"Hey, hey, Shoko, look, look, it's so beautiful!" Utahime called out to Shoko excitedly.
"Slow down, Senior Utahime."
Shoko followed slowly behind Utahime.
The group was currently sightseeing at Kiyomizu-dera, and the farce from earlier hadn't dampened their spirits at all.
"Where did Gojo go?" Genji suddenly realized that Satoru Gojo had disappeared again without her noticing, so she turned to ask Geto beside her.
"I don't know, but Gojo mentioned earlier that there's a famous dessert shop nearby. He probably went to buy some sweets."
"Is that so?" Genji curled her lips and said helplessly, "That guy really is obsessed with sweets. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets diabetes one day if he keeps eating like this."
"Heh." Geto just smiled at Genji's words and didn't say anything more. He then handed the cursed spirit orb in his hand to Genji, who took it and once again burned the cursed spirit orb with her flames.
"Alright, you try it now."
Geto took the cursed spirit orb and swallowed it in one gulp.
"Hmm~ The taste is indeed a bit better, but the bitterness has intensified."
Upon hearing Geto's assessment, Genji took out a notebook and made a record in it.
"As expected, it's not the case that the longer the burning time or the greater the Cursed Energy output, the better the taste. Just like enzymes have an optimal temperature, there must be an optimal range for the cursed spirit orb's taste in relation to burning time and Cursed Energy output."
With a snap, Genji closed the notebook with "cursed spirit orb Taste Modification Experiment Record" on the cover and summarized their experimental conclusions from the past two days to Geto.
"You guys are tinkering with these weird experiments again." Satoru Gojo suddenly appeared beside them.
"Stop tinkering for now, I found a nice restaurant, let's go together, I'm hungry. Hey! Shoko, Utahime, stop playing, let's go eat." Satoru Gojo waved his arms and shouted towards Shoko and Utahime.
The group continued to eat, drink, and have fun until the evening.
In the evening, in the dormitory arranged by Kyoto Jujutsu High for them.
"Sorry I'm late. After all, I'm graduating soon, and I have a lot of things to do." Mei Mei, looking travel-worn, explained the reason for her lateness.
"These are souvenirs for you all." Mei Mei said, distributing the gifts she had in her hands to the group.
The group exchanged glances, not expecting Mei Mei to bring them gifts.
"What's going on? Why is Mei Mei suddenly so generous?"
"Could it be that her business failed and she got some kind of shock?"
"Hard to say. Could she be plotting something against us?"
Just as the group was whispering, Genji noticed with horror that Mei Mei was standing behind them, listening to their conversation.
'Shut up, Gojo! Stop talking. What about your Six Eyes? Have they become just for show?' Genji tried to communicate with her eyes with Satoru Gojo, who was busy spouting various conspiracy theories about Mei Mei.
'Received, Genji.' Noticing Genji's gaze and understanding her meaning, Satoru Gojo returned a reassuring look, then lowered his voice again and said, "I think we need to be careful, don't let her sell us off tonight."
'I told you to shut up! Not to lower your voice! Idiot!' Genji thought despairingly, but it was already too late.
"You seem to be having a very interesting conversation." Mei Mei said to the group in her usual charming voice, but the voice that usually sounded elegant now made their hair stand on end.
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"Honestly, I haven't seen you all in a while, so I specially brought you souvenirs, and yet you talk about me like this." Saying this, Mei Mei made a gesture of wiping away tears.
"I'm sorry" * 4, the group apologized honestly.
Although it wasn't hard to tell that Mei Mei was fake-crying, to be honest, seeing a typically decisive and cool woman suddenly act so pitiful because of their comments, any normal person would probably be frantically blaming themselves inside.
"Hehe~"
Seeing the group apologize honestly, Mei Mei chuckled and didn't tease them any further.
"Alright, let's stop the jokes here." Mei Mei straightened her expression slightly and said to them, "Shouldn't we consider tomorrow's plan now?"
"Indeed," Geto took over Mei Mei's topic. "Although our overall strength is definitely superior, after today's contact, I'm sure Kyoto Jujutsu High won't just sit and wait for death."
"Tomorrow's first match will undoubtedly be a team battle. According to past habits, it should be combat plus exorcising Cursed Spirits," Genji analyzed.
"As for combat, leave it to me and Gojo. Geto, who has the best mobility, will be responsible for exorcising Cursed Spirits to score points. Senior Utahime, please follow Gojo, and then Shoko..."
"Wait!" Before Genji could finish her arrangement, she was interrupted by Utahime shouting. "Why do I have to follow this scum?"
"Exactly, exactly, if Utahime follows me, she'll just hold me back!" Satoru Gojo was also quite dissatisfied with Genji's arrangement.
"But Senior Utahime is a bit lacking in pure combat power, isn't she? Acting alone will allow the other side to exploit weaknesses." Genji first explained to Utahime, then looked at Satoru Gojo: "You too, Gojo. Although Senior Utahime can't help you in battle, her Cursed Technique is a great asset to you, isn't it? Stop throwing a childish tantrum."
After Genji finished speaking, although the two were still somewhat dissatisfied, they had no choice but to drop it.
And apart from Shoko and Geto, no one present noticed the ulterior motive in Genji's arrangements.
'Genji is obsessed with shipping again.' Shoko and Geto recalled Genji's words when Satoru Gojo and Utahime had another argument earlier.
Back when they were still at Kiyomizu-dera, watching the two bickering as usual, Genji suddenly said: "Do you think there's something strange going on between Gojo and Senior Utahime?"
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The two were a bit confused by Genji's words.
"Look, why does Gojo always target Senior Utahime with his taunts? With Gojo's kindergarten-child personality, it's not impossible that he's doing this on purpose to get a girl's attention. Senior Utahime is the same, always tirelessly trying to get revenge."
"That actually makes some sense." Watching the two arguing, Shoko and Geto somewhat understood Genji's line of thinking.
Time back to the present.
After persuading Satoru Gojo and Utahime, Genji continued to arrange the plan.
"Shoko and I will be a group. We will be the same as the Gojo and Senior Utahime combo, responsible for guerrilla tactics against Kyoto Jujutsu High students to eliminate them."
After speaking, Genji turned her gaze to Mei Mei: "As for Mei Mei, you will be responsible for using your Cursed Technique to monitor the entire venue, keeping communication open. Once you discover a Cursed Spirit or opposing students, notify us, and we will head over to handle it."
"No problem."
Mei Mei had no dissatisfaction with Genji's arrangement. For something with no opportunity to make money, the easier it was, the better.
"As expected, the enhancement of physical skills has almost reached its limit, and there's no attack power in my Cursed Technique. It really is worrying."
After the plan was set, Mei Mei said during casual conversation.
"Regarding that, Mei Mei, I have some ideas." Genji suddenly said to Mei Mei.
"Let me confirm one thing first: there's no upper limit to the consumption of Mei Mei's crow shikigami, right?"
"None at all." Mei Mei was now interested in Genji's idea.
"In that case, I wonder if Mei Mei has heard of the Kamikaze squad?" Genji revealed a somewhat wicked smile.
Meanwhile, in the principal's office, Yaga and Gakuganji were drinking tea.
"So, the two matches will be the same as before: team battle first, then individual battle. No problem, right?" Gakuganji looked at Yaga and said.
"Let's arrange it that way." Yaga had no objections.
Just as the two finalized the competition details, an uninvited guest suddenly burst in.
"That's a bit too boring. I have an interesting idea."
The two were somewhat surprised to see the blonde woman in front of them.
"Why are you here, Tsukumo Yuki!"