Massive Cursed Spirits, Satisfyingly Grinding Inheritance Progress

With chakra attached to his legs, Lin Mu ran at breakneck speed. His Body Flicker Technique had become far more proficient than before, and the speed he could unleash had increased considerably as well.

The surrounding scenery turned into thin lines that rapidly swept backward. Before long, Lin Mu had already moved several kilometers away from the team, and the intermittent feeling of being watched from earlier vanished as well.

Lin Mu knew that Mei Mei's crows were likely monitoring them and transmitting footage of the exam back to the lounge for the teachers to evaluate.

On top of that, the rules for this exchange event had changed, adding an individual strength ranking. The teachers would definitely pay even closer attention to each student's performance.

However, Lin Mu did not care about any of that. He had no interest whatsoever in the special-grade cursed tool awarded to first place.

He already had a divine artifact like the Uchiha Fan. Why would he care about a special-grade cursed object?

I already drive a Land Rover. Would I care whether you gave me a Wuling Hongguang?

In the lounge, Mei Mei suddenly frowned. The instant the thick smoke obscured her vision, Lin Mu vanished.

"He disappeared?" she thought in surprise. "Where could he have run off to in that instant?"

Mei Mei controlled more crows and launched a carpet search, but even after searching outward for nearly two kilometers, there was still no sign of Lin Mu!

Utahime noticed something was wrong. "What is it? If I remember correctly, Tokyo should still have one student left, right?"

"Where is he?"

Mei Mei shook her head, slightly astonished. "I don't know. I can't sense even a trace of his presence. It's like he vanished into thin air!"

"If this isn't some kind of trick, then that speed has already far surpassed that of an ordinary Grade 1 sorcerer!"

She did not say those words aloud, but instead connected it to the person Satoru Gojo considered his top choice.

"Could this Lin Mu be the first-place candidate you had in mind, Satoru Gojo? He just has a few more techniques. With only the strength of a Grade 2 sorcerer, winning first place would still be quite difficult, wouldn't it?"

Mei Mei pondered silently, her beautiful eyes settling on Satoru Gojo's back.

Principal Gakuganji, who had remained silent until now, finally spoke. "No need to pay attention to him. It is nothing more than a petty trick to attract attention."

"No matter what tactics the Tokyo team has, one person alone cannot stir up any great waves."

Satoru Gojo listened to their discussion and smiled casually. "Haha, we'll wait and see." He had seen Lin Mu's Body Flicker Technique clearly just now, though he had no idea what Lin Mu was planning.

But if Kyoto underestimated Lin Mu, they would definitely suffer a crushing defeat!

It all depended on whether the plan Maki and Lin Mu had made would work. Thinking of this, Satoru Gojo could not help but wonder what Lin Mu's goal was.

"Will he charge straight in like Todo? Or harass and restrain them from the shadows? Or perhaps use guerrilla tactics? How intriguing."

All kinds of plans surfaced in Satoru Gojo's mind. He was already looking forward to the moment Lin Mu truly showed what he could do.

What he did not know was that Lin Mu had no intention of getting involved in the exchange event at all. His mind was entirely focused on how to exorcise more cursed spirits.

"Uwee--"

After venturing deeper into Jujutsu High's inner area, Lin Mu finally encountered a cursed spirit—a mere ordinary Grade 3 cursed spirit.

Though it could provide very little inheritance progress, Lin Mu still understood that constant drops wore through stone.

Ever since rescuing Junpei, Lin Mu's inheritance progress had remained at 26%. He hoped there would be enough cursed spirits in this exchange event for him to properly raise it!

With that thought, Lin Mu drew a kunai from his waist. A cold flash streaked through the air, and the Grade 3 cursed spirit was instantly reduced to ashes. Lin Mu's inheritance progress also rose ever so slightly.

This area had the highest concentration of cursed spirits nearby. Twenty or thirty cursed spirits leaped out from behind the trees, ranging from Grade 3 to Grade 4, with Grade 4s making up the minority.

With a simple sweep of his Sharingan, Lin Mu immediately devised the fastest method of killing them.

Ten shuriken scattered outward, followed closely by several kunai. Just as the shuriken pierced through the cursed spirits and began to lose speed, the kunai behind them slammed fiercely into them.

The shuriken, restored to peak speed and redirected onto new trajectories, pierced through the remaining cursed spirits once more.

In this way, just ten shuriken were enough to exorcise thirty cursed spirits with a single throw! The entire process took only five seconds!

After dealing with this wave of cursed spirits, Lin Mu's inheritance progress rose a little more, leaving him not far from breaking through 27%.

Based on the rules, Lin Mu made a rough calculation. This wave of cursed spirits had provided a total of 78 points.

"I wonder how Jujutsu High plans to calculate the score."

After all, he had already escaped the crows' surveillance.

But the score did not matter to Lin Mu anyway. He had not been interested in that special-grade cursed tool to begin with.

Activating his Sharingan to sense the cursed aura, Lin Mu discovered that the cursed spirits were scattered too widely. Centered around this location, small groups of cursed spirits were spread out in every direction.

Even the most optimal solution to the postman problem would waste a great deal of time.

Lin Mu did not want the other students to exorcise the cursed spirits before him. He would exorcise as many as he could before they got there!

"Shadow Clone Technique!" His hands formed seals.

Bang—

Centered around Lin Mu, six plumes of smoke exploded around him, and six clones identical to Lin Mu appeared.

"Hoho, there really are quite a lot of cursed spirits."

"Looks like I can properly raise my inheritance progress this time."

"Come on, brothers! Don't let the others beat us to it!"

The summoned Shadow Clones chatted back and forth, as if they were treating the exchange event like a picnic.

But their thoughts all originated from Lin Mu himself, so Lin Mu could hardly say anything about it.

With a thought, the six clones locked onto their directions and flash-stepped toward the mass of cursed spirits.

Each of these Shadow Clones possessed thirty percent of Lin Mu's original strength. Handling these Grade 3 cursed spirits was effortless, and even if they encountered stronger ones, it would merely take a little more time.

After summoning the clones, Lin Mu himself charged toward the direction where the cursed presence was strongest. He guessed that the target cursed spirit was there!

After Itadori intercepted Todo alone, Maki led the remaining team members in searching for the cursed spirits.

"Ah—this is so annoying! He always drops the ball at the most critical moments. How the hell did Lin Mu get lost?" Maki complained, both angry and helpless.

Todo had only disrupted their formation for a while. How had Lin Mu managed to get separated?

Panda's expression turned solemn. "Could this be a scheme by Kyoto Jujutsu High? Did they take Lin Mu while things were chaotic?"

Maki thought about it and felt that was unlikely. The other school had no technique capable of something like that; silently taking Lin Mu away would be extremely difficult.

"That brat must have disagreed with my decision and wanted to act alone to prove himself!"

"What an arrogant idiot. When he gets surrounded by cursed spirits or targeted by Kyoto Jujutsu High, he'd better not expect us to save him!"

Though the guess was unlikely, there seemed to be no other possibility.

As Maki grumbled in frustration, she suddenly noticed something was wrong.

"It's been this long. Why haven't any of Kyoto Jujutsu High's people shown up yet?"

Not long after the question arose, a thought flashed through her mind like lightning. "Oh no! Their target is Itadori!"

Maki suddenly realized the worst possibility: their goal from the very beginning had been to kill Itadori!

In their eyes, Itadori was merely a monster with a curse stored inside him. Killing him was no different from exorcising a cursed spirit.

The more Fushiguro thought about it after hearing this, the more likely it seemed. Kyoto Jujutsu High's principal was famously old-fashioned and especially stubborn about executing Itadori. There was a high chance he had decided to have his students kill Itadori!

Itadori was probably already surrounded by everyone from Kyoto Jujutsu High!