"How are things looking in the arena?"
Eichi, Medea, and the others outside the arena were watching the situation through a barrier displaying images.
"Everything that has happened so far is within expectations, except for that muscle-brained idiot who suddenly flew into the sky."
Medea shrugged, her face showing a mix of confidence and helplessness.
Not far away, Artoria was retrieving Excalibur, which had been placed next to the Holy Grail.
"If nothing unexpected happens, the tests should conclude today."
Eichi nodded in satisfaction.
Previously, Toge and Megumi had guessed that they might be in a dream or an illusion capable of similar feats.
However, the truth was a little different.
They were currently in the imaginary world that had been constructed earlier.
Since the various tests for the imaginary world were due soon, and it happened to coincide with the Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event, Eichi thought it over and decided to combine the two events.
The physical bodies of the participating students were indeed asleep inside Medea's temple.
Their consciousness, however, was controlling replicas of Heroic Spirits within the imaginary world.
This was also why they could enhance their own attributes and even buy and sell Cursed Techniques.
Because the bodies they were controlling now were not physical bodies, but spiritual bodies constructed by the Holy Grail.
All information on the spiritual body could be modified through the Holy Grail.
In a sense, they were currently playing a fully immersive game similar to Sword Art Online.
At the same time, these students were also the testers for this imaginary world test event.
The first item in this test event was the world's construction capability.
Just like in many novels where the protagonist's thoughts change the world, or where God says, "Let there be light," and there is light.
Eichi also wanted to know the level of plasticity this imaginary world possessed.
The operations performed by Megumi and the others, such as building houses and making race cars, were all tests to see how much consciousness could alter this world.
Of course, the various enemies that spawned in the sea and on the shore, the split sea, the seabed rising to become a wide racetrack, and Excalibur suddenly being projected into the sky were all part of this test.
A survival test was also being conducted at the same time.
That is, whether ordinary people or Jujutsu Sorcerers could survive in the imaginary world.
This test was being carried out by a large number of marine creatures and some birds and beasts on the island.
These were brought in earlier when he and Medea gradually moved the imaginary world into the sea and opened an entrance.
From the situation over the past few days, these marine creatures were doing well. The imaginary world now had conditions suitable for living beings to inhabit it long-term.
Currently, the Cursed Techniques loaded onto the barrier in the imaginary world, as well as the gigantic magic circle Medea intended to leave behind, were being tested.
Since the magic circle was too large, Eichi decided to have the students participating in the Exchange Event do the drawing instead of having a few people go in and draw it themselves.
Race cars, with the Deep Sea Pearl and Molten Core Orb as their cores, would leave trails of Cursed Energy imprints as they drove across the track.
These imprints would eventually form Cursed Energy patterns dozens of kilometers long, used to activate the magic circle Medea had prepared for testing.
Finally, after the magic circle was activated, the imaginary world's strength test would be conducted.
The high-load operation of the activated magic circle and the intense battle of everyone on the finish line island would both impact the imaginary world.
It was like trying to shatter the outer shell of a Domain from within the Domain.
These attacks would also continuously impact the inner wall of the imaginary world, helping Eichi test just how strong the imaginary world truly was.
As for them being too weak?
It was fine. After all, they were currently using spiritual bodies similar to Heroic Spirits, and their attributes and Cursed Techniques could be strengthened.
Moreover, even if they could not test the upper limit of the imaginary world, the thunder-fire imprints carved on the track and the Special Grade cursed tool, the Holy Grail, on the island would be fully released, testing this world in a destructive manner.
However, just as Eichi and the others were steadily advancing the test progress and watching the match between the two schools' students with relaxed minds...
Two sneaky figures quietly arrived inside Medea's temple, in the room where everyone's physical bodies slept.
Satoru, whose Six Eyes could make girls like Kasumi scream when his blindfold was removed, was now unceremoniously darting his eyes around, taking in all the surrounding Cursed Energy and Cursed Energy flows.
Then he began to evade the nearby warning systems with gymnastic movements that even an assassin would applaud.
Suguru, behind him, advanced with Satoru with 100% neural synchronization.
"Geto, unlock it."
Satoru pointed to the electronic lock in front of them.
This door could be opened directly from the inside, but a password was required to enter from the outside.
"Okay."
Suguru casually walked to the electronic door, and a sharp-edged Cursed Spirit shaped like some kind of mechanical demon appeared.
Zzzzt.
Electric sparks flashed from the mechanical Cursed Spirit, and the password on the electronic door began to flicker continuously.
Beep, click.
A few seconds later, the two entered the room.
"Is this the entry point for that imaginary world?"
Suguru curiously surveyed the modern sci-fi style Cursed Energy workshop.
As Suguru looked around, Satoru, with his Six Eyes wide open, had already arrived at a bed.
Satoru grabbed Ultimate Mechamaru's body with both hands and flipped him forward.
Clang.
Ultimate Mechamaru fell to the ground.
At the same time, in the imaginary world.
Ultimate Mechamaru, who was continuously firing the Ultra Cannon, had his eyes flicker on and off like a network fluctuation.
Because Ultimate Mechamaru's interception frequency suddenly decreased, the Ultimate Race Car Mechamaru that Muta Kokichi was sitting on was almost hit by the continuous incoming attacks.
But on the racetrack, which had become a battlefield, Kokichi had no time to stop and check whether Ultimate Mechamaru was malfunctioning.
Fortunately, the network fluctuation only lasted for a few seconds before Ultimate Mechamaru returned to normal.
In the real world, Suguru was attracted by the sudden sound and turned his head to look at where Ultimate Mechamaru had fallen.
What met his eyes was Satoru, lying on his side on the bed and propping up his head with one hand.
At this moment, Satoru's beautiful eyes were blinking at him, and his other hand was gently patting the bed, signaling him to get on quickly.
"...I think I'll switch to another bed."
"But this is the last one. Or are you planning to fight the other students for a bed? They'll wake up, you know."
Satoru said this indifferently.
Suguru fell into a dilemma.
"We're all grown men. Don't be shy. Hurry up and come here."
Finally, Suguru came and lay down beside Satoru, the two of them squeezing onto a 1.2-meter-wide bed.
"What do we do next?"
Suguru turned his head and asked.
"Just sleep. I observed the Cursed Energy fluctuations here. As long as we fall asleep, our minds will connect to that cup above, and then we can enter that amusement park."
Satoru glanced at the Special Grade cursed tool, the Holy Grail, above them, then turned his head, and their eyes met.
"Then let's sleep."
At this moment, the two displayed a quality of sleep that countless insomniacs would envy.
In less than three minutes, both fell into a deep slumber.
Gurgle, gurgle.
When they opened their eyes again, what greeted them was an endless ocean, golden sand, and birds circling in the sky.
"Amazing. It's just like a real world."
"Indeed. It's incredible Cursed Energy manipulation. Also, that bird you're looking at is real. It isn't a Shikigami or familiar."
Satoru also widened his Six Eyes and observed his surroundings.
"Alright, let's get down to business. Buying all the Cursed Techniques at the shop's prices will require a lot of points."
Although Suguru initially wanted to experience Mahoraga, since there was an opportunity, it would be a bit of a waste not to try everything.
"Indeed. Ah, I've never felt this weak before. It's been a while since I've felt this fired up."
Satoru began his warm-up exercises.
"Let's quickly earn enough points, then give everyone a surprise."
The poor students participating in the Exchange Event had no idea what kind of unbelievable existence awaited them at the finish line.
(To be continued.)