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"You let them run away? Dude you're weak! Hahaha!"

"..." Noah stared at the white-haired man laughing loudly, making him wonder if he really should punch him or not.

"But Zoldyck huh… It seems that the Time Vessel Association hired them to kill Riko. This might be troublesome." Geto said with a frown, holding his chin, his elbow supported by the other hand folded on his chest.

"You know the Zoldyck Family?" Noah looked towards Geto and asked, making both Gojo and Geto stare at him like they were staring at some weird creature.

"What?" Noah asked with slight annoyance.

"Zoldyck Family is one of the four sorcerer families, known for their assassination," Geto explained. "Despite being a family of assassins, no one dares to do anything to them partially due to their strength that made them stand as one of the four sorcerer families."

"Though the Zoldyck Family rarely mingles with the affairs of the outside world, hiring them is also quite hard. For starters, the assassinated target should be "interested" — as they say — and the money required to hire a member of the Zoldyck Family can easily put a dent in even the other three families. Also…"

Geto became quiet as Gojo continued from there.

"They are known for their extremely high knowledge of the human body. 99 out of 100 assassinations doesn't even require them to use their curse techniques, but mostly their bodies and estimation techniques."

"Adding the fact that their usage of curse technique can be considered the strongest among the four families. Since every member of their family, except for the inherited cursed techniques, can learn their family's core techniques which itself can be considered an inherited technique in itself, but everyone can learn it."

Noah became silent.

This was too much to think about at once.

The Zoldyck Family is part of the Four Sorcerer Family? That was new to him, but he couldn't help but sigh in relief knowing that there was no Nen in this world.

But…

'If that is the case, what about Alluka then?'

The power to grant wishes was definitely by no means a laughing matter.

'They have their own personal Holy Grail… I'm jealous now.'

Of course, thinking of Alluka as an object was wrong, nor did Noah ever think of her as an object, but the knowledge about her was still enough to put the whole world into chaos.

'If other families or the people of the Jujutsu were to know of her existence, I wouldn't be surprised if the higher-ups of Jujutsu World announced a war against the Zoldyck Family. This… I can use it to my advantage.'

He had his plans after coming to this world, but after knowing about the existence of the Zoldyck Family, Noah thought that he needed to make some changes.

"By the way, if you fight with them again, do not kill them." Geto said. "Capturing them should suffice."

"Politics huh." Noah said with a slightly annoyed tone. His experience as a member of the Pendragon Family could not be worse, and politics played a huge role in it.

"It can't be helped." Geto also has a slightly displeased expression as he said. "But unless you want to start a war with them, it would be better to not kill a member of their family. Our job is to escort Riko to the tomb safely, as long as we do that, it should be enough. We don't need to interfere with the mess called the Four Sorcerer Families."

"I understand." Noah nodded before he looked towards the sleeping girl in Gojo's hand, before a smirk formed on his face. "Say, Gojo, won't she mistake you for a pervert if she woke up?"

"What are you talking about Noah? I'm not a pervert, I'm a gentleman. I'm sure she would be mesmerized the moment she opened her eyes, staring at this handsome face of min—phua!"

He didn't get to finish his sentence as his face was slapped, making him drop Riko in his hands. She stood up before looking towards Gojo with vigilance.

"You pervert! What are you trying to do with me?! I'll let you know, I have many people backing me up! Mess with me and you'll know."

She vigilantly stared at the trio of Noah, Geto, and Gojo.

She had arrived at the meeting place, where she was meant to meet with the people who were to escort her to the tomb, with her maid, Misato.

But as they were waiting for the people to arrive, they were attacked by a mysterious group who tried to kill her.

When she opened her eyes and saw Gojo carrying her, she thought that they were part of the mysterious group that attacked her and Misato, hence her vigilance.

"See? Even if she knows that you are a pervert, there wasn't any need to sugar coat it with your speech of being handsome." Noah said while slightly laughing. "Riko, no need to be afraid, we are here to protect you."

"As if! Lair! You look like someone who would say that to kidnap little girls!"

"..." His face didn't change from the smiling one, as he stared at the girl in front of him silently.

At the side, Geto giggled before he walked forward.

"Riko, calm down, we are not here to abduct you. Actually—"

"Stop it! Do you really think I would believe the words of some strangers? And what's with those bangs?"

"..."

"Hmmm… I wonder if I pull her hand enough, will it be detached from her body? I hope Tengen won't be mad if she is missing a hand." Noah wondered while pulling her hand.

"How surprising! I'm thinking the same!" Gojo nodded before holding her other hand and started to pull it.

"I'll pull the legs then." Added Geto before picking her legs and starting to pull them.

"Gyaaaaaaa!" While Geto pulled the legs with Noah and Gojo pulling both arms, Riko screamed in between them.

"Lady Riko!" A voice came from the side, stunning Riko as she looked towards where the voice came from

"Kuroi!"

"Don't worry Lady Riko, they are our friends."

"What are you riding?" Riko stared at the weird slug-type creature below Misato Kuroi and questioned.

"It is the curse technique of that banged guy."

"Can you stop calling me that?!" Geto said with slight excitement in his voice, wondering what was the problem with his bangs.

"She is spunkier than I'd thought." Gojo said. "Aren't you sad that you are going to merge with Tengen? And here I was worrying for you."

Noah silently stared at Riko as she explained how she was Tengen and Tengen was her, a single word appearing in his mind—lair.

He wasn't the best at catching people, but he wasn't bad either.

It could be said that he was somewhat of an empath himself. He didn't need to know the plot to know she was lying.

Who wants to die?

Not him for sure, not before he achieved his goal to be the apex of the world.

He knew Riko too knew the truth of merging with Tengen meant, but her putting the font of brave itself looked stupid to him.

'Leaving that aside, I've been using <<Sense Enemy>> every other minute, but I've not found a single moment so far. Did they give up?'

He highly doubted they did.

Even if it was not the same Zoldyck Family from the Hunter x Hunter world, he highly doubted that any assassin would give up after one failure.

'And the fact that they targeted me instead of their target Riko means they know that it would be close to impossible to reach Riko without passing the people protecting her. They sure did their research, unlike Q.'

Noah was sure that as long as Gojo was close to Riko, no one should try to assassinate her directly unless they had a death wish.

The only problem here was…

'I need the Zoldyck kids for my plan…'

It was not some grand scheme to be honest, just that he needed the backup from them.

'Gojo Family is already in the bag, after all, Gojo Satoru IS the Gojo Family.'

The very status of the Gojo Family as one of the Four Sorcerer Families stood was solely due to the presence of Gojo Satoru, without it, Gojo Family really isn't that powerful.

Noah knew, as long as Gojo was willing to help him, it was the same as getting the whole Gojo Family backing him up.

'And, to be honest, Gojo's help alone should be able to get me what I want.'

|—Renchoku Girl's Junior High—|

"Are we really doing this?" Gojo couldn't help but ask with disbelief in his voice, standing a distance away from the class Riko was taking.

"It can't be helped." Geto answered. "These are the orders of Tengen-sama, also, she would not be able to meet her family and friends after the merging, let her spend her last days with them."

"Lady Riko doesn't have a family." At the side, Kuroi added. "Her family had died in an accident when she was a child. I'm the only person close to Lady Riko, so—"

"So you are her family?" Geto asked, making Kuroi stare at his face with slightly red cheeks and tears in her eyes before she nodded.

"... Yes."

"Good then. Our job is to protect her, and with us around, not a single hair of the head will be touched. After all…" Geto smirked. "We are the strongest."

"He is flirting with her." Noah whispered into Gojo's ears.

"I know right. I never knew Geto had it in him. I almost thought he was gay." Gojo nodded and added.

"Maybe we should give them a room to talk or something?" Noah wondered as Gojo nodded.

"Seems legit."

"What are you guys talking about…" Geto stared at them with a deadpan expression before Noah patted his shoulder.

"We understand. No need to be shy." He smiled. "We will take our leave, you guys talk it out."

"Let's go Gojo." Noah said while Gojo nodded his head, with slight tears of happiness leaving his eyes.

Geto stared at the duo with an annoyed expression.

"Want me to punch you two?"

As the three of them were chatting nonchalantly, Noah turned his head to the side with a squinted gaze.

At the same time, Geto also stopped talking, feeling his curses being exorcised.

"Enemy is here." Noah and Geto said at the same time, making both of them look at each other while Gojo's face formed a smirk.

"I was getting bored anyway." He said. "I'll go to Riko then."

As Gojo vanished, Geto looked towards Noah and said.

"I'll take care of the one cleansing the curses, take care of Kuroi." With that, Geto also ran in the direction of where his curses were being exorcised, leaving Noah and Kuroi alone.

"Well, don't try to make a move on me." Noah looked towards Kuroi and said. "Despite my handsomeness and badassness, I don't want to take the love of the life of my friend Geto. I'm loyal to my friends."

"... What are you talking about?" Kuroi stared at Noah silently and wondered if it was the right decision to leave her behind with him.

"For starters, why don't you stand behind me? For some reason, the kids have taken a liking to me." He smirked, finding two dots appearing in his mind. "Maybe my charm is too much for kids?"