Perfect.
As Naoya Zen'in walked off after showing off to the fullest, he could not help feeling pleased with himself.
That had been a beautiful opening strike.
The final line of his speech had made his meaning perfectly clear—
Anyone dumb enough to sign up for my class, and I'll break their legs.
The reason he had thrown around so many ruthless lines and painted such huge, intimidating visions in front of the entire school was simple: he did not want anyone to know that, when it came to jujutsu fundamentals, he was basically still a clueless amateur.
And since the original owner's personality had always been that of an arrogant aristocrat who looked down on commoners, nobody would find Naoya Zen'in's behavior strange. They would only think Principal Gakuganji had truly gone senile, hiring someone this vicious to be a teacher. Was he not just deliberately tormenting everyone?
From here on, even if not a single student showed up for his classes, Naoya Zen'in would still be able to remain at Jujutsu High and devote himself wholeheartedly to training.
That was the best possible development.
He had to master enough power to protect himself as quickly as possible. Only then, when the original plot properly began, would he have any chance of changing the worldline and escaping death.
As for Mai Zen'in...
The transmigrator thought back to the green-haired girl standing beside Kasumi Miwa earlier.
He had no intention of causing trouble for Mai.
On the contrary, when it came to female characters capable of contributing to his death ending, all he wanted was to stay as far away from them as possible.
Mai would die after the Shibuya Incident ended, which meant that before then, he was safe.
As long as he could keep her alive, Maki would not awaken as the Heavenly Tyrant, and that homicidal super-powered cousin of his would not slaughter the Zen'in clan.
If relations could be improved, that would naturally be the best outcome.
But once he thought about all the awful things the original owner had done to those sisters, he knew there was basically no chance of anything that neat and tidy happening.
So when it came to Mai Zen'in, Naoya Zen'in's feelings were... complicated.
At any rate, staying as far away from her as possible was probably best.
Time washed everything clean, eventually.
"'A gifted ordinary person will surely stand above heaven's chosen children who rely on bloodline'—you really did say some rather daring things just now."
A light, teasing voice rang out.
Naoya Zen'in turned around, only to see a white-haired man leaning against the wall at the far end of the corridor, half-hidden in shadow, watching him.
He was a handsome man with black cloth wrapped over his eyes.
His hair was a flawless white—not the dull kind of pale silver, but the bright, almost dazzling white of fresh snow.
He was tall, far taller than ordinary people, with a body wrapped in a black uniform that fit closely over a lean frame full of latent strength.
Even though the man technically should not have been able to see anything, the instant their lines of sight crossed, Naoya Zen'in felt goosebumps explode across the back of his neck—
He had been seen through.
It felt as though one glance from this man was enough to pierce every layer of disguise he had piled together.
That was the Six Eyes.
That was the strongest sorcerer of the modern era—
Satoru Gojo!!!
"Still, you shouldn't have humiliated that girl in front of everyone. At least she was polite enough. If you act like that as a teacher, no student is ever going to like your class."
Naoya Zen'in looked at Gojo Satoru expressionlessly.
But beneath that seemingly indifferent face, his heart was already in turmoil.
Why had he suddenly appeared in Kyoto?
And why was he specifically waiting here for him?
Even though he knew Gojo was one of the protagonist-side figures and someone he absolutely needed to build a good relationship with in the future, the deep instinctive fear inherited from the original owner made the transmigrator's voice nearly tremble.
He only barely held himself together and stopped himself from physically shrinking back.
The Zen'in clan and the Gojo clan had been bound by blood feud for generations!
As the strongest sorcerer of the modern age, Gojo Satoru could kill Naoya Zen'in as casually as swatting away dust.
And with the old grudge of Toji's assassination attempt on Gojo added on top of that, new hatred and old hatred alike had already merged together. There had basically never been any meaningful interaction between Gojo Satoru and Naoya Zen'in.
Much less something like this—waiting around after school for him like they were about to walk home together.
Naoya Zen'in could only think of four words—
This is bad news.
"...That girl?"
The transmigrator took a long moment to steady his emotions before tilting his head and asking in return.
"The one who looked pretty well-behaved. Blue hair, distinctive bangs, that girl. Uh... what was her name again?"
Gojo Satoru frowned and thought hard for a while. The cold, intimidating aura he had just built up instantly collapsed, and he instead looked like some idiot student trying desperately to remember what he had crammed the night before, scratching at himself in frustration.
"You mean the stupid woman who interrupted my speech earlier because she doesn't know basic manners?"
"Yes, yes, that one! That kind of girl student is pretty cute, and really easy to manage too. Ah, if only I had students that obedient in Tokyo."
Naoya Zen'in had completely lost the plot.
Why had Gojo Satoru specifically come from Tokyo? Why was he waiting for him here? And why, of all things, had he suddenly started talking about Kasumi Miwa?
Was there some deeper meaning behind it?
Then again, in the original story, Gojo had never really been the type to play overly elaborate mind games. Was he honestly just here, as a fellow teacher, to talk about how he treated students?
"Hmph. Women ought to stay exactly where they belong—three paces behind a man, quietly serving tea and handling chores."
"...Are you serious? You mean women shouldn't study or work, then?"
Gojo Satoru's brows twitched.
"I never went that far," Naoya Zen'in replied coldly.
"A woman's ability is like sugar added to black tea. Leaving it out entirely does leave something lacking, but add too much, and it ruins the flavor altogether."
"Well..."
Gojo scratched his head.
"When I heard your speech earlier, I thought maybe there'd be something we could actually talk about. But I guess I still just can't get along with the Zen'in clan after all..."
Damn it.
Did I screw up the wording again?
The transmigrator was inwardly full of regret, but there was nothing he could do. Gojo Satoru had specifically asked for the original owner's opinion on women. That was basically an automatic trigger for Naoya Zen'in's default build.
Couldn't you have picked literally any other topic?
Gojo, my man, switch to something about male friendship and camaraderie. I could begrudgingly become your second best friend, you know.
"That's fine too."
Naoya Zen'in nodded dismissively and prepared to leave.
"—Trying to run away?"
But Gojo Satoru had no intention of letting him leave that easily.
He stretched out an arm and blocked Naoya's path. The face that had been smiling carelessly just moments ago suddenly went cold, and he glared at the transmigrator with naked killing intent.
"Naoya Zen'in. I need an explanation."
The transmigrator's heart lurched.
Wow. Seriously? Do you not even need a cooldown before switching faces like that?
Sure enough, Gojo Satoru had changed the subject.
And of course it had turned out to be the one topic the transmigrator least wanted to hear.
The topic of male friendship.
"What exactly are you planning to do to Suguru's body—"
"—to my best friend's body? How badly are you going to desecrate it?"
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