There are HEAVY implications that Teru would not have been part of the rescue mission if the person in need of rescue wasn't Aoi.
Teru's job is to exorcise supernaturals and help people, with no more supernaturals around he no longer have an obligation to save anyone, and just like any child soldier who never caught a break, Teru loves that. He spends his day having fun.
It makes you wonder why he would go out of his way to bring the supernaturals he hates back and make his own life harder.
Is not like he likes being an exorcist and would miss it so he must bring the supernaturals back. He have no love for his job, happier doing anything else, even things he suck as like cooking. There are many instances we can see that, but the way he describe it says it best:
He basically had no choice. Follow the family bussiness or put his siblings life at risk.
And now he does have the choice to take a big break from it all. He have this choice and he choose to go out of his way to bring the supernaturals back.
Is not like he can't live with himself if he let Aoi die. He never tried to do anything to help Nene before, and Aoi, as cruel as that sounds, is from a family the Minamotos are used to kill to get some peace. Teru knows that. He was taught that. These big breaks aren't unnatural, is tradicion.
But despite that, Teru went out of his way to give Aoi a bracelet that would help her protect herself.
As Akane said it: Saving Aoi was always Teru's plan.
The casual way teru reacts is hard to read, could just be him indulging.
However! The way he smiles a little when Akane finishes explaining why he think Teru planned on saving Aoi is telling.
Specially compared to the way this small smile falls the instant Akane start implying that Aoi isn't special, that Teru would have done the same for anyone who was in danger.
This is not a look of agreement.
Later on we get confirmation Teru is saving Aoi for selfish reasons
In a manga that loves to do use parallels, making Teru say "I want Aoi back" while comparing it directly to "Kou want to see Mitsuba" and "Nene want to see Hanako" isn't meaningless. Aoi is special to him.
This is further proved by how angry he is at Hanako. His hatred is personal, as angry as he had been when Hanako threatened Kou during the young exorcist arc. If not more. He is kicking and stabbing without destroying Hanako's soul.
He wants Hanako to suffer.
And during the entire time he hurts Hanako he talk about the situation that lead Hanako to kill Aoi. That's it. None of his usual 'supernaturals are dangerous and must be exorcised' energy that he learned on the job, just a deeply personal 'you Hanako, and your stupid plans that endanger someone i care about sucks. Suffer.'
So I don't think Teru would be part of the rescue mission if Aoi wasn't the victim. He would have nothing to gain and a lot to lose. The only people Teru would do something like this for are the people he deeply cares about.
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