It was certainly a curious sight.
Gojo couldn't help but wonder what had happened to Maki.
Her sudden surge in strength wasn't sothing that could be ignored.
"Guess I'll just have to beat it out of you," Gojo said with a smirk.
Ryuji hadn't instructed Maki to hide her newfound abilities, so she didn't see a reason to keep it a secret. But right now, there was no ti for explanations, her priority was to test the limits of her strength.
"Bang!"
Before anyone could react, Maki vanished from her spot, moving with explosive force like a cannonball aid at Gojo.
Gojo's grin widened. "Well then, since my student seems so eager, I suppose I'll have to indulge her."
Despite his usual playful deanor, Gojo was genuinely curious. He wanted to see just how far Maki's strength had grown.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
One blow after another rained down on him. Maki's punches were fierce, each carrying enough power to shake the ground beneath them.
Gojo refrained from using his Limitless Cursed Technique, choosing instead to rely solely on his physical abilities to block and evade her attacks. Though he managed to parry each strike, the sheer force behind them caused him to retreat slightly with every hit.
"No way!"
"Is that really Maki?"
The other students, watching from a safe distance, could hardly believe their eyes.
Gojo Satoru, the strongest sorcerer alive, was being pushed back—albeit without his cursed techniques by sheer brute strength.
"Maki is actually overpowering him," soone whispered, their voice tinged with disbelief.
Even Gojo's classmates and students had never seen anything like this.
"This is unbelievable!"
Nobara, however, couldn't help but feel like she knew the answer. Her gaze shifted slightly as a certain na lingered in her mind. Ryuji.
Could he have been the one to cause this transformation? While it seed impossible, she couldn't shake the thought.
anwhile, Maki launched a devastating roundhouse kick, aiming directly for Gojo's head.
Gojo's playful expression faltered. "Seriously?"
Even with his reverse cursed technique to heal any damage, getting hit by that kick would not be pleasant. And Gojo was not the type to willingly take unnecessary pain.
"Tch!"
Realizing he couldn't dodge with pure physical skills alone, Gojo finally activated his Limitless Technique. In an instant, his figure disappeared, teleporting out of harm's way.
"Boom!"
Maki's kick landed where Gojo had just been standing, obliterating the ground beneath her.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The force of the impact sent shockwaves rippling outward, creating cracks that spread across the entire training ground. Dust and debris filled the air as the ground buckled and shattered under the sheer pressure.
"Run!"
Nobara and the others, who had thought they were far enough away, found themselves caught in the expanding radius of destruction. Without hesitation, they scrambled to retreat further.
When the dust finally settled, the once pristine playground had been reduced to rubble.
The group stared at the scene, montarily speechless.
"Gojo Satoru!"
The unmistakable voice of Yaga Masamichi, the principal, echoed across the field.
Yaga stord into view, his expression thunderous as he surveyed the ruined playground. Several veins visibly throbbed on his forehead.
"Gojo, what have you done this ti!?"
The accusation was imdiate. After all, Gojo was infamous for causing destruction wherever he went.
"..."
Gojo raised his hands in mock surrender. "Hey now, it wasn't this ti!"
"Who else but you could've done this?" Yaga shot back, glaring at him.
Gojo didn't respond right away. Instead, he turned his gaze to Maki, who was standing silently in the midst of the wreckage.
"Uh…"
Maki, now calm after the excitent of testing her strength, glanced around at the ruined training ground. The reality of what she'd done finally sank in, and a faint sense of guilt flickered in her eyes.
"I… may have overdone it," she muttered.
Gojo crossed his arms, a wide grin spreading across his face. "Well, I take back what I said earlier. With this level of strength, you'll have no problem taking revenge on the Zenin family."
Maki didn't respond imdiately. Instead, she clenched her fists, the weight of his words settling over her.
"But…" Gojo continued, his tone turning thoughtful, "your strength feels… familiar."
He narrowed his eyes slightly, as if trying to recall sothing.
Maki's mind flashed back to the na Ryuji had ntioned. "Are you thinking of Fushiguro Toji?"
"Yes! That's it!" Gojo exclaid, snapping his fingers.
He shivered slightly as the mory of his battle with Toji resurfaced. "That guy almost killed . How could I forget?"
In the crowd, Fushiguro gumi stiffened slightly at the ntion of his father's na. He remained silent, though a flicker of emotion crossed his usually stoic face.
"So," Gojo said, his grin returning, "you're a Heavenly Restriction sorcerer too, just like Toji. Man, the Zenin family really can't catch a break, can they?"
Maki didn't respond, but there was a quiet determination in her eyes.
Both she and Toji had been rejected by the Zenin family, treated as outcasts simply because they didn't conform to the family's rigid expectations.
Now, both of them had grown strong enough to stand as threats to the very clan that had abandoned them.
"Tsk," Gojo clicked his tongue, shaking his head. "The Zenin family really is unlucky."
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