Chapter Summaries

Kamo Noriki reunited with his mother, Akemi, by phone and discussed with Akesato whether bringing her back to the Kamo family would truly make her happy. Akesato urged Noriki to grow strong enough to protect her and announced that he would meet the Kamo family’s Master of the House.

• Kamo Noriki and Akemi exchanged brief words during their first contact in eight years before Akemi ended the call to protect him.
• Kamo Noriki told Akesato he worried more about Akemi’s safety than about restoring her place in the Kamo family.
• The brothers considered Akemi’s life outside the Kamo family and agreed her happiness and safety mattered most.
• Akesato told Kamo Noriki to become stronger than the current Master of the House so no one could threaten Akemi or oppose their decisions.
• Akesato told Kamo Noriki to return to the Kamo family and announce that Akesato was Kamo Noritsuna and wanted a private meeting with the Master of the House.

Akesato sent Kamo Noriki back to the Kamo family with a plan to reveal the situation while withdrawing from the conflict. After Mai Zenin confronted him over being drawn into the affair, Akesato offered to do one more reasonable thing for her, and she accepted.

• Akesato explained how Kamo Noriki could tell his family about their meeting while making clear he would not interfere further.
• Kamo Noriki warned Akesato that much of the Kamo family might pressure him, then left to return home.
• Akesato reflected that his plans had been carefully prepared and wondered how the Kamo family would respond.
• Mai Zenin confronted Akesato with her empty Thompson Contender and accused him of pulling her into the Kamo family's affairs.
• Akesato told Mai he would keep her secrets and offered to do one more reasonable thing for her; Mai accepted and began stating what she wanted.

Kamo Noriki met with his father, the Kamo Family Head, and told him that Noritsuna still considered him a brother despite his resentment toward the family. The Family Head chose to wait and see what Noritsuna intended, while his wife began considering whether they could have another child with special-grade potential.

• Kamo Noriki walked to his father's study and discussed Noritsuna, the exchange event, and their meeting in Kyoto.
• Kamo Noriki asked his father not to make things difficult for people unrelated to the Kamo Family and said he would follow his father's decision.
• The Family Head told Kamo Noriki to stay home while he arranged custom ammunition and said he would not act against Noritsuna yet.
• Kamo Noriki confirmed that Noritsuna was resentful, and the Family Head wondered whether freedom from the family might be good for him.
• The Family Head's wife proposed having another child with special-grade potential, and the couple decided to try.

Akesato helped Mai Zenin improve her Construction Cursed Technique by teaching her to create a bullet in stages, then left her training and encountered a housekeeper sent by Madam. When the housekeeper threatened him, Akesato struck her into a sedan and warned her to put away her arrogance.

• Mai Zenin recovered from training without suffering the usual physical backlash from her Cursed Technique.
• Akesato explained that Mai could reduce the strain of Construction by breaking a bullet into smaller parts and materializing them gradually.
• Akesato advised Mai to study bullets closely and use self-suggestion to change how she imagined them, then recommended Fate Stay Night before leaving her to train.
• Darkrai emerged as Akesato sensed someone waiting for him, and he returned the Pokémon to the darkness before going outside.
• The head housekeeper asked Akesato to meet Madam, but he denied knowing her and challenged the housekeeper to teach him about the consequences of refusing.
• The head housekeeper moved to strike Akesato, but he hit her into a parked sedan and told her to put away her arrogance.

Akesato defeated the head housekeeper and her guards after they tried to arrest him, settling an old grudge tied to her mistreatment of Akemi. After buying breakfast for Mai, he encountered an elegant noblewoman who greeted him as her child after eight years.

• The head housekeeper ordered her guards to arrest Akesato, but Darkrai swiftly wounded them and stopped their advance.
• Akesato intimidated the head housekeeper into breaking her own leg and explained that he was repaying her past cruelty toward him and Akemi.
• Akesato left the scene and bought breakfast for himself and Mai at a convenience store.
• A middle-aged man opened a luxury sedan's door, and an elegant noblewoman stepped out and told Akesato, "It's been eight years, my child."

Akesato confronted his biological mother, the Madam of the House, and rejected her attempt to draw him back into the Kamo family. After warning her and the male butler not to provoke him again, he left their next move uncertain.

• Akesato refused to hear the Madam's explanation and accused her of sending the head housekeeper and her lackeys to provoke him as part of a scheme.
• Akesato challenged the Madam's motives, saying she had come because of his strength and Spirit Manipulation, and she abandoned her pretense of reconciliation.
• Akesato said he had returned to take revenge on those who provoked him and warned the Madam that he would strike first if anyone targeted him.
• Akesato declared that Hayashi Mi was his only mother, then warned the male butler that this was his second interruption and there would not be a third.
• The male butler dismissed Akesato's warning as advice from an elder, and Akesato raised three fingers to mark the third offense.

Akesato defeated the Grade 1 butler who tried to stop him and confronted the Madam of the House over her actions. He warned her not to send anyone to Tokyo and left while sensing the Kamo family head watching him from afar.

• Akesato struck the butler with a powerful blow, then pressed a hand to his shoulder and revealed he was unaffected by the poison.
• Akesato reminded the butler that he had once taught him about Jujutsu and said his resistance to poison was unusually high.
• Akesato brought up the Kamo family's old scandal, and the Madam of the House angrily ordered him to stop.
• Akesato warned the family not to send anyone to Tokyo and threatened to leave them trapped in endless nightmares if they did.
• Akesato questioned whether the family head knew of the Madam's actions, then sensed his gaze and walked away as the man silently sighed.

Akesato warned his birth mother to stay away from him and his people, then left Kyoto after punishing the guards she had sent to watch him. The Madam of the House backed off from targeting Ms. Akesato for now and ordered the butler to watch for a possible meeting between Akesato and Suguru Geto.

• Akesato decided to leave his father alone for now, believing they had reached a tacit understanding during his visit to Kyoto.
• Akesato ordered Darkrai to beat the hidden guards who had been monitoring him, then warned his birth mother to stay away from him and his people.
• The Madam of the House raged at Akesato, while the butler warned her that he had the strength and allies to retaliate.
• The Madam of the House refused to abandon her plans against Ms. Akesato but agreed to suspend the operation after the butler raised the risks.
• The Madam of the House asked the butler to monitor Akesato and Suguru Geto, believing their Spirit Manipulation and Cursed Spirit Manipulation might soon clash.

Akesato learned that Gardevoir had protected Akemi from hostile visitors and planned to make the culprits pay, while he continued Mai Zenin’s grueling special training. As Mai lowered the Curtain after a battle, Akesato sensed someone nearby and demanded they reveal themselves.

• Maki told Akesato that Gardevoir had dealt with the visitors, and Akesato identified their malice and arranged for Jitako Ijichi to investigate their departure.
• Akesato planned to fulfill his promise to his birth mother by subjecting the hostile visitors to nightmares.
• Akesato joined Mai Zenin and Swablu after they fought Cursed Spirits during Mai’s special training.
• Akesato asked Mai how many constructed bullets she had left and ended training for the night before she could overexert herself.
• After Mai removed the Curtain, Akesato sensed a presence, moved in front of her, and demanded to know who was there.

Akesato confronted Suguru Geto, whose hidden presence and interest in Akesato’s Pokémon made him a serious threat. After failing to control Swablu, Suguru Geto proposed exchanging his Cursed Spirits for Akesato’s spirits.

• Akesato detected the Lance Trainer Template and realized a powerful intruder had found him despite remaining hidden from him and his Pokémon.
• Suguru Geto revealed himself atop a Great Serpent Cursed Spirit, and Mai recognized him as a Special Grade sorcerer who had become a Curse User.
• Suguru Geto said he had come to investigate Akesato’s Spirit Manipulation and noted that the Jujutsu Alliance’s exchange-event information had led him to Kyoto.
• Suguru Geto tried to connect with Swablu using Cursed Spirit Manipulation, but the attempt failed.
• Suguru Geto proposed trading his Cursed Spirits for Akesato’s spirits.

Akesato refused Suguru Geto’s offer to trade for Swablu and rejected his invitation to join him. Geto explained his plan to eliminate ordinary people and create a world without Cursed Spirits, leaving Akesato challenging whether Geto could kill people faster than humanity replenished its population.

• Akesato refused to trade Swablu, and Swablu happily stayed with him.
• Suguru Geto invited Akesato and Mai to join him, but Mai admitted she did not understand his ideals.
• Geto argued that killing ordinary people would create a world without Cursed Spirits, and Mai was horrified by his plan.
• Akesato agreed that destruction was easier than creation, then questioned whether Geto could kill people faster than they were born.
• Akesato checked that around 365,000 people were born worldwide each day and challenged Geto’s ability to eradicate ordinary people.

Akesato challenged Suguru Geto’s plan to eliminate ordinary people, exposing practical and moral problems that Geto could not answer. Geto refused to abandon his goal, and Akesato prepared to fight him after Mai fled with Swablu.

• Akesato argued that mass killing would create uncontrollable Cursed Spirits, invite retaliation, and risk humanity’s destruction.
• Akesato asked how Geto would handle Jujutsu Sorcerers born to ordinary people and the descendants who would resist his laws; Geto admitted he had killed his own parents and insisted he would find a solution.
• Geto declared that he would use every means, including Akesato’s Spirit Manipulation, to build his New World.
• Akesato sent Mai away with Swablu, while Geto sent the Great Serpent Cursed Spirit after her to prevent interference and locate the bird spirit.
• Akesato drew his sword and faced Geto in battle.

Akesato and his Pokémon battled Suguru Geto and his Cursed Spirits, quickly exorcising his first summons and holding their ground against an overwhelming swarm. Suguru Geto realized Akesato had remained unharmed and accused him of playing him.

• Akesato ordered Dominant Panda to defeat Suguru Geto's Mountain Ghost with a Body Press, Body Slam, and Comet Punch.
• Suguru Geto sent an Abyss Ghost after Dominant Panda, but Darkrai rescued it and destroyed the abyss.
• Suguru Geto summoned over twenty Cursed Spirits, and Akesato, Dominant Panda, and Darkrai exorcised them.
• Suguru Geto released more than a hundred Cursed Spirits to overwhelm Akesato and his Pokémon.
• Suguru Geto noticed Akesato was uninjured beneath his torn clothes and asked if Akesato had been playing him.

Akesato used Darkrai and Dominant Panda to counter Suguru Geto’s Cursed Spirits, but Geto escalated the fight by deploying six Grade 1 Cursed Spirits. Darkrai put the attackers to sleep, leaving Geto stunned by a phenomenon he had never encountered.

• Suguru Geto recognized Akesato’s strategy of keeping the fight close and changed his Cursed Spirits’ formation to attack in rotating melee groups and from range.
• Akesato ordered Darkrai to use Binding Spell and Dominant Panda to crush the weakened Cursed Spirits, while Panda taunted Suguru Geto.
• Suguru Geto summoned six Grade 1 Cursed Spirits and sent them to flank Akesato, forcing him and Dominant Panda to retreat.
• Darkrai created afterimages to engage the Grade 1 Cursed Spirits, then used a strange ray to make them fall asleep one by one.
• Suguru Geto sensed that his Cursed Spirits had fallen asleep and wondered how such beings could sleep.

Akesato used Darkrai’s Hypnosis and Bad Dreams to weaken Suguru Geto’s Cursed Spirits while he and Dominant Panda destroyed two of them. Geto saw through Akesato’s attempt to bait him and offered four hypnotized Grade 1 Cursed Spirits as bait, so Akesato ordered Darkrai to devour one.

• Darkrai hypnotized Suguru Geto’s Grade 1 Cursed Spirits, and Bad Dreams steadily weakened them even after Geto recalled them.
• Akesato and Dominant Panda destroyed two Grade 1 Cursed Spirits while Geto struggled to counter Darkrai’s abilities.
• Geto recognized Akesato was trying to draw him into a trap and released four hypnotized Grade 1 Cursed Spirits as bait.
• Akesato realized his plan had been noticed and ordered Darkrai to abandon its skirmishing tactics and attack directly.
• Darkrai pierced one Cursed Spirit, then devoured its Cursed Energy and cursed residue.

Akesato used Suguru Geto’s Cursed Spirits to strengthen Darkrai, but Geto saw through the plan and forced Darkrai to fight without further feeding. Geto unleashed Explosion Curses against Akesato and his Pokémon, who survived under their protection and were healed by Akesato’s light.

• Akesato revealed that he had been using Suguru Geto’s Cursed Spirits to level up Darkrai toward learning Black Hole.
• After Darkrai reached level 62, Suguru Geto recognized Akesato’s scheme, so Akesato ordered Darkrai to fight at full strength.
• Darkrai used enhanced Shadow Clone attacks, while Suguru Geto offered to recruit him and threatened Akesato if he refused.
• Suguru Geto rode a giant bird and sent Explosion Curses raining down to stop Darkrai from feeding and to attack Akesato directly.
• Dominant Panda and Darkrai shielded Akesato from the explosions, and Akesato healed them and himself with a pure light.

Akesato used powers from the Lance and Sabrina Templates to heal himself and redirect Suguru Geto’s bomb attacks. He flew at Geto with Darkrai and prepared to counterattack as a Psychic Warrior.

• Akesato healed himself with Johto Power, while Suguru Geto mistook the ability for Reverse Cursed Technique.
• Akesato rode Darkrai into the air and charged Suguru Geto as Dominant Panda ran to find cover.
• Suguru Geto guided Bomb Cursed Spirits through the air, but Akesato used Psychic Power to redirect their trajectories.
• Suguru Geto concluded that Akesato was testing a new Spirit Manipulation technique, unaware of the Sabrina Template’s power.
• Akesato combined his swordsmanship, Psychic Power, and Cursed Energy with Darkrai and thrust his sword toward Suguru Geto.

Akesato and Darkrai overwhelmed Suguru Geto’s forces in the air, but Geto brought out three Special Grade Imaginary Cursed Spirits and forced them into a desperate battle. As Incarnate Tamamo-no-Mae began a Domain Expansion, Akesato and Darkrai reached its boundary while trying to escape.

• Akesato and Darkrai exorcised Suguru Geto’s flying Cursed Spirits and drove him back to the ground, while Darkrai reached level 63.
• Suguru Geto summoned Incarnate Tamamo-no-Mae, Shuten-doji, and Oni-no-Ōtakemaru, keeping other Grade 1 Cursed Spirits in reserve.
• Shuten-doji attacked Akesato and Darkrai as Tamamo-no-Mae’s spiritual seduction briefly disrupted Darkrai, while Oni-no-Ōtakemaru summoned storms, lightning, and fire.
• Incarnate Tamamo-no-Mae began a Domain Expansion, and Suguru Geto’s other two Special Grade Cursed Spirits blocked Akesato and Darkrai’s retreat.
• Akesato and Darkrai raced for the Domain’s boundary as its barrier took physical form, reaching the boundary line just as the Domain spread to its limit.

Akesato and Darkrai broke Tamamo-no-Mae’s Domain Expansion, but Suguru Geto and Shuten-doji trapped them again and pressed the attack. As Akesato fought through the assault, Suguru Geto began to invoke his trump card before an unexpected sensation disrupted his Cursed Energy.

• Darkrai used Black Mist to interfere with Tamamo-no-Mae’s guaranteed hit, and Akesato landed a Black Flash that broke her Domain and let them escape.
• Shuten-doji opened his own Domain while Suguru Geto attacked Akesato with Yūun and surrounded him with Cursed Spirits.
• Akesato gained the ability to predict one second into the future and ordered Darkrai to devour Cursed Spirits while he fought Suguru Geto.
• Shuten-doji’s gravity technique slowed Akesato and Darkrai, but they countered with Psychic and Quick Attack and pushed through the assault.
• Akesato wounded Suguru Geto’s Cursed Spirits and charged through their attacks, prompting Suguru Geto to prepare his Inherent Technique.
• A sudden abnormal sensation interrupted Suguru Geto’s flow of Cursed Energy as he began to unleash his trump card.

Akesato and Suguru Geto stopped fighting after a third party attacked Swablu, then joined forces to investigate the unfamiliar Cursed Energy. They found Mai and Swablu injured with three strangers, and the mysterious woman greeted Geto with a personal question.

• Akesato and Suguru Geto realized an unknown attacker had injured Swablu and suspected someone was targeting their Pokémon.
• Akesato used Darkrai to draw Geto's attention while the Dominant Panda broke through the Domain's barrier from outside.
• Geto dismissed the Domain, and he and Akesato traveled together toward the unfamiliar Cursed Energy.
• Akesato and Geto found Swablu with a broken wing, Mai injured, and a middle-aged man, a young man, and a woman nearby.
• The woman greeted Akesato and Suguru Geto, then asked Geto what kind of women he liked.