"Um, do you need any help?" Geto Suguru asked, looking at the weak girl on the ground.
"I'm fine, I... uh, I can't do it. Sorry to trouble you."
Nanami Nami had wanted to get up on her own, but the backlash from having her shikigami destroyed was quite severe, and her legs were still weak.
"Alright, I'll help you up."
Saying this, Geto Suguru helped Nanami Nami up and walked towards the exit of the forest, leaving behind only a fainted, squinting-eyed person on the ground, unconscious and waiting for staff to come and take him away.
"That was really fun, don't you think, old man?"
In the referee's room, Tsukumo Yuki laughed loudly while not forgetting to continue mocking Gakuganji.
Facing Tsukumo Yuki's mockery, Gakuganji couldn't say anything back; after all, the performance of Kyoto Jujutsu High just now was plain for all to see. One person backstabbed their teammate, failed their sneak attack, and was lured out instead, while the other simply defected.
"Alright, it's time to decide the action points for the next round."
Seeing that Gakuganji wasn't taking the bait, a bored Tsukumo Yuki didn't continue, instead taking out the spinner and handing it to Yaga Masamichi.
"I spun it last round, so why don't you do it this time, Yaga-sensei?"
"Very well."
After a simple reply, Yaga Masamichi took the spinner and pressed the button. However, as the pointer slowly came to a stop, Yaga Masamichi was somewhat dumbfounded.
"Oh dear, this number is a bit troublesome."
Tsukumo Yuki leaned over to take a look and saw the pointer on the spinner clearly pointing at 2.
"The second round, action points are 2."
"2, huh."
Genji couldn't help but feel a headache coming on for this round.
"This means neither I, Gojo, nor Mei Mei-san can participate."
Saying this, Genji looked at Shoko and Utahime.
"The only ones who can go up with these points are you two, Shoko and Senior Utahime. I think we should just forfeit this round, don't you?"
"I'll do it."
"Eh?"
Before Utahime could say anything, Shoko, who was beside her, directly rejected Genji proposal.
"If we can't do it, we can just forfeit. We can afford to lose one round."
Genji instructed with some worry. Although he was worried, he also knew that once Shoko made up her mind, no one could persuade her otherwise.
"It's fine. Don't forget, I still have the tools you gave me."
Shoko said, showing the small balls in her hand to the others. Although she had used them up in the previous team competition, Genji had rushed to make a new batch for Shoko during their free time these past few days.
"With 2 points, none of those people from the Tokyo School can make a move, except for Utahime and Ieiri Shoko."
Once the action points of 2 were revealed, unlike the headache-inducing atmosphere at the Tokyo School, the Kyoto Jujutsu High side was actually quite happy, as this meant those over-spec guys wouldn't be able to participate.
"Sawa-san, I'll leave it to you."
Maekage Ken looked at Sawa Kozuki.
"Understood."
Hearing the order, Sawa Kozuki didn't hesitate and immediately stood up and walked into the forest.
"Where did she hide?"
Sawa Kozuki looked at the dense forest around her and felt a headache.
Actually, she was quite happy to be chosen to fight. After all, the promotion of Jujutsu Sorcerers relied on a recommendation system, and the exchange meeting was undoubtedly a great opportunity for self-promotion. But now that she had finally gotten a chance to fight, she couldn't find her enemy.
"Um, are you looking for me?"
Just as Sawa Kozuki was focusing on searching for the enemy, a voice suddenly came from above her.
After hearing the voice, Sawa Kozuki looked up sharply, and what came into her view was Shoko sitting in the tree, along with a silver ball falling down.
"What..."
Before Sawa Kozuki could finish her sentence, she saw the small ball split open, bursting with eerie blue flames, and then it exploded right in front of her eyes.
At the moment of the explosion, Sawa Kozuki activated her Cursed Technique. Her figure instantly expanded, and she crossed her arms in front of her, trying to withstand the damage from the explosion.
"Boom!"
Blown away by the blast, Sawa Kozuki spun in the air and then landed steadily on the ground, though her arms were left with obvious burns.
"Honestly, you've passed under the tree where I was hiding three times, to the point where I thought you weren't actually looking for me."
Shoko's calm voice came, but it only made the listener feel even angrier.
"Is that so? But now you've been exposed!" Sawa Kozuki exerted force in her legs and instantly accelerated, rushing towards Shoko.
"Is that so?"
Facing Sawa Kozuki's charge, Shoko was not panicked at all. She stood still, motionless, and even had the mood to reply to Sawa Kozuki.
Seeing Shoko standing there calmly and motionless, Sawa Kozuki instinctively felt something was wrong.
"Ding~"
Just as Sawa Kozuki hadn't had time to think, a small sound suddenly came from under her feet.
"What?"
Sawa Kozuki looked down at her feet. The ground was strangely bulging, and the next second, the entire area around Sawa Kozuki was engulfed in a violent explosion.
"Boom!!" A huge explosion rose in the forest. Looking at the mushroom cloud created by the explosion, Genji couldn't help but feel a bit worried about Shoko.
"Don't worry."
At this moment, Gojo Satoru walked over and comforted him.
"Shoko is very capable. Besides, she has those little tools you made, right? By the way, how exactly did you make them? The power is a bit too much, isn't it?"
"The individual power definitely wouldn't be that great. After all, it's just simply using certain methods to store my flames, and the power and destructive force are greatly reduced. To cause this much Destruction, Shoko must have used all the ones I gave her at once."
Thinking about the modifications Shoko had asked him to make earlier, Genji couldn't help but break into a cold sweat. He felt like he had opened the door to some strange world for Shoko.
At the competition site, the violent explosion directly blasted a huge oval crater into the ground.
"I really didn't expect the power to be this great."
Shoko poked her head out from behind cover.
"Good thing I found cover beforehand."
Shoko said, while patting the rock behind her that was almost one and a half times her height.
"You actually set up traps in advance!"
Standing up from the ground, her clothes tattered and torn, even exposing a lot of skin, and her body injured in many places by the flames, Sawa Kozuki questioned her.
"After all, you passed by the tree where I was hiding three times, so of course I would prepare in advance. But I didn't expect your defense to be this high."
Shoko shook her head helplessly.
"But I also didn't expect you to really follow the same path; your route was pretty much the same every time."
Shoko looked at the 'masterpiece' around her and nodded with great satisfaction. The way the bombs were buried was taught to her by Genji previously; if one was triggered, the rest would all be triggered.
"The first practical application worked quite well. Thanks for cooperating."
Saying this, Shoko flashed a brilliant smile at the girl in front of her.
"You!"
Clearly, Shoko's words further infuriated her. It could only be said that after spending a long time with certain people, Shoko's verbal skills had also evolved.
Just as Sawa Kozuki confirmed there were no more traps around and was preparing to rush up and finish Shoko off, Shoko lightly said three words.
"I forfeit."
"What?"
Just as Sawa Kozuki was stunned, the broadcast rang out.
"Individual Match 2, Kyoto Jujutsu High, Sawa Kozuki wins."
"You!" Looking at Shoko in front of her, who was unscathed and whose clothes were barely messy, and then looking at her own miserable state, a feeling of grievance couldn't help but well up in her heart.
"You're bullying me!"
With emotions surging, Sawa Kozuki couldn't control herself and burst into tears, her figure gradually returning to normal.
"Alright, don't cry, I'm sorry."
Seeing the girl opposite her directly reduced to tears by her, Shoko was also a bit helpless. Seeing that the clothes on Sawa Kozuki could no longer provide the necessary coverage, Shoko took off her own jacket and draped it over Sawa Kozuki, while simultaneously releasing Reversal technique to heal her.
Only the sound of Sawa Kozuki's sobbing echoed at the scene.