That afternoon, in Tokyo.
"We finally shook them off."
Yuji collapsed backward onto a circular bench beneath a tree.
"You're soaked in sweat. Don't sit so close."
Nobara shifted farther away.
She was seriously considering getting a custom summer uniform made, like Mai's.
Wearing black stockings in weather this hot was genuinely suffocating.
"Where's Fushiguro? Didn't he say he was going to buy cold drinks? Why isn't he back yet?"
"I don't know."
"Go check."
Nobara replied without hesitation.
"Why me? Wouldn't Gojo-sensei be faster..."
Yuji turned his head and saw Satoru sitting beside him, looking as though all color had drained from his body. Some white, lumpy substance even seemed to be drifting from his mouth.
"...Alright, I'll go."
With Gojo-sensei in that condition, what else could their angel Yuji do?
However, the moment he rounded the corner, Yuji witnessed a shocking scene.
A beautiful young woman with long brown hair and a gentle aura was happily chatting with Megumi.
"Huh?"
I must be hallucinating from the heat.
Yuji rubbed his eyes.
No, it didn't seem to be a hallucination.
How strange. Let me look again.
This time, Yuji finally confirmed it.
Megumi was actually talking with a girl.
The heat-exhausted Yuji logged out, and the strong athlete logged back in.
"Gojo-sensei! Kugisaki!"
In the hottest days of summer, Yuji took off at full speed.
"You're so noisy. Did you get the drinks?"
Nobara's voice carried the exhaustion of someone half-dead from the heat.
Ignoring her question, Yuji came to a screeching stop and cupped his hands around his mouth like a megaphone.
"Fushiguro is talking to a girl!"
His voice echoed halfway down the street, and the surrounding air seemed to freeze for a moment.
The next second, all three of them revealed eyes filled with unwavering determination.
"Everyone, Plan B."
"Roger." x2
A miraculous scene unfolded.
The iron lady Nobara suddenly pressed her legs together, transforming from her usual bold self into a delicate girl who looked incapable of running.
Her hands rose to her chest and fidgeted shyly.
"Fushiguro, sweetie~"
At that moment, Nobara's voice reached an unprecedented pitch.
"Brother Fushiguro."
Beside her, Yuji's eyes filled with tears, making him look like a kitten abandoned by its owner.
Under the stunned gaze of the brown-haired young woman, the two latched onto Megumi from either side.
"Who exactly is that woman? Have you forgotten all the promises you made that night?"
"You clearly said I was the one who made you happiest. Was it all a lie?"
"...What exactly are you doing?"
Megumi's face was filled with utter despair.
"That's enough!"
A pleasant voice suddenly rang out.
"You little homewreckers, stop touching him!"
Satoru instantly bought a pair of blue narrow-rimmed sunglasses, changed into a designer shirt, and casually unbuttoned the top button to reveal his elegant neck and eye-catching collarbone.
Holding his original jacket in one hand, he casually tossed it behind him.
"Megumi-chan is going to play the violin with me now. Come on, Megumi-chan."
His handsome appearance and overwhelming charisma even seemed to generate pink and purple dreamlike sparkles around him.
"Don't mind them. The station is straight down this road."
"Ah? Oh, thank you."
The brown-haired young woman nodded politely and turned to leave.
However, judging by her slightly trembling shoulders and tightly clenched fists, her imagination was definitely running wild.
"What in the world are you people doing?!"
Megumi glared at the three of them with a dark expression, looking as though he might exorcise them on the spot.
"Haha, hahahaha. It's nothing. Bye!"
Satoru and Nobara instantly disappeared.
The only one left behind, their angel Yuji, blinked in confusion.
"Huh? Where did everyone go?"
A terrifying chill suddenly ran down his spine.
"I'll behave, please spare me."
Yuji immediately dropped into a full prostration, as though crushed beneath the overwhelming pressure of Fushiguro.
"That idiot called me over and then left me here alone. What exactly was he trying to accomplish?"
Megumi sighed and rubbed his forehead.
"What are you... doing?"
Junpei, who had walked over the moment he spotted them, looked at the scene in confusion.
"Nothing. Why are you here?"
Megumi turned his head and realized Junpei wasn't alone.
"Gojo-sensei told me to bring the new classmate over."
Junpei stepped aside, revealing a cute brown-haired girl with curly hair who looked about the same age as the others.
"You're the new classmate?"
"Yes. Long time no see, Megumi."
Hana smiled and nodded.
Since the battle at the end of last year, Hana had been bedridden for a long time due to her body being possessed and the severe depletion of her Cursed Energy.
After she recovered, Eichi asked whether she wanted to attend Tokyo Jujutsu High.
After a mixture of excitement and nervousness, Hana agreed.
She then spent a semester completing all three semesters' worth of Tokyo Jujutsu High coursework, successfully transferring into Megumi's class during the second semester of her second year.
"Let's go. I'll help you get the things you'll need for life at Tokyo Jujutsu High, then I'll show you around."
After speaking, Megumi turned around, silently complaining about Satoru's complete lack of reliability.
Why did he have to be the one escorting a girl?
How was he supposed to know what daily necessities to buy?
Wouldn't Kugisaki be far more suitable for this?
Seeing Megumi start walking, Hana immediately quickened her pace to catch up.
"I feel like something's not quite right."
Nobara's voice suddenly appeared.
"Whoa! When did you come back?"
Still lying flat on the ground, Yuji jumped nearly three meters into the air from fright.
"So you noticed it too. What do you think? Should we follow them and see what's going on?"
"Gojo-sensei is here too?!"
Yuji was speechless.
Not far from the four-person surveillance group, at a filming location, Todo was participating in an outdoor variety show as a wilderness survival expert alongside the famous idol Takada-chan.
Although she had initially been a little intimidated by this muscle-bound gorilla, after filming several episodes together, Takada discovered that Todo was actually quite fun to work with.
He possessed the bizarre way of thinking required for variety shows and could always come up with outrageous ideas that somehow still made sense.
There was another important reason as well.
Although Takada-chan had already accepted her height and incorporated it into her idol persona,
she was still occasionally discouraged by the looks she received from male guests who were only around 160 or 170 centimeters tall.
Todo was different.
Todo stood at 190 centimeters tall.
For the first time, Takada-chan felt like an ordinary girl.
And Todo gave people an incredible sense of security.
(To be continued.)