At Tokyo Jujutsu High.
"So, the ones joining the Culling Game behind Ze's back are..."
Suguru Geto looked down at his and Gojo's students as he slowly began to speak.
"Yuta, Maki and Mai, Todo, Miss Yuki Tsukumo...
Gojo and me...
And Yuji, too?"
Suguru Geto looked at the golden beetle shikigami beside Yuji Itadori. The instant it appeared, he had understood Kenjaku's intent.
Sukuna's vessel had to participate in the Culling Game!
One of the general rules stated that players who did not participate in the Culling Game would have their cursed techniques confiscated... which meant death.
As soon as he finished speaking, Suguru Geto turned toward a rather lonely figure.
Satoru Gojo leaned alone beside the classroom doorway, his eyes fixed on the Tokyo barrier in the distance.
With a helpless smile, Suguru Geto walked over and thumped his solid chest, just as he had on the beach in Okinawa twelve years ago.
"What are you still thinking about? Ze leaves, and suddenly you're lost without him?"
"What the hell are you talking about?" Satoru Gojo laughed and cursed. "I'm not gay."
"Then why do you still look so miserable? Come on." Suguru Geto slung an arm around Satoru Gojo's shoulders and teased his best friend.
"Tch. None of your business."
Satoru Gojo pursed his lips, but a smile remained on his face. Around Suguru Geto, he did not put on his usual deliberately goofy act.
Because in Suguru Geto's eyes, he was simply Satoru Gojo, not the strongest man second only to Ze Zenin...
"Have you contacted Hakari?" Suguru Geto asked Satoru Gojo.
"Well..." Satoru Gojo seemed to consider it, then gave a smile.
"I already spoke to him ahead of time."
"Originally, I wanted Ze to use his position as the Zenin Clan head and his