Chapter 14: Chapter 14 - Off Campus Study Trip
Jake is currently on the bus, thinking of what happened when he was talking to Satoru Gojo this morning.
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"Big Bro Satoru, can I eat Sukuna's fingers, I will kill each of his souls individually so there is no danger?" Jake asked Satoru Gojo
"No, you cannot, and will not eat Sukuna's fingers!" Satoru Gojo shouted firmly and angrily at Jake.
"But, I am stronger than him, there will be no danger," Jake said aggrievedly.
"No means no!" Satoru Gojo continued.
"Can I at least go and kill Kenjaku?" Jake said more aggrieved.
"No you cannot, why are you even asking if you know the answer," Satoru Gojo began to get angrier.
"Fine, I'm going to school, you won't even let me share the burden and help you!" Jake shouted with tears in his eyes, as he went to his room and got ready for school.
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'Why wouldn't he let me help him, I am extremely strong now, and can defeat almost anything, the only things I haven't really done to increase my strength that I will do in the future is, complete the current goal of conquering the Great Devil's Nest with only basic wooden or rope weapons, and the next goal is conquering the Great Devil's Nest with only a plastic butter knife, a toothpick, a squeaky hammer, and a pile of string, the goal after that is to conquer it again but only using magic, next goal is only using elemental magic, etc. etc. but I have 3 goals that I need to do if I want more things to do, which is 1st goal completely kill Ryomen Sukuna after eating all 20 of his fingers, which will also give me the innate cursed technique of Shrine, giving me 4 innate cursed techniques that can reach the Divine Grade as the copied and recorded innate cursed techniques cap out at the peak of the mortal grade, 2nd goal is to kill Kenjaku which is basically revenge and after completing both of these goals, Big Bro Satoru is safe, 3rd goal is to eliminate the Vile in the other world, which goals 1 and 2 when completed should allow me to open a new world in the Door to Another World, and the 3rd goal when completed should allow me to open another world in the Door to Another World," Jake thought as he found someone calling him.
"Jake, Jake, are you there!" Kaede is waving her hand in front of Jake's eyes.
"I'm here, what's up?" Jake replied
"Well it's your turn," Rin said.
At this moment Jake and his team for the off campus study are playing a card game. Jake got another pair, emptying his hand of cards, and kept yawning.
"I'm going to get some sleep," Jake said to Rin, Kaede, and Akira.
"You have been yawning every 2 seconds," Kaede said.
"We'll wake you up when we get there," Rin also said to Jake.
"Thank you all, I appreciate it," Jake thanked them.
'The worlds that I will choose to open next are either: The Second Coming of Gluttony because I have a feeling that the Absolute Skills when upgraded to a Divine Skill will need to be able to cut divinity which can be encountered very quickly, the world of Black Clover because of the Grimoires, Spirits, Devils, Etc. that will be there that can strengthen me, the world of Danmachi because of the Falna and the skills that have a chance to speed up my growth rate, Tensura because of the overpowered skills and possible race evolutions again, Bleach because of the Zanpukto which could strengthen me, and One Piece because of the Haki and Devil Fruits. First to be removed are One Piece and Bleach because of the uncertainty and also the limited increase to strength, Tensura and Black Clover are also removed because of the time needed to kill the final bosses without having the whole world completely hate me, Danmachi is removed because of the uncertainty of getting growth skills and because of the gods there being annoying, so it will be The Second Coming Of Gluttony for the 1st added world because of the almost certain noticeable growth from being able to attack divinity, the minimum time to clear it being only around 2 months expected because of the tutorial and neutral zone taking up most of the time, and the time needed to kill the Parasite Queen," Jake thought to himself as he began to drift to sleep.
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"Hey Jake, we're here," Rin said to Jake as he began to wake up.
The bus has arrived at the location of the off campus study trip.
"Is it time Already?" Jake asked Rin.
They began to get off the bus and Jake looked at the building outside the bus.
"It's a pretty sizeable place, however are we really going to be staying in it?" Jake remarked before he asked.
"Why wouldn't we stay in it?" Kaede asked Jake.
"Yeah, it's what you should expect from Ousei?" Akira also asked Jake.
"Well if this trip is for us the learn how to adapt to different environments, shouldn't we be sleeping in the wild?" Jake asked them.
"You're probably thinking too much," Rin said to Jake.
"After you get changed, meet me in the hall, then I'll explain how the study trip's gonna work," Ms Sawada said to the students.
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After the students have gotten changed and are in the hall, Ms Sawada began to explain to them, "So, to sum it all up, this trip is a part of your training, as an Ousei student one day you'll be an elite member of society. Two days outdoors with one night, good luck."
"Ms Sawada, where do we get food and water?" Ryou asked.
"From the mountain of course, it's covered in edible mushrooms and plants, and there's a river filled with fish, easy peasy," Ms Sawada answered.
"She's kidding right?" Ryou asked weakly.
"Ohh, you'll each get a serving of rice, it won't be enough to fill you up though, so you need to find food," Ms Sawada said after she remembered, "Unless of course, you like going to bed hungry."
"Excuse me, isn't it dangerous to let us eat a bunch of potentially poisonous food?" Kaede asked with her hand slightly raised.
"Definitely, so before you consider eating something, bring it to us, we'll tell you if it's edible," Ms Sawada responded, "In an emergency, our school doctor Ms Yomikawa will be right there to help you."
Ms Yomikawa is a gloomy looking lady with black hair that makes her look more gloomy, startled giggling creepily saying, "Children there's no need to worry, see here, you just need to take this medicine!" She said as she showed a beaker with purple liquid in it.
"Is this really our school doctor, she gives off an aura of cursed energy, but I can tell that it isn't cursed energy?" Jake asked Kaede who was sitting next to him.
"Oh, that's right you haven't met her yet, you should see what Ms Yomikawa's office looks like, it gives off this really dark energy, when you walk by you can here people screaming in agony," Kaede responded to Jake.
"Ah, come on, if there's a chance of being poisoned, we should probably just go without food for a day," Akira said before being interrupted by Ms Sawada.
She pointed her finger at him, saying, "Hey you, man up, this is a part of your classes course work, also it's a competition!"
"Is there any prize?" Jake asked Ms Sawada.
"What if I told you all that this assignment affects your teacher's yearly bonus!" Ms Sawada said while moving exaggeratedly pointing her finger at herself, "So give it your all."
"Wait it only helps you!" Ryou exclaimed.
"Ugh, whatever, let's just get it all over with and then we'll be allowed back in the building," Rin sighed.
"Yeah, once it's dark out, I bet the mountains look super creepy," Kaede agreed.
"You don't seem to get it, only teachers are allowed to stay in the building," Ms Sawada said.
"We stay outside right?" Jake asked with confidence.
"Yeah, you all stay outside," Ms Sawada said affirmatively.
"Huh!" All the students other than Jake exclaimed.
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Outside the building, in a wooded area, Jake, Rin, Kaede, and Akira have placed down the tents and items that were given to them.
"So what now?" Rin asked them.
"I've never used a fishing pole before, but I think I can use it like a whip to catch fish, and I haven't set up a tent before but it should be like forging something," Jake told Rin.
"Yeah we were given supplies, but like really, we might be able to figure out a tent, but Jake can you do the fishing?"Rin remarked before she asked Jake.
"You guys have me, listen, whether it's fishing or foraging, I'll learn it easily," Akira remarked dramatically.
Rin, Kaede, and Jake blocked Akira out talking to themselves, with Rin saying, "So, I think we should split things up, that dummy can't do anything."
"Split it?" Kaede asked.
"You guys can go fishing together, and in the mean time, I'll look for edible plants with the dummy," Rin explained.
"That is a good plan,but are you sure you want to have to deal with Akira's dramatics?" Jake replied but asked.
"I can deal with it," Rin responded.
"So fishing huh, I'm not sure I'll catch anything," Kaede said uncertain.
"Well, as the 3 non-dummies, let's do our best!" Rin concluded with spirit.
"Okay, that's kind of harsh, you guys agree right?" Akira said and asked.
"Hey are you guys still listening?" Akira asked a very short while after, "Wait, don't leave me."
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At the river, Jake and Kaede have just arrived and Kaede said, "It's so crowded, I wonder if it's too late already."
"I think it will be in this spot," Jake responded.
At this time Ryou called out to Jake, "Hey Jake, you got here late, huh?"
"You came here quickly, didn't you?" Jake asked Ryou as he noticed that he had already caught a few fish, and also noticed that he got a good spot as there were lots of fish around his fishing line, underwater.
"You have to get here early enough, or you won't get a spot," Ryou replied as he got a bite on his fishing pole, he made a sound of surprise before saying, "Hey a bite!"
"I don't know, maybe we should give up on fishing," Kaede suggested to Jake.
Jake looked around with his Six-Eyes active and noticed a good spot with lots of fish further up, "Let's go down here, there should be lots of fish down here."
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After they went to the spot, Jake noticed 2 people following them, he asked behind him, "Are you two following us, or just going the same way as us?"
Behind him, 2 girls came out from behind a tree. They were Yuki Suou and Alya Kujou, Yuki said to Jake, "We heard you say that there were lots of fish around here, so we followed you, however isn't it too shallow to use a fishing pole?"
"It is too shallow if you use a fishing pole the normal way, however I'm going to attempt using it like a weapon, catching the fish more proactively," Jake responded to them, before he rolled up his pants, and took off his jumper, stepping into the river.
He released the fishing line to the right length, before Imbuing it with cursed energy, using it like a flail, striking the hook at a fish, catching it, and putting it into the bucket.
"Are you serious, how is that even possible!" Yuki exclaimed in astonishment, as Alya said the same thing but in Russian.
As they said that Jake had caught another fish, as some other people looked to see what they were exclaiming about.
"Um, can you please try to keep the other people from going too close to the water, I'm afraid that I will accidentally hit them, if you do I will catch fish for you if you don't mind?" Jake asked them.
"Sure, we can do that, but how did you learn to do this?" Yuki agreed before asking.
"It's because I am proficient in most weapons, being able to use them like a leg, however it's only because I want to be stronger," Jake replied to them.
"But you are already strong already, you protected us against those weird monsters at the park, and you also have some weird monsters yourself," Yuki said.
"Those monsters that were trying to attack people at the park, the strongest one's are able to be instantly killed by the strongest monster that I know of other than my own, I don't want to lose my last brother against it," Jake replied as he finished catching enough fish for himself and his team.
After another 5 minutes of catching fish while chatting with Yuki, Alya, and Kaede, he finished catching the fish for Yuki and Alya.
"I've caught you enough fish, so we are going to go back to our camp, I had fun chatting with both of you though," Jake told them as he said goodbye.
"Well, I had a lot of fun chatting with you as well, if only we could talk to each other more and interact more, I think I might develop a crush on you," Yuki Suou said openly with a bit of reluctance.
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Back at the camp site, Jake and Kaede have returned, and saw Rin and Akira back as well.
"Welcome back," Rin waved as she welcomed them back with a vibrant smile and voice.
"How'd it go with you guys?" She asked them as they got closer.
"It went well, caught lots of fish, however the hook is a little damaged," Jake told Rin.
"He's leaving out the best part, he caught all the fish by forcefully putting the hook in them from using the fishing pole as a weapon," Kaede said excitedly.
"Like a spear?" Rin asked Kaede.
"Nah, I used it like a flail or whip," Jake answered instead scratching his hair.
"That's not any less impressive," Rin said, before continuing, "P.E. is one thing, but pulling off insane athletic abilities outside of school."
"Um, what happened to Akira?" Jake asked Rin.
"Huh, oh, probably just looking for attention," Rin said guessing.
"You're the worst, don't pretend you didn't work me to the bone!" Akira whined in a agitated tone.
"Okay, but did you die?" Rin asked back.
"It was lovely at first, gathering mushrooms and wild vegetables together, but before I knew it, I was being ordered up perilous cliffs to gather plants, tasting whether mushrooms were poisonous, used as a decoy for bears!" Akira talked and his tone raised the more he spoke.
"Bears? Taste testing for poison? You know the teachers said not to!" Jake exclaimed before checking Akira.
While Jake was checking Akira, Akira said dramatically, "Don't be concerned, I do it for the sake of seeing your smiles, all else is trivial."
After Jake checked Akira and saw that nothing was wrong, he told him, "Don't be too stupid and reckless, you don't know if it will go wrong."
"Jake, you are too kind!" Akira exclaimed as he hugged Jake.
"Good work, looks like Akira's got his energy back, now to show you everything we got done while you were away," Rin said to Jake.
At a table, there was a bunch of mushrooms, herbs, and vegetables on top of a cloth.
"You found quite a bit, didn't you," Jake said to Rin and Akira.
"No, they found a ton," Kaede corrected Jake.
"Of course, thanks to my leadership," Rin said proudly.
"You realise I procured most of these," Akira told Rin.
"What are you talking about, if I-," Rin and Akira began to bicker, as Jake looked through all the gathered food, seeing if they accidentally picked up poisonous ones or forgot to use appraisal on the food gathered.
After he checked everything, he found that there was no poisonous plants that were gathered.
"Young nobles shouldn't complain so much," Rin said to Akira, ending their bickering.
"Who's going to be on cooking duty?" Jake asked them.
After they heard that, they looked away from Jake as they didn't know how to cook.
"If you want me to cook, I can, but first let's show the teachers what we've got," Jake said to them.
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Inside of the building, in the hall, there are students having their gathered plants checked by the teachers.
"Ms Sawada is over here," Jake said to his team, before going over to where Ms Sawada is.
After they arrived at where Ms Sawada is, they asked her to check whether what they gathered is poisonous.
After she checked it, Ms Sawada said, "Yup, you did good, out of all the teams not only did you bring back the most, you're the one group that managed to forage ingredients that are all safe to eat."
Kaede, Rin, and Akira were full of joy when they heard this, and Jake had a slight smile on his face.
Ms Sawada turned her head away and giggled slightly, saying to herself, "One step closer to getting the bonus I rightfully deserve."
After they heard this, Jake and the others had an embarrassed smile on their faces.
"But we can't relax just yet, your cooking will be graded too, I'm almost afraid to ask, but who here among you can actually cook?" Ms Sawada asked.
Everyone in the team pointed at Jake. After seeing that they all pointed at Jake, Ms Sawada went up to Jake and held his shoulders saying, "Jake, do your best for me, everything is riding on this, but more than anything I'm referring to my bonus!"
"Would it hurt you if you hid your ulterior motives?" Jake asked.
After they finished chatting with Ms Sawada, Jake and the others were about to leave when Jake saw Kaori.
He went up to her and said hello, "Hey Kaori, how have you been doing?"
"Jake, my team has been doing good, how has your team been doing?" Kaori responded before asking him.
"My team has been doing well, we have enough to eat and our tents are set up," Jake replied to Kaori.
"It's fun being out in nature, right Jake?" Kaori said before asking.
"Yeah, it is really fun, I should probably find time to do it again in the future," Jake replied to Kaori.
As they were talking, someone called for Kaori, "Hey Kaori, we're all finished up."
The person who said this was Nino Nakano who Jake met when he went to the mall to shop for clothes.
"Cool, alright then, good chatting Jake, see ya," Kaori replied before saying goodbye to Jake.
"Yeah, see you later Kaori," Jake replied as he also said goodbye.
"Rin, Kaede see you around," Kaori said to Rin and Kaede as she also said goodbye to them.