Shikoku Island.
Gojo Satoru took off his blindfold.
The sight of devastation before him left him frozen for a moment, his pupils shrinking to pinpoints.
Towering buildings of poured concrete were now ensnared and crushed by enormous vines and trees.
Countless desiccated human corpses had been pierced through by branches and hung in the air like cured meat.
"I'm... a little pissed off!"
BANG!!!
Gojo Satoru vanished in an instant, his forceful stomp kicking up countless fragments of stone and clouds of dust.
Gojo Satoru darted through the "steel jungle," steadily closing in on the most powerful and conspicuous source of cursed energy.
In the distance, within a gigantic flower bud, Hanami swiftly rose to its feet and looked toward Gojo Satoru.
"Has he come?"
The next moment, Hanami fled without a second thought.
Cautious by nature, Hanami was not as competitive as Jogo.
Especially after Gojo Sawa had beaten it to within an inch of its life last time, Hanami no longer had the slightest desire to fight whenever it saw the Six Eyes.
Rather than getting beaten up again, it was better to carry out Kenjaku's plan and lead Gojo Satoru in circles.
"Mother Earth: Wood Division"!
Hanami's body split apart like a tree trunk, then its cells regrew and multiplied, forming several clones.
Moreover, the presence of those clones was almost identical to Hanami's own.
Immediately afterward, the seven Hanamis fled in different directions.
Hanami was inherently skilled at concealing its presence, and now that the city had already become a forest, it was even easier to hide.
Everything favored Hanami!
Sure enough, Gojo Satoru landed atop a high-rise.
"Seven sources of cursed energy, with almost no difference between them... This is a little troublesome!"
Irritated, he waved a hand and shattered the massive flower bud coiled