The next morning, several black sedans drove into Jujutsu High. A large group of people poured out of the cars, heading to the conference room with Satoru and Masamichi for a meeting.
Satoru stood on the podium and scanned the Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerers below.
First, sitting in the first seat on the right, was an old man with completely white hair, combed back into a long, shoulder-length style. He had thin eyebrows, a long mustache resembling an English-style beard, wore a light-colored haori over a dark yukata, had a giant gourd hanging from his waist, and wore a pair of wooden geta sandals on his feet.
He was none other than the 26th head of the Zenin clan, Zenin Naobito.
His Cursed Technique is Projection Sorcery, and he is known as the strongest Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer and the fastest Jujutsu Sorcerer aside from Gojo Satoru.
Although he appears to be an ostentatious and arrogant old man, Naobito is actually the most open-minded clan head in the history of the Zenin clan.
Sitting in the first seat on the left was a middle-aged man with short black hair, chewing on a lollipop. He was Kusakabe Atsuya, the strongest contemporary user of the New Shadow Style.
The second person on the right was a young man with blond hair. He bore a slight resemblance to Zenin Naobito, but his naturally upturned eyes gave him a sinister look.
This was Zenin Naoya, who inherited his father's Projection Sorcery. He was a Special Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer—the "Special" didn't refer to his strength being exceptionally high, but rather to his status, as he was not subject to the orders of the Higher-Ups and was quite unique.
The second person on the left was Nanami Kento, and the third on the right was Mei Mei, with her younger brother Ui Ui sitting on a chair behind her.
A total of five Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerers, all of whom were the elite among their grade. This was the lineup the Higher-Ups sent to "teach a lesson" to Shin.
It is no exaggeration to say that if these five worked together, exorcising a Disaster Cursed Spirit would not be difficult.
Satoru spoke up, "As Shin said in his reply to the Higher-Ups, if you win, the fingers will be returned in full. If you lose, the cursed object will remain in his possession. Remember, do not hold anything back, or you won't achieve the effect I'm looking for."
The latter part was directed at Kusakabe Atsuya and Nanami Kento. Since both were on Satoru's side, they would inevitably hold back, so Satoru added that remark.
As for Mei Mei, that money-grubber, the amount the Higher-Ups offered was not small, so she would certainly put in enough effort. Satoru even transferred ten million to her to make sure she put in extra effort.
As for the battleground, it remained the battered training grounds of Jujutsu High. It was estimated that after this battle, the entire training ground would need to be renovated.
After the meeting, Satoru found Shin, who was collecting experience points in the mountains behind the school.
"Shin, I know you'll definitely win, but I have one request: win in a flashy way. It would be best to use those large-scale attacks that aren't very useful a few times. Whether they deal damage isn't important, just make it look impressive to others. Can you do that?"
"Uh... I'll try. Actually, I was planning to just use Domain Expansion to end the fight quickly from the start."
"Oh, this is just an exhibition match. Just make it flashy, whether it's useful doesn't matter. There's another match after this one. I've called Tsukumo Yuki back, so just save your strength to fight her."
From the very beginning, Satoru had intended for Yuki to serve as a stepping stone for Shin to reach Special Grade, while the five Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerers were just there to provide a warm-up exhibition match.
...
Satoru stood with one foot on the edge of the spectator stands, holding a microphone, passionately introducing the performers on the training ground.
Sitting in the spectator stands were all the second-years, Ui Ui, everyone from Kyoto Jujutsu High including the principal and teachers, all the first-years except for Shin, and Yuki.
Shin was surrounded by the five Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerers, but there wasn't even a trace of panic on his face.
As Satoru pulled the trigger of the starter pistol, all six people in the arena activated their Cursed Techniques simultaneously.
Shin used a new move he hadn't used since he learned it. After all, the Command Block was just too useful, and he hadn't used his Cursed Technique seriously for a long time.
Fusion Creation!
Shin had learned this from Megumi. It allowed him to extract the traits of various items or creatures and synthesize them into one.
Although it wasn't as unrestricted as a Maximum Technique, which could modify the properties of items at will, the good thing was that it didn't require consuming experience points. It only required consuming some pre-stored items and Cursed Energy.
Boom!
A massive Grounded landed with a thud. However, this Warden was over four meters tall and had a pair of Ender Dragon wings on its back, with purple particles constantly appearing and slowly dissipating around it.
The moment it appeared, everyone's vision in the vicinity instantly became extremely narrow. Even by reinforcing their eyes with Cursed Energy, they could barely see anything beyond a meter around their bodies.
New Shadow Style: Simple Domain!
Kusakabe Atsuya immediately released his super-large-range Simple Domain, wanting to weaken the Cursed Technique effect of the monster in front of him.
A normal Simple Domain couldn't do this, but Kusakabe Atsuya was at the forefront of the entire Jujutsu World on the path of Simple Domains. Relying on the high-density Cursed Energy within his Simple Domain, he could mimic a true domain.
After all, even Satoru and Sukuna had praised his Simple Domain when they saw it.
"Roar!"
Just as Kusakabe had expanded his Simple Domain, the Warden's sonic cannon blasted towards him.