Panda shuffled back to the classroom, his furry face betraying a human-like anxiety.
The classroom was full of Panda's classmates. Seeing his expression, they greeted him, "Panda? Weren't you going to see the Principal? What's with that face? Did something happen?"
Panda gathered his thoughts, "…I saw Gojo with a new classmate just now. Shoko told me to come back and help set up a desk and chair."
Zenin Maki frowned, "The semester is already halfway through. Transferring now? Is there some special reason?"
Yuta Okkotsu, who had transferred mid-semester for a special reason, thought the same thing, "Could it be the death penalty…"
Toge Inumaki, being a curse user, couldn't speak freely, but he expressed his agreement through the names of the rice ball fillings, "Salmon."
"Shoko didn't say anything specific." Panda scratched his head, "But… the new classmate seems to have the Six Eyes."
Everyone: "...???!!!"
Maki was shocked, "Really? Where is he?"
"Uh…" Panda paused, "He coughed up blood after seeing me. Gojo took him to Shoko's place…"
"..."
What the heck, the whole thing sounds confusing!
As everyone puzzled over the situation, Gojo Satoru finally arrived with the new classmate.
"Yo, everyone's here. Perfect, let me introduce you to a new classmate. Everyone, give him a round of applause."
No one paid any attention to Gojo Satoru. Everyone was looking at the door. Gojo Satoru took the opportunity to call out to the outside, "Hikaru, come in."
A few seconds later, someone opened the door and walked in.
This mid-semester transfer situation had happened once before in the first semester of first year. It was Yuta Okkotsu, who walked into the classroom with an oppressive curse, startling Maki, Panda, and Toge Inumaki into instinctively assuming a defensive posture.
Considering the information Panda had given, it was said that the new classmate had the Six Eyes. Everyone thought he might be from the Gojo family, or even if not, he must be related to the Gojo bloodline. They had prepared themselves mentally for a mini-Gojo Satoru.
But it turned out to be completely different from what they expected.
When the other person walked in, he didn't make a big entrance. It could even be described as ordinary.
The new classmate was tall and slender, but somewhat frail. He didn't look like Gojo Satoru at all. His hair was a deep blue, like the night sky illuminated by a full moon. His hair was soft and smooth, with his bangs and sideburns a bit long, but his back was cut short and neat.
He was wearing sunglasses, which covered half his face, but it was enough to tell that he could be considered handsome. But his furrowed brow gave off an aloof, stern, and unapproachable vibe.
… However, this aloof atmosphere was quickly broken by his unsteady gait and the fact that he had to cough twice, covering his mouth with his fist, every few steps from the door to the blackboard.
When he stood still, facing his classmates, and skillfully gave a smile, no one would associate him with Yuta Okkotsu or Gojo Satoru anymore.
"Hello everyone, my name is Hikaru Kuganami… I'm transferring now because of some unexpected circumstances. Please take care of me."
Gojo Satoru clapped his hands, "Everyone, the semester is almost over, but our Hikaru needs to catch up on all sorts of Jujutsu world knowledge. I, your teacher, have some other important things to do, so the tutoring task is left to you all. Any questions?"
Toge Inumaki, "Fish Flakes" No.
Zenin Maki squinted at the irresponsible teacher, "You were planning to dump him on us, weren't you?"
Panda, who had witnessed Hikaru coughing up blood, said kindly, "I'll take care of the new classmate."
Yuta Okkotsu seemed quite enthusiastic, probably because being a senior was a new experience, "No problem!"
Hikaru smiled and nodded gratefully at everyone, "Thank you."
"Then that's settled. Everyone, study on your own!" Then Gojo Satoru left the classroom.
Hikaru hesitated for a moment and walked towards the empty desks and chairs.
There were very few people in the classroom. Before he arrived, there were only three people plus a Panda, and they could all fit in one row. Now that there was one more person, they simply made two rows. Zenin Maki and Toge Inumaki were in the first row, Hikaru Kuganami, Yuta Okkotsu, and Panda were in the second row—probably to avoid making the new classmate feel marginalized, Hikaru's desk and chair were placed in the middle.
Panda was really afraid that Hikaru would cough up blood again. Seeing Hikaru walk over, he pulled out the chair for him. Hikaru was a little surprised, but he quickly realized and smiled at Panda, quietly thanking him and apologizing for the somewhat awkward meeting earlier.
"Sorry, I seem to have startled you at the Principal's office…"
Panda shook his paw, "It's nothing. Compared to me, how's your body? What did Shoko say?"
Hikaru's smile faded, and a worried expression appeared on his face, "She said my body has entered a vicious cycle. The best way is for me to learn the Reverse Curse Technique myself."
Gojo Satoru had taken him to see the legendary strongest nurse in the Jujutsu world, Ijichi Shoko, to check his body. Shoko's answer wasn't very ideal.
His body wasn't very good to begin with. Now, most of his cursed energy was subconsciously used to maintain his bodily functions—but it was only maintenance. If he didn't learn the Reverse Curse Technique, he couldn't be cured. Shoko could temporarily solve this problem.
But there was no way to alleviate the brain drain. Keeping the Six Eyes on all the time was like slow suicide.
Ijichi Shoko had given him a thorough treatment. When he was first treated, he felt great, but only a short time had passed, and Hikaru's cursed energy hadn't been consumed much, but he was clearly exhausted.
It was no surprise that his brain had problems, and his body followed suit.
The good news was that he shouldn't cough up blood in the short term.
The bad news was that Gojo Satoru said that because Hikaru had suddenly gained the Six Eyes yesterday, he had deepened his understanding of cursed energy, and his technique had been fully activated. He had to master his technique quickly, otherwise, if the technique became active on its own, the pressure on his body would definitely be greater than if he controlled it precisely.
Before, it could make his body like this every ten days or so. If it activated every day, Hikaru thought that Gojo Satoru's statement that he could live to be twenty was probably an optimistic estimate.
"Reverse Curse Technique?" Yuta Okkotsu, sitting to Hikaru's right, couldn't help but speak, "That, I actually know a little. If you need help, I can help… Ah, my name is Yuta Okkotsu. The ones in front are Maki-san and Inumaki-san. Panda is Panda."
Hikaru looked at Yuta Okkotsu with a somewhat subtle expression.
Was this the Yuta Okkotsu who was almost secretly executed by the higher-ups of the Jujutsu world? He was like a brother in arms.
Thinking about this, Hikaru's attitude towards Yuta Okkotsu became a little closer, "Thank you. Gojo said it's self-study time, right? Yuta-kun, would you mind demonstrating the Reverse Curse Technique now?"
Yuta Okkotsu nodded, "But no one is injured. If I just reverse the technique myself, it might not be very obvious…"
"It's okay." Hikaru Kuganami took off his sunglasses, revealing those familiar sky-blue eyes, "I can see it like this. Thank you."
Anyway, when the Principal wanted to confirm, he had also taken off his sunglasses. Panda had already seen them, so there was no point in hiding them.
Actually, even if he was wearing sunglasses, at close range, some angles couldn't hide his eyes. Taking them off now would just make it clearer for everyone else to see.
Panda couldn't help but murmur, "It really is the Six Eyes…"
Zenin Maki and Toge Inumaki, sitting in the front row, both turned to look. Even though she had run away from home, Maki, who was after all from one of the Three Great Houses, frowned sensitively, "Two Six Eyes appearing in the same era?"
Hikaru Kuganami nervously pinched the edge of his chair, but remembering Gojo Satoru's words that his classmates were trustworthy, and his technique wouldn't be a secret for long, plus his own intuition—he relaxed his tense nerves, "It's the effect of my technique, not something I was born with."
Maki realized, "Oh, I see. But is there a technique like this? Simulating the Six Eyes?"
"...It's not just the Six Eyes."
Anyway, if he didn't say anything, these people would find out sooner or later. And he felt that everyone's attitude was not hostile at all, just pure curiosity. Hikaru simply went ahead and said, "For example, I once had eyes that could petrify anything I saw. I petrified a curse with those eyes, otherwise, I might have died at the time."
"Huh? Your technique is really interesting." Panda asked enthusiastically, "What's the name of this technique? You don't have to say it if it's inconvenient."
"It's okay. Actually, the name of the technique was given to me by Gojo Satoru. He said it could be called Limitless Parallel… Hmm? Why are you all looking at me like that?"
In the midst of an eerie silence, Panda decided to be the good guy, "Kuganami-kun, do you know what Gojo's technique is called?"
Hikaru frowned, "His technique makes my head spin when I look at it, so I didn't ask… What is it called?"
Panda, "Limitless Technique."
Hikaru Kuganami, "..."
Before Hikaru could figure out what kind of confusing move Gojo Satoru had made, Principal Yaga, who had just left not long ago, appeared at the classroom door.
"Kuganami-kun, come out for a moment… People from the Head Office are here. They want to see you."
Hikaru suddenly looked up, his eyes sharp and focused.
—Could it be that they're here to give him a death sentence? Where's Gojo Satoru?!
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