"Geto, head 300 meters south. There are three Grade 3 Cursed Spirits."
"Received."
It had been five minutes since the broadcast of Genji's score, and Geto Suguru was methodically exorcising Cursed Spirits under Mei Mei's direction.
"Looks like Genji is doing well too, Mei Mei-san. How about Gojo? His location was just broadcasted."
As he spoke, Geto Suguru spotted his target and exorcised the Cursed Spirits without even stopping his pace.
"Gojo ran into a small problem, but it's nothing. Utahime is just having some emotional fluctuations."
"Gojo is messing with Utahime again," Geto Suguru said, feeling a mix of amusement and exasperation.
At this moment, Geto Suguru suddenly stopped.
"What's wrong, Geto?"
"Someone up ahead is fighting a Cursed Spirit. That should be the only Grade 1 Cursed Spirit released in this competition." On the open ground ahead, a girl was struggling to hold her ground against a wolf-like Grade 1 Cursed Spirit.
"Is she about to lose? I should step in."
Just then, the girl who had been desperately holding on tripped over a tree root. When she looked up, she found the Cursed Spirit's sharp teeth less than half a meter from her face; she could even smell the stench coming from its mouth.
'I knew I shouldn't have acted alone just to avoid that jerk from the Zenin clan. This is really the end. I hope Xiaolian remembers to format my computer. Goodbye, terrible world.'
Just as the girl gave up struggling and closed her eyes to await death, she suddenly realized she had been scooped up.
"Eh?"
The girl opened her eyes and saw that it was Geto Suguru who had saved her.
"Are you okay?" Geto Suguru asked gently, wearing his signature squinty-eyed smile.
"You're that squinty-eyed guy from Tokyo School!"
The girl blurted out, almost causing Geto Suguru to lose his composure.
"Uh, sorry. My subconscious just let out the truth... Ahem, thank you for saving me, but could you please put me down? This pose is a bit embarrassing." The girl said, her face flushing.
"Oh, oh. The situation was urgent, please excuse me." Geto Suguru realized their position was indeed a bit suggestive.
"It's fine. Um... my name is Nanami Nami."
"Geto Suguru. Alright, Classmate Nanami, please step back. Leave this Cursed Spirit to me." After saying that, Geto Suguru walked toward the Cursed Spirit.
Nanami Nami obediently stepped back.
'Even though they both have squinty eyes, that guy Kamo gives me the creeps, but this Classmate Geto feels so reassuring.' Nanami thought, feeling a bit shy.
Geto Suguru, oblivious to the girl's thoughts behind him, waved his hand and released several Grade 1 Cursed Spirits, plus one Special Grade Cursed Spirit—Rainbow Dragon.
He and the Cursed Spirits surrounded the Grade 1 Cursed Spirit, cutting off all its escape routes. The powerful Cursed Energy even pressed the Cursed Spirit down, making it unable to lift its head.
"Roar~!" The Cursed Spirit let out a loud cry, then struggled and lunged at Geto Suguru, wanting to bite him to death first so the remaining Cursed Spirits wouldn't target it.
"That's useless." Before the Cursed Spirit could even get close to Geto Suguru, it was slapped into the ground by one of the Cursed Spirits on the side.
"Let's not waste time." Geto Suguru said, summoning a giant snake-like Cursed Spirit that swallowed the Cursed Spirit in one gulp.
"50 points secured."
At this moment, the broadcast sounded again:
"Kamo Mine and Sawa Kozuki eliminated. Gojo Satoru gains 200 points."
'Looks like Gojo is doing quite well too.' Hearing the broadcast, Geto Suguru confirmed that everyone was fine, then turned to look at Nanami Nami and walked over with a big smile.
'So strong. He defeated a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit that I was no match for in a single blow.' Nanami Nami, who was still shocked by Geto Suguru's strength, suddenly noticed him walking towards her with a warm, gentle smile on his face.
'Eh? Why is he walking towards me? C-could it be he likes me? Is he going to confess?' At this moment, Nanami Nami, who had read 1,000 romance mangas and smutty novels, fell into her own delusions.
'Should... should I say yes?' "Classmate Nanami."
'But isn't it too fast? At least get to know each other, have a meal or something...' "Classmate Nanami?"
'But if I reject him directly, would that be bad...' "Classmate Nanami!"
"Ah, yes!"
Geto Suguru shouted, finally snapping Nanami Nami out of her fantasy. Nanami Nami hurriedly replied, but ended up biting her tongue hard, causing tears to almost stream down her face from the pain.
"Um, are you okay?" Geto Suguru looked at the girl in front of him, who was covering her mouth with tears in her eyes, and began to wonder if something was wrong with her head.
"I'm fine, I'm fine. What's wrong, Classmate Geto?" Nanami Nami replied, slightly slurring her words.
"Well, could you please voluntarily forfeit? I'd rather not have to fight if possible." Seeing that she could at least communicate, Geto Suguru made his request.
"Eh, forfeit? Wouldn't it be irresponsible to my teammates if I don't struggle a bit?"
Nanami Nami hesitated at first, but then remembered that five people on her side had already been taken out, which meant 500 points, so there was no point in playing anymore. Having figured this out, she immediately agreed to Geto Suguru's proposal.
"I forfeit, but... um..."
"What is it?" Seeing Nanami Nami voluntarily forfeit so sensibly, Geto Suguru asked in a good mood.
"Can I have Classmate Geto's contact information? Also, what do you like to eat? I'll treat you later, and also..."
Looking at the somewhat excited girl in front of him, Geto Suguru felt a bit scared for some reason.
"Um, my companions are waiting for me, so I'll be going now." With that, Geto Suguru turned and ran.
"Eh, you haven't given me your contact info yet, Classmate Geto!"
And thus, the most harmonious elimination since the start of the team competition was born.
On the other side, in the monitoring room, everyone watched the battles that had taken place in their entirety.
"Yaga-sensei, aren't your Tokyo School students being a bit too excessive? Several of our Kyoto Jujutsu High students have been seriously injured!"
This man was the teacher in charge of the third-year students like Zenin Shi and Kamo Mine. Seeing that two of the three most high-profile people in his class were seriously injured, he had to find a way to shift the blame onto Yaga and his students, otherwise, he would be the one bearing the anger later.
However, he found that Yaga was staring intently at the screen, ignoring him completely.
"Especially that Genji, he has no mercy. Principal, I suggest expelling him from Jujutsu High! Such a student will eventually become a Curse User even after graduation!"
The man said anxiously to Gakuganji, choosing to target Genji. There was no help for it; Geto Suguru's side was too peaceful, and Gojo Satoru's status was even more noble than Zenin Shi and Kamo Mine's, so he dared not provoke them.
"Interesting, is this teacher's eyesight not very good?" Special Grade Tsukumo spoke up.
"What does Special Grade Tsukumo mean?" Hearing the sarcasm, but not daring to lash out, the man asked indignantly.
"Setting aside the fact that the guy named Zenin cheated, which was glossed over by old man Gakuganji anyway, let's talk about his own actions. Anyone with working eyes should have seen that the dagger in his hand was aimed at Shoko's heart."
Tsukumo Yuki looked at the man and continued:
"Not to mention that guy's personal insults towards Genji and Shoko, have you forgotten the biggest rule of the exchange event?"
The man certainly hadn't forgotten: 'It is forbidden to endanger the lives of contestants during the exchange event.' This rule could also be interpreted as 'anything goes as long as they don't die,' and in previous years, they had used this reason to fob off Tokyo School students, but now that it was their turn, they couldn't laugh.
"But..."
The man wanted to say something else, but found Tsukumo Yuki's aura focused on him. Seeing her cold gaze, his legs went weak.
"S-sorry, I have something to do, I'll be leaving first." With that, the man fled in a panic, leaving the monitoring room.
"The quality of teachers in Kyoto is worrying, old man Gakuganji."
Seeing the man run away, Tsukumo Yuki turned back and mocked him again.
Gakuganji remained motionless, as if he hadn't noticed the farce just now or Tsukumo Yuki's mockery.
"Forget it, once Maekage Ken and Genji are done fighting, this match can be declared over." Tsukumo Yuki yawned and said, looking a bit bored.