean over and ask, "Gojo-sensei! I just told you directly that we are from the Jujutsu Safety Committee. Is that okay?"
Gojo Satoru flipped through the menu and replied nonchalantly, "An incident of this magnitude is completely fine. Ordinary people will feel more at ease knowing that there are official organizations to deal with the aftermath."
Shiori added, "And the committee is planning to find a cartoonist to serialize the events of the Jujutsu world into a manga."
"Hey! Is it 'JUMP'?!" Yuji Itadori's eyes lit up, "I love 'JUMP' so much! I follow every issue!"
"Yes," Shiori nodded with a smile, "I heard they've already been talking to the editor and are screening for suitable authors."
Kugisaki Nobara curiously asked, "Who will be the protagonist then?"
Gojo Satoru immediately straightened his back and said confidently, "Of course it's me. After all, I'm strong and handsome, Sensei."
Fushiguro Megumi took a sip of tea and said, "Gojo-sensei is a bit old. The protagonists of shonen manga are usually in their teens."
"Besides, how can a protagonist wear sunglasses all day to look cool? That's too deliberate." Kugisaki Nobara nodded in agreement.
Yoshino Junpei also whispered: "I feel that Gojo Sensei is more like an elder."
Shiori quickly tried to smooth things over: "No way, look at Sakata Gintoki in "GINTAMA", isn't he about the same age as Satoru?" And they both have white hair.
Kugisaki Nobara raised an eyebrow: "Teacher Tadano, you are too protective of him!"
Gojo Satoru leaned his head on Shiori's shoulder and chuckled.
111.
In the high school classroom, Ijichi Kiyotaka was distributing information collection forms sent by cartoonists to the first and second grade students and Tadano Shiori.
He pushed up his glasses and said, "Please cooperate and fill in the form. The protagonist of the manga has been decided to be Yuji-san, and you as companions will also need to fill in the form in detail."
"Why is Itadori the protagonist?" Kugisaki Nobara slammed the table in dissatisfaction.
When his name was called, Yuji Itadori touched the back of his head, smiled foolishly and didn't respond.
Ijichi Jiegao explained, "The manga artist looked at everyone's basic information and finally decided to let Yuji-san be the protagonist of 'Blessing Return' because he was interested in his stand-up comedy skills."
"Stand-up comedy?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
The classroom suddenly erupted in laughter, and even Fushiguro Megumi couldn't help but curl his lips.
Shiori looked up and asked, "Ijichi-senpai, what about the "Blessing Return Battle"?
"To differentiate it slightly from reality," Ijichi Jiegao replied, "everyone's cursed power will be changed to zojiru in the manga."
Isn’t this the same setting as Onmyoji? Shiori thought.
She didn't say anything more. After filling out the form in her hand, she looked around and saw that everyone had almost finished filling it. Then she spoke, "Since second-year Otsutsuki Yuuta is still overseas, and third-year students Kinji Hyō and Kirara Hoshi have been sent by the committee to the countryside to find wild magicians, all first-year students must attend this year's Kyoto Sister School Exchange Meeting."
Kugisaki Nobara looked back at her: "Kyoto sister school exchange meeting?"
Itadori Yuji also turned around: "What is that?"
"It's an exchange meeting with Kyoto Polytechnic Institute." Fushiguro Megumi said concisely.
Zenin Maki folded her arms and leaned back in her chair. "It's a battle of curses where you can't kill someone."
"The first day is a team battle, and the second day is an individual battle." Panda shook his head and added.
Inujuan Ji nodded in agreement: "Salmon."
Yoshino Junpei stopped writing and said, "That sounds a bit scary..."
The classroom door was opened, and Gojo Satoru leaned against the door frame and said loudly, "Hey~ Are you done filling it out?"
"Almost." Shiori looked at him, "Why did Satoru come here suddenly?"
Gojo Satoru walked up to the podium and clapped his hands. "In order for everyone to give their all to the sister school exchange meeting, let's go to the beach for training!"
Kugisaki Nobara's voice suddenly rose: "Beachside?!"
There was a glint in Yuji Itadori's eyes: "Training camp?!"
"Yes, yes, let's go to the beach in Chiba~" Gojo Satoru folded his arms and nodded, "Go back and pack your luggage, let's go now."
The students handed the information collection forms to Ijichi Jietaka and rushed to the dormitory. After saying goodbye to Shiori and Gojo Satoru, Ijichi Jietaka also hurried away with the forms.
There were only two people left in the classroom. Gojo Satoru looked at Shiori who was still sitting in her seat: "Shiori, why don't you get up? You're going to miss it."
Shiori held her chin in her hand, her eyes fixed on him: "Seeing Satoru standing on the podium, it feels like I've traveled back in time."
"Eh—" Gojo Satoru said in a long tone, moving closer to her, "Is that Shiori-san who stares at the teacher's face in a daze every day?"
"Yes," Shiori blinked and said seriously, "I think every day that the teacher is such a kind person."
"Good man?" Gojo Satoru tilted his head curiously and pointed at himself. "Me?"
Shiori laughed: "If I can see the teacher's face for free every day, what else can I do but be a kindhearted person?"
112.
In the living room of Chiba Seaside Villa,
Inumaki Satoru, Panda, Yuji Itadori, and Junpei Yoshino squeezed on the carpet in front of the TV, their four heads close together, fighting fiercely around the screen. The game controllers were crackling from being pressed, and excited shouts broke out from time to time.
By the window a little further away from the TV, Megumi Fushiguro was curled up alone in a recliner, quietly flipping through the book in her hand.
Next to the sofa, Zenin Maki and Kugisaki Nobara stood side by side, their eyes fixed on Shiori and Gojo Satoru not far away. Both of them had frowns on their faces, and it seemed as if black lines were about to appear on their foreheads.
Due to their hasty departure from the technical high school, Gojo Satoru had forgotten the desserts he had prepared at the office. When they arrived at Chiba's residence, they discovered that it was extremely remote, with not even a single lighted convenience store nearby. Furthermore, it was already dark, so the dessert shops further away were also closed.
Gojo Satoru, without dessert, lay on the sofa, groaning non-stop. He would hold up a picture of daifuku on his phone and mutter, "This edamame and whipped cream daifuku looks delicious," and then sigh at the mille-feuille cake on the screen, "The cream is almost overflowing."
Shiori knew that he needed sweets to replenish his brain power, so she sighed helplessly and raised her hand to activate the technique.
——【Tasting Spoon】Can taste any food in the picture.
"Here," she handed him the spoon, "eat it according to the picture."
Gojo Satoru's eyes lit up instantly, and he quickly opened Instagram, scrolling through photos of new products from various dessert shops. He couldn't wait to scoop a spoonful into his mouth, squinting his eyes in satisfaction: "So delicious!"
Seeing that he was enjoying his meal, Shizhi took out her phone and started flipping through it: "Don't talk for now, hurry up and eat more."
"Shiori, you're spoiling this idiot too much." Zenin Maki frowned.
Kugisaki Nobara nodded and said, "That's right! Is this how the technique is used?"
Facing the two people's complaints, Shiori waved her hands: "It's okay~"
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