"You know me?"
Ryu Ishigori raised an eyebrow and stroked his cannon-shaped pompadour with considerable vanity.
"Looks like I'm pretty famous."
Not far away, Naoya watched the self-absorbed Ryu Ishigori, his heart sinking slightly.
Based on Maki's intel, Naoya had made a preliminary assessment of the Sendai Four Heavenly Kings.
After excluding Kurourushi, a cursed spirit completely incapable of communication, Naoya had judged the man before him, Ryu Ishigori, to be the hardest to talk to and cooperate with!
First, Takako Uro had the sort of worldly desires Ryu Ishigori lacked.
She wanted to make a name for herself. Offering her something worthwhile, coupled with her hatred of the Fujiwara, gave him a strong chance of persuading her to cooperate.
In fact, if Naoya hadn't accidentally said the wrong thing, he would already have won Takako Uro over!
Then there was Dhruv Lakdawalla.
Dhruv Lakdawalla was an old fossil who had already been resurrected twice.
He was a textbook example of Jujutsu Society's rotten higher-ups. As the embodiment of the Zenin Family's feudal mindset, Naoya had plenty of experience communicating and cooperating with people like him.
Besides, a jujutsu sorcerer like Dhruv Lakdawalla, who didn't even regard ordinary people as human, would never be accepted by the new generation of Jujutsu High sorcerers led by Satoru Gojo.
Naoya wouldn't even need to do much persuading. The man was naturally opposed to Okkotsu.
So as long as he could meet Dhruv Lakdawalla, Naoya was confident he could bring him into his own hard-line faction.
Ryu Ishigori alone left Naoya uncertain.
Ryu Ishigori had neither worldly desires nor a belief in jujutsu sorcerer supremacy.
All he cared about was the sheer thrill of fighting!
Jujutsu High was willing to accept someone like that, too. Ryu Ishigori had no reason to fight Okkotsu