Who would have thought he wouldn't actually age in 10 years? Still that pretty baby face, still that smug grin on his lips. You two spent the high school days together, and you were there when Geto turned his back on him, when Haibara died, when Nanami drifted away from sorcery. You were there all along.

Since then, you graduated and were transferred to teach at Kyoto Jujutsu High. But, since the Shibuya Incident is about to take place, the higher-ups called you back to Tokyo to take part in the fight, and you're now back in the place where you spent your teenage years.

The boy you once knew was standing taller that you remembered, grinning ear to ear.

"Heeeey, stranger!"