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Once the announcement for the match's end was made, all of them stopped fighting.
Satoru would have complained a lot about this type of ending, but unfortunately, he was not in a condition to blame anyone.
"Daddy!!!!!" came Satoru, flying straight towards Naoya with a pained voice.
"Hm? Son? Huh? OI!!! What happened to you?! Which bastard did this to you!?!?!?!" asked Naoya in panic.
Right now, Satoru had his hand covered in wounds, and it even looked badly fractured.
Satoru started mock crying and started explaining what happened.
Seeing that his Blue was being counteracted by Yuki effortlessly, and her not allowing him to prepare a max output Blue attack, made Satoru a bit impatient and frustrated. That led him to unleash the ultimate technique that he prepared to use against Naoya, a Blue-infused punch.
Using the attractive property of Blue directly on his fists, not only pulled in the target towards itself, but it also made it almost impossible for the target to dodge the hit. That, coupled with cursed energy reinforcement and Satoru's strength and speed, made the attack quite deadly.
Sadly for him, his opponent for this attack was an absolute counter.
Yuki, who used [Star Rage] on herself, became immensely dense without any actual change in weight, and when pulled in with the force of Blue that gave her immense speed, she hit Satoru's fist like a meteorite.
And that resulted in Satoru having a heavily injured and broken hand.
"...So you messed up," replied Naoya.
An invisible arrow pierced Satoru.
"You absolute idiot!" scolded Naoya and smacked Satoru's head.
"Ugh! You brute! How dare you hit the pitiful me! You should scold the brute girl who hurt me instead," complained Satoru.
"You got injured by your own mistake. Now give me your hand," said Naoya and partially summoned Senzu.
Gojo glared at Naoya, but still raised his hand for Naoya to heal him.
"That's why I said earlier to learn RCT. I even offered to help you learn it," said Naoya.
"Hmph. Like I would learn from my rival. I will do it on my own and beat the crap out of you. If you taught me, then my victory would be because of your help. I refuse to accept that."
Naoya stared at Satoru, not expecting such a deep emotion behind his refusal to learn from him. But soon a pitiful look appeared on Naoya's face, and he raised his hand to ruffle Satoru's hair.
"Such a pitiful kid....he actually believes that if he could ever beat me....Delusion is strong with this one...." said Naoya.
Satoru looked at the audacity of his friend and didn't know where the weak-willed kid from his younger days had gone. Back in the day, it was he who used to lead Naoya around in trouble, and now he dared to question his strength.
"Damn you bastard! I will make sure to beat the hell out of you!!!" declared Satoru, but didn't move an inch. He was being patted, and it felt nice.
"Sure, you will, lil guy," replied Naoya with a smile.
"Agh!!!"
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After the barrier was taken down, all the students headed back to the main school building.
While on their way, Satoru and Yuki kept glaring at each other. Both were dissatisfied with their performance today and wanted nothing more than to vent somewhere.
Kuroko was unconscious and was being carried by Cupcake. He might have improved, but his stamina still had a limit and fighting a Grade-1 sorcerer definitely drained all of him.
The other girls, Mei Mei, Utahime and Shoko were talking with each other. Mei Mei and Utahime knew each other, and Shoko was getting to know Utahime, and Utahime was glad to finally meet a somewhat normal junior.
Naoya and Kuroko were her benchmark, and Shoko was certainly better than the two of them.
Geto was having a conversation with Naoya. Being a fellow shikigami/cursed spirit user, he was curious as to how other people fought with an army of curses.
Soon, they noticed a few people approaching them and stopped.
The ones who appeared were the teachers from both schools, along with Kagenori and the twins.
"Nii-Nii!!!" called Maki and ran upto Naoya.
Poof!!!
The girl latched onto Naoya's leg, making him bend to her level and detach the girl.
Mai followed soon after and latched onto Naoya as well.
Picking two of the ground, he looked at them. Both were looking at him with excitement.
"Alright Alright. You can praise me now," said Naoya 'helplessly'.
"Nii-Nii so Strong!!!"
"Nii-Nii's Ball was so big!!!"
"Nii-Nii Amazing!!!!"
The two girls started singing praises of Naoya, making the big brother's chest swell with pride.
The twins then turned towards Satoru, making the Gojo clan heir stare back at them.
The girls stared at him for a while before they snorted and smirked at him.
"Huh?! What's that look for?!" asked Satoru.
"Satoru lost!!!" called Maki.
"Satoru loser!!" called Mai.
"Satoru sucks!" called Geto.
"Boo Boo!!" called Shoko.
The Tokyo first years joined the girls in humiliating Satoru.
"Huh? You all picking a fight with me?! That's it!! I will show you my true power!! Cursed Techin-"
Before Satoru could use his cursed technique, Yaga interrupted and started punishing him.
"Haha!!!" The twins laughed at the scene, making Naoya look helplessly at them. They still had a grudge against his friend.
"Good job."
Naoya turned around and saw Kagenori looking at him with pride in his eyes.
"Thanks for the praise."
"Ahem Ahem."
Gakuganji interrupted them to get their attention.
"I will now explain tomorrow's event," said the principal.
The students stopped their nonsense and waited for the instructions.
"The next event will be a one-on-one duel between sorcerers," said Gakuganji and immediately the Kyoto and Tokyo students started eyeing each other.
"Don't get competitive just yet. Let me explain the general rules."
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Day Two Rules – Individual Battles
1) The format will be Winner Stays On. A fighter may continue battling until they are defeated or unable to continue.
2) Killing is strictly prohibited. Matches will be halted if a lethal risk is detected.
3) All forms of Jujutsu are permitted, including cursed techniques and cursed tools.
4) Battle order must be submitted in advance. No substitutions or changes will be allowed once the event begins.
5) A team is considered defeated when all its registered fighters are incapacitated or unable to continue.
6) After each match, the winning fighter will be granted a brief recovery window before the next battle begins.
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Once the rules were listed, the students' brains instantly started working. The possibilities of this match were endless. What would be the right choice? Send a Special Grade from the start to overwhelm the other side, or send others to scout and weaken the enemy side one by one.
"Naoya," called Satoru, breaking free from Yaga's grasp.
"Hm?"
"Gentleman's agreement. We will enter at the end. I want to fight you in your best form," said Satoru with seriousness.
Naoya looked at him for a while before he shrugged his shoulders.
"Gentleman's agreement," replied Naoya.
The other students looked at the two Special Grades with surprise. This removed many complications from the equations, but despite all that, a wild card remained. A particularly strong wild card.
The rest of the students turned towards Yuki.
Her positioning in the battle would decide how the matches would unfold.
Yuki was not thinking about that, though. She still had a score to settle with Gojo, and seeing that Naoya had made a gentleman's agreement, it gave her another chance to have a go at Gojo.
Utahime already knew what was going on with Yuki's head and started thinking about what her side would be doing.
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After bidding farewell to Kagenori, since Maki and Mai threw a tantrum to stay with Naoya, the three of them made their way back to his dorm room.
Once he got in, he saw Satoru already lying on the bed. The bastard was assigned a room of his own, but he, too, decided to stick around Naoya.
"What took you so.....runts...." muttered Satoru, seeing the twins.
"Bleh!" Maki and Mai stuck their tongue out in response and immediately got a forehead flick from Naoya.
"Bad manners," chided Naoya, making the two look down.
"Haha. Bad kids!" cheered Satoru and immediately got a stronger, solid forehead flick from Naoya.
"Bad manners," chided Naoya again, though this time it was pointed towards Satoru.
"Bully! I demand justice!" complained Satoru.
"Justice!" joined Maki.
"Justice!" joined Mai.
"Haha! See, even the two are on my si-"
"Send Satoru away!"
"Justice! No Satoru in the room!"
Satoru looked at the traitors and immediately decided to do a tactical tickling on the two to torture them.
Seeing his three 'kids' play around, Naoya shook his head in defeat. He won't be having a peaceful night today.
*Knock**Knock*
Hearing the knock, Naoya glanced at Satoru, wondering if he knew who it was, to which he replied with a shrug.
Naoya opened the door and saw Geto and Kuroko standing by the door.
"Is Satoru here?" asked Geto.
"Too loud..." muttered Kuroko, who was woken up from sleep by the noise made by Satoru and the kids.
"Yes, he is here. Sorry Tetsuya. Blame Satoru for the noise."
"Oh! Suguru! Come inside, let's have some fun and play some games!!" invited Satoru as if it were his room.
Naoya looked at the ungrateful brat and wondered if he should kick him out.
"Sorry for the intrusion," said Geto and got inside as well, not giving it much thought. He walked upto Satoru and smacked him.
"Colluding with the enemy? Are you betraying us?" asked Geto.
"Huh? The hell are you talking about? I am bringing Naoya to our side! Look, I even got us two runts for free with Naoya," replied Satoru, playing along and showing off Maki and Mai to Geto.
"...Come in as well, Tetsuya. Just hang out and relax. You must be quite tired today. Considering the racket that they will make, I hardly believe you would be able to sleep in your room," invited Naoya.
Kuroko looked at the chaos that was unfolding in the room and decided to join in as well.
After a while, another knock came from the door, making Naoya question what was happening here.
Naoya had set up a game console and a T.V. in the room for entertainment, and right now a game of Smash was going on.
Satoru, Maki, Mai, and Kuroko were playing with Geto being on the sub for losing the last match.
Right now, Kuroko was the public target; the boy was too good at it, and for once, Maki, Mai, and Satoru made a truce.
Naoya opened the door and spotted familiar people there.
"What are you all doing here in boy's dorm?" asked Naoya.
In front of him, Utahime, Yuki, Shoko, and Mei Mei were standing.
Shoko showed her phone, and it showed a text from Satoru.
"A party is going on here, and we want in," demanded Shoko.
Utahime facepalmed and was blaming herself. Why were they in the boys' dorm at night?
Naoya blinked in confusion and then glared at Satoru, who kept inviting people without telling him.
"Alright, come in. Though if we get in trouble, you all are the ones to blame," said Naoya, though before they entered, he pointed at Mei Mei.
"Also, she stays away from the kids," stated Naoya.
Mei Mei blinked in confusion and looked inside the room, and realised what the junior meant.
"Don't worry. I only go after little boys," said Mei Mei, trying to reassure Naoya.
The rest of the girls and Naoya looked at her and wondered why she was saying it like it was totally fine.