Chapter Summaries

Sherlock defeated a newborn Grade 1 Cursed Spirit, only to be trapped in a Curtain and attacked by Pale Rider. After Sherlock blasted Pale Rider with Hollow Purple, the Cursed Spirit returned and began summoning swarms of animals and insects, leaving Sherlock facing a larger threat.

• Sherlock killed the newborn earthquake Cursed Spirit with the Eight-Mirror Sword after searching for it for nearly twenty-five minutes.
• A Curtain trapped Sherlock and severed his connection to his outside beacons, so he used Purple to break through one layer and found another Curtain beyond it.
• Pale Rider attacked Sherlock with a lance, but Sherlock escaped the strike, healed himself, and fired another Purple that seemingly destroyed the Cursed Spirit.
• Pale Rider's voice returned from all directions as rats emerged from the ground and crows, mosquitoes, and other insects appeared overhead.

Sherlock fought the Pale Rider’s plague-bearing swarm and formed a full-body layer of Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder to keep its attacks away. The Pale Rider reconstructed itself and, after repeated failed charges, opened its Domain Expansion.

• Sherlock used the Eight-Mirror Sword and Thunderfire Prayer Beads to fight off the Pale Rider’s swarms, but was struck by techniques that caused dengue fever and the Black Death.
• Sherlock used Reverse Cursed Technique to heal himself and covered his whole body with Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder, teleporting approaching vermin away.
• The Pale Rider’s swarm gathered and rebuilt its centaur-shaped body, which Sherlock realized had been shaped to exploit his weaknesses.
• Sherlock’s full-body defense teleported the Pale Rider away whenever its lance touched him, until the Pale Rider invoked Domain Expansion: Arrival of the Netherworld.

Sherlock located the Pale Rider’s true body as its domain began to form, pulled it from the ground, and forced it to merge with the curse. He killed the revealed Pestilence Rider with a thin thread of cursed energy, then collapsed as the curse faded and left behind two purple fingers.

• Sherlock fired at the forming domain and used his Cursed Technique to pull the Pale Rider’s true body from the ground.
• The Pale Rider reclaimed its true body, revealing its rotting form and grotesque syringe-like lance.
• Sherlock combined Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder with Cursed Technique Reversal and released a thin blue thread.
• The thread split the charging Cursed Spirit in two, and Sherlock collapsed.
• The Cursed Spirit dissipated, leaving two shriveled purple fingers behind.

Satoru Gojo broke through Brain’s layered curtains and rescued Sherlock after Brain’s trap went awry when Sherlock made a breakthrough during his fight with an artificially matured Special Grade Cursed Spirit. Sherlock was brought back to Jujutsu High for treatment, while Brain escaped with the Prison Realm and planned to target him again.

• Ijichi called Satoru Gojo after a huge curtain appeared around Sherlock’s mission site, and Gojo realized Sherlock had been trapped.
• Satoru Gojo rushed to the mountains, destroyed the outer curtain with Hollow Purple, then blasted through a second curtain designed to hinder him.
• Ijichi received Gojo’s message that he was taking Sherlock back to Jujutsu High, while Brain climbed out of the dirt and left the scene with the Prison Realm.
• Brain reflected that her plan had used the Higher-Ups, a seed in Sherlock’s target, and two Sukuna’s Fingers to unleash a Special Grade Cursed Spirit with the Radiation Plague technique.
• At Jujutsu High, Shoko sounded the alarm, had Yaga seal the infirmary and the school disinfected, then treated Sherlock with reverse Cursed Technique and questioned Gojo about his illnesses.

After Sherlock survived a trap during his promotion mission, Satoru Gojo investigated the attack and suspected a mole among the Jujutsu Higher-Ups. Sherlock awoke to news of his promotion to Semi-Special Grade and an offer of compensation, while Gojo used one of the recovered Sukuna's Fingers as bait.

• Satoru Gojo found two Sukuna's Fingers at the battlefield and concluded that someone had deliberately targeted Sherlock with a cursed spirit chosen to counter him.
• Satoru Gojo's investigation found no official wrongdoing in the mission's arrangements, leading him to suspect a spy among the Jujutsu Higher-Ups.
• Satoru Gojo checked the cursed storehouse, then agreed with Shoko to keep one finger for Sherlock and use the other as bait for the higher-ups.
• Shoko helped suppress the disease in Sherlock's body until he could use reverse cursed technique himself, and Sherlock woke the following morning.
• Satoru Gojo questioned Sherlock about the battle and praised his technique developments, while expressing concern about the risks he had taken.
• Satoru Gojo told Sherlock that his rating had risen to Semi-Special Grade and that the higher-ups would grant him one wish as compensation for the faulty mission intelligence.

Sherlock arranged a publicly funded Okinawa vacation disguised as an investigation mission, then summoned Suguru Geto to the beach as the mission target. Masamichi Yaga confronted Geto while Sherlock and Satoru Gojo surfed, and Shoko prepared to treat him after Yaga began closing in.

• Sherlock turned his compensation into a vacation for Tokyo Jujutsu High, and Satoru Gojo bought the remaining Sukuna's Finger from him.
• The Old Orange-Peels assigned Tokyo Jujutsu High a fifteen-day investigation of the Time Vessel Association's Okinawa branch, with Masamichi Yaga commanding, Shoko handling logistics, and Sherlock and Satoru Gojo investigating.
• Masamichi Yaga agreed to the publicly funded trip, while Sherlock resented being blamed for the elders' plan and resolved to conduct a real investigation.
• After the group reached Okinawa, Sherlock summoned Suguru Geto from his office to a private beach and told Masamichi Yaga to begin investigating him.
• Masamichi Yaga confronted the kneeling Suguru Geto, who asked to apologize and then spent thirty seconds cursing Sherlock and Satoru Gojo.
• Suguru Geto pleaded with Masamichi Yaga not to hit his face, and Shoko said she would handle his treatment.

Suguru Geto confronted his remorse after Masamichi Yaga apologized for failing to notice his troubles and urged him to stay alive. Shoko offered him a way to think about turning back, while warning him that Sherlock might take revenge; Suguru remained on the beach as the others played in the sea.

• Masamichi Yaga apologized to Suguru Geto and said he blamed himself for Geto going astray, then asked Geto to eat properly and stay alive.
• Suguru Geto regretted his past choices, including killing his parents and hurting Satoru Gojo, Shoko, and Masamichi Yaga.
• Shoko sat beside Suguru Geto with beer and told him not to dwell on things he could not figure out.
• Shoko shared Mei Mei's advice that heading north could mean becoming someone new, while heading south could mean returning to who he used to be.
• Shoko warned Suguru Geto that Sherlock might retaliate after Geto and Satoru Gojo had tormented him, then ran off to join them in the sea.

Suguru Geto’s regret over his past gave way to fury when Sherlock began tormenting him each morning with an unfinished domain. After Masamichi Yaga intervened, Sherlock stayed away for one day, but Suguru woke on the tenth morning to find Satoru Gojo and Sherlock beside his bed, ready to trap him again.

• Suguru Geto left the meeting with his regrets and his ability to eat properly in mind, while Satoru Gojo and Shoko accepted that he would keep living.
• Sherlock began appearing beside Suguru Geto’s bed each morning to show off his unfinished domain and flee, prompting Geto to attack him on the fourth day.
• After enduring a week of the harassment, Suguru Geto called Masamichi Yaga in tears, and Yaga found Sherlock reenacting Geto’s reactions for Satoru Gojo and Shoko.
• Masamichi Yaga beat the three of them, and Sherlock stayed away from Suguru Geto on the ninth day.
• On the tenth morning, Satoru Gojo and Sherlock appeared beside Suguru Geto’s bed, and Gojo activated Domain Expansion: Infinite Sand Sculpture.

After recovering from Satoru Gojo’s domain, Suguru Geto unconsciously learned Reverse Cursed Technique by copying Sherlock’s method and feared it had bound him to Sherlock’s bizarre fate. Shoko Ieiri revealed that Geto was suffering the same strange side effects as Sherlock, leaving Sherlock and Satoru Gojo stunned.

• Suguru Geto recalled Sherlock’s instructions while immobilized and accidentally learned Reverse Cursed Technique, which sent some of its positive energy into his holy sword.
• Geto feared that learning the technique Sherlock’s way had subjected him to a strange Binding Vow and regretted ever provoking Sherlock.
• In Okinawa, Shoko Ieiri scolded Sherlock and Satoru Gojo for using their domains to mock Geto and making her treat him.
• Shoko received a call confirming that Geto had learned Reverse Cursed Technique and agreed to examine him, possibly by dissecting him.
• Shoko told Sherlock and Satoru Gojo that Geto’s side effects matched Sherlock’s and that Geto suspected a Binding Vow.

Sherlock’s outrageous behavior left Shoko and Satoru Gojo worrying that he would corrupt Jujutsu High and Jujutsu Society, though Shoko still found him amusing. After Shoko joked with Utahime and Mei Mei about introducing him to Megumi Fushiguro, Megumi and Panda suddenly felt a chill in Tokyo.

• Sherlock protested that his Reverse Cursed Technique was legitimate, but Shoko and Satoru Gojo doubted him and feared his influence on Jujutsu High.
• Satoru Gojo worried Sherlock would lead Megumi Fushiguro astray and decided to introduce him to Panda.
• Shoko laughed after Sherlock and Satoru Gojo left, then shared stories about Sherlock in her group chat with Utahime and Mei Mei.
• Utahime and Mei Mei described Sherlock as so notorious that even the prospect of making money from him seemed risky.
• Shoko decided to arrange a meeting between Sherlock and Megumi Fushiguro, while Megumi and Panda inexplicably sneezed and felt cold.

While Tokyo Jujutsu High spent its remaining investigation funds shopping in Okinawa, Sherlock bought a cache of illegal firearms and explosives. He argued that his Cursed Technique made modern weapons powerful tools against most Jujutsu Sorcerers, leaving Yaga, Gojo, and Shoko horrified by his tactics.

• Shoko bought liquor and luxury goods, Gojo bought desserts, and Yaga collected souvenirs with the investigation funds.
• Sherlock returned from an American military base with a Kriss Vector, a P90, a Benelli M4, Claymore mines, and F-1 grenades.
• Sherlock saturated the weapons and explosives with Cursed Energy so their bullets and fragments could serve as his beacons.
• Sherlock explained how the weapons could catch ordinary sorcerers off guard, especially those preparing to use their domains.
• Yaga, Gojo, and Shoko recoiled at Sherlock's arsenal, but he declared that times had changed.

After returning from Okinawa, Sherlock and Satoru Gojo refined their Cursed Techniques before turning their training into increasingly reckless experiments with firearms and explosives. Yaga ended up hospitalized as the school grounds filled with blasts, while Suguru Geto received a baffling gift of mortar shells from Gojo.

• Masamichi Yaga's team reported no Time Vessel Association activity in Okinawa, and the four returned to Tokyo Jujutsu High aboard the Sherlock Express.
• Satoru Gojo helped Sherlock refine Kamui and his Hollow Technique: World-Cutting Slash, and suggested a Binding Vow that could let Sherlock teleport part of a marked object.
• Sherlock and Satoru Gojo developed firearm and explosive techniques for fighting Curse Users, and Gojo ordered custom weapons from the Gojo Clan.
• Satoru Gojo gave Shoko an engraved, gold-plated AK and sent Suguru Geto a bag of mortar shells, prompting Geto to angrily question the gift.
• Masamichi Yaga checked into the hospital with high blood pressure and heart disease after explosions and shrapnel filled the school grounds.

Masamichi Yaga secretly helped Satoru Gojo investigate the Higher-Ups, while Gojo’s plan to provoke the person targeting Sherlock instead exposed the Higher-Ups’ interest in exploiting firearms. Sherlock’s missions remained uneventful, though his unusual methods made life difficult for his five Assistant Managers.

• Masamichi Yaga left Tokyo Jujutsu High for a Muggle hospital so Satoru Gojo and Sherlock could continue their investigation without suspicion.
• Satoru Gojo discovered that nobody had touched Sukuna's Finger or breached his barrier in the Cursed Object Warehouse.
• The Higher-Ups reacted nervously to the weapons imported through the Gojo Clan but considered arming Assistant Managers to make them handle low-level Cursed Spirits.
• Satoru Gojo accompanied Sherlock on missions for a week, then stopped because Sherlock’s methods made him fear he would eventually want to destroy the world.
• Sherlock’s five Assistant Managers used Ice Breakers to start his missions and dealt with cleanup, explosions, repairs, and questions afterward.

Sherlock took on an unprecedented workload to earn money for property taxes and a home expansion, clearing every cursed spirit below special grade in Tokyo Metropolis within a day. After recovering, he paid his taxes, bought the neighboring house, and prepared to renovate before summer break.

• Sherlock requested and received more than two hundred Assistant Managers from Jujutsu Society’s Higher-Ups to help him clear missions.
• Sherlock spent twenty-four hours eliminating every cursed spirit below special grade in Tokyo Metropolis, while his firearms caused 1,440 complaints from Muggles.
• Jujutsu Society, Jujutsu High, and Suguru Geto were shocked by Sherlock’s feat, and Suguru Geto called Satoru Gojo to ask whether the Gojo Clan had gone bankrupt.
• Sherlock slept for two days, then used his earnings to pay his taxes, buy his neighbor’s house, and hire a construction crew.
• Sherlock told the contractors to soundproof the rooms and secretly build a basement before summer break began.

Sherlock returned to doing only ten missions a day while Brain studied his behavior and tried to corrupt him through combat assignments. Her schemes failed as Sherlock punished anyone who abused others and helped the Gojo Clan recruit promising sorcerers; Brain ended the chapter baffled by his methods and lawyer Zhang Wei.

• Sherlock resumed his usual slacking, limited himself to ten missions a day, and cited his studies as the reason.
• Brain decided Sherlock was fundamentally a good person and arranged a corruption scheme like the one she had used on Suguru Geto.
• When July brought Sherlock more combat missions, Brain’s attempts to provoke or corrupt him failed because he retaliated against abusers and exposed them to the police.
• Sherlock arranged legal help for victims through Hiromi Higuruma and Zhang Wei, while the Gojo Clan recruited victims with Cursed Energy or Cursed Techniques.
• Brain watched the Gojo Clan benefit from Sherlock’s actions and wondered whether Zhang Wei’s unusual courtroom results came from a Cursed Technique.

Satoru Gojo ended Sherlock’s challenge with a surprise Domain and stole Sherlock’s powder belt before Masamichi Yaga carried him to the infirmary. After Shoko healed him, Sherlock learned that Gojo had been following his activities in China and was upset that Sherlock never invited him to a foot bath parlor.

• Satoru Gojo overwhelmed Sherlock with a 0.2-second Domain and secretly took the powder pouches from his belt.
• Masamichi Yaga sent Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi away, warned them to avoid Gojo, and carried Sherlock to the infirmary.
• Shoko used Reverse Cursed Technique to revive Sherlock, who immediately cursed Gojo for stealing his powder belt.
• Shoko told Sherlock that Gojo had been tracking him on the Chinese Jujutsu Forum and resented being left out of Sherlock’s foot bath visits.
• Sherlock realized Gojo’s anger was over not being invited to the foot baths and suspected he had fallen for another Infinite Sand Sculpture.

Shoko warned Sherlock that the Higher-Ups would likely freeze him out rather than let him teach at Jujutsu High, but Sherlock had already devised a way to respond. He returned home and discovered that Shoko and the others had transformed it into a welcoming retreat for Tokyo Jujutsu High, leaving him amused and touched.

• Shoko told Sherlock to give Gojo a present and warned that the Higher-Ups would probably block him from teaching at Jujutsu High.
• Sherlock recognized that the Higher-Ups might withhold missions and pay to drive him back to China, and he privately planned to retaliate.
• Shoko reassured Sherlock that the changes to his house were practical before leaving the infirmary.
• Sherlock used his Cursed Technique to return home and found the first floor remodeled as a recreation area, the second floor filled with named rooms, and the third floor fitted with a terrace and hot springs.
• Sherlock smiled at the transformed home and called Shoko and the others damned scumbags.

Sherlock hosted a welcome party at his new home, then spoke privately with Satoru Gojo about sending Tsumiki to study in China and Gojo’s struggles to reform Jujutsu Society. The conversation ended with their usual teasing, while Sherlock felt pleased that Gojo still carried a psychological scar from their past.

• Sherlock welcomed Satoru Gojo, Masamichi Yaga, Shoko, the Fushiguro siblings, and Panda to his home and gave Megumi Fushiguro potent areca nuts as a gift.
• Sherlock learned that the Fushiguro siblings had moved into his house, and he secretly used his Cursed Technique to feed Megumi wasabi during dinner.
• Unable to sleep, Sherlock found Satoru Gojo on the terrace and proposed sending Tsumiki to study in China; Gojo agreed if both siblings approved.
• Satoru Gojo reflected on his stalled campaign against Jujutsu Headquarters and worried about Sherlock being drawn into its affairs.
• Sherlock told Satoru Gojo to rely on him, but Gojo joked that Sherlock would drag him into porn, prompting Sherlock to swear at him and privately enjoy his lingering psychological scar.

Sherlock agreed to work as Satoru Gojo’s assistant and plotted with him to deal with Jujutsu High’s higher-ups. A week later, Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi found Sherlock’s new training school outside the campus and feared Jujutsu Society was in trouble.

• Sherlock and Satoru Gojo relaxed in Sherlock’s bathhouse as Sherlock served him desserts and tea.
• When Satoru Gojo threatened him over his plans to enter the adult entertainment industry, Sherlock said he would become Gojo’s assistant instead.
• Satoru Gojo hired Sherlock to handle some missions and help educate students, then asked what he had planned for the higher-ups.
• Sherlock whispered his scheme to Satoru Gojo, who reacted with growing enthusiasm.
• A week later, Kinji Hakari and Kirara Hoshi returned to Tokyo Jujutsu High and found a sign advertising Xia’s Religious College Upgrade Training Class across from the main gate.
• Kirara questioned the school’s claims about graduate-level staff and Jujutsu degrees while Kinji Hakari lamented being made to pay for an undergraduate qualification.

Sherlock opened a training program for jujutsu sorcerers and used Tsumiki Fushiguro’s study abroad in China to bypass Jujutsu Society’s control over overseas assignments. The higher-ups summoned Satoru Gojo, but the meeting ended with Sherlock’s scheme securing Gojo benefits and authority he had pursued for years.

• Sherlock advertised intensive sorcerer training outside Tokyo Jujutsu High, drawing interest from sorcerers and curse users despite the higher-ups’ indifference.
• Sherlock and Satoru Gojo persuaded Tsumiki Fushiguro to study abroad, and Megumi accepted that leaving Japan was safer for her.
• Sherlock arranged for Tsumiki to spend five years studying in China, where members of China’s Jujutsu Society met her at the airport.
• The higher-ups erupted over Sherlock’s overseas arrangement and summoned Satoru Gojo because they did not dare confront Sherlock directly.
• After an all-day meeting, Gojo left Jujutsu Headquarters having gained benefits and authority through Sherlock’s scheme, and he wondered if Sherlock was a genius.