"The second match, Genji wins." Yaga announced from the sidelines.
As Yaga made the announcement, Ieiri-san from the medical team walked over, ready to treat Satoru Gojo. However, seeing him buried waist-deep in the ground, she felt a bit troubled.
"Um, Genji-san, could you pull Classmate Gojo out of the ground? It's not very convenient to treat him like this."
"Oh, sorry, I forgot this guy in the ground." Hearing this, Genji went up, grabbed Satoru Gojo by the pant leg, and used some strength to pull him out. However, after pulling him out, Genji let go without considering how the unconscious Satoru Gojo would land, and so...
"Bang!"
Satoru Gojo fell face-first onto the ground again, resulting in perfect secondary damage.
"Then I'll head down." This was the culprit, Genji.
"Alright, thank you for your trouble." This was Shoko, who was in some sense an instigator.
"~~" This was Classmate Gojo, lying on the ground, completely unconscious, bruised and swollen, unable to make a sound.
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As a warm current flowed into his body, slowly repairing the injuries, Satoru Gojo finally regained consciousness and slowly woke up.
"Ugh, why does my face hurt so much?" Just waking up and not yet understanding the situation, Satoru Gojo struggled to sit up, not noticing Shoko, who was crouching nearby treating him.
"Treatment isn't over yet, don't move around." As she said this, Shoko punched Satoru Gojo in the chest. Satoru Gojo spat out a mouthful of blood and passed out again.
'Never make this woman angry in the future.' Suguru Geto and Genji, standing nearby, exchanged a glance and thought simultaneously.
"I'm going to the vending machine to buy some drinks. Does anyone want anything?" Genji said to the group.
"Bring me a bottle of green tea." Yaga Masamichi said to Genji.
"Alright, what about Ieiri-san?" Genji immediately asked Shoko.
"Anything is fine." Shoko replied with what could be called the most difficult option.
"I'll go with Genji-san."
Suguru Geto said, standing up from the ground. It should have been his turn to spar with Genji, but after analyzing the gap in strength, especially seeing the miserable state of Satoru Gojo lying on the ground, Suguru Geto chose to give up. After all, Genji's Forbidden Technique looked like the kind that was hard to hold back with. He didn't want the high-level Cursed Spirits he had worked so hard to collect to die by friendly fire because of a sparring match. And there was one more important point.
'Although Genji-san always looks like he's smiling, he's truly ruthless.' Looking at Satoru Gojo on the ground, he decisively gave up. After all, Suguru Geto quite cherished his own face.
In front of the vending machine, Genji was taking out his wallet when Suguru Geto, standing nearby, suddenly spoke up.
"Genji-san, for what reason did you join Jujutsu High and become a Jujutsu Sorcerer?"
"Hmm?"
Suguru Geto's question made Genji puzzled for a moment, but he immediately replied.
"There's no special reason. At first, it was to avenge my parents, but so many years have passed, and that Cursed Spirit has never appeared again. I've also come to terms with it a bit. Revenge will definitely be taken. Next time I see that Cursed Spirit, I'll definitely twist the gun barrel on its head into a pretzel. But besides revenge, I still have my own life, don't I? I can't let hatred fill my life." Genji said with a smile.
"As for why I joined Jujutsu High, I can only say I went with the flow. Teacher Yaga invited me, and I was tired of taking private jobs exterminating Cursed Spirits outside. If I join Jujutsu High, I get a salary and mission rewards, right? For me, being a Jujutsu Sorcerer is just a job." After finishing, Genji countered with a question.
"Why did Classmate Geto join Jujutsu High and become a Jujutsu Sorcerer?"
"Just a job?" Suguru Geto pondered Genji's answer, and upon hearing Genji's counter-question, he replied.
"For me, it should be responsibility."
"Oh?" Genji was curious about Suguru Geto's words, and Suguru Geto continued.
"Protecting those without power is the responsibility of the strong. The survival of the weak is the norm in this society. Since I possess this power, it is only right that I use it to do something."
Listening to Suguru Geto's words full of "correct principles," Genji smiled.
"What's wrong?" Seeing Genji's smile, Suguru Geto asked in confusion.
"Nothing, it's just that Classmate Geto is the kind of Jujutsu Sorcerer who aims for the greater good." Genji smiled and continued to say to Suguru Geto, "But I'm very happy to be Classmate Geto's partner."
"Is that so?"
Hearing this, the smile on Suguru Geto's face became a bit more genuine. Afterward, the two didn't talk about any serious topics, laughing and chatting as they walked back. Sunlight spilled onto the corridor, and even decades later, Suguru Geto would still think of this afternoon from time to time.
After the two returned to the playground with drinks, Satoru Gojo had already woken up. Although his face hadn't completely de-swollen, it was much better than ten minutes ago.
The two handed the drinks they were holding to everyone. Yaga's was green tea, and Satoru Gojo's was a can of cola.
"Coffee?" Shoko looked at the coffee in her hand. "Yeah, I noticed Ieiri-san seemed a bit listless since just now, so I bought this." Genji explained.
"Then thank you. I didn't expect you to notice." Shoko smiled slightly, though she didn't expect it to be noticed, especially since she thought she had hidden it quite well.
'Unlike the words and actions he showed before, Genji-san seems quite attentive.'
On the other side, Satoru Gojo took the cola and opened it directly, drinking half the can in one breath. Although he was still a bit resentful about losing, he was more excited than anything else at this moment.
Since he was a child, as the Six Eyes prodigy of the Gojo Family, everyone around him had been respectful to him. Regarding strength, there was no need to mention his peers; even some of the elders in the family couldn't beat him. In his 16 years of life so far, boredom and loneliness had occupied the vast majority. But now it was different. Satoru Gojo looked at Suguru Geto and Genji with passionate eyes. He didn't expect that on the first day of enrollment, he would taste a long-lost defeat. This sparked some interest in his future life at Jujutsu High.
"Hey, white-hair over there, you weren't beaten stupid by me, were you? Why are you so happy after getting beaten up? You're not an M, are you?" Genji said, leaning away from Satoru Gojo.
"Peh, what M or not M, this master doesn't have that kind of hobby."
The impassioned emotions in Satoru Gojo's heart were instantly interrupted by Genji's words. Just as he was about to continue saying something to retort to Genji, Yaga Masamichi stepped out and interrupted the two.
"Alright, everyone be quiet for now," Yaga said with a serious expression.
"After this sparring, you should all have realized each other's strength. I won't say anything else for now. After you return to the dormitory tonight, analyze the shortcomings you had in today's battle."
"Tonight?" Genji sharply caught the time point in Yaga's words. "But it's only 3 PM now."
"I know."
Hearing Genji's confusion, a strange smile appeared on Yaga's face.
"Because you are going to carry out your first mission right now."
Mission? The group was puzzled. Is the workload at Jujutsu High this heavy? Do we have to start as soon as we arrive at Jujutsu High?
"The first mission for you few is to clean up this ruin you created!" Yaga looked around at the campus, which was unrecognizable due to the battle just now, his heart seemingly dripping with blood.
"Eh~"
"Don't 'eh' me. If you don't go now, I'll make you rebuild the houses after you finish cleaning!"
"But I'm medical staff, I didn't participate in the sparring."
Shoko tried to avoid the labor.
"Go!"
However, it was of no use.
In the end, the few had to reluctantly go and clean up the mess.
Looking at the students in front of him, Yaga's mood also became a bit elevated. Without a doubt, this would be the strongest class of students he had ever taught. But immediately after, Yaga started to get a headache again. Besides some basic knowledge, what else could he teach? Domain Expansion? He didn't even know that stuff himself.
"Forget it, I won't think about it for now." Yaga rubbed his head and walked towards the Principal's office.
"Let the Principal worry about how to get the school's repair fees from the higher-ups."
And for some reason, Yaga had a strong premonition that this would definitely not be the only reconstruction of the school in the coming years.