Grade Assessment

"Have you ever undergone a Jujutsu Sorcerer grade assessment?"

"No."

Eiji and Suguru Geto gave the same answer.

"Is that so? Then let's go together."

Satoru Gojo looked perfectly composed, making the dangerous grade assessment sound as simple as child's play.

Though for Satoru Gojo, it really was child's play.

"How does a Jujutsu Sorcerer grade assessment work?"

Suguru Geto asked.

"Well, you just need to find two people to recommend you, then beat up some Cursed Spirits."

"That really is a simple and straightforward explanation."

Suguru Geto could not help but complain.

"Do you have to have Recommenders?"

"Yes."

Suguru Geto showed a troubled expression.

Suguru Geto came from an utterly ordinary family. His parents and elders knew nothing at all about the Jujutsu World.

Suguru Geto himself had only learned about the Jujutsu World through Eiji and Satoru Gojo, which had spared him many detours in this life.

If things had followed fate's original path, Suguru Geto would have avoided powerful Cursed Spirits and started by subjugating weak Grade 4 Cursed Spirits with his fists.

He would have drawn the attention of other Jujutsu Sorcerers while continuously subjugating Cursed Spirits, then come into contact with the Jujutsu World.

But in this life, Suguru Geto's path had changed considerably because of Eiji's help.

When they first met, Eiji had directly given Suguru Geto a Grade 3 Cursed Spirit.

Suguru Geto had only recently awakened and did not yet understand his own abilities. Faced with the choice between exhausting himself and getting covered in injuries to subjugate a Cursed Spirit, or relying on someone powerful, he decisively chose the latter.

Later, Suguru Geto had also learned plenty of information about the Jujutsu World from Eiji.

However, sharp as he was, Suguru Geto had noticed something: Eiji had always deliberately or unconsciously concealed his existence within the Jujutsu World.

That was why Suguru Geto had not taken the initiative to approach the Jujutsu World either.

Then he met Satoru Gojo and heard him constantly talk about how "rotten" it was and about the "old geezers," which made Suguru Geto even less interested in getting involved with the Jujutsu World.

A powerful nighttime hero silently protecting humanity in the darkness was cool too, wasn't he?

The result was that now that it was time for the grade assessment, Suguru Geto realized he could not find any Recommenders at all.

Seeing Suguru Geto's tightly furrowed brow and the fingers that kept tapping against the table.

Satoru Gojo, who knew Eiji and Suguru Geto well, immediately guessed what Suguru Geto was thinking.

"As long as you say, 'Help me, handsome and invincible Mr. Gojo,' I'll find you Recommenders. How about it?"

Satoru Gojo wore a mischievous smile, undisguised anticipation shining in his Six Eyes.

"I refuse."

Suguru Geto rejected him immediately.

"Tch, boring."

Satoru Gojo, who had been full of energy a second ago, instantly slumped into his chair like a deflated balloon.

"Ah, right."

Seeming to remember something, Satoru Gojo immediately perked back up.

"What about you, Eiji? Want me to find you Recommenders?"

"No."

Eiji crossed his hands in front of him to form a large X.

Gojo fell silent again.

Eiji was not worried about Recommenders. The moment he had decided to enroll in Jujutsu High, he had already known where to find them.

The reason he had always acted like a hermit living under an assumed name was that he did not want to attract the Zenin Family's attention.

After all, the Zenin Family was not weak. If Naobito Zenin brought Hei and the Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerers under the Zenin Family to capture him, Eiji really would not be able to beat them.

Because Jujutsu Sorcerers needed Recommenders to advance in grade, they all effectively had their own "affiliations."

This was not yet an era where Satoru Gojo could suppress the Jujutsu World single-handedly. Once any one of The Three Great Families spoke up, it could gather a powerful force.

But things were different now. Having tamed Mahoraga, Eiji had the strength to face the Zenin Family head-on.

If he wanted to, he could even crush the Zenin Family by himself.

Seeing that Eiji had also decisively refused Satoru Gojo, Suguru Geto knew the matter of Recommenders was not a problem.

His previously furrowed brow relaxed.

"For the assessment, do we have to start from Grade 4?"

Suguru Geto asked another question.

"No need. You two can apply directly for Grade 1, just like me."

"Grade 1?"

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing. I thought we could apply directly for Special Grade."

"Special Grade?"

Satoru Gojo turned to look at Suguru Geto.

"It's not like you can't apply directly for Special Grade, but those old geezers won't agree to it."

"Why?"

Suguru Geto looked confused.

"Leaving aside strength and Recommenders, being assessed as Special Grade also requires enough influence."

"What kind of influence?"

"Hmm, the kind of influence that makes those old geezers unable to ignore you."

Satoru Gojo said after pinching his chin and thinking for a moment.

"You weren't thinking of accomplishing something great and then being gloriously awarded the title, were you?"

Eiji looked at Suguru Geto with a strange expression.

"Wasn't that it?"

"Hahaha, that's so like you, Geto."

Satoru Gojo clutched his stomach and laughed.

"As for the influence Satoru mentioned, you can understand it this way. The first case is when your achievements are so great that it makes no difference whether they promote you to Special Grade or not. The second is when you are strong enough and loyal to one of The Three Great Families. The third is when you are so strong that they do not dare refuse anything you say."

"You really get it."

Satoru Gojo gave Eiji a thumbs-up.

"By the way, in those old geezers' eyes, being strong enough means being able to overturn a small country before you barely qualify."

"I see."

Suguru Geto nodded to show he understood.

"By the way, Geto, can you withstand a carpet bombing of cluster bombs?"

"Huh? Why are you asking that?"

Suguru Geto raised a brow, curious why Eiji had suddenly asked that.

"I just remembered that a reliable Assistant Supervisor gave an explanation of Jujutsu grades that even an idiot could understand."

"What, what? Tell us. Geto, listen carefully."

Satoru Gojo gave Suguru Geto a sunny smile.

"According to him, a Grade 4 Cursed Spirit can be dealt with using a wooden Baseball Bat. For Grade 3, you can rest easy with a Pistol. Grade 2 can be handled with a shotgun. Even a tank would struggle against Grade 1. As for Special Grade..."

Eiji paused.

Suguru Geto kept his face expressionless, but anticipation had already been stirred within him.

You had to admit, this simple explanation was actually pretty interesting.

"Even carpet bombing it with cluster bombs probably wouldn't do anything."

Disappointed that he had not seen the expression he wanted, Eiji still gave the answer.

"I see. That really is an explanation even an idiot can understand, isn't it, Geto?"

As he spoke, he jabbed Suguru Geto in the waist with his elbow.

"Please do not lump me together with you."

Suguru Geto immediately fired back.

"Sure enough, you think I'm smarter than you too, right?"

Satoru Gojo completely ignored Suguru Geto's intended meaning.

"Question. What was Oda Nobunaga's famous battle?"

"Huh? Who would bother learning about something that ancient?"

"Next question. During the Battle of Okehazama..."

It could only be said that every boy had dreamed of becoming a general when he was young.

After his number of Cursed Spirits had grown, Suguru Geto had also become engrossed in formations, troop deployments, campaigns, and tales of heroic exploits.

However, after studying ancient battles in the Island Nation and the neighboring Three Kingdoms, Suguru Geto discovered a problem.

Commanding people in large-scale warfare and commanding Cursed Spirits in large-scale warfare were entirely different matters.

The bizarre and largely brainless Cursed Spirits could turn every formation into a reckless frontal charge.

Still, his research had not been for nothing. At the very least, he had successfully gotten the better of Satoru Gojo now.

Though Satoru Gojo was still insisting that none of this could prove whether someone was smart.