Chapter 6: Enrollment

Chapter 6: Enrollment

"Nothing for now, but… Hajime, you'd best try to use your Technique to strengthen yourself as little as possible. It seems accelerating your own time also affects your body."

Kamihara Hajime thought for a moment, then his face darkened, "So I won't suddenly grow up or age very quickly, will I?"

Gojo Satoru imagined a teenage Kamihara Hajime as a middle-aged man and couldn't help but burst into laughter. After he finished laughing, he said, "So Hajime, you need to be careful, but maybe it's a good thing, haha! Perhaps you'll see a change once you learn Reverse Cursed Technique and Technique Reversal."

Yaga Masamichi, seeing Kamihara Hajime lost in thought, couldn't help but speak up, "These skills are very difficult to master. Hajime, you still need to take it one step at a time, don't be too ambitious!"

"Exactly, exactly!"

Gojo Satoru patted Kamihara Hajime's head with a smile, then looked at Yaga Masamichi, "Yaga-sensei, let's temporarily set Hajime's Technique as object acceleration. Let's tell others that."

Yaga Masamichi naturally understood Gojo Satoru's meaning and nodded immediately, "I understand. We'll register it that way when Hajime enrolls. We can also use his immense Cursed Energy to cover it up."

Gojo Satoru stroked his chin and suddenly thought of Megumi Fushiguro. That little guy's Technique was the Zen'in ancestral Technique—Ten Shadows Technique. However, without some knowledge of its heritage, most wouldn't recognize Megumi's Technique and would mistake it for a common Shikigami manipulation Technique.

Moreover, even if Megumi's information were leaked, he had Gojo and Zen'in protection. But Hajime had no background, his strength was still weak, and Gojo couldn't be by his side all the time, so the longer it could be hidden, the better.

Back home, Gojo Satoru had somehow acquired a mix of new and old books. According to him, many were from the Gojo Family collection, mostly about the Jujutsu World and Jujutsu Sorcerers.

"Nah, even though I know everything, teaching others is just too troublesome. I believe you're so smart, Hajime, you'll definitely be able to learn it yourself, haha!"

Looking at Gojo Satoru's carefree smile, Kamihara Hajime silently grumbled, "He doesn't even consider if a seven or eight-year-old child can understand these? I can only communicate; my reading and writing aren't at that level yet!"

Gojo Satoru, who had already left, suddenly poked his head back through the door, "Oh, right! Your and Megumi's school procedures should be finalized tomorrow. You two should get along well!"

Gojo Satoru disappeared after speaking. Kamihara Hajime, who was about to speak, finally asked, "What school? What's its name? What's the address? How do I get there?!"

Gojo Satoru, in his reliable and unreliable superposition state, naturally couldn't hear him. Kamihara Hajime could only sigh. He'd figure it out then. If not, he'd ask the Fushiguro siblings.

Kamihara Hajime flipped through the books and found many terms he couldn't understand, so he simply put them on the bookshelf in his bedroom, to be read later.

…

Life at school after that wasn't particularly interesting, especially during elementary school. The material was naturally easy for Kamihara Hajime, and most of his peers were quite immature, so he didn't have many friends.

To read those hidden books sooner, Kamihara Hajime studied very diligently and achieved outstanding grades, earning praise from all the teachers.

This long elementary school life also made Kamihara Hajime much more familiar with the Fushiguro siblings, of course, mostly Tsumiki. As for whether Megumi Fushiguro's gaze towards him was friendly, that remained unknown.

The reason their relationship improved was actually a fight, though calling it a fight might be an overstatement, as what kind of fight could two half-grown children have?

Kamihara Hajime didn't even take it seriously; otherwise, wouldn't he, with his mastery of basic Cursed Energy application, be outright bullying him?

Looking at that cold-faced sea urchin-headed boy, Kamihara Hajime couldn't help but want to tease him. Wasn't his own background in this life just as pitiful? Megumi Fushiguro even had a sister! Why was he always sulking?

And even though he had awakened his Technique, he kept saying he didn't want to become a Jujutsu Sorcerer. But if Kamihara Hajime remembered correctly, he was a Jujutsu Sorcerer when he first appeared! He wondered what happened in the future that made him choose to become a Jujutsu Sorcerer.

Many of these things Kamihara Hajime had heard from Gojo Satoru during their training sessions when he had free time.

Returning to that moment, after decisively defeating Megumi Fushiguro, the two were separated by Tsumiki.

Although their ages weren't far apart, Tsumiki showed adult-like gentleness and tolerance. She didn't scold them but first stopped them and then applied compresses to their somewhat swollen injuries.

In her gentle voice, as she spoke of never-tiring principles of conduct, Kamihara Hajime and Megumi Fushiguro gradually lost their confrontational attitudes.

Later, when a group of older students, who could barely be called delinquents, spoke disrespectfully to Tsumiki, Kamihara Hajime went directly to those students' classroom. In front of all the students in the classroom, he single-handedly beat up all the tall and burly students.

Those school delinquents, lying on the ground wailing, were also individually threatened by Kamihara Hajime. In such a situation, the threat was, of course, sufficient. In the end, only a messy floor and those delinquents were left.

Afterward, it unknown if Gojo Satoru was secretly involved, but also because Kamihara Hajime had perfect scores in all subjects, the school merely pretended to criticize Kamihara Hajime, made him write a letter of repentance, and then let it go lightly.

From then on, Megumi Fushiguro gradually lost his hedgehog-like defensiveness. Although the two would still occasionally bicker when the somewhat mischievous Kamihara Hajime provoked him, their relationship ultimately underwent a fundamental change.

Oh, right! That letter of repentance was written by Megumi Fushiguro. Although he looked very reluctant, under the righteous words of the unscrupulous Kamihara Hajime, Megumi Fushiguro couldn't resist his sister's gaze and could only bite the bullet and write it.

By the time they reached middle school, the three were still classmates. Perhaps they had grown up a bit and matured. Although Megumi Fushiguro often still had a cold face, he rarely bickered with Kamihara Hajime anymore.

He did, however, get into conflicts with delinquents at the new school, but this time it wasn't because of Tsumiki. It was because of the girls who confessed to Megumi Fushiguro, attracted by his cool and handsome appearance.

The outcome was, without a doubt, Megumi Fushiguro beating them all up. Later, other delinquents in the vicinity also didn't escape, which established Megumi's reputation. He even had some sort of nickname, a bit chuunibyou-like, Kamihara Hajime couldn't recall it at the moment.

And logically, Kamihara Hajime, who was in a similar situation, would also encounter this, but in reality, he didn't. This was all thanks to Kamihara Hajime's once-and-for-all approach.

At the beginning of the school year, he deliberately put on an arrogant, handsome, and wealthy appearance that made people grit their teeth. Some bigger delinquents outside the school immediately targeted him.

After beating those delinquents—who could perhaps be called "Yakuza" at a deeper level—half to death in one go, Kamihara Hajime became one of the absolute untouchables among these lower-level delinquents.

And over these years, under Gojo Satoru's tutelage (though it's hard to say if it truly counts as tutelage), Kamihara Hajime has gained a deeper understanding of his Technique, especially regarding the application of Cursed Energy.

According to Gojo Satoru, he could now attempt to Exterminate Cursed Spirits using only hand-to-hand combat.

"Anything below Special Grade shouldn't be a big problem for you, but you can't be without caution."

The above were Gojo Satoru's original words. By the way, Kamihara Hajime's path to becoming stronger was basically spent under Gojo Satoru's "torment."

And so it continued until he reached the veritable second year of middle school, when Kamihara Hajime was informed that he would be enrolling in Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical High School.

"Huh? I thought I'd have to wait until I graduated junior high. It feels a bit sudden. Also, how are you arranging things for Tsumiki and Megumi?"

Kamihara Hajime, lying on the sofa with a can of iced cola, was happily enjoying himself. His slightly long hair was tied behind his head, and it had been dyed white.

This was because Kamihara Hajime had cosplayed as the anime character Kakashi when he attended a comic convention a few days ago, and he simply dyed it, since the dye faded quickly anyway.

Kamihara Hajime used to dye his hair various colors, almost enough to form a rainbow when put together. In his own words: "It would be a pity not to cosplay those handsome guys and beautiful girls with such good conditions…"

And now, Kamihara Hajime, who is sixteen sui, is already over 1.8 meters tall. The cute boy he once was has grown up. Kamihara Hajime said the thick stack of love letters he received could prove it.

Gojo Satoru waved his hand, "That's because you're too smart, Hajime. You won't learn anything more in your current school, so hurry to Tokyo Jujutsu High. As for Megumi, let him figure it out himself. Entering the Jujutsu World requires resolve. They'll stay in regular school for now."

That's what he said, but Kamihara Hajime felt that Gojo just didn't want to be bothered by his constant questions and wanted to send him to Tokyo Jujutsu High as soon as possible.

Although he was the homeroom teacher at Tokyo Jujutsu High, based on Kamihara Hajime's understanding of him, he would definitely push everything onto Yaga Masamichi and others, or simply become unreachable again.

"Forget it, I'll just go play with Panda. Speaking of which, he's also enrolling this year, right?"

After receiving Gojo Satoru's affirmative answer, Kamihara Hajime had already decided what luggage to bring: his PS4, NS, and he'd bring Byakuran too…

And speaking of "Panda," he was a suddenly mutated Curse Technique/Cursed Corpse created by Yaga Masamichi, who is now the principal, a few years ago. He not only had independent thought but could also communicate normally with people. Because his appearance was that of an upright walking giant panda, he was called Panda.

Kamihara Hajime had even gone to see Panda with Gojo Satoru back then. After a few subsequent meetings, he became good friends with Panda; they hit it off immediately.

His thoughts returned. Kamihara Hajime suddenly saw Gojo Satoru, who had disappeared at some point, reappear, holding a long wooden box.

Then he made a "surprise" gesture: "Ta-da… This is your enrollment gift, a Special Grade cursed tool. I specifically picked it out for you; it suits you perfectly."

Kamihara Hajime immediately became interested. Opening the wooden box, he found a longbow inside. The lacquered red bow had subtle Texture, no bowstring or arrows, and Kamihara Hajime could feel the presence of Cursed Energy on it.

"This bow is called Extermination. Its method of use is to condense Cursed Energy to act as the bowstring and arrows. Given Hajime's Cursed Energy, it's perfectly suited."

After hearing Gojo Satoru's introduction, Kamihara Hajime was eager to try it out, but of course, he couldn't test it at home. Never mind, there would be plenty of opportunities later.

Since he was already preparing to go to Tokyo Jujutsu High, Kamihara Hajime naturally didn't need to worry about his current school. However, he still needed to say goodbye to Tsumiki and Megumi.

Thinking of it, he acted. Kamihara Hajime told Gojo Satoru and left. Soon, Kamihara Hajime knocked on the Fushiguro family's door. Megumi Fushiguro opened the door and asked flatly, "What is it?"

Kamihara Hajime pushed the door open and grinned, "I'm going to Tokyo Jujutsu High. I'm leaving tomorrow, so I came to say goodbye."

"Just leave, why bother saying goodbye? So sentimental…"

Kamihara Hajime didn't look back, "Wrong, it has nothing to do with you. It's mainly to say goodbye to Big Sister. Megumi, don't flatter yourself."

"Tch… Who cares?"

Upon hearing the news that Kamihara Hajime was going to Tokyo Jujutsu High, even though Tsumiki didn't have the talent of a Jujutsu Sorcerer, she knew a little about this kind of knowledge.

After congratulating Kamihara Hajime, Tsumiki also prepared a lavish meal and kept Kamihara Hajime for dinner.

"I'll come back to see you when I have time!"

Waving goodbye, Kamihara Hajime turned and left, ready to step into the long-awaited Jujutsu World.