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Gojo Satoru was left somewhat at a loss by Xia Jie's lavish flattery.

It wasn't as if he had never heard praise from others before, but praise as inventive and sincere as Xia Jie's was something he had never heard for the first time.

Even someone as formidable as Gojo Satoru couldn't help but wonder at that moment, Am I really that outstanding?

After receiving an affirmative answer, he happily ruffled Xia Jie's hair.

"Xia Jie, to be honest, I'm starting to like you a little!" Gojo Satoru said with a smile. "You'd better not disappoint me!"

Xia Jie broke free from Gojo Satoru's clutches and said somewhat unwillingly, "Sensei, it'd be better if you didn't place too much hope in me! Other than my Cursed Technique being a little beyond common sense, I'm actually really weak in every other respect!"

"Well, none of that is a problem!" Gojo Satoru said confidently.

"By the way, Xia Jie," Gojo Satoru suddenly said, "would it be convenient for me to meet him and have a chat sometime?"

Xia Jie abruptly stopped walking, and Gojo Satoru immediately realized he had said the wrong thing.

"My father... is dead," Xia Jie said in a low voice. "He died in the Shinjuku Incident on December 24th!"

Gojo Satoru fell silent. He wanted to ask how Xia Changqing, a Jujutsu Sorcerer and a member of the Jiang Clan, could have died during the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons.

But then he suddenly realized that Xia Changqing must have betrayed his clan, which was why he had concealed his identity and come to Shinjuku.

And there had to be an extremely severe price hidden behind that betrayal.

Geto, you really did create a lot of sins!

"I'm sorry!" Gojo Satoru sincerely apologized to Xia Jie, not entirely for his own sake, but for his best friend, Suguru Geto.

Xia Jie was somewhat surprised by Gojo Satoru's attitude, but he hadn't thought of Suguru Geto at all.

"It's okay, Sensei!" Xia Jie said. "It's already in the past!"

"You have no idea how awful that guy's personality is! After I explained the existence of Jujutsu High to him, he actually told me, 'I refuse'! If I see him again, I'll definitely make him pay!" Maki viciously said to the others.

"Tuna mayo! (That's not very nice!)" Toge Inumaki said.

"Looks like Maki was really angered by that Xia Jie! Okkotsu, was Xia Jie really as awful as Maki said?" Panda asked softly.

"Awful... I wouldn't say that," Okkotsu said in an equally quiet voice. "But he did give us a whole bunch of reasons and tried to explain his actions."

"Before he even spoke to Maki, he deliberately used a Rohan Kishibe reference! Then he ran away!"

"Pfft." Panda couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing. "Was that the 'I refuse' Maki was just talking about?"

Panda was also a JoJo fan. He had even imitated Star Platinum's "Ora Ora" while fighting Suguru Geto.

"That's right, that exact 'I refuse'!" Okkotsu replied quietly.

"What are you two talking about?" Maki's voice came from behind Okkotsu and Panda, making both of them shudder.

Before they could react, Maki's fists had already landed on their heads.

"Ow!" *2

Okkotsu and Panda clutched their heads and looked at Maki resentfully. Maki glared at them and said, "You two... there are only four people in this classroom. What difference does it make if you lower your voices? Do you think I can't hear you? You bastards!"

Gojo Satoru stood at the doorway, listening to the commotion inside, with a rare hint of embarrassment on his face.

He had just told Xia Jie that Jujutsu High was one big loving family, only to immediately hear Maki beating people up and cursing them. The slap in the face had come too quickly. Even with his battle-hardened heart, he couldn't help feeling a little awkward.

However, he quickly acted as though nothing had happened and said to Xia Jie, "See? Just like I said, they're all quite lively!"

As he spoke, Gojo Satoru pushed open the classroom entrance and walked in before Xia Jie could make a retort.

"Ta-da-da-daa—" Gojo Satoru made a strange sound. "Everyone's here! Are you all full of anticipation for the transfer student?"

"Who cares about him? Weren't you the one who called us here?" Maki released Okkotsu and Panda, returned to her seat, and snorted.

Gojo Satoru pretended not to hear Maki and continued in an exaggerated tone, "Next, let me grandly introduce the transfer student. Everyone, give me your full attention!"

"Salmon! (This is so lifeless!)" Toge Inumaki muttered.

"You want me to create an atmosphere for that detestable guy? Don't even think about it!" As Maki spoke, she also stopped the expectant Panda and Okkotsu with a look.

Gojo Satoru took in his students' expressions and shrugged. "Fine—come in!"

Xia Jie pushed open the entrance and walked into the classroom, sweeping his gaze over Okkotsu, Maki, Panda, and Toge Inumaki. His gaze paused on Panda for a moment, and he deliberately rubbed his eyes. "A panda... an actual panda?"

"I'm a panda!" Panda replied in a guileless, gentle voice. "Never seen one before?"

Hearing Panda speak, Xia Jie opened his mouth in surprise, but then seemed to remember something and returned to normal. "No... pandas are national treasures in my country, after all. I saw them when I was little! But this is the first time I've seen a talking panda!"

Panda looked somewhat surprised, not quite understanding what Xia Jie meant by "national treasure," when Xia Jie continued, "Hello, everyone!"

"I'm Xia Jie, and I'm of Chinese descent!" He winked at Panda, who immediately understood that Xia Jie was explaining what he had said earlier.

So he's Chinese? No wonder he called me a national treasure! Panda thought to himself.

He glanced at Maki beside him, thinking, See that? This is how a normal person should react upon seeing a panda!

Ignoring Maki's threatening glare, Panda said to Xia Jie, "I'm Panda. You can call me Panda! The one beside me is Toge Inumaki. For certain reasons, he can't introduce himself."

"Kelp! (Hello!)" Toge Inumaki waved at Xia Jie.

Xia Jie froze for a moment, then caught on. "Hello, Inumaki!"

"And next to him is..." Panda glanced at Maki. Somewhat reluctantly, Maki said to Xia Jie, "Zenin Maki! You'd better properly apologize to me for what happened that day!"

Xia Jie smiled. "Yes, I'll apologize properly."

Seeing Xia Jie like this, Maki suddenly lost her temper.

Okkotsu looked at Xia Jie and revealed a slightly bashful smile. "Xia Jie, I'm..."

"Okkotsu Yuta!" Xia Jie looked at him. "Okkotsu, you already introduced yourself to me. I remember. Please allow me to explain what happened that night to you and Maki later!"

The atmosphere was pretty good! Gojo Satoru gave Xia Jie an approving glance.

He hadn't expected Xia Jie to take the initiative to break the seemingly frosty atmosphere. This way, at least the relationship between these students wouldn't be too bad.

Clap, clap, clap—Gojo Satoru clapped his hands, drawing all the students' attention, and said with a smile, "Now that you all know each other, let's have a long-overdue gathering to celebrate our new student's enrollment!"

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