A few days after the 'Suguru Geto Serious Crying Incident' and the 'Cursed Spirit Orb Challenge Incident' proposed by Satoru Gojo—where, under the lure that eating one might let you grasp the core of cursed energy while wandering the edge of life and death, they made Kento Nanami, Yu Haibara, and Shoko Ieiri eat cursed spirit orbs, and got severely chewed out by Masamichi Yaga and Atsuya Kusakabe. But after Satoru Gojo revealed his true intention of 'not leaving Suguru Geto alone,' Masamichi Yaga ate a cursed spirit orb and ended up bedridden for a bit.
Satoru Gojo's prank unexpectedly bore fruit: Kento Nanami, who nearly died, truly awakened to reversal; Shoko Ieiri awakened to a gorilla-of-gorillas technique where she blasts full-power reverse cursed technique to erase cursed spirits; Yu Haibara just got a fever and slept for a night, but in his nightmare, he somewhat grasped the core of cursed energy. Despite such commotions, the technical college was generally peaceful.
Thanks to Masamichi Yaga's arrangement, Suguru Geto was supplied with "sealing tags" made by writing spells with food coloring on oblate, greatly improving his QOL, and there was a scene where Suguru Geto cried again saying "I should have relied on everyone sooner," but that was rather an element of peace.
In the midst of that, the newly matured Suguru Geto, similarly matured Satoru Gojo, and Naoya Zen'in—who is matured but it's meaningless since he's a forced virgin and masturbation is prohibited—the three of them today, to handle a 'special grade case,' were crammed into the back seat of a Prius driven by an assistant supervisor, playing Monster Hunter on their PSPs.
"Damn, Area 9 in Forest Hills is really hard to see..."
"Rathian blends in too much, can't see it."
"Ah, it flew. Direction-wise, to 4?"
"Nah, 5? We've beaten it quite a bit."
They were enjoying ad-hoc communication play, heading to somewhere in Gifu Prefecture.
The principal—the old man way past retirement age, planning to retire soon—upon getting information about the appearance of the registered special grade imaginary vengeful spirit 'Slit-Mouthed Woman,' and now that special grade sorcerers are free thanks to Naoya Zen'in's unwilling efforts, sent these three—special grade and special grade equivalent first grade—to a certain city in Gifu Prefecture where the Slit-Mouthed Woman is sealed.
"Anyway, if they have the leeway to set up a special barrier that 'doesn't let the Slit-Mouthed Woman into the city but lets everything else pass,' Tengen could just exterminate the special grade while at it. The people in the city are basically being used as live bait for stalling, right?"
"I think so too. Even though the survival of the weak is how society should be."
"You really like idealistic theories, huh, Geto-kun. Evil non-sorcerers, good kid sorcerers. If told you can save only one, wouldn't it be good vs evil rather than strong vs weak?"
"That's... hmm. But isn't jujutsu for protecting non-sorcerers? That's what the jujutsu regulations set by your three great families say, right, Naoya Zen'in?"
"Does the regulation say 'protect from absolutely everything'? It doesn't, right? For non-sorcerer criminals, the police. For disasters, if not cursed spirits, the self-defense force. Sorcerers are strictly curse specialists. Gotta separate that properly."
"That's right, Geto. What's the point of giving everything to unmotivated weaklings? That just creates NEETs. Sure, I'd help Yu Haibara or Utahime Iori if they're in trouble even if weak, because they're trying hard, but that's because they're good people, right? If a yakuza who's eaten people is attacked by a cursed spirit, I'd kinda lose motivation to help."
"Hmm, yakuza... that's, hmm. I can understand the need to distinguish good and evil, I suppose."
"Geto-kun is seriously honest, quite so. If you aim too much for justice ally, you'll get bitten by a spider and lose your family?"
"You're too salty for Spider-Man, Geto."
"I agree that with great power comes great responsibility."
"No way, our responsibility is only within the jujutsu regulations you love so much. Official name 'Memorandum on Sorcerers' Duties' or something. Those three thin papers are all our duties, responsibilities, and rights. Otherwise, just follow Japanese law! ...Oh, got Reverse Scale~"
"Just shells and scales, why?"
"Oh, bad luck, Naoya Zen'in. Well, I need wing membranes too... But, back to the topic, maybe it's time to look at reality a bit more. Me too."
"Yeah. The world doesn't go as we want. Look at me? I'm the hot handsome next head of the Zen'in family? Yet no girlfriend at all, doesn't that seem weird no matter how you look?"
""No, Naoya Zen'in, you have a fiancée.""
"Get aroused by a 5-year-old? No way. No trace of breasts, butt, thighs."
"You're the same as ever, Naoya Zen'in. ...What if the Slit-Mouthed Woman is super glamorous?"
".... ... No, I'd just exorcise it, it's a cursed spirit."
"Hey, this guy just thought really long, Geto."
"Yeah, really long pause. ...Naoya Zen'in, are you that pent up?"
"Do you understand the pain of spending puberty bound by no masturbation?"
"...Next time, I'll lend you my recommended busty western image video, Naoya Zen'in."
"I'll lend you my recommended busty big sis stuff too."
"Who said to half-kill me now?"
And so on, the car carrying the three continuing their idle chatter seemed to continue on the highway for a while longer.
In the time until arriving at the site, their hunter ranks seemed likely to rise a bit more.
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