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As promised, Todo started training Mai every day for the past week increasing Mai's combat skills considerably.

Mai, once every two days, left to one or the other haunted places in the city to test his Conjuration on Cursed Spirits. And he was definitely not disappointed.

But he mainly did that to reduce his fear and disgust towards them. Safe to say, it was almost gone, and he got to exorcise over 300 Curses.

Although a lot of them were Grade 4 and a few Grade 3, that was still an achievement.

"I thought I could get a few more Gacha before leaving but I guess this is it, huh," he said to himself looking at himself in the mirror naked.

Why was he looking at himself in the mirror naked? Well,

**Flashback to a few hours ago**

"I guess I'll be finally using this," Mai said to himself looking at the pill.

[Body Cleansing Pill:

Removes unnecessary toxins and wastes that have been accumulated throughout your whole life by utilizing the energy in the pill.

It is recommended to be in an optimal physical state and fully hydrated as the process drains energy and stamina. The process lasts for 6-10 hours.

Circulating the energy throughout the body manually will give the best results.]

He was certainly in his best physical condition, and just as a precaution, he kept his stomach empty.

He also told everyone that he would retire early today and meet them directly in the morning.

*GULP*

He gulped it and waited for a few seconds and nothing happened.

"Does that thing work properl-" As he was about to say those words, his stomach grumbled. Not of hunger but it gave out a weird sound.

The same sound your stomach makes when you have diarrhea.

"W-What the f**k!" The insides of his stomach started churning in itself.

Just to be safe, he even made himself comfortable in the bathtub but with his tummy making those sounds and with that weird feeling, he ran out and sat on the toilet seat.

Just as he took the seat, he let out a big fart followed by a loose watery stool. It smelled disgusting and he even kept farting in the middle of pooping all the shit.

"Shit! Shit! Shit! Why am I shitting this much?"

Wasn't there supposed to be some kind of black goo coming out of your skin that smells bad? What is this? Why is it happening to him?

After a few minutes of bowel cleaning, he noticed some energy within his stomach. It was slowly dissipating throughout the body but some of it was wasting away out of the body.

He didn't even bother to wipe off his ass and sat on the bathroom floor.

Sitting in a lotus position, he circulated the energy throughout the body from the ends of limbs and back into the stomach. Then, he did the same for other parts of the body.

He didn't know how long it took but he kept going until the last speck of energy was exhausted.

"Finally done. Now, - *blergh*" he vomited out something that looked like black blood. As he was done with that, large volumes of snot and tears kept coming from his nose and eyes.

After all that, he finally noticed large blackheads on his skin.

"Fuck. I need to clean this up."

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After all that crapping, it was finally over. He took an hour-long bath followed by a 6-hour sleep.

After having the best possible sleep, Mai woke up fresher than ever.

Glancing at the clock, it was 3 AM.

"I woke up too early."

As his bodily functions were working in perfect condition, he wasn't even a little bit sleepy.

He instantly left the bed to pee. Later, after brushing his teeth, and washing his face, he noticed that his already handsome face became even more glamorous.

"Damn. I'm sexy," he muttered while posing in the mirror.

*Flashback over*

Realizing that what he was doing looked embarrassing, he stopped.

"But to think my Physique would also receive an upgrade."

'Status'

[Name: Zenin Mai

Physique: Mid-Grade 3

C.E Capacity: Low-Grade 2

C.E Output: Immeasurable

Traits:

[Superior Psyche] [Godly Soul] [Danger Sense] [Exceptional Memory] [Strong Will] [Ultracognitive Mind] [Immense Luck] [Reality Sense] [Meta Sense] [Curse Bound]

Skills/Abilities:

[Observe] - None

[Construction] - Amateur

[Conjuration] - Advanced

[Shooting] - Adept

[Homing] - Amateur

[C.E Control] - Adept

[C.E Enhancement] - Advanced

[C.E Reinforcement] - Intermediate

[Delayed Fist] – Advanced

[Black Flash] - Beginner

[Focus] - Grandmaster

[Acting] - Advanced

[Hand-to-Hand Combat] - Advanced

[Barrier Techniques] - Beginner

[Meditation] - Novice

[Spirit Manifestation] - Beginner

[Domain Manipulation] - Beginner]

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The two last skills appeared after he started doing meditation daily.

There was quite a weirdness when he was able to come out of his body as a spirit and move through objects. Mai gained the skill [Spirit Manifestation] while practicing Meditation, and all of a sudden, he could feel changes in the connection between his mind and soul.

He asked the System if he knew the reason for the sudden change.

[No matter your decrease in Strength and powers, it doesn't change the fact that you were previously overwhelmingly strong. That too without putting any effort. All the effort was you trying to control those powers.

Now that your mind's strength is ahead of your Spirit's strength, the spirit is once again growing back to its former strength. This is mostly because of your will and the desire to become strong.

Maybe, you'll once again receive your past self's powers back. I can't exactly predict your growth.

The main change this time is that you'll be in control of your powers.]

Listening to the System praising his strength felt weird to Mai but listening to the last sentence brought a genuine smile to his face.

It was comparable to a shonen-protagonist smile.

Within this week of time, Mai became considerably strong. With his stats and skills, he was quite happy and sad at the same time.

Happy because he won't die a miserable death and sad because he wasn't even more strong.

After thinking throughout the week about different aspects of Jujutsu society, it came to Mai's realization.

"This Jujutsu society is going to fall apart." that was the conclusion.

There were already clues with Gojo speaking to the Principal about how their hold of power was starting to slip.

The society is also moving ahead. Not to mention the new Curses being born. The new ones are stronger than the old ones but the Jujutsu society is still sticking to the old ways.

If they were intelligent enough, they should be able to deduce that. Then why?

"Either there is a lot more going on or I'm being too paranoid," he said to himself.

Mai was lacking time and information.

"I can only do so much." He needed to tell what he knows to others. The apparent reason was to save himself...and some others if possible.

'As of now, everyone looked the same as in anime but only after observing Tokyo's group will I ask for others' help. Most likely Gojo. Hopefully Gojo.'

"Whatever. I have 3 hours. I'll just meditate."

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[Meditation has reached Amateur]

"Did you get ready, Mai?" It was the voice of Todo. Since the past week, he became more 'manageable'.

"Yeah. I'm coming. You go ahead." I said. These past few days, Mai also had to change his whole wardrobe. After all, he can't keep wearing a girl's undies.

'Oh, God. Why did I remember it?'

Most of what he needed was already in the spatial ring but he took a backpack for obvious purposes.

With the money he got from Gacha, he bought clothes, food, medical supplies, some books, etc. He also bought five long-range earphone mic-cum-speakers to use for coordination.

'Those Kimoyo Beads are sure more useful than I thought.' He no longer needed his smartphone.

Most of the things needed, those Kimoyo Beads could do it. They could scan the body like an X-ray scanner, surf the internet, they could connect to other technologies, hack into phones, display holograms, or like now, control long-range communication devices.

"It's surprising this thing can process terabytes of data in a minute."

He made a lot of money within the week using those beads and using his Cursed Technique.

"As far as I remember, during the fight with Hanami, they had communication problems." is what he remembered a few days ago. So, he bought these so that it'll be easier to fight this time.

The Kimoyo Beads also managed to take care of any discrepancies in eavesdropping from others.

All of them were ready, and waiting for the Principal and Utahime.

"Good Morning, Mai-san," Miwa spoke cheerfully but got her face close to me observing keenly.

"Your skin looks more...shining? beautiful? I don't know but you look more...exquisite. Yeah. That's the word." Miwa said admiring his skin.

The others were also observing him like a new species.

"If you're concerned about that much about my skin, then I guess you aren't that much worried about the event," Mai said nonchalantly.

"Where did you buy these beads, Mai-kun? They look fancy." Nishimiya asked Mai while holding onto her broom.

"These? These are for the event, senpai." Mai said taking out the earpiece comms.

"What are these? Earphones? Wireless?" Kamo asked while Mai gave one to each of them.

"With these, we can talk to each other even under combat. They have different features. I'll explain about them on the train." Mai said while everyone looked a bit impressed.

"Seriously, why are the higher-ups still stuck to the old ways? They don't have to remove the old ones. We should just be aware of the newer options too." Mai said while rubbing the back of his head.

"..." Kamo didn't answer but went into thought. As he would be the Clan-Head later, he had to think about various things. This was one of those.

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"So, you're telling me she's actually a lot stronger?" Miwa and Momo both were asking Mai while he was eating the rice balls both of them made.

"Yes. Maki, my sister was also a part of the Zenin clan's Hei group. Being a part of the Kukuru unit, she was trained in various martial arts and had rigorous combat training with other clan members." Mai explained.

"Then why is she a Grade 4?" Miwa asked while Nishimiya made a scrunched-up face.

"So she's the same as...you." Nishimiya already knew about Mai's situation in her clan.

"Actually, it's much worse. Unlike me, Maki doesn't even have a Cursed Technique and practically no Cursed Energy. She can't even look at Curses without special glasses." as he was saying those words, Momo's face became even more weird.

She knew how girls were treated in the Jujutsu society if they looked weak. On top of that, Maki was without the bare requirements of a sorcerer.

"That doesn't change the fact that she's our opponent now. Momo, don't show pity now." Kamo interjected in the middle.

"I wasn't gonna do that!" Momo shouted at him.

"That said, if she doesn't have Cursed Energy, why is she strong? Shouldn't she be much weaker than us?" Miwa asked.

Mai looked towards Mechamaru for a moment.

"Heavenly Restriction," Mechamaru said in a low voice. It was even lower because he was wearing a hood, sunglasses, and a mask to cover his Robotic face.

"Yeah. Just like Mechamaru, my twin sister has a Heavenly Restriction. But unlike him who gets more Cursed Energy, she doesn't get any Curse Energy in exchange for superhuman physical strength." Mai explained.

Unlike in the anime where Miwa got clapped by Maki because of Mai's trash-talking before, here Mai already warned her about Maki's superior physique and experience.

"Oh. And she can also use almost all types of weapons with expertise. So, don't get your katana stolen by her or something." he gave his final advice.

"Then isn't it better to just avoid her?" Miwa got a bit nervous.

"That's true. Anyone other than Kamo, Mechamaru, or Todo would have a hard time with her. But we can't do that. You and I will be double-teaming her. I'll support you as much as I can with long-range support. That is if we have to. We don't even know what event will take place." Mai once again explained.

"That's right. Don't make too many assumptions, Miwa. For now, just relax and be in your best shape." Kamo gave his own bits of advice.

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A/N: Do you want me to write long ass Status every chapter

OR

just once or twice for every 5 chapters.

Also, should I write descriptions for skills and traits or just show the descriptions when necessary?

Just know this: I haven't actually created the end for this but most likely it'll end with Saiki/Mai getting his normal life.

Any Gacha recommendations you have, you can comment. Just think for not too OP. It'll be great if they/it is underrated but a part of a famous story.

Thank you.