Playing Ninjutsu in Jujutsu Kaisen!

The Tokyo School group had already entered a state of readiness.

Natsu Hiraku drew the long sword at his waist, glanced at his reflection in the hilt, and his black pupils slowly turned crimson, two tomoe spinning in his eyes.

Excited!

He was very excited right now!

This was his first battle against a sorcerer. After this, his points would be close to 30+, and then he could save up for a gamble on the mission roulette.

He just didn't know what ridiculous mission this stupid system would give him.

"Yo! Looks like everyone had a good rest."

Gojo Satoru walked over. Natsu Hiraku slowly closed his Sharingan and asked, "Teacher Gojo, what are the rules for the first day's competition?"

Facing everyone's expectant gazes, Gojo Satoru smiled and said, "It's a team battle, called the 'Exciting and Thrilling Badge Stealing Competition'!"

As he spoke, he took out four badges from his pocket, distributed them to the four of them, and continued, "Wear the badge on your chest, then go and steal the opponent's badge. It's okay if your badge is stolen; you can continue fighting or try to get it back. If you surrender, it counts as forfeiting. Only when all of a team's badges are stolen by the enemy does it count as a loss. Conversely, stealing all of the opposing team's badges counts as a win."

"Other than that, there are NO rules!!"

"Be careful not to kill your teammates or cause irreversible damage to your opponents. That's about it. The competition starts at noon. You are dismissed for now!"

"Understood, Teacher Gojo!"

Everyone pinned the badges to their chests. Natsu Hiraku, meanwhile, unzipped his school uniform, attached the badge to the inner layer of his clothing, then zipped it up and patted his chest, saying, "This feels much safer."

The others glanced at him and followed suit.

Gojo Satoru just smiled at this and waved goodbye, saying, "Good luck this afternoon, I'll be watching you."

"Leave it to us, Teacher Gojo!" Kento Nanami flexed his arm muscles and shouted with a clenched fist.

Watching Gojo Satoru leave, Yuta Okkotsu said, "Shouldn't we discuss a strategy?"

"Indeed, normally, a 1v1 would be a fair match. But knowing Todo Aoi's personality, he won't listen to any so-called plan and will probably want to spar with me, his brother, right when the match starts. Then we can surround..."

Before Natsu Hiraku could finish speaking, a system mission notification appeared.

A blue electronic screen popped up.

[Mission: Last for ten minutes against Todo Aoi in a one-on-one fight without your badge being stolen. Mission Reward: 12 points (halved) Permanent 100 Cursed Energy bonus (halved).]

"..."

"Surround... surround... surround..."

Natsu Hiraku stared at the system mission that popped up, unable to speak. He finally changed his tune, "I'll fight him one-on-one then. You two seniors and Yuta can take care of the other three. As long as I tie up their strongest, the rest will be a bunch of weaklings."

"Are you sure you won't be the one ganged up on first?" Kento Nanami asked after a moment of thought.

"Yeah, that's too dangerous. I'll be the bait, and you guys can hide nearby and ambush them."

What should have been a difficult mission felt like a matter of course coming from Kirara Hoshi, as if him holding off four people wasn't too difficult.

"I think I should be the bait. After all, I'm the weakest here. Even without me..."

"Stop!"

Before Yuta Okkotsu could finish speaking, Natsu Hiraku interrupted him. He looked at Kento Nanami and said, "How can a battle between men allow others to interfere? I believe Todo Aoi thinks the same way, so when the match starts, I will go all out against him. Isn't this the passion of men?"

These words left Kento Nanami unsure of how to respond. He just let out a soft hum and then revealed a satisfied smile, saying, "Alright, then it's an indiscriminate fight. We won't interfere with your duel with that Todo Aoi. I didn't want to participate anyway."

"Hmph, great minds think alike."

Natsu Hiraku extended his right hand, muttering inwardly, Stupid system, you're just like yourself. My group attack strategy is gone.

"Great minds think alike!"

Kento Nanami shook Natsu Hiraku's right hand, growing more and more satisfied with this junior. He liked juniors who were passionate and polite.

"What about the strategy...?"

Yuta Okkotsu quietly said from the side.

"Slap slap--"

Kirara Hoshi patted Yuta's shoulder and shook his head helplessly, as if to say, There are no strategies anymore.

"..."

Over at the Kyoto School.

Noritoshi Kamo sat in a chair and glanced at the two people in the room, asking, "Where's Todo?"

Nishinomiya Momo, holding a broom, shook her head and said, "I don't know, but knowing his personality, he's probably in his room watching a replay of Takada's concert from yesterday."

"This senior is really unreliable," Mech-Maru grumbled. "We're about to go to war with the Tokyo School."

"Forget it, let's not worry about him. He'll rush in the moment the battle starts and disrupt the enemy formation anyway. We'll just focus on capturing the stragglers," Noritoshi Kamo said helplessly.

11:58.

Natsu Hiraku and the others followed instructions to the target point, the edge of the forest.

Gojo Satoru's voice came from the loudspeaker: "Two minutes until the competition. Everyone here, listen carefully to what I'm about to say. That is... Give it your all! Alright, that's all. Now, let's invite Teacher Utahime to give her rousing speech."

"Huh! Uh, this... that..."

Utahime Iori's surprised voice came from the speaker.

Natsu Hiraku was stretching his body, his eyes fixed on the ten-minute delay mission the System had given him. He had just reached Grade 2 Sorcerer, and Todo Aoi would definitely overpower him, but for some reason... he felt excited right now!

He had been looking forward to this for a long time. The Cursed Energy within Asura had grown to 312. As a backup power bank, he was qualified, but he always acted foolishly during battles.

"Sigh! Life..."

As soon as Natsu Hiraku sighed, the speaker announced, "The match officially begins!!"

Kento Nanami patted his shoulder and charged in with Kirara Hoshi and Yuta Okkotsu, shouting, "Good luck, Hiraku-junior."

Kirara Hoshi: "Good luck, we'll quickly take care of those people."

Yuta Okkotsu: "I'll try my best not to hold back the seniors, see you later, Hiraku-kun."

"It's fine, leave it to me."

Watching the others leave, Natsu Hiraku felt immense pressure. It wasn't the psychological pressure of facing Todo Aoi, but rather that they had given him too much encouragement, making him feel like he absolutely had to win.

"Hey, don't put too much pressure on yourself. System mission first, everything else is bullshit." After a simple self-hypnosis, Natsu Hiraku plunged into the forest.

Meanwhile, on the Kyoto School side.

Noritoshi Kamo looked at Nishinomiya Momo, who was flying in the sky, and asked, "Have you seen Todo?"

Nishinomiya Momo, sitting on her broom, scanned the entire forest and spotted a place where dust was rising, rushing towards the Tokyo School side. There was no doubt that if it wasn't Todo, no one else would make such an obvious move. She said into the phone:

"I saw him, Todo has already rushed over."

"..."

Not long after Natsu Hiraku entered the forest, he heard the sound of trees collapsing nearby. He knew the person approaching must be Todo Aoi, so he slowly drew the long sword from his back, gripping it tightly with both hands.

After all, besides his personality, only Kashiwagi-senpai would do something like this.

"Crack—"

The trees shattered, and Todo Aoi emerged from them. His clothes were already off, revealing his firm muscles. The name tag that was supposed to be on his chest was now on his pants. He smiled, clenched his fists, his arm muscles bulging, and he threw a powerful punch.

"Hee!"

A smile appeared on Natsu Hiraku's lips. He gripped the sword hilt with his right hand, supported the blade with his left arm, bent his legs, and pushed off the ground, directly taking the blow head-on.

A dull collision sound rang out. Seeing that Natsu Hiraku wasn't immediately sent flying as he had imagined, Todo Aoi said, "Yo! Brother, nice block."

"Of course. Since you call me brother, how could I be weak?"

Natsu Hiraku looked down at the nearly one-meter-long scratch on the ground, a smile on his lips. As expected! His strength was completely different now.

The System mission timer also began its countdown the moment the two made contact.

[9:56]

[9:55]

[9:5...]

"Click—"

Todo Aoi twisted his neck, making "click, click" sounds, and assumed an attacking stance again. He said, "Let me see your strength, brother! No, from now on, we should call each other best friends, after all, there's nothing left to hide between us."

"No, I don't want to be this intense with a man. I haven't even married and had children yet..."

Natsu Hiraku muttered inwardly, looking at the ticking countdown panel. He said with some hesitation, "Since you call me best friend, why don't we sit down and chat for a while, and fight later? Maybe after ten minutes."

"That won't do, this is a battlefield right now! Best friend!!"

Todo Aoi shouted and then swung his fist fiercely, his speed frighteningly fast.

"I know that!"

Just as Natsu Hiraku was about to counter, a blood-red arrow shot out from somewhere. It seemed to be controlled, curving at an unbelievable angle and heading straight for him.

He... was being attacked from two sides!

Todo's fist was already inches away. Natsu Hiraku's pupils turned scarlet. Two tomoe spun rapidly, and Cursed Energy erupted from his eyes, directly casting an illusion on him.

The fist stopped, and Todo Aoi's eyes became dazed. Natsu Hiraku suddenly turned his head, his gaze locked onto the incoming arrow. He threw the long sword in his right hand, splitting the arrow in two.

"Very interesting, a mental-type Cursed Technique?"

Todo's voice came from behind him. Natsu Hiraku's heart cried out "Not good!" Just as he was about to run, a hand touched his head.

"Well done, Todo-senpai. Take advantage of the situation and force him to surrender quickly, otherwise it will be bad if the other side links up," a mechanical voice sounded from the side. A cursed corpse emerged from behind the trees.

Natsu Hiraku glanced at the cursed corpse and, out of the corner of his eye, saw a little girl sitting on a broom, observing him.

At some point, without him even noticing, he had been surrounded by four people. However, Todo Aoi didn't make a move, just placed his hand on Natsu Hiraku's head without applying any force.

Todo Aoi continued, "Don't worry, my best friend, I won't let others interfere in our affairs."

Natsu Hiraku: "..."

Speechless, the person who shot the arrow from behind jumped down from the tree. Noritoshi Kamo held the bow in his right hand, and a bamboo tube behind his back contained arrow after arrow. He said, "Taking the name tag and tying it to a tree would be the same, and we could also capture all of Tokyo School."

Todo Aoi twisted his neck and asked with some annoyance, "I'm sparring with my best friend, why are you interfering?"

"Don't be childish, Todo. I'm the captain, you should..."

"Don't you fucking order me around!"

Before Kamo Noritoshi could finish speaking, Todo Aoi interrupted him, "I'll give you two choices right now: one, get lost before I get angry. Two, I'll slaughter all of you!"

"Todo-senpai! What you're saying is unclear. The Principal told us to win, not to have some kind of man-to-man 1v1 battle. Besides, I don't think you..."

"Snap!"

Before he could finish, a crisp snapping sound rang out. Mech-Maru, who had been speaking moments ago, had switched places with Natsu Hiraku. Todo Aoi immediately snapped his neck and asked, "Do you want me to continue? All of you, get lost!!"

"You... you... you..."

Mech-Maru's head, lying on the ground, kept repeating one word as if stuck, the light in his eyes gradually fading.

He... was dead.

"Todo! What are you doing!!"

Just as Kamo Noritoshi was about to take out his arrows and draw his bow, a voice came from Mech-Maru's headless body again: "I'm fine, it's just a controllable cursed corpse that's been scrapped. Let's go, let's hunt down the others from Tokyo School."

After speaking, the body unfolded, revealing a smaller, mini Mech-Maru within its complex mechanical parts.

This stunned Todo himself. He had guessed that this cursed corpse was remotely controlled and its destruction wouldn't matter much, but he hadn't expected there to be another one inside.

"I see."

Kamo Noritoshi put his arrows back into the bamboo tube and warned Todo Aoi, "I will report this to the Principal."

"Go ahead, go ahead. Don't disturb my sparring with my best friend," Todo Aoi urged dismissively, seemingly unconcerned about Kamo Noritoshi reporting him.

Natsu Hiraku watched everyone leave and let out a sigh of relief. Looking at the system's countdown, which was already past halfway, he murmured, "I wish you guys had kept talking. I could have finished the system's mission while enjoying the drama."

However... what was that teleportation just now?