On Vermilion Bird Street in Kyoto.
Ze Zenin and Mei Mei walked side by side. Every so often, Mei Mei stole a glance at his profile.
When she felt her phone vibrate, she quickly took it out. Reading the message Satoru Gojo had sent her, she smiled in a curve deeper than the crescent moon.
"What is it, senpai?" Looking at Mei Mei's irrepressible smile, Ze Zenin couldn't help feeling that something was off.
Why do I keep feeling like someone sold me out and put me to work for free?
Ze Zenin felt the check in his Shadow Space. He wasn't exactly short of money, but working for free wasn't his style. All these years, it had always been other people working for him for free.
"Nothing."
Mei Mei put her phone away, but the smile still wouldn't leave her face.
Rather than covering half her face with a large braid, Mei Mei wore her hair much as she had during her days at Jujutsu High. Ze Zenin could easily see not only happiness on her face, but a trace of excitement as well.
"The main reason I called you along this time is that a special grade cursed spirit appeared in a village near Kyoto. I accepted the mission..."
"And since you happened to be in Kyoto too, I thought I'd get in touch and ask you to help your senpai out."
Mei Mei spoke with a helpless note in her voice. "I don't know what's been going on these past few years. There are more and more cursed spirits, and quite a few special grades have appeared too. Our workload as jujutsu sorcerers has skyrocketed."
The corner of Ze Zenin's mouth twitched. He probably knew the reason for that...
Twenty-eight years ago, he and Satoru Gojo had