24 Share or not, that's the question.

Katsuo's fight with Gojo had been a few days ago and now he was on the edge of the training field while his classmates were working on their close combat and messing around, he was working on a technique that could explosively improve his combat power.

In these past months, with his CE manipulation tips and willingness to be a training partner, Maki, Toge and Panda, had all progressed.

Toge had benefited immensely from Katsuo's tips because his main problem was his lack of control that caused heavy strain on his vocal cords and while he didn't have the chance to show it in the mission, he used it sometimes while training and the strain the use of his innate technique [Cursed speech] put on his vocal cords had noticeably decreased.

Panda had also progressed due to the tips and sparring but Maki was the only one that hadn't benefitted a lot out of it. She only managed to master a few more weapons and hone her reaction speed.

(AN: "Only")

Right now, Katsuo was seated on the grass with crossed legs and hands in a position as if he was holding a ball, and watching his friends train caused his mind to think about something he had been deliberating lately.

'Should I tell them about the pills?'

Due to a culmination of factors, Katsuo was starting to heavily consider sharing the pills that weren't of any use to him with his friends.

Some factors that made him consider was the increase in mutual trust after the cooperation in their mission, the spike of his personal power, which also caused a spike in his confidence to ward off any intention some bad people could have against him, the fact that Gojo would always have their backs, and the fact that he now knew that he was somewhat power-hungry and his overall combat power was constantly increasing.

The last factor contributed because it made him uneasy that if the difference between their powers was too great, it would create a rift between them, and destroy the friendship that he most valued in his two lives.

"Katsuo~, what have you been doing for a while?"

Asked Panda, interrupting Katsuo's negative thoughts.

Katsuo looked at Panda.

'Would my pills even work on a cursed corpse like Panda? That instinct connected to my ability tells me that not all pills would work on him.'

"I'm trying to recreate Gojo-sensei's [Limitless]."

This statement shocked and attracted everyone's attention.

They stopped whatever they were doing and came closer to Katsuo and Maki asked.

"Is that even possible? How did you even do it?"

"It would normally not be possible, but Gojo-sensei's [Limitless] is basically the manipulation of space through atomic-scale control of cursed energy, which I happened to have achieved already, so I'm beginning by trying to replicate sensei's [Infinity]."

Panda, Toge, and Maki looked incredulously at each other.

They knew that Katsuo became very powerful after his Vow was lifted but they didn't know the details.

(AN: They don't know about Gojo and Katsuo's fight)

"And how is it going?"

"Freakishly hard. I mean, I had some successes, but it burns through my CE reserves very quickly. Most of the time it's only a very-high quality shredder, and the concentration needed to execute something like precise, atomic-scale CE control over a handful of area at the same time is astronomical, my brain just can't keep up all the time, and it's impossible to use in battle for now."

"For now?"

"This might seem an impossible task, but my talent makes it that the more time I do something successfully the easier it is to replicate the success."

This was something that Katsuo, some years ago, had realized that he possessed.

It had always been there in his new life, so he didn't think too much about it and only noticed how powerful of a perk he had a while later.

No matter how hard he found something at the beginning, it was only a matter of time and practice until it became easy to him, but of course, he also realized that it had limits, after all, if it didn't, he wouldn't have made the Vow in the first place.

Maki's face continued impassive but she turned her back and went back to training.

Katsuo was thinking that he knew what she was feeling and what he feared had happened and it made him feel helpless.

Maki was the last person that Katsuo wanted to be separated from. He had noticed for some time that his feeling for Maki was something a little more than just friendship.

"Can you replicate our innate technique, Katsuo?"

"Shake."

Asked Panda intrigued, once again interrupting Katsuo's negative thoughts.

"I can't replicate Toge's [Cursed Speech], because it involves principles that I'm not familiar with and it's not as straightforward as just CE manipulation, however, I can replicate and even apply in combat your gorilla form [Unstoppable Drumming Beat]."

(AN: "Just" )

"That's amazing~"

Seeing Panda's reaction and Toge's nod, Katsuo became happy for their answer that had no extra meaning, which took his mind off Maki for a moment.

As he watched them return to training, he looked at their dedication, mainly Maki's, and decided to take the risk.

(AN: Maki's "dedication", JK JK XD)

"Have I ever told you guys about my innate technique?"

This once again caught their interest and curiosity, however not as strong as before, after all, what can beat replicating the innate technique of the strongest sorcerer.

Hearing their negative replies he explained the basics of his power of pill creation.

He enjoyed their gobsmacked reactions and asked the question that they probably wanted to hear.

"Would you like to try some pills?"

"Yes!" "Shake!" "Of couse~!"

They quickly answered as they surrounded him which caused Katsuo.

He gently pushed them away and said.

"Wait for a second, I will go get them."

The pills were actually with him, stored in his [Inventory Stomach], however, he didn't want to share the fact that he had other innate techniques because if for some reason that knowledge was leaked and people started making assumptions, it could really attract the kind of attention that he didn't want to deal with, so he went back to his dormitory.

He entered his bedroom, grabbed and opened his backpack, and activated his [Inventory Stomach].

[Inventory Stomach] had also benefited from his max efficiency control.

He now could open a gate to his inventory subspace anywhere he wanted in a radius of one meter around him, however, due to the fact that it was stationary and took some seconds to be established, its combat applications were very poor.

He called it [Inventory Stomach: Detached Gate].

He opened it directly above his backpack and made a small cascade made of black pills fall into it.

It was actually a very interesting sight.

He closed the backpack and ran back to his classmates.

He arrived at the training field, and they sat around his backpack.