Todo Appears, Terrifying Personal Strength

As time passed, the exchange event officially began, and the screen showed students from both sides sprinting at full speed.

Lin Mu controlled his pace and stayed in the middle of the group, planning to slip away quietly once the melee began.

There were only so many cursed spirits on the field. If he was even a step too slow, someone else might get there first. He did not want to miss such a good opportunity to increase the inheritance progress.

Besides, he still did not know how many cursed spirits had been placed on the field. In the original story, there did not seem to be many. He just did not know whether more would be added because of his presence.

Fushiguro summoned the Divine Dogs to lead the way, and everyone began moving together in search of cursed spirits.

Bang, bang, bang—

Suddenly, the sound of trees collapsing came from ahead, as though a bulldozer were charging straight toward them.

"Scatter!" Maki shouted. She had caught sight of the approaching figure—it was Todo, the greatest threat!

Since Lin Mu was standing in the middle, Todo's attention turned toward him. Perhaps it was also because Lin Mu had insulted Mai earlier, and Todo had come specifically to teach him a lesson.

Lin Mu had initially intended to dodge, but when he saw that Todo seemed determined to attack him, his fighting spirit surged. He neither dodged nor retreated, instead throwing a straight punch!

Panic filled Maki's heart when she saw this. "Get out of the way! You'll die!"

The other second-years grew tense as well. Though they did not like Lin Mu's personality, he was still their companion, and they were worried about his safety.

"Panda, hurry and stop Todo. If he gets hit head-on by Todo like that, he'll be crippled even if he survives."

Panda wanted to do so too, but he had moved far away from Lin Mu while avoiding Todo just now. It was already too late to get back.

"Seriously, wasn't Itadori supposed to keep Todo occupied? What is he trying to prove now?"

Maki felt utterly overwhelmed. Their perfectly sound plan would probably fail because of Lin Mu's arrogance.

"Hopefully Todo gives him a lesson this time. Young people shouldn't be so full of themselves..."

"Oh? You're approaching me instead of running away?" Todo had never encountered anyone who dared trade punches with him, and the force behind his blow unconsciously increased by several degrees.

Boom—

Dust erupted into the air, and the gust of wind from the collision made their faces sting.

A massive impact rang out. Todo's charging body was abruptly brought to a halt! He was even forced back a short distance by Lin Mu!

The instant their fists met, Todo's expression turned feverish. "Hey, hey, hey, what kind of terrifying strength is this?!"

"It's like hitting a fortress wall!"

The smoke and dust obscured most people's vision, but because Maki wore glasses, she vaguely saw that Lin Mu and Todo had actually fought to a draw!

"That's impossible. He blocked Todo's attack?"

"Did Todo hold back?"

But Maki knew full well that Todo was not the type to show mercy. Lin Mu might be far stronger than he appeared!

Lin Mu exerted force once more and shoved Todo away, then vanished from everyone's sight. He was so fast that not a single person managed to catch his figure.

Todo steadied himself, about to ask Lin Mu what type of girls he liked, only to discover that Lin Mu had already disappeared.

"Where did he go?" As Todo looked around, Itadori leaped high into the air and brought down a massive fist.

"Your opponent is me!"

Todo had not wanted to waste time on Itadori, but after feeling the equally fierce power behind his blow, his attention shifted to him.

"Not bad strength. Tell me, what kind of girls do you like?"

Itadori paused slightly, then answered honestly, "The kind with big boobs and a big butt, I guess."

Todo was struck as if by lightning. Overwhelmed with excitement, he froze in place as tears welled up in the corners of his eyes, activating his delusional power.

In an unknown fantasy of his, Itadori had already become his best friend, someone he had known since middle school.

They had stood in punishment together, skipped class together, and when Todo's confession failed, Itadori would comfort him...

Warm memories flashed through his mind one after another. Itadori was undoubtedly his best friend!

"Best friend!"

Itadori could not make sense of Todo's strange reaction. "How did we suddenly become best friends?"

Todo emerged from his fantasy and charged at Itadori with tears in his eyes. "My best friend, let me properly teach you."

Boom—

A lightning-fast punch shot forward, and Itadori's expression instantly changed from confusion to horror!

Todo might act strangely, but his strength was terrifying! The moment Itadori was struck, it felt as if he had been hit head-on by a high-speed truck!

His crossed arms, raised in defense, nearly shattered.

Only then did Itadori understand what kind of terrifying existence the Todo they had spoken of truly was.

And yet, Lin Mu had casually knocked back such a powerful Todo just now?

Out of habit, Itadori had subconsciously stayed close to Lin Mu, so he had seen their exchange clearly.

Lin Mu had not even gathered strength. A completely ordinary straight punch had blocked Todo's ferocious charge!

He did not know why Lin Mu had not taken the initiative to stop Todo, but the plan had already been decided, and he had to fulfill his duty.

After leaving the main group, Lin Mu felt a wave of contentment and couldn't help humming softly.

He could almost see vast amounts of inheritance progress beckoning to him.

With a thought, Lin Mu activated his Sharingan and searched for traces of cursed spirits. Naturally, he would first head to where the cursed energy was densest. Once he had exorcised most of the clustered cursed spirits, he would deal with the ones scattered across the battlefield one by one.

Thinking about what he was about to do, Lin Mu couldn't help breaking into a crazed grin. "Hehe, not a single one of you is getting away!"