"Kamo Noritoshi?"
Hearing that name, the woman froze for a moment before breaking into a smile.
"Ah! That's right!"
"I only gave him that name to disgust the Kamo Clan."
Gojo Satoru and Suguru Geto both stared blankly.
"Huh? That's all?"
Resting her chin on her hand, the woman said, "Yes! You're sorcerers too, so you should know, right? The name Noritoshi Kamo is taboo within the Kamo Clan—and even among the Three Great Families!" (It has the same pronunciation in Japanese.)
Yuta Okkotsu blinked beside them. "Then Noritoshi is way too pitiful, isn't he?"
"Sigh~ But I was really, really angry at the time, so in a fit of rage, I gave him that name and registered his birth."
The woman scratched her head with a troubled look. "Back then, I didn't know what would be best for Noritoshi, but..."
She looked out the window. Under the bright sunlight, a butterfly flitted past, casting a lively shadow.
"I truly hoped he could leave that damned family soon and come back to me."
A child across the table asked curiously, "What are you talking about?"
The woman smiled. "Your big brother!"
"Big brother?"
The little boy curled his lip.
"What's wrong? You don't like him?"
"Mm..."
The boy spooned some cereal into his mouth and mumbled, "It's not that I don't like him. I just don't know if he's a good person."
"He's very gentle."
A nostalgic look appeared on the woman's face, and a smile tugged at her lips.
"After all, he's my child!"
Jujutsu High.
"Asaoka Kamo!"
Hiroki Kamo stared blankly at the man's face on the large screen and cried out.
At that moment, in the Kamo Clan's underground laboratory.
Asaoka Kamo had taken control of Kokichi Muta's miniature Mechamaru and, using his own abilities, successfully