Chapter 90: Exchange Event, Over!
"Well, can you see this thing in my hand?"
In the principal's office, Masamichi Yaga was currently holding a cursed spirit in his hand.
"I can see it, I can see it. But isn't it disgusting? Its tongue seems to be licking your hand."
Kurosaki Mafuyu looked astonished, also realizing that she wasn't the only one who could see this thing. Perhaps... everyone in this school could see it...
"Good. You can enroll next year." Masamichi Yaga directly crushed the cursed spirit in his hand and stood up to leave.
This stunned the girl sitting there. She had also tried to touch such little creatures before. After all, some people also had these things on them, but she had never imagined they could be killed.
"What on earth kind of school is this?"
"Here, take a look at this agreement. If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask me. Let me say this in advance: it can be deadly."
"...Deadly?"
Masamichi Yaga handed the enrollment papers to the girl, sat on the sofa, crossed his arms, and continued, "To put it simply, this is a place to learn about curses. That thing you just saw is called a curse, or you can call it a cursed spirit. And we are responsible for exorcising those things, so there will be mortal danger. This being the case... will you still come?"
Gulp...
Hearing the consequences were so severe, Kurosaki Mafuyu swallowed hard and slowly opened her mouth, "What's the mortality rate for this line of work?"
"70%. Although it has improved in recent years, it doesn't mean the future will remain peaceful. You can treat it as a job; not only is enrollment free, but you'll also receive a monthly salary."
"Then... let me think about it. I'll contact you again in a few days." Kurosaki Mafuyu took the agreement from the table.
"No problem. Think carefully about your future. If you decide, the gates of this school will always be open to you."
"By the way, is Tatsuro at the school? I want to go see him. The police said he's blind." Kurosaki Mafuyu, having just stepped out of the principal's office, turned back to ask.
"Blind?" Yaga recalled that Tatsuro's eyes had indeed been blind for an afternoon previously. He glanced at the clock on the wall and said, "He's not here. At this time, he should be at the neighboring school for the individual matches."
[10:00 AM]
"Nice! Fly ball!" Gojo Satoru shouted.
"Nishimiya, don't run!" yelled Utahime Iori, who was pitching.
"Huh! Why?" Momo Nishimiya, the No. 1 outfielder, asked in confusion. "Don't I run when the ball is hit?"
"If you don't know the rules, you should have said so earlier!"
"Hey, hey! Substitution!" Gojo Satoru shouted.
"Hmph!" Aoi Todo, No. 4, stood on the pitcher's mound, looked at Tatsuro approaching with a baseball bat, and shouted, "As expected of my best friend, we're on the same wavelength! Let's settle this!"
"Ah, although I've never played baseball, my feel for it isn't bad." Tatsuro, No. 3, stood at the batter's position, swinging the baseball bat in his hand. He was just about to activate his Sharingan when Gojo Satoru warned him.
"No using cursed energy, Tatsuro-kun."
"..."
Tatsuro glanced at Shura beside him and said mentally, "Go run around in front of Todo and be a nuisance."
"Woof! (Alright!)"
Receiving the command, Shura immediately got up and ran in front of Aoi Todo, then circled around him.
"So sneaky, junior Tatsuro," commented Kirara Hoshi, who wasn't participating in the game.
"Tatsuro, is it really okay for you to do this?" asked Okkotsu Yuta, the catcher, with concern.
"It's fine, it's fine. I think he's rather enjoying it," Tatsuro said, making a reassuring gesture.
Aoi Todo, at this moment, was not affected at all. Instead, he petted Shura's doggy head and said, "Good boy, watch how I defeat your master."
As he spoke, he forcefully threw the ball in his hand, shouting, "Watch my surprise pitch!"
Clang!
"Go to hell, surprise pitch!" Tatsuro directly swung the baseball bat towards Aoi Todo.
Thwack!
The ball instantly hit Aoi Todo in the face. Gojo Satoru shouted, "Hey, hey, hey! Accidental hit!"
"..."
"Accidental hit, my ass! This was clearly intentional," everyone thought internally.
"Cough, cough, cough!" Aoi Todo slowly raised his right arm, gave a thumbs-up, and said, "Good ball."
Everyone: "Good your grandpa! Your nose is bleeding, hey!"
Tatsuro wiped his nose, looked up at the sky, and said self-mockingly, "Hmph hmph hmph, that's a given."
Everyone: "Have some damn shame!"
This individual match passed amidst laughter and cheers, leaving behind some pleasant memories in everyone's minds.
Tokyo School 2:0 Kyoto School.
The 29th Sister School Exchange Event.
Winner: Tokyo School.
...
Afternoon.
Kyoto Jujutsu High School Gate.
Aoi Todo clutched Tatsuro's and Okkotsu Yuta's hands, seemingly very reluctant to part, tears in his eyes, saying, "Best friend, rival, we must be together for next year's exchange event! Then we'll watch Takada-chan's performance together again. Let's relive the fun of our middle school days, reading under those beautiful cherry blossom trees!"
"Um... we didn't seem to go to the same middle school," Okkotsu Yuta reminded him.
Tatsuro was already numb to this and just went along with it, "Yes, yes, yes, we'll look at cherry blossom trees together next year."
"Eh? Don't cherry blossoms bloom in February? It's only..."
"Alright, alright, let's go back to school. It's getting late," Gojo Satoru interjected.
"Oh, okay." Okkotsu Yuta looked around and, noticing Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi hadn't arrived yet, asked, "But senior Hakari and senior Kirara Hoshi aren't here yet?"
"Them? Those two have already left."
"Left? Where did they go? Have they already gone back to school?"
Seeing Yuta's uncomprehending look, Gojo Satoru explained, "People have different goals, and their paths forward are also different. Understand?"
Hearing Gojo-sensei say this, Okkotsu Yuta also understood where "left" meant.
Tatsuro, on the other hand, didn't feel too much. After all, from the first moment he met them, he knew those two weren't the type to willingly follow arrangements, especially since they were still under disciplinary suspension. Who knows how badly they had fallen out with those higher-ups.
Although it was a bit regrettable not to see them one last time, the memories of these past few days would always remain. He hoped they could meet again in the future.
In this world full of cursed spirits, one might just kick the bucket someday due to insufficient strength. This parting might be temporary, but it also felt like it could be permanent.
Currently, on a street somewhere.
"Achoo! Who's thinking of me?" Kinji Hakari sneezed.
"It must be those cute juniors," Kirara Hoshi said with a smile.
"Them, huh? Although it feels bad to leave suddenly, it's much better than saying goodbye face-to-face." As Kinji Hakari spoke, he wiped his nose.
"Yeah... But where are we going next?" Kirara Hoshi asked with some melancholy.
"How about we open our own casino? It feels like it would be very interesting! By the way, how about being my girlfriend?"
"Are you serious? Isn't it because you just had your heart broken recently and are starting to act recklessly?" Kirara Hoshi said with a laugh.
"Yeah. After all, I deeply love 'passion.' Liking you, isn't that also a form of 'passion'?"
Facing Kinji Hakari's seemingly playful confession, only Kirara Hoshi, who had accompanied him for so long, knew that he was serious at this moment. They sighed deeply and said:
"Honestly... I understand."
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