The competition begins

Kyoto's meeting room.

Leaning on his cane, Gakuganji spoke with a grim expression:

"Execute Sukuna's vessel, Yuji Itadori. That thing isn't human, so no one will be held responsible. It will be treated as an accident.

Don't hold back, and don't hesitate."

Kasumi Miwa's face clouded with distress at his words. She didn't want to do anything of the sort.

"What's all this talk about killing him? Isn't he only here because he won't stay dead?"

Mai wasn't particularly interested in this either. The only person she cared about was her sister, Maki.

"Last time, I heard Yuji Itadori died by suicide..."

Gakuganji continued explaining exactly what had caused the previous incident.

He also explained how they should eliminate Yuji Itadori.

"But with Yuanfang on their side, won't that be difficult?"

Noritoshi Kamo, who wore two tied locks of hair at his temples, spoke calmly.

He knew something about Yuanfang's Cursed Technique and understood how unusual it was. They would undoubtedly be restricted by it too.

When the time came, killing Yuji Itadori would be practically impossible.

The others fell into thought as well. None believed they could break through Yuanfang's Cursed Technique.

After all, even Satoru Gojo couldn't break through it, let alone them.

"It doesn't matter. They'll only be thinking about the competition. They won't expect us to try to kill Yuji Itadori.

Todo, you keep Yuanfang occupied while the others deal with Yuji Itadori..."

Crash!

Before Gakuganji could finish, Todo kicked the door open and spoke in a thoroughly irritated tone:

"What a bore. Do it yourselves!"

He scoffed at their methods and wanted no part in them.

"Come back, Todo. The principal hasn't finished speaking!"

Noritoshi Kamo's tone was stern. He was deeply displeased with Todo's behavior.

"Takada's appearing as a guest on the walking show that starts at eleven. Do I need to explain any further?"

Kamo's tone irritated Todo as well, though he had at least offered an explanation out of respect for the principal.

"Just record it. Come back!"

"I'm watching both the live broadcast and the recording. Are you looking down on me?"

He had already shown them some courtesy, yet they still dared to order him around. It infuriated Todo.

The atmosphere in the room instantly turned icy. A fight could break out at any moment.

"That's really the part you're upset about?"

Mai immediately tried to ease the tension, but Todo didn't care and continued:

"Listen up, all of you. You too, old man. You lot already disappointed me with your lousy taste in women. Schemes, strategies, do whatever you want. But order me around again, and I'll kill you!"

After leaving them with that threat, Todo ignored them, turned, and left.

The others exchanged bewildered looks, at a loss for words.

In truth, though, everyone except Gakuganji and Noritoshi Kamo thought this was a good outcome.

After all, most of them didn't want to do something so troublesome.

"Well, just do your best!"

Gakuganji sighed helplessly and left with his cane.

He knew perfectly well that without Todo's cooperation, killing Itadori would be incredibly difficult.

Behind him, the others couldn't come up with any good strategy either. They decided to see how things unfolded before making their next move.

Meanwhile, just as in the original storyline, Satoru Gojo asked Utahime to help find the traitor within Jujutsu High.

He already had a suspect in mind, but he wasn't certain yet, so he needed Utahime's help.

Utahime was shocked and thought it was impossible.

But after hearing Gojo out, she ultimately believed him and decided to investigate.

Some time later.

The competition finally began. As Utahime's announcement over the microphone ended, everyone sprang into action to exorcise cursed spirits.

"Junpei, this small fry is yours to practice on!"

Looking at the weak cursed spirit before him, Yuanfang smiled and called out to Junpei.

By now, Junpei's strength had improved considerably. Setting aside his lack of combat experience, he could just about qualify as a Grade 2 Jujutsu Sorcerer.

"Okay!"

Junpei accepted quietly, without a moment's hesitation.

Then a huge, somewhat translucent blue-and-white jellyfish suddenly emerged behind him.

Two sharp spikes also sprouted from its tentacles. The instant they appeared, they extended at lightning speed and pierced the cursed spirit's body, finishing it off in the blink of an eye.

"Not bad!"

Standing nearby, Itadori watched the whole thing and offered his heartfelt praise.

At the same time, he couldn't help feeling a little envious. After all, he longed to wield a powerful Cursed Technique too!

Hearing Itadori's praise, the others nodded in agreement.

Clearly, they were just as pleased with the strength Junpei had displayed.

Boom!

But while they were talking, a tremendous crash rang out. A figure dropped from the sky like a cannonball and slammed into the ground in front of them.

"Long time no see, everyone!"

Only after the dust settled did they recognize the newcomer. It was Aoi Todo, bare-chested.

With a smile on his face, he greeted Yuanfang and the others enthusiastically.

"He's yours, just as we planned!"

After saying that to Itadori, Yuanfang quickly left with the others.

"You're the one I want to fight most! How can you just leave?"

Todo immediately grew unhappy when he saw Yuanfang leave and tried to stop him, but Itadori attacked, blocking his path. He could only let Yuanfang go.

"If your answer doesn't satisfy me today, I'll beat you to death!"

As he spoke, Todo drove a fist toward Itadori's face.

Itadori instantly felt the threat of death and braced both hands tightly in front of his face.

Boom!

Although he blocked the attack, Todo still sent him flying with a kick.

"What kind of woman do you like?"

Slowly approaching Itadori after kicking him away, Todo asked the question again.

"Is it really okay to leave Itadori to deal with Todo?"

As Junpei retreated into the distance, he watched Itadori get kicked away and couldn't help worrying.

Itadori was his very best friend. He didn't want anything to happen to him!

"Don't worry. He'll be fine!"

Yuanfang gave him a reassuring smile and picked up the pace.

Maki and the others were also somewhat worried, but they trusted Yuanfang more, so they left the matter alone.

They wanted to make the most of their time, exorcise more curses, and win the competition.

And so they began exorcising cursed spirits, but before long, they ran into Mai and her group.