Chapter 89: A Question

Mute and Mei Mei glare at each other until Mute speaks. 

" What are you here for Mei Mei? A fight or something else. " 

Mute wipes Naobito's blood off his face using the back of his hand. Mei Mei smirks at Mute before speaking while shaking her head.

" I was originally planning on killing you here, however, with the death of Naoya. There's a good chance that the other first-grade sorcerers would attack us if they saw us in a tired state. After all neither you nor I have a great relationship with Jujutsu High. "

Mute scoffs before asking Mei Mei a question. 

" Then why did you come here to speak to me? "

Mei Mei quickly responds to Mute. 

" I came here to ask you a question. I'm sure you know that Geto lost to Yuta. The Jujutsu higher-ups are most likely going to promote Yuta to a special grade soon. Meaning that the three other remaining first grades are going to be your enemies. So, what do you plan on doing? I'm also sure you know the higher-ups will order sorcerers to try to hunt you down. "

Mute stares at Mei Mei pondering until he lets out a loud sigh and speaks. 

" Truthfully, I plan to lay low for a little while. I've been fighting for my entire life. I think I deserve a break. But what you say is true. The higher-ups are going to order my death and foolish new sorcerers are going to try to fight me. But don't expect me to be involved in any major conflicts for a little while unless my hand is pulled into entering them. "

Mei Mei stares at Mute before nodding her head and hopping off the tree landing in front of Mute. Mute and Mei Mei lock eyes before Mei Mei walks past Mute speaking. 

" I saw Naoya fleeing towards Shinjuku on my way here. If you want to kill him you know where he is. "

Mute scoffs before responding.

" There's no need for me to kill him. He's mentally broken already besides I think living in constant paranoia is better fitting for him than death. "

Mei Mei nods her head before her body flickers and disappears. Mute stands motionless in the forest with the full moon illuminating his body. He glances around before he slowly starts to walk towards a woman hiding behind a tree before he speaks. 

" You can come out now, Suda. She's gone. "

Suda walks out from the tree sweating. Suda takes a deep breath before speaking. 

" Do you think she noticed me? "

Mute just shrugs before speaking.

" Probably, but it doesn't matter if she did or not. "

Suda nods her head before she stares at Mute with hundreds of thoughts running through her head pondering what Mute had said to Mei Mei. Suda thinks for a little longer before speaking. 

" Do you really plan on laying low? "

Mute nods his head at her before speaking. 

" I do, but don't worry. I don't plan on abandoning the remnants of this group. "...

Back in Shinjuku, the celebration of winning the war was still happening. A man could be seen holding onto a bottle of sake and wildly drinking. His face was flushed before he let out a loud burp. 

The man wipes his mouth before he hears hurried footsteps walking towards him. The man glances to his right before seeing bloody Naoya walking towards him breathing heavily. Naoya's eyes are still in shock. The man drops his sake onto the floor shattering it as he walks over to Naoya confused. The man turns his head before asking Naoya a question. 

" What's wrong with you, man? "

Naoya stares at the man before he collapses onto the floor breathing heavily. The man crouches down and grabs Naoya's shoulder before he glances back and sees Nanami running over towards him. 

Nanami crouches next to the man before he murmurs something to himself.

" Looks like Mute is still fighting. If Naoya is in such a shocked state, there's a good chance that Naobito is dead. "

Nanami stares at Naoya until his phone in his pants vibrates. Nanami reaches into his pants and pulls out his phone and sees that Mei Mei is calling him. Nanami taps the phone using his thumb to answer the call...