The strongest jujutsu sorcerer in a thousand years, the true King of Curses-Ryomen Sukuna appeared!!!

Half an hour later.

Kinoshita rubbed his cheeks. He had practically worked his Reverse Cursed Technique until it smoked before barely managing to restore himself to normal.

"So you can even use Reverse Cursed Technique. Too bad you're so weak." Hajime Kashimo kicked Kinoshita irritably.

Kinoshita touched his forehead. If Kashimo hadn't needed him as a guide, he probably would have beaten him to death just now.

The title of Strongest Jujutsu Sorcerer of Four Hundred Years Ago was truly terrifying!

"Lord Hajime Kashimo, don't worry. Itadori and the others have gathered enough points. Their next step is to save Megumi Fushiguro's sister."

"But an ancient sorcerer named Yorozu has already incarnated in Tsumiki Fushiguro. Once Megumi Fushiguro discovers the truth, Sukuna will make his move," Kinoshita explained while leading him around aimlessly.

After all, he genuinely had no idea where Itadori and the others were. He could only take things one step at a time.

The barrier only covered so much ground anyway. They would run into them sooner or later.

"You're awfully knowledgeable for someone so weak."

"Anyway, I don't care about Megumi Fushiguro. I just want to fight Sukuna!" Hajime Kashimo said indifferently, folding his arms.

Kinoshita nodded obediently.

"Huh?"

"Did it escape from the zoo?"

Hajime Kashimo turned his head and saw an adorable panda in front of him.

The panda looked perfectly lifelike, but when he looked at Kashimo and Kinoshita, panic clearly flashed across his face. He immediately lowered his paws and pretended to be an ordinary panda.

"Meow~"

Kinoshita's face darkened.

Was that the sound pandas made?

"Kogane, is this guy a player?" Hajime Kashimo asked Kogane.

"Lord Kashimo, he is a player!"

"Great. Then I just need to ask him!" Hajime Kashimo stepped forward with a smile.

But two more figures soon entered Kinoshita's field of view.

They were Kugisaki and Kinji Hakari.

Kinoshita wondered why those two had appeared in Tokyo No. 1 Colony.

After all, in the original story, Kinji Hakari had clearly fought Hajime Kashimo in Tokyo No. 2 Colony. Why had both of them gathered here?

"Ah..."

This is bad... The butterfly effect is such a pain. Did saving Todo and Kugisaki really change the Culling Game this much? Kinoshita wondered.

But the next second, Kogane suddenly appeared.

"A rule has been added!"

"Players may recruit a new player from outside the barrier to replace themselves!"

"And spend 100 points to withdraw from the Culling Game!"

Kinoshita laughed in surprise.

"Lord Hajime Kashimo! Sukuna's about to appear! Forget about these people!" Kinoshita immediately called out to Kashimo.

Hajime Kashimo turned back toward Kinoshita. "What?! Where? Tell me!"

Of the three, only Kugisaki knew Kinoshita.

After all, without Kinoshita's help, dealing with Mahito would not have been nearly so easy.

"Where's Itadori right now?" Kinoshita waved and asked Kugisaki.

Kugisaki looked at Kinoshita with distaste. "Don't you know everything?"

"Besides, why should I tell you?"

"Uh... She turned me down." Kinoshita looked awkwardly at Hajime Kashimo.

Hajime Kashimo covered his face. "Forget it. I'll ask them myself."

Kinoshita wanted to stop Roku. After all, going one against three when Kinji Hakari was on the other side was sheer madness, wasn't it?

But he immediately recalled how Hajime Kashimo had thrashed him earlier. Suppressing a smile, Kinoshita chose not to intervene.

With Kinji Hakari's Idle Death Gamble backing them up, beating Hajime Kashimo without taking damage wasn't impossible.

"No need..." Kinoshita grabbed Hajime Kashimo.

Following Kinoshita's gaze, Hajime Kashimo saw a figure flying through the air. It was none other than "Angel," Hana Kurusu.

Once he saw Hana Kurusu, Kinoshita could pinpoint Megumi Fushiguro's location.

Like Sukuna, "Angel" was an ancient sorcerer from a thousand years ago.

Her cursed technique, Jacob's Ladder, was a powerful ability-one of the few in all of Jujutsu Society capable of directly extinguishing other cursed techniques.

Against an utterly evil being like Sukuna, it was especially effective.

As the saying went:

A counter trumped everything, and bonus damage made you a god.

Hadn't Kinoshita used his Faraday Cage to utterly crush Roku's confidence?

He had only narrowly lost in the end...

"Wait, wait, wait, wait...!"

Kinoshita was incredibly excited now.

If "Angel" hadn't been tricked by Sukuna yet, just how much fighting strength did Tokyo No. 1 Colony currently have?

Panda, Kugisaki, Kinji Hakari, Hajime Kashimo, Itadori, Hana Kurusu, and Maki.

Sukuna had only just taken over Megumi Fushiguro's body. His soul was extremely unstable, and his cursed energy output was less than a tenth of its normal level.

Under these circumstances, even if he had Megumi Fushiguro's Ten Shadows Technique, the lack of a taming ritual meant Sukuna couldn't use Mahoraga!

Kinoshita had thought Sukuna had been at his weakest in Shibuya. But now it seemed the instant he took over Megumi Fushiguro was his true weakest moment!

"Perfect! I'm going to defeat Sukuna right here! I can't let him escape!" Kinoshita was just about to discuss tactics with Hajime Kashimo.

But Hajime Kashimo had already wrapped his entire body in lightning and charged excitedly toward Hana Kurusu.

Left with no choice, Kinoshita explained things to the Jujutsu High trio.

"Sukuna has stolen Fushiguro's body. We have to defeat him here!" Kinoshita told Kinji Hakari. "You're one of the strongest fighters in the Tokyo colony. We're counting on you to stop Sukuna!"

Kinji Hakari looked utterly baffled.

Him?

He was supposed to fight Sukuna?

Weren't they only supposed to save the Zenin Clan head's sister?

How had that turned into fighting Sukuna?

Kugisaki and Panda were even more stunned by this sudden bombshell.

"What the hell are you talking about?!"

"Come on, there's no time! If we keep dragging our feet, that lovestruck Hana Kurusu is going to get fooled again!" Kinoshita pointed toward Hana Kurusu.

Then he immediately used his Construction Technique to equip an exoskeleton and sprinted toward her.

Kinji Hakari looked helplessly at Kugisaki.

Though Kugisaki was still in shock, she assured Kinji Hakari, "This guy says some crazy things, but he isn't an incarnated ancient sorcerer. He helped me during the Shibuya Incident."

Panda stood on two legs again and nodded. "So Sukuna really has appeared?"

"But what about Itadori?"

Kugisaki also looked over in that direction with concern.

"We'll just have to listen to him and take a look first!"

Their original goal had been to meet up with Itadori anyway, so there was nothing wrong with that.

When they reached a high-rise building.

Hana Kurusu was desperately unleashing Jacob's Ladder.

Under the radiance, Sukuna seemed to reveal his hideous true form, writhing and groaning nonstop.

Then his expression cleared, and "Megumi Fushiguro" stood up and looked at Hana Kurusu.

"Hana, thank you."

Looking at the handsome Megumi Fushiguro, Hana Kurusu couldn't stop her tears from falling.

She could hardly wait to throw her arms around him.

"Mythical Beast Amber!!!"

"Activate!!!!!!"