[Although, in this trajectory you had forcibly altered, Misato Kuroi, the Star Plasma Vessel's caretaker, had not been kidnapped as her predetermined fate dictated, before leaving, you still calmly recommended "Okinawa" to Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto as their next location for guarding her.]
[This was by no means merely because Okinawa, an island surrounded by the sea, offered excellent geographical visibility, making it easier for Satoru Gojo, who possessed the Six Eyes, and Suguru Geto, who controlled cursed spirits over a wide area, to locate and intercept enemies invading from outside. It was also because, throughout your countless simulations, you clearly remembered that only on those azure shores, beneath that brilliant sunshine, could Riko Amanai truly cast off the heavy shackles of being the Star Plasma Vessel and gain the purest, most beautiful memories that a girl her age should have had.]
["Keep an eye on her until I return."]
[As you parted ways, you adjusted the black-framed glasses on your nose and gave the two your final instructions.]
[At the same time, you sternly warned them not to report to Masamichi Yaga for now that you had left the team without permission, much less that you intended to interfere with the Star Plasma Vessel's assimilation.]
[After leaving Renchoku Girls' Academy, you casually hailed a taxi by the roadside.]
[But at a secluded intersection several kilometers from Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu High School, you asked the driver to stop and walked alone into the night.]
[The night wind carried the damp chill peculiar to the wooded mountains. Standing in the shadows where there were no streetlights, you slowly closed your eyes and began methodically adjusting the circulation of cursed energy within your body.]
[You silently equipped the two top-tier stealth passives, Low Presence and Natural Perfection, in the system.]
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