English Translation:

The white chamber stays completely silent.

Then the strange figure finally speaks.

Yuki steps forward first, studying the being carefully.

“So… you will not even greet me?”

The creature looks at them calmly.

Everyone immediately realizes who it is.

Master Tengen.

Tengen answers in a quiet voice.

“This is not the first time we have met.”

Yuki narrows her eyes.

“Then why did you seal the Tomb of the Star Corridor earlier?”

Tengen gives a simple answer.

“At that time… I believed you might be working with Kenjaku.”

He pauses briefly.

“I cannot read the human heart.”

Yuki nods slowly.

“Kenjaku…”

She explains to the others.

“The sorcerer who once lived as Noritoshi Kamo… and now controls Geto’s body.”

Yuji suddenly asks something that has been bothering him.

“Tengen-sama… why do you look like this?”

Tengen’s appearance is far from human.

The figure barely resembles a person anymore.

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Tengen explains.

“I may be immortal… but my body still continues to age.”

“After five hundred years, anyone would look like this.”

Then he reveals the real reason.

“Eleven years ago… I failed to merge with the Star Plasma Vessel.”

“That failure accelerated my evolution.”

Now his existence is different.

“My consciousness has spread much further.”

“In a sense… the entire world has become my body.”

Megumi immediately reacts.

“Was there no second Star Plasma Vessel?”

Before Tengen answers, Yuta steps forward.

“More importantly… we want to understand Kenjaku’s objective.”

“And we need to know how to open the Prison Realm.”

Tengen studies them carefully.

“I can explain.”

“But I have one condition.”

He looks at the group.

“Two of you must remain here… and guard my body.”

Maki immediately questions it.

“Guard you?”

“You are immortal. Why would you need protection?”

Yuki crosses her arms.

“You should explain the reason first.”

Tengen nods.

“Very well.”

“Let us start with Kenjaku.”

He explains Kenjaku’s ultimate goal.

“Kenjaku wants the evolution of all people in Japan.”

Megumi responds quickly.

“We have heard that before.”

“But what does it actually mean?”

Tengen explains the problem.

Kenjaku could have tried turning everyone into sorcerers.

But that method required far too much cursed energy.

The energy created by non-sorcerers does not return to sorcerers efficiently.

So Kenjaku chose a different path.

“A far more dangerous method.”

He plans to merge humanity with Tengen.

Yuji looks confused.

“But that should be impossible.”

“You can only merge with the Star Plasma Vessel.”

Tengen nods.

“That was true eleven years ago.”

“But since then… I have evolved.”

Now the situation is different.

“I can potentially merge with other humans as well.”

Choso speaks up.

“But you are only one being.”

“How can you merge with millions?”

Tengen answers calmly.

“My current form is not what it appears.”

“My soul exists everywhere around you.”

“As I said before… the world itself has become my body.”

Anyone who merges with him would become something entirely new.

“A being that is neither human… nor curse.”

But the danger is enormous.

Tengen continues.

“I maintain control through my barrier techniques.”

“But if even one person loses control after merging…”

“The result would be catastrophic.”

Yuki understands immediately.

“Because there would be no limits.”

“Human corruption would spread everywhere.”

The scale becomes terrifying.

The impurity of nearly one hundred million people would spread across the world.

The disaster that happened in Tokyo…

Would happen everywhere.

Yuji asks the obvious question.

“Why would Kenjaku want that?”

Tengen shakes his head slowly.

“I told you before.”

“I cannot read the human heart.”

Maki raises another point.

“Then just refuse the merge.”

But Tengen reveals the real problem.

“My evolution has changed my nature.”

“I am now closer to a cursed spirit than a human.”

That makes him vulnerable to a specific ability.

Cursed Spirit Manipulation.

The same technique Kenjaku currently possesses.

Everyone understands the danger instantly.

Kenjaku could control Tengen.

And once that happens… the world changes forever.

Tengen explains why he needs protection.

“My true body is hidden inside the Tomb of the Star Corridor.”

“My barrier is preventing most people from reaching it.”

But if Kenjaku breaks that barrier…

The result will be immediate.

Yuta realizes something.

“That is why you need guards.”

Tengen nods.

“Yes.”

“Among barrier users… Kenjaku is second only to me.”

“I do not know when he will break the seal.”

Yuki begins thinking about the timeline.

“If Kenjaku planned all this…”

“Why is he acting now?”

Tengen explains the strange connection between fate and sorcerers.

The Star Plasma Vessel.

The Six Eyes.

And Tengen himself.

These three are linked by fate.

In the past, Kenjaku tried interfering with that fate twice.

Both times he lost to a Six Eyes sorcerer.

Then he tried something extreme.

He killed both the Six Eyes user and the Star Plasma Vessel… when they were only one month old.

Yet fate still corrected itself.

On the day of the merging ceremony…

Both appeared again.

Kenjaku realized something.

He could not defeat fate directly.

So he changed his strategy.

Instead of killing them…

He would seal them.

Because two Six Eyes users cannot exist at the same time.

But eleven years ago something unexpected happened.

Toji Fushiguro appeared.

Megumi’s eyes widen at the name.

Toji was different from everyone else.

A man with Heavenly Restriction.

A body with zero cursed energy.

Someone who existed outside fate itself.

He broke the system.

And that event changed everything.

Later, another piece appeared on Kenjaku’s board.

A sorcerer with Cursed Spirit Manipulation.

The body Kenjaku now controls.

With that power… Kenjaku finally had the pieces he needed.

Megumi now understands the purpose of the Culling Game.

“So the Culling Game…”

“It prepares people for the merging.”

Tengen nods.

“That is very likely.”

The ritual uses the cursed energy of players.

And that energy will eventually open the path to the entire world.

Once the ritual reaches its final stage…

Kenjaku will begin the merging with Tengen.

But the ritual also has strict rules.

Kenjaku placed binding vows on the system.

The Culling Game cannot be easily stopped.

Even if Kenjaku dies… the game continues.

The game only ends when every player dies.

Or when players refuse to continue and eventually perish.

Another rule limits interference.

Players can add new rules using one hundred points.

But those rules cannot cause long-term damage to the system.

Megumi immediately realizes the implication.

Yuta finishes the thought.

“Then we have only one option.”

“We must participate.”

They need to collect points.

And create a rule that allows players like Tsumiki to leave the game safely.

But another goal is even more important.

Megumi says it clearly.

“We must free Gojo-sensei.”

“He is the only one who can handle this alone.”

Yuji then asks the immediate question.

“Who will stay here to guard Tengen?”

Two voices answer at once.

“I will stay.”

Yuki.

“And me.”

Choso.

Choso looks directly at Yuji.

“You will need the others during the Culling Game.”

“And if Noritoshi Kamo comes here…”

His eyes harden.

“I will destroy him.”

“For my brothers.”

Yuki also has her own reason.

“I still need to discuss several things with Tengen.”

Tengen accepts their decision.

Then Yuta asks the final question.

“How do we free Gojo Satoru?”

Tengen answers.

“You need the back gate of the Prison Realm.”

Yuki looks surprised.

“I have never heard of that.”

Tengen explains.

“It functions like a secondary entrance.”

Originally, the Prison Realm existed outside his barrier.

Possibly even outside Japan.

To hide its assistant gate, Tengen sealed the back entrance.

But that solution was incomplete.

The gate was still sealed from the inside.

Yuji asks the obvious question.

“If we open it…”

Tengen stops him.

“That is impossible.”

“The back gate can only be opened by someone who holds the front gate.”

Breaking it requires special cursed tools.

One of them was the Inverted Spear of Heaven.

A weapon capable of erasing cursed techniques.

But that weapon was destroyed years ago.

Another option was the Black Rope.

A tool that could disrupt cursed techniques.

But that rope was also destroyed recently.

Megumi looks confused.

“Why would Gojo destroy them?”

Yuta explains quietly.

“I tried searching for the remaining fragments of the Black Rope.”

“But I found nothing.”

For a moment… it seems hopeless.

Then Yuki speaks again.

“But there is another way… right?”

Tengen nods.

“Yes.”

Among the players of the Culling Game…

There is a sorcerer from one thousand years ago.

Someone who calls herself Angel.

Her cursed technique has a special property.

It can extinguish other cursed techniques.

If they find her…

She might be able to open the Prison Realm.

Her name is Hana Kurusu.

And suddenly…

The entire mission becomes clear.

English Translation:

Megumi Fushiguro speaks first.

His voice is calm, but the weight behind his words is heavy.

“Noritoshi Kamo has started a plan… a massive ritual called the Culling Game.”

Yuji listens carefully.

Megumi continues.

“The goal is simple. Force countless people into a deadly competition between sorcerers.”

Then he says the part that truly matters.

“Tsumiki… is already trapped inside it.”

For a moment, everything goes silent.

Megumi looks directly at Yuji.

“That’s why I need your help.”

“I need your strength, Itadori.”

Yuji remembers something suddenly.

His grandfather’s voice.

“You’re strong, kid… so help people.”

Those words echo inside his mind.

Yuji takes a breath.

“Kotsu-senpai… Sukuna might be planning something involving Fushiguro.”

Everyone turns toward him.

Yuji explains slowly.

“Inside Shibuya, Sukuna only took control because I was forced to swallow ten fingers at once.”

His voice remains steady.

“Right now I’ve consumed fifteen.”

He thinks carefully about the remaining ones.

“Even if I eat the last five all at once… I won’t let him take control again.”

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Then Yuji adds something even heavier.

“If Sukuna ever does come out again… don’t hesitate.”

“Kill me.”

The room grows quiet.

Megumi answers without hesitation.

“I understand.”

“If that moment comes… I will do what must be done.”

Yuji nods.

“Alright.”

Then he looks at Megumi again.

“So what’s the plan?”

Megumi answers immediately.

“First, we return to Jujutsu High.”

“We need to contact Master Tengen.”

They need answers.

Specifically, one crucial question.

“How do we break Gojo-sensei’s seal?”

But that is not all.

They also need to understand the full scale of Noritoshi Kamo’s plan.

Megumi says it clearly.

“The Culling Game is the largest act of terrorism in jujutsu history.”

And if anyone knows how to stop it…

It is probably Tengen.

Yuji suddenly remembers something.

“There might be someone who knows how to reach Tengen.”

He pauses.

“I already spoke with her.”

“It was her idea.”

Megumi looks surprised.

“Her?”

Yuji nods.

“She’s hiding inside Jujutsu High.”

“She doesn’t want to meet the higher-ups.”

Yuta adds another complication.

“The biggest problem is Tengen’s barrier.”

Inside Jujutsu High there are thousands of doors.

But only one leads to Tengen.

“If we choose the wrong door,” Yuta explains, “we won’t reach him.”

Yuji lowers his head slightly.

“Fushiguro… I need to ask something.”

His voice becomes quieter.

“What happened to Kugisaki?”

Megumi says nothing.

He simply stays silent.

That silence tells Yuji everything.

Yuji exhales slowly.

“I understand.”

Suddenly—

Someone appears behind them.

Choso.

He has been listening.

“I might know a way through the barrier.”

Yuta looks at him.

“So you were listening.”

Choso remains calm.

“Mai once stole Sukuna’s finger and the Death Painting Wombs.”

“We can do the same thing.”

The group decides to move.

Soon they arrive at Jujutsu High.

Two familiar figures are already waiting.

Maki Zenin.

And Yuki Tsukumo.

The damage to Maki’s body is immediately visible.

Half of her face is badly burned.

Those injuries came from Jogo.

Maki looks at Yuji.

“It’s been a while.”

Yuji shakes his head.

“Not that long.”

He bows slightly.

“Maki-senpai.”

Yuta also greets her.

“Maki… you’re walking again?”

Maki nods.

“There’s no problem.”

Yuki steps forward and studies her injuries.

“The scars won’t disappear.”

“Even Reverse Cursed Technique can’t erase them.”

But Maki’s body is unusual.

Her extreme resistance helped her survive.

Still… not everyone was as lucky.

The head of the Zenin family did not survive the incident.

Maki stays silent.

Then she asks the real question.

“What about Tengen’s barrier?”

Megumi begins to answer.

But Choso interrupts.

“I’ll explain.”

He describes the path.

Between the door and Tengen’s tomb… there is a warehouse.

Inside that warehouse are the remaining Death Painting Wombs.

Fragments of his younger brothers.

Choso closes his eyes for a moment.

“They are incomplete… but I can still sense them.”

All six of them.

Yuki nods.

“That should work.”

Maki crosses her arms.

“Fine.”

“But who exactly is this man?”

Yuji answers simply.

“For now… think of him as my older brother.”

Choso looks genuinely surprised.

But there is no time to question it.

The group begins moving.

Choso leads them to a specific door.

He stops in front of it.

“There’s no doubt.”

“My brothers are on the other side.”

They open the door.

Inside is a strange space filled with dried tree-like structures.

The atmosphere feels ancient and quiet.

They continue moving forward.

An elevator appears.

This elevator will take them down to Tengen’s chamber.

But along the way they pass the warehouse.

Choso pauses briefly.

Yuji looks at him.

“Choso…”

Choso nods slowly.

“I know.”

“I will come back for them.”

“For now… wait for me.”

They step inside the elevator.

As it descends, Yuji notices something on the floor.

Dark stains.

Blood.

Yuji frowns.

“What happened here?”

Yuki answers quietly.

“It was eleven years ago.”

She thinks carefully.

“And now that I look back… that might have been where everything started to fall apart.”

This place witnessed a legendary battle.

“Toji Fushiguro fought Suguru Geto here.”

That clash left marks that never fully disappeared.

The elevator stops.

Yuki looks ahead.

“Beyond this point… is the main shrine.”

They walk forward.

Then suddenly—

Everyone stops.

“Wait…”

In front of them is a completely white room.

Empty.

Nothing inside.

Yuji looks around.

“There’s nothing here.”

Megumi studies the space.

“This is the main shrine.”

Yuki slowly shakes her head.

“No.”

“It’s rejecting us.”

She had expected something different.

Gojo’s sealing should have changed things.

But reality is different.

“I thought we might reach him now that the Six Eyes is sealed.”

Her voice becomes quieter.

“I was too optimistic.”

Then she wonders something disturbing.

Is the barrier rejecting everyone?

Or…

Is it rejecting only her?

Megumi clenches his fists slightly.

Yuta finally speaks.

“We should leave.”

“Tsumiki doesn’t have much time.”

But just as they prepare to turn back—

A voice echoes behind them.

“You’re leaving already?”

Everyone freezes.

The voice continues calmly.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

“Child of the Zenin.”

“Descendant of Michizane.”

“Death Painting Womb.”

“And the vessel of Sukuna.”

A strange creature slowly appears behind them.

Its form is unnatural… almost beyond human understanding.

And at that moment—

The true meeting begins.

English Translation:

Yuta stands calmly, looking at Naoya.

“Looks like you’re hurt.”

Naoya glares at him immediately.

“Do not underestimate me, child.”

But the moment he says that, his body betrays him. Blood suddenly pours from his mouth. He coughs violently, trying to understand what is happening.

Poison?

No.

A cursed technique?

Also no.

Then he realizes the truth.

Choso’s blood was already inside his body. And Naoya’s body… still human… is rejecting it.

The foreign blood is destroying him from within.

Naoya stares down at the blood in disbelief.

“That man… he isn’t human.”

Yuta watches the situation quietly.

Then he speaks.

“If you want, I can heal you.”

Naoya looks up.

“My Reverse Cursed Technique can restore your body.”

But Yuta pauses for a moment.

“In return… you will report that Itadori Yuji is dead.”

The battlefield fades into silence.

Then the scene shifts.

A memory surfaces.

A young man named Jin stands in a house, speaking to his father.

“Yes, father,” Jin says quietly.

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But before he can finish, the old man interrupts him.

“If you are going to talk about that woman again, I’m leaving.”

The old man steps forward. This is Yuji’s grandfather.

He looks at Jin with serious eyes.

“You can live your life however you want. But leave that woman.”

His voice grows heavier.

“If you stay with her… you will die.”

Jin tries to stop him.

“Please don’t say things like that in front of Yuji.”

But the old man shakes his head.

“Children remember more than we think.”

He sighs deeply.

“I know you wanted a child. But things didn’t work out with Kaori… and she died.”

Then suddenly—

A voice appears from behind them.

“Father-in-law… what are you talking about?”

A woman enters the room.

Yuji’s mother.

But something about her presence feels wrong.

The truth is quietly revealed.

That woman… is actually Noritoshi Kamo.

The scene breaks.

Yuji suddenly opens his eyes.

He is alive.

And the first thing he sees is Yuta sitting beside him.

Yuji stares in shock.

Yuta smiles slightly.

“That’s good. You woke up.”

Yuji struggles to understand.

“How… am I alive?”

Yuta begins explaining.

“It happened around September.”

He remembers the day Gojo came to meet him.

Gojo had a strange feeling that day.

“If something happens to me,” Gojo said calmly, “I want you to protect the first-year and second-year students.”

Yuta tried to laugh it off.

“What do you mean ‘something happens’? Are you expecting to find a girlfriend or something?”

Gojo gave him a strange look.

“Are you trying to be a comedian?”

But Yuta could tell.

Gojo was serious.

“I’m worried about the first-years,” Gojo continued.

Especially Yuji Itadori.

Just like Yuta once did, Yuji was supposed to be executed.

“If you can look after him… I would appreciate it.”

Yuta asked about Miguel.

But Gojo replied simply.

“He doesn’t want to see me right now.”

The memory fades.

Yuta looks back at Yuji.

“That’s why I didn’t want anyone else to become your executioner.”

So he made a decision.

The higher-ups forced a binding vow on him. He had to carry out Yuji’s execution.

So he did.

“I killed you.”

Yuta lowers his head slightly.

“I’m sorry.”

Yuji still cannot understand.

“Then how am I alive?”

Yuta explains calmly.

“The moment your heart stopped, I used Reverse Cursed Technique to restore it.”

It was a gamble.

But from everything he had heard about Yuji’s body… he believed it would work.

And it did.

“This is the second time your death has been staged,” Yuta says.

“The higher-ups might eventually find out.”

But for now… Yuji’s death sentence has technically been fulfilled.

Yuji stares at him.

“But why would you do all of this?”

Yuta answers quietly.

“Because you are important to people who are important to me.”

Yuta understands Yuji’s struggle.

Once, he also carried a power he could not control.

He believed it was unfair.

He wondered why such a burden had been placed on him.

But eventually, he realized something.

That power came from him.

Yuji’s case is different.

“The power inside you… isn’t yours.”

“So none of this is your fault.”

Yuji shakes his head.

“You don’t understand.”

“This isn’t about whether it’s my fault or not.”

He begins remembering the countless people who died during Sukuna’s rampage.

“I killed them.”

But before he can continue—

A familiar voice interrupts.

“Itadori.”

Megumi Fushiguro has arrived.

Yuji turns around.

Megumi walks forward calmly.

“What are you doing here?”

“Come on.”

“We’re going back to Jujutsu High.”

The barrier around the area is starting to weaken.

“For now, it’s better if nobody sees your face.”

Megumi plans to regroup with the other students.

But Yuji stops him.

“Don’t act like everything is normal.”

“Don’t pretend nothing happened.”

Yuta remembers something Yuji once said during their fight.

“I’m sorry… but I can’t die yet.”

Now Yuta finally understands something.

Yuji still does not believe he deserves to live.

That is why he hesitated during their battle.

Yuji lowers his head.

“How many people died because of me?”

Megumi responds immediately.

“That’s our fault.”

“Don’t be selfish.”

“Don’t give up alone.”

His voice is firm.

“We’re not heroes fighting for justice.”

“We’re jujutsu sorcerers.”

“And no one has the right to judge us.”

The only thing they can do… is prove their worth through their actions.

“And we don’t have time to sit around thinking about ourselves.”

“People need to be saved.”

Megumi believed that was Yuji’s motivation.

Yuji hesitates.

“Fushiguro…”

Megumi continues.

“As long as you stay around me, you’ll keep facing situations like this.”

“So start by saving me.”

Then he reveals something important.

Noritoshi Kamo has begun a massive plan.

The Culling Game.

And Tsumiki Fushiguro has already become part of it.

Megumi looks directly at Yuji.

“That’s why I’m asking you, Itadori.”

“I need your strength.”

Then the rules of the Culling Game are revealed.

Once a person’s cursed technique awakens, they must declare their participation in the game within nineteen days.

If they refuse, their cursed technique will be removed.

Any non-sorcerer who enters the barrier automatically becomes a player.

Players gain points by ending the lives of other players.

Normally, defeating a sorcerer grants five points. Defeating a non-sorcerer grants one point.

If a player collects one hundred points, they can create a new rule for the game.

However, the Game Master will only accept rules that do not disrupt the long-term structure of the game.

And there is one final condition.

If a player’s points do not change for nineteen days… their cursed technique will also be removed.

The stage is set.

Yuji stands silently.

Because now the real battle is about to begin.

English Translation:

Blood drips slowly across the cracked ground.

Choso stands firm, facing Naoya.

“I am the eldest of ten brothers.”

Naoya frowns. That was not the answer he wanted.

“I asked about your cursed technique,” he replies coldly. “And your durability.”

Before the words fully settle, Naoya moves.

He attacks instantly.

But this time, something changes. Choso adjusts to the attack. His body reacts faster than before, matching Naoya’s rhythm.

Naoya notices immediately.

He enhanced his muscles.

Choso is strengthening his body using blood manipulation — increasing physical power by accelerating blood flow and reinforcing his muscles.

But Naoya does not slow down.

He keeps attacking.

“I always assume my opponent will counterattack,” Naoya says calmly.

Choso steps back slightly.

Naoya clicks his tongue.

“You’re troublesome.”

For the first time, Naoya considers using something he normally avoids.

A weapon.

“You can control blood,” Naoya says. “You can stop bleeding. But how long can you keep fighting?”

Choso studies him carefully.

“You came prepared.”

Naoya sighs.

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“Honestly… sorcerers using weapons never felt elegant to me. That’s why I usually hide them.”

In his mind, sorcerers who rely on weapons are weak. Many of them carry tools just to show off power they do not truly possess.

He even criticizes his own brother for it.

Choso looks at him quietly.

“So you hate your brothers.”

Naoya answers without hesitation.

“Yes.”

“To me, older brothers who are weaker than their younger ones have no value. They should simply disappear.”

For a moment, the battlefield goes silent.

Then Choso responds.

“Perhaps you are standing here today because of them.”

Naoya’s eyes narrow.

“What did you say?”

Choso speaks calmly, but every word carries weight.

“An older brother does not have to be the strongest. He only needs to be someone his younger brothers can learn from.”

If an older brother walks the wrong path, the younger ones learn to avoid it.

If he walks the right path, they follow.

Choso continues.

“What if you became strong because your brothers were weak?”

Naoya says nothing.

Choso finally answers the original question.

“You asked why I’m so durable.”

His voice becomes heavier.

“I had no one to guide me.”

So he made mistakes. Again and again.

But even so… he had to move forward.

For the sake of the brothers behind him.

“That is why I am strong.”

Then Choso releases an enormous amount of blood.

It spills across the battlefield.

Naoya’s eyes widen.

How is he still alive after losing that much blood?

The answer lies in Choso’s nature.

As a Death Painting Womb, his blood is a mixture of cursed spirit and human. He can convert cursed energy directly into blood.

As long as his cursed energy remains… he will not die from blood loss.

Naoya instinctively steps back.

The battlefield becomes a red mist.

Blood fills the air, limiting vision.

Naoya studies it carefully.

The blood is moving slowly.

Too slowly.

He assumes Choso is weakening.

Perhaps the blood loss is finally catching up to him.

But in the next instant—

Choso appears from the side.

And fires a concentrated blood attack directly toward Naoya.

Naoya immediately realizes something critical.

He cannot allow that blood to touch him.

Choso follows with a kick.

A small amount of blood lands on Naoya’s clothes.

At first, it seems harmless.

Then Naoya feels it.

His legs begin to feel heavy.

Choso is controlling the blood that touched him.

Even the smallest drop becomes a tool.

Choso speaks calmly.

“Now you understand.”

“This is checkmate.”

Naoya refuses to accept it.

His technique operates in frames — twenty-four movements per second. Even if he appears frozen for a moment, he can still move by following those preset frames.

“Go ahead,” Naoya says. “Try it.”

But Choso does not attack immediately.

Naoya becomes confused.

Why wait?

Because the real attack has already begun.

This technique is something Choso created himself.

The result of more than 150 years of training.

Choso raises his hand.

“Supernova.”

The blood scattered around the battlefield suddenly explodes outward.

Thousands of compressed blood spheres detonate simultaneously.

Naoya is caught in the center.

Choso watches him with quiet disappointment.

“I’m sorry,” he says.

“But you never loved your brothers.”

The battlefield fills with red bursts of energy.

And then—

A new presence appears behind them.

Yuta arrives.

Yuji’s body hangs in his arms.

Choso’s eyes widen.

“Yuji—”

Before he can react, Yuta strikes.

Choso is already exhausted. The blow sends him crashing to the ground.

Yuta looks down calmly.

“Looks like you’re hurt.”

Nearby, Naoya struggles to stand.

Yuta approaches him and begins using Reverse Cursed Technique — restoring his injuries.

The battle pauses.

But the tension only grows stronger.

Because Yuji Itadori… still lies motionless.

English Translation:

Yuta swings first.

The katana cuts through the air with precise intent.

Yuji dodges — barely.
Yuta adjusts instantly and attacks again. This time, the blade grazes Yuji’s face. A thin line of blood forms.

Yuji analyzes the situation quickly.

First priority: deal with the katana.

He reinforces his body with cursed energy, hardening his skin. The blade itself does not frighten him. But if this opponent keeps control of the fight, Yuji knows he will be dismantled piece by piece.

He runs toward a nearby vehicle and dives through it.

Yuta follows without hesitation.

Yuji emerges holding something unexpected — a survival knife.

Yuta pauses for half a second.
Where did he get that?

Then he understands. It was inside the vehicle. Just a standard blade. Not a special-grade tool. Nothing extraordinary.

No reason to fear it.

Yuji charges.

He remembers Gojo’s advice:
Focus on mastering cursed energy before relying on weapons. If you focus too much on the weapon, you risk losing control of your energy.

Yuji never completed that training.

He attempts to block Yuta’s katana with the knife.

It fails.

“You’re too focused on my blade,” Yuta says calmly.

He kicks Yuji.

Even that single kick carries immense force. Yuji feels it in his bones.

Yuta shatters the knife in one clean motion. The broken blade cuts Yuji’s hand.

Yuji doesn’t retreat.

Instead, he traps the katana under his foot and drives it into the ground.

Yuta immediately breaks his own weapon without hesitation.

He accepts it.

Of course it would not be easy. Yuji is Gojo’s student.

Yuji checks his wound. Not deep enough to slow him.

Now both of them stand unarmed.

For a brief moment, it feels even.

Then the air shifts.

Something appears behind Yuji.

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Rika.

She grabs him instantly.

Yuji freezes.

He cannot move. The grip is overwhelming — far beyond human strength.

“What is happening?” Yuji demands.

Yuta answers softly. “We’re just playing, Rika.”

Yuji’s mind races. Is this a shikigami? A cursed spirit? He cannot identify it fully. He only knows he cannot break free.

“Hold him,” Yuta says.

Rika obeys.

Yuta picks up the broken katana.

There is no anger in his eyes.

He drives the blade straight into Yuji’s chest.

“Forgive me, Itadori.”

Inside Yuji, Sukuna watches.

And he smiles.

The scene cuts to the other battlefield.

Choso is still fighting Naoya.

Naoya touches him.

In that instant, Choso’s body is forced into a frame — like a projected image locked into stillness. Naoya’s technique converts movement into predetermined frames, restricting his opponent’s motion for a split second.

Then Naoya kicks him with precision.

Choso slides back, blood at his lips.

He assesses quickly.

Naoya is fast — extremely fast. And he is not revealing the full nature of his technique.

That means Choso cannot rely on extended preparation moves like full blood convergence. He cannot even properly control blood outside his body under this pressure.

Naoya studies him.

“You’re durable. Who exactly are you?”

Choso answers without pride, only fact.

“I am the eldest of ten brothers.”

Then he activates his reinforcement.

Flowing Red Scale.

In simple terms: he accelerates his blood flow, enhancing physical ability beyond normal limits.

Muscles tighten. Vision sharpens. Reaction speed increases.

He chooses adaptation over retreat.

The fight escalates.

But the true shock is elsewhere.

Yuji lies motionless.

The blade remains in his chest.

Yuta stands over him, silent.

And inside Yuji’s body… Sukuna laughs.

Not loudly.

Just enough to remind everyone

This story is not over.

English Translation:

Snow drifts across the ruined street.
Yuji stands still, staring at the figure in front of him.

“Who are you?”

The air feels heavier than before. Whoever this is… he is not ordinary.

And then — without warning — Yuta leaps.

He lands with crushing force. The ground shatters beneath his feet. Concrete caves in as if struck by something far beyond human strength.

Yuji and Choso freeze.

This is not just power.
This is pressure.

Choso narrows his eyes.
“So you’re the executioner.”

Yuta raises a hand calmly. “Wait. I’m on your side… for now. You’re Yuji Itadori, correct?”

Yuji realizes immediately. This must be the second-year Fushiguro mentioned.

Yuta speaks plainly. He is a special-grade sorcerer. Maki’s cousin. And he is here for one reason — to kill Yuji.

There is no hatred in his voice. Only resolve.

Choso steps slightly forward. “Yuji. You need to run.”

Yuta doesn’t deny it. He won’t interfere if Yuji escapes — at least not immediately.

Choso quickly analyzes the battlefield.
“The blond one is speed-based. If you try to outrun him directly, it will end badly. I’ll handle him.”

Yuji hesitates. “Can you fight him?”

Choso does not answer with pride. Only certainty.
“But you must avoid the black-haired one. He’s like Gojo. If you fight him head-on… you will die.”

Nearby, Naoya watches with quiet calculation. Even if Yuji is killed, he wants the situation hidden for now. Yuji is bait. A lure for something bigger.

Yuta turns to Choso. “I’ll leave him to you.”

Choso immediately prepares Piercing Blood — a compressed, high-speed blood projectile that requires conversion time.

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Naoya moves to stop him.

But Yuta is already moving toward Yuji.

Yuji runs.

He feels it instantly.

Yuta is fast. Faster than expected. Katana in hand, fully focused. Yuta had planned to intercept him immediately. But he hesitated, reading the situation first.

Yuji understands something important.

Yuta’s cursed energy covers everything — his body, his blade, his presence. Unlike subtle fighters, Yuta doesn’t conceal it.

That makes his attacks readable.

But it also makes every strike lethal.

Behind them, Naoya kicks Choso and follows with a clean punch. He recognizes Blood Manipulation instantly.

“Piercing Blood takes time,” Naoya states calmly. “Conversion slows you down. That delay is enough.”

He calls it checkmate.

Choso’s eyes harden. “After trying to hurt my little brother… do you believe you’ll leave alive?”

Meanwhile, Yuji spots a car ahead and leaps toward it, using it as cover.

Yuta is already there.

The katana swings.

Yuta believes he cut him.

But Yuji avoids fatal damage and hurls the entire car toward Yuta in one motion.

Yuta stops it. Then throws it back, blocking Yuji’s escape path completely.

“You look surprised,” Yuta says quietly. “I don’t appear that strong, do I?”

Yuji studies him.

Yuta doesn’t have overwhelming physical strength. But his cursed energy output is immense.

He reinforces his body constantly, converting energy into raw durability and force.

Yuji exhales.

“You’re the opposite of me.”

Yuta nods slightly.

“I have more cursed energy than even Gojo-sensei. But he has the Six Eyes. His energy consumption is nearly zero. Mine can run out.”

He pauses.

“But until it does… I won’t hold back.”

Suddenly he closes the distance.

Yuji’s instincts sharpen.

He remembers Todo’s lesson:
A skilled sorcerer controls their energy so well that you cannot predict their attack until the final instant.

But Yuta is different.

His entire body is flooded with cursed energy constantly. The attacks are visible.

Clear.

Direct.

But unstoppable.

Each swing can kill.
Each clash injures Yuji, but barely slows Yuta.

Yuji remembers Nanami’s final words.

“I leave the rest to you.”

The weight of that trust hits him now.

Yuta advances again.

Yuji steadies himself.

“I’m sorry,” he says under his breath. “But I cannot die yet.”

English Translation:

Yuji stands alone on a bridge.

He claps once.

Cursed energy spreads outward.

He claps again.

Two massive cursed spirits appear in front of him.

Yuji turns and runs.

More cursed spirits begin chasing him.
One after another, drawn in by his presence.

He does not fight them in the open.
He leads them deeper into the city.

Through empty streets.
Into a tunnel.

The moment every cursed spirit enters the narrow space—

“Piercing Blood.”

A concentrated beam of compressed blood tears through the tunnel.
Every cursed spirit is destroyed instantly.

One remains.

Yuji steps forward and ends it with a single punch.

Silence.

Choso watches him carefully.

Incredible.

Ever since we fought, you impressed me.
But now… you are even stronger.

Your cursed energy control is precise.
Your physical strength is overwhelming.
You are not even fully healed.

You fight like something beyond human.

Yuji does not respond.

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Choso smiles faintly.

You are still my little brother.

Yuji sighs.

You are still calling me that?

Yes. I will continue to call you that.

Remember your father.
The stitches on his forehead.

Yuji goes quiet.

Then footsteps interrupt them.

Naoya Zenin arrives.

I do not see Megumi.
Did I come too early?

His eyes scan the area.

Who is this?
And why are you talking about Fushiguro?

Yuji stays calm.

Naoya smirks.

You two should not be walking around so freely.
Do you not want to run?

Yuji answers directly.

Run?
Now that Gojo Satoru is gone, my execution sentence has returned.

Choso understands immediately.

Naoya shrugs.

My business is with Megumi.
I do not care if you live or die.
But I cannot let you wander freely.

Perhaps I will break your legs.

What do you want with Fushiguro?

Maybe I plan to kill him.
But first, I want him to sign something for me.

Without warning—

Naoya appears directly in front of them.

I heard Megumi is looking for you.

Yuji’s eyes narrow.

He is fast.

Naoya strikes.

First Yuji.
Then Choso.

They counterattack together—

But before their hits connect, Naoya vanishes.

He reappears at a distance.

Yuji exhales.

He is extremely fast.

Choso studies him carefully.

That is likely his cursed technique.

Naoya tilts his head.

You are tougher than I expected.

Honestly, I did not think much of you.

Now I understand.
He truly is Sukuna’s vessel.

Naoya considers increasing his speed further.

Should I use my full acceleration?

Then—

All three of them feel it.

A presence.

Their bodies react before their minds do.

Their instincts freeze.

Yuji feels it immediately.

This is not Gojo’s overwhelming presence.

This is different.

Sharper.

Colder.

More suffocating.

A figure steps forward.

So… you are not alone after all.

Yuta Okkotsu has arrived.

The air itself feels heavier.

Yuji stands between two threats.

One driven by pride.

The other by duty.

And neither of them intends to show mercy.

Introduction

Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 138 marks the explosive beginning of the Itadori Extermination Arc, shifting the story into a darker and more politically charged phase. In the aftermath of the Shibuya Incident, the jujutsu world is in chaos, and powerful decisions are being made behind closed doors. This chapter introduces Yuta Okkotsu back into the main storyline, now carrying a shocking mission that raises the stakes dramatically. With tension rising and alliances beginning to shift, Chapter 138 sets the tone for a gripping new conflict that will reshape the future of the series.

English Translation:

The Zenin residence stands silent.
Inside, tension spreads faster than grief.

“Is she dead?”
The question hangs in the air.

Naoya Zenin stands confidently, a Special Grade One sorcerer.
Beside him is Mai and Maki’s mother.
But the concern in the room is not about daughters.
It is about power.

Focus on the clan head, she says quietly.
The one dying is Maki.

Naoya does not hide his contempt.
Beauty means nothing if she cannot support a man.
A woman who cannot walk three steps behind should not exist.

Their mother says nothing.
Silence has always been her survival.

Naoya enters a room where two men are already waiting.
Ogi Zenin.
Jinichi Zenin.
Both Special Grade One sorcerers.

You are late, Jinichi says.

Naoya shrugs.
It does not matter.
The next head of the Zenin clan is me.
My older brothers are failures.
And you, uncle, accomplished nothing in your life.

The insult is sharp.
Jinichi attacks immediately.
Naoya dodges effortlessly.

Ogi draws his blade and places it against Naoya’s neck.

Please, Naoya says calmly.
Our father is on his deathbed.
Can we not stay united for once?

The door opens.

Master Naobito Zenin is dead.

For a brief moment, Naoya smiles.

Bring the will.

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According to tradition, the will can only be read in the presence of Ogi, Jinichi, and Naoya.

The reading begins.

Naoya Zenin will become the 27th head of the Zenin clan.
All positions and authority will be transferred to him.
But he must first gain approval from Ogi and Jinichi.

Naoya nods.
Expected.

Then the condition changes everything.

If Satoru Gojo is dead or mentally incapacitated…
Then according to a prior agreement with Toji Fushiguro,
Megumi Fushiguro will be brought into the Zenin clan and made its head.
All assets will transfer to him.

Silence.

Naoya’s confidence cracks for the first time.

Megumi?
That weak child?

Why would they not choose a random stranger instead?

Where is Megumi now? Naoya demands.

Mai and Maki’s mother answers carefully.
He is in Tokyo.
Looking for Yuji Itadori.

Sukuna’s vessel.

Then spread the word.
Naoya Zenin will kill Sukuna’s vessel.
And Megumi will follow.

Tokyo is already a city of monsters.
No one will question more deaths.

I will handle the aftermath.
After all… I am the clan head.

The scene shifts.

After Shibuya.
The smoke has not fully cleared.

Yuki Tsukumo appears.

She apologizes for not coming sooner.
She believed it was necessary to observe from afar.
She makes one thing clear.

She is not on anyone’s side.

Her only goal is to erase cursed spirits from this world.

As compensation, she and her ally will escort the surviving students to safety.

Then she leaves.
There are bigger matters to discuss with Tengen.

In the present, Yuji sits quietly.
His body is injured.
His mind, heavier.

Choso approaches.

How are your injuries?

Yuji says he is fine.
Even after being struck by Black Flash, he survived.
Because of Sukuna.

He can feel it.
Sukuna is growing stronger.

Choso tells him not to worry about him.
Yuji can return to Jujutsu High if he wishes.
Choso must gather the remaining cursed spirits.

Yuji shakes his head.

This is not about returning.

Sukuna has plans for Megumi.
He is certain of it.

And there is something else.

I killed many people.

He remembers Sukuna’s words.
How do you know the person you saved will not kill someone later?

Yuji cannot ignore it.

I cannot stand beside everyone else.

And I killed your younger brothers.

Choso looks at him calmly.

That was a misunderstanding.
If Kechizu were here, he would say the same.

Between brothers, there is no talk of forgiveness.
That is simply how it is.

Yuji lowers his head slightly.

Then let us move.

We need to eliminate as many cursed spirits as possible.

They walk forward together.

Two figures moving through a broken city.

But elsewhere, others are moving too.

Naoya Zenin steps into Tokyo.
His objective is simple.

Kill Sukuna’s vessel.
Secure the clan’s future.

And another sorcerer returns.

Yuta Okkotsu.

He accepts the execution order.

He will kill Yuji Itadori.

The hunt begins.

Yuji walks forward, unaware that death is approaching from two directions.

One driven by pride.
The other by duty.

And this time, no one is coming to save him.