Enrollment

Inside Tokyo Jujutsu High, in a dimly lit chamber.

Satoru Gojo looked at Yuji Itadori sleeping in the chair before him and couldn't help asking:

"What kind of constitution does this kid have? He can actually suppress Sukuna's soul."

Beside him, Ze Zenin said calmly, "He's the vessel that Millennium Schemer created specifically to restrain Sukuna."

"Huh? That Soma guy or whatever? He didn't look all that strong to me..."

Satoru Gojo waved a hand dismissively. "Anyway, with the three of us... the two of us around, nothing's a problem!"

Ze Zenin sighed and said nothing more.

Aside from his arrogance, the guy was practically perfect in every other respect.

He had already told Gojo everything he needed to. He didn't know whether it would be enough to avert that ending.

Just as Ze Zenin was about to offer a reminder, Yuji Itadori opened his eyes. In front of him stood a man wearing a blindfold with his hair sticking straight up, and another with spiky hair.

The sight of these two strange men sent a flicker of panic through him.

"Who exactly are you two?"

Satoru Gojo sat down in a chair too, smiling as he told Yuji Itadori, "You're going to be executed."

"Huh?"

"Well, it was a death sentence..."

Satoru Gojo paused, then looked at Ze Zenin behind him and said:

"But this guy stood up to everyone and insisted on reasoning with those old men at the top. He got your sentence changed to becoming Sukuna's Walking Prison."

"Right, Ze?"

Recalling how he had held Chidori while reasoning with the old men at their meeting, Ze Zenin blushed for once. He coughed and said:

"Anyway, here's the situation, Itadori. Your soul is strong enough to suppress Sukuna.

That keeps him from escaping your body, so we need you to swallow all his fingers...

And ultimately seal Sukuna inside you in his entirety."

"What do you think? Are you willing?"

Yuji Itadori thought for a moment, then voiced his question.

"Who is this guy inside me? Is he strong?"

"Pfft..."

Satoru Gojo couldn't help laughing at Itadori's endearingly clueless expression, then explained:

"Sukuna was a human jujutsu sorcerer from a thousand years ago. He wiped out the finest Jujutsu Sorcerer Extermination Squad of that era."

"He was incredibly powerful..."

At that point, Satoru Gojo's expression darkened.

"But he's also cruel and bloodthirsty, especially toward women and children. He's coldhearted and does whatever he pleases."

"So that's the kind of monster inside my body?"

Yuji Itadori froze. He hadn't expected someone so terrifying to move into his body in the space of a single night.

"That's right, but..."

Satoru Gojo continued, then stepped in front of Ze Zenin and struck an exaggerated pose.

"Ta-da! You don't need to worry at all about what happens if Sukuna takes over your body-

Because we have the strongest jujutsu sorcerer of the modern age..."

"Who also happens to be my best friend..."

"The head of the Zenin Clan, one of the Three Great Families..."

"And a member of the higher-ups at Jujutsu Headquarters..."

"Ze Zenin!"

Ze Zenin's brow twitched in exasperation. He shoved Satoru Gojo aside and walked up to Yuji Itadori.

"Well? Have you decided?"

"Will you stop at swallowing one finger and pretend none of this happened, or keep serving as Sukuna's prison, confining him inside you until you die of old age..."

"The cursed objects he left behind can't be destroyed, nor will they crumble to dust with time. So if he stays with you until you die, he'll die along with you..."

"How about using your unique constitution to help this world imprison a demon king?"

Ze Zenin looked at Yuji Itadori and spoke calmly.

Honestly, he really didn't think Kenjaku could stir up any trouble right under his nose now. At most, he would play the same old games of schemes and deception.

As for the Prison Realm, they had the Inverted Spear of Heaven on their side. Even in the worst-case scenario, if Satoru Gojo were sealed, Ze would still be there to hold things together.

Yuji Itadori recalled his grandfather's words: "Help others whenever you can..."

He voiced another concern. "What if Sukuna gets out early and uses my body to kill people?"

Ze Zenin smiled faintly. "Don't worry. As long as I'm around, he won't get anywhere!"

After a moment of silence, Yuji Itadori gave Ze Zenin and Satoru Gojo a sunny smile.

"Okay, I'm in!"

"You're saying there are only three first-years in total, including me?" Yuji Itadori stared blankly at Satoru Gojo and Ze Zenin, feeling as though he had joined a pyramid scheme. "Isn't there anyone else?"

"Let's see..." Satoru Gojo counted on his fingers. "Three first-years, four second-years, and only two third-years, not counting the ones who were suspended..."

Yuji Itadori: "..."

That meant there weren't even ten students across all three years!

The white-haired teacher before him was starting to seem increasingly unreliable, so he asked:

"Gojo-sensei, doesn't that other guy teach?"

"Ze?" Satoru Gojo smiled. "He's my eyes and ears among the higher-ups!"

The two walked through Jujutsu High and soon arrived in a hall.

Yuji Itadori took a closer look. A muscular man in sunglasses who looked like a mafioso sat at the head of the room, carving one of the doll-like objects beside him.

"His name's Masamichi Yaga."

Satoru Gojo explained, "He's the current principal of Jujutsu High..."

"And by the way, he used to teach all four of us!"

"Four?" Yuji Itadori thought back. "Besides you and Ze, who are the other two?"

"One's a doctor, and the other..." Satoru Gojo paused. "Had a bit of an accident. He doesn't really remember us now."

Yuji Itadori looked at Satoru Gojo's smile and felt there was a trace of sadness in it.

Masamichi Yaga spoke up then. "Ze already told me. Take him to complete his enrollment paperwork."

With that, Masamichi Yaga was about to return to his work, but he glanced at Satoru Gojo and said irritably:

"Make sure you guide him properly. Don't go causing trouble again! You're the one I trust least!"

"Sure, sure, sure~" Satoru Gojo laughed it off, then led Yuji Itadori farther into the school.

Suddenly, they ran into a man with unusual bangs and his hair tied in a bun. Two pretty girls followed behind him.

"Hey, Geto!" Satoru Gojo greeted Suguru Geto with a smile.

"Hello, Gojo."

Suguru Geto greeted him warmly, then looked at Yuji Itadori behind Satoru Gojo. "Is he the new first-year Zenin mentioned?"

"Yep..."

Hearing the way Suguru Geto addressed him made Satoru Gojo's heart give a pang, but he adjusted and said cheerfully:

"Ze pulled some strings to get this guy in!"

"Pfft..."

Behind Suguru Geto, Nanako and Mimiko, who had grown into graceful young women, couldn't help laughing at Satoru Gojo's remark about pulling strings.

Both now wore Jujutsu High uniforms and looked every bit the model students.

The two girls stared curiously at Yuji Itadori, making him blush.

"Then let's go together and get his enrollment paperwork done," Suguru Geto said with a smile.

"Geto, are you tagging along for the gossip too?"

"Don't ruin my image in front of my student... Gojo."