Chapter Summaries

Hajime Kashimo endured Ryu Ishigori’s enhanced blast and used its flash to attack Takako Uro. Ryu’s follow-up cannon tore off Uro’s arm, leaving her gravely wounded as Kashimo confronted him about his ruthlessness.

• Ryu Ishigori fired an enhanced Cursed Energy Cannon, and Hajime Kashimo chose to block it with his iron staff.
• Kashimo used the explosion’s white light to get behind Takako Uro and struck her with his electrified staff.
• Kashimo’s blow sent Uro flying toward Ryu, who immediately fired a Cursed Energy Cannon at her.
• Uro failed to deflect the blast in time, and it tore off her right arm before she crashed onto the rooftop.
• Kashimo landed and called Ryu ruthless for attacking Uro without hesitation.

Yuta Okkotsu returned to the rooftop just as Ryu Ishigori prepared to finish the gravely wounded Takako Uro, and he blamed himself for leaving her alone. He summoned Rika to protect Uro and opened his domain against Ishigori and Hajime Kashimo.

• Ryu Ishigori and Hajime Kashimo prepared to kill Takako Uro while she lay unable to fight.
• Yuta Okkotsu returned after defeating Dhruv Lakdawalla and found Uro on the verge of death.
• Takako Uro demanded extra credit from Okkotsu, while he felt guilty for leaving her behind.
• Yuta Okkotsu put on Rika's ring and asked Rika to keep Uro safe.
• Yuta Okkotsu opened his domain, Authentic Mutual Love, as Hajime Kashimo watched with interest.

Yuta Okkotsu defeated Ryu Ishigori almost instantly after the two expanded their domains, leaving Hajime Kashimo as the only opponent in the Sendai Colony. Kashimo challenged Okkotsu, who refused and declared himself stronger than anyone Kashimo had ever faced.

• Yuta Okkotsu expanded Authentic Mutual Love as Hajime Kashimo used Hollow Wicker Basket and Ryu Ishigori expanded his own domain, canceling both guaranteed-hit effects.
• Okkotsu used the brief clash to close in and slash Ryu Ishigori across the chest, knocking him unconscious.
• Kashimo maintained Hollow Wicker Basket, unable to release his hands without becoming vulnerable to Okkotsu's domain.
• Okkotsu recognized Kashimo as the strongest sorcerer from four hundred years ago, and Kashimo admitted he had come to Sendai looking for strong opponents.
• Okkotsu refused Kashimo's challenge, saying Kashimo was no match for him and declaring himself the strongest jujutsu sorcerer Kashimo had encountered.

Okkotsu negotiated a temporary ceasefire with Hajime Kashimo by promising him the chance to fight Sukuna, then healed Takako Uro and Ryu Ishigori. As the injured sorcerers recovered, Uro warned Okkotsu about a calamity who surpassed both cursed spirits and jujutsu sorcerers.

• Okkotsu revealed that Kashimo could use his cursed technique only once and persuaded him to save it for Sukuna, securing a temporary ceasefire.
• Kashimo dropped Hollow Wicker Basket, and Okkotsu dismissed Authentic Mutual Love, ending their domain clash.
• Okkotsu told the injured Takako Uro that Kashimo was temporarily on their side, then used Reverse Cursed Technique to heal her and reattach her arm.
• Okkotsu treated the gravely wounded Ryu Ishigori, explaining that killing him would serve no purpose.
• Takako Uro warned Okkotsu that his habit of taking everything on himself would exhaust him, then recalled a self-centered calamity beyond cursed spirits and jujutsu sorcerers.

Okkotsu persuaded Takako Uro to transfer her points toward a plan to end the Culling Game, while Naoya fled Sendai Colony after seeing Ryu Ishigori lose. In Tokyo No. 1 Colony, Maki searched for food with Jie Jian, who realized she might not know how to cook.

• Okkotsu explained that freely transferring points could prevent players from being forced to kill and asked Takako Uro for her points to help end the Culling Game.
• Takako Uro agreed to transfer her points, and Hajime Kashimo identified Hiromi Higuruma as a likely candidate to add the point-transfer rule.
• Naoya fled Sendai Colony rather than risk fighting Okkotsu after Ryu Ishigori and Dhruv Lakdawalla were defeated.
• Maki searched Tokyo No. 1 Colony for players, then entered a damaged shopping mall with Jie Jian to find food.
• Jie Jian suggested cooking a meal, and Maki's reaction led him to suspect that she could not cook.

Maki admitted she could not cook, and Jie Jian persuaded her to learn so she could take care of herself and the two of them. After hours of his guidance, she made her first meal and sat eating it in the restaurant inside the Culling Game barrier.

• Maki told Jie Jian she could not cook, and he stopped questioning her when he sensed her painful past.
• Jie Jian urged Maki to find a restaurant and teach her to cook, saying that what she ate and how she rested affected them both.
• Maki followed his directions to a restaurant and prepared rice and vegetables under his instructions.
• After two and a half hours, Maki finished making seaweed rice rolls and admitted they were not bad.
• Jie Jian told Maki to remember the meal so she could tell Okkotsu about it, and she continued eating without arguing.