Grade

"Huh? You want to become a Jujutsu Sorcerer?"

Gojo Sawa had just walked out of the Tombs of the Star Corridor when he heard Gojo Satoru's slightly disdainful exclamation.

"Come on, you've got Cursed Energy but no Cursed Technique. Becoming a Jujutsu Sorcerer is just a pipe dream for you, isn't it?!"

Riko Amanai looked indignant. "Then I'll use Cursed Energy to strengthen my body and train in martial arts!"

Gojo Satoru looked exasperated. "You're such a stubborn mule!"

Gojo Sawa actually agreed with Riko Amanai's idea.

The most typical examples of people who had Cursed Energy but no Cursed Technique, and therefore relied on strengthening their bodies with Cursed Energy to train in martial arts, were Itadori and Kusakabe.

However, as a Star Plasma Vessel, Yuki Tsukumo had the extraordinarily powerful Cursed Technique Star Rage. It made no sense for Riko Amanai not to have an innate Cursed Technique.

Gojo Sawa thought for a moment, then said to Riko Amanai, who was still arguing with Gojo Satoru, "If you want to become a Jujutsu Sorcerer, I know someone who'd be perfect to train you."

"But you should think it through. Becoming a Jujutsu Sorcerer means giving up a normal life and dealing with Cursed Spirits every day."

Riko Amanai nodded firmly.

This incident had made her realize just how helpless it was to be powerless.

If she were an ordinary person, it wouldn't matter. But she happened to be a rare Star Plasma Vessel.

Even if she got through this crisis, she wasn't sure whether those people might come after her again for some other reason in the future.

Besides...

Riko Amanai glanced at Gojo Satoru from the corner of her eye.

Being a Jujutsu Sorcerer seemed pretty interesting.

"Then it's settled. Teacher Yaga, I'll leave Riko's enrollment to you!"

"Oh, and Misato, too. She's family to Riko. She doesn't have Cursed Energy, but she could work at the school as an office staff member."

Misato Kuroi, who didn't want to be separated from Riko, was overjoyed. "Thank you, Mr. Gojo Sawa. You're such a good person!"

Masamichi Yaga's face darkened. "I'm just destined to run myself ragged for my students!"

"By the way, Sawa, what did Tengen say?"

Suguru Geto asked, a hint of worry between his brows.

Gojo Sawa had made quite a mess this time. First, he slaughtered a large number of non-sorcerers, then fired a Hollow Purple at a group of Jujutsu Higher-Ups.

Keisuke Zenin, an elder of the Zenin Clan, had been blasted into the sky on the spot, without a trace left behind.

Fortunately, Gojo Sawa had held back in the end. The other Higher-Ups had only been partially injured and would recover after three to five months of rest.

But there was no clearing his name of the crimes of killing and attacking the Jujutsu Higher-Ups.

Gojo Sawa scratched his head. "Uh... Tengen and I had a friendly and harmonious discussion, and she decided not to pursue the matter."

"She's also found another way to delay her evolution, so she no longer needs to assimilate with a Star Plasma Vessel."

"As for those Higher-Ups, after that scare, they should know better than to resist and give in. If they don't, I can always go explain things to them again."

"Friendly, harmonious, explain things?"

Suguru Geto's eye twitched.

Knowing Gojo Sawa, he didn't believe a single word of it.

Gojo Sawa snorted. "Hey! Geto! What's with that look? Is my reputation really that bad in your eyes?"

Suguru Geto turned away. "Sawa, it pays to know yourself."

Gojo Satoru joined in. "Yeah, big brother. With your personality, the right thing to do would be to sit on Tengen's head and take a dump!"

Gojo Sawa clenched his fist with a humorless smile. "Geto! Satoru! Do you two think you've caught up to me just because you've mastered Reverse Cursed Technique?"

"Well..."

Gojo Satoru lowered his sunglasses, revealing his azure eyes.

He admitted that, having mastered Reverse Cursed Technique, he was quite confident right now—perhaps even a little overconfident.

Although his brother had mastered Reverse Cursed Technique too, if he teamed up with Geto, the two of them might actually be able to suppress him!

Gojo Satoru and Suguru Geto exchanged a knowing look and smiled. The latter quietly pulled out Playful Cloud.

Gojo Sawa chuckled. "Judging by the two of you, you're itching for a beating!"

"Cursed Technique Reversal: Red!"

"Cursed Technique Reversal: Red!"

"Cursed Technique Reversal: Bestow!"

BOOM!!!

Masamichi Yaga hurriedly shepherded Misato Kuroi and Riko Amanai out of the combat zone.

Watching the small mushroom clouds rise one after another behind him, Masamichi Yaga's face darkened like the bottom of a cooking pot.

"Those three little brats!!!"

Inside the Tombs of the Star Corridor, Tengen, who had just fallen asleep, jolted awake.

"An earthquake?"

Just as Gojo Sawa had expected, the Higher-Ups knew when to give in.

No, rather than giving in, they were afraid.

Gojo Sawa's Hollow Purple had carved a several-kilometer-long ravine right under the Higher-Ups' noses.

Such unbelievable power was already beyond the realm of Jujutsu Sorcerers.

And it wasn't just Gojo Sawa. The later fight between the three outside the Tombs of the Star Corridor showed that Gojo Satoru and Suguru Geto possessed the same level of power.

Everyone knew the three were close friends. If they went after Gojo Sawa, they would have to face three monsters who defied all convention.

Just imagining it made the Higher-Ups' backs turn cold.

Wouldn't that be suicide?

Besides, strictly speaking, Gojo Sawa hadn't caused all that much trouble.

Tengen no longer needed a Star Plasma Vessel to suppress her own evolution.

The non-sorcerers Gojo Sawa had killed belonged to the Star Religious Group. In the eyes of the Higher-Ups, they were a bunch of fanatical extremists, and they weren't well-liked. Their deaths didn't matter.

The Higher-Ups who'd been badly injured also didn't want to bring up the fact that they'd been taken out in one move by a first-year Jujutsu High student despite their advanced age.

They were just a little annoyed with those old foxes in the Gojo Clan. Once they heard their clan's honored son was going to unleash his power, they'd fled far away ahead of time—not one of them got hurt.

As for the dead Keisuke Zenin, the Zenin Clan could only swallow their anger.

Toji had slaughtered the Zenin Clan before. Why hadn't they gone after him for it? Was it because they didn't want to?

In the cafeteria, Gojo Sawa ate his homemade version of tomato-and-egg stir-fry with sugar, while Suguru Geto ate soba noodles.

Gojo Satoru, who'd already finished his meal, was wolfing down Hagi mochi.

Riko Amanai and Misato Kuroi stared at him, dumbfounded, seriously suspecting that his sugar intake had reached a lethal level.

Masamichi Yaga slapped three documents down on the table.

"You three have been promoted to Special Grade!"

Special Grade wasn't just recognition of their strength; it was also a sign that the Higher-Ups had given in.

"Oh~"

Gojo Sawa and Suguru Geto mumbled indistinctly, while Gojo Satoru continued wolfing down Hagi mochi.

Masamichi Yaga clenched his fists until they creaked.

"This is Special Grade! The three of you, show some respect!"

"Um... what does Special Grade mean?"

Riko Amanai raised her hand and asked.

Masamichi Yaga explained, "Special Grade is the highest classification for Jujutsu Sorcerers. To qualify, a sorcerer must be far stronger than a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer, and even possess a Cursed Technique capable of large-scale destruction."

"Of course, someone with an extremely rare special ability that has a wide range of uses can also be classified as Special Grade."

"So far, including those three, there are only four Special Grade Sorcerers in Jujutsu Society."

Riko Amanai froze.

She knew the three of them were strong, but she hadn't realized they were this strong?!

It was like discovering that your neighbor had suddenly become the richest person in the world...