"It's summer!"
"No, Haibara, it has been summer for quite a while... Well, I understand what you mean."
The Jujutsu High party was in high spirits, having moved from a limousine ride to arriving at a private beach.
After carrying their luggage into the Gojo family villa and heading out to the back shore, they found a private beach with summer in full bloom spreading out before them. Haibara's excitement was charming enough to be forgiven.
"Oh, it's not as big as a public bathing area, but it's a proper beach. The sand is clean too."
"We have cleaning Shikigami here, you see. They deliver a trash-free sandy beach twenty-four seven. What should we do? Start with the BBQ?"
"I'll leave it to you, Satoru... but we didn't bring any tools or ingredients, did we?"
"I told my people to stock the fridge yesterday, so it's fine, it's fine. When I mentioned that 'The Zen'in family is providing the limo transfer,' they got competitive. I bet they bought some really good meat."
"I have that Binding Vow, so I can't eat meat. If we're doing a barbecue, I'll handle the grilling. I'll make cooking chopsticks using Cursed Energy manipulation, so I don't need any. You guys use the real ones."
When Naoya said this, Kento Nanami tilted his head.
"Chopsticks with Cursed Energy manipulation? Why do something so troublesome?"
"Chopsticks with a certain amount of weight and length are considered Bo-shuriken."
"I see! But in that case, couldn't you use chopsticks normally if you just applied Cursed Energy to them? You always use a wooden spoon, right, Naoya?"
"Haibara, Naoya makes it look easy, but substituting tools with Cursed Energy manipulation is actually a standard high-level technique."
"Is that so!? ...Like Raging Storm in Real Bout Special?"
"...I can't do it, so I can't say for sure. What do you think, Gojo-senpai? You can do it, right?"
"Hmm, wouldn't it be more like Deadly Rave in Real Bout Special?"
"That's the one that's absolutely impossible, isn't it!?"
"Well, I can't do it either... Satoru and Naoya sometimes use incomprehensible high-level techniques for incredibly stupid things, so you should be careful. That 'Barrier Jenga' they made the other day... Satoru just started saying, 'We lost the Jenga so let's make one with barriers,' and the two of them built it, but that was about as difficult as the Bloody Flash in Fatal Fury Special, you know?"
The boys continued their discussion on Jujutsu, but the spectators present, other than Toji, wore expressions that clearly showed they had question marks floating above their heads.
In the midst of this, Naoya, who had been quiet while testing the generation and operation of his Cursed Energy cooking chopsticks, had his back slapped repeatedly by Shoko Ieiri and the children. Realizing the situation, Naoya, as a gentleman, decided to intervene in the boys' conversation.
However—
"You guys, stop using metaphors other than Garou. The women and children don't understand."
"It's fine, Naoya, as long as we understand. Right?"
"Right."
The intervention failed miserably. It ended with Naoya having his cheek pinched by Ieiri. And, not satisfied with just that, Ieiri turned to the 'Women and Children Team' that happened to be gathered together and made a loud declaration.
"Alright! Maki, Mai, Tsumiki, Megumi, Mari! Let the boys grill the meat; today, our duty is just to eat! We're taking over the table seats!"
It was the moment of Shoko Ieiri's declaration of being waited upon hand and foot.
"Look at that. Dr. Shoko Ieiri is pissed off. You bastards, start grilling the meat, chop-chop."
"Yessir. Well, if the Great Doctor Shoko Ieiri says so, it can't be helped. Haibara, Nanami, take this stove, charcoal, and iron griddle over to where Naoya is."
"Yes."
"Suguru, come with me to the fridge."
"Understood. It is for the sake of the Great Doctor Ieiri, after all."
"Mmhmm, see that it is done."
Obeying such a declaration without complaint was just part of their inside joke.
At Satoru's command, the boys moved efficiently, grilling the excessively high-quality meat and vegetables to perfection and distributing them to the women and children team, allowing the BBQ to proceed without a hitch.
As a side note, Toji, who had disappeared immediately after arrival, returned holding three squids, and grilled squid was added to the barbecue menu.
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