"Was it finally my turn to take the stage...?"
Just as Akutagawa Shang finished speaking,
Mai Zenin sauntered over, swaying with every slow step,
deliberately putting on an air of solemn profundity.
But she only made it halfway before Akutagawa Shang grabbed her and pulled her over.
"All right, all right, look at the time. Quit putting on an act..."
"So what...?"
"I finally get a part, so what's wrong with showing off a little...?"
Megumi Fushiguro and Satoru Gojo stood there, staring blankly as the two bickered,
until, after a moment, Megumi could no longer resist interrupting their conversation.
"Um... can I say something...?"
"Mai... can you really solve the Cursed Tool problem...?"
Megumi looked at his senior Mai Zenin, who seemed just as unreliable as Satoru Gojo, with obvious doubt in his eyes.
Mai's attention was drawn by Megumi's voice as well,
and she turned to glare at him, arching her eyebrows high.
"Hey... my dear little nephew, what's that supposed to mean...?"
"Are you looking down on your aunt...?!"
Megumi immediately shook his head and hastily added,
"No, no, that's not what I meant. I'm just... a little worried..."
Actually, Megumi could not be entirely blamed for his misgivings,
because ever since Mai's awakening, she had hardly ever fully demonstrated the current limits of her Construction Technique.
Which meant...
all Megumi knew at that point was that Mai Zenin's Cursed Technique was Construction,
and that she could use cursed energy to construct matter from scratch.
He knew nothing else...
The only time she had truly demonstrated her abilities was when she made an AK for target practice at the Jujutsu High Training Ground.
But just as she was about to properly test the limits of her Construction Technique,
Akutagawa Shang and Satoru Gojo's chaotic fight wiped