Abnormal Moon

After hearing her words, the panda and the dog, Curly, seemed to be deep in thought.

That makes sense!

"Itadori, if you envy me, you can come and train with me!"

Under the shade of the tree, before Roy could even speak, Kugisaki Nobara stood up, her face full of cunning smiles, as if she were luring her prey into a trap.

Yuji Itadori felt a chill run down his spine, and a strong sense of vigilance rose in his heart. He shook his head without hesitation.

"Your smile is weird, let's just forget about it!"

"coward!"

Kugizaki made no attempt to hide his regretful expression and sat back down on the ground.

We should really let Itarika give it a try; her training is just as dangerous as his.

Because her training is very dangerous, she can only train with Coach Roy. If she trains alone in private, she might damage her body!

However, Itajimaru is not at her level at all and cannot undergo this kind of training, so this is also a victory!

Seeing her expression, Hisahito Itadori couldn't help but feel relieved that he had backed down in time, but at the same time, he also felt a little curious.

What kind of training is Kugizaki doing?

"Yujin, stop slacking off and get back to the wooden stake, or you won't get lunch!"

At that moment, Roy's voice rang out again.

Yujin Itadori had no choice but to return to the wooden stake formation and lightly leap onto the tall, thin stakes.

Upon seeing him return to the wooden stake, the puppet immediately came to life as if its programming had been activated, and charged at him once more.

Seeing that Itadori had resumed training, Roy lay back down in his chair.

Kugisaki Nobara sat beside him, her palms clasped together, her fingertips carefully gathering magical power, making the power coat her palms like the quills of a hedgehog.

But this kind of training is obviously not so easy to do.

Caught off guard, Kugizaki's cursed power surged out like mercury, spiraling out of control and leaving bright red holes in her palms like countless nails piercing through them.

"hiss!"

Kugizaki Nobara gasped, her face turning pale.

Seeing this, Roy quickly cast a healing rune over.

"Don't rush. It may sound strange, but you need to maintain a certain level of negative emotions to sustain your spell power. Try to relax and be more natural. You're too tense."

"Yes, I'll try..."

As the wound on Kugizaki's palm gradually healed and her face regained its color, a strong sense of determination welled up within her, and she threw herself into the next attempt without stopping.

"really."

Maki pushed up her glasses, a knowing look appearing on her face.

"That junior student named Kugizaki's training... doesn't it seem a bit like the three legendary secret techniques?"

As the panda watched that scene, its eyes were strengthened as its magical power surged.

After he saw what was happening, his mouth involuntarily opened wide, and he was so shocked that he almost dislocated his jaw.

"They started practicing the three secret techniques in first grade? None of us in second grade have learned any of them yet?!"

Even Yuta Etotsu doesn't know that!

To be precise, Etotsu no Uta doesn't need the three secret techniques at all.

"Maki, what are you doing?"

At that moment, Panda suddenly saw Maki walk into the stadium and head straight towards the shady area.

Maki walked over there without hesitation, waving casually as she did so.

"I want to participate in the training here!"

"What?! You're going to abandon Kusakabe-sensei? Won't he feel lonely?"

"How can it be!"

Maki rolled her eyes. "Do you think everyone is like you?"

"There are only two months left until the exchange meeting. I need to use these two months to improve my skills. I don't think Kusakabe-sensei will say anything. I can learn a lot here!"

Given Kusakabe-sensei's penchant for slacking off, he'd probably be happy to pass his students on to someone else.

The panda and the dog looked at each other, their expressions troubled.

Is this really good?

That's incredibly rude to Mr. Kusakabe!

"Professor Roy, it's been a long time!"

Maki came to the shade of the trees on the edge of the stadium and greeted Roy with heartfelt respect.

"Can I join the training here too?"

"Maki..."

Roy sat up from the recliner, and his boredom turned into a pleasant one after seeing Maki.

"I've been waiting for you to come back for several days now."

"Wait for me to come back?"

Maki was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

"Wild Rose, pause your training. Maki, come with me."

Roy waved and, without waiting for their response, walked towards a corner of the stadium.

Kugizaki stopped training and looked at Maki with some curiosity.

This is the only senior student at the Tokyo campus of the vocational high school. She and Kugizaki are the only two students there!

Moved by this, Kugizaki politely nodded to Maki.

"Hello, senior from the Zen Academy."

Call me Maki.

Maki glanced at her and, as if stubbornly, corrected her form of address.

Then she followed Roy's back and jogged toward a corner of the stadium.

“Teacher Roy.”

Maki approached Roy with some doubt in her eyes.

"Teacher, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Maki, I have a question for you."

Roy faced Maki directly, looking into her eyes as if to confirm her feelings.

"What is your goal?"

"Target……?"

"Ah."

Seeing that Maki seemed a little confused, Roy paused and continued to ask.

"To be more specific, what are your views on Zen Buddhist families, and what do you want to do for them?"

"...to the Zen temple family."

Zenin Maki's gaze suddenly sharpened, and her eyes slanted upwards as if anger was rising within her.

"Yes, there is something I absolutely must do for the Zen-in family—I want to become the head of the Zen-in family!"

Like Shinji, Maki, who was born with zero magical power, was despised and ridiculed by the Zenin clan from a young age.

Basically, the Zen clan's philosophy is that they do not consider non-magicians to be human.

Even her own clansmen treated Maki no differently than slaves. As a woman, she was treated even worse. Despite being a member of the clan, she had to serve others like a servant and obey their orders. If anything went wrong, she could be scolded or beaten without a word of complaint and had to swallow her anger.

When she reached the age to attend a junior college, Maki insisted on leaving her family and enrolling in a junior college.

She strives to become a first-level mage, hoping that one day she can return to the Zen Institute family as the next head of the family and completely change the way the Zen Institute family exists.

"Well said, but you're only a level four mage now."

Roy nodded approvingly, greatly appreciating Maki's attitude.

But his words were not encouraging at all; instead, they seemed to be pouring cold water on her.

"That's because the Zen family has been obstructing me!"

Maki's expression turned cold, and a chilling resentment welled up in her heart towards the Zen family who were not present.

The Zen family will never acknowledge those they have abandoned, they will never recognize Maki, and they will do everything in their power to hinder Maki's path to advancement.

Based on Maki's accumulated achievements over the past year and her own strength, she should at least be at level three or near level two, if not level one. However, she is still at the lowest level four, which is the result of the Zenin family's secret obstruction.

"Even without the obstruction of the Zen monastery, what level do you think you can ultimately reach?"