"You Tokyo Jujutsu High people are as noisy as ever."
A leisurely complaint came from the torii at the main gate. The voice sounded a little like Maki Zenin's, so it was probably Mai Zenin.
The Kyoto Jujutsu High students arrived with Utahime Iori leading them. When Utahime saw the sizable Tokyo Jujutsu High contingent, she hurried over to Miwa Chisei in two strides.
"Only one first-year?"
"There were some unexpected circumstances."
Miwa Chisei tilted her head, sounding a little apologetic. Then Satoru Gojo stood smugly beside her and added fuel to the fire.
"Qianxing even helped me find some great students."
"Shut up, you idiot!"
Hearing Satoru Gojo speak irritated Utahime Iori for no particular reason. That smug tone was just infuriating.
Meanwhile, the students had already begun an exchange thick with hostility. The Sister-School Goodwill Event was essentially a competition between the students of the two schools.
It assessed both their ability to handle cursed spirits and their own combat strength, with the aim of helping them improve together through competition.
"Okkotsu, give it everything you've got this time, too!"
Aoi Todo of Kyoto Jujutsu High was a tall, muscular young man. A third-year Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer, he was the strongest of the Kyoto students, as well as Yuki Tsukumo's pupil.
Aoi Todo admired Yuta Okkotsu as an opponent, and that burning passion fueled his enthusiasm for training.
Normally, second- and third-year students participated in the Goodwill Event. Last year, however, Tokyo's third-years had been assigned a mission at the last minute, so Yuta Okkotsu had competed while still a first-year.
The strength Yuta Okkotsu displayed had given everyone from Kyoto a firsthand taste of how terrifying a Special Grade Sorcerer could be.
This year, the third-years had taken a leave of absence due to certain circumstances,