"Star Plasma Vessel's location has been leaked."
Hearing his teacher's words, Naoya fell silent.
'Why now?'
They were still in first year; the Star Plasma Vessel incident should have happened in the second year.
He couldn't understand why it had changed.
Which brought him to the problem at hand.
'Toji Fushiguro....'
The one person in the current era he was not confident in winning against.
'I tried to buy the Inverted Spear of Heaven from Toji, but that bastard asked for such a fcking high price.... he simply didn't want to sell it back to a Zenin.'
He even tried buying it by using a secret third party, but Toji already knew that he was interested in the weapon due to his previous request and outright rejected everyone he sent.
All because he hated the Zenin to the core; that didn't change even after he got married to his wife.
While he was busy contemplating the problem with Toji,
Satori and Suguri made annoyed faces at the same time.
"Haah? We have to protect someone like bodyguards now??"
"It is unpleasant...."
Masamichi Yaga scrunched his brows and explained in a heavy voice.
"Star Plasma Vessel is more important than you think....."
Masamichi explained to them the relation between the Star Plasma Vessel and Tengen, making them fall silent and become serious.
"Alright, we'll do it," Satori said while holding her head.
Suguri simply nodded.
Seeing that the two troublemakers had agreed, Masamichi heaved an internal sigh of relief before continuing.
"You guys have two goals: one is to escort her, and the other is to erase her."
"Escort a brat and erase her? Old man, have you finally gone senile?" Satori asked while tilting her head.
"I'm not participating."
"Keep your mouth shut and listen to what I am saying..."
Satori waved her thumb and index finger around her mouth, making a 'my mouth is sealed' gesture.
"Tengen-sama possesses the cursed technique of immortality, but it is not eternal youth, due to which, after he reaches a certain age, the cursed technique starts rewriting his body."
Suguri and Satori gave him dumb looks.
"Evolution."
"He'll cease to be human and become a higher form of existence—"
"I will not be participating in this mission."
Naoya suddenly interrupted him, making everyone stare at him in confusion.
Their gazes seemed to be asking...
Why the hell ask for your opinion?
The corners of Naoya's mouth twitched as he said,
"I have something else to do, so I will not be participating in this mission."
He would secretly follow Satori and Suguru as they completed the mission, and as soon as Toji ambushed them, he would ambush Toji and injure him with his Projection Sorcery, landing a grievous wound on his crazy older cousin.
Masamichi frowned hearing his words and said,
"Tengen-sama especially asked for you and Satori to complete this work....."
"Suguri and Satori are more than enough for the job. Don't try to convince me; I have already made up my mind."
"Fine then."
Masamichi shook his head and explained some more information about Tengen and his immortality to Satori and Suguri before leaving.
After he left, Naoya was also about to get up and leave when two figures suddenly blocked his path.
"Naoya, why did you reject the mission?"
"Is something wrong?...."
They both asked at the same time, staring at him in confusion.
This was the first time Naoya had refused to take on a mission; it made them curious about the reason.
Naoya looked at them, then made up a random reason.
"There's a new video game I'm going to play....."
Suguri instantly face-palmed and muttered,
"Idiot....."
Satori's eyes lit up as she asked in curiosity,
"A game? What game?"
"I'll tell you after I've played it....."
"Whaaaat? Hm, don't tell me it's an adult game....."
Ignoring the suspicious look Satori was giving him, Naoya quickly left the class after waving at the silent Shoko on the side.
As he approached his car, Naoya's gaze fell on the familiar figure leaning against it.
She had neck-length silver hair and light peach skin. She wore a dark bodysuit with an attached skirt that covered her whole legs, along with boots.
Naoya stopped before her and greeted her in surprise.
"Mei Mei-senpai, what are you doing here?"
Mei Mei looked at him with a smile.
"How cold, Naoya-kun, even after that passionate time we spent with each other....."
"What passionate time? I just touched your chest and you charged me so much for it," Naoya rolled his eyes, remembering the time when she offered to let him touch her chest for money.
Mei Mei raised her finger and traced it along his face, muttering in a deep voice.
"What an indecent man you are, Naoya-kun...."
Naoya grabbed her wrist, looked straight into her eyes, and asked,
"Tell me already, why are you here?"
"Just like you asked, I gathered these for you."
Mei Mei pulled out a sealed box from somewhere and opened it up, revealing two cursed fingers inside.
Taking Sukuna's finger from her hand, Naoya narrowed his eyes and said,
"Well done. I'll send the payment to your account."
"That's what I like to hear."
Mei Mei smiled seductively and blew him a kiss before patting his car and asking,
"Mind giving me a lift, junior?"
"Not today. I have some things to take care of."
"Hm, things more important than me?"
Mei Mei asked as she leaned forward and lowered the neck of her black tracksuit, slightly revealing the fair skin of her chest.
"Another time. I really have some things to do."
Naoya shook his head and rejected her.
"Well, if you insist."
Mei Mei turned around and walked away, swaying her hips.
Naoya looked at her retreating figure before turning his gaze back to the two fingers in his hand.