Chapter Summaries

Aikawa Kaze and Megumi Fushiguro discovered that Tsumiki planned to visit the haunted Yasohachi Bridge with her friends and tried to stop her after Kaze sensed she would face danger. With Satoru Gojo away on a mission in India, Kaze wondered whether Gojo had gone there to find the Holy Relic of Karna that Kaze had mentioned.

• Aikawa Kaze ate breakfast with Megumi Fushiguro and helped Tsumiki Fushiguro hang laundry, while he and Megumi privately regarded each other with fond, parental thoughts.
• Tsumiki revealed that she planned to accompany her friends to Yasohachi Bridge, and Megumi and Kaze both gave her disapproving looks because the place was haunted.
• Kaze warned Tsumiki that his supposed Instinct predicted she would definitely face danger if she went, and Megumi insisted she stay home.
• Tsumiki worried that her friends would be in greater danger without her, while Megumi argued that he would investigate instead; Kaze stepped in and suggested asking Jujutsu Society or Satoru Gojo for help.
• Megumi explained that Satoru Gojo had left for a mission in India, and Kaze suspected Gojo had gone to search for Karna's Holy Relic after Kaze mentioned it the previous day.

After failing to reach Satoru Gojo, Aikawa Kaze tried to make Tsumiki Fushiguro accept that harsh choices might be necessary to keep her classmates away from Yasohachi Bridge, then left her and Megumi Fushiguro together. He went to the bridge with Suguru Geto, whose scouts spotted two dogs following them.

• Aikawa Kaze suggested knocking Tsumiki Fushiguro's friends unconscious to stop them from visiting Yasohachi Bridge, but Tsumiki rejected the idea and broke down as she apologized to Megumi Fushiguro.
• Aikawa Kaze slipped away while Megumi Fushiguro comforted Tsumiki, then met Suguru Geto, who agreed to accompany him to Yasohachi Bridge.
• Suguru Geto called ordinary people monkeys and dismissed Aikawa Kaze's argument that their positive energy gave them value.
• Aikawa Kaze told Suguru Geto that he had become a jujutsu sorcerer for excitement and because no one loved him unconditionally or would mourn his death.
• Aikawa Kaze and Suguru Geto reached Yasohachi Bridge, where the cursed energy was dense, and Suguru Geto's scout spirits detected a black dog and a white dog following them.

After Tsumiki broke down over her helplessness, Aikawa Kaze went to Yasohachi Bridge with Suguru Geto to investigate the cursed spirit’s domain. Kaze was pulled inside and confronted Ryomen Sukuna, who offered a binding vow while holding Megumi and the Divine Dogs hostage.

• Tsumiki cried as she confessed her fear and frustration, and Megumi comforted her before the siblings realized Aikawa Kaze had left a note saying he would handle the danger alone.
• Megumi summoned the Divine Dogs to track Kaze, then took a taxi to Yasohachi Bridge when their search led him there.
• Kaze and Suguru Geto waited at the bridge for the domain to open, and Kaze speculated that his earlier destruction of one of Sukuna’s fingers had awakened the cursed spirit early.
• The domain appeared and dragged Kaze inside, where he faced a monstrous Ryomen Sukuna and transformed for battle.
• Ryomen Sukuna offered Kaze a binding vow and revealed that Megumi and the two Divine Dogs were unconscious and being held hostage.

Aikawa Kaze negotiated a one-year binding vow with Ryomen Sukuna to protect Megumi Fushiguro and halt the fingers’ resonance. After Sukuna’s cursed spirit collapsed, Kaze gave the remaining finger to Suguru Geto and prepared to deal with Tsumiki’s unconscious friends.

• Aikawa Kaze rejected Ryomen Sukuna’s first proposed vow and negotiated terms requiring Sukuna to release Megumi Fushiguro and stop the fingers’ resonance for a year.
• Aikawa Kaze and Ryomen Sukuna agreed that neither would initiate an attack against the other for a year, and Sukuna would never attack Megumi while Kaze would not use the same power that destroyed Sukuna’s finger against him.
• Megumi Fushiguro regained consciousness, and Sukuna’s cursed spirit collapsed, dissolving its domain and leaving behind a finger.
• Aikawa Kaze gave Ryomen Sukuna’s finger to Suguru Geto, who attached it to Rainbow Dragon as a cursed-object accessory.
• Aikawa Kaze checked Megumi Fushiguro’s superficial injuries and told him to go to the hospital, while Suguru Geto revealed that Tsumiki’s friends were unconscious nearby and alive.

After Aikawa Kaze returned to the Fushiguro home, Megumi asked him to spar so he could become strong enough to protect the people he cared about. Kaze invited Megumi to join him for field experience with Mr. Geto the next day.

• Megumi persuaded Kaze to return home by saying Tsumiki might cry if he stayed away, and Kaze agreed after Megumi reassured him that making Tsumiki cry had not been his fault.
• Kaze and Megumi returned to the Fushiguro home, where Tsumiki noticed something was wrong but let them rest without asking for details.
• Unable to sleep, Megumi visited Kaze and asked him to spar because he wanted to become much stronger.
• Kaze agreed they should step up their training and invited Megumi to join him for field experience with Mr. Geto the next day.
• Megumi accepted the invitation and wondered why Geto's surname seemed familiar.

Aikawa Kaze and Megumi Fushiguro traveled with Suguru Geto to a forest shrine for a practical lesson, where Geto revealed they had one day to resolve an unusual village incident. Geto watched them leave and wondered whether the experience would help them understand him.

• Megumi Fushiguro recognized Suguru Geto as a Special Grade curse user after seeing him summon a dragon-shaped cursed spirit, and Geto teased him about the Ten Shadows Technique.
• Geto explained that he enjoyed teasing Megumi because he resembled Toji Fushiguro, then stopped when Aikawa Kaze objected.
• Kaze reassured the wary Megumi that Geto would not harm them, and Megumi quietly prepared to protect Kaze if necessary.
• At the forest, Megumi summoned Divine Dogs to scout while Kaze petted them, and Geto told the two he would not intervene unless their lives were in danger.
• Geto gave Kaze and Megumi one day to resolve an incident in the village, hinting that it might not involve cursed spirits.
• After the children left, Geto reflected that he had deliberately brought them to the incident and wondered whether they could understand him after experiencing it.

Aikawa Kaze and Megumi Fushiguro discovered a black-haired girl hiding in a cave and learned that the villagers blamed her for angering their Mountain God and planned to sacrifice her. They settled into a house offered by the Village Chief, whom Kaze suspected of poisoning their food, and prepared to investigate the villagers that night.

• Aikawa Kaze and Megumi Fushiguro found a girl living in a cave, and she reluctantly gave them directions to the village.
• Kaze and Megumi heard villagers call the girl a monster because she had revived a dead butterfly and escaped a sacrifice.
• Kaze and Megumi overheard villagers planning to find and sacrifice the girl, and they decided to follow them that night.
• The Village Chief offered Kaze and Megumi an empty house and refused payment.
• Kaze fed the Village Chief's food to a sparrow, which promptly passed out, and warned Megumi not to trust unexpected kindness.

Aikawa Kaze and Megumi Fushiguro discovered that the village had drugged their food and planned to offer them as sacrifices to the Mountain God. After escaping their careless kidnappers in the Firewood Shed, they considered confronting the villagers directly.

• Megumi Fushiguro found that the sparrow used to test the food was still alive, and Aikawa Kaze concluded that the villagers had drugged them.
• Aikawa Kaze and Megumi Fushiguro prepared to record evidence and pretended to be unconscious when the village chief and others approached.
• The villagers discussed sacrificing the two boys to the Mountain God, then tied them up and locked them in the Firewood Shed.
• Aikawa Kaze and Megumi Fushiguro freed themselves, realized the villagers had not searched or disarmed them, and considered charging straight at them.

Aikawa Kaze and Megumi Fushiguro followed the village chief’s group to a shrine, where they discovered the villagers planned to bury Ai alive to force Sentaro to betray her. As Ai’s hatred surged and a strange power stirred within the shrine, Aikawa Kaze recognized her as Enma Ai and realized a god might be awakening.

• Aikawa Kaze and Megumi Fushiguro tailed the village chief’s group from Sentaro’s home to a shrine, where they began digging a deep pit.
• The village chief threatened Sentaro’s parents and ordered them to make Sentaro bring the girl to the shrine, or the family would be buried in the pit.
• Sentaro arrived with Ai, apologized to her, and threw dirt into the pit after the village chief shoved her inside.
• Sentaro fled as Ai’s resentment erupted, matching the terrifying power rising from within the shrine.
• Aikawa Kaze recognized Sentaro and Ai as the story of Enma Ai and realized the Mountain God might be becoming real.

Aikawa Kaze realized that the Mountain God had manifested through the villagers’ faith and that Ai had become a powerful being through her role as the sacrifice. The failed ritual trapped Ai and the villagers in a stalemate, while Aikawa Kaze considered whether he could summon the Mountain God as a Heroic Spirit.

• Aikawa Kaze recognized the Mountain God’s aura and explained that the villagers’ belief had given rise to the god.
• Ai blamed the villagers for treating her as a monster and attacked them with flames of resentment, but the Mountain God’s power kept them from dying.
• The villagers begged the Mountain God to save them, but he repeated that youths could be sacrificed for seven years of bountiful harvest.
• Aikawa Kaze explained that Ai’s resistance had interrupted the sacrifice ritual, leaving her and the villagers trapped in the shrine and unable to kill or escape one another.
• Aikawa Kaze secretly used his Heroic Spirit Summoning ability, suspecting he might be able to summon the Mountain God.

Megumi Fushiguro tried to stop Enma Ai from taking revenge, saying he wanted to save her future rather than the villagers. When Ai refused to let go of her hatred, Aikawa Kaze revealed that Sentaro and his parents had been protecting her and were forced by the village chief to betray her.

• Aikawa Kaze explained that outsiders could interfere in the deadlocked sacrifice, and Megumi Fushiguro decided to approach Enma Ai.
• Megumi told Ai he did not care what happened to the villagers but wanted to save her because she was kind and should not fall into hatred.
• Ai thanked Megumi but insisted that her hatred could not be erased, leaving him unable to change her mind.
• Aikawa Kaze told Ai that Sentaro and his parents had cared for and protected her, and that the village chief had threatened them into bringing her to the sacrifice.
• Aikawa asked Ai whether knowing the truth might lessen her hatred, and her resolve began to waver.

Aikawa Kaze stopped Enma Ai from killing the villagers and persuaded her to become the Shrine Maiden, then suggested she seize the newborn Mountain God’s power. As the police approached, Ai agreed to help Kaze in the future and exchanged a treasured hairpin for a watch.

• After learning Sentaro had protected her and had been forced to betray her, Enma Ai hesitated to treat him as an enemy.
• Aikawa Kaze revealed he had called the Police and suggested Ai become the Shrine Maiden as a way to torment the villagers; their outrage persuaded her to accept.
• Kaze proposed that Ai take the newborn Mountain God’s power before it gained awareness, and Ai and Megumi Fushiguro reacted with surprise.
• Ai agreed to answer Kaze’s call for help and gave him her treasured wooden hairpin in exchange for a watch.
• Kaze put the hairpin away as the police sirens sounded in the distance.

After the village chief and cultists were arrested, Aikawa Kaze explained how he would have dealt with Ai’s enemies and exchanged a knowing look with Suguru Geto about their coming plan. As Megumi Fushiguro worried about the danger ahead and promised to protect Kaze, the brothers ended the chapter arguing over which of them was the older brother.

• Megumi Fushiguro and Aikawa Kaze watched the police arrest the village chief and villagers, while Ai was presented as a victim who had escaped after being buried alive.
• Suguru Geto praised Kaze’s arranged happy ending and asked what he would have done; Kaze said he would have killed his attackers before contacting the police and media.
• Suguru Geto and Kaze acknowledged that their secret plan was nearing its final attempt, then Geto departed on the Rainbow Dragon as Megumi took Kaze to find the police.
• Megumi Fushiguro told Kaze he would never resent him for sacrificing himself to protect Kaze, prompting Kaze to object that he was the older brother.
• Kaze and Megumi stared each other down as their disagreement over who was older turned their heartfelt conversation into an argument.

Aikawa Kaze explained why he left Enma Ai’s fate and Sentaro’s family to the law, then his friends teased Yuta Okkotsu about choosing family or romantic love. A campus alarm interrupted their conversation as something flew toward Jujutsu High, and Aikawa Kaze realized the long-awaited moment had arrived.

• Aikawa Kaze told Panda, Maki, Yuta Okkotsu, and Toge Inumaki that he had punished the village chief and villagers but left Sentaro’s family alone because he had no right to decide whom Enma Ai should forgive.
• Panda and Maki discussed whether they would choose family or romantic love, while Toge Inumaki used Doggie to tease his friends about their lack of romantic partners.
• Toge Inumaki redirected the group’s question to Yuta Okkotsu, who struggled to answer with Rika listening from his shadow.
• Yuta Okkotsu sensed something approaching, and a campus alarm sounded as Aikawa Kaze spotted something flying toward Jujutsu High.

Suguru Geto arrived at Jujutsu High and tried to recruit Aikawa Kaze and Yuta Okkotsu by condemning the unfairness of Jujutsu society. His newly refined speech left Yuta genuinely wavering, to Aikawa’s disbelief.

• Suguru Geto rode a wyvern to Jujutsu High with his companions, and Panda recognized him while pretending to be surprised.
• Geto praised Aikawa Kaze’s power and questioned whether he resented the higher-ups, but Aikawa resisted his pitch.
• Geto sympathized with Yuta Okkotsu over his treatment by the higher-ups and condemned the system’s mistreatment of sorcerers.
• Geto urged Yuta to join him in transforming Jujutsu society, and Yuta began to waver as Aikawa watched in disbelief.

Suguru Geto revealed that he planned to overthrow Jujutsu Society through a revolutionary war rather than slaughter ordinary people, and declared Star Plasma’s attack on the Jujutsu Higher-Ups and Three Great Families. He set the conflict for December 24th in Kyoto, leaving Satoru Gojo and Aikawa Kaze stunned by his unexpected plan.

• Suguru Geto tried to win Yuta Okkotsu and Aikawa Kaze over with his stated goal of improving life for jujutsu sorcerers, but both refused to join him.
• Satoru Gojo stepped between Suguru Geto and Yuta Okkotsu and demanded to know why Geto had come.
• Suguru Geto declared that he would use force to overthrow the Jujutsu Higher-Ups, arguing that Gojo’s approach of training young sorcerers had failed.
• Suguru Geto announced that Star Plasma would attack 1,227 holdings of the Jujutsu Higher-Ups and Three Great Families in Kyoto on December 24th.
• Suguru Geto named the campaign Star Plasma’s Spark Revolution and believed the competing factions would struggle to protect their own interests.

After Suguru Geto’s unexpected ideological shift unsettled the students, Aikawa Kaze reflected on his own possible influence and wondered whether Geto’s plan could succeed. Yuta Okkotsu came to ask whether Kaze knew Geto, and Kaze challenged him to judge Geto’s ideas for himself, leaving Kaze considering whether to encourage the movement.

• After Suguru Geto left, Panda, Maki, Toge Inumaki, and Yuta Okkotsu remained unsettled by his words.
• Satoru Gojo arrived and told the students to return to their usual activities, while Panda and Maki worried about Geto.
• Aikawa Kaze returned to his room and recalled writing a college essay that had proposed overthrowing Jujutsu Society’s higher-ups.
• Yuta Okkotsu visited Kaze and asked whether he knew Suguru Geto, explaining that Toge Inumaki had found similarities between Geto’s ideas and those from China.
• Kaze told Yuta to decide whether he agreed with Geto’s ideas rather than relying on Kaze’s connection to him, then wondered whether he should encourage Geto’s plan.

Aikawa Kaze handed Yuta Okkotsu, Maki, and Toge Inumaki reading lists or help with translation, then spoke with Satoru Gojo about Suguru Geto's ideas. Gojo left Kaze with a manuscript of the Mahabharata, and Kaze asked about the Holy Relic for summoning Gilgamesh.

• Aikawa Kaze gave Yuta Okkotsu a reading list after Yuta asked him for advice.
• Maki visited Kaze to ask what they should do, and he sent her the same list.
• Toge Inumaki asked Kaze to add real-time translation to his phone and translator, and Kaze agreed before offering him the reading list too.
• Satoru Gojo visited Kaze, denied responsibility for Suguru Geto's ideas, and asked Kaze to send him study materials.
• Gojo gave Kaze what he said was an original or first-edition manuscript of the Mahabharata, and Kaze asked where the Holy Relic for summoning Gilgamesh was.

Aikawa Kaze explained that he wanted the Prison Realm as the basis for creating his own Throne of Heroes, then prepared to summon Karna with the Holy Relic Gojo had obtained. He began the summoning, but the chapter ended before Karna appeared.

• Aikawa Kaze found Enkidu's Holy Relic, a broken clay tablet, in a plastic bag on his balcony.
• The system confirmed that Brain possessed the Prison Realm, and Aikawa Kaze said he wanted it to build a Throne of Heroes rather than merely prevent Gojo from being sealed.
• Aikawa Kaze described how the Prison Realm's isolation, distorted time, and weakening effects could support a Throne of Heroes, though he still needed to fill it with Heroic Spirits.
• Aikawa Kaze decided to summon Karna, washed his hands, placed the Holy Relic on his summoning circle, and began the incantation.

Aikawa Kaze summoned Karna and tested how Karna’s influence affected him, letting Satoru Gojo make a series of reasonable requests before ending the experiment. Gojo then outlined the Christmas Eve defense plan, while Kaze privately realized where Suguru Geto was most likely to attack and chose not to warn Gojo.

• Aikawa Kaze summoned Karna, who agreed to lend him power after confirming Kaze’s purpose was not evil.
• Kaze used Karna’s power at school and indulged Satoru Gojo’s requests, startling Maki, Yuta Okkotsu, Toge Inumaki, and Panda.
• Kaze explained that Karna’s influence made it difficult to refuse reasonable requests, and his classmates urged him to use the ability cautiously.
• Satoru Gojo previewed the Christmas Eve plan: Kyoto would evacuate, key sites would be defended, and Gojo would act as mobile support while both Jujutsu High schools guarded themselves.
• Kaze reasoned that Suguru Geto would likely target Jujutsu High, but kept his conclusion to himself as Gojo prepared to lie in ambush there.