Special Barrier, Satoru Gojo Cannot Enter

"Boom—"

Itadori's fist landed squarely on Hanami's jaw, but the blow only turned its head slightly, not even leaving a scratch.

However, in Hanami's eyes, being struck by a weakling was an utter humiliation. Anger rose within it as it stomped down hard, and countless spikes erupted from the ground, aimed at Itadori, who had no way to dodge in midair.

If this attack landed, even with Itadori's powerful physique, he would be killed instantly!

Just as the spikes were about to pierce Itadori, a crisp clap rang out. The Itadori who should have been impaled vanished in an instant, replaced by a tree branch.

"He disappeared?"

As Hanami hesitated in confusion, Todo approached alongside Itadori, his hands still held in a clapping pose.

"Hooh, now this is a big one." Todo looked intrigued.

Itadori nodded. "Yeah, this guy's strong. My attacks barely have any effect on him."

Todo smiled nonchalantly. "Doesn't matter, my best friend. If one punch isn't enough, then throw a hundred!"

"You all fall back. Leave this to Itadori and me."

"Let's go, my best friend!"

Itadori and Todo assumed fighting stances. "Yeah—brother!"

The instant the veil descended, Satoru Gojo, who was in the lounge, immediately sensed that something was wrong.

He rushed toward where the students were at top speed. However, the veil that had descended was merely a smokescreen; the real veil had already sealed off the area.

"Very clever, using a smokescreen to lull us into complacency." Satoru Gojo arrived at the edge of the veil and prepared to enter.

A massive repulsive force knocked him back!

Satoru Gojo was slightly surprised. "This veil's effect is really strong!"

Yet Utahime, who had arrived alongside Satoru Gojo, was not obstructed by the veil in the slightest and could enter and leave freely.

Seeing this, the two teachers understood that the veil had specifically been set up against Satoru Gojo.

Everyone except Satoru Gojo could enter and leave freely. It solely restricted him.

For that reason, the veil rejected Satoru Gojo to an extreme degree. Even he would need a certain amount of time to get inside.

Satoru Gojo smiled faintly. "So this was premeditated. But what exactly is your objective?"

"Itadori? Or Lin Mu?"

The thought of Lin Mu made Satoru Gojo laugh. No matter who it was, if they had set their sights on Lin Mu, they were in for a rough time.

And precisely because Lin Mu was there, Satoru Gojo was not overly worried about the students' safety. What concerned him more was how the enemy knew Tokyo Jujutsu High would be holding its exchange event today.

"Could there be a traitor within Tokyo Jujutsu High?"

"You go in first and make sure the students are safe. I'll find a way inside afterward."

Utahime nodded and passed through the veil, swiftly rushing toward the place where the students had last appeared.

In her view, the enemy's plan was so thorough that even Satoru Gojo had failed to anticipate it. This was very likely an attack specifically targeting the students!

Every second the teachers arrived late would drastically reduce the students' chances of survival.

As she hurried anxiously onward, a silver glint sliced toward her neck.

Fortunately, she was focused and ducked beneath the attack, quickly putting distance between them.

"Ah, what a shame. Even that sneak attack didn't work?"

An effeminate youth with a golden ponytail stood there, holding a bizarre longsword whose hilt was formed from a palm, grinning wickedly at Utahime.

"So Tokyo Jujutsu High's teachers do have some skill."

With that, he swung his sword at Utahime once more.

It was not only Utahime, who had gone to provide support, who was intercepted. Principal Gakuganji was also stopped by a pig-butcher curse user.

Principal Gakuganji removed his shirt and, abandoning his usual old fool demeanor, pulled out an electric guitar!

His fingers strummed, unleashing a blast of powerful sound!

The pig butcher was knocked back, but instead of being alarmed, he was delighted. "Haha, interesting. I'll make a wallet out of you!"

After dealing with the target cursed spirit, Lin Mu stored the Uchiha Fan back in the God Tree Space.

A special-grade cursed spirit hiding in the shadows was still somewhat of a threat. Lin Mu could not be bothered with the trouble, so he directly used Majestic Destroyer Flame together with the Uchiha Fan's fire-controlling ability.

That one strike burned straight through the entire cave. Forget a single quasi-special-grade cursed spirit—even several true special-grade cursed spirits might not have survived the wave of flames enhanced by the fan!

After doing all that, Lin Mu's inheritance progress rose to 29%. He was roughly halfway away from breaking through 30%.

His clones had also nearly finished exorcising the cursed spirits. The remaining Grade Three and Grade Four cursed spirits were too scattered, and finding them would waste too much time, so Lin Mu simply recalled all of his clones.

The instant they returned, a massive amount of memories flooded into his mind. Everything the six clones had experienced felt as though he had experienced it himself.

The process of exorcising cursed spirits, the chaotic battle with Kyoto Jujutsu High, and the conversations with Maki and the others all poured into his mind without the slightest omission.

"One of the best ninjutsu for gathering intelligence, as expected. Its effectiveness was beyond question."

"By now, they should be about ready to make their move, right?"

As if he had anticipated it, Lin Mu looked up at the sky. Even before the veil appeared, he had sensed a trace of discomfort—the entire area had been sealed off by an invisible energy, and only then did the pitch-black veil slowly descend.

"Have they come?" The corners of Lin Mu's lips curled up slightly. "I hope you can help me break through 30%."

Lin Mu immediately set off. Based on the intelligence sent back by his Shadow Clones, he was now extremely familiar with Jujutsu High's layout.

Knowing Maki's exact location, Lin Mu headed straight toward where they were.

As he traveled, a question arose in Lin Mu's mind. Mahito was much stronger than he had been in the original story. With his own appearance, would Hanami also be even stronger?

When he had first fought the natural cursed spirit Jogo, he could only defend passively, and the damage he dealt Jogo had been negligible.

But now that his strength had grown substantially, Lin Mu also wanted to see just how far he could go.