"Spar?"
Yuji Itadori repeated the word, his brows arching slightly.
He had never heard anyone use that word in front of him before.
In the world he ca from, not many people knew of his whereabouts.
But everyone shared a common consensus.
And that was that Yuji Itadori was the most powerful existence in the entire world.
There wasn't even a second person who could be compared to him.
Yet when Satoru Gojo said the word just now, his tone was incredibly lighthearted, as if he were talking about a very ordinary daily trifle.
"That's right, a spar."
Satoru Gojo loosened his shoulders, his neck emitting a crisp 'crack' as he tilted it from side to side.
His hands were stuffed in his pockets, his posture as casual as if he were heading to the track for a warm-up, but the eyes beneath that blindfold—Yuji Itadori could feel it—were resting on him with a restless, eager light.
"After all, as a teacher, seeing how much your student has grown is only natural, right?"
He paused, the smile on his lips deepening.
"And to be honest, I'm curious."
"Curious about what?"
"Curious about just how strong you've beco, Yuji~"
Gojo-sensei paused intentionally, extending a single finger as if to emphasize his next words,
"Besides, I think there are so things that can be better conveyed through battle."
He said it very softly, like a joke.
But Yuji Itadori heard the weight behind it.
"I understand."
He pushed back his chair, the legs scraping lightly against the floor. The sound echoed through the secret space filled with talismans like the prologue to a ritual.
Yuji Itadori nodded.
"Right here?"
"This room isn't small, and it's protected by a barrier, so it should be fine."
"Then Sensei, to what extent should we take this spar?"
Yuji Itadori inquired.
"Well, naturally we'll stop when the point is made—your sensei here doesn't want to break the student he worked so hard to raise."
Satoru Gojo said with a smile, then turned and walked toward the depths of the room.
Yuji Itadori followed behind him. The footsteps of the two n echoed one after the other in the empty space; their rhythms were different, yet strangely harmonious.
The candlelight flickered slightly as they passed, casting dancing shadows on the walls.
This space was much larger than Yuji Itadori rembered.
Back when he was tied up here, his mind was filled with fear and confusion; he hadn't been in the mood to observe his surroundings.
Standing here now, he realized the space was bigger than he'd imagined. The talismans on the walls glinted with a dull golden light under the candlelight, looking like countless pairs of eyes.
"Let's do it here."
Satoru Gojo walked to the other end of the area, stopped, and turned around to face Yuji Itadori.
The distance between them was only a few ters, with the candlelight flickering between them.
"Yuji, it's okay if you get a little serious!"
Satoru Gojo said with a smile, slowly pulling his hands out of his pockets.
"Yes, no problem."
Yuji Itadori nodded.
"But Sensei, since that's the case—though there shouldn't be an issue if you have Reverse Cursed Technique—I also hope you'll be a bit serious as well."
", be serious?"
Hearing Yuji Itadori's words, Satoru Gojo blanked for a mont.
This was the first ti soone else had asked him to be a little serious.
Furthermore, Yuji Itadori had ntioned Reverse Cursed Technique.
Was he trying to say there was a possibility of him getting injured?
Yuji Itadori, just how strong have you beco?
Let see it for a bit.
"Let ask just in case, Yuji, you've mastered Reverse Cursed Technique by now, right?"
"Yes. And under the guidance of Senior Shoko and Senior Okkotsu, I can also use it for healing others."
"You've already reached that level? Impressive."
Satoru Gojo's words weren't just praise; they seed to carry a certain sentintal quality.
"Well then, let's begin."
Satoru Gojo's voice rang out, still relaxed, still smiling.
But his body had already begun to lean forward slightly, appearing eager for the challenge.
An opponent he could treat seriously?
After becoming the strongest, Satoru Gojo hadn't encountered one until now.
He reached out and pulled off his blindfold.
Beneath the blindfold, those eyes like blue gemstones were revealed, appearing to shimr with light.
Those were the Six Eyes belonging only to Satoru Gojo.
The mont he opened his eyes, a vast amount of information flooded into his vision; such was the power of the Six Eyes.
Wearing the blindfold didn't hinder his sight; it was rely used to slightly reduce the intake of information and lower the fatigue of his senses.
He could feel the vigorous cursed energy within Yuji Itadori.
"You really have beco stronger, Yuji."
Yuji Itadori nodded without answering.
He simply pulled his right hand slowly out of his pocket.
In Satoru Gojo's eyes, the motion was slow, like a slow-motion shot in a movie.
But at the exact mont Yuji Itadori's fingers fully extended—
Satoru Gojo's Six Eyes widened slightly.
He felt it.
That overwhelming, earth-shattering cursed energy surging from within Yuji Itadori, nearly drowning the entire space.
It had probably already surpassed Okkotsu Yuta.
Yuji Itadori, just how did you reach this level?
Satoru Gojo had always believed Yuji Itadori had great potential, but he realized that even he had still underestimated him.
"Yuji, have you already reached the point where you can control the release and retraction of cursed energy with such ease?"
Satoru Gojo's voice trembled slightly; it was the emotion of excitent.
"After all, I had a very long period of ti with nothing to do."
Yuji Itadori's tone and expression remained perfectly calm.
"Well then, as a teacher, it's only natural to give the student a bit of a head start. Yuji, you make the first move."
"I understand."
"Heh, you're certainly not being polite!"
The mont Satoru Gojo finished speaking, a crisp sound of breaking air rang out by his ear.
However, that invisible slashing attack did not hit Satoru Gojo; like dust in the wind, it completely dissipated.
But on the wall behind Satoru Gojo, two incredibly deep gouges were left behind.
"My, my, that really is frightening destructive power."
Satoru Gojo turned his head to look behind him and said with a smile.
"As expected of Gojo-sensei, ordinary attacks simply can't break through Infinity."
"That's why I'm saying you can be more serious, Yuji. After all, your sensei is super strong! Let see a bit of your full power."
There was a hint of anticipation in Satoru Gojo's eyes.
He knew very well that Yuji Itadori hadn't been serious just now.
In fact...
Was the other party holding back a bit?
"I understand, Gojo-sensei. Please, you must treat this seriously as well."
Satoru Gojo sensed that there was another aning behind Yuji Itadori's words.
But it shouldn't matter; no matter what level Yuji Itadori had grown to, he had Infinity as protection. Ordinary cursed techniques couldn't possibly hit him.
He would just stand still and feel Yuji Itadori's growth.
Right then, Yuji Itadori raised his hand, his mouth slowly chanting sothing:
"Scale of the Dragon—"
In that instant, Satoru Gojo felt a terrifying surge of cursed energy sweep toward him like a tsunami.
Yuji Itadori intentionally slowed down the speed of his incantation:
"Recoil—"
"—Twin teors!"
World Cutting Slash.
Satoru Gojo's eyes snapped wide. In that single mont, the Six Eyes could see Yuji Itadori release a certain cursed technique.
Sothing had been cut open.
It was sothing he had never seen before—
In the next instant, a gap abruptly appeared on the collar of Satoru Gojo's Jujutsu High uniform.
"What is... this?"
Satoru Gojo was incredibly shocked, because this technique had actually penetrated straight through his Infinity.
He turned his head to look behind him and found a beam of light shining in—
The wall, which had been reinforced with a barrier, had actually been pierced through.
Was it the slash just now that had destroyed the wall along with the barrier?
It should be said that every existence along the path of that slash had been cut open!
Yuji Itadori had not only slowed down the incantation speed but had even suppressed the range of the slash.
If that strike just now had carried killing intent...
"This is a slashing attack that can directly tear through space."
Yuji Itadori said.
Sukuna had used this move many tis during the final battle—it was also the move that ended Satoru Gojo's life.
And not long after, Yuji Itadori had likewise mastered the version requiring incantations and hand signs.
"However, Sensei, although this technique requires an incantation, the possibility of skipping the incantation and hand signs through a binding vow cannot be ruled out."
When Yuji Itadori said this, his tone beca exceptionally serious,
"Sensei, please, you must rember this. You must."
"To think I'd actually see the day where I'm lectured by my student. But I have to admit, the current you is truly amazing."
Satoru Gojo clapped his hands with a smile and gave Yuji Itadori an affirmative nod.
"Sensei, shall we continue?"
"No need. I already know what kind of power you possess—you've already surpassed your sensei."
Satoru Gojo shook his head, choosing not to continue.
Although he naturally wanted to spar for a while longer in his heart, Satoru Gojo also knew it was unnecessary.
He already knew the answer to the question.
"I've just lived a bit longer. I'm still lacking in many areas."
Yuji Itadori spoke in a very ordinary tone.
"It's been hard, hasn't it, Yuji?"
At that mont, Satoru Gojo suddenly spoke up.
"Hard?"
"I an, it's been hard living as the strongest, hasn't it?"
As Satoru Gojo spoke, he put his blindfold back on.
He could feel that the Yuji Itadori in front of him was quite different from the Young Itadori.
It was sothing that couldn't be described with words.
"Speaking of which, in the future you're in, are cursed spirits also very strong?"
Satoru Gojo continued,
"The stronger the jujutsu sorcerer, the stronger the cursed spirits will be. That's the law of our Jujutsu World. It's like the rising and falling of the tide; both sides will always maintain a balance. If you've beco this strong, Yuji, I feel the cursed spirits of the future must be quite formidable too."
"I feel... they're just so-so."
Yuji Itadori shook his head.
Although to him, other cursed spirits made no difference, seeing other jujutsu sorcerers deal with them didn't seem particularly difficult either.
Perhaps that balance was being realized through himself?
After all, Yuji Itadori was not an ordinary human; if anything, he had a half-human, half-cursed spirit constitution.
The stronger he got, the stronger 'he' would beco—stepping on his own left foot with his right.
After the two chatted a bit more, Yuji Itadori pulled his hood back up:
"Gojo-sensei, it's getting late. I'll be going now."
His ti to act in this world was limited; Yuji Itadori had other matters to attend to.
For instance, seeing those old faces again—just a look from a distance was enough.
The other seniors, Nanami Kento...
"Yeah, let's et back here later. I'll bring you the things you wanted."
"So soon?"
"After all, your sensei is—at least in this world—the strongest."
"Thank you for your hard work, Gojo-sensei. Well then, goodbye."
Yuji Itadori quickly left the area. Satoru Gojo just watched the direction he left in and sighed softly.
He understood Yuji Itadori's situation better than anyone.
Because he beca the strongest, he gradually beca lonely.
In fact, Yuji Itadori's loneliness was unavoidable.
The gap in lifespan was sothing that couldn't be bridged.
"Co to think of it, I'm really not a very good teacher."
Satoru Gojo lowered his head and laughed at himself, but soon looked up at the ceiling again,
"So, what's next?"
He had heard about the future from Yuji Itadori's mouth.
The cursed spirit attacks, the Shibuya Incident, the Culling Ga...
And throughout these events, those so-called higher-ups in the Jujutsu World seed to have done nothing but cause trouble.
They pinned all the bla on him and Yuji Itadori.
Principal Yaga Masamichi was purged.
And among those people, there were even traitors and moles planted by the enemy.
"It looks like I really need to do so spring cleaning—"
Satoru Gojo narrowed his eyes slightly.
On the other side, after leaving the room, Yuji Itadori opened the Chat Group.
The other people in the group were still chatting heatedly.
The topics of the several mbers were also very jumpy; at first, they were talking about Yuji Itadori's fight with Sukuna, but then it sohow turned into a discussion about the group rules.
[Jealous Witch's Object of Escape: The cooldown for recruiting a new group mber is almost up! Although it costs a lot of points, our points combined should be more than enough.]
[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: We need a beautiful girl! A beautiful girl, a beautiful girl, a beautiful girl, a beautiful girl, a beautiful girl, a beautiful girl!]
[Jujutsu Physical Education Student: Kazuma is really quite persistent.]
[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: Of course! You'd understand if you swapped places with !]
[Only Love White-Haired Elves: Kazuma, don't just look at appearances when getting along with the opposite sex.]
[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: Hmph, lolicon, you don't understand anything at all!]
[Only Love White-Haired Elves: What does lolicon an?]
[Jealous Witch's Object of Escape: That... forget it, it's not important... Where did Senior Itadori go? I haven't seen any ssages from him.]
[Jujutsu Physical Education Student: I don't know either. Senpai said he had so things to handle, so we split up after that. He should be busy.]
Just as Yuji Itadori was about to send a ssage, a new prompt appeared in his eyes.
[New group function has been unlocked.]
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