Todo Aoi’s Challenge

Midday.

Standing amidst the forest surrounded by lush green trees, Eiji, Maki, Panda, and Toge waited for the signal to start the competition.

The same applied to the students of Jujutsu Kyoto High School, who were in the forest area.

Both teams' movements were broadcasted through CCTV cameras scattered in the forest.

The principals of both schools, along with teachers, watched the LCD monitors in a room with air conditioning.

"One minute until it begins."

Satoru's voice echoed to both teams through the speakers.

"Alright, let's listen to some words of gratitude and encouragement from Utahime-sensei."

"Huh?"

Utahime's surprised voice indicated that this was not part of the plan, but rather a spontaneous initiative by Satoru.

"A-Alright... Ah, minor injuries are inevitable in this event, but..."

"In the future, you'll greatly help each other—"

"Time's up."

"Wait, Gojo, you...!"

"Alright, the School Goodwill Event begins!"

With Satoru's signal, all participants began to move, except for Eiji.

"Remember, Kamiki, don't act outside the plan!"

Before leaving, Maki reminded once more.

"Understood."

Eiji nodded, watching his three classmates start to move away.

"A plan, huh... It'd be quicker if I took action."

Previously, they had devised a simple plan.

With Eiji's strength, Tokyo Jujutsu High School's victory in the School Goodwill Event was inevitable. So, Maki asked him not to do anything.

This proposal was also accepted by Panda and Toge.

They wanted to use this School Goodwill Event to gain experience against other Jujutsu Sorcerers. However, so far, they had only fought Cursed Spirits.

Only Eiji had experience fighting Jujutsu Sorcerers.

"I hate waiting."

Apart from the sound of crickets in the summer, Eiji quickly grew bored just standing still without doing anything.

Walking under a tree to shade himself from the summer sun, he took a lollipop from the Storage Ring, unwrapped it, and threw it into his mouth.

...

In the monitoring room.

Seeing Eiji's relaxed attitude, Utahime glanced at Satoru and said sarcastically, "Gojo, it seems your laziness is rubbing off on Eiji. Please don't ruin the younger generation."

"Very rude~, this has nothing to do with me. Seeing how Panda and the others don't mind his actions, it's clear it's been planned. Utahime, can't you see a plan this obvious? Well, it's a pity for the students you teach."

"You bastard!"

Utahime couldn't help but feel angry after being teased by Satoru, even though she had experienced similar situations repeatedly.

Her subconscious action was to throw the green tea glass in her hand towards him.

The glass and spilled tea stopped in mid-air before falling to the ground.

"Enough, Satoru. Stop teasing Utahime."

Principal Yaga spoke up.

"You hear that, Utahime? Don't make a scene."

"Gojo!"

Satoru shrugged, ignoring Utahime's annoyed glare.

Though wearing a blindfold, his gaze was fixed on the screen displaying each student's movements.

"As expected, Todo Aoi immediately encounters Eiji."

Seeing Eiji and Todo meet, a thin smile formed on Satoru's lips.

...

"Yo, brother! I finally found you."

Unable to hide the joyous smile on his face, Todo greeted enthusiastically.

"Sigh... I got involved with a troublesome guy."

The other party's enthusiastic attitude made Eiji uncomfortable.

Crushing the lollipop in his mouth, he walked towards Todo.

"Brother, I've heard rumors about how strong you are."

Todo removed his upper uniform and tossed it to the ground.

His muscular body was clearly exposed.

"Let me verify how accurate those rumors are."

"..."

Watching him assume a horse stance, Eiji knew a fight was inevitable. Moreover, he wouldn't shy away from a battle he could win.

"Alright, I accept your challenge. To be fair, I won't use my Limitless Technique."

"Are you sure you're not using your Cursed Technique, brother? I'm quite strong, you know."

If his good brother just refrained from using Infinity, Todo would agree. Besides, he had no means to penetrate Infinity.

In this case, whatever type of attack he launched, it was futile because it couldn't reach the other party.

Todo understood this and didn't mind if his brother took the initiative not to rely on Infinity.

However, he didn't anticipate his brother intending not to use the Limitless Technique.

He was confident enough in his physical strength and fighting skills.

"You don't need to worry, whatever happens, it doesn't matter, because I'm the best! Even without using the Limitless Technique, your winning percentage is not more than 10%."

"Interesting. I like your confidence, brother! Since you've said that, it would be impolite of me to refuse."

Although Todo couldn't read Eiji's flat expression, he felt his brother wasn't just boasting.

"Then let's begin."

Having said that, Todo stamped the ground to form a small crater, his figure shot forward quickly, closing the distance between them in just one second.

Clenching his fists, he punched forward.

Facing the punch in front of his face, Eiji remained calm.

Normally, he wouldn't even need to dodge because of Infinity, which made any attack unable to reach him.

However, he had promised not to use the Limitless Technique in this duel. So, Eiji kept his word.

*Whoosh*

The sound of strong wind was heard as the punch sailed past as he shifted his head to the right.

"Not yet!"

As if anticipating this, Todo kicked upwards, but was avoided by Eiji who jumped backward.

Todo jumped forward and unleashed a flurry of punches.

Each punch was strong enough to fell a tree. That was Eiji's evaluation based on his observations of the other party.

"What's wrong, brother! Can you only evade!"

Seeing Eiji evade every punch with very narrow margins, Todo provoked him to counterattack.

(Brother has extraordinary dynamic vision. Is this the ability of Six Eyes? You're blessed with good eyes.)

Not only was he not envious, Todo was glad his brother wasn't weak.

"Because that's what you want, I'll do it. Don't lose in one strike, Todo Aoi."

"!!!"

His intuition warned of danger, Todo reflexively crossed his arms in front of him. The next moment, he managed to block a super-fast punch from Eiji.

"Oh, you weren't even knocked back? This is a bit surprising. You have a tough physique."

Eiji's eyebrows raised as he saw Todo only pushed back, but not knocked down as he had expected.

Don't forget, he was born with Heavenly Restraint, blessed with super strength. His physical strength far exceeded that of ordinary people.

Even if he held back, the punch should have been enough to topple a tree.

"That was quite painful. I can feel some cracks in my bones. But! Don't think something as small as this can defeat me, brother!"

Todo grew even more enthusiastic against strong individuals like Eiji in terms of physical strength.

Eiji didn't comment, this time he took the initiative to attack and Todo defended passively, occasionally launching his own attacks.

Their duel had just begun.