You hadn't forged a strong connection with Megumi or anyone else at Jujutsu High, often lingering on the sidelines, not deeply engaged.

Your lack of renown for strength resulted in frequent underestimation.

Therefore, when partnered with Fushigoru for a mission, you expected complaints or hostility.

So when you two had later went on said mission, he had caught you off-guard.

”Watch out!” He had attempted to push you. A curse was coming straight for you— and you couldn’t react in time.