Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already 2017.
Originally, in this year, Yuta would have been sentenced to death.
Then Satoru would have saved him, and he would have joined Tokyo Jujutsu High.
However, in this timeline, Rika did not die in the car accident.
Instead, she dented the front of the car.
Rika herself, protected by a cursed tool, was thrown more than ten meters by the impact.
Then, under everyone's stunned gazes, she rushed straight into Yuta's arms and asked for a hug and comfort.
At first, Yuta nervously checked Rika all over, making sure she was not injured.
Later, he was startled awake by the sound of a phone camera behind him.
Because he had already been exposed to the Jujutsu World through Eichi and knew the secrecy rules of Jujutsu, he immediately picked up Rika and ran.
Rika was unharmed and did not transform into a Special Grade Cursed Spirit.
Therefore, Yuta had not been as gloomy in the past few years as he was in the original timeline.
Instead, with Rika by his side, he had become much more cheerful and lively.
This April, Yuta and Rika will enroll together at Tokyo Jujutsu High.
Also enrolling are Panda, Inumaki Toge, Mai, and Maki.
Mai, who had been studying under Emiya and Medea, naturally enrolled at Tokyo Jujutsu High this time.
Kasumi, as before, joined Kyoto Jujutsu High under the recommendation of Shinkage-ryu.
Eichi did not oppose this.
After all, Kokichi Muta was also studying at Kyoto Jujutsu High.
Eichi felt there was no need to separate this true love.
Thus, the number of students in this year's first grade at Tokyo Jujutsu High reached six.
Having so many students in a single year was already very rare.
On the Tokyo Jujutsu High training ground.
The weather in March was still somewhat cold.
Therefore, the students of Tokyo Jujutsu High were all dressed warmly.
On the track of the training ground, Kinji Hakari and Maki were sprinting at full speed.
"You're really impressive, Maki."
Kinji Hakari watched as Maki ran faster and faster, gradually leaving him behind.
Even though his body was already exhausted, Hakari pushed himself to accelerate again.
Hakari could feel a strong "passion" for strength from Maki.
And what Hakari loved most was precisely that kind of passion.
Therefore, Hakari did not want to lose to Maki.
Unfortunately, in terms of pure physical ability, Hakari was completely outmatched by Maki.
So in the end, he still failed to catch up.
"Huff, huff. You two. Huff. Wait for me."
Long after Hakari and Maki had finished running.
When the two were already sitting on a bench beside the sports field wiping sweat and drinking water.
Kirara Hoshi barely managed to finish the required distance for the physical training class.
"You still need to train more, Kirara."
Hakari smiled and patted Kirara's somewhat slender shoulder.
Kirara, who was already bent over with hands on his knees and panting heavily, nearly collapsed from the pat.
"Stop it. Be gentler with your comrades, Little Kin."
Kirara pouted and complained.
"And you. You haven't even enrolled yet. Why are you running with us?"
Kirara looked curiously at Maki.
Unlike the cutely dressed Kirara, Maki gave off a cool and capable impression.
"I'm just doing my daily workout."
Maki placed the empty water bottle back into her bag and answered without looking up.
Kirara was speechless.
As someone who preferred being cute, he simply could not understand why someone would enjoy such exhausting training every day.
"It seems you're just not passionate enough, Kirara."
Compared to Kirara's confusion, Hakari understood Maki much better.
At this moment, he had already taken off his jacket and was wearing only a vest, heat radiating from his body.
"Little Kin."
Kirara looked at Hakari with a speechless expression.
"Hmm?"
"You look like you just came from a construction site."
Kirara teased.
"Do I?"
Hakari tilted his head.
"You're here, Maki."
A sudden voice attracted everyone's attention.
Eichi appeared not far away, wearing the Tokyo Jujutsu High uniform and holding a white long handled umbrella.
"It's you. Why are you dressed like this today?"
In Maki's memory, Eichi usually dressed quite casually.
"After all, I'm affiliated with Tokyo Jujutsu High as well. I plan to return this year and experience what it feels like to be a teacher."
Eichi spoke as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
"A teacher?"
Several figures immediately appeared in Maki's mind.
Kusakabe, who was serious during class but ran faster than the students once class ended.
Satoru, who taught seriously but somehow always managed to overload the students' brains.
Toji, who firmly believed that lectures were useless and broken bones were the best textbook.
In truth, Toji simply did not know how to teach.
No one had ever taught him anything in his life.
Everything he knew was learned through countless battles and injuries.
Therefore, this was the only teaching method he understood.
Even Masamichi admitted that students improved quickly under this method.
The condition was that Shoko always needed to be nearby.
After reviewing the current teaching staff of Tokyo Jujutsu High in her mind, Maki suddenly realized something.
Eichi, who usually only had a nominal affiliation and rarely appeared, actually seemed the most like a proper teacher.
After all, Eichi was technically the guardian of both her and Mai.
Because of that, they had spent quite a lot of time together.
While Maki was still thinking about Eichi suddenly returning as a teacher.
Eichi was also observing Hakari.
Kinji Hakari.
The man with the greatest "luck with women" in the entire Jujutsu Kaisen series.
Two of the cutest girls in the entire series were closely connected to him.
Kirara Hoshi was one of them.
Hakari and Kirara were classmates, and later, after being suspended, they ran away together to open a casino.
The other was Uraume.
From the beginning of the battle against Sukuna until now, Hakari had remained entangled with Uraume.
Even now, it had not ended.
Some people had even drawn fan art of Uraume playing happily with Hakari after being conquered by him.
One could only say that Hakari truly possessed incredible luck with women.
Incidentally, the name of Uraume's incarnated body was Himi Shiori.
From the name alone, one could already imagine a cute girl.
However, the most interesting thing about Hakari was his Domain.
Idle Death Gamble.
After hitting the jackpot, he gained an almost invincible state for 251 seconds.
During those 251 seconds, Hakari's Cursed Energy became infinite.
His Reverse Cursed Technique also activated automatically, healing all injuries.
"Bet everything on these 251 seconds."
Most importantly, during the Domain, Hakari's Cursed Energy was infinite.
Therefore, after the Domain ended, he still had enough Cursed Energy to deploy another Domain.
It was truly the gambler's temporary high.
And continuous gambling meant continuous highs.
Not long after Hakari first appeared, a popular saying emerged.
"No child cries every day. No gambler loses every day."
"So you came here just to tell me that?"
Maki slung her bag over her shoulder.
"Not exactly."
Eichi shook his head.
"The main reason I came today is because I need your help with a cursed tool testing mission."
As he spoke, Eichi raised the cursed tool in his hand.
It was mostly white and resembled an umbrella.
"A cursed tool test? Shouldn't you ask Mai for that?"
"She will be coming with you."
(To be continued.)