High above the skyscrapers.
Satoru Gojo lightly tapped his toes against the edge of a rooftop and launched himself into the air, leaping from one building to another. Wind howled past his ears, tossing his white hair wildly, but the sunglasses on his nose did not budge. He held Riko by her clothes with his right hand. Despite their speed, she barely felt any jolting. It was a rather novel sensation.
The phone in his pocket vibrated.
Holding Riko in one hand, Gojo reached into his pocket with the other, pulled out his phone, and glanced at the screen-Wana. He swiped to answer and held it to his ear, his tone bright.
"Hello, hello! Satoru here."
Wana's voice came through the phone.
"Where are you? I don't see you anywhere."
"Oh, I already left the school with Amanai. We're heading back to Jujutsu High."
Wana raised her voice a little.
"You left on your own? Didn't we agree to stick together?"
"Plans change."
"Fine, fine, we'll catch up in a... oh, Geto, you want to say something? Okay."
There was some rustling on the other end, then Suguru Geto's voice came through.
"Satoru, how are things on your end?"
"No problems here."
Geto's voice grew a little more serious.
"Still, be careful. Someone put a bounty on Riko on the dark web Jujutsu Sorcerers use."
He paused.
"Thirty million. It expires at eleven in the morning the day after tomorrow."
Gojo raised an eyebrow. Thirty million. That was no small sum. For some people, it was more than enough to make them take desperate risks. Today's attack had probably been for that bounty. And if there was a bounty on the dark web, that meant more than one group had their eyes on Riko. A second wave would probably come,