Chapter 155: The Gap Among Jujutsu Sorcerers
After the club’s summer camp ended, Sieru returned to the relaxed and regular pace of summer vacation, a life devoid of cursed spirits, abnormalities, and Lin Qi.
Sieru had long finished their summer homework. After completing the daily exercise routine, they could spend time on whatever they pleased.
“The brother is once again lying on the sofa playing games. Apart from going out in the morning for exercise, he doesn’t do anything serious!”
The indignant complaint sounded. Hachiman Hikigaya glanced away from his handheld screen and looked at his sister standing before him.
“Being able to spend a carefree day every day is what makes summer meaningful.” He paused before asking, “Are you changing clothes to head out?”
Standing before him was Komachi Hikigaya, wearing a light yellow sleeveless top with a pair of denim suspenders over it. She leaned her arm holding a shopping bag over the side. Her youthful energy filled the air immediately.
“I have to buy groceries, the fridge is empty.” She raised her brows slightly and playfully glared at her useless brother, “Useless brother should ask Mr. Itidzhi if there are any exorcising tasks to undertake, so you don’t just loiter around the house and be a bother to cute little me!”
“But if my dear brother might get hurt, generous and kind me still decides to let you be lazy at home taking care of yourself!” The short-haired girl suddenly grinned playfully, “This idea got high marks in my heart!”
“Yes, yes, the brother is too weak to fight the cursed spirits, so staying at home avoids any injury.”
Hachiman Hikigaya spoke dismissively and refocused on the game.
“Ah, I can hardly imagine how useless brother will survive alone after being away from me.”
While sighing helplessly, Komachi headed toward the entrance.
“Oh, no need to go alone to dangerous places like abandoned buildings or cemeteries.”
As she put on slippers, Hikigaya reminded her.
“Why would I go to such places for groceries?” Komachi remarked while sitting on the stairs.
“That’s good.”
Moments later, Hikigiga Hikigaya finally understood Komachi’s words.
What? Does this mean we’ll part ways in the future!
But when he sat up abruptly from the couch, he heard the sound of the door closing at the entrance.
Unaware that her casual words gave such a big shock to her brother, Komachi walked straight toward the nearest shopping street after leaving home.
Arriving at the shopping street, the young girl thought about tonight’s dinner menu while strolling along the street casually.
People here mostly came out to buy groceries, and girls Komachi’s age were quite rare.
Because of work reasons, her parents did not often come back, so Hachiman siblings mostly took care of themselves.
Most cooking fell on Komachi’s shoulders.
She frequently visited this shopping street, and many shopkeepers knew this lively young girl who had a strong sense of family even for her age.
“Oh! It’s you, Komachi. Would you like some ribs today? They’re fresh!”
Soon after, the butcher shop owner warmly greeted the short-haired girl as she passed by.
“Ribs? Sounds good.” Komachi smiled as she approached after hearing the man shout, “Same as always?”
“Same! Eighty percent off!”
Upon hearing the man’s response, he picked up his butcher knife with agility and chopped a piece of rib, wrapping it up and handing it to her.
“Thank you, Uncle!” Komachi said happily, accepting it and placing it in her shopping bag. After paying for it, she continued walking further.
After browsing for a while and gathering ingredients for a few days, Komachi considered heading to the mall to buy some snacks. Thus, she pulled out her phone and called her brother.
“Hello? What’s up?”
Not long afterward, the call connected, and Hachiman’s voice echoed from the phone.
“Hey older brother, I’m going to department store to get some snacks. Do you need anything?”
“No… Just bring me a can of Max coffee.”
“A can of Max coffee? Got it, well then I’ll hang up…”
During the call, Komachi blinked and took a few steps back, curiously looking at a narrow alley she had just passed.
In her sight, a black-haired man in a five-temple robe with a bun, extended his hand to a cursed spirit in front of him.
Monk?
In the next moment, the cursed spirit twisted oddly, attracted toward the man, and turned into a deep-blue glowing orb in the palm of the man’s hand.
A sorcerer from a special school, surely so.
Such dedication, even working during summer… No, there must not be any breaks for jujutsu sorcerers.
The job is both dangerous and constant—it’s scary to think about. Indeed, jujutsu sorcerers must be very powerful.
“What’s wrong?” Hachiman asked, noticing Komachi’s silence on the phone.
Of course, he did not consider his useless brother lounging at home.
There is a gap between jujutsu sorcerers.
“Not much, then I’ll hang up.”
Sighing despondently, Komachi hung up the phone and continued walking.
Perhaps it’s better not to interrupt someone else’s work.
“Hmm?”
Juro Egawa turned around, and just then saw a short-haired girl hanging up after talking on the phone.
“Is she seeing it? But it seems neither a jujutsu sorcerer nor a student,” Juro stated, taking a bite of the light-blue glimmering orb, turning it into energy inside his body, “Just an ordinary person with spiritual insight?”
Despite the bustling shopping street, nobody except Komachi spotted the events unfolding in the alleyway. The figure of the man in the five-temple robe had vanished, as if he had never been there.
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Back home, Komachi brought in the groceries and snacks.
Seeing Hachiman lying listlessly on the sofa, engrossed in his handheld game, she couldn’t stop thinking about the hardworking sorcerer she witnessed cleansing the cursed spirits for city safety just now.
Fuming, she stomped forward and snatched the handheld game from his hands, then shoved the coffee and ingredients into his arms.
“Huh? What’s going on?”
The boy stared blankly at losing the handheld in surprise and being loaded with stuff, uncertain why this adorable sister of the world was angry.
“You should ready dinner tonight!” Komachi said with a frown, her firm tone refusing any counterargument.
“Eh? Suddenly?”
“No buts!”
“Okay okay.”
Knowing she couldn’t defy Komachi’s command, Hachiman reluctantly carried the supplies into the kitchen.
In the building nearby on the rooftop, Juro Egawa silently observed the ordinary household situation, concluding it was a normal family.
“Recently, the power of appearing cursed spirits has strengthened, and many ordinary people unexpectedly developed jujutsu powers and techniques. It seems another great presence has emerged in the jujutsu world.”
It had been since the birth of Satoru Gojo causing such abnormalities last time.
“Could it be you?”
The man’s mouth curled upwards as curiosity flashed through his dark eyes.
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After school, becoming a Jujutsu Sorcerer:
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