Chapter Summaries

Akesato used the Cursed Wombs to turn Bayer into a host, and the first embryo transformed him into Choso. The chapter ended with Choso awakening and asking Akesato whether he was his liberator.

• Akesato found the sealed hospital holding Bayer and Kekun, then brought them and two other patients to a deserted wilderness.
• Akesato woke Bayer and Kekun with a New Moon Feather and forced each to swallow a Cursed Womb embryo.
• Bayer tried to claw out his heart, but the Cursed Womb took control of his body and consumed his consciousness.
• Bayer transformed into Choso, the eldest of the Cursed Womb brothers, and asked Akesato whether he was his liberator.

Akesato revived Choso, Kashimo, and Kechizu, reunited them with their six younger brothers’ remains, and negotiated their help in exchange for a place to live. When he asked them to teach Kamo Noriki Blood Manipulation, Choso struck him before he could finish explaining.

• Akesato waited as the second and third Cursed Wombs incarnated and reunited emotionally with Choso.
• Akesato gave the three brothers the six containers holding their younger brothers’ remains, and they accepted them carefully.
• Choso thanked Akesato, then agreed that the brothers would avoid attacking people first and work for him in exchange for a place to live.
• Akesato asked the brothers to serve as Jujutsu instructors and teach Kamo Noriki Blood Manipulation.
• Choso rushed at Akesato and punched him in the chest, apologizing as he struck.

Akesato fought Choso, Kashimo, and Kechizu, then subdued them with his snake spirits. He revealed that the Noritoshi Kamo Choso hated might not be the same person as the Kamo Noriki he had mentioned.

• Choso struck Akesato and fired a Blood Bullet, while Kashimo revealed Wing King and attacked with corrosive blood arrows.
• Choso and Kashimo fought together, driven by their hatred for Noritoshi Kamo and their mother’s suffering.
• Akesato summoned Dragonair and Serperior, who restrained Choso and Kashimo, defeated Kechizu, and drained all three with Leech Seed.
• Akesato told Choso that the Noritoshi Kamo he hated and the Kamo Noriki Akesato had mentioned were different people.

Akesato cleared up the brothers’ mistaken identity, assessed their fighting skills, and recruited them to help pursue Kenjaku. At Jujutsu Alliance headquarters, a dispute over Kinji Fukamachi escalated until Akesato arrived and challenged the conservatives to fight him.

• Akesato accepted Choso, Kashimo, and Kechizu’s apology, critiqued their combat skills, and explained that Kenjaku was the enemy they sought rather than Noritoshi Kamo.
• Choso, Kashimo, and Kechizu pledged to follow Akesato so they could avenge their mother, and Akesato led them to Jujutsu Alliance headquarters.
• Satoru Gojo confronted Director Ashiya and the board supervisor over Kinji Fukamachi and Atsuya Kusakabe’s treatment after the two were involved in violence.
• Satoru Gojo suspended Kinji from school and Kusakabe from duty, but Ashiya demanded harsher punishment and called for Gojo’s arrest after Gojo struck him.
• Akesato arrived, apologized on behalf of the Tokyo Branch, then challenged the conservatives to fight him if they took offense.

Akesato confronted the higher-ups over their treatment of Kinji Fukamachi and revealed evidence that Director Ueno had secretly aided Suguru Geto. Director Ashiya agreed to investigate, while Akesato announced that he and Satoru Gojo had come to catch the mole.

• Satoru Gojo laughed as Akesato challenged the higher-ups, and Kinji Fukamachi and Atsuya Kusakabe reacted with amusement and resignation.
• Akesato challenged Director Ashiya to identify any rule he had broken, then warned him that others might be using his good intentions.
• Akesato told Director Ueno that an encrypted account linked to the Ueno family residence had repeatedly contacted Suguru Geto before the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons.
• Director Ueno denied wrongdoing, and Director Ashiya said he would contact the Public Security Bureau to investigate the evidence.
• Akesato revealed that Suguru Geto's records documented Ueno's contacts and secret assistance, then said he and Satoru Gojo had come to catch the mole.

Akesato exposed Director Ueno Hiroshi’s collusion with Suguru Geto, captured him with Choso’s help, and then revealed that catching the traitor had only been a prelude to negotiating with his cheap old man. The chapter ended as Akesato asked the assembled leaders to continue their meeting so he could name his price.

• Akesato presented recordings of Ueno Hiroshi’s dealings with Suguru Geto, and Director Ashiya ordered Ueno arrested.
• Ueno Hiroshi injured the Enforcement Team, used its captain as a shield, and fled from the headquarters.
• Akesato treated the captain while Choso ambushed Ueno Hiroshi with Supernova, weakened him with his blood, and broke his limbs.
• Choso returned Ueno Hiroshi to Akesato, who handed him over to Director Ashiya and called out to his watching cheap old man.
• Akesato told his cheap old man that capturing Ueno was not his main purpose and asked the leaders to resume their meeting so he could negotiate.

Akesato used Ueno Hiroshi’s exposure to force the Jujutsu Alliance’s leaders to accept his plan for a Spirit Trainer branch and an external recruitment test. The major families agreed to participate, leaving Akesato with expanding influence and the political tide turned in his favor.

• Akesato’s exposure of Ueno Hiroshi’s collusion left the Alliance’s leaders unable to punish Kinji Fukamachi severely or stop the Tokyo Branch from gaining support.
• Akesato announced the Spirit Trainer branch, presented evidence of Spirits’ abilities, and laid out rules for their care and use.
• Satoru Gojo backed Akesato, using Voltorb to intimidate a director and arguing that Spirits could protect Jujutsu Sorcerers and supervisors.
• Akesato and Satoru Gojo pushed the leaders to accept a Trainer selection process, and the Kamo Family Head offered his family’s participation.
• Naobito Zenin committed the Zenin family to the selection, prompting the other families to follow and strengthening Akesato’s position.

Akesato screened applications for Spirit Alliance Trainer positions while discussing political maneuvering with Satoru Gojo and Natsuko. A clash outside the office drew their attention to Jinichi Zenin and Satoru Zenin, Maki and Mai’s father.

• Akesato considered Makoto Ito’s résumé, but his name and age made Akesato decide to reject him despite Natsuko’s recommendation.
• Satoru Gojo brought Akesato more résumés and discussed how the selective recruitment would manipulate the prominent families competing for Trainer positions.
• Akesato assigned Natsuko to handle those who would demand explanations after the final selections, while Satoru Gojo continued watching Suguru Geto’s remnants.
• A loud Hydro Pump interrupted the office as Bai Suzhen fought a huge cursed-energy fist outside.
• Natsuko identified the fist’s owner as Jinichi Zenin and the man behind him as Satoru Zenin, Maki and Mai’s father.

Akesato intervened when Satoru Zenin brought the Kurōkō Squad to confront Maki, insisting that her work for the Spirit Affairs Management Committee took precedence over family matters. He took Maki inside for tea while Satoru Gojo challenged the Zenin group, leaving the family’s conflict unresolved.

• Satoru Zenin ordered the Kurōkō Squad to capture Maki, but Milotic and the other Pokémon protected her as the two groups prepared to fight.
• Mai Zenin urged Akesato and Satoru Gojo to stop the confrontation, while Natsuko argued that Maki and Mai already depended on their protection.
• Akesato arrived on Dragonair and reminded Satoru Zenin that Maki was on official assignment, forcing him to accept that she could not leave Jujutsu High.
• Akesato declared it tea time and led Maki back inside, while Milotic, Dragonair, and Serperior blocked the Zenin group from following.
• Ranta tried to use his cursed energy against the office, but Satoru Gojo injured his eyes with a look and challenged the Zenin group to fight.

Maki Zenin rested for two and a half hours before confronting her father, Satoru Zenin, at Kyoto Jujutsu High. Armed with Toji Fushiguro’s cursed tools, she defeated Nobuaki Zenin and charged into the Kurōkō Squad.

• Satoru Gojo and the Zenin Family waited while Akesato helped Maki recover and gave her a New Moon Feather.
• Maki recalled how she had brought Uraume to Megumi Fushiguro, who eventually accepted it as family and let it remain with Maki.
• After resting, Maki thanked Gardevoir and the other Pokémon before setting out to face her father.
• Maki confronted Satoru Zenin and revealed that Uraume had brought out a collection of powerful cursed tools belonging to Toji Fushiguro.
• Nobuaki Zenin attacked Maki, but she used Playful Cloud to break his sword and hands before charging at the Kurōkō Squad.

Maki overwhelmed the Kurōkō Squad and faced Jinichi Zenin, but Megumi Fushiguro arrived to confront the Zenin Family and declared he would not become its head. Megumi expanded Chimera Shadow Garden against Jinichi while Satoru Gojo and Akesato watched from the rooftop, revealing they had arranged the students’ involvement and backup.

• Maki used her cursed tools and combat skills to defeat most of the Kurōkō Squad without being injured, prompting Jinichi Zenin to step forward.
• Jinichi prepared to attack with Choujurou Zenin’s support, but Akesato’s hidden Gengar paralyzed Choujurou.
• Megumi Fushiguro arrived and told the Zenin Family to stop pursuing him, then challenged Jinichi as his opponent.
• Megumi expanded Chimera Shadow Garden, while Gengar disrupted the Zenin clansmen trying to escape and Megumi’s chimera countered Jinichi’s attacks.
• Satoru Gojo and Akesato watched from the rooftop and admitted they had brought Megumi and hidden Darkrai nearby as backup, while Maki glared at them.

Naobito and Naoya watched as Maki fought her father, Satoru Zenin, while Megumi kept the battlefield clear for them. Maki gained an advantage by breaking Satoru’s sword, but he unleashed his Cursed Technique and engulfed her in flames as Akesato watched from above.

• Naobito told Naoya that Megumi had inherited Toji’s nature and could grow to rival Satoru Gojo, while Naoya privately saw him as a threat to his ambitions.
• Naoya recalled how seeing Toji’s strength had shaped his goals and his contempt for Maki, whom he considered an inferior imitation.
• Megumi made room for Maki and Satoru Zenin to fight, and the two drew their swords and attacked each other without holding back.
• Maki broke Satoru’s sword with Toji’s Special Grade black blade, then evaded his extended cursed-energy strike by anticipating the technique.
• Satoru released his Cursed Technique, Inferno, and engulfed Maki in flames while declaring that children like her were useless.
• Akesato watched from a rooftop and told Maki, “You can go now.”

Maki survived Satoru Zenin’s flames with the help of Black Rope, defeated him, and severed their family ties. When Satoru tried to attack her again, Mai shot him down, leaving him defeated and unable to continue.

• Satoru Zenin used his Flame Cursed Technique on Maki and declared that he should have killed her when she was born.
• Maki emerged from the flames protected by Black Rope, struck Satoru down, and explained that she had trained and prepared specifically to fight him.
• Maki told Satoru she was ending their relationship and left after sparing his life with a strike that avoided his heart.
• Satoru rejected defeat, rose in a frenzy, and tried to attack Maki again as the onlookers prepared to intervene.
• Mai shot Satoru in the shoulder and knee with her Contender, disarming and immobilizing him.

Maki and Mai severed their ties with Satoru Zenin, while Naobito negotiated an end to the Zenin Family conflict and support for Pokémon. After Megumi defeated Jinichi’s group and Naoya fled, Akesato turned around and collided with a ponytailed boy.

• Mai shot Satoru Zenin and told him she was cutting off their father-daughter relationship, joining Maki in rejecting him.
• Naobito stopped Maki from challenging him and negotiated the Zenin Family’s support for Pokémon in exchange for healing the injured and keeping the estranged children away.
• Akesato healed Maki and the others only partially, leaving Satoru Zenin with lingering injuries.
• Megumi used Chimera Shadow Garden to defeat Jinichi Zenin and the Kurōkō Squad, and Satoru Gojo carried the exhausted Megumi away to rest.
• Altaria and the other Pokémon cornered Naoya, but Akesato ordered them to let him go and told him that Maki would surpass Toji Fushiguro.
• Naobito led the Zenin Family members away, and Akesato turned around and collided with a ponytailed boy.

After the Zenin Family confrontation, Maki thanked Akesato for his years of guidance and support, admitting how much she had relied on him and that she still wanted to pursue her goals. Akesato promised to keep helping her, and Maki offered to help him in return.

• Maki hugged Akesato and thanked him for guiding, protecting, and supporting her.
• Maki admitted that her plan to become Family Head could not have succeeded without Akesato, Teacher Gojo, and Principal Yaga, and confessed that she feared their relationship might change if she acknowledged her gratitude.
• Maki said she still wanted to defeat Naobito and continue pursuing her goal, even though she knew she might never catch up to Akesato.
• Akesato promised to keep guiding and helping Maki, and Maki agreed to help him with whatever he needed.

Maki thanked Akesato, Gardevoir, and Akemi for helping her rebuild her life, then Mai confronted her about whether she liked Akesato. Maki denied it, while Mai left her stunned and went to cling to Akesato herself.

• Maki hugged Gardevoir and Akemi and thanked them for supporting her in different ways.
• After the others dispersed, Maki offered Mai a hug, but Mai refused and questioned her about hugging Akesato.
• Maki insisted she did not like Akesato, though she privately imagined joining his family before dismissing the thought.
• Mai told Maki she was relieved by her denial, then hurried to Akesato, leaned against him, and called out to him sweetly.

Mai asked Akesato to make her a Spirit Trainer and thanked him for supporting her through her hardships. Her gratitude turned into a rivalry with Maki, and Mai ended by offering herself to Akesato as someone who could do anything Maki could and more.

• Mai asked Akesato to include her among the Spirit Trainers and help her choose a partner spirit from the next batch.
• Maki grabbed Mai and pushed her aside when Mai tried to hug Akesato, and the sisters argued over their gratitude toward him.
• Mai explained how Akesato had helped her find purpose, protected her from the Zenin Family, and saved her during the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons.
• Maki realized that leaving home had made Mai's life harder and that she had never discussed her decision with her sister.
• Mai told Maki that she did not regret the path she had taken and flirted with Akesato, claiming she could do everything Maki could and more.

Mai declared that she wanted to marry Akesato, prompting Maki to argue and attack her until Akesato used Little Sa to separate them. Satoru Gojo then arrived with urgent news that Rika might be waking up, and he and Akesato needed to return to Tokyo.

• Mai told Maki that she wanted to become Akesato's concubine because she believed he would treat her well.
• Maki attacked Mai, who used Akesato as a shield, and the sisters pulled at his clothes as he tried to stop them.
• Akesato called for Little Sa, whose Skill Swap moved Maki and Mai away from him and left them circling Gardevoir.
• Aoi Todo arrived with Kyoto specialties and Takada's collection, while Akemi watched the commotion.
• Satoru Gojo told Akesato that Yuta had reported Rika's condition was wrong and she might be waking up.

Akesato’s group returned to Tokyo High School and learned that Rika’s curse was beginning to lift, causing her cursed energy to spiral out of control. As Gardevoir volunteered to help Rika release that energy in battle, Darkrai revealed that he could speak through telepathy too.

• Akesato left Natsuko and Mai in Kyoto to select Trainer candidates while his group flew back to Tokyo.
• Akesato, Satoru Gojo, Gardevoir, and Darkrai found Rika fully manifested and suffering from surging cursed energy.
• Satoru Gojo explained that Yuta had cursed Rika out of love and that their mutual willingness to sacrifice themselves had fulfilled the conditions to lift the curse.
• Akesato and Satoru Gojo concluded that the curse was releasing Rika’s accumulated cursed energy, which needed to be dispersed through a controlled fight.
• Gardevoir volunteered to fight Rika as a farewell, and Darkrai proposed an idea through telepathy.
• Darkrai’s humanlike telepathy stunned the others, who wondered whether more Pokémon could speak their language.

Akesato’s team entered Rika Orimoto’s transformed Nightmare Dungeon while Satoru Gojo battled Cursed Spirit Rika in reality, and the raiders fought through the dungeon’s escalating hazards. They opened a path to a black-thorn-covered altar and sent Yuta Okkotsu toward it, leaving him to face the final trial and Rika.

• Darkrai proposed splitting the group between the dream and reality, and Akesato organized one final attempt to clear the Nightmare Dungeon.
• Satoru Gojo activated Jujutsu High’s barriers as Cursed Spirit Rika unleashed her full power, and their opening attacks devastated the training ground.
• Akesato led the raiding party through the transformed dungeon, using coordinated rotations, healing, weather support, and precise commands to survive its monsters and hazards.
• The team combined their powers in a Supreme Psychic Annihilation Wave, clearing a route through the dungeon as the dream world began to collapse.
• Serperior and Pupitar launched Yuta Okkotsu toward a black-thorn-covered altar, while Akesato and Gardevoir rescued Pupitar and trusted Yuta to reach Rika.