Akane Tachibana's brows furrowed slightly:

"But if the teacher is still alive, how did this Death Return appear?"

"Since he was recruited by the Black Ball to be our temporary teacher, even if there's some exaggeration in his claims about being the 'strongest,' it shouldn't be that much of a stretch..."

Kiriyama Ikuba stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and then spoke:

"It's hard to say whether Gojo-sensei is actually the strongest in this world."

"Even... at this point in time, it's still uncertain whether he is the same Gojo-sensei we know."

"Given Mr. Gojo's personality, if he had known about the Destroyer's return, he obviously wouldn't have had the time to come to our school to teach at that time."

"In any case, at least we now know that Gojo-sensei has a good personality and is definitely on the side of humanity."

Kiriyama Ikuba looked up at everyone:

"In this world that belongs to Gojo Satoru-sensei, our first priority is to go and check with him to confirm the situation."

"With the help of the local bullies, our survival rate will be much higher."

Akane Tachibana nodded in agreement.

But she quickly seemed to remember something extremely important:

"Going to meet up with the teacher is no problem, but what about the mysterious merchant?"

“I just checked carefully, and there’s no special light spot representing the mysterious merchant on the controller’s radar... Could it be that she’s actually in the ‘back room’ right now?”

Akane Tachibana grew increasingly anxious as she thought about it: "If the mysterious merchant doesn't provide supplies and equipment upgrades, all those S-points and item scores we accumulated in the previous exams will be completely useless!"

"To deal with a monster of Su Nuo's caliber, the amount of equipment we have is far too inadequate!"

Upon hearing this, Fujimaki's expression also turned serious:

"The lack of the Mystery Merchant is definitely not a good thing for us."

His gaze shifted to the ghostly mask on Tachibana Akane's face:

"Senior Tachibana, how about... we ask your Shadow Legion to search the back room?"

"They can move through the shadows and are much more efficient at exploration than we are."

Akane sighed helplessly, but she knew that she couldn't think of a better solution for the time being.

"In that case, I'll lead the troll legion soldiers to the back room to take a look."

Although she was a little scared, she still tried to appear calm and said:

"With the stealth capabilities of the Shadow Kingdom, plus the [Beast King Transformation] Imperial Arm left to me by Kiryuin as my trump card, even if I encounter danger in the back room, I should have no problem protecting myself."

Kiriyama Ikuha nodded and did not object to the proposal to split up the forces.

He reached out and patted Fujimaki on the shoulder, then continued:

"In that case, I'll take the rest of the people and follow the radar to find Mr. Gojo Satoru."

“There are a lot of human sorcerers gathered over there. If we can make contact with them and get their help…”

"Whether it's finding other stray intruders or obtaining information about Sukuna, it's a good thing for us."

......

at the same time.

In an unnamed floor of the 'back room' filled with the pungent smell of disinfectant.

Horikita and his group followed closely behind the skeleton knight clad in armor and wielding the Water-Summoning Sword, quickly traversing the dimly lit and oppressive labyrinthine corridors.

It wasn't that they were blindly stumbling around.

As special beings capable of traversing the Netherworld, the Skeleton Knights seem to have already explored this space before their arrival.

With the skeleton knight leading the way, they were spared the tedious process of manually checking monster information and finding the locations of other doors with the controller.

Therefore, the team moved at an astonishing speed.

Even if you occasionally encounter a few physical monsters unique to the back room, such as the 'Laughing Nightmare' or the 'Skin Thief', along the way.

Even with powerful tools at their disposal, Horikita Manabu and his companions were no match for these monsters that relied on fright and physical means to hunt.

In a single exchange, it was reduced to ashes by the rippled black ball sword, posing no real obstacle whatsoever.

And just like that, they quickly passed through a hidden, rusty iron door and entered the next back floor.

The light here suddenly dimmed.

The air was filled with a damp mist, and the surrounding rock walls were jagged, like a huge natural underground cave, dark and deep with very little light.

"Watch your step, everyone, stay alert."

Horikita Manabu reminded him in a low voice.

To be honest, if it weren't for the Ghost Soldiers in the team acting as vanguards to scout ahead and help them avoid many hidden traps and forks in the road, they would have been much better off.

In an environment lacking lighting and reference points, they can easily waste time here.

It's even quite possible that, by mistake, Horikita Suzune and the others could be forced to return to the Black Sphere space.

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