Chapter 113: What exactly is Shengzai

"So, Gojo-sensei, are you saying that Yuji and the others will act together as a group, while I'll be executing missions and exorcising cursed spirits alone, just like the second-year seniors?"

Because his strength was too great, Yuji and the other two were in one team, while he was in a team of his own?

"That's right, that's pretty much what it means. Aren't you happy?

You should know that among the students currently at the Jujutsu High, those who possess the privilege of acting alone are few and far between."

Looking at Gojo Satoru, who had a smile on his face and an expression that said, *I'm a very proud teacher*, Shengzai didn't know what to say for a moment.

How should he put it? For Shengzai, this matter actually had both pros and cons.

As everyone knows, according to the tropes of typical shonen manga, the safety of joining the protagonist group is definitely higher. Even if there is still a risk of being offed, generally speaking, it is definitely much better than being a random background character.

But Ryomen Sukuna inside Yuji was a madman, and he seemed to have offended the other party quite badly last time. Keeping a safe distance from Yuji for the time being might not be a bad thing for him.

After all, it's just like the pork-chopping boy and the fox-faced ninja from the neighboring production sets; they also had some strange things inside them at the start.

But as the chosen ones, what others viewed as ominous existences were purely cheat codes to them.

Whenever they encountered an opponent they couldn't beat, the big boss inside would directly come online to fight for them. And as protagonists, no matter how much they messed around, they couldn't die; it was just the people around them who suffered.

Those with stronger fates were fine, but those whose fates weren't strong enough often ended up becoming the excuses and fodder for the protagonist to force a power-up.

Shengzai hadn't finished watching the *Jujutsu Kaisen* series, but that didn't stop him from hearing that even Gojo Satoru was offed in the later stages.

If even the ridiculously strong Gojo Satoru was taken out, it was evident that being part of the protagonist group in this series wasn't absolutely safe.

Since that was the case, Shengzai naturally stopped obsessing over having to blend into the protagonist group.

After all, he had already joined Jujutsu High through Yuji's plotline. As long as he mastered the corresponding jujutsu knowledge, he would have enough room for maneuver in the future.

"Gojo-sensei, Shengzai is just a freshman like us, and he transferred to Jujutsu High with me. Letting him fight alone is just too reckless.

How about letting Nobara and Megumi be in a group, and I can be in a group with Shengzai?"

Exorcising cursed spirits was full of unknowns and dangers; Yuji had fully experienced this over the past few days.

Although he knew Shengzai's strength was very high, Yuji was still worried about his best friend.

He even felt that a big reason why Shengzai followed him into Jujutsu High was because of him.

Hearing Yuji's words and seeing Megumi and Nobara on the side, who hadn't spoken but clearly agreed with Yuji's point of view, Gojo Satoru couldn't help but look at Shengzai and ask: "How about it? Do you have any opinions on this arrangement?

If you feel dissatisfied, I can..."

However, before Gojo Satoru could finish his sentence, Shengzai on the side had already interrupted: "Since it's the school's decision, I naturally won't object.

Besides, if Principal Yaga and Gojo-sensei both proposed this, they naturally feel that this arrangement is best for me. Since that's the case, I certainly trust the two of you."

After hearing Shengzai's words, Gojo Satoru was stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face.

Originally, regarding such a special arrangement, Gojo Satoru had thought he would need to explain the reasons to Shengzai. But looking at it now, Shengzai not only had strength, but his brain was even smarter than they had imagined.

That's right, letting Shengzai act as a single-person team was, on one hand, because Masamichi Yaga and Gojo Satoru were certain that Shengzai possessed such strength.

Secondly, by acting in this way, Shengzai could accumulate merit faster and strive to be promoted to a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer as soon as possible.

With Shengzai's talent and strength, perhaps it wouldn't take long before a fifth Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerer appeared in the jujutsu world.

Also, there had been more and more cursed spirits in recent years. For unknown reasons, curses were appearing all over the world like a volcanic eruption, and there were even signs of the revival of a golden age of jujutsu.

Shengzai's strength was very high; with his level, he was fully capable of solving Grade 1 jujutsu incidents alone and exorcising Grade 1 or even weaker Special Grade cursed spirits. Acting together with Yuji and the others was simply a waste of resources.

As for the third reason, it was because of the relationship between Shengzai, Yuji, and Ryomen Sukuna.

Nowadays, many people among the jujutsu higher-ups maintained an attitude of wanting to eliminate Yuji because, in their view, Yuji, as Ryomen Sukuna's vessel, was an unstable factor that was simply too great.

Relying on Yuji's body to destroy Ryomen Sukuna's many fingers was a nice idea, but what if Ryomen Sukuna wasn't destroyed, and their act of letting Yuji swallow the fingers was actually helping Ryomen Sukuna constantly recover his strength?

If it weren't for their fear of Gojo Satoru's unconventional combat power, the jujutsu higher-ups would definitely not be able to accept such a reckless plan.

And Gojo Satoru and Masamichi Yaga both knew that Shengzai and Yuji were childhood friends with an excellent relationship. If the jujutsu higher-ups secretly tried to kill Yuji and it was discovered by Shengzai, what would Shengzai do?

Or rather, if the jujutsu higher-ups learned that Yuji, the vessel of Ryomen Sukuna, had an excellent relationship with Shengzai, and that Ryomen Sukuna had also developed some interest in Shengzai, how would the jujutsu higher-ups deal with Shengzai?

Gojo Satoru and Masamichi Yaga both thought highly of Shengzai. Yuji was being targeted because of Ryomen Sukuna, and there was no helping that.

But at least until Shengzai had completely grown up, Gojo Satoru and Masamichi Yaga didn't want those old schemers among the jujutsu higher-ups to set their sights on Shengzai.

And the best way was to separate Shengzai and Yuji. Furthermore, doing this had another benefit: with Shengzai, the super-strong combatant, missing from the team, Yuji and the others, possessing a sense of crisis, would be able to grow better and faster.

After finishing the meal, Shengzai was quickly taken away by Gojo Satoru. As one of the only four Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerers, Gojo Satoru not only worked part-time as a teacher at Jujutsu High, but he also had quite a few cursed spirit incidents to deal with on a daily basis.

And after Shengzai and Gojo Satoru left, Nobara couldn't help but look at Yuji and Megumi in front of her with a curious expression and ask: "What grade of jujutsu sorcerer is Shengzai, exactly? Why did Gojo-sensei decide to let him act alone?"

If it were before, Nobara probably wouldn't have found it so strange, but in this cursed spirit exorcism operation, she had already witnessed how tricky the cursed spirits in Tokyo were.

As for the other two in the squad, Megumi aside, the strength displayed by Yuji, this newbie, was not a bit inferior to hers.

And with them possessing such strength, they still had to form a three-person team to act. Then, just how strong must Shengzai, who acted alone, be?

(End of chapter)