Well then, the season is still spring.
For Tech High students, besides classes, 'missions' to exorcise cursed spirits are also important. However, at this time of year, there are only low-grade cursed spirits, and since there is enough manpower going around, all the students of Jujutsu Tech were given a student-like 'weekend off'.
In such circumstances.
"Naoya-kun! I heard from Gojo-senpai that you're doing secret training! Let me join!"
"...Haibara, I normally want to sleep..."
"Ehh!? But Gojo-senpai said Nanami is doing it too!"
"...Was I beaten awake with such a flimsy lie?"
"I see. I got the situation. Nanami-kun, Haibara-kun, come with me a bit. I'm gonna go beat up Satoru-kun."
The first-year group, having held this amusing conversation at 3 AM on a Saturday, raided Satoru Gojo's dorm room and deployed Naoya's 'The Fourth Wall' inside.
"Uwoah!? Bright!?!?"
As a result, Satoru Gojo's eyes, violently bathed in spotlight immediately after waking up to the presence of a barrier, were dazzled grandly, causing him to utter the above line.
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And so, a while after the first-years went back to sleep.
Naoya, who woke up properly at the still decent time of 6:30 AM this time, along with Nanami and Haibara, who had been informed of the wake-up time with a "If you're fine with after my daily trainin', I don't mind givin' you advice," changed clothes and gathered in front of the dorm entrance... however.
"Satoru-kun, Ieiri-san, and Geto-kun... What's with everyone gatherin'?"
"I'm here to make fun of your guys' training!"
"I was invited by Satoru, so I'm here as a lookout."
"I guess I just got dragged along by these two idiots Sleepy"
"Ohh! Training with everyone! That's great!"
"...I don't really mind, but are you okay with this, Naoya-kun? It's a large group."
"Well, it's fine. Just gotta have everyone make a 'Binding'. 'Transmission Forbidden'."
"Ah, you're wary about my family? Sure, sure, I'll bind, I'll bind."
"Satoru... well, fine. I'll bind too. Is a Binding not to transmit Naoya's 'Training Method', Naoya's 'Binding', and 'Instruction' from Naoya sufficient?"
"No, diff'rent. Just training and Binding is fine. Instruction, or rather, advice? Well, ya can tell others that. Juniors and stuff might ask."
"I see. In that case, there seems to be even less harm in binding it. Opportunities to learn from the Next Head of the Three Families are rare, after all."
"Ehh!? I'm here too, Suguru!?"
"I've never heard about training methods from you, Gojo. I've only ever seen you say 'Because I'm the strongest'. Ah, I also don't intend to blab about a junior's private life, so I'm fine with binding~"
"Then it's fine. Let's go then. To the back mountain."
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"""""What is that training..."""""
"After seein' a person's training, isn't getting totally put off a bit much?"
"No~pe, it's normal. Even in the Gojo clan, I've never seen an idiot do this much."
"Is this normal in the Zen'in clan, Naoya?"
"There ain't anyone doin' it other than me."
"Then~ isn't the junior abnormal after all?"
"Ah, so not all sorcerers are this stoic? I'm relieved, honestly."
"But it really feels like 'Training'! Like NARUTO or BLEACH!"
"I'm gettin' trashed left and right, huh. Fine though. ...Let's get to the main topic. Haibara-kun's matter."
After showing the training once, the six of them returned from the back mountain of the Tech High, which Naoya uses for training, to the dorm lounge.
At the center, Naoya, who was feeling a little fed up after being told this and that, pulled himself together and said that. Haibara, for some reason standing at attention, spoke up with a firm raising of his hand.
"Thank you very much! Naoya-kun, what do you think I should do to become strong!"
"I see. The simple answer is experience. You get used to it the more you fight. But yeah. That ain't what you mean, right? Is talkin' about direction fine?"
"Yeah, because I'm the only one here without a technique!"
"I don't have a technique either~?"
"No, Shoko has the Reverse Cursed Technique even without a technique, right? In Haibara's case..."
As Geto implied by trailing off, a sorcerer without a technique and without other specific talents walks a very thorny path. It could be said that Atsuya Kusakabe, who serves as the first-year homeroom teacher, is a significant exception.
"Well, yeah. Frankly speakin', it's tough. But it ain't like there's no way, yeah? One is New Shadow Style. Do ya know it?"
"Ah! Sensei's school!"
"You say it like you heard it in Shinkenzemi , Haibara."
"Satoru? Making weird jokes isn't good, you know? —But certainly, since New Shadow Style claims to be 'techniques for the weak', it might be suitable for Haibara who has no technique?"
"I see! But how should I study it? Should I ask Sensei?"
"You're close. The method is one: become a disciple. New Shadow Style is kept secret from outsiders. It's passed down only to disciples. If ya call it inconvenient, it's inconvenient. So here's the second method. —Question. Haibara-kun. Jujutsu that a sorcerer without a technique can use. Do ya know any? If ya think of somethin', say it."
Such questioning from Naoya came from the fact that he was a 'master' in his own way. His interaction with his disciple Mai led to actions prompting Haibara to think.
Well, considering he unconsciously equates his classmate with a five-year-old, his personality is bad though.
"Hmm...? Jujutsu usable without a technique...? Ah, like the cursed tools Fushiguro-sensei used?"
"A bit diff'rent. Nanami-kun, do you know?"
"...Barrier Techniques, perhaps? Curtains are techniques anyone with cursed energy should be able to use."
"Ah! Nanami-kun is smart!"
"Correct. Only half though. Satoru-kun, you know the other half, right?"
"Shikigami Techniques, right? Shikigami, though, are super weak for guys without a technique."
"Well, yeah. Honestly speakin', Shikigami have that characteristic as a bottleneck."
"Or rather, accurately speaking, Shikigami, Barriers, and New Shadow Style are all lumped together as 'techniques constructed by oneself separate from Innate Techniques'. Just because you don't have an Innate Technique doesn't mean you can't use techniques... This is common sense, right? Idiot?"
"Satoru-kun. Thanks for the supplementary explanation. Why do you gotta provoke at the end? We know 'cause we're the Three Families, yeah? Other sorcerers aren't like that, right?"
As Satoru Gojo mentioned along with his unnecessary comment, the direction Naoya was thinking of was 'Development of techniques other than Innate Techniques'. In Naoya's opinion, there is no other way for sorcerers without techniques or sorcerers born with non-combat techniques to succeed other than this.
However, more than that, the attention of the two new students seemed to be directed at the fact that the romantic phrase 'Shikigami' was treated rather roughly.
"Are Shikigami weak!? They seem strong in manga and stuff!"
"Indeed. They are treated as convenient items in fiction, but is that different?"
"Shall I explain that? Among us, my technique is closest to a Shikigami user, after all."
"Geto-senpai! Please do!"
"Please do so for me as well."
Geto nodded generously to the two cute juniors who answered so honestly. Saying "Since we're at it," he stood in front of the whiteboard
in the corner of the lounge and began his explanation of Shikigami.
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