The next morning, just as dawn was breaking.
Allen's door was knocked on, neither too lightly nor too heavily, and Itadori Yuji / Yuji Itadori's energetic voice came from outside: "Allen! Are you up yet? Gojo-sensei wants us to gather at the training ground!"
Allen opened the door. He had already changed into his dark blue athletic uniform, his figure tall and straight, his stern eyebrows and eyes particularly clear in the morning light.
Itadori stood at the door, a cloudless smile on his face, as if full of anticipation for the training about to begin: "Let's go! It's the first day of official training, we can't be late!"
Allen nodded slightly, closed his door, and walked with Itadori towards the training ground.
The training ground was the spacious dojo they had seen yesterday; its wooden floor was gleaming, and the lingering scent of incense still hung in the air.
When they arrived, Nobara Kugisaki was already waiting there, stretching her wrists and ankles, looking eager to start, while Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro leaned against a nearby pillar, his expression still indifferent, but his gaze a little more focused than yesterday.
"Oh! Everyone's here!" Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo's voice came from the doorway. He was still wearing his small round sunglasses today and the Jujutsu High teacher's uniform, casually carrying a bag of items in his hand. "Good morning, everyone!"
"Good morning, Gojo-sensei!" Itadori responded loudly.
Kugisaki / Nobara Kugisaki and Fushiguro also greeted him. Allen merely nodded.
Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo walked to the center of the field and put down the bag he was carrying, which seemed to contain some training protective gear and markers.
"Alright, for our first lesson, let's start with the basics." Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo clapped his hands, his gaze sweeping over the four students. "The foundation of a Jujutsu Sorcerer, besides Cursed Energy and Cursed Techniques, is physical ability! After all, Cursed Energy reinforcement is also built upon one's physical body."
"So—" He drew out his words, a mischievous smile appearing on his face, "Let's warm up with fifty laps! Around this training ground!"
"F-fifty laps?!" Itadori and Kugisaki / Nobara Kugisaki exclaimed simultaneously. One lap around this training ground was at least four hundred meters, so fifty laps meant twenty kilometers! And it was a mountain path!
Even the usually indifferent Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro's mouth twitched slightly.
"What a joke! What kind of warm-up is this?!" Kugisaki / Nobara Kugisaki shouted directly.
Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo completely ignored his students' protests, smilingly shaking the stopwatch in his hand: "Timer starts now! The last one has to clean the entire dojo for a week! Including the toilets!"
"Damn it!" Itadori and Kugisaki / Nobara Kugisaki exchanged glances. Despite their resentment, they immediately rushed out. Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro sighed and resignedly followed.
Itadori, Kugisaki / Nobara Kugisaki, and Fushiguro had already dashed out, beginning to run laps around the huge training ground.
Allen adjusted his breathing and ran unhurriedly at the back. His steps were steady, his rhythm even, as if he wasn't running twenty kilometers over mountain terrain, but taking a stroll in a park.
Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo leaned against a pillar in the center of the field, watching his four students with interest.
Itadori Yuji / Yuji Itadori, relying on his superhuman physical abilities, charged to the front from the start, his speed astonishing.
Nobara Kugisaki was not to be outdone, gritting her teeth and following closely behind; her physical fitness had clearly also been trained.
Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro was in third place, his speed steady, his breathing rhythm well-controlled.
Allen, meanwhile, followed at the very back, seemingly in no hurry to catch up.
After a few laps, the differences began to show.
Itadori was still in the lead, but his speed seemed to have slightly decreased due to his initial burst.
Kugisaki / Nobara Kugisaki's breathing began to quicken, and sweat beaded on her forehead.
Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro maintained a steady pace, gradually closing the distance with Kugisaki / Nobara Kugisaki.
As for Allen, he maintained his initial pace and breathing, and without realizing it, he had already overtaken Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro, and then Kugisaki / Nobara Kugisaki.
His running posture was very standard, even elegant; every step fully utilized the ground's reaction force, with no wasted movements, as if he were tireless.
"Oh?" Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo straightened up slightly, a hint of seriousness in his eyes behind his sunglasses.
This kid, his physical abilities are a bit too good; this kind of fluidity isn't something that can be achieved solely through Cursed Techniques.
After twenty laps, Itadori's speed had noticeably slowed, and he was panting heavily.
Kugisaki / Nobara Kugisaki had fallen behind Itadori by more than half a lap, her face pale, relying entirely on willpower to keep going.
Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro was also breathing heavily, but still able to maintain his pace.
Allen, meanwhile, had silently caught up behind Itadori; his complexion was normal, his breathing frighteningly steady, as if he had just finished warming up.
"Hey... No way..." Itadori caught a glimpse of Allen out of the corner of his eye, his eyes widening in disbelief.
Allen easily ran alongside him, even having enough energy to turn his head and glance at him, then accelerated again and pulled ahead.
Thirty laps... forty laps... Itadori was already jogging slowly, while Fushiguro and Kugisaki / Nobara Kugisaki were far behind, almost walking.
Only Allen maintained his initial speed, even accelerating in the last ten laps. He was like a tireless, precise machine, completing the fifty laps steadily and efficiently.
When he stopped and stood before Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo, it was as if he wasn't the one who had just run fifty laps; not only was his breathing undisturbed, but he hadn't even broken a sweat.
Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo pressed the stopwatch, looked at the time on it, and whistled: "Wow, a new record. The record for the freshman physical test running event since Jujutsu High was established has been drastically broken by you."
A moment later, Itadori stumbled to the finish, collapsing directly onto the ground.
Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro barely managed to walk the rest of the way, leaning on his knees and panting heavily.
Kugisaki / Nobara Kugisaki was the last to "walk" to the finish, almost completely exhausted.
"Lin... Allen... are... are you even human?" Kugisaki / Nobara Kugisaki gasped, looking at the calm Allen.
Itadori lay on the ground, giving a trembling thumbs-up: "Too... too strong..."
Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro didn't speak, but the look in his eyes towards Allen was also filled with shock.
Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo clapped his hands with a smile: "Alright! Warm-up over! Next up is reaction speed testing!"
The results of the subsequent events were without suspense.
Moving target evasion test: Allen moved through the high-speed rubber balls with an unhurried grace, none hitting him, once again breaking the record.
In various extreme physical tests, the sheer physical strength Allen displayed made Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo raise an eyebrow; the numbers once again broke Jujutsu High's historical records.
As one test after another concluded, Itadori, Kugisaki / Nobara Kugisaki, and Fushiguro had gone from initial shock to a certain numbness.
This new classmate was so strong he didn't seem like a freshman at all! He didn't even seem like a normal Jujutsu Sorcerer!
Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo looked at the series of ridiculously high records on the scoreboard, rubbing his chin, the playful smile on his face growing wider.
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