Hell on earth

Boom!!!

The instant it made contact, Lava Release: Big Ball Rasengan erupted, rapidly expanding into an enormous sphere. Lava Release chakra raged inside it, its terrifying heat enough to burn everything away!

The dazzling light lit up the surroundings as brightly as day.

As the chakra dissipated, a hemispherical crater appeared in the ground, with two people inside it.

One was naturally Kenjaku, who did not seem to have suffered much damage.

The surroundings were a wreck, with shattered ice crystals still scattered about.

Ice Formation!

The other, looking utterly bedraggled, was Uraume, who had come to support him.

Though he had hastily taken the attack head-on, it had left him unable to fight any further. His physical injuries could be repaired, but the vast amount of cursed energy he had spent could not.

Just then, the others' attacks were already upon them!

Turbulence!

Panda had already changed into his gorilla form and thrown a punch, but Choso's Blood Manipulation arrived first!

Noritoshi Kamo, who had been about to attack nearby, was startled, his gaze filling with astonishment as he looked at Choso.

How does this guy know my family's cursed technique?

Kenjaku swiftly summoned cursed spirits to defend himself, then gave Yue Liusi a long look.

After dodging the attacks, he did not hesitate in the slightest. He grabbed Uraume and hurriedly retreated under the cursed spirits' cover.

Run for it~

I wanted to chat a little and announce what I was going to do next, but screw chatting now!

Look at those jujutsu sorcerers swarming over. Uraume can't fight anymore. If I stay, it'll be one against thirteen.

There's absolutely no need for that, okay?

I'll get out of here and make sure the plan goes smoothly first.

When someone who ranked among the very best even within Special Grade wanted to flee, with Yue Liusi running low on chakra, there really was no one present who could stop him.

Yue Liusi felt rather helpless too.

Even though his total chakra had increased so much, it still was not enough with all the system's missions and the relentless battles in Shibuya.

Had he not spent some time with Shoko Ieiri midway through and recovered a little, even driving Kenjaku back might have been difficult.

Why won't the system give me a few soldier pills?

If he could recover even most of his chakra, he was confident he could keep Kenjaku from escaping.

"He got away..."

Choso looked displeased, and the others fell somewhat silent as well. Suguru Geto's departure meant the plan to unseal Satoru Gojo had failed, while the devastated Shibuya before them had become the price of this incident.

"Mr. Yue, what do we do next?"

Itadori looked at Yue Liusi and asked. To him, Yue Liusi had already become someone worthy of trust and respect.

Hearing this, the others turned their eyes to him as well.

In Jujutsu Society, strength ultimately commanded respect.

Just then, a figure finally arrived at the scene.

"Sorry, am I late?"

It was the Special Grade reinforcement, Yuki Tsukumo.

She gave a slightly apologetic smile and looked around. She saw no enemies, but the fluctuations from the battle just now could not have been fake.

That level of power hardly seemed like something these Grade 1 and Grade 2 jujutsu sorcerers could produce, did it?

She had planned to make a grand entrance at the crucial moment, then thoroughly enjoy the younger generation's admiring gazes. What was going on now?

Had Suguru Geto not shown himself yet?

The puzzled Yuki Tsukumo soon learned the answer from the others.

The next second, she appeared right in front of Yue Liusi, her eyes wide as she looked him up and down with great curiosity.

"Little guy, you're that strong?"

What a terrifying new generation.

At this age, with this level of fighting strength, even Satoru Gojo back then was only about this good, wasn't he?

After speaking, she seemed unsatisfied with merely looking. She reached out and squeezed Yue Liusi's shoulder, then nodded in great satisfaction.

"Tsk, tsk. You look a little skinny, but you're certainly sturdy enough..."

Of course, by skinny, she meant compared to her pupil Aoi Todo.

"Tsukumo, has no one ever told you that you're a lot like a creep?"

Rather helpless at this, Yue Liusi could only raise his hand to block hers.

Though he knew Yuki Tsukumo was unconventional and carefree, he had not expected her to act so familiar with him.

"Young people mean change, and change means opportunity. If I want to achieve my ideals, naturally I need to pay a little more attention."

Yuki Tsukumo did not mind at all. Besides, this little guy was good-looking. It would be such a shame not to get a little closer to him.

Still, she naturally would not behave too casually in front of so many juniors. Her expression immediately turned serious as she asked Yue Liusi,

"Speaking of which, since you fought Suguru Geto, did you notice anything?"

Yuki Tsukumo was curious. By all rights, Satoru Gojo should have finished that man off himself.

As for Satoru Gojo showing favoritism, his personality meant he would not do that, and with his strength, he had absolutely no need to.

"He isn't Suguru Geto. Kenjaku has taken over Suguru Geto's body."

"Kenjaku is a brain that has survived for over a thousand years, and an old acquaintance of Tengen's. By taking over other people's bodies, he can acquire their cursed techniques."

"What?!"

Yuki Tsukumo frowned. She had not actually expected to get any information from Yue Liusi, since he had only exchanged a few moves with Kenjaku.

But the amount of information this little guy had revealed in just two sentences was staggering.

How did he know so much?

Just then, a dazzling light suddenly appeared in the sky. Though it was far away, they could still sense the fluctuations of cursed energy.

The moment Kenjaku finished extracting Mahito's cursed technique, he put his plan into motion.

"What is that?"

"What the hell is that guy doing?"

Yuki Tsukumo realized that something seemed to be wrong.

She had thought this was merely an operation targeting Satoru Gojo. Now, it seemed to go far beyond that!

Yue Liusi quietly watched the sky, then turned to face everyone. His even voice reached each of them clearly.

"Kenjaku has been preparing for a long time. He performed Idle Transfiguration remotely on people who swallowed cursed objects like Itadori, and on people who possess cursed techniques but lack the ability to activate them."

"At the same time, a large number of ancient sorcerers have been resurrected through incarnation, along with an utterly immeasurable number of cursed spirits..."

"Next, all of Tokyo will return to that bygone..."

"Heian Golden Age, when jujutsu was at its peak."

Silence fell over the surroundings, and Yuki Tsukumo's expression grew considerably darker. The younger generation might not understand, but she had learned about that period.

She understood the weight those words carried!

Yue Liusi said no more about it, instead turning to a suggestion concerning Shibuya.

"Go save people. So little time has passed that there must still be plenty of survivors in Shibuya. Someone also needs to deal with the cursed spirits Kenjaku released."

His gaze swept over everyone. Itadori was the first to nod, and the others quickly left as well. Though their hearts were heavy, there were still things they had to do.

Yue Liusi watched their retreating figures, sighed softly, and murmured to himself.

Beside him, Yuki Tsukumo heard every word.

His black hair swayed in the wind, his eyes deep, his tone carrying a hint of complexity and regret.

"Do your best, jujutsu sorcerers..."

"Because what comes next..."

"Is hell on earth."