Eichi handed Higuruma another document.
After opening it, Higuruma's expression grew increasingly grim.
According to the survey results from Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, over 680,000 confirmed bullying incidents had occurred in the past year.
Many of these cases even happened in elementary schools.
The number of students committing suicide or refusing to attend school due to bullying was increasing every year.
And these were only the cases that had been uncovered. The hidden cases were certainly far more numerous.
Considering Japan's declining birth rate and shrinking child population, with hundreds of thousands of children experiencing such situations every year, would they truly be able to integrate into society in the future?
Forget contributing to society. They might not even be able to become cogs that ensured its stable operation.
Therefore, it was safe to say that Japan was truly heading for trouble.
"Mr. Dongfang, what do you mean?"
As a lawyer brimming with a sense of justice, even daring to oppose Japan's officials for the sake of ordinary people, Higuruma naturally did not want to see such phenomena continue to worsen.
"My target isn't those few expendable students. I need you to drag everyone involved in this matter down, such as the principal."
In fact, schools in Japan were more expensive than those in the neighboring great nation.
Although there had always been various policies, very few actually benefited ordinary people.
For example, Japan planned to implement a policy twenty-five years from now to waive university tuition fees for families with three or more children, with the key point being "no household income restrictions."
While incomes in Japan were high, expenses were equally exorbitant, making it difficult for ordinary families to raise three children.
Even if they managed to raise them, the children would definitely have to work part-time during high school, affecting their studies. In the end, perhaps only one child, or even none, would benefit from this policy.
Thus, it became clear who would truly enjoy the benefits of the policy.
And principals in Japan, earning from students below and benefiting from policies above, made a considerable sum.
This excluded private schools, which had a board chairman, where the principal was considered a position and an employee.
Consequently, many principals in Japan actually only focused on high-achieving students who could bring good results, and on making money.
As for ordinary students?
It did not matter. If their attendance was insufficient or they had a disciplinary record, it simply provided a legitimate reason to expel them.
"This document contains numerous management issues at Rizakura High School, including many problematic groups within the school.
"Additionally, if the other party tries to shirk responsibility, you can use this, evidence of the Rizakura High School principal's illicit gains. However, I don't want him to be convicted because of illegal income, at least not this time. Do you understand?"
Higuruma nodded.
Eichi hoped to address the bullying problem, so the principal of Rizakura High School had to be held accountable for issues related to bullying.
Only then could other school principals take this issue seriously, pay more attention to it, and reduce the occurrence of such incidents.
However, these pieces of evidence were not useless, as it was difficult to assign responsibility for management issues. It was like most accidents, where the interns and workers responsible for on-site supervision failed to do their jobs, but it had little to do with the leaders.
The Yoshino Junpei incident was the same. At most, responsibility could be traced back to the teachers, making it difficult to implicate the principal.
Therefore, Eichi also presented a choice. If you were unwilling to take a small responsibility in management, then sorry, but you would have to explain these illicit gains.
They simply needed the principal to take responsibility and resign for this reason, using a "killing the chicken to scare the monkeys" approach to make other school principals take this issue seriously.
And it was not the only method.
Become the "chicken" by taking responsibility and resigning, or face a bleak future by being directly sent in. The choice was yours.
"Go and prepare well. Strive to assign the maximum responsibility for these types of issues to the other party. I will have the company's publicity department cooperate with you to promote it vigorously, making it a recent hot topic. Therefore, if your results are not sufficient, that will not do."
If people in high enough positions could not be brought down, then people would at most blame the students and teachers. The principals, who truly had the power to mobilize school resources to combat related incidents, would not take it seriously at all.
"I understand."
Shortly after Eichi finished giving instructions and left Heroic Spirit Media, Yuji and Nobara, who had just enrolled in Tokyo Jujutsu High less than a month ago, were urgently summoned.
Yuji first entered Tokyo Jujutsu High, then joined Tokyo Jujutsu High after encountering Megumi during a mission.
Nobara, on the other hand, only enrolled successfully after multiple arguments with her grandmother, despite her family's objections.
This meant that when Tokyo Jujutsu High opened this year, there was actually only one regularly enrolled student, Megumi.
Poor Megumi almost became a "lonely Megumi," left to drink tea, tease birds, and raise dogs in a grade of one.
Tsumiki did not enroll in Tokyo Jujutsu High. She continued her studies at her original high school, spending her holidays interning at a laboratory.
Her personality was too kind for a world of mutual curses.
"What happened, Ieiri-senpai?"
Megumi spoke first. He was the most familiar with Ieiri Kiyotaka among the three, and he was also curious about the reason for this emergency summons of first-year students.
"Three hours ago, the Window confirmed the existence of a Cursed Womb. Evacuation and lockdown of the surrounding area have already been completed.
"According to investigations, five people on the second floor where the Cursed Womb is located failed to evacuate in time and are still trapped in the juvenile detention center. Therefore, you need to rescue them before the Cursed Womb hatches into a Special Grade Cursed Spirit."
Ieiri Kiyotaka, with his hands behind his back, quickly briefed the group on the mission. For Yuji, who looked bewildered but still obediently raised his hand to ask a question, he explained the Window and Jujutsu Sorcerer strength ranks in a way even an idiot could understand.
Grade 4 Cursed Spirits, baseball bat.
Grade 3 Cursed Spirits, pistol.
Grade 2 Cursed Spirits, shotgun.
Grade 1 Cursed Spirits, tank.
Special Grade, even carpet bombing might not work.
It could be said that the power disparity was extremely exaggerated.
Upon hearing this, Yuji exclaimed, "Yabai!" and Nobara also looked troubled.
She suspected that whoever issued the mission had a screw loose. What was a Grade 3 Jujutsu Sorcerer like her supposed to do against a suspected Special Grade Cursed Spirit? Use a honey trap?
"I regret to say, this is what's called an 'emergency situation.' Your mission is to rescue the five trapped individuals or retrieve their bodies before the Cursed Womb hatches."
Ieiri Kiyotaka pushed up his glasses.
"If you encounter a situation where you absolutely must fight, it will be up to Fushiguro. The two of you must absolutely not fight a Special Grade. Understood?"
"Huh? What about Fushiguro? Are we supposed to abandon Fushiguro and run away?!"
Yuji was the first to loudly object.
"Please rest assured on that point. Fushiguro is a formally recognized Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer, possessing the strength to fight a Special Grade Cursed Spirit."
Normally, weaker Special Grade Cursed Spirits were exorcised by a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer alone or in a team.
However, in recent years, due to the activities of Satoru, Suguru, and others, Jujutsu Sorcerers typically only had to deal with Cursed Spirits below Semi-Grade 1, rarely even encountering Grade 1 Cursed Spirits.
Suguru, who had not become a Curse User and could openly operate: burp
Ieiri Kiyotaka's concern was not unfounded. After all, Megumi was not one of those anomalies. He did not possess overwhelming power capable of crushing a Special Grade. Like other normal Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerers, even if he truly defeated a Special Grade Cursed Spirit, it would most likely be a perilous ordeal.
Therefore, the first thing Ieiri Kiyotaka thought of when he received the mission was to have Eichi, who had just returned to Tokyo Jujutsu High and was scheduled to start work the next day, handle it.
After all, even though Takako and Ryu were transferred to positions in Kyoto, Sasaki was permanently stationed at Shinkage-ryu, Cú Chulainn was always out fishing, Medea became increasingly reclusive and rarely went out, and Artoria was stationed as the head of the Tokyo Branch and did not participate in frontline duties... if truly needed, Eichi could definitely find Special Grade powerhouses to carry out the mission.
But Ieiri Kiyotaka did not expect Eichi to refuse, and instead instruct him to assign the mission to the three first-year newcomers according to Jujutsu Headquarters' wishes.
'Could it be that he wants to test Fushiguro? Or is he testing Yuji?'
Ieiri Kiyotaka could only guess that way.
"Really?"
"Fushiguro, you're that strong?!"
Nobara and Yuji looked at Megumi in disbelief.
"Hmph."
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(To be continued.)