"This student's strength is really quite impressive," Tsukumo Yuki exclaimed while watching Mei Mei's figure on the monitor.
"Although her Cursed Technique had some minor flaws in attack power, she managed to compensate for that weakness with that method. Furthermore, her martial arts skills have reached a master level. I'm afraid she is the strongest among the students participating this time in terms of martial arts. Why hasn't she been recommended for Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer certification yet?" Tsukumo Yuki evaluated Mei Mei's strength and turned to look at Masamichi Yaga.
"I have already applied, and I even found the recommending Jujutsu Sorcerers, but the Higher-Ups rejected it on the grounds that her Cursed Technique leans towards support." Speaking of this, Yaga himself felt quite frustrated. If nothing else, he just wanted to ask that Higher-Up who rejected it at the time whether they could beat Mei Mei themselves.
"Is that so? Well, after this exchange event ends, I could offer some help."
"Then thank you, Special Grade Tsukumo. This way, Mei Mei can save a lot of trouble." Masamichi Yaga had never doubted that Mei Mei could become a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer; after all, Mei Mei's ability spoke for itself. Even if he didn't help, Masamichi Yaga believed Mei Mei would find a way to complete the certification on her own.
But now that there was a Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerer ready to help, it was naturally better, though it did put his heart, always worrying for his students, at ease.
"Then it's settled. Alright, it's time to draw points."
As Tsukumo Yuki's voice faded, Masamichi Yaga and Gakuganji pressed the buttons simultaneously, and the pointer began to spin.
"Hmm, Kyoto Jujutsu High gets 7 action points, and Tokyo School gets 5 action points. Mr. Yaga, your luck doesn't seem to be very good today."
"Heh, it's fine. I believe my students can overcome the difficulties." 'Besides, with 5 points, Genji can go up, and we can decide the outcome in this round.' Masamichi Yaga thought to himself, but on the surface, he maintained a stern, unyielding expression.
"Kyoto Jujutsu High action points: 7. Tokyo School action points: 5." Hearing the broadcast, Genji finally breathed a sigh of relief. After all, if the points had been 1 or 2 again, he would have been really troubled.
"If it's 5 points, I'll go," Genji said to the others.
"Then, be careful, Genji," Shoko urged him.
"Watch the time, and try to end the match while you're on the field." This was Suguru Geto reminding Genji to pay attention to the match time and rules.
"Don't step on traps. If you do, don't bring them out. Even if you do bring them out, if no one notices, remember to destroy the evidence." This was Satoru Gojo, who was still sitting in seiza and reflecting on his actions.
"Got it, thanks for the reminder, everyone. Also, Gojo!" "Here!" Satoru Gojo, being called out, immediately straightened his posture.
"Don't use this opportunity to change your posture to save energy. If there's a next time, the time will be doubled!" "Alright, I understand." o(╥﹏╥)o Seeing that his little trick had been discovered, Satoru Gojo had to honestly return to his seiza posture.
"It's fine, Shoko and I will supervise him." Seeing Satoru Gojo's appearance, Suguru Geto, holding back laughter,'stabbed' his best friend's fragile heart once more.
"Then I'll leave it to you." Genji responded with a smile, then headed into the forest.
Kyoto Jujutsu High student conference room. The few people remaining in the conference room with combat capability sat in silence.
"If it's 5 points, the other side will undoubtedly send Genji. What about us?" Maekage Ken broke the silence and asked, looking at the people around him.
Seeing that everyone was still silent, after another moment of silence, Maekage Ken continued: "If no one has any ideas, then Kamo-kun and I will go." As he spoke, Maekage Ken shifted his gaze to Kamo Mine.
"Understood." After hesitating for a moment, Kamo Mine finally agreed. For one thing, they were the only two who had recovered enough, and he also wanted to witness the strength of the person who could defeat Satoru Gojo.
Thinking of this, he looked towards the back. Actually, in terms of condition, Zenin Shi, who was sitting silently in the back, was in better shape than the two of them. Unfortunately, due to the rules, he could no longer participate, and in his current withdrawn state, he wouldn't be able to go out anyway.
However, what Kamo Mine didn't notice was that Zenin Shi had been trembling faintly ever since he heard that the other side would send Genji.
"Then it's decided. Kamo-kun, let's go." Seeing no objections, Maekage Ken called out to Kamo Mine and headed towards the forest.
After entering the forest, Maekage Ken and Genji, as if they had agreed in advance, hurried towards the central area of the forest.
Kamo Mine deliberately lagged about 10 meters behind Maekage Ken, intending to assist Maekage Ken in eliminating Genji if possible. If the situation turned unfavorable, he would immediately retreat and try to drag out these 5 minutes.
"Yo, we meet again." By the time Maekage Ken finally arrived at the clearing in the center of the forest, Genji had already arrived. Seeing Maekage Ken arrive, Genji sat on a fallen tree trunk and waved casually at Maekage Ken.
"I knew you would definitely come to fight me head-on." While speaking, Genji stood up and prepared for battle.
Seeing that Genji was ready for battle, Maekage Ken also crouched slightly and assumed the posture for a Battō slash. At the same time, he activated his Cursed Technique again in his hands to generate a weapon. Unlike before, this time he sacrificed heat resistance and focused all performance on sharpness.
"New Shadow Style — Simple Domain: Automatic Counter!" After completing the weapon, he immediately activated Simple Domain, then began to concentrate Cursed Energy onto the sword, constantly adjusting the weapon's state with his Cursed Technique to prevent it from collapsing before the attack.
Seeing Maekage Ken across from him constantly stacking buffs on himself, Genji remained calm and unhurried.
"I see. Hasn't your condition recovered after the fight with Gojo? In that case, a one-shot decisive battle is indeed more advantageous for you."
Maekage Ken ignored Genji's analysis and silently charged up his move. The silver light on his sword grew increasingly intense, and the sword itself seemed unable to withstand it, developing cracks, though they were repaired by his Cursed Technique the next second.
"In that case, I'll use this move!" A powerful, ghostly blue flame erupted from Genji's body. Subsequently, he took out a sword-shaped Cursed Tool provided by a certain unknown Mr. Gojo as a friendly gesture.
After Genji took out the sword, the ghostly blue flames burning around him quickly gathered onto the sword in his hand, condensing continuously. The condensed flames gathered completely on the sword blade. The blade was originally black, but after Genji's charging, covered by powerful condensed flames, it turned completely ghostly blue.
"The Ultimate Technique: Ultimate Sword!" Having finished charging, Maekage Ken unleashed the strongest slash he could currently perform.
"Cursed Technique Reversal — Destruction: Slash!" On the other side, Genji, having also finished charging, launched his attack. The sword energy carrying the ghostly blue flames flew towards the other side and collided with the silver slash unleashed by Maekage Ken, emitting intense light and an explosion.
"Oh dear, this is bad." In the referee room, looking at the static-filled monitor screen, Tsukumo Yuki said with a headache.
After multiple matches, including the rampage of Suguru Geto's Cursed Spirits, Satoru Gojo's bombardment, and finally the explosion caused by the attacks of Genji and Maekage Ken, the surveillance finally went completely offline.
"Now we can't see the course of the match." "No problem." At this moment, Masamichi Yaga said to Tsukumo Yuki, who was thinking about what to do.
"Oh?" Seeing this, Yaga smiled slightly, and the next second, the door was pushed open. "Principal Yaga, you really guessed it right." The person who arrived was none other than Mei Mei.
On the field, as the smoke gradually dissipated, only one person remained standing where two had been standing before.
"Putting aside your messy existentialist worries, you do have some strength in you." Genji looked at his torn shirt on his chest and said to Maekage Ken, who was covered in cuts and lying unconscious on the ground.
"That idiot Maekage, I told him to drag out the time with me, but he wouldn't listen and insisted on fighting one-on-one!" Kamo Mine, who was constantly fleeing through the forest, cursed incessantly.
"But fortunately, at least I held that Genji for 3 minutes. I just need to hold on for 2 more minutes!" Glancing at his watch, Kamo Mine solidified his plan to drag out the time. After watching the battle just now, he had completely abandoned the idea of eliminating Genji.
At this moment, he felt an extremely powerful Cursed Energy coming from behind him. Looking back, he was so scared that his soul almost left his body. He saw ghostly blue flames with immense power of Destruction covering the area behind him, spreading towards him at an extremely fast speed.
'How can it be this strong...' This was the last thought of Kamo Mine, who was conscious as he was swallowed by the flames.
"Cursed Technique Reversal — Destruction: Blast!" Genji stood in place, looking at his 'masterpiece' before him, and satisfiedly dispersed the flames on his hands.
During the fight with Maekage Ken just now, he had noticed another sneaky guy nearby, but being focused on fighting Maekage Ken, he hadn't been distracted to deal with him at that moment.
After dealing with Maekage Ken, Genji discovered that this guy seemed to have run away. With not enough time left to pursue, Genji chose to just blow up the entire forest in front of him in one go.
"Looks like the results are good. This settles it." Looking at the forest where only a few scorched tree trunks remained standing, and the figure on the ground that looked a bit like charcoal, Genji nodded with satisfaction. "Done, let's wrap it up!"