Type-Moon: Shinji Matou Also Wants to Be the Protagonist

Immediately following was Dog Roll's incantation.

With a deafening roar, a strange figure that barely resembled a human was forcibly forced back.

"Dog Roll, are you alright?"

The panda and Maki, who had been knocked away, pushed off the bricks and stones and quickly went to the side of Inu-chan.

At this moment, Gou Juanji was coughing, with a trace of scarlet blood at the corner of his mouth, clearly suffering a severe backlash.

"Big mustard!"

Although his throat was very sore, Gou Juan still forced himself to say that he was fine.

Compared to the backlash caused by the curse used on Xia Youjie before, this is nothing at all.

"It's a level one curse spirit, and even among level one it's considered very strong."

A crack appeared on the back of the panda next to it, revealing the stuffing inside.

This happened when the cursed spirit attacked Maki from behind, and the panda took the hit for her.

Maki gritted her teeth and didn't say anything, but silently walked to the front row.

The cursed spirit on the other side also broke free from Dog Roll's curse and looked at the trio who were ready for battle.

A sinister smile twisted his terrifying face, making him appear even more sinister and horrifying.

The cursed spirit crouched down gently, its cursed power surging up.

"Jingting Fist!"

"A crow flies an airplane!"

Just as the cursed spirits were about to launch their attack, two noisy voices entered the battlefield.

Immediately afterwards, two figures appeared beside the cursed spirit.

A figure crouched low and delivered an uppercut to the cursed spirit's abdomen.

Another figure burst through the wall from above, delivering a perfect flying kick to the back of the cursed spirit's head.

Chapter 135: Conscription

"Crack~"

The cursed spirit, which had just been exuding an astonishing aura, exploded into countless fragments with a crisp sound in an instant.

The two figures that had suddenly appeared stopped and stood still.

Although the cursed spirit is dead, two more powerful and unidentified individuals have appeared, making Maki and her two companions even more vigilant.

"What are you doing here? Gojo never said anyone else was involved in this mission."

Just as Maki and her two friends were quietly dialing Gojo Satoru's number for help, the person on the other end suddenly spoke.

The panda stepped forward to block Maki, its body tense as it spoke:

"Do you know Teacher Gojo?"

"We not only know each other, but he also gave us this stack of tasks."

Suzuki shook his phone, indicating that the task list on the screen was still open.

"But then again, you guys are really bold."

"You barged in without even checking the intelligence. If we hadn't arrived just in time, you would have really been done for today."

Maki kept a straight face and didn't say anything. After all, the responsibility was indeed on their side, so they could just lie down and accept the ridicule.

However, upon hearing the other person's voice, Maki recognized them almost instantly.

"It's you!"

The day Xia Youjie invaded the Spellcasting Academy left a very deep impression on Maki.

This impression naturally also includes the mysterious person who fought with Xia Youjie.

Reminded by Maki's words, Panda and Dog Roll quickly identified Suzuki, and the group breathed a sigh of relief.

"...You guys with naturally heightened senses are really annoying."

Seeing that his identity had been exposed in an instant, Suzuki was speechless.

In the end, all I could do was grumble in frustration.

"Hey!"

Suzuki's area-of-effect attack clearly annoyed the guy next to him, and Itadori poked Suzuki.

Once it was confirmed that there was no hostile relationship between the two sides, the tense atmosphere dissipated.

Maki and the others quickly retrieved their flashlights and turned on a camping lamp.

With the lights on, everyone could finally see each other clearly.

Maki and the others had been curious about Suzuki's appearance for a long time, but after actually seeing him, the three of them fell silent.

The two people opposite him were a man with short pink hair, a strong physique, and a sunny smile on his face.

The other one had very ordinary black hair and a slender figure, but had a face that looked inexplicably fierce.

Most importantly, neither of them seems to be very old.

How old are you this year?

Maki, being straightforward, asked the question directly.

Upon hearing Maki's question, Itadori instinctively replied:

"Ah, I'm 14 years old this year. Nice to meet you!"

Upon hearing Itadori's reply, Maki's anxiety finally subsided completely.

They're still in middle school, yet they're already able to handle such tasks on their own.

Compared to that, their act of capsizing in the gutter was even more disgraceful.

"You just answer whatever people ask you? Where's your caution?"

Suzuki slapped Itadori on the back of the head, giving him a stern lecture.

After being reprimanded by Suzuki, Itadori apologized repeatedly with a forced smile.

Suzuki had previously told him that battles between sorcerers were largely a contest of information.

Therefore, protecting your own information is just as important as punching the other person.

But Dr. Huzhang was too straightforward and couldn't learn this approach at all.

If they can't even keep their own intelligence secret, let alone extract information from the enemy, or even mislead the enemy with false information.

Seeing how relaxed the two of them were, Maki finally felt relieved.

She stepped forward and gave a slight bow to Suzuki and Itadori:

"I'm Zenin Maki, this is Panda, and over there is Inu-maki Thorn. We're all first-year students at the Jujutsu High School."

Thank you so much for saving us today; we were being presumptuous.

"It's alright, it's alright. We were just here to deal with this cursed spirit anyway, we just happened to run into it."

Suzuki waved his hand, not thinking it was anything special to be thanked for.

"But why did you come here on your own to take on this mission?"

Didn't Gojo tell you guys that a level one cursed spirit can't be fought one-on-one?

Suzuki leaned against the half-collapsed wall and asked curiously.

Upon hearing this, Maki's face instantly turned a little red, and Inujuu, who was standing next to her, scratched his face as well.

In the end, the panda took the initiative to explain the reason.

When Suzuki heard that they thought Gojo Satoru had outsourced all the missions and didn't trust their abilities, so they decided to sneak over and take down this level-one cursed spirit to prove themselves, he couldn't help but laugh.

"You're mistaken. Gojo doesn't distrust you; he's just lazy and looking for an excuse to slack off."

As Suzuki spoke, he took out his phone, pulled out a message that Gojo Satoru had just sent him, and waved it around.

"Look, he was urging me to finish this batch of tasks as soon as possible."

He's going to buy some limited-edition snacks; he doesn't have time to care what you guys think.

After hearing this, Maki and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

The disappointment and unease that had been building up inside vanished instantly, replaced by speechlessness at their teacher.

Maki glanced at the long task list on Suzuki's phone screen and couldn't help but frown as she asked:

"Were all these tasks outsourced to you by Teacher Gojo?"

"More or less, that guy gave me most of the pistons around there."

I also brought Yuujin over to help, otherwise I don't know when we'd ever finish this pile of tasks.

Suzuki made a few moves on his phone and submitted the task for the abandoned hospital.

The next moment, Suzuki and Itadori's phones rang with notifications that their payment had been credited to their accounts.

Suzuki immediately felt his weary soul cleansed.

Seemingly remembering something, Suzuki put down his phone, stared intently at the three high school students in front of him, and asked:

"By the way, you guys are pretty free, aren't you?"

Maki paused for a moment, then looked at her two equally puzzled teammates beside her, and nodded hesitantly.

"In that case, you guys can help me clear the quests too!"

The task list sent by Gojo Satoru was far too many.

They piled up like mountains and continued to increase as if there would never be an end.

Suzuki doesn't have the same mobility as Gojo Satoru, who can move freely and teleport instantly.

With just him and Huzhang, the efficiency simply couldn't be improved.

Even earlier, Suzuki and Itadori had already started acting separately.

The only reason we're all gathered here is because this task just happens to be the last item on today's to-do list.

Right in front of me are several energetic and highly motivated "oxen and horses".

Suzuki did not hesitate to start conscripting men, intending to have them share some of the burden.

"Can...we really do it?"

Upon hearing Suzuki's words, Maki's eyes lit up, her tone filled with anticipation.

She was so bored from just attending classes and training at school that she was practically sick of it and longed for a chance to actually fight.

"Of course, no one is more suitable than you."

Suzuki looked at the group with a smile and said with certainty.

Although he wouldn't deduct their task pay, just the feeling of being able to command these "oxen and horses" and watch them busy themselves was enough to make Suzuki feel happy and relieve a lot of the pressure on him.

Chapter 136: The Cyborgs Reappear

In the following days, Suzuki was finally able to relax a bit because someone was sharing the workload.

While Gojo may be a bit of a slacker, he's certainly not stingy when it comes to compensation.

After just a few days of intense work, Suzuki's savings balance had increased several times over.

Suzuki had been too busy to go out and spend money.

Returning home in glory is like wearing fine clothes at night.

While the cattle and horses are busy working today, Suzuki is going to have a good shopping spree.

There happened to be a small mission in this shopping mall, and the targets were just some low-level cursed spirits.

However, it can be troublesome if too many low-level cursed spirits gather, so high-level cursed spirits are cleaned up regularly.

Since it was on the way anyway, Suzuki plunged into the mall and went straight to the motorcycle shop.

He was fed up with the predicament of having to walk everywhere he went.