Geto looked at the unquestioning trust in White Noroi's eyes. He seemed completely unconcerned about the consequences of telling them something so important.
He fell silent for a moment.
Why did he feel like this White Noroi... was some kind of little animal?
Innocent, and far too trusting of the people around him, without ever considering that someone might scheme against him.
As though he had always lived somewhere everyone loved and protected him.
He hadn't expected Satoru to have a student like this twelve years from now. He wondered how White Noroi had developed this personality-and even become a Special Grade Sorcerer...
He sighed. He no longer doubted that White Noroi was Satoru's student from twelve years in the future. In its place came curiosity about what the future held.
He softened his voice and asked.
"Right, we won't fight you... You said you used to help Satoru with missions a lot. Does he have a lot of missions in the future?"
Hearing that they wouldn't fight him, White Noroi immediately relaxed and nodded.
"Yeah, tons. He's a workaholic, the kind who works 24/7 and doesn't even sleep."
Then he sighed sadly again.
"And he drags me into it too, making me help with his missions every night..."
"I can go without sleep like him, but I actually still want to sleep..."
He complained in a small voice, shuddering as he remembered those days when he went out to collect cursed objects every night.
Those memories were too painful to revisit. Once he'd climbed aboard Gojo's pirate ship, there had been no getting off.
Gojo couldn't help muttering in protest beside them, "I wouldn't do missions until I stopped sleeping!"
He hated doing missions, okay? He wasn't Geto.
Geto, however, froze at those words.
"No sleep...? What do you