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After meeting with Satoru and Yuji, Naoya rode Shenron back to Kyoto Jujutsu High.
Upon arrival, he headed straight to Utahime's room.
Today was the first day of the new academic year, meaning there were no proper classes yet. The only things scheduled were the first-year induction, a school tour, and some basic instructions for the newcomers.
Normally, Naoya would've participated as well, but he had an idiot friend to beat up and a potential national-level threat to evaluate.
He knocked on Utahime's door.
"Delivery for Ms Utahime."
"Coming."
The sounds of someone approaching came from behind the door, and a moment later, it opened, revealing a priestess with ice cream in her hand.
"Ice cream this early in the day?"
Naoya walked inside and locked the door behind him.
"It's too hot today."
Utahime replied and fanned herself with her other hand.
Naoya looked at her, and indeed, he could see that she was sweating.
Naoya continued to stare at her.
"...What?"
Utahime asked suspiciously. She could practically feel him ogling her.
"...I wanna sniff," said Naoya without any hesitation.
Utahime blinked in disbelief before immediately backing away.
"No."
"...I wanna."
Naoya repeated himself while moving closer.
"No! And what kind of creepy request is that?!"
"If that makes me a creep, then so be it."
Utahime continued backing away while Naoya continued moving closer to her.
In the end, Utahime was pinned against a wall as Naoya blocked her escape routes by his hand.
"Please."
"No!"
The two were in a stare-off.
"What exactly is wrong with me wanting a whiff?"
"Everything! Not only is it creepy. It's embarrassing for me!"
"...I will make you feel cool," said Naoya and partially summoned Frieza([Max Mammoth]) and used it to blow cold air at Utahime.
Feeling the cool air, Utahime felt blissful for a second, only for Naoya to stop and stare at her with a determined look on her face.
Utahime's face scrunched up.
Her room's air conditioning was broken, and her perverted fiancé knew that and was using her momentary weakness as leverage right now.
Seeing her contemplating her choices, Naoya smirked at her.
"Agh...do it quickly."
Naoya mentally jumped in excitement at his victory and dove face-first into her chest.
As promised, Naoya used his technique to cool off the room's temperature.
However, the things between them got a bit too heated and resulted in something steamy happening in the room.
In the end, things ended with the two of them making a mess of themselves and the room and Naoya discovering a new kink.
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The day changed, and right now, Naoya and Utahime were in the training grounds at the Kyoto Jujutsu High for their class.
The sun blazed overhead.
Just like yesterday, the weather was unbearably hot.
"...Why do you two get to wear light clothes while we have to suffer in these stuffy uniforms?"
Momo glared at Naoya and Utahime, both of whom were dressed in breezy summer clothing while the students remained trapped inside their thick Jujutsu High uniforms.
"Adult privileges."
Naoya smiled shamelessly.
That only made Momo even angrier.
Honestly, the heat was making everyone irritated.
Mai periodically used her technique to cool the air around herself, while Todo had outright removed the upper half of his uniform.
"*Sigh*Be grateful that you all have such a caring teacher."
Naoya raised his hand toward the students and blasted them with a stream of cool air using his technique.
"Ahhhh~"
Everyone of them got relieved immediately, feeling the gentle and cold breeze hitting them. Their irritation was lowering as well.
"All right, everyone. Enjoy this cold breeze while I introduce our new student to you guys. Arata Nitta is a first-year student who will be joining us. Arata, these are your seniors. Do get along with them, okay."
"Yes!"
Arata gave a nod before turning towards his seniors and gave them a nod.
"Please take care of me!"
The rest of the Kyoto students replied casually, though the overall atmosphere was calm.
Naoya smiled at the scene. After yesterday's encounter with Sukuna and his vessel, Naoya understood that just one minor fluctuation might destroy this peaceful scene.
Utahime peeked at Naoya.
"Something wrong?"
Naoya looked at her and shook his head with a soft smile.
"Alright! Ice cream after school today! My treat!"
"Ohhh!!!!!!"
The children immediately got excited at the mention of a treat. Honestly, for people who were constantly in battle against horrific curses, they were a tad simple-minded.
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A few days had passed by since Yuji Itadori had encountered Naoya Zenin.
Since then, he had met another new friend/classmate, Nobara Kugisaki and had gone on a few curse exorcism sites.
He still didn't know how to use his CE, but the missions have been going well.
Today, he was once again heading out on a mission with his classmates.
This time, however, there was an additional member joining them.
"Okkotsu-senpai! Can I see your katana?!"
Yuji's gaze was focused on the katana that was resting on Yuta's lap.
Yuta Okkotsu was assigned a mission that required his level of power, and the first years were added to accompany him.
"Hm? I don't mind. Here."
Yuta smiled and handed his katana to Yuji, who was sitting in the back seat along with Nobara and Megumi.
"Oi! Idiot! It's already congested here, and you want to play with a katana?!"
Kugisaki snapped at Yuji, who took the katana from Okkotsu and was about to unsheath it.
"Don't you dare take it out of its sheath. It's dangerous to swing around recklessly."
Megumi warned with a cold look on his face.
Yuji whined at getting scolded and, with a deflated expression, returned the katana to Okkotsu.
"Here, senpai. You can have it back."
"You can check it at school, don't be down."
Yuta gave a helpless smile, seeing the depressed junior.
"Really?! Yay! Thanks a lot, senpai!"
Itadori's spirit was immediately lifted.
Kiyotaka Ichiji looked at the ruckus that was happening in his car and sighed. The students had too much excitement for the level of the mission they were heading to.
It wasn't that surprising.
Only Yuta was personally briefed about the mission, and Megumi took it upon himself to look into the details.
Yuji was still completely new to jujutsu society, while Kugisaki simply dumped all the complicated stuff onto "the emo hedgehog" and "the creepy, cursed energy senpai."
Honestly, she was kinda worried.
With the kind of pressure Yuta was giving out, she could understand that the mission they were going on would not be easy.
Back in the countryside, where she came from, the curses weren't that strong or devious. The curses in metropolitan areas were far more dangerous, and even then, a person of Yuta's level was involved.
After travelling for a while, the car came to a stop, and the students came out.
They were at a juvenile detention centre, and after Ichiji briefed them on his end, they realised that they were actually facing a Special Grade cursed spirit.
After clearing Yuji's doubt about what grades actually meant, he looked towards Yuta with awe.
"You are a special grade? Is that why your CE sends shivers down my spine?"
"Haha...maybe. That's how it usually is when I meet new people."
"Ichiji-san."
Megumi called out Ichiji.
"Why are we being sent to handle a Special Grade? Isn't it standard procedure for sorcerers to only handle curses of their own grade level?"
Ichiji adjusted his glasses as they reflected light.
"Usually, it is true, and we do have Okkotsu-san present. However, there are various complications with this case."
Ichiji pointed towards the Juvenile center.
"A reconnaissance team checked inside. The centre from the inside is an innate domain and is extremely vast. With just a single sorcerer, it is a bit inefficient to explore it."
Ichiji's gaze then moved towards Yuta.
"Secondly, Okkotsu-san's CE tend to make spirits hide and not face him. Considering that it is a Special Grade, it is likely to have some level of intelligence as well. If it senses that it is too dangerous to face Okkotsu-san and instead flees, hides or flees the juvenile centre, it will be a far too catastrophic event."
Hearing the second reason, Okkotsu gave a dry laugh. His and Rika's presence always causes trouble.
"If it keeps hiding from Okkotsu-san, then we won't have any choice other than to either wait, which will result in the cursed womb to fully mature and get stronger, or we will have to ask Okkotsu-san to destroy the detention centre to deactivate the innate domain. If, on the other hand, it flees while Okkotsu-san is inside, it will be far too late for him to come outside and exorcise the curse. The curse will simply destroy everything around it."
Ichiji explained the last part grimly.
The students immediately turned serious, hearing the explanation.
"Gojo-sensei, or Naoya-san, would have been a better fit for the job....but they are themselves assigned on missions."
Yuta gave a self-deprecatory look.
Unlike the other two, who were special grades as well, he cannot control the sinister feel of his CE that alerts every curse near him.
Megumi sighed.
The mission was too complicated.
Way above level for first years like him and his friends.
Suddenly, they heard a woman's panicked voice that made them turn around.
A lady was asking the guards to let her through, or at least tell her about the condition of her son.
Seeing the desperate look on her face, Yuji's face fell.
He promised himself that no matter what, he would save her son.
"Fushiguro, Kugisaki, Senpai....let's go and save those people," Yuji said with a serious look on his face.
A total of 3 people were suspected to still be inside the facility, and it was now their job to save them(or check whether they are dead) and exorcise the curse.
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The four students entered the facility, and immediately the door behind them vanished.
Kugisaki and Yuji immediately started panicking, wondering how they were even gonna go out.
"Don't worry. My shikigami can track down the exit."
Megumi pointed at the white dog.
Yuji and Kugisaki immediately brightened.
"Amazing!"
"Who's a good boy?!"
"Oi! Fushiguro! Bring out his treats!"
The two began praising the dog enthusiastically.
"You two are too lax!"
Yuta laughed, seeing the juniors this carefree and then started checking the innate domain.
If things were to get worse, he could break the whole structure apart, though that would result in everything and everyone getting crushed under the rubble.
'Let's leave that as the last resort.'
"Shall we start the mission?"
The three juniors looked at him.
"How are we going to proceed?"
Megumi asked. From what Ichiji told them, if they all moved with Yuta, they could end up with the curse not even showing up at all.
"We will be splitting up. I will move alone, and you three will stick together...though, we would need a way to contact each other when the other party finds the curse."
"Signal's working."
Yuji checked his phone and replied enthusiastically.
"Yeah, what are you gonna tell him when you call him. 'I'm somewhere in the creepy flesh maze'? This whole place is a mess. How's he gonna know where to come?"
Kugisaki snapped at Itadori.
"I have a way for that."
Megumi made a hand sign, making the other three focus on him.
[Rabbit Escape]
Four rabbits jumped out of Megumi's shadow and looked at their summoner for instructions.
"WOAH! Fushiguro! You can do rabbit magic too?!"
Yuji stared excitedly.
"Do you perform at birthday parties?!"
Itadori asked curiously as he looked at the rabbits.
"Idiot! Those are my shikigami. Each of us will take one of these rabbits with us. In case we want to notify the others, simply tell them to send a signal. The rabbits can sense each other and will guide you."
Megumi explained as the others lightly applauded.
"You really are resourceful, Fushiguro-kun."
"As expected of our magician. Next time take them out of a hat!"
"Hey, can I keep one of these?! It looks so cute!"
Megumi gave an appreciative nod to Yuta while a tired sigh to his classmates. They were acting like they were on a field trip.
"Alright. Everything's ready."
Yuta's expression turned serious again.
"If any of you encounter the Special Grade..."
His eyes sharpened.
"Run."
The three first-years nodded seriously.
And with that—
The group split up to begin the exploration.
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Yuta and Yuji are collaborating so soon. Ain't that something. Here's a meme to celebrate this collab.