With things spelled out so plainly, Maki finally understood what those two were plotting.
But honestly, she did not really understand why Akutagawa Shang and Satoru Gojo were making things so complicated.
"Why make it so complicated? If you want to be one of the higher-ups, Gojo-sensei, why not just kill the current ones and take their place?"
Maki Zenin scratched her head, completely unable to understand all these twists and turns.
That included becoming clan head. She had always believed that once she was strong enough, the position of Zenin Clan head would naturally be hers.
Hearing Maki's guileless, sincere remark, Mai Zenin quietly looked at her sister, seeming to want to say something but holding back.
Akutagawa Shang and Satoru Gojo also turned their gazes toward Maki in unison and simply stared at her in silence.
Their stares made Maki uncomfortable all over. The people around her kept looking at her as though she were an idiot.
"All right..."
"I'll stop talking. You guys go on..."
Maki put a hand to her mouth and mimed zipping it shut.
She simply closed her mouth and said nothing more.
After Maki's interruption, the two picked up their conversation again.
"Sensei, why don't you kill all those disgusting Old Oranges?"
"With your strength, that should be easy enough..."
Hearing this, Satoru Gojo nodded, then slowly spoke.
"That's true, and it's not like I haven't thought about killing them all before."
"I even came close to doing it."
Suddenly, Satoru Gojo changed tack.
"But... Yaga talked me out of it..."
Satoru Gojo sighed.
Akutagawa Shang immediately picked up the thread and continued.
"Because you know, sensei, that the Jujutsu Higher-Ups have been entrenched in Jujutsu Society for so many years that they've infiltrated practically every aspect of it..."
"Why do so many