"Well, since you've decided to join Jujutsu High, come back with us today. We can't resolve Tsumiki's situation anytime soon, after all, and staying here won't do any good."
Satoru Gojo rubbed his chin and said slowly. Since neither he nor Akutagawa Shang could solve Tsumiki's problem, there was little point in Megumi Fushiguro staying here.
Megumi Fushiguro did not agree right away. Instead, he silently watched Tsumiki, who lay unconscious in the hospital bed.
But Satoru Gojo paid no heed to any of that. He grabbed Megumi Fushiguro by the collar and dragged him outside, afraid he might change his mind and run off.
"Let's go, Megumi. I'll handle your transfer paperwork."
"Your dorm room at Jujutsu High is all ready. You can move right in. As for your luggage, we'll pack it up and send it over later."
"Akutagawa, little Maki, little Mai, time to go."
"Come on, come on..."
Satoru Gojo dragged Megumi Fushiguro straight outside, while Akutagawa Shang took Maki and Mai by the hands and followed him.
Only after Satoru Gojo tossed Megumi Fushiguro into the back seat and shut the door himself did Ijichi step on the gas, and the car slowly pulled away from the hospital entrance.
Thanks to the minivan's spacious interior, it did not feel cramped at all, even with five whole people inside.
Only now did Megumi Fushiguro realize that he had unwittingly gotten himself aboard Satoru Gojo's pirate ship. But getting out now no longer seemed possible.
Whatever. I'm already here.
Megumi Fushiguro sat there and began recalling the day's events.
He turned toward Maki beside him.
"Um... what did you mean earlier when you said you were my aunt?"
Earlier, he had been so caught up in the rush and enjoying the fight that, thinking back carefully now,