Curse Return: Demon Void Girl Doesn't Want to Be a Weakling

Strawberries, cake mix, cream.

Even though I can't cook, I still need to have a cake.

As for how to make the cake, she decided to search for a recipe tomorrow morning.

The oven is new, so it should work.

If it goes wrong, then it's the oven's fault.

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There are still around 4k at night.

Chapter 21 One Against Three (4k)

Nine o'clock in the morning, Tokyo Metropolitan Jujutsu Higher Specialized School.

As Mashiro walked into the school gate, the cedar trees on both sides swayed gently.

Itarō had training this morning, which he proactively reported on LINE last night, along with the message, "Mashiro-nee, do you want to come watch?"

Although she didn't reply, I still decided to come and take a look.

Turn right at the end of the main road and walk through two corridors to reach the training ground.

It was a flat area covered with fine sand, surrounded by a low stone wall, with a few wooden stakes and straw targets standing in the corner.

The sun wasn't directly overhead yet, but it was radiating light and heat at an angle.

In the center of the sand, three people were already on the field.

Itadori and Kugizaki are sparring.

Itadori lowered his center of gravity, feinted with his left fist, and then struck straight with his right fist, before Kugisaki dodged to the side.

She took the opportunity to step back and create some distance, then pulled out two nails from between her fingers. With a flick of her wrist, the nails traced two arcs as they were driven into the tiger stick.

Tiger Cane crossed his arms to block, the nail scraped two white marks on his arms and bounced away.

"All you can do is block?" Kugisaki retorted, already positioned to Itadori's side, as the third nail shot towards his knee from a tricky angle.

Tiger Staff jumped up to dodge, and as he landed, the black jade dog pounced from behind. Without turning his head, he used his elbow to deflect the jade dog's attack, and rolled forward to create distance.

After a few more rounds of fighting, Itadori was finally blocked from moving by Kugisaki's nails, and in front of him was the snarling Tamagu.

He decisively raised his hands: "Okay, pause, pause!"

Kugizaki retrieved the nail, Fushiguro summoned the Tamaken, and the three of them, panting, walked to the sidelines to drink water.

Mashiro stood under the shade of a tree at the entrance to the training ground, her silver hair fluttering slightly in the wind.

"Mashiro-nee!" Itari put down her water bottle and waved at her. "When did you get here?"

"Just arrived." Mashiro took a few steps closer, sat down on the stone steps under the shade of a tree, and leaned Cong Yu against her side. "You guys continue, I'll just take a look, don't worry about me."

Itajō grinned and ran back to the center of the field. The three of them dispersed again and continued their practice.

Mashiro watched quietly.

The three-person teamwork was taking shape: Itadori held the line, Kugizaki provided ranged support, and Fushiguro commanded the shikigami from the rear, but there were still many shortcomings.

"Which round is this?"

Gojo Satoru appeared beside her at some point, holding a half-finished mango smoothie, his college uniform draped over his shoulders, the sleeves hanging loosely.

He sat down on the stone steps next to Mashiro, completely unaware of the need to maintain social distancing.

"I don't know, I just arrived."

"You've come to watch Huzhang's training?"

"Not entirely, we also draw on the teaching experience of vocational colleges."

"Planning to become a teacher later?" Gojo Satoru took a sip of his shaved ice, his tone tinged with amusement.

Mashiro ignored him and just sighed, "I'm self-taught, so I'm just absorbing some knowledge from the system."

Gojo Satoru tilted his head to look at her.

"Unorthodox methods?" The word coming from her mouth surprised him even more than that of a first-level sorcerer.

He had always thought she would at least have the Kujo family's legacy, but it seems she may not have even passed down the basics.

He remained silent for a while, but did not press the matter, and put on his usual carefree smile again.

"So, Coach Kujo?" Gojo Satoru placed his smoothie cup on his lap, tilting his head to look at her. "After looking at it for so long, what's your opinion?"

"Itadaki's attack pattern is too one-dimensional, Kugizaki's melee is a weakness, and Fushiguro's shikigami variety is too limited. The three of them have some coordination, but they are still too scattered."

"That's quite accurate." Gojo Satoru stood up, dusting off his hands. "Talking without doing is no good. Go out and fight them in a match, give them a real-world lesson. You should be able to see where the problem is after they've been fighting for so long. Just tell them directly, they won't listen. A good beating will make them remember."

Mashiro sighed; she had already figured out the strongest personality in the modern world.

"...You just want to watch the show, don't you?"

"Just so you know." Gojo Satoru didn't deny it at all, and turned to shout towards the training ground, "Halftime break over! PvP, three against one. No restrictions on techniques, fight until one side concedes or I call a stop."

Itadori, Fushiguro, and Kugizaki all stopped fighting at the same time.

Kugizaki paused for a moment, then his eyes lit up: "Seriously?"

Mashiro stood up from the stone steps and placed Murasame, sword and sheath, on the steps.

Itadori watched her unsheathe her sword and paused for a moment: "Mashiro-nee, you're not using a sword?"

"No need, the knife will hurt you."

Itajimaru wanted to say something, but Kugizaki slapped him on the shoulder: "Alright, she said she doesn't need it, so she doesn't need it. Instead of worrying about her, you should think about how not to get beaten up too badly later."

As she said this, two nails were already between her fingers, her eyes sharp and showing no sign of contempt.

Fu Hei didn't speak, but formed a hand seal. Two jade dogs sprang out from the shadows behind him, crouching low and growling.

He had seen Mashiro take action in Sendai before, and knew how dangerous this seemingly weak girl could be.

The three spread out, forming a pincer attack formation.

Directly in front of Itadori, to the right of Kugizaki, to the left of Fushiguro, Tamaki is blocking Mashiro's possible route towards Fushiguro.

Gojo Satoru leaned against the stone wall, a smug smile playing on his lips: "Begin."

Itachi was the first to move. He lowered his center of gravity, pushed off the ground with the balls of his feet, causing a small patch of sand to explode beneath his feet. He took a step forward and rushed in front of Mashiro, his right fist wrapped in cursed power as he slammed down.

He went all out from the start, knowing that holding back against Mashiro would be a waste of time.

Mashiro raised his left wrist to block.

"thumping--!"

A heavy thud echoed across the training ground, shaking the surrounding leaves.

Itachi's fist stopped abruptly, while Mashiro's slender arm remained motionless. Instead, Itachi's right arm went numb from the recoil, as if he had struck a wall with all his might.

"Really?" Itadori exclaimed, but did not retract his fist.

He lowered his center of gravity and followed up with his left fist, striking Mashiro's abdomen diagonally from below. He knew that retreating would give Mashiro a chance to counterattack.

At the same moment, Kugizaki's nails arrived, one aimed at her right leg, and another flew towards her left shoulder and collarbone.

Mashiro slightly raised her right leg to avoid the first one, but the second one hit her shoulder, leaving a faint white dot before bouncing away.

Kugizaki slightly opened her mouth. Her nails could penetrate three inches into concrete, but when they hit this petite girl, they only left a white dot.

Taking advantage of Mashiro being attacked from both sides, Fukuro's Jade Dog pounced on him. The two shikigami pounced from the left and right, with perfect timing, just as Mashiro was blocking the Tiger Staff with his left hand and being hit on the shoulder by Kugizaki.

The white jade dog bit to the left, while the black jade dog silently circled around to her blind spot behind her, attacking from a completely different direction, sealing off any space for her to dodge.

Mashiro didn't dodge. She used her left arm to withstand the tiger cane's pursuit, and her right palm accurately struck the jade dog Shiro's neck, sending it flying sideways and rolling twice on the sand.

Behind her, Yu Quan Hei bit her right leg. Without even flinching, she shuddered and kicked Yu Quan Hei away.

"So hard..." Itachi gritted his teeth and immediately adjusted his strategy.

Still haunted by the memory of his right fist going numb from the impact, he stopped pursuing striking power and instead increased the frequency of his punches, using continuous blows to block her movements.

Each punch came at a slightly different angle, pouring out like a storm, but Shiro's defense remained impenetrable.

Four nails flew out simultaneously: two facing forward, one arcing around Huzhang's body, and the last one shooting upwards before falling vertically to attack his head.

The four nails flew along different trajectories, with the time difference accurate to within half a second.

Mashiro pushed away Itachi's pursuit with her right hand and grabbed the nail that was falling vertically with her bare hands with her left hand.

The moment her fingertips touched the nail, she felt the unique vibration frequency of Kugizaki's curse power—it was a technique.

She squeezed hard, crushing the nail, and the Falun on her head spun twice before stopping.

The attacking spell was too weak; the adaptation was already complete.

Kugizaki's nail penetration power, Itadori's striking impact power, and Fushiguro's shikigami control mode—these three sets of data were dissected, and their attack patterns no longer posed a threat to her.

She raised her right hand and waved it gently.

Space cutting.

An invisible slash pierced the air, interrupting the attacks of two shikigami in one fell swoop.

Jade Dogs White and Black let out a short howl at the same time, their bodies cut open with many wounds.

Fukuro had no choice but to recall his shikigami, as his own actions were already a beat too slow.

At the same time, Mashiro appeared in front of Itadori in a flash. Itadori instinctively threw a punch to counterattack, but Mashiro neither dodged nor avoided it. He wrapped his fist in his magical power and punched it head-on.

The magical energy on her fist carried a special vibrational frequency; she was imitating Kugizaki's Chuling spell.

Fist against fist.

"boom--!"

Tiger Staff's punch was deflected head-on, and he flew backward like a cannonball, his body tracing an arc before crashing heavily onto the sand and sliding several meters before coming to a stop.

"What's going on..." He clutched his arm, feeling it trembling.

A numbing sensation spread where the fist struck, and the cursed power spread upwards along the meridians. A second later, a second wave of impact exploded simultaneously at the shoulder and elbow.

The additional damage, although it imitates Kugizaki's technique, is somewhat different.