Chapter 12 The Righteous Man Geto Suguru

"So, what's her situation now?"

The girl with short brown hair couldn't sleep at all since she got the news.

She simply got out of bed, rummaged through the cabinet under the bed and found a bottle of whiskey. She took out the ice cubes that Kagura Mio had chiseled for her from the freezer and put them in the whiskey glass without paying any attention to the quantity. She poured it all in one gulp, drank it in three gulps, and then poured another glass.

A scarlet flame flashed across her fingertips. The girl, who had learned to smoke at some point, would hardly light a cigarette for anyone, but at this moment she wanted to have a cigarette to calm herself down.

Naoko Ieiri has always known that her technique is special.

She is the treasure of the high school, the only one in the world of spells who can perform a reversal technique, and almost everyone relies on her for medical help.

Everyone knows that they have produced four geniuses this year - Gojo Satoru, Geto Gatsuchi, Kagura Mio, who possesses a rare adaptation technique that occurs once in a thousand years, and Iri Shoko, who is currently the only master of a reversal technique. No one would fail to praise their genius, no one would fail to acknowledge their greatness, but Ieiri Shoko thinks that's all bullshit.

She doesn't care about these things at all. After all, she is just a person who protects her own shortcomings.

"Not really sure." Geto Xiayou turned on the speakerphone and looked at Gojo Satoru, who was sitting by the window, thinking about something after washing up and changing into pajamas. There was some annoyance in his tone.

"We don't know what happened to Mio, but it must be very bad."

Geto Suguru had never seen Kagura Mio with that expression before.

Even if he had no personal feelings towards Kagura Mio, he instinctively felt that Kagura Mio should not reveal such an application.

A genius sorcerer lady should live her whole life elegantly and proudly, not the one who is distraught and terrified to the extreme, but still madly suppressing herself and refusing to speak.

Ieiri Shoko was silent for a moment, watching the cigarette at her fingertips burning more and more vigorously, and took a deep puff, "Is it because you don't trust us?"

"I don't know how to say it." Gojo Satoru, who was most familiar with Kagura Mio, rubbed his hair fiercely, looking quite annoyed, "Mio is not that kind of person."

"She cares about you a lot, and of course she must care about me the most. But she is a person with a strong sense of boundaries. Many times I don't know what she is worried about, but if she doesn't say it, I won't ask. It's just that this is definitely not a good thing for her to do."

With a secret premonition in his heart, Gojo Satoru frowned and speculated, "But I can speculate for the time being. I think Mio's condition is related to her technique." "

You also know that sometimes adaptation precedes thinking, which makes her unable to fully control her own technique. Sometimes I suspect that she is suppressing her own technique, or even fearing it, but I don't understand."

"······"

Ieiri Shoko took a deep breath, "Then I would rather she doesn't say it because she doesn't believe us."

Otherwise, she will have to bear too much pressure alone.

There was silence in the room.

After a moment, Ieiri Shoko suddenly said, "Gojo Satoru, will you protect her?"

Gojo Satoru raised his eyebrows and said without hesitation, "Of course."

"Okay." Ieiri Shoko put out the cigarette, "I'll join in too. I will try my best to find a way to help her."

Xia Yujie frowned Fatong's eyebrows, "I'll join in too."

He couldn't just sit there and watch Kagura Mio suffer indifferently.

The three men reached a brief agreement, and Gojo Satoru suddenly stood up in the silence.

"Where are you going?" said Xia Yujie.

"She should be asleep. I'll go check on her." Gojo Satoru took Kagura Mio's room card from the table and carefully opened her door.

The room was silent.

All lights were turned off, leaving only a night light on.

Kagura Mio must turn on the night light when she goes to bed, otherwise she won't be able to sleep. When they were young, Gojo Satoru once teased her for being too timid. Now he thought that she was probably just feeling insecure.

The girl lies on the bed and sleeps.

She frowned and looked like she was sleeping restlessly. His usual great sleeping posture had changed a little, and he looked painful and uncomfortable, with the quilt kicked off a little.

Gojo Satoru tucked the corner of the quilt for Kagura Mio and squatted in front of her bed. His fingertips, which were slightly rough due to his proficiency in martial arts, carefully stroked her cheek and gently relaxed her frown.

The six-eyed son of God, who has always been lawless and ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth, would also pray at this time that she would have no dreams tonight and have a good rest.

Eyes as clear and transparent as glass stared at the girl in front of him through pure black sunglasses. Gojo Satoru stared at Kagura Mio closely, and for the first time, a feeling of frustration arose in his heart.

"I don't know what you are worried about...Mio."

The boy leaned down gently, and the emotion in his eyes made him a little helpless.

He placed his forehead against the girl's head like he did when they were little.

"I will protect you. We all do. Don't be afraid, Mio."

Ten years.

They have known each other for ten years.

He didn't know what Kagura Mio was hiding, but if it was a secret that she had to keep from him for ten years, it must have been very hard for her.

But -

I still feel angry!

It’s fine if you don’t tell others, but why not tell him?

Is Gojo Satoru also someone else to Kagura Mio?

When Kagura Mio woke up the next day, Gojo Satoru was gone.

She looked at the Gojo Family Rune taped to the head of her bed and realized it was a protective spell that Gojo Satoru had placed on her. She realized that Gojo Satoru had been there and subconsciously looked for him.

But there was nothing in the room except a chair facing her.

When she opened her cell phone, Naoko, Nanami Haibara, and Meimei all sent her messages.

Kagura Mio first replied to the message of Nozomi's concern, and then opened Gojo Satoru's dialog box and saw his message to her:

[Jie and I went to track the location of Sukuna's finger today. I asked the restaurant to make breakfast for you. Just call the front desk when you wake up. It's your favorite flavor.]

[Jie and I didn't have a good fight yesterday, so we ran away today.]

[We went to an izakaya in the evening. Jie found one that was particularly delicious. You can’t miss eating beef tongue when you come to Sendai. Their grilled beef tongue is a specialty.

Here is the address.

"······"

Knowing that Gojo Satoru knew that she was not in a good condition yesterday and let her rest today, Kagura Mio held the mobile phone, lay back, closed her eyes gently, and a myriad of thoughts ran through her mind.

After a night's rest, her condition improved a lot, at least she was not so uncertain. However, the seeds of doubt and fear were still planted in her heart - at this time, Kagura Mio was completely unaware of this.

She just looked at Gojo Satoru's message and laughed instinctively.

This is probably the most reassuring thing for her in the past two days.

There are many things that make Kagura Mio happy, but the only one who can make her feel at ease is Gojo Satoru.

After replying to Gojo Satoru's message, Kagura Mio replied to Geto Suguru, followed by greetings from Nanami and Haibara, and finally the cooperation message from Meiming.

After discussing with Mingming according to the original plan, Kagura Mio had breakfast in the hotel and lay down on the bed for another sleep.

As a result, I overslept, and when I went to the izakaya in the evening, Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru had already arrived for a while.

The izakayas in Sendai are similar to those in Tokyo. If there is one thing I have to say, it is probably the atmosphere - people don't sit there a little stiffly like they do in Tokyo, but are quite cheerful and teasing each other. The sound of wine glasses clinking against each other can be heard one after another, the aroma of grilled beef tongue on the hot charcoal fire wafts out, and the sizzling sound of the fat sounds particularly tempting. Kagura Mio smelled the aroma as soon as she sat down.

It seemed that Geto Suguru had sprayed perfume today. Kagura Mio sat closer and was unconsciously scented by his scent.

When asked about it, Geto Suguru held his forehead and smiled bitterly: his clothes were stained with clumps of hair by Mr. Furukawa's sudden braking when he was eating in the car that morning. It was not a big deal, but Katsuo Furukawa was scared half to death. She didn't know when she took out a new uniform, which was neatly ironed and sprayed with perfume, and almost presented it to Geto Suguru.

While wearing this perfumed uniform, Geto Suguru was approached by three girls. Gojo Satoru said this.

"Is that so?" Kagura Mio looked at the male classmate next to her with a little curiosity.

After sleeping for two consecutive times, Kagura Mio was in a good mood: "But Jie is very popular with girls. After all, girls nowadays like gentle boys."

"Really?" Xiayou Jie looked at Gojo Satoru meaningfully, with a smile on his face, "Then what kind of boy would Mio like?"

Noticing Gojo Satoru's ears almost perked up beside her, Kagura Mio said with a hint of teasing, "It might be gentle, kind, interesting, and upright--"

She looked at Gojo Satoru who was wilting, and took a sudden turn: "A handsome guy. I think being handsome is the most important thing. After all, I am obsessed with looks."

Then Kagura Mio watched Gojo Satoru take off his sunglasses, and that handsome and shocking face was facing her, and he smiled at her, "Okay, Mio."

"However." Geto Suguru interrupted Gojo Satoru's speech in time and turned the topic to business, "Is Mio feeling better now?"

Kagura Mio said, "Much better."

She pondered for a moment and said some of the parts she thought she could say: "Because the opponent's technique is a mental attack, it's really not compatible with me. My technique has a bug, and it's even more difficult to deal with this. But thank you very much, Suguru-san."

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That's not fair.

Five thoughts of enlightenment.

Why.

Why did she tell everything when Geto Xiayou asked her? Why didn’t she tell him first? Why didn’t she say thank you to Satoru?

Why do you like gentle and upright boys? Isn’t this Geto Suguru?

Does she like Geto Suguru?

The other two people, who were unaware of Gojo Satoru's thoughts, were drinking lightly and discussing Sukuna's fingers. When they paid attention, they found that Gojo Satoru was completely drunk.

He drank a whole bottle of Yamazaki sake by himself.

"Wu, you've drunk too much." Looking at the white-haired boy who came to her after drinking, Kagura Mio supported his shoulders helplessly.

"I'm not drunk." Gojo Satoru said lazily.

He felt unhappy.

Although it is a good thing that Mio is in better condition now, and although he should be concerned about her technique at this time, he is just a little unhappy.

He just wanted to be the most special person for Mio.

Why are you more concerned about Geto Suguru?

Obviously, they are the couple that everyone in the world of sorcery praises.

Kagura Mio raised her eyebrows and said in a gentle tone: "You are drunk."

"No--" Gojo Satoru suddenly frowned, lowered his head abruptly, leaned close to Mio's neck, and sniffed deeply.

Xia Yujie's pupils trembled.

——Then, Gojo Satoru sniffed again.

Kagura Mio: "......?" Geto

Suguru, who had been watching the show, put down his wine glass, narrowed his purple eyes slightly, and curled up the corners of his mouth with a faint smile: "Oh? Interesting."

Hearing Geto Suguru's words, Gojo Satoru suddenly frowned, and said unfriendlyly: "You have been brainwashed by that squinty-eyes."

Kagura Mio: "

?"

Geto Suguru: "How can Geto be such a person?"

Gojo Satoru: "You dare to say that you didn't stay with him today?"

Kagura Mio: "Of course I didn't stay with him. Wasn't you the one who stayed with him?"

Gojo Satoru stared at Kagura Mio for two seconds, then suddenly frowned, looked at Kagura Mio, and looked at the squinting eyes again, "Then what are you doing now?"

Kagura Mio & Geto Suguru: "?"

Gojo Satoru stared at her, his baby fat cheeks looked pouty, and he seemed a little aggrieved.

He suddenly grabbed her wrist, lowered his head and sniffed her wrist -

then he sniffed up her sleeve a little bit, and finally stopped at her shoulder and rubbed it gently like a large dog.

Kagura Mio: “…???”

Geto Suguru couldn’t help laughing out loud: “Satoru, are you a dog?”

Gojo Satoru turned a deaf ear to him, half squinted his eyes, and his voice was a little unclear: “You smell like Geto…”

Kagura Mio: “…”

Geto Suguru: “…”

He felt that this matter was still very important: “Don’t ruin my innocence.”

He is a clean and upright man.

However, the drunk Gojo Satoru turned a deaf ear to him. He just frowned, lowered his head and sniffed again, then suddenly raised his head, with a tone of grievance and dissatisfaction: "Why are you so close to him?"

Kagura Mio: "..."

Suguru Geto: "..."

Suguru Geto: "How about you come and cut a chasm for us?"

Gojo Satoru stared into Kagura Mio's eyes, and his tone suddenly became serious, and his voice became a little hoarse because he was drunk: "Mio Mio smells so good."

Kagura Mio's heart suddenly "skipped".

Gojo Satoru was definitely not joking, but was expressing it with some unconscious, unconcealable possessiveness. His eyes were brighter than usual, a little drunken, but more serious than ever.

However, now is not the time to talk about love - her technique almost got out of control.

But, really... I can't reject this kind of Wu.

Kagura Mio was slightly startled. Before she could say anything, Gojo Satoru had already leaned his head on her shoulder, closed his eyes, and let out a long sigh.

"...I'm the one who knows Mio Mio's taste best." He muttered softly.

Mio: “…”

Geto Xiayou couldn’t help but whistle.

This is not just ordinary drunken talk, Wu.

Didn’t we agree to protect it? Is this how you protect?

Do you hug your protector like a koala and block all attacks with your unbridled strength?