Jujutsu High Takes Action

Hajime Kashimo's death did not bring any major changes to the Culling Game.

If there was any change at all—

Tokyo No. 2 Colony was now without Hajime Kashimo, that battle-crazed martial fanatic who challenged people to death matches everywhere. The colony instantly became much more peaceful!

Time flew by, and soon it was November 8.

In the ruins of an underground tunnel, Megumi Fushiguro stood with his back to Yuji, gritting his teeth as he made his request.

"Please, Yuji."

"We need your strength!"

His sister, Tsumiki Fushiguro, had also been selected as a player in the Culling Game. Megumi wanted to find a way to save her, as well as the other ordinary people inside the colonies.

He needed Yuji's strength.

Yuji, whose heart had been dead ever since he had unwillingly killed countless ordinary people in Shibuya, began to waver at Megumi's request.

To help his brother Megumi, and to atone for his own sins.

On November 8, 2018, Yuji Itadori officially decided to join the Culling Game.

November 9, Tomb of the Star.

Yuji's group successfully met Tengen there and learned from him about Kenjaku's true identity and how to unseal Satoru Gojo.

To unseal Satoru Gojo, Yuji and the others decided to find the ancient sorcerer known as Angel, Hana Kurusu, who possessed a technique capable of extinguishing all cursed techniques.

To accomplish that goal, Yuji set out to find help.

November 10, Utsunomiya City.

Yuji and Megumi arrived at a hidden underground parking garage.

Here, Kinji Hakari, a Jujutsu High upperclassman whom Yuta Okkotsu had claimed was stronger than him when he was in good condition, ran an underground fighting tournament for sorcerers.

Yuji's goal was to persuade Kinji Hakari to join the Culling Game and help them.

November 11.

With Jujutsu High's assistance, Yuji successfully persuaded Kinji Hakari.

At that point, all the strength Yuji's group could gather had finally been assembled!

Yuji, Megumi, Panda, and Kinji Hakari gathered in a small room converted into a command center.

They were currently discussing tactics for entering the Culling Game tomorrow.

There was a hint of solemnity on each of their faces, because they had run into a problem.

Kinji Hakari looked at Yuji beside him and suddenly asked,

"So, how are we going to proceed tomorrow?"

Not only did Yuji fall silent, even the usually clever Megumi went quiet, because they truly had no idea how to answer!

Due to the peculiar nature of the Culling Game colonies, once someone entered, they could not leave.

So they knew absolutely nothing about the situation inside the colonies!

According to their original plan, they needed to seize enough points to add extra rules to the Culling Game.

Only then could they save Megumi's sister, Tsumiki Fushiguro, and the other ordinary people.

But a major problem now stood before Yuji's group.

Without Hajime Kashimo, that troublemaker, no one had added a rule that allowed them to view the information of all players in the Culling Game!

So Yuji and the others had no idea who inside the colonies had many points and who had few.

They would have to enter the colonies and investigate all that information themselves!

Seeing that no one answered, Kinji Hakari shook his head and continued,

"Our first goal is to find someone with 100 points, then persuade him to add a rule allowing points to be freely transferred, right?"

Yuji and the others nodded.

That rule was the core of their entire plan.

Only after adding that rule could they quickly gather enough points without killing anyone.

So now, the crucial question was—

Which colony should they search for someone with 100 points?

There were actually ten colonies in the entire Culling Game!

Tokyo No. 1, Tokyo No. 2, Sendai, and Sakurajima were the four colonies that had appeared in the story.

But beyond those, there were also Lake Gosho, Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Niigata, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka.

Though they had not appeared in the story, they undeniably existed.

Yuji's group only had so many people, so there was no way they could cover every colony.

And with the rule that they could not leave once they entered a colony, if the colony they chose did not have anyone with 100 points—

They would have no choice but to kill enough people to earn 100 points themselves.

Seeing that no one had an answer, Kinji Hakari irritably scratched his head.

He turned to Kirara Hoshi, the feminine-looking boy beside him.

"Kirara! Get me some paper and a pen."

"Okay~!"

With just that one sentence, Kirara understood what Kinji Hakari intended to do.

He pulled out a sheet of A4 paper from a drawer in the corner and tore it into ten pieces.

Then, he wrote the names of the ten colonies on the slips of paper and rolled them into little balls.

Kinji Hakari's lips curled into a broad grin.

"Let's gamble!"

"...Gamble?"

Yuji looked at Kinji Hakari in confusion, not understanding what he meant.

But Panda, who had been Kinji Hakari's old friend for a long time, vaguely understood what he was thinking.

He asked uncertainly,

"Hakari, are you planning to draw lots?"

"That's right!"

Kinji Hakari chuckled and nodded excitedly.

"There are ten colonies here. We'll randomly draw one, and whichever one we draw is the colony we'll go to!"

"Isn't that way too arbitrary?"

Megumi instinctively objected.

But Kinji Hakari's next words left Megumi speechless.

"Then do you have a better idea?"

Megumi truly had no better idea, but was drawing lots not a little too arbitrary?

Kirara noticed Megumi's hesitation.

He leaned intimately against Kinji Hakari's shoulder and said with adoring eyes,

"Don't worry. Hakari-chan has great gambling luck. He's never lost before!"

Kinji Hakari burst into laughter.

"That's true. I have a lot of faith in my gambling luck."

He looked at the pile of slips. "There has to be a player inside one of these colonies who has gathered 100 points. I have a feeling I'll definitely draw it."

With that, Kinji Hakari ignored Megumi's opinion and reached into the pile to draw a slip.

The slip was unfolded, and everyone looked over curiously.

"Tokyo No. 1 Colony."

Kinji Hakari's eyes lit up. Looking at the name on the slip, he suddenly had a strong feeling about it.

"Decided! I'm going to Tokyo No. 1 Colony! I have a feeling there's definitely someone in there who has gathered 100 points!"

After watching Kinji Hakari draw a lot, Yuji, who already loved playing pachinko, felt an itch in his heart as well.

"Then I'll draw one too!"

As he spoke, Yuji directly drew one from the remaining pile, while urging Megumi to do the same.

"Megumi, hurry up and draw one too!"

Watching this lot-drawing ceremony that felt more like playing around, Megumi got a headache.

But both Kinji Hakari and Yuji had taken part, so he had no choice but to stand up and draw one as well.

Panda also eagerly raised a paw.

"Hehe, Panda will take one too."

However, before Panda could draw, Kinji Hakari interrupted him.

"Panda, don't draw. You're going straight to Tokyo No. 2 Colony."

"Huh!"

Panda was a little upset. Everyone else had drawn one, so it felt strange that he was the only one who did not!

"Why do I have to go there?"

Kinji Hakari answered Panda's question.

"Don't we still need to find Angel, Hana Kurusu? Didn't Tengen say he was in Tokyo No. 2 Colony?"

"Panda, you have a good nose, so go to Tokyo No. 2 Colony and find Angel, Hana Kurusu."

Angel, Hana Kurusu, was the key to removing the Prison Realm's seal on Satoru Gojo.

So someone had to be assigned to find her.

And Panda, with his keen sense of smell, became the most suitable choice.

However, Yuji awkwardly raised the slip in his hand.

"Uh... well, I drew Tokyo No. 2 Colony. Should I switch?"