Chapter 61: Emiya: Launch the Attack, All Three of You
Fushiguro Megumi, a first-year student at Tokyo Metropolitan Curse Technical College.
Although his surname hasn't changed due to his father, Fushiguro Toji, and Gojo Satoru, he is actually of the Zen'in family bloodline, one of the Big Three Sorcerer Families, and is currently a Grade 2 Sorcerer.
Kugisaki Nobara, also a first-year student like Fushiguro Megumi, but she is a commoner sorcerer without any family bloodline.
However, because her grandmother was a sorcerer, she had early exposure to Cursed knowledge. She transferred from the countryside to Jujutsu High a few days ago and is currently a Grade 3 Sorcerer.
As an officially certified active teacher, Emiya could read the basic information of these students, but it only contained some brief evaluations and fundamental details. Their truly important abilities would not be written there. To determine their true level, Emiya needed to observe them firsthand.
While Emiya was prepared, the two first-year students, Fushiguro Megumi and Kugisaki Nobara, were still somewhat confused.
They had suddenly received a message from Yuji Itadori, calling them here for special training with a new teacher.
This felt quite abrupt.
Although Jujutsu High's campus is large, the actual number of people on it is far below its potential capacity, so any increase or decrease in personnel is easy to notice. Logically, even if there was a new teacher, Gojo Satoru, as their homeroom teacher, should have notified them in advance.
But then they thought of Gojo Satoru again, and everything immediately made sense.
Before arriving, the two had agreed to maintain respect for the new teacher, regardless of the actual situation. However, upon truly seeing Emiya, both their faces showed surprise.
Nothing else—Emiya simply looked too young.
His somewhat harmless expression and face, coupled with his unprofessional casual attire... They would sooner believe he was a new first-year student than a teacher.
"Emiya-sensei, these are Fushiguro-kun and Kugisaki.
And Fushiguro-kun, Kugisaki, this is Emiya-sensei, who will be conducting our special training. Gojo-sensei said he's super strong!"
Ignoring their surprised and baffled expressions, Yuji Itadori immediately went on a rapid-fire introduction, helping both sides skip the complicated self-introductions.
Kugisaki Nobara, with her short orange hair and very capable look, raised her hand immediately.
"Um, Emiya-sensei, may I respectfully ask what your Jujutsu Sorcerer grade is?"
'This handsome and young-looking Emiya is their instructor?'
Judging by appearance alone, Yuji Itadori seemed to be more aggressive.
"If I remember correctly, I think I'm already a Grade 1 Sorcerer?"
Emiya wasn't trying to sound humble; he genuinely hadn't paid much attention to the Sorcerer grading system.
Whether he was Grade 4 or Grade 1, he would consistently choose to exorcise dangerous Cursed Spirits that harmed people.
He hadn't followed the Jujutsu world's standard procedures for promotion, which was partly due to his sheer strength in cutting down dozens of Grade 1 Cursed Spirits without care, but Gojo Satoru must have helped as well.
Otherwise, some rigid individuals wouldn't let him off so easily.
"...Grade 1?!"
Kugisaki Nobara was somewhat unable to accept this.
'They look the same age, so why is he already a Grade 1 Sorcerer while she's still only Grade 3?'
Vanity and the impulse to compete are things any person would possess.
On the other side, Fushiguro Megumi also raised his hand and asked a more crucial question.
"Emiya-sensei, how will we conduct the practical training?"
Regardless of the age suggested by his appearance, since the other party possessed the corresponding strength and was indeed a Jujutsu High teacher, they had to show respect.
However, Fushiguro Megumi genuinely wasn't sure what kind of special training would make them stronger. After all, Gojo Satoru never bothered with such things, he just directly threw them into piles of Cursed Spirits.
"Good question. Getting straight to the point before any other introductions seems fine."
Since Emiya himself had no experience being a teacher, he decided to use the simplest and most direct method to gauge the techniques and strength of these first-year students.
Emiya rested his arms across his chest, stretched his muscles slightly, and said curtly, "Just launch your attack against me, all three of you together."
"Eh?" x3
"Shouldn't you find out our Cursed Techniques first, Sensei?"
Fushiguro Megumi didn't dislike this direct approach, but shouldn't a teacher first understand their students?
"It's alright. Just attack directly."
"In a real fight, Cursed Spirits and enemies rarely know your abilities beforehand. So, I want to test your actual combat strength under these circumstances."
If there were any one-hit-kill moves, experiencing the counter in this unknown situation would be the easiest way to give them an authentic feeling and guidance.
To give them feedback based on the most realistic experience—this was the simplest and most direct special training method Emiya had devised.
Moreover, if he were to gather intelligence first and then engage in targeted combat, that would be an entirely different concept.
"Come on, all three of you... don't hold back."
Temporarily keeping his weapons sheathed, Emiya faced them with his fists clenched.
This is the most realistic and cruel combat scenario: the opponent rarely knows your information, and similarly, you know little about them.
The most important point in combat is to attempt to analyze the opponent's ability and skill level under these circumstances. Blindly and equally despising the enemy, as Gojo Satoru does, is absolutely the most textbook example of a wrong approach, bar none.
From Emiya's current perspective, the known information suggests that the Grade 2 Sorcerer, Fushiguro Megumi, poses the greatest threat, followed by the Grade 3 Sorcerer, Kugisaki Nobara, and the absolute amateur at the very end, Yuji Itadori.
Similarly, Emiya also disclosed his Grade 1 Sorcerer status, didn't he? From this standpoint, the information they've made public is fair, but the known intelligence isn't necessarily the most accurate—it can only serve as a reference.
After all, a Jujutsu Sorcerer's grade is just an objective rating, just like how the Magus ranks in the Clock Tower aren't strictly classified by combat power.
"If you can't get ready, I'll be the one to attack first, the three of you."
Emiya issued his final warning.
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