The Incident Settles Down

Lin Yi lay on the stretcher, looking at the injuries he had inflicted on himself, then at the Japanese Jujutsu Society personnel moving back and forth around him under the guise of some government department.

He could not help feeling anxious.

The longer he delayed here, the more likely Satoru Gojo was to return.

The smokescreen Kenjaku, that thousand-year-old monster, had used to lure Gojo away would not hold for long. In fact, even if Kenjaku personally went up against Gojo, he might still get overturned. Unlimited Void, the strongest crowd-control Domain in Jujutsu Kaisen, was too broken. Even Sukuna, the King of Curses from a thousand years ago, could not withstand it.

Once Gojo returned and the Six Eyes took one look at him lying on the stretcher, his disguise would be exposed, and then it would be his turn to break out in a cold sweat.

"Um, I think I can go to the hospital now, right? Don't worry, I don't know anything. I didn't see anything. Mr. Ijichi, we've met before, haven't we? It's me."

To get out of here as quickly as possible, Lin Yi groaned and whined, but the Jujutsu Society's assistant supervisors around him ignored him. That was until he spotted Kiyotaka Ijichi, who had arrived with Maki Zenin and the others.

As an assistant supervisor for Jujutsu High, Kiyotaka Ijichi seemed to hold a relatively high position among assistant supervisors.

He had not expected to run into Lin Ichiro, an ordinary person, for the third time. He froze for a moment before walking over.

"You're Mr. Lin Ichiro from the Ichiro Trading Detective Agency in Shinjuku Ward, correct? Why are you here?"

"Because this was a promise from an older brother to his little brother."

Kiyotaka Ijichi: Huh?

"Um, Mr. Ijichi, I happened to meet the detective when I went to ask Principal Yaga for help. Well, there was also a second-year student from Kyoto Jujutsu High there at the time, named Aoi Todo."

"Big Brother Ichiro!"

"Todo! Your big brother risked his life to keep our promise! Hurry up and get your big brother to a hospital! I feel like I'm bleeding all over the place!"

While Kiyotaka Ijichi was baffled by Lin Yi's absurd words, Yuko Takagi, who had reunited with Maki Zenin and the others nearby, shyly explained. Aoi Todo, who had come along with her, also rushed to Lin Yi's side. The two of them looked as though hardship had revealed their true bond, making Ijichi wonder whether he was the only normal person here.

With Lin Yi, Aoi Todo, and poor Yuko Takagi filling in the details for one another, Lin Yi perfectly explained why an ordinary person like him had appeared here.

"Mr. Lin Ichiro, you really are an unlucky fellow."

"Well, as a City Hunter who lives on his reputation, I can't just ignore a commission right in front of me. Besides, this was also Todo's trust in me as his big brother!"

"I understand the situation now, Mr. Lin Ichiro. I wish you a speedy recovery. Also, I hope you will not spread what happened here. In return, we will compensate you for the losses you suffered in this incident."

"I understand, I understand. Help me get another one of those cars, will you? It was custom-made, hard to get. You people are so capable, you'll definitely find a way. Mr. Ijichi, you know the address. That's it, goodbye."

Lin Yi finally got into an ambulance bound for the hospital before Satoru Gojo could arrive. Meanwhile, Maki Zenin and the newly arrived Principal Masamichi Yaga became interested in what Yuko Takagi had said.

"So the question now is, who saved Yuko? Principal Yaga?"

"I've already inspected the scene. Based on the residual cursed energy, I can tell that person was a very powerful jujutsu sorcerer, but I can't determine where they attacked from."

Masamichi Yaga, the principal of Tokyo Jujutsu High, was a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties. He was tall and burly, with a crew cut, and for some reason, he wore sunglasses in the middle of the night.

"Tch. Where has that idiot Gojo run off to this time?"

"I'm here, Maki."

Just as Maki Zenin complained that Satoru Gojo, the strongest jujutsu sorcerer of the modern era, had vanished again, Gojo appeared at the scene with Kento Nanami, startling her.

"Seriously, can you stop always showing up late? Your beloved student almost got hurt!"

"I already heard the details from Ijichi over the phone. It seems their target was only Yuko. Still, I'm more curious about that mysterious jujutsu sorcerer who helped Yuko from the shadows."

Ignoring Maki Zenin's complaint, Satoru Gojo turned his bandage-wrapped eyes toward the mountaintop. With a light step, he landed at the spot where Lin Yi had drawn his bow and fired from beyond visual range.

Seeing this, the teachers and students of Jujutsu High reinforced their bodies with cursed energy and leaped up after him, arriving at the mountaintop in a few bounds.

Gojo pointed at where he stood, then at the distance. "That mysterious jujutsu sorcerer saved Yuko from here."

"You've got to be kidding. From here? I can't even see where Yuko is."

"Salmon roe."

"Inumaki's right!"

Maki Zenin, Toge Inumaki, and Panda all peered into the distance, deeply skeptical of Gojo's claim.

To students like them, cursed energy strikes and attack ranges beyond visual range were something even Gojo could not accomplish.

Of course, he had no need to. Clasping his hands together let him teleport, so he did not need some so-called beyond-visual-range attack.

"Hmph. Everyone from Tokyo Jujutsu High, jujutsu sorcerers with extremely long-range attack capabilities do exist."

In response to the doubts of Maki Zenin and the other two, Aoi Todo, who had also come up here, offered a dissenting opinion.

Because Kyoto Jujutsu High had someone like that among Todo's classmates.

A second-year student at Kyoto Jujutsu High, Mechamaru, whose real name was Sanada Yukichi.

He was an unfortunate jujutsu sorcerer who had been bound by a Binding Vow with the will of the jujutsu world since birth. In exchange for being born with incomplete limbs and unable to see daylight, he had gained immense cursed energy and cursed energy control that covered all of Japan.

Simply put, by controlling a puppet, he could appear in any corner of Japan without ever leaving home.

"Huh? So you do know something, don't you? You Kyoto guy, spill it. Don't think we'll be polite just because you helped us."

"You can uncover the answer yourselves at this year's Sister-School Exchange Event. I have no obligation to tell you anything about that. See you around, everyone from Tokyo Jujutsu High."

Aoi Todo was not angered by Maki Zenin and the others' attitude. He waved his hand and left behind a dashing silhouette as he departed under their displeased gazes.

Meanwhile, Satoru Gojo ignored his students' squabbling. His eyes, perpetually wrapped in bandages, stared at the ground Lin Yi had stepped on as he considered the string of coincidences that had happened that day.

Satoru Gojo, who had established himself as the invincible strongest of the modern era after mastering the Reversed Cursed Technique, suddenly became interested.

Had those curse users who had vanished from Jujutsu Society and dared not show themselves in Japan because of his birth finally learned some new tricks?

He was not in such a hurry to find the mastermind now. He wanted to play with them a little longer.

As for Kento Nanami, he listened as Ijichi talked about that familiar stranger, Lin Yi, appearing at the scene. Pushing up his glasses, he formed a plan as well.

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