Satoru Gojo, the Uneducated Bum

-not even a school qualification.

I suddenly felt as though a sword had pierced my heart.

Although Jujutsu Society didn't place much importance on academic qualifications, with my memories of my previous life, I really couldn't bear to let myself become "illiterate."

Especially... what if I left Jujutsu Society someday and started a new life in the ordinary world, only to be forced into being an unemployed layabout because I hadn't even finished elementary school...

Thinking of it that way, Zenin Clan, I hated you for not letting children go to school.

After seeing Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto off, I immediately went to find the clan's higher-ups, including my father in name.

Then I used my authority as Young Master to gather them all together, ready to tell them straight out.

On the way to the meeting room, I even summoned all my shikigami to make a stronger impression. Whoever objected would get a beating.

Just perfect.

The moment I stepped into the meeting room, I announced my decision: "I want to go to school."

The Great Elder didn't understand. "Kuang Wu, aren't you already studying? Are the lessons the clan arranged for you too light, so you want to learn more?"

The Seventh Elder was puzzled. "That shouldn't be the case... I think the lessons the clan arranged are already quite demanding?"

My father in name spoke up as well. "If Kuang Wu means what the Great Elder thinks she does by going to school, there shouldn't be any need to summon all of us. It's only a minor matter, after all. She could simply speak to the Seventh Elder."

Quieting the somewhat noisy Elders, my father in name sat at the head of the table and straightened his posture. He leisurely lifted the teacup before him, took a small sip, then glanced sideways at me, looking every inch the clan head.

"Kuang Wu, you have something important to tell us, don't you?"

Under the immense pressure of all the first-grade shikigami watching him, Naobito Zenin smiled faintly.

"I want to attend an ordinary school outside the clan."

Naobito Zenin's smile froze.

"What... did you say?"

The Elders beside him, however, immediately erupted-

"Absolutely not! How could the esteemed Young Master of the Zenin Clan mingle with ordinary people!"

"Everything we teach here has been passed down for a thousand years. It's far better than anything out there! Kuang Wu, why would you want to go to school!"

"Utterly improper!"

"Absolutely absurd!"

...I knew it.

I didn't even need to guess how these old fossils would react.

Disgraceful, improper, absurd... the list went on and on.

As for trying to persuade them?

If persuasion worked, why would I have summoned my shikigami?

BOOM!!!

A tremendous crash rang out, and the meeting room, rebuilt less than a year ago, was once again reduced to a heap of rubble.

A few Elders had failed to dodge in time and were buried beneath the debris... they had probably sustained some fairly serious injuries.

They wouldn't die anyway, so I couldn't care less.

I stood where I was, without so much as ordering my shikigami to rescue them.

"Kamu Zenin! You... how dare you! You have no respect for your elders! No sense of propriety!"

After a brief silence, the atmosphere slowly began to boil like a pot of water on the stove.

"Still objecting?" I murmured to myself, then made another decision on my own. "Then how about another round?"

After all, although most of them were getting on in years, they still retained at least some of their agility as jujutsu sorcerers. Many had dodged my first attack in time, so nothing particularly serious had happened.

I even found that disappointing.

Looking at the wrinkled faces before me, at the fear and anger in those cloudy eyes buried deep in their folds, I suddenly thought...

Another round might not be so bad?

This time, I would make sure to be faster, more precise, and more ruthless, so that every one of them could enjoy the tender loving care of the Ten Shadows Technique they adored so much.

Heehee.

To my disappointment, however, the moment I mentioned another round, the Elders became like ducks caught by the throat. The words lodged in their mouths, and not one of them managed to voice an objection.

Their faces merely turned blue and purple from holding it in.

Naobito Zenin did smooth things over for the Elders. "The Elders are only worried about you, Kuang Wu. Don't be like this. You know how many assassination attempts the Zenin Clan has faced, both openly and in secret, since you awakened the Ten Shadows Technique. Especially after you defeated the Six Eyes... the bounty on the black market has multiplied several times over."

As soon as he finished, the other Elders began chiming in.

"Exactly, exactly! Attending an ordinary school would naturally be worse than staying in the Zenin Clan. It's too dangerous!"

"If we fail to protect you in time and you end up in danger, Young Master, that would be a disaster!"

"Just stay home for your lessons! Whatever you want to study, the clan can hire a private tutor from outside!"

Strictly speaking, I didn't really want to go to school. I just wanted academic qualifications.

Besides, wasting my time studying easy material with a bunch of actual elementary school children really wasn't what I wanted either.

So, after some discussion, we finally settled on a solution: the Zenin Clan would pull some strings to enroll me at a school outside. As long as I took the exams on schedule and passed, I could advance to the next grade.

As for teachers, the clan would hire private tutors for me.

Then what about attendance, daily homework, and group activities...?

I wouldn't have to bother with any of those.

That way, I could get my qualifications without having to spend time with a bunch of children.

Just perfect.

-Satoru Gojo, I bet you never saw this coming!

We both came from the Three Great Families, but in the end, you were the only uneducated bum!