Trouble Comes Knocking

"Tap... tap... tap..."

Masamichi Yaga stared solemnly at the report before him, his index finger unconsciously tapping a steady rhythm against the desk.

He frowned and read through the entire report several times.

Satoru Gojo was practically about to fall asleep on the sofa opposite him, his head tilted to one side.

"A purple humanoid cursed spirit... It looked almost exactly like Lu Lu, yet it didn't possess even a trace of cursed energy?"

"No matter how many times I read it, it still seems unbelievable. Are you sure you didn't see it wrong, Gojo?"

Masamichi Yaga clasped his hands beneath his chin. Sunlight reflected off his sunglasses, making his expression impossible to discern.

Satoru Gojo lazily leaned back on the sofa and stretched out his legs.

"I might have seen it wrong, but my eyes never would. There really was no trace of cursed energy on Lu Lu."

As he spoke, the barrage from Star Platinum—so full of brutal beauty—replayed in his mind.

He could not help sighing. "What terrifying power. If he'd been born ten years earlier, the title of strongest probably wouldn't have fallen to me."

Hearing Satoru Gojo's assessment, Masamichi Yaga fell silent for a moment.

Yaga was even more troubled by Gojo's proposal to enroll Lu Lu as a student at Jujutsu High.

Recruiting a Special Grade like Yuta Okkotsu had already drawn plenty of attention to Jujutsu High.

If they recruited Lu Lu as well, someone whose strength might not be beneath Yuta's...

Then the rotten upper echelon of the jujutsu world would find it hard to remain so calm. They could not possibly watch their positions be challenged.

If Jujutsu High truly possessed three Special Grade combatants, it would mean a complete reshuffling of power throughout the jujutsu world.

An eerie silence settled over the office.

In the end, Masamichi Yaga sighed. "We'll do as you say. But Jujutsu Headquarters..."

The moment he heard that, Satoru Gojo perked up and rose to his feet, casually waving a hand.

"Even if they object, there's nothing they can do to me."

"I need to hurry and tell Maki and the others the good news. First year is really going to become lively now."

"Heh... heh... hehehe..."

Listening to Satoru Gojo's carefree muttering, Masamichi Yaga felt as though he had suddenly aged another ten years.

He did not know whether continuing to indulge Satoru Gojo like this was right or wrong.

Meanwhile.

Lu Lu was packing up some things at home. Since Jujutsu High required students to live on campus, he probably would not be returning very often after tomorrow.

However, as Lu Lu placed his clothes into his backpack, a faint, obscure ripple suddenly flashed through the entire house.

Lu Lu's hands immediately stopped moving.

He raised his hand and checked the time on his watch.

Only a little over ten hours had passed since last night's attack.

Yet he kept running into things like this one after another.

Were they trying to make up for the peaceful life he had been missing for the past fifteen years?

If that was really the case, then he was truly grateful!

A wisp of black smoke slowly drifted in through the crack beneath the living room door, gradually spreading upstairs.

But when the black mist saw that Lu Lu's bedroom door was open and the room was empty, it visibly froze as though it were a person.

Only then did it continue spreading into the room, though its speed visibly increased.

A faint voice came from within the black mist.

"What's going on? Didn't they say that brat was packing at home and wouldn't report to Jujutsu High until this afternoon?"

"Damn those shadows. Those idiots couldn't even keep watch over someone this big."

The black mist then churned and condensed together, transforming into a burly man in a black suit.

He looked like a jujutsu sorcerer with a special innate technique.

Yet at the very instant he took form, a leisurely voice sounded from behind him.

"Looking for me?"

The moment the man in black heard the voice behind him, he knew he had already been exposed.

He immediately tried to change forms, turning back into the black mist he had been before.

As long as he succeeded, even Satoru Gojo would not be able to hold him.

Feeling the cursed energy within him already circulating, the man in the suit revealed a smug smile.

"Ha ha ha! Didn't expect that, did you!"

"As long as my cursed energy is circulating, I'm invincible!"

Lu Lu crossed his arms and watched him with interest. "Oh? Is that so?"

Then Star Platinum appeared behind him. Its right fist shot out in an instant and smashed directly into the suited man's face.

The cursed energy that had been circulating smoothly within his body abruptly stopped.

"Pfft..."

A mouthful of blood sprayed from his mouth and nose.

Lu Lu stepped forward, looking down at the suited man lying on the floor with his consciousness already somewhat muddled. His entire face was shrouded in shadow, revealing only a pair of eyes faintly glowing green.

[Thanks to Friend A for urging me to update.]

[Thanks to Mu, Feng for the donation.]