The first class ended quickly.
The lesson had been a success.
Naoya Zenin had not tried to hide anything or act cryptic to begin with, and with Momo Nishimiya, that little troublemaker, coming forward to challenge him, he had been able to directly demonstrate the power of [Binding Vow] through actual combat. As a result, nothing else went wrong afterward, and the students beca thoroughly obedient.
The newly appointed teacher could not help letting out a sigh of relief.
Not a bad debut.
Hopefully the atmosphere in future classes would stay like it had today.
But just as Naoya Zenin was about to leave the classroom, he noticed several students glancing at him nervously. They clearly wanted to ask sothing, yet were too scared to speak up and looked timid and hesitant.
Although that trembling fear was exactly the result he had wanted.
Actually seeing it still left a bitter taste in the transmigrator's heart.
After all, it was not as though he had never been a student himself.
So introverted students were not good at expressing themselves to begin with. If they ended up with so fearso, vicious-looking teacher at school, their enthusiasm for learning could take a huge hit. Then whenever they ran into sothing they did not understand, they would not even dare raise a hand to ask.
"I hate wasting ti. If you have a question, just ask. Don't make drag class out."
The mont Naoya Zenin took the initiative and invited questions, Kasumi Miwa, who had been holding it in for ages after seeing points deducted, imdiately jumped in and voiced what everyone else had been wondering.
"Sensei! What's the howork?!"
Naoya Zenin had actually been thinking that if anyone asked so complicated question about the workings of Jujutsu, he would just choose not to answer.
He had not expected this to be what the students cared about most.
The young noble swept his gaze across the classroom.
Sure enough, a lot of the students were extrely concerned about this, their expressions tense.
Fair enough. When all was said and done, these were still just a bunch of high school kids.
Even if so of them had already beco capable Jujutsu Sorcerers in their own right, their life experience was still limited. The colder and harsher Naoya Zenin appeared, the more their greatest fear beca getting viciously chewed out for failing to finish their howork.
After all, the small glimpse of his power he had shown while beating down Momo Nishimiya had already proven that he was an unfathomable Jujutsu Sorcerer.
For a genius sorcerer of this level, any class assignnt he gave would definitely be absurdly difficult, so difficult that ordinary students could not complete it no matter how hard they tried.
No one wanted to be publicly executed by Naoya Zenin the way Momo Nishimiya had been.
So all the way until the end of class, Naoya Zenin had not ntioned howork even once. That abnormal silence instead left most of the students feeling chilled to the bone, completely unable to guess how this teacher planned to tornt them.
"No."
And yet that was all Naoya Zenin said flatly.
"N-no?"
Kasumi Miwa was dumbfounded.
What did no an?
Since when could school not have howork?
"I will not be assigning any howork. Just review what you learned today, then you can go have fun."
"...For real?"
"I do not intend to repeat the sa answer twice."
Once they confird that Naoya Zenin was not joking, the students, who had been tense for so long, finally let out a huge sigh of relief, then imdiately burst into cheers.
"Wooo!"
"Long live Naoya-sensei!!!"
The students were grinning from ear to ear.
After all, no matter how talented they were, they were still students. Not having howork was the greatest reward a student could receive.
Of course Naoya Zenin was not going to assign howork.
This was his absolute winning move for rehabilitating his image.
No matter how bad the original owner's reputation had been, as long as he beca the kind of teacher who did not assign howork, his reputation among students would instantly turn around.
Besides, there was no way he dared assign [Binding Vow] as howork.
It was already dangerous enough for ntally immature students to go ho and ss around with [Binding Vow] by themselves.
Especially Kasumi Miwa, who looked so blank and harmless.
In the original story, when Kasumi Miwa tried to ambush Kenjaku, the thought had flashed through her mind that she would be willing to lose the ability to ever swing a sword again for the rest of her life, as long as she could kill that final boss with a single strike on the spot.
At the ti, every viewer thought it was just an emotional bit for dramatic effect.
After all, Kasumi Miwa's seemingly earth-shaking slash was effortlessly blocked by Kenjaku with a casual backhand, and her weapon was crushed on the spot.
Only later did everyone realize it.
Holy hell. Kasumi Miwa had unintentionally made a [Binding Vow].
She really had lost the ability to swing a sword for the rest of her life.
That's right, kids.
Not everyone has credit good enough to be like Sukuna-sama.
The power soone can gain through [Binding Vow] is strictly determined by their own strength.
For a mascot like Kasumi Miwa, whose whole thing is just being cute, even with a [Binding Vow], she would not be able to borrow much power from it.
But if Kasumi Miwa kept attending Naoya Zenin's classes for a while longer, she would co to understand one thing very clearly. While the strength of a [Binding Vow] depends on one's own ability, [Loans] are a different matter altogether.
If she really wanted to gain the kind of power that could turn the tide of battle, then frankly speaking, a Binding Vow like [never being able to wield a sword again for the rest of her life] was nowhere near enough.
If Kasumi Miwa truly wanted to kill Kenjaku by herself across that kind of gap, then at the very least she would have to sacrifice everything she treasured now, along with everything she might ever have in the future.
Her life alone definitely would not be enough.
After all, in the Jujutsu World, Kasumi Miwa's level was basically that of a nobody by the roadside. She had no real value at all.
And yet her talent for forming Binding Vows surpassed even Satoru Gojo.
That kind of madness, the ability to stake absolutely everything when the mont demanded it, was enough that even Ryon Sukuna, the King of Loans, would feel a trace of respect.
Naoya Zenin did not know much about Kasumi Miwa's family background. He only knew that she had several younger brothers to support, which was why she had beco a Jujutsu Sorcerer to earn money.
If she turned out to have her own sob story too, with a dead mom, a drunk dad, and debt collectors banging on the door, and then one day she snapped, went full ltdown, and started screaming about getting everything for free, who was he even supposed to argue with after the whole thing blew sky-high?
If this blue-haired girl really ca to understand [Binding Vow], then went and pulled so Griffith-level [Eclipse] stunt, just imagining that future was enough to make his skin crawl.
As her teacher, would he not end up dragged before the upper ranks of the Jujutsu World for judgnt?
The potential of [Binding Vow] was enormous.
But it had to be handled carefully.
At the very least, he could not let every student unconsciously start treating it as so ultimate one-for-one trump card.
Though looking around the classroom, there were probably not many who possessed that kind of resolve that transcended death.
Still, Jujutsu Sorcerers were all lunatics.
There was no shortage of battle-crazy fanatics who had gone completely off the deep end.
This transmigrator really was planning to introduce the concept of loans to the entire Jujutsu World.
But the premise was that this power had to be used on the right path, aning that when the ti ca to face Sukuna in the future, it would give people more combat power on the battlefield.
Not that it should fall into the hands of madn and create troubles on par with Sukuna himself.
That was why he had nad what he had just shown [Chantless Cursed Technique], rather than explaining the full principle in detail to the students present.
A single move like [Chantless Cursed Technique] was already enough to raise the power of the entire Jujutsu World to another level.
As for other forms of [Loans], he had to keep them firmly in his own hands.
Like nuclear deterrence, he had to remain a landmine that could explode at any mont, so the enemies lurking in the dark would fear him and start keeping their distance of their own accord.
If he could scare Kenjaku, that would be best of all.
After all, right now he was no match for him.
If Kenjaku suddenly threw caution to the wind and ca to seize Suguru Geto's body, then even inside the Zenin Clan's treasure vault, Naoya Zenin still did not have absolute confidence that he could take him down.
He needed more ti.
During his ti teaching at Jujutsu High, he had to find more power he could use for himself...
As the students cheered in excitent, the one person below the platform who knew Naoya Zenin best, his cousin Mai Zenin, was the first to catch the gloomy look that had suddenly co over the young genius teacher's face.
"What a bunch of idiots..."
Mai could not help letting out a sigh.
How could that guy possibly be this kind-hearted?
No howork? Just review the material and then go play?
Give a break!!!
He was just throwing out a smokescreen to numb everyone's guard!!!
Naoya Zenin had always been like this since childhood, believing in the law of the jungle, with that vile personality that delighted in using strength to brutally trample the weak.
Talking about no howork...
He would definitely start springing surprise inspections of the students' level in the next class.
And the mont any student failed to use [Binding Vow], he would surely reveal his tyrant side and throw those useless slackers out of the school on the spot.
...Right, that was it. That had to be Naoya Zenin's real goal.
Mai felt a deep fear rising from the bottom of her heart.
He had co to Kyoto Jujutsu High specifically to get her expelled from this school!
Otherwise, why would that lofty young master lower himself and co all the way to Jujutsu High to work as a teacher?
He just wanted to drag her back to the Zenin Clan and put her to work for him again like a pack mule!
You devil! I will never let you get your way!!
Cold sweat stread down Mai's face as she thought this, and the speed of her note-taking increased even more.
The only way left for her to escape Naoya Zenin's clutches was to master [Chantless Cursed Technique] as quickly as possible.
That way, he would have no chance at all to use her as an excuse and expel her along with the others.
anwhile, Kasumi Miwa stared blankly at Naoya Zenin's profile from the side, and an unbelievable thought suddenly flashed through her mind.
"Could it be... Mai's cousin is actually a good person???"
It was a bold thought, and maybe a little unfair to her two good friends.
But what could she do? He was a teacher who did not assign howork.
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