The First Step to Fitting In

Panda counted on his fingers in surprise.

"There are only Panda and Kirara in the second year."

"If we count this new transfer student, there are five of us first-years!"

"This is incredible! Unprecedented prosperity!"

As he spoke, he got excited first, though no one knew what exactly he was excited about.

"Hey, hey, hey! That's not the point, Panda!"

Maki Zenin turned around, grabbed Panda by the neck, lifted him up, and shook him nonstop.

"Shouldn't the point be what kind of weird person that white-haired idiot has brought in this time?"

"It was already weird enough for a place that teaches people curses to suddenly get someone who's cursed, okay?"

Panda hurriedly waved his hands. "Maki... you accidentally said what you were really thinking..."

"Salmon!"

"Huh? So what!"

For a moment, the classroom descended into chaos.

Standing outside the door and listening to the commotion inside, Lu Lu could not help thinking, So this was the future of the jujutsu world Satoru Gojo hoped for?

"Alright! Stop fooling around! Don't keep our new classmate waiting!"

Satoru Gojo clapped his hands, making them quiet down.

Before Satoru Gojo could call for him, Lu Lu pushed open the door and walked in. He had no interest in playing some welcome game with that white-haired freak.

"Uh... let's welcome our classmate, Lu Lu..."

But aside from Yuta Okkotsu, who greeted him enthusiastically, the other three stared at Lu Lu with wide eyes.

As if they were looking at some rare curiosity.

"Gojo-sensei, this joke of yours has gone a little too far, hasn't it?"

"Yuta is one thing. At least he has cursed energy because of his curse. But what is this supposed to be?"

"He looks exactly like an ordinary high school student..."

With her arms folded across her chest, Maki glared at Satoru Gojo and complained.

It was obvious that she was extremely dissatisfied with Satoru Gojo taking up her training time.

"Even a Heavenly Restriction is useless without a cursed tool."

"Ah... well..." Just as Satoru Gojo was about to explain something for Lu Lu—

Lu Lu took a small breath, widened his eyes, and his booming voice instantly spread throughout all of Jujutsu High.

"Shut up! You're too damn loud, you stinking woman!"

In an instant, the entire classroom fell into unprecedented silence.

Even Satoru Gojo was stunned.

He had never seen anyone dare speak to Maki Zenin like that.

Boom!!!

The desk in front of Maki Zenin seemed to have been struck by some enormous force. It flew into the air and embedded itself directly in the classroom ceiling!

Panda, Yuta, and Satoru Gojo all jolted in fright.

They watched as she pulled a naginata longer than a person from her bag and stalked toward Lu Lu menacingly.

"Huh?"

"What did you just say? You little brat! I'll kill you!!"

Panda immediately shuddered. He sparred with Maki more than anyone else, and with a single look at her stance, he could tell how much strength she was using.

Maki was undoubtedly using one hundred percent of her power right now, plus a one-hundred-percent critical-hit buff.

If she really brought that blade down...

Panda hurriedly rushed forward, intending to grab Maki Zenin, but just as he was about to reach her, his entire body suddenly froze.

"Uh... this is..."

He turned around in confusion and looked at Satoru Gojo, who was leaning against the window.

Satoru Gojo merely placed a finger to his lips and softly shushed him, signaling Panda and the others not to interfere. He was not worried about Lu Lu at all.

Maki Zenin had already reached Lu Lu with her weapon in hand.

Facing the tall Lu Lu, she could only tilt her head back to look into his emerald-green eyes.

Just when everyone thought Maki Zenin was about to say something else—

She unexpectedly spun around and sent a sweeping kick straight at Lu Lu's waist.

She was so fast that only an afterimage could be seen, and the air beside her howled in her wake.

Though she looked furious and kept saying she would kill Lu Lu, she still knew exactly where to draw the line.

No matter why Lu Lu had been accepted, once he entered this classroom, he was her classmate and companion.

So this kick was only meant to teach Lu Lu a lesson. Even if it landed, it would merely hurt a little and would not cause any serious harm.

Moreover, Lu Lu had no intention of dodging. It looked as though he was preparing to take Maki Zenin's kick head-on.

Bang!

A dull impact rang out.

Maki Zenin felt every hair on her body stand on end.

Piercing pain shot up from her calf, as if what she had kicked was not a human body, but a block of steel.

The expression on her face twisted slightly.

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