Tokyo Jujutsu High School, on the playground.
Geto Suguru was sent flying out of the playground and landed heavily on the ground.
"Not bad, Suguru. You lasted 10 minutes, a whole 7 minutes longer than that melee-challenged weakling Satoru." Genji crouched beside Geto and poked him with a wooden stick.
"I would really appreciate it if you could help me up right now." Geto Suguru, lying face down on the ground, said to Genji in a muffled voice.
"Alright then, just remember to be grateful to me." Seeing that Geto Suguru seemed truly exhausted, Genji did not continue teasing him. He reached out, flipped him over, and dragged him by one leg over to Shoko for treatment.
"Shoko, I'll leave this guy to you."
"Okay."
Shoko replied. Meanwhile, Gojo Satoru was also lying on the ground, vomiting blood while receiving treatment from Shoko. Beside them, a girl wearing a red and white shrine maiden outfit was crouching down. Just like Genji had done earlier, she was poking Gojo Satoru's face with a twig, laughing with particular arrogance.
"You scum Gojo, you finally got what was coming to you!" ＜(￣︶￣)＞
The girl was named Utahime, a second-year student at Tokyo Jujutsu High and a senior to Genji and the others.
"Alright, it's your turn, Student Genji."
The one speaking was none other than Mei Mei, the melee combat coach specifically hired by Yaga for them, who had just sent Geto Suguru flying. She was about 1.7 meters tall, wore a modified version of the Jujutsu High uniform, and had her long white hair tied into a ponytail, giving her a very mature and charming appearance. She was a third-year student at Tokyo Jujutsu High who usually spent her time away on missions. This time, it was only due to Yaga's enthusiastic (monetary) invitation that she returned to Jujutsu High to serve as their melee combat coach.
Half an hour ago, in a classroom at Jujutsu High, Yaga was giving a lecture. However, the students below the podium were doing all sorts of things.
"Hoo hoo," this was Gojo Satoru, who was fast asleep, his drool already dripping off the desk and spreading everywhere.
"Disgusting," this was Geto Suguru, looking at Gojo Satoru's drool with disdain. To prevent his own area from being contaminated, he decisively summoned a few small Cursed Spirits to isolate Gojo Satoru.
"I really shouldn't have used that medicine at the end of the game last night." This was Genji, who was recalling a game where he had a smooth start, but things took a sharp turn for the worse in the mid-game, leading to a tragic defeat.
"..." This was Shoko, whose mind was wandering far away, her imagination already evolving into a Star Wars scenario.
"Alright, everyone pay attention." Looking at the four people below, Yaga sighed and woke them up.
"Gather at the playground in a moment. I've hired a melee combat coach for you all to properly train your martial arts, especially you, Satoru. Among the combatants, your melee skills are the worst."
Upon hearing this, Gojo Satoru, though somewhat disdainful, didn't say anything. He went to the playground with Genji and the others.
Meanwhile, two people walked into the school.
"Hey, hey, Mei Mei, what do you think the juniors are like? Although I'm very familiar with Shoko, I really don't know the other three at all," Utahime said with some excitement.
"I heard that all three Jujutsu Sorcerers have quite strong talent, and one of them is the young master of the Gojo Family. I imagine he must be very rich."
Mei Mei, not knowing what she was thinking of, suddenly started laughing.
"You're still the same as ever. The money you've earned is probably more than you could spend in a lifetime," Utahime said to Mei Mei with some helplessness.
"That's different. I enjoy the process of making money, the feeling of watching money increase under my own decisions. You really are still a child for not understanding that."
Just as they were talking, a figure suddenly blocked Utahime's path.
"Are you Utahime?" Gojo Satoru looked down at Utahime from a height.
"W-what is it?" Looking at Gojo Satoru in front of her, Utahime asked in a weak voice, but Gojo Satoru's handsome face made her heart flutter.
"You're so weak." Gojo Satoru's sentence successfully killed the "fluttering" in Utahime's heart.
"What did you say! I'm your senior!" Utahime's shout echoed across the Jujutsu High playground.
Time returns to the present, Mei Mei said to Genji:
"Stalling is useless, Student Genji. Besides, my classes are charged by the hour, so strictly speaking, the longer you drag this out, the higher my pay will be."
Hearing Mei Mei's words, Yaga couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache for his wallet. After all, hiring Mei Mei to teach was his own idea, not approved by the principal, so he had to pay for it himself. And Mei Mei's fee was so high that even a First Grade Sorcerer like him felt the pain.
"Get going already!" Yaga said to Genji with a dark face.
"Alright," seeing this, Genji had no choice but to give up the idea of continuing to slack off and walked into the playground.
"Please take care of me, Senior Mei Mei."
"Mm, please take care of me, Student Genji." Mei Mei gave a charming smile, then instantly exerted force with her legs and dashed in front of Genji in the blink of an eye, throwing a punch at his abdomen. Genji, having reacted, took a step back, leaving the range of Mei Mei's fist while simultaneously grabbing her wrist. He pulled her toward him and simultaneously took the opportunity to throw a right punch at her side, but Mei Mei used Genji's own force to counter, slamming her elbow hard into his chest.
Having succeeded with one strike, Mei Mei immediately followed up by kicking her lower leg toward the side of Genji's knee. But Genji, having noticed her intention, jumped up immediately, dodging her kick while changing his posture in mid-air to smash his knee into Mei Mei's face.
Just as Genji was about to successfully strike Mei Mei, she sidestepped, barely dodging his knee strike, while grabbing his legs and slamming him heavily to the ground, following up with a whip kick to send him flying. However, Genji immediately rolled to the side on the ground, dodging her attack.
With the attack missing, Mei Mei immediately crouched forward, pressing her knee against Genji's chest, firmly pinning him to the ground, while swinging her fist toward his head.
Taking two punches from Mei Mei, Genji finally reacted, lifting his leg to strike her back. This caused Mei Mei to stumble forward, subconsciously relaxing her suppression of his body. Seizing this opportunity, Genji grabbed Mei Mei, flipped her over, and pinned her underneath him. Just as Genji intended to follow up with an attack, Mei Mei delivered a knee strike to his abdomen, forcing him to stand up and step back half a step uncontrollably. Mei Mei then kicked out, pushing him backward while immediately flipping up to her feet, launching an attack with a faster rhythm than before.
Utahime, standing on the side, watched the high-intensity back-and-forth battle between the two on the playground, dumbfounded.
"This is the first time I've seen someone able to fight like this with Mei Mei."
"After all, unlike Gojo and Geto, Genji's Forbidden Technique is more inclined toward close-quarters combat, so his training in this area must be stronger. Plus, he naturally has quite strong talent." Shoko watched the two in the arena, speaking in a tone of pride that she didn't even notice herself, failing to realize that the treatment on her hands had stopped.
"?" This was Gojo Satoru, who was originally receiving treatment from Shoko and was still vomiting blood.
Genji and Mei Mei sparred back and forth for 20 minutes, but in the end, Mei Mei caught an opening.
"Oh no."
This thought flashed through Genji's mind, but he had already been firmly grabbed by Mei Mei. With a head-first throw, he was slammed onto the ground by Mei Mei and passed out.
"Finished." Mei Mei wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead and delivered her victory statement.