Free Web NovelChapter 346: 346 Jujutsu Kaisen 11
Several months passed after that. The main buildings of Taijin-kyo were gradually nearing completion. There was a reason it was taking this long: there was a large swimming pool, accommodation facilities, camping grounds, athletic fields, gymnasiums, performance halls, and more—I was building it to rival a resort.
It would probably take another three years to finish. Still, some buildings were already complete, so I was moving the servers to the main headquarters.
Then an incident occurred. I received news that Uraume had caused an accident at Jujutsu High. When I was about to go see what had happened, Tsukumo said she was bored and decided to come along for a ride. So together, we rode our bikes to the school.
When we arrived and went inside, we could see that from what looked like the gymnasium all the way to the rear buildings, everything had been blown away. Fortunately, the rear buildings seemed to be used for storage, so there appeared to be no casualties.
"Uwa... looks like something exploded?"
"Yeah."
We went closer to examine the destruction and found Satoru, Suguru, Uraume, and Ieiri kneeling in a row with their heads down, while Yaga stood in front scolding them. Satoru already had bumps on his head from being hit several times.
"Ah, Head Priest, you’ve arrived. I didn’t expect Tsukumo to come as well, though."
"Long time no see, Yaga. The Head Priest and I share similar hobbies, so lately we’ve been riding bikes together. So, what happened?"
"Well..."
According to Yaga, while Uraume was practicing technique reversal in the gymnasium, Satoru suddenly recalled the mage Popp’s finishing move ’Medroa’ from Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, and suggested trying to replicate it.
Uraume’s Frost Breath Technique is a technique that instantly lowers the temperature to freeze or manipulate a target. Using technique reversal, she could instead raise the temperature to instantly burn a target. Curious about what would happen if they combined these two effects, they conducted an experiment—and that led to the current situation.
Originally, Popp’s finishing move ’Medroa’ is a technique where you cast a ’Mera’ (fire spell) system spell in one hand and a ’Hyado’ (ice spell) system spell in the other, then combine them into a single large energy bow and arrow to fire. The positive-direction magical power (Mera system) accelerates molecular motion, while the negative-direction magical power (Hyado system) decelerates it. Combining these opposing magical powers to destroy molecular structure is exactly what ’Medroa’ does.
I was surprised that Uraume had actually recreated that spell with her own technique. However, it wasn’t a perfect recreation. The original Medroa flies in a straight line like an arrow, leaving a path swept clean by powerful energy, but what Uraume used looked more like a powerful bomb had detonated from a central point.
"You kids, causing such a huge accident! Ha... Uraume. That magic—no, that technique—is sealed for the time being. It’s too dangerous!"
Then Satoru raised his hand and spoke.
"Sensei! I disagree! If Uraume’s technique is sealed and she fights me, even if I win, it won’t feel right!"
Knock!
"Ugh!"
"You brat! After causing such a huge accident, you still haven’t come to your senses?!"
Then I stepped in and spoke.
"Hmm... I don’t think there’s a need to seal it outright. If she controls it, I think she might be able to limit the explosion to around the level of a grenade."
"But Head Priest, if she keeps practicing such explosions, the school won’t survive."
"That’s true. Then how about this? The school needs repairs anyway, so what if she practices techniques on the island? Since my younger sibling caused this incident, I’ll cover all the repair costs for the school and the expenses for going to the island for outdoor training."
When I said that, Yaga put his chin in his hand and thought for a long time. Meanwhile, at the mention of ’outdoor training,’ Satoru, Suguru, and Ieiri’s eyes sparkled, their faces full of anticipation.
"Hmm... with summer coming, it’s the season when cursed spirits run rampant, so it might be good to go during a cooler time."
"Then it’s decided."
Once Yaga gave his permission, Satoru, Suguru, and Ieiri clenched their fists and celebrated.
"Yes!"
"Yay~! The sea is calling me!!!"
"I should buy a new swimsuit. Uraume, want to go swimsuit shopping with me?"
"Sure, I don’t have a swimsuit either, so that works out. I might as well buy one."
As they excitedly chattered, Yaga frowned and said to them.
"You kids! This isn’t a vacation!"
"Yeah, yeah, we know."
It was understandable that they were excited. Jujutsu High was only called a high school in name—in reality, they were constantly running around exorcising cursed spirits, so even summer break didn’t exist. Because of that, having the time to freely enjoy themselves like this was practically impossible.
A few days later, word came through the school that the higher-ups had allowed about fifteen days. I decided on the location for the outdoor training myself: among Japan’s Pacific islands, I chose one that was fairly large and uninhabited. It was close to Guam, so at this time of year, the weather would be warm, making it perfect for swimming.
And there was also good news. Uraume had been promoted to special grade instead of semi-special grade. Apparently, turning the school into a mess had helped.
On the day itself, Satoru, Suguru, Ieiri, Uraume, and Yaga all came to our mansion. We were taking my yacht to the island. I had already gone grocery shopping and made various preparations. These kids looked like they were heading to the beach for summer vacation. Their clothes were flashy—colorful floral Hawaiian shirts and straw hats—and Satoru had even blown up a swim tube and hung it around his neck.
"Wow~! The Head Priest really is rich. I didn’t know a mansion like this existed in Japan."
"I know, right."
They looked around the mansion in admiration.
"Enough sightseeing, get on the yacht. We’re departing."
"Okay, okay."
On this trip, besides them, Tsukumo Yuki was also coming. She seemed to have been bored too.
"Wow~ the yacht is amazing too."
When Satoru admired my yacht, the ’Kalila,’ Suguru explained.
"I heard this yacht is the only one of its kind in the world. I saw it in a magazine before. It said it was custom-made."
"Really? The Hisakawa family really is impressive."
Once they boarded, I thoroughly explained the emergency supplies and safety rules. But aside from Uraume, Ieiri, and Yaga, the others didn’t pay much attention. I knew that with their abilities, even if an accident occurred, they’d almost never need emergency supplies. Still, as the captain, I had a responsibility to explain the rules.
Then I assigned rooms. I could have given each person their own room, but it would have been inconvenient to manage, so I put Ieiri and Uraume in one room, Satoru and Suguru in one room, and gave Yaga and Tsukumo their own separate rooms. Once rooms were assigned, they unpacked and began exploring the yacht.
Then Satoru found the jet skis loaded on the yacht and called the others.
"Hey, look! There are jet skis! Can we ride these later?"
"If Yaga permits it, I’ll teach you."
"Head Priest, we don’t need Sensei’s permission. Just teach us later."
Yaga, having overheard, strode over to Satoru, immediately thumped him on the head, and scolded him.
"You brat! I’ll say it again—this isn’t a vacation. It’s for training techniques."
"Sensei! But we’ll have free time, won’t we!"
"That depends on your behavior."
At Yaga’s words, they made sour faces, but since Yaga was the supervisor, they couldn’t argue. Still, Yaga was wearing a Hawaiian shirt too, so it seemed his head was full of thoughts of fun.
Anyway, the yacht departed from the mansion toward the destination island. Since they were sorcerers, there was no need to go particularly slowly, so we advanced at around 40 knots. Still, because the island was far, it would take about fourteen hours. So they spent their time lying on sunbeds drinking juice and looking at the ocean, or playing games in the salon.
Lunch was simple sandwiches prepared in advance. It was only around evening that we could reach the island. Although it was still spring, the island was near the equator in the Pacific, so the weather was warm, and seeing that the beach had sand, it seemed water activities would be fun too.
I anchored the yacht near the beach and said to everyone.
"It’s late today, so we’ll have a barbecue party on the yacht. Starting tomorrow, we’ll go to the island for training."
"Yahoo! Barbecue party!"
They were thrilled that I would be grilling the meat.
"Should I help?"
"Sure."
When I started preparing the meat, Tsukumo came over to help, so we prepared everything together and served it to them. They began eating excitedly.
"Maybe it’s because we’re eating here, but it tastes especially good."
"I know, it’s really delicious."
"Satoru, don’t just eat meat. Eat some vegetables too."
"You’re going to nag me all the way out here? If you like vegetables so much, you eat more."
Since they were at an energetic age, they ate a lot. Thinking about it like that, I felt like I’d gotten old too. Well, I had lived for nearly three hundred years, so that wasn’t entirely wrong.
"By the way, I’ve always wondered—what is the Head Priest’s technique?"
Satoru asked me while eating meat. Not just Satoru, but everyone seemed curious, and all eyes were on me.
"My technique is the understanding of all phenomena. I’ve named it the Penetration Technique."
"Does it just end with understanding? Nothing else?"
"Of course, if it only ended with understanding, it wouldn’t be very impressive. But through understanding, I can also use other people’s techniques."
When I said that, everyone was shocked. This was actually a concept I had thought up long ago.
"Wh-what? That’s cheating!"
I expected that reaction, so I tapped my head and explained the limitation of this technique.
"The problem is brain capacity. The human brain has a limit to how much information it can store. So there’s also a limit to how many techniques I can use."
"Now I understand why the Head Priest is so strong. You’re not saying you can use my Limitless too, are you?"
When Satoru asked, I chuckled and teased him.
"Who knows? I wonder if I can use the Limitless or not?"
"Ha... really..."
"I’ve told you plenty about myself, so be satisfied with that."
Then Suguru patted Satoru’s shoulder and reassured him.
"Satoru, the Limitless requires the Six Eyes to use properly. Even if the Head Priest understands the Limitless, without the Six Eyes, he probably can’t use it properly. The Head Priest obviously knows that, so he wouldn’t waste his brain capacity on the Limitless."
"Well, that’s true."
Satoru sighed in relief at that, but in fact, Suguru was wrong. Because I also possessed the ’Six Eyes.’ If Satoru ever found out, he would probably be greatly shocked.
After the meal ended, the students gathered in the salon, turned off the lights, and chatted about ghosts and love stories as if they were on a school trip. Even though they hunt cursed spirits, seeing them talk about ghost stories meant that facing cursed spirits directly and telling scary ghost stories were different things. Anyway, while the students did that, Yaga, Tsukumo, and I went upstairs to look at the stars and drink beer.
"Looking at the stars from here, they’re so clear. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen so many stars like this—not since my trip to Africa."
As Tsukumo looked at the stars and said that, Yaga also looked up at the sky and added.
"You’re right. Looking at the stars, it really feels like we’re on vacation."
"My, my, Yaga. You tell the kids it’s an extension of class and all, and then you say ’vacation’?"
"Haha! It just slipped out."
As expected, Yaga had definitely come with a vacation mindset.
Anyway, Yaga drank moderately, then went downstairs to send the kids to their rooms, then went to his own room, washed up, and went to sleep. Tsukumo drank a lot and passed out right upstairs. So I covered her with a blanket and went to my room, washed up, and fell asleep.
The next day, we took a dinghy (rubber boat) to the island. Since it was uninhabited, there were no people at all—just palm trees and tropical plants everywhere.
"Alright, begin technique training!"
At that, Satoru asked Yaga.
"Sensei, Uraume can just train her own technique, but what should we do?"
"You two practice Reverse Cursed Technique. Shoko!"
"Yes~"
"Teach them Reverse Cursed Technique."
"Yes~"
"Oh~ Reverse Cursed Technique!"
Then Ieiri began teaching Satoru and Suguru Reverse Cursed Technique.
"You just go ’hyuu’ and ’hyoit.’ Hyuu~, hyoit! Don’t get it? You have no sense."
Satoru and Suguru looked at Ieiri as if she were talking nonsense.
"’Hyuu~, hyoit!’... what is that supposed to mean..."
"Don’t bother with her. Let’s ask the Head Priest. Wouldn’t that be faster?"
"Oh, good point."
They said that and ran over to me.
"You just go ’hyuu’ and ’hyoit.’ Hyuu~, hyoit! Don’t get it?"
When I said exactly the same thing as Ieiri, she nodded in agreement, while Satoru and Suguru frowned and started getting angry.
"So what the hell is ’hyuu~ hyoit!’ supposed to mean?!!"
