Chapter 93: Chapter 93: The Deal
It was obvious that the teacher wasn't telling the truth; at least the real situation was definitely different.
Otherwise, Yoshino Junpei wouldn't have shown that incredulous, angry expression.
But the other person was just an ordinary person at best, and had nothing to do with special cursed spirits. There was no need to waste time on him.
So, Yukinoshita Yukino didn't even think about talking to him. She simply had Itadori Yuji take Yoshino Junpei and leave.
"Oh, I got it."
Itadori Yuji nodded and gave Yoshino Junpei a signal before pulling him away.
Yoshino Junpei, who had originally resisted a bit, followed Itadori Yuji without hesitation once he saw the annoying teacher.
Rather than listening to the nonsense of that teacher and raising his blood pressure, it was much easier to just leave with Itadori Yuji and deal with their questions.
"What's so important about kids..."
Seeing the three of them turn to leave, the teacher immediately got anxious. He hurried after them with his short legs, shouting, "Hey! Wait, wait a minute!"
"Itadori, could you take care of this?"
"Oh! Leave it to me!"
Itadori Yuji turned around and blocked the middle-aged man's way.
The man, who had been stopped, looked a bit angry. On such a hot day, he came to kindly persuade the skipping student to return to class, and now he was being blocked by these random people.
"You two, where are you taking one of our students? Is it because Yoshino isn't coming to school that you're leading him astray? What school are you from... hey!"
Just as he was about to lecture the mischievous student, the teacher suddenly felt a chill in his lower body. In the sweltering heat, he experienced a strangely comfortable breeze—Itadori Yuji had ripped off his pants, exposing his patterned boxers.
"Don't, don't drag me!"
The middle-aged man quickly bent down and reached for his pants, trying to grab them back from Itadori Yuji. "Hey! Let go of me!"
However, a lazy, out-of-shape middle-aged man could never compete with Itadori Yuji in terms of strength.
Itadori Yuji easily pulled off the teacher's pants, knocked him to the ground, and then ran in the opposite direction of where Yukinoshita Yukino and Yoshino Junpei had gone.
Glancing at the flower-patterned boxers under him, and then at the distance between him and Yukinoshita Yukino and Yoshino Junpei, the middle-aged man ultimately chose to chase after Itadori Yuji.
No rebellious student was more important than his own face.
"Hey! Stop! Give me back my pants!"
He shouted loudly, walking with big steps while enduring the humiliation and enjoying the cool breeze around his waist.
After running for a while, Itadori Yuji tossed the teacher's trousers onto a white wall, ran around the block, and returned to Yukinoshita Yukino and Yoshino Junpei.
"All set!"
The pink-haired boy gave Yukinoshita Yukino a thumbs-up and grinned.
"Nice job."
Yukinoshita Yukino smiled, clearly amused by the scene of Itadori pulling the teacher's pants off.
"Piece of cake!"
Itadori Yuji grinned.
"Uh..."
Yoshino Junpei was about to speak, but Yukinoshita Yukino interrupted him. "Let's sit somewhere."
She pointed to a family restaurant.
"Huh? But discussing... that kind of thing in public, wouldn't it be a bit inappropriate?"
Itadori Yuji scratched his head in confusion.
"It's fine. Most people won't understand what we're saying; they'll just think we're dealing with some delusions."
Yukinoshita Yukino explained. "If we happen to find someone who understands us, it means we hit the jackpot."
"Seems like that makes sense, then let's go!"
...What about my opinion?
Yoshino Junpei felt a bit embarrassed, but seeing that Itadori Yuji had just lectured his hated sensei, he obediently followed the two into the family restaurant.
After sitting in a secluded spot and ordering drinks, Yukinoshita Yukino slowly spoke: "Yoshino, do you dislike that person from earlier?"
"Yeah, I do."
Yoshino Junpei nodded.
"Can I ask why?"
"This..."
His gaze landed on the uniform Itadori Yuji was wearing, noticing the spiral-patterned button on the collar.
"By the way, Junpei, if you meet someone with a spiral-patterned button on their clothes, try to get along with them. They're sorcerers and will probably get along with you."
Mahito's word echoed in his mind.
Although their attitude was not great when they first met, since they were here for the movie theater case, Yoshino Junpei could understand their serious approach. They had also helped him get rid of the annoying teacher.
These two should be good people.
After a moment of hesitation, Yoshino Junpei nodded. "Alright."
He slowly pushed aside his bangs, revealing the ugly scar on his forehead from a burn.
"What is—!?"
Itadori Yuji's pupils shrank sharply, and even Yukinoshita Yukino's expression became serious.
He lowered his bangs again, covering the burn mark on his forehead, and Yoshino Junpei's expression turned gloomy. "These were done by the guys at school..."
They had beaten him, taken over the clubroom, burned him with cigarette butts, and forced him to eat cockroaches...
Yoshino Junpei fought to control his emotions as he revealed his scars and explained in detail his experiences of being bullied to the two.
"Those bastards!"
Itadori Yuji's anger was obvious. He was genuinely upset for Yoshino Junpei.
Yukinoshita Yukino remained calm. "So, the three students from Sakura High who died at the theater that day were the same ones who bullied you?"
"Yeah."
Yoshino Junpei nodded.
"Then it looks like you have a motive for the crime now."
Yukinoshita Yukino said.
"Yukinoshita-senpai!"
Itadori Yuji looked at her with disbelief, seemingly shocked by what she had just said.
"I'm just stating the facts," the black-haired girl said without changing her expression.
"But still, that's too..."
Itadori Yuji was about to say more, but Yoshino Junpei interrupted him.
"It's okay, I understand Yukinoshita-senpai's point."
"But..."
"So, let's make a deal, Yoshino."
Ignoring the angry pink-haired boy, Yukinoshita Yukino looked at Yoshino Junpei seriously.
"A deal?"
"Do you want revenge on the people who bullied you? I can help you."
Yukinoshita Yukino said, "I will make sure they all end up in prison. In exchange, you have to tell us exactly what you saw at the movie theater that day."
"How about that deal?"
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