English Translation:

A woman waits impatiently near the edge of a ruined building. Her voice cuts through the silence.

“Amai… I’m waiting for your signal.”

A nervous voice answers from the other side.

“I know… but it’s not my fault. No one has entered the barrier yet.”

Her tone sharpens immediately.

“Are you talking back to me?”

Amai quickly apologizes. The woman warns him that if he keeps speaking like that, she will remove him from the team.

Somewhere else, two figures stand before the massive barrier of the Culling Game.

Megumi Fushiguro explains the real danger waiting inside.

The sorcerers they must avoid are not ordinary fighters. Many of them come from the distant past. Sorcerers who lived hundreds… even thousands of years ago.

Back then, human life was not valued the same way.

And for sorcerers, battle was everything.

Fighting. Killing. Dying in combat.

For many of them, that was the only purpose of their existence.

Megumi believes this is why many ancient sorcerers made contracts with Kenjaku.

The chance to fight again in a new era.

Two names stand out the most.

Hajime Kashimo.
Hiromi Higuruma.

Megumi warns that if they encounter fighters like them, negotiation will be pointless.

These people came here to fight.

Still, not every player is like that.

Some participants are modern humans who were forced into the game… just like Megumi’s sister.

If they meet someone like that, sharing information could help them survive.

A floating shikigami appears in front of them.

Kogane speaks in a mechanical voice.

“This barrier contains the Culling Game. A death match between players. If you enter, you will become a participant. Do you still wish to proceed?”

Yuji Itadori does not hesitate.

“Yes.”

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Megumi has already accepted the risk as well.

Kogane offers to display the game’s rules again, but Megumi refuses.

They already know enough.

Their immediate goal is gathering information about Higuruma.

With that decision made, they step inside the barrier.

But the moment Yuji crosses the boundary… something unexpected happens.

The ground disappears beneath him.

He begins falling from the sky.

Megumi is nowhere in sight.

The truth becomes clear immediately.

Players who enter the barrier are randomly transported to one of nine different locations inside the colony.

This rule was never mentioned before.

High above the city, Yuji notices something strange.

A man holding a signal device.

The man raises his arm… and sends a signal.

That signal activates a trap.

A woman wearing a jetpack suddenly appears and launches an attack.

She strikes Yuji midair and blasts him through a building.

These attackers have a specific role inside the game.

They are known as Beginner Hunters.

Their strategy is simple.

Attack players the moment they enter the barrier, while they are still disoriented.

The woman studies the destruction below.

Normally, that strike would completely eliminate a new player.

But then Yuji appears again.

He lands on a rooftop, completely unharmed.

Not only is he alive… he is ready to fight.

The woman immediately realizes something.

“This boy is not normal.”

Yuji quickly grabs a stone from the rooftop and throws it.

The rock strikes the jetpack on her back.

But it is not just a normal throw.

Yuji had already infused the stone with cursed energy.

The impact sends the woman crashing into a building.

Yuji watches the debris carefully.

“Did I defeat her already?”

But his focus quickly returns to his real mission.

He still needs information about Higuruma.

And he also needs to find Megumi.

Before he can move, another man steps forward.

Anger fills his voice.

“What do you think you are doing?”

The man looks toward the fallen woman.

“That is my partner.”

Nearby, Amai recognizes Yuji immediately.

“That is Yuji Itadori…”

While Yuji faces this new opponent, Megumi is dealing with his own situation somewhere else in the colony.

He is already fighting another player.

The woman screams in pain.

“Why are you doing this to me?”

Megumi responds calmly.

“You attacked me first.”

The battle ends quickly.

Megumi realizes how far apart they have been separated.

He summons Nue to search the area.

But even Nue cannot locate Yuji.

The barrier is far larger than expected.

They might be separated by more than two kilometers.

Megumi decides to gather information instead.

He turns toward the defeated woman and asks a question.

“Do you know a sorcerer named Higuruma?”

The woman hesitates.

Megumi studies her carefully.

He knows she might be lying.

If she refuses to cooperate… he will not hesitate to eliminate her.

Finally, she answers.

She does know about Higuruma.

In fact, she knows exactly who he is.

The man who already has one hundred points.

But information is never free in the Culling Game.

She offers a deal.

She will tell Megumi everything… but only if he helps her with something first.

Megumi’s patience is already running thin.

“Say it.”

The woman finally reveals her request.

“Will you become my knight?”

Megumi does not even react.

He simply accepts the deal immediately.

The woman looks surprised.

“You are not even going to discuss it?”

Megumi has no time for long conversations.

“Just start talking.”

But she clarifies something important.

Being her knight means protecting her life.

Completely.

Megumi answers coldly.

“That depends on whether you are telling the truth.”

If she lies… she already knows what will happen.

He also makes one thing clear.

He is not like Yuji.

If necessary, he can earn one hundred points himself.

The woman sighs in relief.

Then she corrects him.

“Stop calling me ‘you.’”

“My name is Remi.”

And just like that, a fragile alliance is formed inside the deadly arena of the Culling Game.