Jealousy

"It's about time. Let's settle this another day!"

Todo knew that with Satoru Gojo here, there was no point in continuing the fight.

Besides, he still had to attend his idol Takada's fan meetup. Missing it would be an unforgivable sin.

Yuanfang had little interest in fighting to begin with, so not having to fight was the best outcome he could ask for.

"Be nice to each other! I've got something to do, so I'll be off!"

Satoru Gojo finished speaking with a smile, then vanished in a flash.

He could hardly wait to go put that old conservative Gakuganji in his place.

"Mai, let's go!"

Todo walked over to Mai and the others, speaking as he put his clothes back on.

"Hold on!"

Mai gave Maki and Kugisaki a wicked smile, then slowly approached Yuanfang and stroked his chest as she said:

"Yuanfang, can I get your contact details?"

"That awful woman!"

Watching this, Kugisaki was furious. She wanted nothing more than to march over and beat that vixen to a pulp.

Maki merely frowned without saying anything.

Mai, who had asked for his contact details, took in both their expressions and secretly gloated.

She knew her sister's situation inside out. She had heard that her sister seemed interested in Yuanfang, and judging by that junior's expression, she was too.

That was why Mai had come up with this little trick to rile them up.

"Sure!"

Since he had established a gentle persona for himself, he naturally wouldn't refuse Mai.

Still, he took a step back, unwilling to let Mai take advantage of him with those wicked little hands.

"Hehe!"

Mai couldn't help laughing at that. She found the handsome Yuanfang rather interesting.

"Hurry up. If I miss Takada's meetup, I can't promise what I'll do!"

Todo checked the time and urged her on anxiously.

"Stop nagging!"

Mai shot Todo an annoyed glance, then turned to Yuanfang with a smile.

"See you next time!"

"Yeah."

Yuanfang smiled and nodded, which only made Kugisaki and Maki, watching from the side, even more annoyed.

Seeing the two of them annoyed delighted Mai even more, and she happily followed Todo away.

"Don't tell me you like her?"

Kugisaki asked Yuanfang with a displeased expression, desperately wanting him to say no.

"We're just fellow students exchanging contact details!"

Seeing the slightly resentful look in Kugisaki's eyes, Yuanfang felt deeply guilty. He had only himself to blame for being so outstanding!

Hearing Yuanfang's answer, Kugisaki breathed a sigh of relief, and her mood improved a little.

"Alas, another rival. Maki, I don't think you've got a chance!"

Panda sidled up to Maki and spoke regretfully.

Deep down, he would rather have Maki be Yuanfang's girlfriend.

Toge Inumaki sat quietly without offering any comment.

Megumi Fushiguro, whose head was bleeding, did the same. He had no desire to get mixed up in this sort of thing.

"Get lost!"

Maki snapped at Panda, then turned and left.

Afterward, Megumi Fushiguro went to the Infirmary, while the others continued training on the Sports Ground.

One night, a few days later.

Yuanfang was getting ready to try his luck again and see if he could find a powerful cursed spirit.

Suddenly, a familiar trace of cursed energy caught his attention.

"Sukuna's Finger. Could that sly bastard Mahito be setting me up?"

Yuanfang remembered how badly he had beaten Mahito last time. The sudden appearance of Sukuna's Finger's cursed energy tonight was definitely no coincidence.

"Should I go or not?" Yuanfang was deeply torn.

With this finger, his strength would surely reach another level.

But this was undoubtedly a plot, and the other side had clearly made thorough preparations specifically to deal with him.

Yuanfang began silently weighing whether they could actually kill him.

"With my domain now two hundred meters in diameter, I should be fine!"

Having made up his mind, Yuanfang sped off in that direction.

He was brimming with confidence. Mahito probably knew nothing about him beyond what Yuanfang himself had said.

They definitely couldn't guess what he had kept hidden. Unless that sly bastard Kenjaku was there too and had some other dirty trick up his sleeve, Yuanfang should be fine.

Before long, Yuanfang arrived on the balcony of a house.

At a glance, he saw a woman holding a finger, with a strange cursed spirit behind her, about to attack.

Crash!

Yuanfang kicked through the glass and darted inside like lightning, destroying the cursed spirit with a single punch.

"You... wh-who are you?!"

The woman stared in terror at the young man who had suddenly appeared behind her, wearing the same clothes as the boy her son had met earlier that day.

"Ma'am, that belongs to me. Could you give it back?"

With a gentle smile on his lips, Yuanfang asked her for the Sukuna's Finger in her hand.

"O-okay!"

Although his smile looked gentle, for some reason, it sent a chill down her spine.

Her body trembled slightly as she handed the finger to Yuanfang!

"Thank you! This money is compensation for your window!"

After taking the finger, Yuanfang gave the woman some money, then jumped off the balcony and left.

The woman stared blankly at the money in her hand and the shattered glass on the balcony, momentarily unable to tell whether this was a dream or reality.

After traveling some distance, Yuanfang used his domain to conceal himself and doubled back.

He didn't believe Mahito and the others would simply let him take a finger for free and leave it at that.

There had to be a bigger plot behind this.

What Yuanfang didn't know was that two figures were quietly watching him from a distant rooftop.

"That guy actually interrupted us. Looks like we'll have to change the plan!"

Despite his words, Mahito's smile only grew wider. He showed no anger at Yuanfang disrupting their plan.

"Release the other curses after he leaves!"

Though they had lost a finger, Kenjaku didn't care in the slightest either.

He knew these fingers would most likely be handed over to Satoru Gojo for Itadori to absorb.

"You handle that. I'm going to finish this guy off!"

Yuanfang posed a threat to Mahito, so Mahito had no intention of letting him live indefinitely.

"You'd better be fully prepared before you attack him, or it won't accomplish anything!"

Mahito was also an important part of Kenjaku's plan. He didn't want Mahito to get carried away and get himself killed.

"Don't worry. I've been ready and waiting for him for a long time!"

With that, Mahito immediately vanished and raced toward Yuanfang.

As Mahito approached, Yuanfang immediately sensed him.

"Long time no see!"

Mahito transformed his hand into a spiked club and swung it at Yuanfang as he greeted him.

Yuanfang instantly dodged his attack, then drove his fist toward Mahito's abdomen like a cannonball.