"Shibuya Killer."
"The bastard who killed his brother."
"Let your teacher die before your eyes."
"The scoundrel who framed his older brother and got him sealed away."
"Yuji Itadori, you don't deserve to live at all! Why aren't you dead yet?!"
Yuji Itadori suddenly woke from the nightmare. The sunlight fell on his cheeks—clearly warm, yet it chilled his heart. He raised his hand to cover his entire face. This was the first time in a while he had been trapped in the same dream.
He had also asked Sukuna about it, but unfortunately, Sukuna said something inexplicable upon hearing it and paid him no attention. In the end, Itadori got beaten because he had learned from Brother Locke and called Sukuna "Llama Sukuna."
Since Sukuna said it was nothing, Itadori thought he had just been under too much pressure lately, and that a sorcerer having such an inexplicable nightmare was normal.
As for why they trusted Llama Sukuna so much, it was because Llama Sukuna wanted to defeat Brother Locke's past life, so they had made a deal: Sukuna would teach Itadori to fight and use his own techniques in exchange for the chance to challenge him every week.
Sukuna had issued four challenges over the past month, and each time Sukuna completed a challenge, he would go three full days without speaking. The principal would look at him with murderous eyes.
By the way, it seemed the training ground hadn't been repaired for half a month. It probably wasn't worth fixing.
When his mood gradually calmed down, Itadori stood up and realized he had sweated far too much this time. His sheets were soaked again.
Sweating again. His whole family.
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"What are you doing, idiot? I reminded you not to be late yesterday, and you're late again!"
Seeing Yuji Itadori arrive late again, Kugisaki Nobara was already at her limit with this fool. Because today was the day to eliminate the cursed spirit from Kyoto Jujutsu High School.
Second-year Panda saw how angry Kugisaki was, touched her head, and explained patiently:
"Don't be angry, Kugisaki. The car hasn't arrived yet anyway. We have to wait."
"Shut up! Besides, my head is about to explode! Why does a perfectly good exchange meeting have to turn into a joint mission? Aren't we first-years? It's been a month. I've been doing missions for a month since I enrolled. I feel like my student days are already over!!"
Recalling the terrible experiences of the past month, Kugisaki Nobara suddenly grabbed her head with both hands and screamed, unable to accept this brutal and outrageous reality.
She had clearly come to school to experience the life of an ordinary student, but in the end, she had been used as a workhorse for an entire month. Finally, she had been looking forward to a campus activity that should have been routine, but it was suddenly replaced by a joint sorcerer mission.
At this moment, Kugisaki was still on the verge of collapse, with no room to relax.
"Alright, Kugisaki. As sorcerers, this is our job. And the workload has decreased significantly over the past month, so stop complaining."
Zen'in Maki reluctantly stepped forward, gently comforting the little girl with the bag. Before she could finish, Kugisaki threw herself at her, hugged her tightly, buried her face in her chest, and screamed loudly.
Kanorose watched the farce before him and didn't know how to apologize for a long time. Fortunately, a tourist bus soon appeared before them. As the door slowly opened, Locke greeted them with a thermos in hand:
"Stop causing trouble. Get in the car. We're leaving."
After the first-years and second-years boarded the bus, the three first-years habitually sat behind Locke, while the second-year trio began to look at Locke and whisper among themselves.
Panda: "Maki, is that the strongest one surpassing Gojo-sensei—the reincarnated Nosaka Locke?"
Maki: "Huh? You're asking me? I haven't seen him. How would I know?"
Dog Roll Thorns: "Mayo tuna."
Maki: "Although I'm from the Zen'in clan, I wasn't there the day he went to the Zen'in estate. How would I know what happened?"
Panda: "I heard he has many reincarnation forms, like in those old anime. Each one is so strong that even Ryomen Sukuna was sealed by him."
Maki: "Huh? Ryomen Sukuna was also sealed by him? I only know that old man Naobito wants to listen to him."
Just as the second-year trio was talking about the mysterious character Locke, Megumi Fushiguro asked Locke for the details of the mission.
"I'm not very clear on the details. I only know that Gojo Satoru asked me to help out. Anyway, you can't beat me anyway. Consider my knife work a vacation."
Opening his thermos and taking a sip, Locke didn't seem to care about this mission, which left Megumi Fushiguro a bit stunned. But then he thought that if it wasn't that old relic, he wouldn't care either.
If it were that old relic, he wouldn't want to participate in this mission.
In this atmosphere, the car quickly arrived at its destination. The Kyoto school residents had been waiting for a very long time.
Only then did everyone realize that the driver was Gojo Satoru's exclusive secretary—Ijichi. The auxiliary supervisors on both sides began to brief everyone on the mission after briefly exchanging information.
A cursed spirit born from ancient legends—the Sorceress Centipede.
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At the same time, outside Kyoto Jujutsu High School, Jogo and Hanami stared at the Kyoto school's barrier for a long time before speaking.
"Hanami, do you think I did something wrong? I could have chosen others, but I'm still leading you to your death."
"#¥#%*...%@@ (We are comrades. No matter what decision you make, I will support you. And Mahito sacrificing himself for his comrades is the right thing to do.)"
"%#%......@# (Moreover, our sacrifice is worth it.)"
After his comrade explained, Jogo's eyes instantly flashed with guilt and loss.
But Hanami was right. Their sacrifice was never meaningless. As long as Geto Suguru's plan worked, they could completely break free from Nishida Kagetatsu's shadow and truly run freely in the sunlight.
He raised his hand to wipe the moisture from the corners of his eyes, and the crater above his head suddenly roared and erupted. Jogo sharply turned his head, looked at his first comrade beside him, and roared:
"Let's go, Hanami. Let's make a big scene together!"
In the next second, a pillar of fire erupted around Kyoto Jujutsu High School. Flames and black smoke rose, completely dyeing the entire sky black, spreading a scene like the end of the world.
"Nishida Kagetatsu! Come out for me!!"
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