Dissolving Pride, All the Women of Kyoto Bowing Their Heads

The ancient and serene Tokyo Jujutsu High campus had quietly become an entirely different world.

The gloomy, violent, and filthy Cursed Energy that once permeated the woods and corridors had been cleansed completely over the past few days. The morning sunlight slanted through the towering ancient pines, spilling onto the spotless bluestone paths. A faint, warm, and sacred Pure Yang fragrance drifted through the air. The entire campus was no longer filled with any noisy commotion. It was as quiet as a divine palace that tolerated no disturbance from the mortal world.

Amid this nearly frozen silence, rings of magical ripples suddenly spread across the outer perimeter of the Jujutsu High barrier like waves on water.

"What... exactly happened here?"

A woman's voice, filled with deep worry and wariness, rang out from the entrance to the tree-lined path.

Utahime Iori, the lead teacher of Kyoto Jujutsu High, was pressing one hand against the hilt of the sword at her waist as she stepped into the campus with her brows tightly furrowed. She wore an immaculately neat red-and-white shrine maiden outfit. Her fair, jade-like, elegant face, marked by a faint scar, was now filled with unconcealed anxiety and heaviness.

Behind her followed two Kyoto Jujutsu High female students who were equally tense.

Mai Zenin, with her dark-green short hair and graceful figure, was biting her red lips tightly. Her beautiful eyes were filled with uncertainty as she warily surveyed her surroundings. Beside her, the blue-haired girl with side-swept bangs and medium-length hair, Kasumi Miwa, was clutching a standard katana wrapped in cloth with both hands. Her usually lively and adorable face was now covered in sweat, and her bright eyes were filled with helplessness and panic.

"Teacher Utahime... the atmosphere here feels so strange."

Kasumi Miwa swallowed, her voice carrying an