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Upon hearing the announcement that Mei Mei had successfully scored, Genji raised an eyebrow and said to Maekage Ken and Aoki Chiyo before him:
"It looks like we're far in the lead."
"That is indeed the case at this stage, but!" Maekage Ken changed the subject, continuing in his usual indifferent tone:
"So we must eliminate you and Shoko Ieiri here to have a chance at victory."
While the two were speaking, the last student from Kyoto Jujutsu High, Kobayashi Ren, finally arrived.
"Captain, Chiyo. Sorry I'm late."
"No, you've arrived just in time, Classmate Kobayashi. You and Aoki are responsible for eliminating Shoko Ieiri while I fight Genji-san." Maekage Ken issued his orders without any pretense in front of Genji and Shoko.
"You're certainly confident. Are you really that sure you can hold me off?" Genji was somewhat surprised by this guy's candor.
"Not hold off, but eliminate you," Maekage Ken answered confidently.
"Hey, hey, Genji." At this moment, Shoko tugged at the corner of Genji's clothes.
"You should focus on dealing with this guy for a while; leave those two girls to me," Shoko whispered.
"But Shoko, you..." Before Genji could finish, he was interrupted by Shoko.
"I'm fine, and don't I have the bombs you gave me? That guy is quite famous, too, so you be careful as well."
"Alright then." Seeing Shoko's persistence and her confidence in the power of the items he had crafted, Genji didn't continue to try and persuade her. However, what Genji didn't notice was the faint gleam in Shoko's eyes.
'I convinced Genji, so now I can use this again! (●′ω`●)'
Shoko was excited. After using the Cursed Technique bomb that Genji had made for the first time, she had become somewhat addicted to the thrill of bombing. Now that there was a perfect opportunity right in front of her, how could she let it pass?
"Then you be careful, Genji. I won't stay here and get in your way." Having said that, Shoko made a 'follow me' gesture to the two girls opposite her, then immediately turned and ran back into the forest.
"Wait, don't run!" Seeing this, Kobayashi Ren immediately gave chase, and Aoki Chiyo followed close behind. Before her figure disappeared, she suddenly turned back and shouted to Genji:
"Regardless, thank you first. I heard you beat that scum Zenin Shi until he couldn't take care of himself. You really helped us vent our anger; thank you." With that, her figure disappeared into the trees.
"It seems the relationships between you students over in Kyoto aren't very good, but seeing that guy Zenin Shi, I can roughly guess why." Hearing Aoki Chiyo's words, Genji teased Maekage Ken.
"After all, everyone has their own ideas, and I'm quite helpless about it," Maekage Ken said, feeling a headache about this situation. If his side could be a little more united, they wouldn't have split into several groups, acting on their own thoughts without any plan.
"Oh, I understand. After all, I'm often ostracized by those two'scumbags' Gojo and Geto because my lower limit isn't low enough," Genji joked. For some reason, the feeling this guy in front of him gave him was surprisingly good.
"Is that so? It seems your relationship is indeed good." As he spoke, Maekage Ken lowered his body slightly, placed his hand on his waist, and assumed a Battō stance, but there was nothing at his waist.
"Before we fight, I also want to say thank you to you. Thank you for avenging my senior."
"Avenged?" Genji was a bit confused.
"It was my senior, who took great care of me when I first became a Jujutsu Sorcerer and was learning New Shadow Style. He was killed during the mission to pursue the Special Grade Cursed Spirit—Gun. It was you who dealt with that Cursed Spirit, wasn't it?"
"Is that so?" Hearing this, Genji also put away his smile. "It seems you are also one of the victims of that bastard."
"Enough said. Let me see the strength of the genius who exorcised the Cursed Spirit that killed my senior!"
After speaking, Cursed Energy rose from Maekage Ken's body, and he instantly rushed forward, simultaneously activating his Cursed Technique to generate a sword at his waist.
"Battō!" He softly chanted the name of the technique. The attack left an afterimage in the air and struck towards Genji at a speed difficult for the naked eye to discern.
"So fast!" Genji's pupils constricted sharply, and he immediately crouched down. While dodging the attack, flames ignited on his body, and the flames on his right hand condensed into a beast's claw, which he thrust towards the Maekage Ken in front of him.
"Bang!"
Just as Genji was about to land the hit, the sword in Maekage Ken's hand suddenly swung again at an almost impossible angle, precisely blocking Genji's fire claw. However, the sword itself couldn't withstand Genji's attack and shattered.
Taking advantage of the moment Genji's attack was blocked, Maekage Ken jumped over Genji's head, generated a weapon in his hand again, and swung down at him once more.
Facing the attack coming from above, Genji didn't make any evasive movements. Just as Maekage Ken was feeling puzzled by this, the flames on Genji's body suddenly surged, and he was blasted away along with his sword by the flames.
Maekage Ken's figure spun a few times in the air, then he stabilized his stance and landed on the ground.
"Tch!" Looking at the burns on his body from the flames and his tattered clothes, he couldn't help but click his tongue.
At this moment, a series of explosions came from the forest not far from the two.
"It looks like Shoko is having quite a lot of fun over there," Genji said with a sigh.
'The opponent is strong and has rich combat experience. I need to end this quickly.'
Maekage Ken didn't reply to Genji, but instead analyzed Genji's abilities in his heart. At the same time, he activated his Cursed Technique to generate multiple swords around himself and Genji, then drew one and rushed towards Genji again, launching an attack.
Seeing Maekage Ken attacking again, after the previous exchange, Genji had roughly figured out the opponent's attack range, so he condensed the flames into numerous slashes and arrows and fired them.
But to Genji's surprise, the swords around the two seemed to have been summoned by something, flying in front of Maekage Ken and blocking Genji's attacks.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Maekage Ken successfully arrived in front of Genji, then condensed a large amount of Cursed Energy onto the sword and unleashed a strike faster than the previous one, but it was immediately blocked by Genji.
A fierce close-quarters battle unfolded between the two, with blades and fire claws clashing repeatedly. The sword in Maekage Ken's hand was shattered many times, but a new weapon would immediately appear in his hand again.
In the process of their clash, Maekage Ken became more and more alarmed the longer they fought. He had assumed that since he had practiced New Shadow Style for years and was holding a handy weapon produced by his own Cursed Technique, he should have the advantage in close combat. But to his surprise, the reality was almost one-sided; he was completely suppressed.
On Genji's side, he also frowned. Several times just now, his attacks could have ended the battle, but they were strangely blocked by the weapons flying in from around them. Suddenly, Genji shattered Maekage Ken's weapon once again, immediately kicked him away, and then stepped forward to grab Maekage Ken's calf, slamming him hard onto the ground.
Unsurprisingly, just as Genji swung his fire claw down at the Maekage Ken on the ground, two swords flew over again to block his attack.
Seeing this, Genji revealed a knowing smile and then retreated a few steps.
"So that's how it is. You really have combined the automatic counter-attack of New Shadow Style's Simple Domain with your own Cursed Technique to develop it to a new height."
Hearing Genji's words, Maekage Ken understood that his moves had been completely seen through, so he simply began to explain to Genji, hoping to gain a power boost by revealing his Cursed Technique.
"My Cursed Technique is to be able to create Cursed Tool swords without special abilities. But the greatest special feature of these weapons is that they are like extensions of my own limbs. So, I successfully endowed these swords with the automatic counter-attack ability of the Simple Domain, and then, through a binding vow, granted them the ability to launch attacks on their own."
As his voice fell, the swords around the two began to vibrate, then rose one after another, launching an attack on Genji. Just as Genji dodged a few swords and shattered a few more, Maekage Ken rushed in front of Genji and unleashed "Battō" once again.
"This move is already useless." Seeing it was the same move again, Genji didn't even pay much attention, but directly waved his hand to activate "Break," shattering the sword once more.
However, after Genji shattered the sword, Maekage Ken simply let go of the remaining hilt, but his movements didn't stop. Instead, after estimating that the position was about right, he instantly re-created a short sword in his hand.
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Genji couldn't dodge in time, and his face was grazed by the short sword, leaving a thin wound. He stepped back a few paces and casually wiped away the blood left by the wound.
"It seems I really underestimated you a bit." After saying this, Genji began to get serious, and the Cursed Energy reaction on his body also began to surge.
"Do you know? I was brought into Kyoto Jujutsu High by the Principal when I was a child. I grew up here," Maekage Ken suddenly said to Genji:
"Since I was a child, I was regarded as a genius by those around me, called the leader of the younger generation of Jujutsu Sorcerers. But this title disappeared when I was 9. Before that, although there was the Six Eyes of the Gojo Family, no one would compare a sorcerer of commoner origin to the child of the Six Eyes." While speaking, Maekage Ken produced swords and attacked Genji.
"Until, at the age of 9, the news that a 7-year-old child had repelled a Quasi-Special Grade spread throughout the Jujutsu World. From that day on, my pride disappeared. And from that day on, I have always wanted to meet you, and then defeat you one-on-one!"
"Does Kyoto produce lunatics and paranoids? It seems like Gojo encountered one too." Genji felt somewhat helpless. At this moment, he noticed that the explosions not far away had stopped.
"It looks like things are over on Shoko's side. I should hurry up on my side too."
As he spoke, the flames on Genji's body suddenly erupted, and a huge flame beast claw almost half a person's height condensed on his right hand. At the same time, deep blue flames formed a ring of fire with Genji at the center.
"As you wish, I'll go all out. Be careful not to die."
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