The Goofy Spring Breeze Blows Everywhere, Geto's Sister is Truly Impressive Ch. 45

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Three seconds later, Naoya's body slumped sideways with a thud—

The servants swarmed over like a tide, shouting, "Master Naoya!!!"

The fallen Naoya, using his last bit of strength, shakily raised the scratched ticket. The words [Grand Prize] faintly glowed on it.

A slight smile finally curved at his lips, tears gleaming at the corner of his eyes, a peaceful, almost final smile appearing on his face.

"Ah! Yes! I won...!"

Back in the day there was Fan Jin passing the imperial exam, now there's Naoya winning the prize.jpg

A few days later, Chihori received the call to claim the prize.

Someone won the grand prize and wanted to claim it—an in-person meet, handshake, and photo with the spokesperson.

"Someone actually won?" Chihori looked up and asked, "Are you free these couple of days, Toji-san?"

The two had just come out of a somewhat distant casino (since the closer ones had already blacklisted the gambling saint Chihori) and were walking down a street dimly lit by streetlights.

"...I'm waiting on a mission right now," Toji said. "Probably won't have time."

"What kind of mission?" Chihori tilted her head.

Toji had nothing to hide and casually explained to Chihori.

Recently, the day was coming when Tengen would merge with a new star plasma body, and the Star Religious Group, which worshipped Tengen himself, issued a huge bounty mission: [Stop Tengen from merging with the Star Plasma vessel, no matter if the Star Plasma vessel lives or dies].

The Star Religious Group currently hired Curse Users Group Q, planning for that group to stop the ritual on the day. But just in case, they also notified Shiu Kong to prepare to find others to handle it.

Shiu told Toji that if Curse Users Group Q failed, Toji would take over.

"Since someone will be escorting the Star Plasma Vessel, I don't think Curse Users Group Q can pull it off," Toji smirked. "This mission is probably mine."

He glanced at Chihori and added, "The escort... I bet it's mostly going to be Tokyo Jujutsu Tech people."

More specifically, he suspected Satoru Gojo would be involved.

After all, Satoru Gojo, born with the Six Eyes and a once-in-a-century talent, was terrifying both in strength and reputation.

Toji knew Chihori's brother Suguru Geto, and he knew that Satoru Gojo was investing in the strawberry milk factory. So his words hinted at a possible clash between them.

The silver-haired girl lifted her green eyes and said, "Can I pay extra to hire you?"

Toji looked away, staring ahead. He tugged at the scar on his lip and said in a low voice, "I'm already prepared to take the mission. At most—I won't mess with your brother or his friends, and I'll try to avoid them."

Chihori blinked. "Hmm? It's fine, just go ahead and beat them up, I don't mind."

Toji: "?"

Chihori nodded seriously, "People grow by getting beaten up. I'm counting on you to train them, Toji-san!"

Toji: "..."

He thought Chihori was asking to hire him to cancel the mission!!

After a second of silence, Toji said, "...Then what exactly do you want to pay me to do?"

The silver-haired girl reached into her bag and quickly pulled out a box of pink strawberry milk—

"I want to hire you to deliver our Dog Cocky Cat Brand strawberry milk to Lord Tengen."

Toji: "...?"

Chihori: The strawberry milk that can replace the star plasma vessel and promote Tengen's cellular regeneration—now's the time for you to play your role!

Changing my brother's blade story starts right now—

Toji paused for a second. "You want me to deliver this to Tengen?"

Chihori nodded.

Toji's old man subway phone face: ...There's no need to make the strawberry milk sales underground or anything!!

Chihori said, "Perfect timing. That way, you kill two birds with one trip—you complete the Star Religious Group's mission to [stop the Star Plasma Vessel from merging with Tengen], and also deliver the strawberry milk to Lord Tengen."

For bounty hunter Toji, there was no reason to refuse such a high-efficiency, ride-share style double mission.

Still, Toji asked one more question, "You really planning to expand business to Tengen's side? But even if Tengen actually liked the taste of this milk, I doubt Tengen would order much of it."

"I never planned on Lord Tengen ordering much."

Toji raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"

"I don't think I've said this before—this strawberry milk can replace the Star Plasma Vessel, helping Tengen renew her cells and reverse aging."

Chihori turned her head. Under the dim light, half of her profile was in shadow. "...After this, Tengen won't need to merge or assimilate with anyone else."

Toji's first reaction was: No way.

Just a simple, ordinary box of strawberry milk having that effect was pure fantasy—but the silver-haired girl before him looked calm, her words carried a certain certainty about the result.

Toji was silent for two seconds.

Finally, he let out a soft laugh. "...Sounds unbelievable, of course—I'm not only talking about the milk's effects."

His low voice carried a vague hint.

He stared at Chihori. "What are you trying to do?"

Given the abilities the girl had shown before, Toji certainly didn't think Chihori was some fragile, naive little flower. Beneath her slender frame was a mysterious power and many puzzles no one could easily figure out.

—Like casually pulling out things that looked like plants but also like cursed tools, things no one had ever seen or heard of.

Behind her usually gentle, carefree facade, was there a century-old scheme hidden?

Is the strawberry milk really just strawberry milk? Since contacting Tengen, would some huge changes come to the jujutsu world?

Toji wasn't really interested in the future or direction of this world, but he wanted to know the truth.

It wasn't about some ridiculous sense of responsibility, just because he wanted to.

"Why send strawberry milk to Tengen?" Toji asked again.

"So she won't need the Star Plasma Vessel anymore," Chihori said. "I'm afraid my brother would be sad if the star plasma body disappeared—you said the escort was probably Tokyo Jujutsu Tech people."

"Oh, you want me not to touch the star plasma body."

"Not not touch it, just don't kill it." Chihori blinked. "I know you won't cancel the mission, so I'm not trying to make things hard for you. But the Star Religious Group's mission says life or death doesn't matter, so just pick 'life'—just stop it from assimilating—considering we're partners."

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