The Meeting Arrives as Scheduled

"You have been designated a player in the Culling Game. Proceed to the Sendai Barrier immediately and participate in the game."

"Proceed to the Sendai Barrier immediately and participate in the game, or the game officials will be forced to take compulsory measures."

"Hey... pay attention to me..."

Kogane's incessant chatter kept echoing beside the monk-clad man—Kengso.

However, Kengso ignored Kogane. After a moment of silence, he laughed.

"I've actually been designated a player in the Culling Game and forced to participate...?"

Kengso did not panic. He merely stroked his chin with a meaningful smile.

"Who did this, I wonder?"

There were two suspects.

One was the incarnated players revived from the modern era.

The other was the people from the Jujutsu World who were targeting and pursuing him.

"The former likely did this because they want to negotiate with me face-to-face. After all, they had dealings with me while they were alive. Now that I've thrown them into barriers to play a survival competition game, even if they aren't angered by it, they'll want to know exactly what I'm trying to do."

"The latter's reasons are even easier to guess. They simply want to end this chaos by taking care of me, the culprit—or... rescue Gojo Satoru and Fushiguro Megumi."

Kengso stood up and extended a hand to the side. A mass of darkness squeezed out from his palm as though pus were being pressed from a wound.

That darkness quickly took shape, transforming into a Cursed Spirit.

On closer inspection, the Cursed Spirit looked very much like Kogane. Its abdomen could likewise turn into a display screen, but its entire body was pitch-black, exuding an ominous air.

It was the prototype of Kogane, the Golden Bug Shikigami.

Kengso controlled the Cursed Spirit and used the display screen on