Jujutsu Kaisen: That time a random OP being transfered the soul of a- Chapter 76 76: Peace-loving

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Kobe City:

In one of the busier shopping districts, a group of five young n walked casually, laughing without a care in the world.

They weren't locals. They had co for work and had been operating together for so ti.

As they turned toward their usual lunch spot, one of them suddenly stopped.

The others continued a few steps before noticing he wasn't behind them.

"What happened?"

No response.

He was staring at sothing in the distance.

They followed his gaze.

"What? You see soone you know?"

"Or soone caught your eye? That girl? Too bad she's with her boyfriend."

"Well… the boyfriend could 'disappear'."

They laughed and slapped his back.

"...Zenin," muttered the man.

"Huh? What did you sa- OI! Where are you going?"

Without saying anything, the man ran and started following the people he spotted.

The other people looked at him, wondering what was wrong with the man to run through the crowd with such a scary expression on his face.

His colleagues looked at each other before they shrugged their shoulders and went ahead to have their lunch.

Food was more important than a crazy guy.

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Currently in the alley where Noaya and Utahi went in, the said man ca as well.

He looked around and only spotted a girl, seemingly talking to soone on her phone.

'It's the sa girl, but where is the Zenin?' thought the man.

"Yes mom, I am fine," said Utahi and walked a bit deeper in the alley.

The man slowly followed behind her while Utahi continued to talk on the phone.

"...You need sothing from ?" asked Utahi, ending the call and putting the phone down. They were quite deep inside the alley.

"Maybe....I would like to ask sothing," said the man.

"...You are acting kinda creepy, you know."

"Really? Too bad, that's just how I am. Just answer my f*cking question," said the man and showed the dagger that was hanging around his waist to Utahi, trying to scare her.

Utahi simply continued to stare at the man, unimpressed.

"Where is the kid who was with you?"

"What kid? I ca here alone."

"Don't play with , b*tch. I saw you enter with that Zenin bastard. So drop your f*cking act. You are a sorcerer too, right? Where is the Zenin bastard?" asked the man and took out the dagger.

"Sheesh, such foul language. Is that how your parents raised you?"

A new voice ca, making the man panic and look around.

"Here, look down."

"Huh?"

"Sup"

The man looked down and saw a face peeking out of the ground, more specifically out of the shadows.

Without any warning, Naoya jumped out of the shadows and landed an uppercut on the man.

"AGH!"

"You know ?" asked Naoya, grabbing the man's leg and slamming him to the ground.

"Zenin!" called the man in anger, glaring at Naoya.

"Yeah, yeah, say sothing else now, would you?" said Naoya with a bored tone and summoned [Toad] from his shadows to sit on top of the man, pinning him to the floor.

The man felt the weight of the Toad and found it quite difficult to move. He was about to use Cursed energy reinforcent to push the shikigami away, but Naoya summoned [Tiger Funeral] as well, which was ready to tear apart the man the mont he tried sothing.

The man glared at Naoya, making the Zenin heir simply smile back at him.

Utahi looked at the scene and sighed. Their cover was blown quite early on the mission only because one of these curse users recognised Naoya.

'Well, maybe it's for the better. It saved us ti looking for them.' thought Utahi and looked at Naoya who was interrogating the man.

She stared at him for a while and soon a blush ca on heer face, rebering the position the two of them were a mont ago.

Realizing that her thoughts were going haywire she shook her head vigourously trying to snap out of it.

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After a few back and forth with the curse user, Naoya and Utahi gained so insights.

The man had known Naoya since back in the day, Naoya killed this man's father, who ca to kill him, and since then, he had a grudge against Naoya.

What can he say? He was quite famous.

The man is also indeed part of the group they were after, but refused to say anything or even admit it.

After trying to get him to confess anything useful for around 15 minutes, Naoya gave up and unsummoned Twister the toad.

"Let's get going, senpai. He clearly knows nothing and just ca after . We have more important matters to attend," said Naoya and unsummoned Snow, the tigress, as well.

"Wait. What? He clearly is invo-"

"Trust senpai. Seeing how weak he is, he is not involved with the ones we are after," said Naoya.

Utahi looked unconvinced but decided to nod along. If the man was not going to tell them anything, then there was no point in wasting ti on him.

"Agh, Zenin," spat the man as he finally got back on his feet.

He was quite injured from all the 'interrogatory beating' he got from Naoya.

"What now?" asked Naoya, clearly annoyed by the man.

"...Do you even rember my father, whom you killed?"

"Nope."

Hearing the nonchalant answer from Zenin, the man got speechless.

"Does your dead father rember all the innocent people he killed for money? Do you rember all the people you and your curse user buddies killed for money? The family of those whom you killed. How much did they suffer because of your actions? How are they doing now? Do you guys look into that?" asked Naoya back.

The man got silent and clenched his fists in frustration.

Seeing that reaction, Naoya snorted and smirked.

"Congrats, dude, you are a hypocrite, just like . Go annoy soone weaker than you. At least that would be sothing a pathetic burden on earth as you can do," said Naoya and walked away.

Utahi blinked at Naoya's cold and logical response with slight amazent before turning towards the man who was insulted by Naoya.

The man had unimaginable anger on his face. The humiliation only boosted the frustration he had.

"Let's get going senpai. He is not worth our ti," said Naoya, and pulled Utahi along.

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Back on the crowded streets, Naoya and Utahi were back on their job.

"I still believe that man is related to the group we are after," said Utahi.

"Maybe. I don't think there are many reasons for a curse user to roam around in the bustling parts of the city," replied Naoya.

"!!! Then why did you let him go just like that?!" asked Utahi.

"He wouldn't have given us any information. Better not waste ti on a defective lead."

"Still, we could have tailed him to know about their whereabouts."

"Not ideal. Considering he knows that we are sorcerers, he will now try to lay low for a while. If he spots us tailing him, he can lead us sowhere else entirely. Tailing him will only cause us more problems for now."

"Agh, so annoying. There goes one of our leads."

"Not entirely," replied Naoya and smirked.

"What do you an?"

"Now now, senpai. Will it be fun if I give you the answer so easily?" asked Naoya.

"...You just find new ways to be annoying."

"I try my best."

"You don't have a nice personality. I pity Maki-chan and Mai-chan for having a role model with such a bad personality."

"Oi! Take that back! I am the bestest brother and role model!" complained Naoya.

"Doesn't look like that to ."

"...Fine, act like that. I won't co to save you when you co calling for help."

"...You know you will."

"Ugh...why am I such a good guy?"

"Hehe. Suffer for being on the side of the good," said Utahi and laughed.

"You are evil."

"? Evil? I am gooder than you. Maybe the goodest one on the side of good."

"Yeah, says the one who yells ho run while hitting others with a baseball bat."

"Oi! That doesn't count."

"It certainly does."

The two continued to bicker for a while when, suddenly, Naoya's stomach growled, signalling that it was lunch ti.

The two moved to a ran store, and like usual, Naoya ordered the challenge set.

Once the two got comfortable, Utahi suddenly asked.

"That man that we t in the alley."

"Hm?"

"He said about his father trying to kill you."

"Ah, don't worry about it. I have been a target since I was young. It has improved now, but back in the day, it was too troubleso. You wouldn't believe how low people can stoop to earn money," said Naoya.

"Young, like when you were a kid."

"Yeah, things were going on in the background, and most of the attacks got stopped before the assassins even reached , but around the ti when I got around 8 or 9, stronger and better assassins started coming to kill . Sleeping, eating, bathing, shitting, you na it. Those bastards didn't care about the ti and place."

Utahi simply remained silent. She can't understand how Naoya would have felt. She has never been a target of assassinations. Naoya was strong and belonged to a great clan, but even then, a kid would not have been fine facing such things constantly.

"Leave the depressing talk. I now just think of it as one of the many downsides of being born in the Zenin clan," replied Naoya and sipped on so water.

"...Judging by how you are speaking, I guess being born in a great clan does not guarantee a rosy life."

"Can't say about other clans. The Zenin clan is just 'overly affectionate'. The assassination problem is common, though. Every clan mber goes through it. Honestly, at this point, it is a rite of passage. Surviving it guarantees an amazing future," said Naoya and sat back.

"... Surviving being assassinated is a rite of passage.... honestly, sotis I bla being involved in this side of the world. I genuinely think that what you said made sense. How much ssed up our heads are?" questioned Utahi.

Naoya leaned in, lifted her bangs and stared at her.

"Hm? By my diagnosis. You are quite ssed up. I prescribe deep brain cleaning."

"Drop it," complained Utahi and smacked Naoya's hand.

Naoya looked at her with surprise and rubbed his palm.

"Such a violent lady."

"Hmph. Deal with it."

"What else can I do. Honestly, why does such a sweet and peace-loving guy like get entangled with this brute of a senior?"

"Huh? You, peace-loving? Did the aning of the word change?"

"Hey, I am all for peace. You cannot deny that. Either co in peace or rest in peace. Peace is mandatory for ."

"Wow, such a charming personality."

"Hm? You making a move on ?"

"In your dreams!!!"

Naoya nodded and pretended to sleep.

"Ah, no senpai~ Don't do this to . It is wrong. We should first get to know each other better."

Without any second thoughts, Utahi tried to smack Naoya, only for a solid shadow to block her.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

"Stopping the senpai in my dreams from taking advantage of . She was quite agressive you know."

"You damn bast-"

"Your order is here."

A shop worker ca with their food, making Utahi stop and calm herself down.

Seeing her stop, Naoya smirked. He won the argunt this ti.

Utahi glared at him, making the Zenin heir enjoy the victory even more.

Still, after a while, he apologised to her for annoying her.

Utahi didn't mind. She has co to know that Naoya didn't an much by his teasing. Still, it did annoy her quite a bit.

While the two were talking, the other people in the shop looked at their table, more specifically at Naoya, who devoured the entire challenge set in a matter of minutes and even ordered another one.

The shop owner was already cursing his luck for sending Naoya to his restaurant.

Utahi noticed the gazes on them, but she was mostly unaffected. She was now used to being stared at in restaurants whenever she went out with Naoya.

She stared at Naoya for a while before finishing her own food and standing up.

"Boss, cancel the challenge bowl order," said Utahi.

"Huh? I am not done eating," complained Naoya.

"Let's go sowhere else; just having ran is not nutritious. Honestly, you should know this already," chided Utahi.

"Don't act like a mother."

"Don't act like a kid and get on your feet. If I didn't know your diet, I would say that you have eaten enough. C'mon, let's go. The sooner we are done with lunch, the sooner we can go back to our jobs. Don't forget that we are not here to have fun."

"Ah. I forgot about that. I was having too much fun with you...about our job, though, don't worry about it," said Naoya, stood up and paid for their al.

"Huh? What do you an by that?" asked Utahi.

"Enough talking, let's get going. I am still not done eating."

"Wait for ! What do you an by not worrying about the job?"

"You will understand later...what do you want to eat, senpai?" asked Naoya and looked around.

Utahi was about to tell him to get serious, but noticed that Naoya was not looking at the shops; rather, he was looking at shady areas.

"...Let's go for so at. You need protein too," said Utahi and grabbed Naoya's arm to pull him along.

"Are we being followed?" whispered Utahi.

"Seems so. Around 10 to 15 of them."

"...There are too many people here."

"Yes...for now, follow ."

Utahi gave a nod and let Naoya lead the way.

The two entered an alley, and the mont they got in, Naoya partially summoned [Nue] to fly away along with Utahi and landed on top of a building.

The two of them then looked down, and just as Naoya told them earlier, around 10 to 15 people started to head towards the alley and act frantically the mont they didn't spot them.

Naoya glanced towards Utahi and gestured sothing to her.

The senior nodded and started chanting.

Naoya focused back on the group and activated his technique.

Shadows erged from his feet and launched towards the group, and restrained them before pulling them up.

Utahi finished chanting and dropped a curtain around the terrace of the building.

The mont the curse users ca within range, Sparkles, the Nue, erged out of the shadows and released a controlled blast of electricity at the enemies.

"AH!!!!"

The group scread in pain as current coursed through their bodies and fried them enough to not die.

One by one, the electrocuted bodies fell on the terrace.

"See, I told you. Don't worry about the mission," said Naoya with a smile and showed the curse users to Utahi.

Utahi looked at the twitching n and then turned towards Naoya, who was patting Sparkles for a job well done.

'Peace-loving, my foot!!!!' thought Utahi but kept the thoughts to herself.