'4 points?'
This subtle point value made both sides feel a bit strange.
Kyoto Jujutsu High side
'What's going on?'
After hearing the broadcast, Zenin Mine looked at Maekage Ken in confusion. According to the intelligence they both had, the points for the first three rounds would not exceed 3 points.
Among the Kyoto Jujutsu High students, except for Maekage Ken who had a maximum of 4 points, and Kamo Mine who had 3, the other team members had 1 to 2 points. This meant that for the first three rounds, anyone besides Maekage Ken could be deployed, while the three strongest members of the Tokyo School team could not participate.
In this way, they could almost secure two victories in the first three rounds, and if they were lucky, they could win three rounds and directly take the victory in the individual match.
'It seems something happened on the Principal's side. Don't worry about that for now. The original plan is void. Focus on what's in front of us. Even if we lose, we must at least win one round.'
'Alright, since it's 4 points, the other side will definitely send out that Geto Suguru. I'll go for our side.'
Clearly, Kamo Mine and Maekage Ken on the Kyoto Jujutsu High side already knew the point values of Genji and the others. After Kamo Mine finished speaking, he turned his gaze backward.
'Classmate Nanami Nami, could you please go with me?'
'Eh? Me?'
Nanami Nami pointed at herself in confusion. Seeing Kamo Mine nod again to confirm, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and walk into the forest used for the match with Kamo Mine.
'Why choose me! And with Kamo, that creepy squinty-eyed guy. I wonder who they will send. I hope it's not that Gojo Satoru; he's really ruthless. And that Genji, he doesn't go easy either...'
Along the way, Nanami Nami kept muttering to herself, trying to relieve her nervousness.
'Classmate Nanami Nami, please use your Cursed Technique to disguise our surroundings.'
At this moment, Kamo Mine spoke up and requested of Nanami Nami.
'Oh, okay.'
Although the complaints in her head hadn't stopped, Nanami Nami still activated her Cursed Technique quite nimbly.
She touched the ground with one hand and formed a seal with the other, while silently chanting a spell. The next second, the surrounding plants began to grow wildly, eventually forming a huge tree-man Shikigami made of plants and trees.
After the Shikigami took shape, it spread its arms and knelt on the ground, surrounding the two of them. Then, more plants began to grow on the Shikigami, completely hiding the two and shielding their presence.
Under the cover of the Shikigami, Kamo Mine also activated his Cursed Technique, 'Blood Spider', generating a spider Shikigami made of blood, waiting for the moment to ambush.
On the other side, just after the action points for this round were announced, in the Tokyo School participants' meeting room.
'There's actually 4 action points.' Geto Suguru said with some surprise.
'It seems Principal Yaga really has a way. The rest is up to us. I don't know how long Principal Yaga can keep the points normal, so the three of us must seize every opportunity to participate.'
Genji said to Geto Suguru and Gojo Satoru.
'Since it's 4 points, Suguru, you go first.' Genji looked at Geto Suguru.
'Got it.' Geto Suguru had no objections to Genji's arrangement and stood up directly.
'Then I'll head out first.' After speaking, Geto Suguru walked into the forest.
Time returns to the present.
'It really is different from the team battle; it's so quiet.'
Walking in the forest, Geto Suguru even felt a bit unaccustomed to it. A few days ago, during the team battle, this forest was very lively.
'Are they hiding themselves, lying in wait for an ambush?'
After circling the perimeter and finding no traces of the opponent, Geto Suguru guessed the opponent's intention.
'In that case, I'll just conduct a carpet search!'
As Geto Suguru said this, he waved his hand, and a huge number of low-level Cursed Spirits swarmed out, entering the forest and covering nearly half of the forest area in the blink of an eye.
'Strange, even after doing this, I still haven't found any traces. Did they use some method to hide?'
Closing his eyes and feeling the feedback from his swarm of Cursed Spirits, Geto Suguru was a bit puzzled, but then he immediately thought of someone — Nanami Nami.
'Classmate Nami's Cursed Technique has quite a good concealment effect, which means Classmate Nami is also participating in this round.' Remembering the Shikigami ability Nanami Nami had shown when they communicated before, Geto Suguru couldn't help but feel a headache.
'In that case, there is only one way.'
Thinking this, Geto Suguru ordered his Cursed Spirits to destroy the surrounding plants and trees. The next second, the Cursed Spirits that received the order began to frantically destroy the plants and trees around them.
Seeing these low-level Cursed Spirits getting closer and closer to the two of them, Kamo Mine frowned.
'If this continues, we will definitely be discovered. Classmate Nanami Nami, how far can you go while keeping the Shikigami still?'
'About 20 meters, why?'
Looking at Kamo Mine's sinister, squinty-eyed smile, the slow-to-realize Nanami Nami had a bad feeling.
'Then please go out and put up a symbolic resistance. It would be best if you could lure Geto Suguru over.'
Hearing Kamo Mine's words, although Nanami Nami was reluctant, she had no choice.
'As expected, this squinty-eyed guy is so annoying!' Nanami Nami thought to herself.
The next moment, she reluctantly left the concealment range of the Shikigami, looking at the huge number of Cursed Spirits in front of her, and a drop of cold sweat ran down her face.
'I surrender, don't hit me.' ( > ﹏ <. )
'Uh, alright.' Geto Suguru, who'saw' this scene through the feedback from the Cursed Spirits, was speechless. He didn't expect the other side to surrender so quickly; he wondered if they had French ancestry.
'We meet again, Classmate Nami.' Geto Suguru arrived at Nanami Nami's side in less than 3 minutes.
'Classmate Geto.' ( ˊ ᵒ ̴ ̶ ̷ ̤ ꇴ ᵒ ̴ ̶ ̷ ̤ ˋ )
Having been surrounded by the swarming black mass of Cursed Spirits and unable to fight back, Nanami Nami, now finally seeing Geto Suguru, couldn't help but feel an urge to cry.
'Um, do you want to leave first?'
Looking at the girl in front of him who seemed about to cry, Geto Suguru was also a bit at a loss.
'Sorry, I'm fine, just a bit too emotional.'
Nanami Nami stood up and said to Geto Suguru, while locking her gaze on Geto Suguru's face again.
'Ah, as expected, Classmate Geto's squinty eyes are much more pleasing than that bastard Kamo's.'
'Um...'
Seeing the girl in front of him staring at his face, Geto Suguru also felt a bit uncomfortable.
Just as the atmosphere between the two was a bit strange, suddenly, Nanami Nami's face turned pale, and she couldn't help but fall to her knees.
'What's wrong with you?'
'Watch out!' Because her Shikigami was destroyed from the inside, causing her to suffer a backlash, Nanami Nami endured her weakness and warned Geto Suguru.
Just as Geto Suguru wanted to step forward to check on her, a huge spider made of blood suddenly rushed out of the nearby plant bushes, pouncing towards Geto Suguru. And behind the Shikigami, Kamo Mine's face was revealed through a large hole that had been drilled into it.
However, just as the spider Shikigami was about to attack Geto Suguru, the panic on Geto Suguru's face suddenly disappeared.
'Finally came out.'
'What!'
The foxy, sinister smile on Kamo Mine's face froze instantly. Realizing that something was wrong, he immediately wanted to retract his Shikigami and flee the area.
But at this moment, the two were suddenly enveloped in a blue space, and the Special Grade 1 Imaginary Cursed Spirit — Kuchisake-onna — appeared in front of Geto Suguru.
'Am I pretty?' The hoarse question was asked along with the appearance of Kuchisake-onna.
At this time, the spider Shikigami couldn't change its movement in time and rushed towards Kuchisake-onna, who had taken Geto Suguru's place, without losing its momentum.
The next second, the Blood Spider was controlled by the effect of the Simple Domain.
'This is Kuchisake-onna's Simple Domain. Does it force both sides not to attack before answering her question?'
Seeing this scene, Kamo Mine's mind recalled the information he had collected before the match.
'No choice, forget about the Shikigami, run first!'
Just as Kamo Mine, who had made a decision in his heart, was about to escape, he found that the surrounding blue Simple Domain had disappeared. Looking forward, he saw a huge dragon head attacking him.
The next second.
'Boom!'
After being hit by the Rainbow Dragon, Kamo Mine's body flew backward uncontrollably, stopping only after breaking several trees, and he had completely lost consciousness.
'Serves you right!'
Seeing this scene, Nanami Nami happily cursed out loud. She couldn't feel any concern for the teammate in front of her who, knowing she would suffer a backlash after the Shikigami was destroyed, still chose to destroy her Shikigami.
Then she looked at Geto Suguru.
'I surrender.'
The next second, the broadcast sounded.
'Individual Match Round 1, Tokyo School's Geto Suguru wins.'
'That makes one point.'
Geto Suguru stood up and looked at the forest behind him.
'The rest is up to you, Genji.'