Before the two had finished bickering, Suguru Geto hurried over.
He grabbed Satoru Gojo by the arm and gave him a hard tug, checking whether the boy before him was alive or a ghost.
"What the hell? You're acting like a creep!"
Even the boy's indignant squawking reassured Suguru Geto, and the tension in his expression immediately eased.
"You're okay."
Satoru Gojo chuckled and punched Suguru Geto's shoulder teasingly.
"I'm not dying before you."
Suguru Geto raised an eyebrow, then turned his attention to Miwa Chisei.
Her hands were a gruesome sight after being pierced by the Inverted Spear of Heaven, and seeing them filled Suguru Geto with guilt.
He had let a first-year girl draw all the fire while he ran away.
Seemingly sensing his guilt, Miwa Chisei remained calm.
"How is that young lady?"
"The other jujutsu sorcerers are protecting her now."
"Thank you, Geto. We worked well together back there."
Suguru Geto smiled ruefully. No matter how he looked at it, she was trying to comfort him.
"No, you shouldn't be thanking me. If I hadn't run away, you wouldn't have been hurt this badly."
At that moment, Suguru Geto felt powerless. It was the first time he had ever felt that way.
But Miwa Chisei shook her head.
"That was teamwork. If you hadn't listened to my suggestion, that young lady would have been killed."
"You ran to protect someone else."
At those words, Suguru Geto's expression seemed to relax a little. But then he remembered that terrifying man and couldn't help asking.
"Was that man killed?"
Miwa Chisei answered without a blush or a flutter of her heart. "He got away."
Suguru Geto was taken aback. He gave Satoru Gojo a suspicious look. This guy was completely unharmed, so he had probably learned Reverse Cursed