How Did You Switch Faces So Fast?

Kyoto was a city with a thousand years of history, its historical atmosphere far surpassing that of Tokyo in the Kanto region.

Having served as the capital for so long, it had also been where jujutsu flourished during its golden age in ancient times.

As time passed, the center of jujutsu gradually shifted from Kyoto to Tokyo.

Kyoto was also home to a Jujutsu High, the sister school of Tokyo Jujutsu High. Together, the two schools were crucial to training new talent for Jujutsu Society.

Inside Kyoto Jujutsu High.

A blonde girl sat on a broom, idly chatting with a cute, blue-haired girl below her. "Miwa, did you hear? Apparently, an advisor from Tokyo is coming today to give us some temporary guidance!"

"Huh?!" The blue-haired Kasumi Miwa grew excited. "Is it a Special Grade Sorcerer? Could it be Gojo-sensei?!"

"Or maybe Geto-sensei from over there?!"

"Neither!" A tall man with his hair tied back walked over. He was Aoi Todo, a third-year student at Kyoto, and beside him was a young man dressed in traditional clothing.

"I heard from Tsukumo-sensei that it's apparently the Special Grade Sorcerer who works among the Higher-Ups."

"Could it be him?!" Noritoshi Kamo, standing beside Aoi Todo, broke into a smile. "If it is, that would be wonderful. Don't you agree, Mai?!"

"..."

A short-haired girl who looked ninety percent identical to Maki suddenly stiffened. Ze Zenin's face came to mind, and she blushed despite herself. She coughed. "Why are you asking me? I don't know!"

A mechanical voice sounded beside them. "He's here..."

"Mechamaru, who's here?" Kasumi Miwa looked curiously at the mechanical puppet beside her.

Two immense surges of cursed energy suddenly appeared. Everyone felt the crushing pressure as three figures emerged nearby.

They were Ze Zenin, Yuta Okkotsu, who had met up with him along the way, and Rika Orimoto, who followed obediently beside Yuta.

Yuta gave Ze Zenin a worried look and asked quietly, "Senpai, is this really okay? Letting your cursed energy out to intimidate them seems a little..."

"Yuta... you're just too kind." Ze Zenin spoke evenly. "You have to show them your strength first if you want their respect. Otherwise, nobody will listen to me just because I have the title of advisor."

"But if they refuse to follow my instructions, unlikely as that is..."

"I was planning to handle them myself. Since you're here, though, I'll have you step in for me."

"That's fine with you, right, Rika?"

Rather than asking Yuta Okkotsu for his opinion, Ze Zenin turned his head and addressed Rika beside him.

"Of course! Yuta, help take some of the pressure off Zenin-senpai!" Rika Orimoto tugged at Yuta Okkotsu's hand, coaxing him sweetly.

"All right, all right." Yuta Okkotsu stroked Rika's head and answered indulgently.

As they spoke, the three of them reached the Kyoto Jujutsu High students from all three years.

"Nice to meet you, everyone. I'm the jujutsu sorcerer from Tokyo. For the next three months, I'll serve as your combat advisor and help you improve your strength..."

Ze Zenin slowly surveyed the students with an expressionless face as he spoke. Inwardly, he marveled at how they looked exactly as they had in those memories: Aoi Todo, the manliest of men, Kasumi Miwa...

"Hello. My name is Aoi Todo." Aoi Todo was the first to step forward and bow to Ze Zenin. He knew perfectly well that the man before him had to be a Special Grade Sorcerer!

He was neither Satoru Gojo nor Suguru Geto, nor was he Todo's teacher, Yuki Tsukumo. His appearance did not match Yuta Okkotsu's, either. That left only one possibility... the head of the Zenin Clan, who rarely appeared in public anymore-

Ze Zenin!

He had defeated the Six Eyes as a child, become the first sorcerer in history to tame Mahoraga as a teenager, and recently slain the King of Curses from a thousand years ago in an instant-even if the latter had only possessed the power of one finger...

"Very good." Ze Zenin smiled, then walked straight over to Mai. "The one behind me is my junior at Tokyo Jujutsu High. You two can spar in a bit."

"Oh?" Aoi Todo looked with interest at the slender boy behind Ze Zenin and murmured, "So it's you, Okkotsu? You came to Kyoto with Advisor Zenin too?"

Aoi Todo laughed heartily. "What kind of girl is your type?!"

"..."

Looking at Aoi Todo's smile, Yuta Okkotsu shuddered despite himself. He glanced tenderly at Rika, then met Todo's eyes with resolve. "The girl beside me is my future wife!"

Seeing Okkotsu and Rika's happiness, Aoi Todo could not hold back his tears.

"..."

Ze Zenin ignored the intense exchange of looks between those two. He simply walked over, looked down at Mai, and asked with a smile, "What's wrong? Your big brother's here, and you won't even say hello?"

"Mm... big brother..." Mai said shyly. Looking at Ze Zenin's face, which even women would envy, she could not help blushing, despite him being her own brother.

"You little brat. Getting shyer as you grow up?" Ze Zenin chuckled and ruffled Mai's hair. "You used to follow me around in diapers!"

"Seriously?!"

Momo Nishimiya and Kasumi Miwa seemed to catch the scent of gossip nearby. To think the usually domineering Mai had actually...

"Shut up!" Mai hurriedly covered Ze Zenin's mouth and glared at him, then gave a dry laugh. "That was all when I was little."

This girl... Ze Zenin pulled away, feeling that all the time he and his mother had spent raising his little sister had been wasted. Now that she was older, she had even learned to glare at him?

Ze Zenin poked Mai's forehead. "Train hard over the next three months. Try to get yourself up to Maki's level."

"Brother, you're not planning to single me out, are you?!" Mai asked with a hostile expression.

"Of course not! Your big brother is an honorable man... I would never use my position to settle personal scores!"

Seizing an opening, Ze Zenin hurried away from Mai and headed toward where the Kyoto Jujutsu High teachers had gathered. He wanted to see those old acquaintances.

"Long time no see, Utahime-senpai."

Ze Zenin looked at a woman dressed in a red-and-white kimono and smiled faintly.

"Huh?"

Utahime turned and saw Ze Zenin, and delight welled up in her. "So you're the one coming here as our advisor?! I thought it would be one of those two bastards, Satoru Gojo or Suguru Geto. I was worried for ages..."

Looking at Utahime's flawless face, Ze Zenin's mouth twitched. After all these years, she still could not "let go" of Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto?

Because of Ze Zenin's arrival, Utahime had no scar on her face. Compared to her student days, she now had an added air of maturity and composure.

"You're still as... radiant as ever, Utahime-senpai!" Ze Zenin said, his mouth twitching, without being the least bit insincere.

"Hahaha! You always did know what to say!" Utahime said with a beaming smile. Then a nosy look crossed her face. "So, how are things between you and Shoko now? She messaged me last night and said you took her home..."

Ze Zenin: "..."

Why does Shoko tell Utahime everything? This is so awkward!

Ze Zenin coughed, restored his slightly aloof expression, and said solemnly, "Utahime-senpai, I think my most pressing concern right now should be meeting the principal as soon as possible."

"You little brat, trying to act all serious with me?" Utahime pursed her lips in displeasure. "You're clearly not like this with Shoko!"

Ze Zenin kept his aloof expression, deliberately avoiding the subject.

Utahime: "..."

How did this junior of mine switch faces so fast? Who taught him that, seriously?!