Nobara Kugisaki's Curiosity!

After struggling hard to keep himself from laughing.

Satoru Gojo continued, "I heard about her from Yuta Okkotsu."

"Tritium, her cursed technique is dangerous. Be careful not to let her cause any trouble."

At that, before Ronawa could answer, Tritium bared her fangs first.

"Who asked you to meddle in my business? You're just a human. What gives you the right to talk in front of me?!"

It could only be said that Tritium was indeed obedient as a chick in front of Ronawa.

But when facing anyone else, she was a completely different story.

Just like Jogo back then, barking at Ronawa the moment they met.

Maybe cursed spirits all had a bit of that bratty-girl temperament.

Faced with Tritium's provocation, Satoru Gojo did not get angry.

Cursed spirits were just like that.

Ronawa was the unusual one. What other cursed spirit was not a combination of stupidity and irritation?

So he paid no attention to Tritium's provocation at all.

Instead, he looked at Ronawa.

Ronawa glared at Tritium.

Tritium immediately wilted, timidly shrinking her neck.

Then Shoko Ieiri quietly said to Tritium, "That's Satoru Gojo, the strongest sorcerer of the modern era."

"Someone who can fight Ronawa on equal footing."

"And he holds grudges."

Tritium had originally dismissed the so-called "strongest sorcerer" with disdain.

What kind of trash was he? He had not even fought her, so what gave him the right to call himself the strongest of the modern era?

But being able to match Ronawa was another matter entirely.

Tritium knew how terrifying Ronawa was.

Ronawa was someone the current Tritium absolutely could not defeat.

Which meant Satoru Gojo was also someone she absolutely could not defeat.

And he was petty, too.

Oh no. What if he held a grudge? Wouldn't she get ambushed and beaten up every time she went out from now on?

Tritium immediately gave in.

Right in front of Satoru Gojo, she performed a standard dogeza apology.

"I'm sorry! I was a little too loud just now!"

"Don't worry, I'll definitely behave myself and never do bad things again!"

Watching a Special-Grade Rank Nuclear Curse be so tactful and sensible, even Satoru Gojo could not help wanting to complain.

What exactly had this kid gone through to become so well-behaved?

Without taking an iron fist to the face, no one would surrender that quickly.

So whose iron fist had Tritium taken?

With Tritium surrendering at light speed, Satoru Gojo no longer worried that she might endanger the world in the future.

A cursed spirit that knelt so quickly and knew how to read the room would never dare act recklessly under Ronawa.

Otherwise, did they think Ronawa's sword was dull?

After confirming Tritium's safety.

The atmosphere became much more relaxed.

With Shoko Ieiri organizing things, a family barbecue soon began.

"I heard you fought Teacher Satoru Gojo once, but nobody knows who won."

"Can you tell me? Who actually won?"

During the barbecue, Nobara Kugisaki leaned close to Ronawa and asked curiously.

That question drew everyone else's attention as well.

Especially Tritium, who even stopped sneaking food and cocked an ear to listen.

Hearing the question, Ronawa glanced at Satoru Gojo.

She suddenly felt that he should not have been here.

If Satoru Gojo were not around, she could have claimed she had utterly crushed him.

But with the other party right in front of her, she worried he would call her out the moment she said it.

In the end, Ronawa could only say, "Satoru Gojo and I were evenly matched."

"I didn't beat him, and he didn't beat me."

"We went back and forth!"

After saying that, she glanced at Satoru Gojo again, feeling a little guilty.

When she saw that Satoru Gojo did not refute her, she relaxed.

In truth, Ronawa herself knew that although her previous battle with Satoru Gojo had seemed evenly matched.

Satoru Gojo had actually held back.

It had been less of a battle and more of a spar.

That was why Ronawa had gradually adapted to Satoru Gojo's level and comprehended her own domain at the very end.

If it had been a real battle, or even a fight to the death.

Ronawa would most likely have been done for.

Satoru Gojo would not have slowly traded so many moves with her.

He would have opened with his ultimate move and killed her instantly.

For Satoru Gojo, anyone weaker than him, even if only slightly weaker.

Could be easily killed by him in an instant.

The kind where they could not even react.

That was the strength of someone with broken mechanics.

Of course, Ronawa was not qualified to call Satoru Gojo that.

Because her own mechanics were even more absurd than his.

If Satoru Gojo could instantly kill enemies who were just a little weaker than himself.

Then before Ronawa.

As long as they were not vastly stronger than her.

They could easily be instantly killed by Ronawa.

Even more outrageous than Satoru Gojo.

With Satoru Gojo's cooperation, they muddled through the question of who was stronger.

Soon, Nobara Kugisaki brought up another question.

"By the way, how did you and Miss Shoko Ieiri meet?"

"Shouldn't cursed spirits and sorcerers beat each other's brains out the moment they meet?"

Ronawa paused even as she ate her meat.

She turned and stared at Nobara Kugisaki. "Who are you calling a dog?"

Nobara Kugisaki quickly raised both hands in a French military salute.

"I wasn't calling you a dog. I was just using an expression, an expression!"

Seeing Nobara Kugisaki apologize, Ronawa did not pursue it further.

As for Nobara Kugisaki's question, Ronawa turned to Satoru Gojo. "You'll have to ask Satoru Gojo about that. He was the one who introduced me to Shoko Ieiri."

After swallowing the meat in his mouth, Satoru Gojo briefly explained how he had arranged for Ronawa to stay temporarily at Shoko Ieiri's home.

After hearing the general story, Nobara Kugisaki did not know whom she should envy for a moment.

One was Shoko Ieiri, who had suddenly gained an absolutely stunning girl to live with.

The other was Ronawa, who had been kept by a rich woman and started living the life of a winner ahead of schedule.

Damn it, why had something this good not happened to her?

After angrily taking several fierce bites of meat, Nobara Kugisaki suddenly thought of an even more important question.

She hurriedly asked Satoru Gojo, "I'm really curious. What were you thinking back then when you decided to spare Ronawa, a cursed spirit?"

"Don't tell me you did it on purpose just because she was pretty."

The moment those words came out, everyone's eyes gathered on Satoru Gojo.

Yes, what exactly had Satoru Gojo been thinking when he chose to spare Ronawa rather than exorcise her?

Satoru Gojo had never directly explained that question.

As a result, rumors were flying everywhere now.

Many people had been speculating about Satoru Gojo's thought process at the time.

Even Ronawa herself was very curious.

She had used her ability to erase the killing intent in Satoru Gojo's heart.

But the premise of that was that Satoru Gojo had not truly wanted to kill her in the first place.

So the question was, why had Satoru Gojo not wanted to kill her from the very beginning?

Facing everyone's probing gazes, Satoru Gojo felt a little numb.

He could not exactly say that he had simply been fooling around, could he?

What would happen to his image then?

As the strongest sorcerer of the modern era, he needed to save face too, all right?

So he could only think of another way to brush the subject aside.

He did not answer Nobara Kugisaki's question directly.

Instead, he shot her a fierce glare.

Then he said, "Since you have so much free time, you can grill the meat."

"All I see you doing is eating. I haven't seen you do any work!"