Things were busy that summer.
The frequent disasters of the past year probably played a role,
but cursed spirits were springing up like maggots.
Exorcise, absorb.
Over and over.
Exorcise.
Absorb.
No one else understands
what cursed spirits taste like.
It's like swallowing a dirty rag that's been used to clean up shit and vomit.
Exorcise.
Absorb.
"What I witnessed isn't uncommon."
"I understood the ugliness of the masses,
and still chose to be a jujutsu sorcerer who saves others."
That's what I've been telling myself ever since that day.
Ever since that day.
Apparently, this used to be the home of the president
of a company managing a local chain of barbecue restaurants.
However, in July of last year,
the mad cow disease breakout dealt a fatal blow to his restaurants,
so he committed suicide with his family after they were buried under vast debt.
From then on, local rumors claimed the president's home was haunted,
so local school kids, college students from outside the prefecture,
job-hoppers, and others would visit it as part of a test of courage,
and subsequently go missing.
Those rumors brought about more rumors,
and the damage just continued to spread.
Rumors do tend to spread rather quickly around haunted spots.
They can spread at an unbelievable pace nowadays, thanks to the Internet.
This all just means even more work for us jujutsu sorcerers.
In addition to that, three grade school kids went missing on their way home from school.
There's also a high chance the families, police, colleagues,
and friends who trace the paths of those who disappeared
will reach the mansion and become victims themselves.
We have to sever the root of this issue as soon as possible.
HQ sent us to investigate because they reached the same conclusion.
Warning! Entering These Premises Is Forbidden! Many Have Gone Missing!
They're even paying my fees, which aren't cheap.
Did you overcharge them again?
You make it sound so bad.
Call it negotiation.
We're here.
Let's go, then.
JUJUTSU KAISEN
Emerge from darkness, blacker than darkness.
Purify that—
There's no need for a veil.
Huh?
I don't sense the presence of any Curses.
The cause is almost certainly inside the building.
You can cast the veil later if we end up attacking it from outside.
...True.
It's unlocked.
Seems like something's blocking the door.
What is all this?
Mei-san.
It's here.
And it's all around us, too.
Let's get going.
I don't need that, but you do, right?
Thank you.
All right.
I-Incredible.
Oh, it still has electricity.
For now, let's have a look inside the building.
I'll take this floor,
you take the second.
Huh? All by myself?
Is there a problem with that?
N-No, i-it's fine.
Off you go, then.
Okay.
This is the last one.
You could be the next big Scream Queen.
Jeez!
Please don't startle me like that!
You got startled all on your own.
Are you done exploring the first floor?
This is the first floor.
Huh?
I was walking down the first floor hallway.
What? But...
I know I entered a room at the end of the hallway...
A box of candy.
A bag of potato chips.
Cans.
A backpack.
A sweatshirt.
I've already seen this three times.
And see these marks? I made them on my way through here.
It would seem that we're already in the belly of the beast.
Huh?
For real?
How long is this hallway?
We've been moving for thirty minutes,
so about four kilometers so far.
It's not an innate domain, is it?
It's not.
Those are manifestations of the spirit's mindscape.
Which means...
This is a barrier.
Correct.
Most likely, the victims were trapped inside this
and then killed by the cursed spirit.
Though, considering the use of this technique,
the cursed spirit itself should be weak.
So if we can just escape this barrier...
Now, quiz time.
How would you break this, Utahime?
This hallway is repeating itself.
At first...
I thought...
I'm surprised you could touch them.
...it was shaped like a donut.
But we passed by four of the marks you made, right?
When I calculated how many paces apart they were, I got...
122,
203,
157,
and 270 paces.
So the spacing between marks was random.
I see.
The interval between repetitions isn't standardized.
Which means that, most likely...
this barrier is patching spaces together.
So if we both run down the hallway at top speed, then at some point...
It'll break.
Close. Ninety points.
D'oh.
What's the remaining ten?
When we run, we do so in opposite directions at the same time.
I get it!
So my patching theory was correct,
and if we quickly advance in different directions,
that makes it harder for the cursed spirit to hold the barrier together.
And once we have that opening, we might be able to get out.
One hundred points.
Then, with that settled...
If this works, I'll be expecting a promotion.
How much do you have in savings?
What?
Never mind. I'll think about it.
Right!
Okay... Ready, set...
Go!
We did it!
Wait, wha—
I'm here to save you,
Utahime.
JUJUTSU KAISEN Hidden Inventory/Premature Death
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Jujutsu High Second-Year Gojo Satoru
Are you crying?
I'm not crying!
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Second-grade Sorcerer Iori Utahime
And be more polite!
If I was crying, would you console me?
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First-grade Sorcerer Mei Mei
I'd certainly appreciate that.
Nah, you wouldn't cry, Mei-san.
You're strong.
That so?
Gojo! You listen here!
I don't need your hel—
Don't swallow it.
I'll absorb it later.
Satoru, it's not nice to pick on the weak.
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Jujutsu High Second-Year Geto Suguru
What kind of idiot picks on the strong?
You're the one fanning the flames like it comes naturally, Geto-kun.
Utahime-senpai!
Are you okay?
Shoko!
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Jujutsu High Second-Year Ieiri Shoko
I was worried about you.
We hadn't heard from you for two whole days.
Shoko!
Shoko! Don't let yourself turn out like those two!
I won't turn into trash like them.
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Said Trash
The path Utahime walked is falling apart.
Shut up.
Wait, two days?
Ah, was the cursed spirit's barrier one of those that messes with time?
They're rare, but they do happen now and then.
I thought it was odd, since Mei-san was with you.
Seems like it was.
Something the matter?
No. Just realized that means it was actually two days' labor,
and that means extra fees paid out to me.
She's planning to overcharge again.
That aside, what about the veil, you three?
White News
Degradation of gas pipes causes explosion
Next, the explosion that occurred yesterday in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka.
One of you three said they would cast the veil themselves
The explosion was caused by degradation of gas pipes.
Our reporter on the scene...
and left your assistant supervisor behind, didn't you?
And then you forgot the veil.
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First-grade Sorcerer Yaga Masamichi
Come forward.
Sensei!
Why don't we stop this hunt for the culprit?!
So it was you, Satoru.
Discipline
Is a veil that necessary in the first place?
It's not like it matters if normies see or not, right?
They can't see cursed spirits or cursed techniques, anyway.
Of course it's not good for them to see.
The strongest deterrent against the outbreak
of a cursed spirit is the mental calm of the populace.
That's exactly why we have to conceal
the threats they can't even see as much as possible.
And that's not all—
Yeah, yeah, I get it.
Looking out for the weak is so exhausting, honestly.
Survival of the weakest.
That's how a society should be.
The weak help each other and discourage any who are too strong.
Listen, Satoru.
Jujutsu exists to protect non-jujutsu sorcerers.
Is that your moral argument?
I hate moral arguments.
What?
Assigning reasons and responsibility to strength
is what those who are weak do.
Quit making yourself feel better by spouting bullshit.
Blegh.
Run for it.
Want to take this outside, Satoru?
You feeling lonely?
Go by yourself.
How long are you going to keep fooling around?
Where did Shoko go?
Who knows?
Bathroom, probably.
Whatever.
This mission is being assigned to you two.
What are those faces for?
Nothing.
Frankly, I think it's too much for you,
but Tengen-sama asked for you specifically.
Your mission has two goals.
The Star Plasma Vessel
is the one compatible with Tengen-sama.
You are to escort that girl and erase her.
Escort a brat and erase her?
That's right.
Have you finally gone senile?
It is spring.
He's probably got his head full with being the next principal.
Jokes aside, though—
I'll be the one to decide if I let that off as a joke.
Is this about renewing Tengen-sama's technique?
What's that?
What?
Tengen-sama possesses the cursed technique of Immortality,
but it is not Eternal Youth.
It wouldn't be an issue if all he did was get older,
but after his body ages to a certain point,
the cursed technique begins rewriting his body.
Evolution.
He'll cease to be human and become a higher form of existence.
What's wrong with that?
Sounds cool.
According to Tengen-sama,
those who reach that state of being have no will.
It means Tengen-sama would cease to be Tengen-sama.
Tokyo Jujutsu High School
All the jujutsu schools,
the barriers that form the foundation of jujutsu society,
the many barrier techniques of the assistant supervisors...
They're all being strengthened by Tengen-sama.
Without the aid of his power,
we could hardly maintain security or clean up after missions.
In the worst-case scenario,
Tengen-sama could even become a threat to mankind.
That's why, every 500 years, he finds the Plasma Star Vessel—
someone who is compatible with him—
and assimilates them, overwriting the information of their body.
By renewing his body,
he resets his cursed technique back to the start
and avoids Evolution.
I get it.
It would be fine if he turned into MetalGreymon,
but we can't have him becoming SkullGreymon.
So we have him start over from Koromon.
What? Yeah, sure, that works.
The Star Plasma Vessel's location has been leaked.
Right now, there are two major groups after the young girl's life.
One is the Curse User Group Q,
which seeks to upend jujutsu society with Tengen-sama's rampage.
The other is the Star Religious Group, also known as the
"Time Vessel Association," which worships Tengen-sama as a god.
Tengen-sama will assimilate the Star Plasma Vessel two days from now.
You are to protect the girl until then and ensure that she reaches Tengen-sama!
If you fail, the effects will ripple throughout even normal society!
Don't forget that!
Yeah, but you know,
I get why Curse User Group Q would be after her,
but why would this Star Religious Group want to kill a brat?
Their object of worship is the pure form of Tengen-sama.
Allowing the Star Plasma Vessel—
in their minds, an impurity— to blend into him is unforgivable.
The Star Religious Group is an organization of non-sorcerers.
I don't think we need to pay them any mind.
The ones to be wary of are Q.
Well, I'm sure it'll be fine.
We're the strongest, after all.
That's why Tengen-sama asked for us specifically, right?
What is it?
You know, Satoru...
I've been wanting to say this for a while,
but you should stop being so full of yourself.
Huh?!
Especially when you're addressing your superiors.
We might end up meeting Tengen-sama, after all.
You should be more polite and humble.
You'd scare your juniors less, too.
Hah!
Screw that!
Come on, Satoru.
Whatever.
I'll bring it up again later.
Coming.
Huh?
You alive?
I am, at least.
You think we'll be blamed if the brat died from that?
Ah
Don't blame me.
If you must hate someone, hate Tengen.
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Q Combatant Kokun
Wha—
Would you please stop making us stand out?
We just got chewed out for that this morning.
So this girl is the Star Plasma Vessel?
I know those uniforms. You're sorcerers from Jujutsu High, right?
Hand over the kid.
Or I'll kill you.
Can't hear you.
Come closer and talk.
Man, barely safe.
Wonderful.
You're Gojo Satoru, right?
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Q Combatant Bayer
You're famous.
I hear you're strong.
Let me find out if the rumors are true.
I'm down for that, but let's set some rules.
Rules?
I don't want to get yelled at for going overboard.
So if you cry and apologize, I won't kill you.
That's our rule.
Damn brat.
It's started.
The Star Religious Group doesn't have the power to fight against jujutsu sorcerers.
But they can pay very well.
That I guarantee.
How about it, Zen'in?
Want to get in on the assassination of the Star Plasma Vessel?
I'm not a Zen'in anymore.
I took my wife's name.
It's Fushiguro now.
But sure.
Count me in.
Episode 25 Hidden Inventory
You know how there are some words you can't get out of
your head, even though they have no connection to you?
Like "The Privatization of Reclaimed Lands in Perpetuity Act"?
Yeah! Or like "Corporate Governance."
Please look forward to the next episode, "Hidden Inventory 2"!
Next Episode Hidden Inventory 2
You tell us one, too, Shoko.
Chagu Chagu Umakko.