"Hahaha~~, I only set one elimination penalty trap. I didn't expect this, I really didn't expect this..."
In the referee room, Tsukumo couldn't stop laughing as she watched this scene on the monitor, while Yaga speechlessly covered his face with his hand.
"That idiot Gojo!"
In reality, after the Destruction of the arena by Satoru Gojo and Maekage Ken, the trap's automatic trigger was broken, so even if someone stepped on it, nothing would happen. However, Satoru Gojo just had to pull it out, resulting in what should have been a winning round turning into a draw.
Meanwhile, Gakuganji's expression remained normal, but those familiar with him, like Yaga Masamichi, could tell he was in a good mood; after all, a guaranteed loss had inexplicably turned into a draw.
"Satoru." (▼ヘ▼#)
"I'm sorry."
Looking at the several people around him eyeing him like tigers, Satoru Gojo apologized very submissively.
"But this isn't entirely my fault, who knew..."
"According to information just received from Principal Yaga, if you hadn't been itching to pull out that wooden sign, that penalty wouldn't have been triggered."
Satoru Gojo was interrupted by Genji halfway through his excuse.
"Any questions now? Satoru."
Genji narrowed his eyes, looking down at Satoru Gojo kneeling on the ground.
"I... no, none."
Satoru Gojo, who wanted to argue further, saw Genji's gaze and the silver-glinting scalpel in Shoko's hand as she stood next to Genji, so he shut his mouth.
"Fourth round, action points are 4."
At this moment, the broadcast sounded again.
"Forget it, let's ignore this idiot for now."
Genji rubbed his temples in headache, then looked at Mei Mei and Utahime.
"I'll leave this round to you, Ms. Mei Mei and Senior Utahime. Your combined points are exactly 4."
"No problem."
After replying to Genji, Mei Mei stood up elegantly and walked towards the entrance of the forest.
"Wait for me, Ms. Mei Mei."
After hesitating for a moment, Utahime followed behind Mei Mei and walked into the forest.
Kyoto Jujutsu High student conference room.
"4 points. Geto Suguru has already won one match and won't be appearing again. Genji and Satoru Gojo's points are too high, which means this round should be that woman named Mei Mei."
Inside the conference room, Maekage Ken, who had received treatment and regained consciousness, was discussing countermeasures with Kamo Mine, who had just woken up beside him.
"The two of us had better rest for now."
Glancing at the injuries on himself and Maekage Ken, Kamo Mine felt that he was in a really difficult situation now.
"In that case—"
Maekage Ken looked at his teammates.
"Student Aoki, Student Kobayashi, and—"
Maekage Ken looked at Nanami Nami, who had recovered her energy after resting for two matches.
"And Student Nanami, you three go."
Nanami Nami, who was named, was a bit reluctant, but having no legitimate reason to refuse, she had to stand up and walk into the forest with the other two.
"Let's stop here."
Just a few minutes after entering the forest, Aoki Chiyo spoke up.
"What's wrong?"
"According to what the two seniors said earlier, that woman named Mei Mei has excellent close-quarters combat ability. None of the three of us are close-combat types, so we need to avoid close-range encounters. Getting this far is enough."
After explaining, she continued to ask Nanami Nami: "Nami-chan, can you use your Shikigami to hide us first?"
"No problem."
After saying that, Nanami Nami activated her Cursed Technique, summoning a Tree-Man Shikigami to shroud the three of them and hide them.
"What's next?"
After doing this, Nanami Nami looked at Aoki Chiyo.
"I will use my Cursed Technique to find the opponent's location, and then Ren-chan will launch a long-range attack."
Midway through, Aoki Chiyo looked at Kobayashi Ren.
"No problem."
"Then let's start!"
After saying that, Aoki Chiyo closed her eyes and began to activate her Cursed Technique with all her might, spreading the perception range of her technique to the entire forest to search for Mei Mei's traces.
"Found them, there are two people!"
After less than a few minutes of waiting, Aoki Chiyo suddenly said to the two of them with her eyes closed.
"Nami-chan, keep maintaining concealment. Ren-chan, you can start now. Target the south side of the forest, 2000 meters away from us."
"Okay!"
As she spoke, Kobayashi Ren activated her Cursed Technique. She threw the white paper in her hands into the surroundings, and immediately these papers folded themselves into intricate animal origami, then left the concealment range of Nanami Nami's Shikigami through the gaps between the surrounding trees, heading in the direction Aoki Chiyo had just indicated.
Kobayashi Ren's Cursed Technique allows her to control these origami, making them launch attacks at targets, and the maximum control distance is exactly 2000 meters.
But not long after, Aoki Chiyo discovered from the information fed back by her Cursed Technique that a large number of crows carrying massive amounts of Cursed Energy were gathering above their heads.
The next second, these crows charged towards their hiding place.
"Watch out!"
Feeling the Cursed Energy and bodies of these crows on the verge of collapse, Aoki Chiyo shouted loudly.
On the other side.
Mei Mei and Utahime also stopped not long after entering the forest.
"What's wrong, Ms. Mei Mei?"
"Nothing, I just estimate that continuing to search won't yield any results."
"Why?"
"After the battle with Gojo and Geto, Maekage Ken and Kamo Mine on the other side are unlikely to play in this round. I estimate that the remaining people will also adopt the method of hiding themselves and then attacking from a distance."
Mei Mei explained, while simultaneously activating her own Cursed Technique, releasing crow Shikigami to scout the entire forest.
"Alright, now it's a matter of seeing whose side discovers the other first. Now I need your help, Utahime."
Mei Mei's gaze turned to Utahime.
"Eh?"
...
"Boom~~~!!!"
Crows swooped down one after another to Kobayashi Ren and Aoki Chiyo, and then exploded.
"What should we do now?!"
Kobayashi Ren asked Aoki Chiyo, who was equally disheveled beside her, while running for her life frantically.
"I don't know, anyway, let's run towards their position first. That way, these crows shouldn't follow and explode over there!"
As for Nanami Nami, she had already been eliminated from the competition early on, having lost her combat ability due to the backlash caused by her Shikigami being destroyed in the initial bombing.
Just when the two of them finally managed to escape and reached Mei Mei and Utahime's side, what they saw was Mei Mei sitting on the ground, eyes closed, controlling the crows, while Utahime was dancing a mysterious dance on the side, also activating her own Cursed Technique.
"Oh, you're finally here." Seeing the two arrive, Mei Mei stood up, and Utahime also stopped her Cursed Technique.
"Hoo hoo, how did you find us!"
Aoki Chiyo asked Mei Mei, panting.
"My Cursed Technique is inherently for reconnaissance. With Utahime's Cursed Technique amplification, it's not very difficult for my crow Shikigami to cover the competition field. Moreover, after amplification, the destructive power of the crows' explosions can also increase, and the white origami Shikigami are a bit conspicuous in the forest, you know."
As Mei Mei said this, she opened the huge bag beside her and took out her menacing giant axe.
"Alright, explanation time is over, let's end this match."
Mei Mei said, while swinging the giant axe with great force.
"I have a bad feeling about this."
Looking at the giant axe in front of her, Aoki Chiyo swallowed hard.
"Fourth round, Tokyo School, Mei Mei, Utahime win."
Not long after, in the conference room, Genji, hearing the broadcast, continued to sit on the lounge chair without any ripple of emotion.
"Sure enough, Ms. Mei Mei is much more reliable than that idiot Gojo."
As he said this, he glanced at Satoru Gojo who was still sitting properly on the ground. At this moment, Satoru Gojo was resentfully holding his head, looking at the people around him.
Just a moment ago, Yaga Masamichi, who had snuck out of the referee room, rushed into the student conference room, punched Satoru Gojo without saying a word, and then returned to the referee room.
And none of the people around even uttered a word of comfort; Geto Suguru was playing on his phone, Shoko was reading a book, and Genji was lying on the lounge chair basking in the sun. In short, not a single person cared about Satoru Gojo.
'There's only one round left now, I hope nothing else goes wrong.'
Genji thought silently in his heart.