Kinji Hakari

Fushiguro looked pale.

Kaneki, beside him, looked even paler.

Although his injuries had healed, Fushiguro still felt a dull ache throughout his body.

He couldn't help wondering.

Mahoraga didn't hit me in that many places, did he?

Why did it hurt everywhere?

Still, he didn't ask. After asking about Itadori's condition, he lowered his head and quietly ate the boxed meal Ken Kaneki had given him.

"Want a smoke?"

Shoko offered him a cigarette.

Kaneki took it and thanked her. He lit it, inhaled deeply, then slowly exhaled.

Only with the nicotine suppressing it did the taste of blood in his mouth gradually fade.

Because Megumi Fushiguro was there.

The group didn't discuss their next steps around him.

Although Sukuna now had virtually no chance of taking over Megumi Fushiguro's body.

Still.

No one let their guard down.

Aside from a few inconsequential matters, they revealed nothing else.

Fushiguro noticed.

But.

He didn't care.

After finishing his cigarette, Kaneki resumed studying Barrier Technique with Tengen.

He had to learn Domain Expansion before entering the Culling Game barriers!

Unfortunately...

No one had awakened a Cursed Technique like the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique from Naruto.

Otherwise.

He could split himself into several copies.

Then he could study several subjects at once.

After the meal, everyone except Megumi Fushiguro was busy.

Seeing this.

Megumi Fushiguro approached Tengen and Kaneki and told Kaneki, "I want to see Itadori."

"No."

Kaneki refused without the slightest hesitation.

Then he explained, "You can't see Itadori right now. Sukuna has already confirmed that your body can withstand his power."

"If you go see him, he'll take over your body without hesitation."

That wouldn't be going to see Itadori.

That would be delivering himself straight to Sukuna's doorstep.

Hearing this.

Megumi Fushiguro understood why everyone's attitude toward him had changed.

He nodded.

Abandoning his plan to find Itadori, he told Tengen, "Let me return to the space from before."

"All right."

Tengen opened a door for him.

Megumi Fushiguro walked inside. The door remained open, allowing him to come and go freely.

Seeing this.

Yaga and Gakuganji went inside as well.

Support-oriented members such as Momo Nishimiya, Utahime, and Shoko all entered the Emptiness Barrier where Megumi Fushiguro was.

Tengen also remodeled the Emptiness Barrier to make their stay more comfortable.

After they left.

The others stepped up their training without holding anything back.

Maki tried to see and grasp [Facets], while her younger sister Mai followed the notebook to develop her [Construction] Cursed Technique, hoping to forge a Soul Liberation Blade for her sister.

Tsukumo, Okkotsu, and Aoi Todo, who excelled at close combat, all studied Soul Strike.

The others studied Simple Domain.

They weren't aiming to fight, only to withstand a little more damage.

Why could they teach it?

Because after obtaining the information from Tengen, Kaneki had paid Mei Mei to take care of it.

As for...

How to attack the soul.

Kaneki had also listened to Yuki Tsukumo's explanation and believed he had a good chance of doing it himself.

Attacking the soul with cursed energy was actually quite simple.

First, one had to perceive the contours of the soul-not just the opponent's, but one's own as well.

Without perceiving them.

One couldn't attack another person's soul.

Because Itadori was an incarnated vessel, Sukuna's soul also existed within his body.

So.

He could naturally perceive the contours of souls.

And Ken Kaneki was a transmigrator, so he most likely could learn Soul Strike.

Perhaps even.

Soul [Dismantle]!

Only.

He didn't have time to learn it now.

Just then, Tengen seemed to sense something. With an outstretched hand, Tengen opened a large door.

Then they heard.

A burst of hurried footsteps echoed through the dark passage.

"Okkotsu!"

"Hakari?!"

Okkotsu rose at the voice and looked toward the passage, where Kinji Hakari walked in with Kirara Hoshi.

It was worth mentioning that the beautiful, feminine-looking Kirara Hoshi was actually a boy, and he and Kinji Hakari were dating.

Both were third-year students at Jujutsu High.

In the sequel.

Neither of them appeared.

There was no telling whether their relationship had lasted sixty-eight years into the future.

"Was Gojo really sealed?" Kinji Hakari asked in disbelief.

He knew Okkotsu wouldn't lie to him, especially about something like this.

But.

He still couldn't help asking.

He had never imagined that a man like Satoru Gojo could actually be sealed away.

"Yes."

Okkotsu answered gravely.

Only when he looked around.

Did Kinji Hakari realize how many people had gathered here.

Students from both Jujutsu High schools, two Special Grade Sorcerers, and even the head of the Zenin Clan?

Most of Jujutsu High's fighting strength was here.

Then.

Okkotsu gave the two of them a rough account of everything that had happened recently.

Someone who could see the future.

An Open-Barriers Domain.

Every revelation was enough to shock them both.

Then Kinji Hakari looked at Ken Kaneki, who was still studying Barrier Technique.

He felt the man looked very familiar.

As though he'd seen him somewhere before.

Beside him, Kirara Hoshi recognized Ken Kaneki and explained that he was a manga artist.

What surprised Hakari was that, in his memory, Ken Kaneki had been an ordinary person.

How had he become a sorcerer?

Seeing this.

Yū Shinji, who knew the whole story, gave them a rough account of Ken Kaneki's experiences.

Starting with Ken Kaneki seeking him out at his hiding place.

That was right.

The reason Kaneki had gotten to know Yū Shinji.

Was that he'd found the dilapidated basement from the original story-the place Utahime had taken Itadori and the other two to find.

After talking.

The two had established an initial level of trust.

Later, when facing Mahito and Kenjaku, Yū Shinji had survived by following the method Ken Kaneki had given him.

After that, he had allied himself with Kaneki and followed his plan.

They were also startled to hear that Kaneki had used this incident to threaten Kenjaku into making him a sorcerer.

"You could say..."

Yū Shinji said with feeling, "Without Kaneki, I'd have died at the hands of that cursed spirit called Mahito."

And.

I'd never have seen Miwa again...

He kept that last sentence to himself.

"If we're going to put it that way..." Kaneki walked over. "Without you, I'd have died at Kenjaku's hands too."

"That's different."

Yū Shinji looked up at him. "Even without me, you could have survived."

He wasn't the only person who could contact Satoru Gojo.

There was also Yuji Itadori.

Hearing this.

Kaneki understood what he meant and said bluntly, "I couldn't tell Itadori."

"Why?"

Not just him-everyone else looked curious as well.

"Enchain."

Kaneki slowly uttered the word.

Everyone understood except Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi, who had only just arrived.

Okkotsu gave them a brief explanation.

When he finished.

Realization struck, and he looked at Ken Kaneki in shock. "You mean... Sukuna can take over your body?"

"Yes."

Kaneki's expression darkened. "Although."

"I don't have concrete evidence to prove it, I have a very strong feeling."

"And that is..."

"Sukuna can take over my body."

That was also why he hadn't approached Itadori.

Telling Itadori that he could see the future would also mean telling Sukuna.

Once Sukuna learned what made him extraordinary.

He couldn't be sure whether Sukuna would use "Enchain" to take over his body.

Nor did he know.

Whether his soul could win against Sukuna's.