Kugisaki put on an arrogant front and strode toward them.
"Hey, punks, I've got a few questions for you!"
Kugisaki tried to make her expression as fierce and menacing as possible, intending to intimidate these little delinquents.
The delinquents, who had been wearing annoyed expressions and were ready to start a fight, suddenly spotted Fushiguro standing at the back.
Their cocky, overbearing expressions instantly changed into the innocent, vacant looks of clueless idiots.
Seeing their reaction, Kugisaki and Itadori assumed they had intimidated them with their presence. Just as they were getting swept up in their own self-admiration—
"Long time no see, Fushiguro-senpai!!!"
The two delinquents gave a textbook bow, greeting him like they had just run into the captain of some gang in a delinquent manga.
In the end, Fushiguro's past experiences could not be hidden. Embarrassed, he turned his head aside.
Kugisaki and Itadori froze. After basking in their own greatness for so long, it turned out these two were only being so respectful because of Fushiguro.
"Hey, aren't you going to explain?" Kugisaki asked irritably.
Fushiguro puffed out his cheeks, his tilted head nearly at a full one hundred and eighty degrees.
"Will you at least answer me?!" Kugisaki straightened Fushiguro's head.
Fushiguro spoke with extreme reluctance. "Yeah. I went to middle school here."
The two delinquents promptly chimed in as well. "Yeah, we were basically delinquents around here."
"Fushiguro-bro put us in our place before."
The two spoke in utterly obedient tones. The swagger they had as delinquents vanished the moment they saw Fushiguro.
Kugisaki curled her lip. "Tch—if you had that kind of connection, why didn't you say so earlier?"
"You made this way more troublesome than it needed to be."
"Hey, you two, let me ask you something..."
While Kugisaki spoke with the two