It was certainly a curious sight.

  Gojo couldn't help but wonder what had happeo Maki.

  Her sudden surge in strength wasn't something that could be ignored.

  "Guess I'll just have to beat it out of you," Gojo said with a smirk.

  Ryuji hadn't instructed Maki to hide her newfound abilities, so she didn't see a reason to keep it a secret. But right now, there was no time for expnations, her priority was to test the limits of her strength.

  "Bang!"

  Before anyone could react, Maki vanished from her spot, moving with explosive force like a onball aimed at Gojo.

  Gojo's grin widened. "Well then, since my student seems so eager, I suppose I'll have to indulge her."

  Despite his usual pyful demeanojo was genuinely curious. He wao see just how far Maki's strength had grown.

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

  One blow after another rained down on him. Maki's punches were fierce, each carrying enough power to shake the grouh them.

  Gojo refrained from using his Limitless Cursed Teique, choosing io rely solely on his physical abilities to blod evade her attacks. Though he mao parry each strike, the sheer force behind them caused him to retreat slightly with every hit.

  "No way!"

  "Is that really Maki?"

  The other students, watg from a safe distance, could hardly believe their eyes.

  Gojo Satoru, the stro sorcerer alive, was being pushed back—albeit without his cursed teiques by sheer brute strength.

  "Maki is actually overp him," someone whispered, their voice tinged with disbelief.

  Even Gojo's cssmates and students had never seen anything like this.

  "This is unbelievable!"

  Nobara, however, couldn't help but feel like she khe answer. Her gaze shifted slightly as a certain name lingered in her mind. Ryuji.

  Could he have been the oo cause this transformation? While it seemed impossible, she couldn't shake the thought.

  Meanwhile, Maki unched a devastating roundhouse kick, aiming directly fojo's head.

  Gojo's pyful expression faltered. "Seriously?"

  Even with his reverse cursed teique to heal any damage, getting hit by that kick would not be pleasant. And Gojo was not the type to willingly take unnecessary pain.

  "Tch!"

  Realizing he couldn't dodge with pure physical skills alone, Gojo finally activated his Limitless Teique. In an instant, his figure disappeared, telep out of harm's way.

  "Boom!"

  Maki's kided where Gojo had just been standing, obliterating the grouh her.

  "Boom! Boom! Boom!"

  The force of the impact sent shockwaves rippling outward, creating cracks that spread across the eraining ground. Dust and debris filled the air as the ground buckled and shattered uhe sheer pressure.

  "Run!"

  Nobara and the others, who had thought they were far enough away, found themselves caught in the expanding radius of destru. Without hesitation, they scrambled to retreat further.

  When the dust finally settled, the once pristine pyground had been reduced to rubble.

  The group stared at the se, momentarily speechless.

  "Gojo Satoru!"

  The unmistakable voice of Yaga Masamichi, the principal, echoed across the field.

  Yaga stormed into view, his expression thunderous as he surveyed the ruined pyground. Several veins visibly throbbed on his forehead.

  "Gojo, what have you dohis time!?"

  The accusation was immediate. After all, Gojo was infamous for causiru wherever he went.

  "..."

  Gojo raised his hands in mock surrender. "Hey now, it wasn't me this time!"

  "Who else but you could've dohis?" Yaga shot back, gring at him.

  Gojo didn't respht away. Instead, he turned his gaze to Maki, who was standing silently in the midst of the wreckage.

  "Uh…"

  Maki, now calm after the excitement of testirength, gnced around at the ruiraining ground. The reality of what she'd done finally sank in, and a faint sense of guilt flickered in her eyes.

  "I… may have overdo," she muttered.

  Gojo crossed his arms, a wide grin spreading across his face. "Well, I take back what I said earlier. With this level of strength, you'll have no problem taking revenge on the Zenin family."

  Maki didn't respond immediately. Instead, she ched her fists, the weight of his words settling over her.

  "But…" Gojo tinued, his tourning thoughtful, "your strength feels… familiar."

  He narrowed his eyes slightly, as if trying to recall something.

  Maki's mind fshed back to the name Ryuji had mentioned. "Are you thinking of Fushiguro Toji?"

  "Yes! That's it!" Gojo excimed, snapping his fingers.

  He shivered slightly as the memory of his battle with Toji resurfaced. "That guy almost killed me. How could I fet?"

  In the crowd, Fushiguro Megumi stiffened slightly at the mention of his father's name. He remained silent, though a flicker of emotion crossed his usually stoic face.

  "So," Gojo said, his griurning, "you're a Heavenly Restri sorcerer too, just like Toji. Man, the Zenin family really 't catch a break, they?"

  Maki didn't respond, but there was a quiet determination in her eyes.

  Both she and Toji had beeed by the Zenin family, treated as outcasts simply because they didn't to the family's rigid expectations.

  Now, both of them had grown strong enough to stand as threats to the very that had abahem.

  "Tsk," Gojo clicked his tongue, shaking his head. "The Zenin family really is unlucky."

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