When Eikura Yohei arrived, he found Miwa Chisei leaning against the corridor wall, "guarding the bodies."
All four had highly suspicious red marks on their foreheads. Eikura Yohei's heart tightened, and he reached out to check their breathing.
Thankfully, they were all alive and seemed perfectly healthy.
Kento Nanami and the others had dealt with the remaining attackers. Eikura Yohei had already contacted the Assistant Managers, who would coordinate with the local police to have them arrested.
"That's Qianxing for you! The mission felt so much easier!"
Yu Haibara's eyes sparkled as he lavishly praised his classmate.
Eikura Yohei was deeply impressed. Although he had heard from his senior, Yaga, that she had gotten into fights alongside those other two, she was still a dependable, levelheaded kid.
Kento Nanami seemed to think of something and glanced at Miwa Chisei, who was munching on a cream bun.
"But that area was staff-only, right? How did you get in without an employee access card?"
Realization dawned on Miwa Chisei. She took a card from her pocket and handed it to Eikura Yohei.
"I knocked out an airport employee in the restroom and took it. Sorry for the trouble, sir, but could you return it to her?"
Eikura Yohei looked down at the employee ID in his hand. The employee in the photograph wore a radiant smile.
Wasn't this robbery?
How was he supposed to explain this...? He took back his earlier praise and gave his student a conflicted look as she calmly ate her late-night bun.
Didn't she feel even a tiny bit guilty or uneasy?
Miwa Chisei noticed Eikura Yohei's gaze. After a moment's hesitation, she offered him the bun in her hand.
"Sir, are you hungry?"
Eikura Yohei felt like crying, but had no tears. What could he do? She was his student.
Just spoil her, then.
In the end, they went the whole night without sleep, but thankfully, nothing else happened.
Miwa Chisei let out an exhausted yawn. She had never pulled an all-nighter before. More precisely, she was a good kid who went to bed early and got up early.
This was killing her.
Her sunglasses hid the dark circles beneath her eyes. By comparison, Kento Nanami and Yu Haibara looked a little better.
Miwa Riona still looked polished and beautiful, every strand of her hair neatly groomed.
Miwa Chisei sat slumped in a seat somewhere on the first-floor arrivals level, her hands tucked away and her mind drifting. They would pay overtime, right? If all she got was the mission bonus, that would be so unfair.
"Miwa, are you dying?"
The boy's clear voice sounded excited, as though he would celebrate with drums and gongs if Miwa Chisei dropped dead right there.
At ten in the morning, the four central figures finally appeared at Naha Airport.
Miwa Chisei turned her head and found a handsome face extremely close to hers. Two pairs of sunglasses faced each other, making for a comical, endearing sight.
"What, would you get on your knees and bow to me if I died?"
"No, I'd beat your corpse."
These two always had such bizarre ways of greeting each other. Suguru Geto, following behind Satoru Gojo, was already used to it.
After checking in, they had learned from Eikura that Miwa Chisei was on the first floor, so this guy had eagerly rushed over to tease her. He was up to no good.
Still, he had heard that Miwa Chisei had done an excellent job on this mission, despite a small hiccup at the end.
"Satoru bought you cookies."
With a grin, Suguru Geto handed Miwa Chisei the cookies in their decorative clear bag. Although it had been his idea, Satoru Gojo had awkwardly volunteered to pay in the end.
So he might as well count them as a gift from his best friend.
Miwa Chisei's red eyes seemed to shimmer. She took the bag and opened it, but hesitated just as she was about to put a cookie in her mouth.
"Did you poison them?"
The question was directed at Satoru Gojo. Suguru Geto held a fist to his lips to hide his suppressed laughter.
"Damn it, don't eat them, then!"
Satoru Gojo failed to snatch them back, because Miwa Chisei had already taken a bite and seemed to mumble a thank-you through her mouthful.
The group finally gathered together. Since the mission had been extended, and they had successfully thwarted the Time Vessel Association's plan to seize Naha Airport, everyone from Jujutsu High would return to Tokyo together.
It was Riko Amanai's first time seeing so many people in matching dark uniforms, and she was a little surprised.
"Have you all come to protect this lady?"
The girl's way of referring to herself was rather strange, like that of a young noblewoman from a bygone age.
Miwa Chisei sized up the dark-haired girl with the white headband. A mission that required both Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto-surely this was another of the higher-ups' dirty secrets?
The Jujutsu Higher-Ups were always at odds with the younger generation anyway. How tiresome.
The woman beside her, who looked like an attendant, bowed politely in thanks.
"Thank you all for your hard work."
Eikura Yohei immediately returned her bow. "You're too kind, Miss Kuroi. We're only doing our duty."
Suguru Geto nodded as well. "The bounty on little Riko expires at eleven, so everyone can relax a little. We'll be much safer once we get back to Jujutsu High."
Miwa Chisei was already nodding off, but the mention of a bounty perked her up.
She seemed to remember hearing Toji Fushiguro mention something about a "new bounty."
"Did you run into someone with a Heavenly Restriction?"
Miwa Chisei quietly asked Satoru Gojo beside her, earning a baffled look.
"What are you even talking about? Are you so sleepy you've gone stupid?"
Judging by his reply, he apparently hadn't. He was also as lively as ever, so it was probably a coincidence.
Miwa Chisei's head felt heavy. All she wanted was to get on the plane and catch up on sleep.
Once Satoru Gojo arrived, suspicious individuals had nowhere to hide from his Six Eyes, so the group boarded without incident.
As it happened, Miwa Chisei, Satoru Gojo, and Suguru Geto were seated in the same row. There really was no escaping your nemesis.
Satoru Gojo was chattering away to Suguru Geto when he suddenly felt a weight settle on his shoulder.
He turned his head to find the girl's utterly unguarded sleeping face.
This was bad. He actually found her a little pleasing to look at.
Satoru Gojo decided to buy more eye drops once he got back to Tokyo and get his Six Eyes treated.
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