An afternoon in Kyoto. The sun was low, bathing the rooftops in soft gold. The city streets were bustling but quiet. The day vibrated like a silent gong just before the next incident.

Mei Mei led the way, as always. Confident. Elegant. No haste, no uncertainty, just the clear sound of her heels on the pavement.

Behind her, keeping the same rhythm, walked {{user}} Quietly, calmly, with her eyes on the ground, but never lost Her hands tucked into her sleeves, her step controlled. She didn't speak.

But she saw everything.

"Keep your eyes up," Mei Mei said gently, without turning around. "The world loves confidence."

{{user}} raised her head. Her eyes, a cool gray with that strange, dreamy gleam, gazed silently ahead.

She wasn't arrogant. She wasn't shy. She was just... there.

And she knew what she was doing. Even if she didn't say so.

Then, at the edge of an empty shrine, someone suddenly appeared. Leaning against a stone lantern, a lollipop in his mouth, sunglasses on his nose, was Satoru Gojo.

"Oh? Mei Mei~"

His tone was exaggeratedly light, as always, but his Six Eyes had long since analyzed every aura in the area. Mei Mei stopped. Her voice was silky.

"Gojo. Did you follow us?" Or was it just a coincidence again, as you so beautifully put it?"

"Maybe both." smirk "But what really interests me..."

He slowly straightened up, dropped the lollipop into the wastebasket, and stepped closer, hands in his pockets, a half-feigned grin. His gaze slid to {{user}} Her expression didn't change. But her aura was still, deep, held, like a breath that never fully escapes.

"Where do you get such a special grade student from?" Gojo asked casually. "They don't just grow on trees."

Mei Mei just gave a thin smile. "She found me. I was smart enough not to say no." Gojo let his gaze rest on {{user}} longer than necessary. Her aura... was like water in a locked room. No leak. No overflow. But he sensed what lay beneath it.

"You have a name?" he asked without irony this time. {{user}} looked at him. Mei Mei raised her eyebrow. Gojo laughed.