Eichi handed Hiromi Higuruma another document.
After opening the document, Hiromi Higuruma's expression grew increasingly grim.
According to the survey results from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the island nation, over 680,000 confirmed bullying incidents occurred in the past year.
Many of these cases even happened in elementary schools.
The number of students committing suicide or refusing to attend school due to bullying is increasing every year.
And these are just the ones that have been uncovered; the unrevealed cases are certainly far more numerous.
Considering the island nation's declining birth rate and shrinking child population, with hundreds of thousands of children experiencing such situations annually, will they truly be able to integrate into society in the future?
Forget about contributing to society; they might not even be able to become the cogs that ensure its stable operation.
Therefore, it's safe to say the island nation is truly heading for trouble.
"Mr. Dongfang, what do you mean?"
As a lawyer brimming with a sense of justice, even daring to oppose the island nation's officials for the sake of ordinary people, Hiromi Higuruma naturally did not want to see such phenomena continue to worsen.
"My target isn't those few expendable students. I need you to drag everyone involved in this matter down, such as the principal."
In fact, schools in the island nation are more expensive than those in the neighboring great nation.
Although there have always been various policies, very few actually benefit ordinary people.
For example, the island nation plans to implement a policy 25 years from now to waive university tuition fees for families with three or more children, with the key point being "no household income restrictions."
While incomes in the island nation are high, expenses are equally exorbitant, making it difficult for ordinary families to raise three children.
Even if they manage to raise them, the children will definitely have to work part-time by High School, affecting their studies. In the end, perhaps only one child, or even none, will benefit from this policy.
Thus, it becomes clear who will truly enjoy the benefits of the policy.
And the principals in the island nation, earning from students below and benefiting from policies above, make a considerable sum.
This excludes private schools, which have a board chairman, where the principal is considered a position and an employee.
Consequently, many principals in the island nation actually only focus on high-achieving students who can bring good results and on making money.
As for the ordinary students?
It doesn't matter; if their attendance isn't enough or they have a disciplinary record, it just provides a legitimate reason for them to be expelled.
"This document contains numerous management issues at Rizakura High School, including many problematic groups within the school.
Additionally, if the other party tries to shirk responsibility, you can use this: evidence of the Rizakura High School principal's illicit gains. However, I don't want him to be convicted because of illegal income, at least not this time. Do you understand?"
Hiromi Higuruma nodded.
Eichi hopes to address the bullying problem, so the principal of Rizakura High School must be held accountable for issues related to bullying.
Only then can other school principals take this issue seriously, increase their attention to it, and reduce the occurrence of such incidents.
However, these pieces of evidence are not useless, as it's difficult to assign responsibility for management issues. It's like in most accidents, where the interns and workers responsible for on-site supervision failed to do their job, but it has little to do with the leaders.
The Yoshino Junpei incident is the same; at most, responsibility can be traced to the teachers, making it difficult to implicate the principal.
Therefore, Eichi also presented a choice: if you're unwilling to take a small responsibility in management, then I'm sorry, but you'll have to explain these illicit gains.
They simply need the principal to take responsibility and resign for this reason, using a 'killing the chicken to scare the monkeys' approach to make other school principals take this issue seriously.
And it's not the only method.
Become the 'chicken' by taking responsibility and resigning, or face a bleak future by being directly sent in—the choice is yours.
"Go and prepare well. Strive to assign the maximum responsibility for these types of issues to the other party. I will have the company's publicity department cooperate with you to promote it vigorously, making it a recent hot topic. Therefore, if your results are not sufficient, that will not do."
If people high enough in position cannot be brought down, then people will at most blame students and teachers. The principals, who truly have the power to mobilize school resources to combat related incidents, will not take it seriously at all.
"I understand."
...Shortly after Eichi finished giving instructions and left Heroic Spirit Media, Yuji Itadori and Nobara Kugisaki, who had just enrolled in Tokyo Jujutsu High less than a month ago, were urgently summoned.
Yuji Itadori first entered High School, then joined the High School after encountering Megumi Fushiguro on a mission.
Nobara Kugisaki, on the other hand, enrolled successfully only after multiple arguments with her grandmother, despite her family's objections.
This means that when this year's Tokyo Jujutsu High opened, there was actually only one regularly enrolled student: Megumi Fushiguro.
Poor Megumi Fushiguro almost became a 'lonely Megumi,' left to drink tea, tease birds, and raise dogs in a grade of one.
Fushiguro Tsumiki did not enroll in Tokyo Jujutsu High; she continued her studies at her original High School, spending her holidays interning at a laboratory.
Her personality is too kind for a world of mutual curses.
"What happened, Senior Ieiri?"
Megumi Fushiguro spoke first. He was the most familiar with Ieiri Kiyotaka among the three, and he was also curious about the reason for this emergency summons of first-year students.
"Three hours ago, the Window confirmed the existence of a Cursed Womb. Evacuation and lockdown of the surrounding area have already been completed.
According to investigations, five people on the second floor where the Cursed Womb is located failed to evacuate in time and are still trapped in the juvenile detention center. Therefore, you need to rescue them before the Cursed Womb hatches into a Special Grade Cursed Spirit."
Ieiri Kiyotaka, with his hands behind his back, quickly briefed the group on the mission, and for Yuji Itadori, who looked bewildered but still obediently raised his hand to ask a question, he explained the Window and the Jujutsu Sorcerer strength Ranks in a way even an idiot could understand.
Grade 4 Cursed Spirits — Baseball Bat
Third-Grade Cursed Spirits — Pistol
Grade 2 Cursed Spirit — Shotgun
Grade 1 Cursed Spirit — Tank
Special Grade — Even carpet bombing might not work
It can be said that the power disparity is extremely exaggerated.
Upon hearing this, Yuji Itadori exclaimed "Yabai!" and Nobara Kugisaki also looked troubled.
She suspected that whoever issued the mission had a screw loose. What was a Grade 3 Jujutsu Sorcerer like her supposed to do against a suspected Special Grade Cursed Spirit? Use a honey trap?
"I regret to say, this is what's called an 'emergency situation.' Your mission is to rescue the five trapped individuals or retrieve their bodies before the Cursed Womb hatches."
Ieiri Kiyotaka pushed up his glasses.
"If you encounter a situation where you absolutely must fight, it will be up to Fushiguro. The two of you must absolutely not fight a Special Grade. Understood?"
"Huh? What about Fushiguro? Are we supposed to abandon Fushiguro and run away!"
Yuji Itadori was the first to loudly object.
"Please rest assured on that point. Fushiguro is a formally recognized Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer, possessing the strength to fight a Special Grade Cursed Spirit."
Normally, weaker Special Grade Cursed Spirits are exorcised by a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer alone or in a team.
However, in recent years, due to the activities of Gojo Satoru, Suguru Geto, and others, Jujutsu Sorcerers typically only have to deal with Cursed Spirits below Semi-Grade 1, rarely even encountering Grade 1 Cursed Spirits.
Suguru Geto, who didn't become a Curse User and could openly operate: *burp*
Ieiri Kiyotaka's concern was not unfounded. After all, Megumi Fushiguro is not one of those anomalies; he doesn't possess the overwhelming power to crush a Special Grade. Like other normal Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerers, even if he were to truly defeat a Special Grade Cursed Spirit, it would most likely be a perilous ordeal.
Therefore, the first thing Ieiri Kiyotaka thought of when he received the mission was to have Eichi, who had just returned to Tokyo Jujutsu High and was scheduled to start work the next day, handle it.
After all, even though Uro Takako and Ryu Ishigori were transferred to positions in Kyoto, Sasaki Kojiro was permanently stationed at Shinkage-ryu, Cú Chulainn was always out fishing, Medea became increasingly reclusive and rarely went out, and Artoria was stationed as the head of the Tokyo Branch and didn't participate in frontline duties... if truly needed, Eichi could definitely find Special Grade powerhouses to carry out the mission.
But Ieiri Kiyotaka didn't expect Eichi to refuse, and instead instruct him to assign the mission to three first-year newcomers as per the Jujutsu Headquarters' wishes.
'Could it be that he wants to test Fushiguro? Or is he testing Yuji Itadori?'
Ieiri Kiyotaka could only guess this way.
"Really?"
"Fushiguro, you're that strong!"
Nobara Kugisaki and Yuji Itadori looked at Megumi Fushiguro in disbelief.
"Hmph."
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