A few days later.
With Chinatsu filling in as their teacher, the Jujutsu High first years began practical lessons in exorcising cursed spirits of Grade 2 and above.
If anyone asked why Chinatsu was filling in instead of Satoru Gojo, the first years' designated homeroom teacher, she would clench her fists, look utterly exasperated, and say through gritted teeth that the brat had gone off to have fun under the pretext of an overseas business trip.
"Sis! I'm leaving Jujutsu High to you!"
After sending that message at the airport with a cheeky grin, Satoru Gojo promptly switched off his phone. By the time Chinatsu saw it, he was already on the plane.
Chinatsu had nearly exploded with anger. She wanted to ignore the binding vow on the cursed energy inside her, turn into Homelander on the spot, and fly after the plane to drag Satoru Gojo off it.
Of course, Chinatsu hadn't actually done that.
Now, she stood with her arms crossed and her back against a car door, quietly watching from a distance as Nobara Kugisaki and Megumi Fushiguro fought cursed spirits.
With a hammer in one hand and a handful of nails in the other, Nobara Kugisaki charged toward a hideous, nonhumanoid cursed spirit.
"Straw Doll Technique: Rapid Fire!"
Nobara tossed the nails into the air and struck them with the hammer in her other hand. Like beams of black laser light, they instantly pierced the cursed spirit's flesh.
The corners of Nobara's mouth lifted at the sight. She had killed more than one cursed spirit back when she still lived in the countryside. In terms of strength alone, she was far from an ordinary Grade 3 jujutsu sorcerer.
But this cursed spirit was no pushover that could be exorcised so easily. Unlike Reverse Cursed Technique, a