After being lectured, Yu Haibara finally agreed, rather sulkily, to do his job properly.
He also respected Miwa Chisei's decision and submitted a standard report to the Jujutsu Higher-Ups, giving a full and accurate account of the incident.
The news that the Miwa family had placed a counter-curse on an ordinary person caused an uproar among the Jujutsu Higher-Ups.
Miwa Chisei had expected the Jujutsu Higher-Ups to make an issue of it. What she had not expected was for Miwa Riona to go missing one week after the incident.
Whatever else she might be, Miwa Chisei was the head of the Miwa family.
In an ordinary conference room used by the Jujutsu Higher-Ups, a group of people sat around an oval table.
The moment Miwa Chisei entered, she felt numerous hostile gazes on her, including that of a man past fifty whose eyes were bloodshot.
He was Miwa Riona's father, Miwa Yuto.
The other person worth noting was the Kamo Clan's next head, Kamo Tetsuya.
The handsome man looked exhausted. Miwa Riona's disappearance seemed to have worried him deeply. After all, he was the man who had stood up for her in front of everyone.
"Let me make this clear first. I'm only attending this meeting as the head of the Miwa family."
"Don't try to guilt me into doing anything. I can make my own judgments."
Her words immediately set the room murmuring, and Miwa Yuto's gaze grew even more resentful.
Miwa Chisei was not wearing her Jujutsu High uniform. Her cream-colored women's suit looked somewhat out of place amid the room's somber colors.
She walked straight to the head of the table, curled her fingers, and knocked on its surface as she looked at Miwa Yuto.
"A branch family member is sitting in the wrong seat, isn't he?