Two red blushes suddenly rose on Utahime Iori's cheeks. "Huh? No way, I was only saying."
Shoko Ieiri stared incredulously at the slightly bashful Utahime Iori, as though she had discovered a new continent.
"When did it start?" "Does the other person know?" "Is it a man or a woman?"
Shoko Ieiri's thirst for gossip blazed. "Shoko!"
Utahime Iori grabbed a pillow from the bed and threw it at Shoko Ieiri. "Ow!"
Caught off guard, Shoko Ieiri took the pillow square on. Then she felt a weight against her as Utahime Iori tackled her to the floor. "That's what you get for laughing at me! That's what you get!"
"Still dare to laugh at your senior?"
Utahime Iori kept reaching for Shoko Ieiri's ticklish spots, running her hands all over the girl beneath her, her tone carrying a fair amount of embarrassed anger.
"Don't... don't, please spare me, Utahime!" "I know I was wrong, sob..."
Shoko Ieiri was so ticklish that tears nearly spilled from her eyes, and she begged for mercy nonstop.
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Chapter 56: Negotiating terms?
There was more than a little personal resentment behind Utahime Iori's actions. After smugly teaching Shoko Ieiri a lesson,
Chingetsu's figure still rose uncontrollably in Utahime Iori's mind.
Chingetsu was like a magnet, drawing people in while faintly exuding a coldness that kept them a thousand miles away. Utahime Iori thought it over.
It seemed that, that day in the Supermarket,
she had barely exchanged more than a few words with Chingetsu.
But after she returned, his image had lingered in her mind. Could I really be longing for romance?
"No, no, I must have drunk too much."
Utahime Iori shook her head sharply, her cheeks flushing again.
Shoko Ieiri saw every change in Utahime Iori's expression. She narrowed her eyes.
Sure enough, I hit the mark. Something is seriously up with Utahime! Shoko Ieiri was extremely curious. Just what sort of person
could have Utahime so utterly distracted?
"Utahime, um... how about going to karaoke together tomorrow?"
"We have a mission the day after tomorrow. Let's unwind before it." Shoko Ieiri brushed back her hair, her gaze somewhat evasive.
Utahime Iori nodded.
Singing and drinking were both things she liked. Besides,
she also wanted to properly relax before the mission.
Lately, Jujutsu High had been assigning missions to its students more and more frequently, greatly cutting into their free time.
So,
she saw nothing wrong with Shoko Ieiri's suggestion. Utahime Iori had still underestimated Shoko Ieiri's appetite for gossip.
Utahime Iori could not hold her liquor, and she was a bad drunk.
Basically, she was the sort who would spill everything after drinking. Shoko Ieiri knew all of this.
So inviting Utahime to karaoke was secondary.
Getting Utahime drunk and digging up the gossip was Shoko Ieiri's real goal. Time passed in the blink of an eye.
Chingetsu had already left the hospital. With his connection to Satoru Gojo,
Kento Nanami's enrollment paperwork went very smoothly. In other words,
once Kento Nanami was discharged from the hospital,
he could become a first-year student at Jujutsu High.
Chingetsu called Ku€€ Honichi and arranged a meeting place. Twenty minutes later,
Ku€€ Honichi entered a kyudo hall carrying a black briefcase. "Mr. Chingetsu, this is your payment for the mission."
Ku€€ Honichi respectfully opened the small black case, revealing the neatly arranged cash inside. "Leave it there."
Chingetsu had already changed into archery attire and was calming his mind, preparing to draw and shoot. "Mr. Chingetsu, about..."
Ku€€ Honichi wanted to say more.
But before he could get the words out, an icy look from Chingetsu forced him to swallow them. A sheen of cold sweat instantly broke out on Ku€€ Honichi's forehead.
He had almost forgotten that the young man before him was a devil through and through.
That look was clearly telling him
that if he disturbed Chingetsu's enjoyment of archery, Chingetsu would not mind making him vanish from the face of the earth in public. Ku€€ Honichi instinctively touched his face.
The fleeting sting there had not been his imagination. It was
a warning from Chingetsu!
Ku€€ Honichi did not even dare breathe loudly, afraid that a moment of displeasure might make Chingetsu kill him without his even knowing why. After all,
Chingetsu's methods
were something he had witnessed firsthand. Chingetsu absolutely had that ability.
He respectfully set the briefcase full of cash on the floor.
Ku€€ Honichi withdrew to an inconspicuous spot behind Chingetsu, like a servant. Archery was one of Chingetsu's hobbies.
Because archery required precision, control, concentration, and decisiveness. While shooting, one needed to remain calm and avoid impatience and agitation. Chingetsu nocked an arrow on the bowstring, concentrating fully.
He loosed an arrow, striking the bull's-eye. A second arrow, a third... every arrow hit its mark.
Behind him, Ku€€ Honichi remained silent as a cicada in winter.
Finally, Chingetsu put down the bow and arrows and approached Ku€€ Honichi. "You came alone this time?"
Chingetsu looked at Ku€€ Honichi with the hint of a smile.
Even if I brought a hundred people, it wouldn't do any good. But Ku€€ Honichi only dared grumble those words inwardly. He lowered his head even farther.
To stay alive,
what did something like dignity matter? "Leave the money here. You can go." Chingetsu closed the case and spoke to Ku€€ Honichi.
"Mr. Chingetsu, then, do you think you could remove the Cursed Technique on me?" Ku€€ Honichi could not help speaking up after all.
The Cursed Technique Chingetsu had placed on him was like the sword of Damocles hanging over his head. It left him unable to eat or sleep in peace, living each day in dread.
"Oh? You think completing one mission qualifies you to negotiate terms with me?" Chingetsu's tone was unreadable.
"Or do you think you've lived a little too long?" Sweat flowed even faster down Ku€€ Honichi's head.
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Chapter 57: The sound of water in the bathroom
Chingetsu had not forgotten how arrogant Ku€€ Honichi had been back then.
He wanted to wipe the slate clean after reporting information about a Cursed Spirit just once. In Chingetsu's view, Ku€€ Honichi was being rather too optimistic.
"M-my... lord..."
This time, Ku€€ Honichi did not even call him sir, switching his form of address outright. "What exactly must I do to buy back my life?"
"Straight to the point. I like talking to smart people."
Chingetsu narrowed his eyes, looking down at Ku€€ Honichi.
"Information on ten Grade 2 Cursed Spirits. Once you've collected it, I'll remove the Cursed Technique on you." "Fine, ten it is. I hope you won't forget what you've said today, my lord."
Ku€€ Honichi gritted his teeth and agreed outright. Ten pieces of information, and about Cursed Spirits of at least Grade 2, at that.
Although Chingetsu's demand was somewhat difficult, it was not impossible. Ku€€ Honichi respectfully withdrew.
He had no other choice. He could only gamble on Chingetsu keeping his promise after receiving information on ten Cursed Spirits. "I hope you don't try any tricks."
Chingetsu stopped thinking about Ku€€ Honichi. If the man honestly completed the task,
he would not mind removing Killer Queen's ability from him while he was at it. After all, the value of ten Grade 2 Cursed Spirits
already far exceeded Ku€€ Honichi's own value. After all, his current reserve of Cursed Energy was only 13,000.
He was still a considerable distance from unlocking the Stand Crazy Diamond.
Ten Grade 2 Cursed Spirits could provide roughly 2,000 points of Cursed Energy.
If Ku€€ Honichi could bring information on a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit, unlocking the Stand Crazy Diamond would likely be even faster.
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