Chapter Summaries

Gojo Chingetsu exorcised an Earthworm Cursed Spirit with Killer Queen and absorbed its energy, then sensed someone lurking nearby. He threatened the hidden visitor, who had yet to reveal themself.

• Gojo Chingetsu absorbed the Earthworm Cursed Spirit's remains and checked his system, which showed Killer Queen at 30% development and 7,888 cursed energy points toward unlocking The Hand.
• Gojo Chingetsu reflected on being a castoff of the Gojo Clan, leaving the clan three years earlier, and secretly developing his Stand abilities.
• Gojo Chingetsu sensed someone hiding behind a tree and warned them to show themselves before he counted to three.
• Gojo Chingetsu began his countdown with “One.”

Gojo Chingetsu confronted a Gojo Clan squad sent to bring him back, and the squad leader attacked him to claim his supposed high-grade cursed tool. Chingetsu stopped and crushed the attack, leaving the leader alarmed by his strength.

• The thin squad leader recognized Chingetsu and claimed the Gojo Clan head had sent the squad to bring him home.
• Chingetsu refused to return, dismissed the clan, and ignored the leader's warning to cooperate.
• The leader grew angry and attacked Chingetsu from behind with a cursed-energy snake, believing he could take Chingetsu's cursed tool.
• Killer Queen stopped the snake just behind Chingetsu, and the leader glimpsed a powerful pink silhouette.
• Chingetsu mocked the leader, seized the snake, and crushed it, making the leader realize Chingetsu was no ordinary person.

Chingetsu killed a greedy spirit-hunting team with his coin attack, then returned to the bar where he worked alongside Kento Nanami. Satoru Gojo arrived and warned him that the Gojo Clan would investigate the team’s disappearance, leaving Chingetsu asking whether Satoru was worried about him.

• Chingetsu fired a coin into the gaunt man's cursed-energy snakes, and the explosion killed the gaunt man and his two companions.
• Chingetsu returned to the bar with the kitten and joked with Kento Nanami, who prepared his favorite drink.
• Satoru Gojo came to the bar, ordered coffee with six sugar cubes, and sent Kento Nanami home so he could speak privately with Chingetsu.
• Satoru Gojo told Chingetsu that he had seen him wipe out a Gojo Clan spirit-hunting team and warned that the clan would investigate the deaths.
• Chingetsu asked Satoru Gojo whether he was worried about him.

Chingetsu and Satoru Gojo went to the abandoned residence to watch the curse born from the Jujutsu Sorcerer Chingetsu had killed. A Semi-Grade 1 human-headed snake curse emerged and attacked Satoru Gojo.

• Satoru Gojo sensed Killer Queen’s power and realized Chingetsu had grown stronger, but told him he trusted him rather than asking why he had killed the Grade 2 Jujutsu Sorcerer.
• Chingetsu warned Satoru Gojo that kindness needed an edge, then took him to the abandoned residence to investigate the curse forming there.
• Chingetsu and Satoru Gojo watched green mist gather and hatch into a human-headed snake curse resembling the dead gaunt man.
• Satoru Gojo identified the creature as a Semi-Grade 1 Cursed Spirit, and it lunged at him while murmuring about the pain of fire.

Chingetsu and Satoru Gojo confronted cursed spirits in the mansion, where the smaller serpents fused with the first into a Grade 1 three-headed serpent. Chingetsu destroyed it with his physical strength and Killer Queen, while Satoru Gojo recognized the power of Chingetsu’s ability.

• Satoru Gojo restrained the first human-headed serpent with Stopping Force and questioned it, but it only repeated that fire hurt.
• Two Grade 2 serpents attacked Satoru Gojo, then merged with the first serpent to form a Grade 1 three-headed curse.
• The three-headed serpent gathered a cursed energy attack and recognized Chingetsu as it prepared to fire.
• Chingetsu moved above the serpent and struck its head, causing its charged attack to detonate and badly injure it.
• Chingetsu summoned Killer Queen, which made the serpent’s body swell and disintegrate in midair.
• Satoru Gojo watched Killer Queen’s power through his Six Eyes and praised Chingetsu.

Chingetsu revealed Killer Queen to Satoru Gojo and discussed the danger of confronting the three great clans, while Gojo promised to stand by him. Back at Chingetsu’s bar, Gojo asked him to join Jujutsu High, but Chingetsu refused and asked about Gojo’s plans instead.

• Chingetsu checked his system and discovered that Killer Queen had unlocked Sheer Heart Attack, while he was still short of the cursed energy needed to unlock Bites the Dust.
• Chingetsu told Satoru Gojo to think of Killer Queen as a cursed spirit, and Gojo warned him that the three great clans could unite against him.
• Chingetsu said he would leave people alone unless they crossed him, and Satoru Gojo promised that they would become the strongest together.
• A short figure secretly watched Chingetsu and Satoru Gojo leave, unaware that they had noticed him.
• At the bar, Chingetsu refused Satoru Gojo’s suggestion that he attend Jujutsu High, and Gojo said he planned to enjoy his time there.

Chingetsu caught a curse user spying on him with a green ghost fire and subdued him with Killer Queen. He began questioning the captive, who agreed to answer after Chingetsu promised to spare his life.

• Satoru Gojo warned Chingetsu that cursed spirits were stirring and that leaving the Gojo Clan could expose him to danger from rival clans and hostile people.
• After Satoru Gojo left through the window, a curse user sent a green ghost fire into Chingetsu’s room to make him a puppet.
• The curse user attacked Chingetsu with Netherworld Sound-Wailing, but Killer Queen seized the face inside the ghost fire, restraining the user’s soul.
• Chingetsu revealed he had noticed the intruder and threatened him, leaving the curse user terrified and helpless.
• Chingetsu demanded to know why the curse user had come and promised to spare him if he answered; the captive reluctantly accepted.

Chingetsu questioned Kōhei Hachibonki about the Q Organization, then secretly sent Killer Queen’s Sheer Heart Attack after him, killing seven members in an explosion. The next morning, Utahime Iori reported the deaths to Masamichi Yaga, who worried that a powerful unknown enemy might be involved.

• Kōhei Hachibonki identified himself as a Grade 2 Curse User affiliated with Q and admitted he had targeted Chingetsu because of the bounty on Satoru Gojo.
• Chingetsu freed Kōhei Hachibonki and told him to deliver a message to the Q Organization, while secretly having Killer Queen pursue him with Sheer Heart Attack.
• Kōhei Hachibonki returned to the Q Organization and realized the bomb tank was dangerous, but its members could not damage it before it exploded, killing seven Curse Users.
• Utahime Iori reported the seven deaths to Masamichi Yaga at Jujutsu High, and he worried that the unknown killer might be a powerful Jujutsu Sorcerer or Special Grade Cursed Spirit.

Masamichi Yaga sent Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto to investigate a hospital where five men had died in a suspected curse attack. As they entered the sealed hospital, they encountered five strange cursed spirits, while the Q Organization prepared a special grade curse called Hannya for birth.

• Masamichi Yaga assigned Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto to investigate the hospital where five men had been killed.
• Kimura €€suke learned that his organization’s surveillance curses had been exorcised and sent Chi to investigate the attacked branch with the cursed tool Trace.
• Kimura €€suke revealed that the Q Organization was nourishing a giant egg containing Hannya, which needed a descendant of one of the three great families to fully awaken.
• Suguru Geto lowered a Curtain around the hospital, and he and Satoru Gojo entered to investigate its heavy cursed energy.
• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto followed strange clicking sounds through the black mist and encountered five cursed spirits muttering about needles.

Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto fought a hidden Grade 1 cursed spirit in a hospital until Gojo Chingetsu rescued Geto from its black-water trap. Chingetsu subdued the spirit, and Geto thanked him as Satoru introduced his older cousin.

• Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto began competing to exorcise five high-heel cursed spirits, with Gojo destroying one and Geto's lobster spirit cutting down three.
• The last high-heel cursed spirit fled into a puddle of black water, where a hidden cursed spirit dragged it under and ate it.
• Suguru Geto assessed the hidden enemy as at least Semi-Grade 1, but a black-water trap caught him and disrupted his cursed energy.
• Gojo Chingetsu pulled Geto from the black water and hauled the eight-armed cursed spirit out by its head.
• Satoru Gojo introduced Chingetsu as his older cousin, and Suguru Geto thanked Chingetsu for saving him.

After resolving the Yamada Hospital incident, Chingetsu collected cursed energy and headed to Marui Department Store to claim the mission payment. There, Kusumoto Hajime and his men tried to intimidate him, and Chingetsu faced their attempt to withhold his reward.

• Chingetsu explained to Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto that he had taken the Yamada Hospital mission for its thirty-million-yen reward.
• Chingetsu gained 552 cursed energy points from the hospital, bringing his total to 8,940 and leaving him 1,060 points short of unlocking Bites the Dust.
• Chingetsu traveled to Marui Department Store to collect the mission payment and noticed assassination bounties, including ones tied to the Three Great Clans, on the mission website.
• Kusumoto Hajime, a Grade 3 Jujutsu Sorcerer working for the hospital's owner, approached Chingetsu with a group of black-clad men and questioned whether he had completed the mission.
• Kusumoto Hajime decided Chingetsu had come alone and signaled his men to intimidate him, while one underling stepped forward and asked to be friends.

Chingetsu overpowered Kusumoto Hajime and his men, forcing Kusumoto to provide intelligence on cursed spirits and cursed objects in exchange for his life. Kusumoto left terrified by the cursed technique Chingetsu planted on his face, while Chi investigated the destroyed Q Organization branch.

• Chingetsu stopped the mohawked man's knife with one finger, severed his hand, and crushed the weapon before the man passed out.
• Chingetsu intimidated Kusumoto Hajime and his lackeys, rejecting the mission payment and taking Kusumoto's bank card.
• Chingetsu ordered Kusumoto to gather information on cursed spirits and cursed objects, warning him not to betray or deceive him.
• Chingetsu demonstrated his cursed technique by reducing part of the alley wall to dust and left a dormant power on Kusumoto's face as a threat.
• Kusumoto left the alley shaken, while Chi used the Cursed Tool "Trace" to reconstruct the scene at the destroyed Q Organization branch.

Chi traced the destruction of the Q Organization’s branch to Dawn Bar and attacked the bar, where Kento Nanami fought him with his Ratio Technique. Chingetsu rescued Nanami and confronted Chi, promising him a slow death.

• Chi used Trace to identify Kōhei Hachibonki and the Q Organization’s connection to Dawn Bar, then learned that Gojo Chinsei was a disowned Gojo Clan descendant.
• Chi arrived at Dawn Bar and attacked Kento Nanami, who wounded him with Ratio Technique despite Chi’s greater strength.
• Chi used Black Palm to drain Nanami’s Cursed Energy and battered him until he could barely defend himself.
• Chingetsu appeared in time to rescue Nanami and carry him away from Chi’s attack.
• Chingetsu told Nanami to rest, then confronted Chi and said he would not give him a quick death.

Chingetsu defeated Chi and used Killer Queen to torture and kill him after discovering he had hurt Kento Nanami. Chi’s main body, Kimura €€suke, learned of his death and identified Chingetsu as the culprit, leaving the conflict unresolved.

• Chi attacked Chingetsu with Black Hall, but Chingetsu dodged his strike and crushed his spine.
• Chingetsu summoned Killer Queen, and Chi recognized its emblem from the attack that destroyed the Q Organization’s branch.
• Chingetsu used Killer Queen to blow off Chi’s hands and legs before ordering it to finish him.
• Chingetsu carried Kento Nanami out to take him to a hospital and dismissed Chi’s threat of revenge.
• Beneath an abandoned cemetery in Sendai City, Kimura €€suke learned that Chi had died and vowed that Chingetsu would pay.

Kento Nanami recovered in the hospital while Chingetsu and Satoru Gojo discussed the shadowy group behind the attack, and the Gojo Clan Head forbade anyone from acting against Chingetsu. Later, Chingetsu encountered Utahime Iori in a supermarket sealed by a Curtain, where a black mist knocked out the civilians and trapped them with a hidden curse user.

• Kento Nanami woke in the hospital and learned that Chingetsu had saved him; Satoru Gojo said the attacker belonged to a group lurking in the shadows.
• A subordinate reported to the Gojo Clan Head that Chingetsu might have awakened a cursed technique and that three Cursed Spirit Hunting Squad members had gone missing; the Clan Head ordered everyone not to act against him without approval.
• Kento Nanami told Satoru Gojo he wanted to enroll at Jujutsu High, and Satoru Gojo explained the admission and recruitment options before receiving a serious call from Mr. Yeyu.
• At Hirahara Mall, Utahime Iori accidentally mistook Chingetsu for Satoru Gojo, then hurried away after receiving an urgent call from her teacher.
• A Curtain blocked the supermarket’s exits and a black mist knocked out the civilians; Utahime Iori and Chingetsu remained conscious and began searching for the curse user behind the incident.

Utahime Iori was trapped in a supermarket with Chingetsu as a special grade curse grew inside a blood-red egg, while Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto investigated the Curtain outside. Chingetsu chose to wait until the curse was fully born, and the egg began cracking as the curse’s emergence neared.

• Utahime Iori panicked after discovering the special grade curse above the supermarket and accepted a beer from the seemingly unafraid Chingetsu.
• Satoru Gojo found that the Curtain let people in but prevented them from leaving, while Suguru Geto recognized the special grade presence inside.
• Chingetsu told Utahime that the curse was still growing and refused to exorcise it before it was fully born.
• Utahime stopped urging Chingetsu to act and chose to trust him as the egg’s presence intensified and its shell began to crack.
• Long strands of women’s hair emerged from the cracks and began eating away at the egg’s shell.

Chingetsu confronted the newly born special grade imaginary cursed spirit Hannya, which targeted Utahime Iori before he carried her out of its reach. He struck Hannya with Killer Queen and badly injured it, but Hannya regenerated and the fight continued.

• Hannya emerged from its eggshell, and Utahime Iori recognized it as a special grade imaginary cursed spirit.
• Hannya targeted Utahime Iori, but Chingetsu scooped her up and dodged its hair attack.
• Chingetsu set Utahime Iori down, called Killer Queen, and vanished from her sight.
• Chingetsu reappeared beside Hannya and struck its chin with a powerful uppercut, sending it crashing into the supermarket floor.
• Hannya tore off its deformed jaw and regenerated, spending one-tenth of its cursed energy.

Chingetsu caught Hannya hiding inside a television and crushed the special grade curse with ease. He suspected Hannya had been created through a cursed object and an evil ritual, but the chapter ended before he could investigate further.

• Hannya retreated into a mirror, but Chingetsu sensed it was still in the Supermarket and guessed that it used reflective surfaces to ambush people.
• Chingetsu ordered Killer Queen to punch through a television screen and pull Hannya out.
• Chingetsu slammed Hannya's head into the floor and pinned it beneath his foot while Utahime Iori watched in shock.
• Chingetsu noticed that Hannya's abilities and presence seemed unusually weak for a special grade curse.
• Chingetsu concluded that Hannya had likely been created using a cursed object and an evil ritual.

Chingetsu killed the mutated special grade cursed spirit Hannya and took the special grade cursed object hidden inside it. Utahime thanked him while Gojo, Geto, and Yaga reacted to the unknown special grade sorcerer, and Chingetsu gained enough cursed energy points to unlock Bites the Dust.

• Hannya mutated, healed itself by absorbing black mist from drained victims, and attacked Chingetsu.
• Chingetsu pierced Hannya with Killer Queen, extracted a special grade cursed object, and ignited the curse, killing it.
• The black mist and Curtain disappeared, and Utahime prayed over the victims who had died.
• Gojo and Geto suspected a special grade sorcerer had exorcised Hannya, and Yaga told them not to act until he arrived.
• Utahime thanked Chingetsu, who had gained enough cursed energy points to unlock Bites the Dust.

Masamichi Yaga arrived at the Supermarket and learned that Gojo Chingetsu had exorcised the special grade cursed spirit. Impressed by Chingetsu’s strength, Yaga invited him to Jujutsu High, but Chingetsu refused, leaving Yaga trying to persuade him.

• Masamichi Yaga found Utahime Iori and Chingetsu at the battle-damaged Supermarket and realized the special grade cursed spirit had been exorcised.
• Utahime Iori introduced Chingetsu and confirmed that he had defeated the curse, astonishing Masamichi Yaga with his age and strength.
• Masamichi Yaga recognized Chingetsu as an unaffiliated talent and invited him to join Jujutsu High, promising education and resources.
• Chingetsu rejected the invitation, and Masamichi Yaga continued explaining why he should enroll.