Five days have passed since Xia Youjie disappeared.
It was almost morning. The light that had not yet grown penetrated the gaps between the leaves with the Tyndall effect, leaving warm light and shadows on the ground.
Outside the window, a cicada, clinging to some unknown part of the tree, kept chirping, singing joyfully about this hard-earned light that was as fleeting as a fleeting moment at dusk.
In contrast to the lively scene outside the window is the unspeakable silence in the classroom.
Naiqi Ye Rose absentmindedly fiddled with the pocket watch between her fingers, opening and closing it over and over again.
After a few minutes, she let go of her pocket watch in annoyance and said with an unhappy expression, "Hasn't there been any news from Teacher Takeru yet?"
"No..." Yuji Itadori was already wilted. He knocked his chin on the desk. Every time he said a word, his teeth would knock together due to the force of gravity. It didn't hurt, but it was quite novel.
"Really? Why is this unscrupulous teacher so at ease?" Nagisako scratched her hair in annoyance. "Teacher Geto is so gentle and delicate."
Yuji Itadori & Megumi Fushiguro: Did they hear any discordant words?
"No...Kushi, Mr. Geto doesn't seem to be weak at all, right?" After hesitating for a moment, Yuji Itadori still tried to correct Kushi Norosei's perception of Geto Geto.
"Teacher Geto is a gentle and delicate person at heart. People on the Internet say that people like her are generally very sensitive and the type that can be hurt easily!" Nagisa Yamaguchi glanced at Yuji Itadori and explained seriously.
"Oh! So that's how it is." Yuji Itadori, who also inexplicably believed in the Internet, nodded as if he suddenly understood something. He accepted the fact that Geto Suguru was weak without any hesitation.
Fushiguro Megumi:……?
At this time, Huihui slowly typed a question mark.
The only reliable black-haired boy who was very cautious and didn't like to trust others casually felt that he was out of tune with them.
"Really? You said you would take us to visit Tokyo Tower a month in advance," Nagisa Yamaguchi happily skipped the previous topic, muttered to herself, took out the pocket watch hanging on her chest, opened the cover and said with a dissatisfied expression, "And now you're running away?"
The classroom was exceptionally quiet, with only the unique summer sound of cicadas coming in through the window, adding a touch of liveliness to the silence.
The classroom door was slammed open, and a certain unreliable white-haired teacher appeared in front of them with a cheerful smile.
"Beep, beep, beep! Good news!" Gojo Satoru raised his hand happily, announcing something as if he was announcing good news, "Jay has already infiltrated the enemy!"
"Huh?" "Has Gojo-sensei contacted Getsu-sensei?"
The first-year students instantly swept away their despair from the previous second and rushed to Gojo Satoru excitedly.
"Huh?" Gojo Satoru tapped his cheek with his index finger and asked in a cute girlish tone, "I was already in touch yesterday. Didn't I tell you?"
Not only did you not tell me, you didn't come to the college the whole day yesterday, did you?!
Looking at the confused expressions of the first-year students, Gojo Satoru tilted his head and said, "Ah, maybe I forgot when I bought the dessert."
He waved his hands and said, "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you tell me now~"
...I really want to hit someone, but when I see that the other person is just a chicken beating a cat, I feel that it's nothing more than that.
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Time goes back to one day ago... no, it goes back to the morning of Nagisa Nagino Rose's birthday.
In the early morning, the sun has not yet awakened from its sleep, but the sky is already slightly bright.
"Hello, TA-Q-BIN."
The courier guy had already woken up, holding a courier box in his hands. He pressed the doorbell and spoke through the microphone at the door.
"Ah..." Gojo Satoru sat up, hugging the quilt, and complained in a long voice, "It's really too much to disturb someone's sleep."
"I'm sorry, but the customer asked me to personally deliver the package to you."
"Okay, okay, right away." Gojo Satoru yawned, picked up his sunglasses from the bedside table, and wandered casually to the door.
After receiving the TA-DELIVERY BIN, Gojo Satoru signed his name on the delivery note. At the same time, he leaned against the wall and chatted with the delivery boy as if he was very curious.
"Who sent this package? If it's someone I don't know, I wouldn't dare to accept it casually." Gojo Satoru made a frightened expression, but it was obviously perfunctory.
"Ah, it's a man with long black hair, his last name is Geto." After the courier boy saw him sign his name, he answered casually and turned away.
You know, he still has a lot of things to do.
"Hmm...Jay?" Gojo Satoru did not stop him. He went back to the room and opened the express box. There was a small box inside and a note outside the box.
It is indeed the notes of Geto Suguru.
"I have something urgent to do, so I probably won't be able to attend Ye Rose's birthday party. Here is a birthday gift for Ye Rose. Wish her a happy birthday for me.
Also, my phone has been turned off for the past few days, so don't ask me what I'm doing. I'll contact you when the time comes.
Jay
Gojo Satoru puffed up his cheeks in dissatisfaction, "What? You're doing something big by yourself."
He looked at the white gift box and moved his fingertips. "But Jie's gift is too stingy. How can the box be so small?"
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"So this is why you stacked twenty-three layers of boxes?!" Naiqi Ye Rose felt her forehead throbbing.
She thought that Mr. Getsu would not do such a prank, but it turned out to be this bastard and unscrupulous teacher who did it!
"Eh..." Gojo Satoru stretched out his voice as if he was very surprised, "But Norosemi was obviously very happy to see such a big box!"
"Huh? How did you know I was happy?!" Nagisa Yamaguchi clenched her fists. Her expression at that time clearly showed one of doubt and surprise, right? !
"Shouldn't you go to the hospital and see an ophthalmologist?!"