Recaps

Kenjaku and Uraume regrouped after failing to retrieve the Prison Realm and awaken Sukuna as planned, while Kenjaku devised a new scheme involving Sukuna. After Jujutsu Headquarters issued orders blaming Gojo, Yaga, and the students, Shiratori Gotsu rejected the demands and attacked the higher-ups, leaving the conference room silent amid the carnage.

• Kenjaku told Uraume that Gojo had been sealed but Shiratori Gotsu had kept the Prison Realm, and Uraume admitted her plan to make Yuji Itadori consume Sukuna's fingers had failed.
• Kenjaku became excited by the fingers and hinted to Uraume that he had devised a new plan for Sukuna's resurrection.
• Jujutsu Headquarters issued orders sentencing Suguru Geto and Yuji Itadori, expelling Satoru Gojo, imprisoning Masamichi Yaga, and restricting Megumi Fushiguro, Nobara Kugisaki, and Junpei Yoshino.
• Shiratori Gotsu told Fushiguro, Kugisaki, Junpei, and Itadori that he would kill the corrupt higher-ups, and they all pledged to stand by him.
• At Jujutsu Headquarters, Shiratori Gotsu pretended to accept the order to execute Itadori before declaring that he would kill the higher-ups himself.
• Shiratori Gotsu summoned Mahoraga, who slaughtered the higher-ups as they fled, and the final survivor triggered an explosion by grabbing the doorknob Shiratori had marked with Corpse Attraction Shock Blast.

Kenjaku used Idle Transfiguration to awaken new sorcerers and began preparing the Culling Game barriers, while Shiratori Gotsu and the others took control of Jujutsu High and set out to question Tengen. The chapter left Kenjaku launching the Culling Game preparations as the Jujutsu High group headed to meet Tengen.

• Kenjaku used Sukuna's self-mummified body as a reference point and made a Binding Vow to activate Idle Transfiguration with greater precision.
• Kenjaku reshaped the brains of marked Non-Sorcerers, including people who had absorbed Cursed Objects and people with dormant Cursed Techniques, and released Cursed Spirits across Japan.
• Kenjaku set an initial reference anchor for the Culling Game barriers and announced that he and Uraume would place them across Japan.
• Yuta Okkotsu, Yuki Tsukumo, and Masamichi Yaga took over the higher-ups' work at Jujutsu High and withdrew the six notices.
• Shiratori Gotsu and the others discussed the strange curse mark in the sky and decided to go ask Tengen for answers.

Shiratori Gotsu forced Tengen to meet the group by having them demolish Jujutsu High’s barrier nodes. Tengen agreed to explain Kenjaku’s plans and how to undo the Prison Realm, but demanded that two of five named sorcerers stay behind as her guards.

• Shiratori Gotsu proposed destroying Jujutsu High’s barrier nodes to make Tengen appear, then led everyone in demolishing the buildings.
• Tengen opened doors beneath the group and brought them to the Tombs of the Star Corridor, where she recognized Shiratori Gotsu from a meeting 427 years earlier.
• Tengen explained that her aging accelerated after the Star Plasma Vessel assimilation failed, causing her sense of self to merge with heaven and earth.
• Yuta Okkotsu asked Tengen about Kenjaku’s objective and how to undo the Prison Realm, and Tengen agreed to answer if two of five sorcerers guarded her.
• Shiratori Gotsu and Hajime Kashimo refused to stay, while Yuta Okkotsu and Yuki Tsukumo questioned Tengen’s need for guards; Tengen sighed and the white space began to change.

Tengen explained that Kenjaku planned to use the Culling Game and Tengen as a catalyst to revive Sukuna in a more powerful form. The group agreed to prepare to stop the game and unseal Satoru Gojo, while Shiratori Gotsu promised Tengen he would prevent Kenjaku from succeeding.

• Tengen sent Yuji Itadori away before revealing Kenjaku’s plans, and Sukuna realized the secret involved him.
• Tengen explained that Kenjaku’s original plan was to assimilate her with every person in Japan, but his new plan involved using the Culling Game’s deaths and Tengen to revive Sukuna through his remains.
• The group decided to add a rule allowing players to leave the Culling Game and to unseal Satoru Gojo, while Yaga, Tsukumo, and Nanami stayed behind to guard Tengen.
• Tengen explained that Hana Kurusu, who shared her body with the ancient sorcerer Angel, could nullify Cursed Techniques and might help free Satoru Gojo from the Prison Realm.
• Tengen asked Shiratori Gotsu why he had let Kenjaku go, and Shiratori Gotsu said he would stop Kenjaku and take responsibility for the trouble he had caused.

Shiratori Gotsu worked with Juzo Kumiya and Tengen to craft Cursed Tools for Jujutsu High, giving Hajime Kashimo a weapon that could change shape. Later, Shiratori spoke with Nagi Yoshino about his parents before returning to his work.

• Shiratori Gotsu discovered that he had left Juzo Kumiya without food or water for two days, and Juzo passed out after angrily confronting him.
• Shiratori Gotsu spent a week crafting equipment with Juzo Kumiya’s help, secured after Mahoraga and Round Deer forced a discussion between them.
• Shiratori Gotsu gave Hajime Kashimo the Special Grade Cursed Tool Ruyi Jingu Bang, which could form weapons from Cursed Energy.
• Hajime Kashimo tested the tool by turning it into a blade and extending it through the workshop ceiling, then left with Shiratori Gotsu for food.
• Nagi Yoshino brought Shiratori Gotsu a large cake and asked about his past, and he described his gentle mother and mostly absent father before resuming work.

Megumi Fushiguro resolved to earn enough Culling Game points to free Tsumiki, but Kenjaku and Uraume secretly brought Yorozu out of hiding and recruited her for Sukuna’s resurrection. After Tsumiki disappeared, Megumi suspected an ancient sorcerer had taken over her body and set out to return to Jujutsu High, determined to bring her back.

• Megumi watched over Tsumiki and decided to earn 100 Culling Game points to add a rule letting her leave the game.
• After Megumi left the hospital, Kenjaku and Uraume entered Tsumiki’s room and woke Yorozu, who eagerly agreed to help resurrect Sukuna.
• Yorozu and Uraume argued over their devotion to Sukuna until Kenjaku stopped them and proposed using the first three Death Painting Wombs to incarnate in hospital patients.
• The next day, Megumi found Tsumiki’s bed empty and called Shiratori Gotsu to report that she had disappeared.
• Megumi guessed that an ancient sorcerer had incarnated in Tsumiki, and Shiratori admitted he had suspected it but feared Megumi would despair.
• Megumi vowed to bring Tsumiki back and kill Kenjaku if she had been killed, then agreed to return to Jujutsu High.

Shiratori Gotsu left Juzo Kumiya in the workshop and took Itadori to train with Todo and Mahoraga to land a Black Flash. Mahoraga adapted to human speech and explained how Itadori should approach the attack, then the sparring continued.

• Shiratori Gotsu caught Juzo Kumiya sneaking cola from the workshop fridge and charged him one thousand yen for it.
• Shiratori Gotsu met Todo and Itadori at the field and summoned Mahoraga to spar with Itadori as they trained him to land a Black Flash.
• Itadori failed to land a Black Flash, and Mahoraga told him not to force himself to focus.
• Mahoraga revealed that he had adapted to human speech because Shiratori Gotsu kept talking to him, delighting Shiratori Gotsu and moving Todo.
• Mahoraga explained that Itadori needed to attack with his whole being and treat him as a real opponent, and Itadori took his stance again.