"Hey! I told you to slow down! Aaaah!" Just as Genji and Shoko successfully dealt with the attackers, Satoru Gojo was moving through the forest at extreme speed, exorcising every Cursed Spirit that appeared in his line of sight.
Utahime was being held by the collar by Satoru Gojo; because of his excessive speed, her entire body was even floating in the air.
"Utahime, you're too noisy." Satoru Gojo glanced at Utahime, whose face had already turned green, and said with disgust.
"So... I told you to... slow... slow down." Utahime was already unable to finish a complete sentence.
Suddenly, Satoru Gojo slammed on the brakes, and Utahime, who was in his hand, was flung away by momentum, sliding face-down for four or five meters before stopping.
"Gojo! You jerk..." Utahime scrambled up in a disheveled state, but before she could finish her complaint, she saw a sign standing in front of Satoru Gojo that read: "Trap here, please go around." At the same time, a cartoonish smiley face of Tsukumo Yuki was drawn on the wooden sign.
"Interesting, this must be what Genji meant by 'the thief calling out "I am not a thief".'" Satoru Gojo said, looking at the sign with interest, and immediately moved to pull it out.
"Stop!" Utahime rushed over to hold the sign down.
"What if there really is a trap? Let's just walk normally." Utahime tried to persuade Satoru Gojo.
But who was Satoru Gojo? He was someone who punched the Higher-Ups' nursing home and kicked the Jujutsu High kindergarten; how could he possibly listen to Utahime? He immediately exerted force to pull out the wooden sign.
Seeing this, Utahime tried to hold the sign down, but how could her strength compare to Satoru Gojo's? The sign was pulled out immediately. Then, the two saw a line of text carved into the part of the sign that had been buried in the ground—
"Congratulations on triggering the trap; the penalty is that you are forbidden from moving your feet for the next 10 minutes, otherwise you will be immediately eliminated."
At the end of the carved text, there was another cartoonish smiley face of Tsukumo Yuki, but now, it felt like it was mocking the two of them.
"I told you not to pull it." Utahime said with a long face.
"Didn't Junior Genji also say, 'If you don't listen to the advice of the elders, you'll suffer right before your eyes'? Although I'm not exactly an elder, that is."
"Well, it's no big deal. I've already taken care of quite a few Grade 3 and 4 Cursed Spirits, so I should have about 50 points or so. Staying here for 10 minutes is nothing." Satoru Gojo said stubbornly.
"Kyoto Jujutsu High's Zenin Shi, Yin Hongren, and Ayanokoji Hikaru have been eliminated. Tokyo School's Genji gains 300 points." At this moment, an announcement sounded.
"Heh heh," Satoru Gojo laughed awkwardly. "It's fine. Genji's points are our points. Besides, we're only staying for ten minutes, it's nothing."
"Now beginning the first broadcast of random student locations. Satoru Gojo and Utahime are located at..."
"It doesn't mat—" Before Satoru Gojo could finish, Utahime covered his mouth.
"You'd better stop talking. I'm afraid something else will happen; you're truly a jinx."
Satoru Gojo rolled his eyes upon hearing this and swatted Utahime's hand away, but he didn't say anything else.
"Rustle..." At this moment, Utahime realized with despair that the bushes were suddenly making noise, and then two people walked out.
"Gojo-kun, we meet again." It was Kamo Mine speaking, accompanied by the bob-haired girl from before, Sawa Kozuki.
"I have successfully determined the locations of all remaining Kyoto participants and am sending them to you now. Note that they may move." Mei Mei said to Genji over the phone.
"Geto Suguru is fine; he is successfully clearing out Cursed Spirits under the guidance of my crows. There's a slight problem on Gojo's end; they stepped into a trap and can't move for the time being, and they've been found by Kamo Mine, but he should be able to handle it. Wait..."
Mei Mei paused, then continued, "Maekage Ken has changed his direction and is heading towards you. It seems your guess was correct; they also have someone whose Cursed Technique is for reconnaissance, just like mine."
"Alright, I understand. I'll leave the monitoring of the situation to you, Miss Mei Mei." After saying this, Genji hung up the phone.
"Any new developments?" Shoko asked from the side.
"Nothing much. Satoru has a small problem, but it shouldn't be an issue. It's just that someone is heading our way, so be careful."
"Alright." Shoko replied.
At this time, on Satoru Gojo and Utahime's side. "Did you step into a trap, Gojo-kun?" Kamo Mine said to Satoru Gojo. Utahime was on guard against the two people in front of them; although she wasn't restricted by the trap, it was obvious that she couldn't defeat these two people by herself.
"In that case, we won't be polite." Kamo Mine looked at Satoru Gojo in front of him mockingly. "Miss Sawa, don't worry about this arrogant guy. Eliminate Utahime first; leave Satoru Gojo to me."
"Alright." Sawa Kozuki said listlessly, and at the same time, she activated her Cursed Technique. In an instant, the girl who was originally as petite as Utahime transformed into a muscular woman with a physique similar to Masamichi Yaga.
"Sorry, Utahime." Saying this, Sawa Kozuki charged towards Utahime.
Utahime had originally wanted to hide behind Satoru Gojo, but Satoru Gojo actually crouched down, leaving her completely exposed.
"Gojo, you scum!" Utahime wailed and turned to run, never even thinking about resisting. Just kidding, that muscular woman on the other side clearly looked like she could fight better than her; her fist was almost as big as her own head.
Kamo Mine also took out a blood bag, poured out the blood, and then activated his Cursed Technique. The blood formed a spider Shikigami as tall as a person.
"After successfully taking you down, I can finally wash away the shame of that year." Kamo Mine said excitedly, and then he controlled the Shikigami to spit out a large amount of spider silk made of blood, which entangled Satoru Gojo, and then it suddenly burst into flames. Satoru Gojo was completely engulfed in fire.
"As expected, it's all just a reputation. You haven't improved at all over these years, but I have been constantly honing myself. You're no longer a match for me." After saying this, Kamo Mine intended to go help Sawa Kozuki hunt down Utahime.
"So that's it. No wonder your eyes have been on me since yesterday."
Suddenly, Satoru Gojo's voice rang out again. Kamo Mine looked behind him in disbelief, only to find Satoru Gojo, who had been engulfed in flames, standing there completely unharmed.
"How is it pos..."
"How is it not possible?" Kamo Mine's words were cut off by Satoru Gojo's disdainful face before he could finish.
"As for this'shame' you're talking about, it must be from when we met at The Big Three Families gathering when we were kids, right? Forget it, it doesn't matter. Your shame isn't important to me, and I don't want to know about it."
"You're still as arrogant as ever!" Satoru Gojo's disdainful gaze deeply wounded Kamo Mine's pride and once again reminded him of his humiliating experience as a child.
At that time, relying on the superiority of his Cursed Technique, he was highly regarded in his family, until at the exchange meeting, he had wanted to get to know the once-in-a-century Six Eyes prodigy of the Gojo Family—Satoru Gojo—and then challenge and defeat him as a stepping stone to fame.
However, just as he was about to go up and greet him, Satoru Gojo coldly turned his head and glanced at him. It was that one look that made him lose the courage to challenge him. To this day, he still cannot properly describe that gaze; he only felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, his whole body frozen, unable to move.
The Six Eyes, which could originally have been described as beautiful, had become his nightmare for over a decade, and now that the nightmare had appeared again, Kamo Mine realized that his fear had never dissipated.
"Impossible! Impossible!" Kamo Mine shouted, continuously firing burning blood spider silk at Satoru Gojo.
"That's enough."
Satoru Gojo's calm voice came through. The smoke cleared, and under the intense attack just now, Satoru Gojo's clothes hadn't even been ruffled.
"Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue!" Satoru Gojo was impatient now; he condensed Blue in his hand and fired it out.
"Is this the Six Eyes? I..." Kamo Mine muttered to himself, and was immediately hit by Blue; the rest of his words were drowned out by the sound of the explosion.
On the other side, Utahime was in a sorry state. Not only was her shrine maiden skirt torn in several places, but her hair was also a mess, with quite a few twigs and leaves mixed in, making her look like a little green man without camouflage paint.
"I'll fight you to the death!"
After being blocked from all escape routes, just as Utahime was about to fight for her life, she realized that an explosion had suddenly occurred nearby. The massive shockwave from the explosion even destroyed the forest where the two were located.
Just as the two looked up from the explosion, they found Satoru Gojo standing in front of them.
"Are you going to forfeit voluntarily, or should I help you forfeit?" Staring at Sawa Kozuki with his Six Eyes, Satoru Gojo said coldly.
"I... I forfeit." Sawa Kozuki made the decision immediately.
"A wise choice. Remember to take that lump over there with you when you leave." Satoru Gojo pointed at the unconscious Kamo Mine, then picked up Utahime and left.
"Hey, Gojo, do you know that I was almost blown up just now!"
"Sorry, I just wanted to confirm why that guy kept staring at me and giving me such a weird look." Satoru Gojo apologized to Utahime for the first time ever, then said with a cheeky grin:
"After all, think about it: a strange squinty-eyed guy looking at you with a look that's very much like... you know, wouldn't that creep you out?"
Utahime imagined the scene and shuddered.
"Indeed." Utahime nodded, agreeing with Satoru Gojo for once.