Although it was a competition between the two schools, both sides had gone through hardships together and had grown much more familiar over the past few days. There was no situation where anyone tried to harm the other side at night. In fact, both sides even held a bonfire party together.
The bonfire was simple. They only needed to cut down a few trees and process them into the desired shape. They did not even need to specifically choose trees of a suitable size when cutting them down.
Amid various gossip, interesting anecdotes, shared experiences, and speculation about the official activities of the Exchange Event, everyone's first night on the island quickly came to an end.
The next day, 9 AM.
After a simple meal of grilled fish and coconut milk, everyone gathered on the beach again.
"First, I want to congratulate everyone for safely getting through the first night without any casualties or injuries."
At this point, Eichi sighed, thinking about how innocent the students' minds were. Not a single one of them had tried to harm anyone else. One had to know that even at the Olympics, plenty of people dared to play dirty.
Especially South Korea. It was said that during the Winter Olympics, in order to prevent their athletes from cheating in speed skating, China installed a camera every two meters and used Cheetah HD cameras, which netizens called absurdly advanced tech, to capture everything. In the end... the South Korean team was completely wiped out.
"Now, we will proceed with the final warm-up project before the Exchange Event begins. From this point on, wild enemies will continuously spawn around the island. By eliminating these enemies, you can earn activity points.
After accumulating enough points, you can strengthen your physical attributes, increase the intensity of your Cursed Technique, raise your Cursed Energy, exchange for cursed tools, or purchase new Cursed Techniques.
Strengthen yourselves as much as possible before the official start of the Exchange Event. The announcement for the next activity will be at 12:00 PM. That is all!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the beach immediately erupted in excitement.
"Can I also summon Shikigami like Megumi? Or pilot a Gundam like Muta Kokichi?"
Itadori Yuji immediately clenched his fists excitedly, little stars twinkling in his eyes.
"You certainly can."
Fushiguro Megumi nodded.
"Don't you not have a Cursed Technique? This is a good opportunity to exchange for a powerful Cursed Technique for the upcoming battles..."
"I do have a Cursed Technique."
Before Megumi could finish, Yuji interrupted him.
The Tokyo School fell into a brief silence.
"You're lying, aren't you? Don't you not have a Cursed Technique?"
Kugisaki Nobara was the first to speak.
"I do. It's a Cursed Technique like a tailor's."
After saying that, Yuji opened his status panel.
The "Dismantle" Cursed Technique, etched into his body by Sukuna, appeared on the panel.
"I see. The description really does make it sound like a tailor's. I didn't expect a jock like you to have such a hobby. It suits you pretty well."
Nobara smiled and patted Yuji on the shoulder.
"No, my hobby is not tailoring!"
Yuji immediately retorted.
"Stop arguing. Your Cursed Technique has already exposed you."
Nobara continued to tease him.
"There's no need to argue. That should be Sukuna's Cursed Technique, etched into Yuji's body."
Megumi interrupted their argument.
"And the enemies have already appeared. We should get moving, or we'll fall behind the Kyoto School."
If this were a normal competition, Megumi would not be worried. But now, in this competition, both sides' powers had been initialized, and the original gap had disappeared.
Because of that, if they were not serious, they might actually lose.
For example, Mahoraga.
Megumi had secretly tested it yesterday. Although Mahoraga could still be summoned, perhaps because its attributes had been initialized, even Megumi could punch a hole through it. If the other side focused their attacks on it, the outcome would be hard to predict.
Megumi was currently in a state of, "My strongest carry has been nerfed, and I'm not happy."
Then, he turned his gaze to the large number of enemies suddenly crawling out of the sea.
In his mind, he was thinking that he needed to quickly farm monsters and restore the intensity of his Cursed Technique first.
On the other side, the Kyoto School members had already begun scattering and fighting monsters.
"Nishimiya, what kind of Cursed Technique do you want to buy?"
Miwa Kasumi curiously asked Nishimiya Momo.
"The Ten Shadows Technique, of course."
Momo answered without hesitation.
"Why?"
Kasumi was a little curious.
"As a witch, how could I not have my own Scottish round-faced, fat-headed chicken?"
Momo announced with her hands on her hips, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
"Scottish? Chicken?"
Kasumi's head was filled with question marks.
"Nishimiya is probably talking about owls. In a very popular work, most mages have their own owl messengers, or rather, familiars."
Muta Kokichi, who had not gone far, came over to clear up Kasumi's confusion.
"I see."
Kasumi nodded in understanding.
"What about you? What Cursed Technique do you plan to buy?"
This time, it was Momo's turn to ask.
"I haven't decided yet."
Kasumi lightly tapped her lip with a finger, her eyes full of confusion.
In reality, she was thinking, "Why isn't Satoru's Cursed Technique available? Hmm."
"Then let's buy the Ten Shadows Technique together! We can form a Flying Little Witches squad."
Momo immediately urged her.
Momo was actually worried about Kasumi. After all, she was not a battle maniac like Todo. Momo herself was too small and could not engage in close combat with those gorillas. This was another reason she wanted the Ten Shadows Technique.
At that time, Nue could carry her through the sky, and she could kite enemies from a distance without worrying about those terrifying guys getting close.
If Megumi knew what she was thinking, the following conversation would surely happen:
"Don't try it. It's useless."
"Why?"
"Because Nue's lightning will strike you before it strikes the enemy."
"Really?"
"...Really."
Similarly, she was also worried about the slender Kasumi.
As for Kokichi, who was also not tall? He should be quite resilient, so he would be fine.
Soon, they encountered their first batch of enemies.
They were a dozen or so crabs, like hermit crabs, but with a somewhat chibi art style.
The two largest crabs in the group even had flames rising from their backs.
"...Miwa."
"What's wrong?"
Kasumi, who had just drawn her sword, looked at Momo, whose expression had turned strange.
"Those are crabs, right? Why are there flames coming from the crabs? Aren't they afraid of cooking themselves?"
Momo pointed her little finger at the two "Hard-Shelled Heavy Armored Crabs" in the middle of the crab group.
"Eh?"
Kasumi fell into thought.
Smoke began to rise from Kasumi's head.
Kasumi's brain overloaded.
On the other side, Inumaki Toge, together with his two large Divine Dogs, also encountered enemies.
"That's a seahorse, right?"
"That's right."
Nobara nodded.
"Why can seahorses float on land?"
Toge looked at the Bubble Male Seahorse in front of him in disbelief.
"Why bother with all that? Will figuring it out get us points?"
Nobara complained impatiently.
"You're right."
Toge stopped agonizing over it.
On the other side, Yuji and Todo, who had teamed up despite being enemies, also encountered enemies.
While Yuji was still complaining, Todo had already charged forward.
(To be continued.)