No one knew what choice Suguru Geto ultimately made, nor did anyone know exactly when he left. The dozen beers Shoko had brought back disappeared along with him, as did the empty cans she had drained.
It was as though Suguru Geto had never been summoned by Sherlock, as though none of it had happened, but everyone knew that something had already changed.
Although Satoru Gojo and Shoko, and even Masamichi Yaga and Suguru Geto himself, knew that he could no longer turn back, the reason that kept Suguru Geto alive had quietly changed as well.
If what had kept Suguru Geto alive before might have been the so-called "greater cause" he spoke of, then now it might have become regret.
Regret toward his parents, toward his best friend, toward his teacher, toward his classmates, and even toward himself.
No one knew what this change would lead to, but at least they had risked their lives to carve out a fork in the dead-end road whose end Suguru Geto could see at a glance.
Of course, more importantly, at least Satoru Gojo and Shoko no longer had to worry that Suguru Geto would fail to keep living. After all, when they met him again after their separation, their strongest impression was that he had grown thin-so much thinner.
And when Sherlock inadvertently mentioned the taste of Cursed Spirit Orbs, everyone at Jujutsu High learned the little secret Suguru Geto had once desperately hidden. Satoru Gojo also instantly understood why Suguru Geto never subdued Cursed Spirits rolled into Cursed Spirit Orbs in front of him.
Combined with Suguru Geto's hatred of monkeys after defecting from Jujutsu High, the taste of those Cursed Spirit Orbs, like a rag soaked in vomit, made every meal a form of torture for him.
But after