As Maki watched the gatekeeper before her instantly change his tune and become utterly subservient,
her eyelids twitched uncontrollably, and she nearly rolled her eyes to the heavens.
Apparently, the Zenin Clan had more than an ancestral will to bully running through its veins. They were also experts at changing their tune.
"Look on the bright side, sis. At least you don't have to fight him... saved you some effort, didn't it?"
Mai patted Maki on the back, looking as though she wanted to comfort her. She would have looked more convincing if she hadn't laughed.
"Pfft-"
"Maki's right. Let's just follow Mr. Gojo inside..."
Akutagawa Shang also struggled to hold back his laughter as he tried to get her to follow Satoru Gojo straight through the gate.
"Then... can we go in now...?"
Satoru Gojo looked down at the groveling gatekeeper before him, rubbed his chin, and said,
"So... can we go in now?"
Hearing Satoru Gojo speak, the gatekeeper bowed over and over, lowering his head even farther.
"Of course... please come in, sir..."
As he spoke, the gatekeeper immediately darted aside, clearing a path through the gate for them.
"Let's go..."
Satoru Gojo beckoned for the others to follow him, then stepped through the gate first.
But just as Maki passed the gatekeeper, who had been bowing and scraping so respectfully before Satoru Gojo, his expression abruptly changed.
He jerked his head up, undisguised loathing roiling in his eyes as he glared viciously at Maki.
"Sigh..."
Seeing this, Maki could only sigh helplessly...
The next second-
Bam-
The gatekeeper who was so adept at changing his tune
was finally knocked unconscious by another punch from Maki and fell to the ground.
"I was going to let you off, too. What a shame-"
After dealing with the gatekeeper,