"Take this!"
Just then, Riko Amanai's shout interrupted Suguru Geto's thoughts.
Riko Amanai suddenly leaped up and kicked Gojo Satoru, only to be bounced away by his Limitless.
Splash!
Riko Amanai tumbled into the water.
The briny seawater rushed into her nose, and the feeling of suffocation clamped around her neck like two massive hands.
Suddenly, a thought came to Riko's mind.
Maybe it's fine to die like this, at the happiest moment...
All the strength drained from Riko Amanai, and she let herself sink into the sea.
The blue water reflected the endless sky, while bubbles floated upward like pearls.
A brightly colored fish swam past her. Sunlight glinted off its scales, casting a captivating glow.
At that moment, Riko Amanai felt as if she had let go of all the pressure in her heart. She felt utterly at ease.
Just before she closed her eyes, the sound of someone entering the water rang out, and Gojo Satoru's face appeared before her.
His flawless, pure-blue eyes shone as brightly as the dazzling sky and sea.
Gojo Satoru wrapped an arm around Riko Amanai's waist and swam toward the surface.
"Gasp... Hah~"
The two of them gulped in air at the surface. Gojo Satoru wore a dark look. "Hey! Did your leg cramp up or something?"
Riko Amanai snapped, "You're the idiot who bounced me into the water!"
"Huh? Do you even know I was trying to protect you?"
"I nearly drowned. Great job protecting me!"
"Damn brat, believe me when I say I'll shove your head underwater again!"
"Who are you calling a brat? You're barely older than me... Gurgle, gurgle..."
Misato Kuroi hurriedly shouted, "Please stop, Mr. Gojo Satoru!"
Watching Satoru and Riko fool around, Gojo Sawa said with interest, "Geto, don't you think those two make a pretty good match?"
"Huh?"
Suguru Geto rolled his eyes. "I can tell Satoru likes spending time with Riko, but taking it as far as a romantic relationship is just weird."
Gojo Sawa shrugged. "Can't help it. As his older brother, I have to think about my little brother's future, after all!"
Suguru Geto was speechless. "It's way too soon for that. Neither of them is even an adult!"
Then Geto shot him a sidelong glance. "Speaking of which, how are things going with Shoko?"
"Huh?"
Gojo Sawa stood up, looking completely bewildered. "Hey, hey, hey! Geto! What kind of nonsense are you talking about? No way! Absolutely no way! That's completely out of the question!"
Watching Gojo Sawa unleash his entire arsenal in response to a single basic attack, Suguru Geto smiled and said nothing.
"What's with that look, you bastard?!"
Time passed as they chatted and teased one another.
As the sun set and night gradually fell, the smile on Riko Amanai's lips slowly faded.
The night passed without incident.
The next day, they received orders from the higher-ups and hurried to the airport.
Misato Kuroi still wanted to go with them, but Gojo Sawa suddenly took her aside to tell her something.
Gojo Satoru grinned knowingly. "Having a secret chat without us? Don't tell me..."
Suguru Geto, however, frowned as he suddenly remembered the email Gojo Sawa had sent to Yaga the day before.
Soon, Misato Kuroi nodded solemnly and bowed deeply to Gojo Sawa. After glancing at Riko Amanai in the distance, she left.
Gojo Sawa made no attempt to explain himself to his three companions.
They took a plane back to the area outside Jujutsu High.
With every step up the long stone staircase, their feelings grew more complicated.
Riko Amanai was anxious, but she still put on a carefree air.
She looked proudly at Gojo Satoru, pointed at herself, and called out, "Hey! I'm about to merge with Master Tengen. Afterward, you'd better show me some respect, got it?"
Gojo Satoru rolled his eyes and turned away.
"Don't get ahead of yourself. You haven't even met Tengen yet. Once I drop you off at Jujutsu High, I'm turning around and running!"
Soon, they reached the Jujutsu High barrier.
Gojo Satoru sighed. "We're finally here!"
Suguru Geto nodded with a smile. "You and Sawa have maintained your Limitless for so long. You can finally take a break."
Jujutsu High's barrier had been personally set up by Tengen. It could detect intruders, and it would react immediately if an unregistered Jujutsu Sorcerer entered.
It was truly reliable!
Gojo Sawa didn't see it that way.
He knew exactly what kind of old woman Tengen was.
They had both lived for a thousand years, but Kenjaku had strength and skill in spades.
Tengen, on the other hand... best not to get into it!
The next moment, they stepped through the barrier.
Gojo Satoru stretched and casually deactivated Limitless.
Suguru Geto and Riko Amanai relaxed as well.
Now that they were inside Jujutsu High, surely there wouldn't be any danger, right?
Only Gojo Sawa didn't think so. He watched Gojo Satoru's back with unwavering focus.
Any moment now, the Sorcerer Killer, who could bypass the barrier thanks to his physique, would appear behind him and stab him without warning.
Still grinning like an idiot at a time like this. My foolish little brother...
Stab! Stab!
A burst of pain interrupted his thoughts.
Gojo Sawa looked down to see a bloodied blade protruding from his waist.
At the same time, Gojo Satoru's pupils contracted as he, too, was brutally stabbed from behind.
Toji Fushiguro held a short blade in each hand. His surprise attack had landed, and his face wore a cold, confident smile.
Just as in the original story, it had happened at the moment when they were at their most relaxed.
The Sorcerer Killer had arrived!
Gojo Sawa hadn't expected to be ambushed too, but when he saw where each of them had been stabbed, he instantly went berserk.
What was this supposed to mean?
Gojo Satoru got stabbed in the chest, but he went for my kidneys?
"Sawa! Satoru!"
Stunned, Suguru Geto instantly attacked Toji Fushiguro, swinging Playful Cloud so hard it cracked the sound barrier.
But Toji Fushiguro was incredibly quick to react. The instant Suguru Geto attacked, he leaped away, darting in and out of the "utterly reliable" barrier personally set up by Master Tengen.
"What's going on? Why didn't the barrier react?"
Suguru Geto was drenched in cold sweat. He couldn't sense even a trace of Cursed Energy from the man.
Yet he had never felt such an intense sense of danger before!
Dangerous! Extremely dangerous!
"Geto!"
Gojo Sawa suddenly shouted, "Don't forget what I told you. Go, now!"
Suguru Geto hesitated for a moment, then immediately grabbed Riko Amanai and ran into Jujutsu High.
Gojo Satoru didn't know what his older brother had told Suguru Geto, but he understood that, at this point, the best thing was for Geto to take Riko Amanai away.
Now it was the Six Eyes Twins versus the Sorcerer Killer!
"Hey, are you okay?"
"I'm not dead yet!"
Gojo Sawa looked at Toji Fushiguro and grinned. "Zenin... no, Toji Fushiguro. Long time no see!"
Toji Fushiguro raised an eyebrow. "I'm surprised the young master of the Gojo Clan still remembers me, a wild monkey. I'm honored!"
"Come to think of it, how long has it been...?"
"Eight years!"
"Right. It's been eight years!"
Toji Fushiguro swung the Soul Liberation Blade with interest. "Since we go way back, how about you let me through? I'll take the girl and be on my way."
Gojo Satoru, furious, was about to speak, but Gojo Sawa spoke first. "No way!"
Then he took up a fighting stance. "From the first moment I saw you, I knew we'd have to fight someday. If you want to get past us, kill me!"
"And me!"
Gojo Satoru took two steps forward and stood beside Gojo Sawa, staring at Toji Fushiguro.
Toji Fushiguro scratched his head helplessly. "Well~ then..."
"I'll have to kill you both!"
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