Getting acquainted

Uh-oh. Busted.

The moment I stepped outside, I heard someone nearby urgently calling my name. When I looked over, I noticed the Zenin Clan crest on their clothes.

The one in charge ran over and started chattering without pause. "Miss Kuang Wu, what are you doing here? Are you all right...?"

I paid little attention to what he was saying. There was just one thing on my mind-

Why were all those Jujutsu Sorcerers from the Zenin Clan outside?

Could it be... they were responsible for this Cursed Spirit?!!

They were actually that lazy? Not one of them came while I was fighting for my life in there, but now that the Cursed Spirit was dealt with, a whole crowd showed up.

Immediately displeased, I said, "You took way too long to get here."

So irresponsible.

The girl was tiny. Standing there, she was not even as tall as his Cursed Tool. Now her brows were furrowed in displeasure, and her expression grew colder as she tilted her head back to look at him.

The leader froze for a moment before realization dawned. He hurriedly crouched to face his clan's Ten Shadows Technique user and readily agreed, "Yes, yes. It was entirely our fault."

Seeing the girl's expression soften a little, he discreetly surveyed the scene before asking, "The Curtain has already disappeared. Was it you who exorcised this Special Grade Cursed Womb, Miss Kuang Wu?"

"The Curtain? You mean that black Barrier?"

So it had a technical name, too.

The leader paused, then smiled at me. "Yes."

Something seemed to occur to him, and he added, "It seems the main family hasn't arranged for you to study matters concerning Jujutsu Society yet, miss. That's all right. I'm sure it won't be long."

I stopped paying attention to that. Remembering that I had yet to answer his earlier question, I said, "If you mean the one inside that Curtain, then yes, I dealt with it."

I felt a little proud of myself. The fact that so many Jujutsu Sorcerers had come meant the Cursed Spirit inside must have been pretty difficult to handle... In that case, I was pretty impressive, wasn't I?

At those words, every Jujutsu Sorcerer present reacted: "!"

So this was the Ten Shadows Technique...

She could exorcise a Special Grade Cursed Womb all by herself just two months after awakening her Cursed Technique? That was downright absurd!

The leader's gaze suddenly grew intensely eager, just like that of the shop assistant I had met that morning.

A sudden chill ran through me.

"Looks like I'm a little late."

Just then, an understated luxury car pulled up nearby, and a boy wearing a white haori patterned with dragonflies stepped out.

His white hair was smooth and lustrous, and his clear blue eyes were breathtakingly beautiful.

The moment he stepped out of the car, he drew everyone's attention.

Was that... Satoru Gojo?

For Satoru Gojo, going on a mission was really just an excuse to get out of the house.

So, as soon as he left the main residence that morning, he ordered the driver to take him around the gaming district. He bought the game he had his eye on last time and ate plenty of things along the way. Once he was thoroughly satisfied, he finally headed to his destination under the driver's pleading, nearly tearful gaze.

But when he arrived, he discovered that his Cursed Spirit seemed to have been... exorcised?

The residual Cursed Energy at the scene had nowhere to hide from his Six Eyes.

...Wow. Now this was interesting.

Satoru Gojo walked up to the black-haired, green-eyed girl in the middle of the site. His beautiful blue eyes stared at her without blinking. After a long moment, he said excitedly, "You're the Zenin Clan's Ten Shadows Technique user!"

The girl before him nodded, acknowledging her identity without the slightest change in expression.

Then, in the calmest tone imaginable, she said the most terrifying thing. "Your eyes are beautiful. Can you give them to me?"

Everyone from the Zenin Clan: "!"

The Jujutsu Sorcerer sent by the clan head to protect Satoru Gojo: "!"

Naoki Imai, who had been forced to listen to the entire exchange: "!"

Only Satoru Gojo showed no sense of danger whatsoever. Wearing an expression that said, What are you thinking?, he even asked in return, "Your hands are beautiful, too. Can you give them to me?"

...The first formal meeting between the Gojo Clan's Six Eyes user and the Zenin Clan's Ten Shadows Technique user ended with each asking for the other's most important body parts.