Tokyo-Kyoto Sister School Goodwill Event, Day One: Team battle.
A tense, fierce cursed spirit exorcism competition.
"The team that exorcises the Grade 2 Cursed Spirit placed within the designated area first shall be the winner."
"A number of Grade 3 and lower cursed spirits have also been placed in this area. If no winner has been decided by nightfall, the team with the higher number of exorcisms shall win."
"All cursed spirits have been affixed with specially made cursed talismans that react to pre-registered cursed energy. Kyoto School is blue, while Tokyo School is red. Due to the presence of Classmate Zenin and Classmate Akesato, unregistered cursed energy will also display as red."
"There are no other rules."
"Whether you obstruct or fight one another is entirely up to you. Do not kill your opponents or inflict irreparable harm upon them. That is all. Until the competition begins at noon, you are temporarily dismissed."
That was the opening speech for the Goodwill Event.
It was delivered by the host, Kyoto School's principal, Gakuganji Yoshinobu.
Though he was a core member of the conservatives and advanced in years, the old man had plenty of vigor in his voice. He was also fairly decisive in both speech and action, far better than certain bureaucrats.
Putting aside their ideological differences, Gakuganji Yoshinobu did not leave a bad impression.
But at Jujutsu High, where abnormal people vastly outnumbered normal ones, that impression was actually useless.
On Tokyo's side, the two "delinquents," Kinji Fukamachi and Maki Zenin, looked thoroughly impatient.
Satoru Gojo whistled throughout the entire speech, making Principal Gakuganji's expression extremely ugly.
Kyoto's side was not much better.
An unnamed third-year muttered:
"One second-year and five first-years... aren't they giving us too much of a handicap?"
"They're not that cowardly, are they? Could they