For a period after the school year began, Eichi diligently fulfilled his duties as a teacher and devoted himself to teaching every day.
It must be said that the sense of anticipation and fulfillment one feels after becoming a teacher is very satisfying.
After all, Tokyo Jujutsu High does not have parents who exert pressure, and this year's students do not have major personality issues.
Every student has their own strengths.
They all know where they want to go.
As a teacher, Eichi only needed to complete his normal teaching work and offer appropriate suggestions.
After that, the students would conscientiously follow through. Sometimes Eichi even felt that these students were more diligent than he had been as a teacher.
Moreover, the number of students was small, only six.
Therefore, Eichi did not need to spend much effort looking after each person.
Such teaching conditions must be a dream for many teachers.
On the sports field, five students in uniform were beginning their physical training.
Panda, who needed more skill training than physical training, was cheering them on from the sidelines.
"Everyone is working very hard."
Eichi walked over to Panda carrying two kettles of light salt water.
These two kettles were for the students to drink after their physical training.
In his previous life, Eichi rarely exercised. Whenever he finished work and sweated, he would always look for iced soda to drink.
It was not until this life, after he began exercising regularly and received guidance, that Eichi realized how dangerous it was to drink cold water immediately after exercise.
Even Eichi could not help but marvel at how tough his life had been in his previous existence.
"Yes, everyone is working very hard."
Panda replied cutely.
"Speaking of which, Panda, have you thought about what direction you want to develop next?"
"What do you mean?"
Eichi's sudden question made Panda a little confused.
"I mean, have you thought about how to become stronger next?"
Eichi asked more directly.
"Becoming stronger, huh. I guess I will continue researching fist Techniques."
Panda, as a completely independent Cursed Corpse, had been born quite by accident.
Panda has three cores.
The balanced giant panda form he usually uses.
The gorilla core, which Panda calls his brother, transforms him into a semi-gorilla form. It consumes a tremendous amount of Cursed Energy and allows him to use the extremely destructive and undefendable "Tremor Palm."
Finally, there is the Triceratops core, which Panda calls his shy sister. Its only appearance was in the battle with Kashimo Hajime, but unfortunately Kashimo was too strong, so it was defeated as soon as it appeared.
From what Eichi had occasionally learned over the years, the Triceratops core's attributes lean toward defense.
For Panda,
Masamichi had been teaching him various combat methods, including punching, hoping to train Panda into a master of combat Techniques.
However, one point is worth noting.
Panda was not originally created as a Cursed Corpse designed to house three cores.
Instead, Masamichi, the foremost expert in Cursed Corpse Techniques, inserted the cores one by one while researching and creating new types of Cursed Corpse.
It was a product that appeared after the third core was inserted and suddenly mutated.
So in a sense, Masamichi did not lie to the Jujutsu Headquarters.
Because Panda's birth really was a sudden mutation.
It was just that Masamichi later conducted multiple studies and mastered a method to stably induce such sudden mutations.
"Continuing to train physical Techniques, huh. How long can you last against Toji now?"
Eichi looked at Panda curiously.
Toji's practical combat class had already become a compulsory course for every Tokyo Jujutsu High student.
There was no other reason.
Toji truly went all out. As long as he did not kill them, he would beat them until they were on the verge of death.
But no one objected to Toji's teaching methods.
Because this was Tokyo Jujutsu High.
It was a place where students needed to step onto the battlefield to exorcise Cursed Spirits.
People were injured and died here.
Especially first-year students from civilian backgrounds.
Such students had the highest mortality rate.
First, these civilian students previously had no knowledge of things like Cursed Energy or Techniques. Many could not even properly use their own Technique.
Second, unlike students from Jujutsu Families who already had experience exorcising Cursed Spirits,
Most of them did not know how to fight. When facing life-threatening danger, they easily panicked and lost their lives.
However, the number of Jujutsu Sorcerers was extremely scarce, so it was impossible for every student to have a teacher accompany them on missions.
Therefore, training in simulated combat usually began immediately after enrollment. After that, several students would form teams and support each other when exorcising Cursed Spirits.
However, this situation became much simpler after Toji arrived.
Because Toji could make these new students truly experience the threat of death.
With such an experience, the new students' mentality would improve greatly in a short time.
They would not panic too much when encountering difficult battles while exorcising Cursed Spirits later.
"During training, I can last about ten minutes. If Toji is in a hurry to watch boat races, it's probably two minutes at most."
Panda placed a paw near his mouth and thought for a moment.
"Toji really does not understand my cuteness at all. He has beaten me so many times that my stuffing started leaking out."
Becoming stronger was not easy.
Panda sighed.
"You'll get used to it. You know, his own kid often gets knocked out by him."
Eichi patted Panda's shoulder comfortingly.
Nice touch. He patted it twice more.
"Does Teacher Eichi have any suggestions?"
Panda looked at Eichi curiously.
Over the years, Eichi had often returned to Tokyo Jujutsu High to visit, and he had seen Masamichi training with Panda.
So Panda thought Eichi must have some good suggestions. That was why he asked him.
"I do have some ideas to help you become stronger. For example, this."
After speaking, Eichi used his shadow to condense a large chair-like object.
"Wait. Although the appearance has changed a bit and it is a bit larger overall, this is a saddle, right? It is definitely a saddle, right?
Panda is a panda, not a horse."
After seeing what Eichi was holding, Panda immediately protested.
"Don't be so agitated. Think about it. You wear this on your back, then Inumaki Toge sits on it. After that, you fully utilize your flexible movements to help him maintain a safe distance while using Cursed Speech. Isn't that great?"
A scene appeared in Panda's mind.
He was running quickly on all fours around a Cursed Spirit, while Toge on his back kept shouting.
"Die. Explode. Fall."
The next second, Panda shook his head vigorously.
"No. What if I accidentally get cursed too?"
"That's true."
Eichi nodded.
"Then what about Mai? You act as a flower-protecting mount and carry Mai while charging through hordes of Cursed Spirits. Meanwhile Mai, under your protection, continuously fires her gun to exorcise them."
"That seems… Wait, no. Wouldn't I still be a mount? Who uses a panda as a mount?"
Panda immediately retorted.
"There are."
"I also heard that in our neighboring country, many mountain people cannot afford cars, so their children ride pandas to school."
"Really?"
Panda looked at Eichi in disbelief.
"Really."
Eichi replied without blinking.
"…But I refuse. After all, Panda is not a panda."
(To be continued.)