JUJUTSU KAISEN (呪術廻戦)

I was very busy that summer.

Perhaps due to the frequent disasters last year,

Cursed Spirits arose like maggots.

Exorcising, absorbing. I kept repeating these tasks.

Exorcising.

Absorbing.

No one knows

the taste of Cursed Spirits.

It's like swallowing a cloth that has wiped vomit.

Exorcising.

Absorbing.

What I saw wasn't anything special,

just well-known abominations.

I understand this very well.

And I've still chosen to be a Jujutsu Sorcerer to help people.

Since that day,

I've been constantly convincing myself.

Since that day…

That place

was originally a mansion of a company president

who ran a local barbecue chain store.

But last July,

due to the mad cow disease,

the barbecue store suffered a devastating blow.

He committed suicide with his family over a heavy debt.

Since then, the mansion

has become a well-known haunted spot.

Local high school students, college students from other towns,

and the umemployed,

all came here to test their courage

and then disappeared one after another.

Perhaps it's the word of mouth that led to the expansion of victims.

After all, such rumors spread fast.

And these days, the internet even made it even worse,

leading to increase workload of us, the Jujutsu Sorcerers.

In addition to that,

three pupils disappeared on their way home,

as well as their families, the police,

their colleagues,

and friends.

They might have gone to the mansion to search for the missing people,

and ended up being victimized.

It seems we must solve it as soon as possible.

Jujutsu Headquarters think so too.

That's why they asked me to investigate.

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They even offered a considerable reward.

Did you extort them again?

Don't make it sound so bad.

We negotiated.

Here we are.

Let's go.

Emerge from the darkness, blacker than darkness.

Purify…

No need to pull down the curtain.

What?

I can't sense any cursed energy.

It's most likely inside the building.

Just pull down the curtain when we need to attack from the outside.

…MAKES SENSE

It's not locked.

But there's something blocking the door.

What are these?

Miss Mei.

There is indeed a curse.

And it's everywhere.

Let's hurry inside.

I don't need a flashlight, but you do, right?

Thank you… so much.

Alright.

What a place.

There's still electricity here.

Let's scan the whole building first.

I'll check this floor,

and you go upstairs.

Alone?

Is there a problem?

No, no problem.

Then I'll leave it to you.

Alright.

This is the last room.

You could be the next scream queen.

Don't scare me like that!

You're scaring yourself.

Have you finished the first floor?

Huh?

This is the first floor.

What?

I came along the corridor on the first floor.

But…

I think the room I entered was

at the end of the corridor.

Snack boxes.

Potato chip packagings.

Drink cans, a backpack, and a sweatshirt.

I've already seen these three times.

And I left this mark

on my way here.

It seems

we have been trapped here.

Really?

How long is this corridor?

We've been walking for almost 30 minutes.

About four kilometers.

This isn't an innate domain, right?

No.

That is a manifestation of mental scenery.

So what is it?

Barrier Technique.

Correct.

The victims were probably trapped here too,

and eventually killed by the Cursed Spirit.

But judging by the Cursed Technique,

the Cursed Spirit itself isn't so strong.

As long as we can escape this barrier…

Now the question is

how you would break through?

This corridor will loop infinitely.

At first

it felt like this.

You're bold to touch them with bare hands.

I imagined it as a structure similar to a doughnut.

But we've passed your mark four times.

I calculated the intervals with my steps.

One hundred and twenty-two.

Two hundreds and three.

One hundred and fifty-seven.

Two hundreds and seventy.

So the intervals between the marks varies.

I see.

The range of the loop is not fixed.

So I think

it's probably something like this.

The barrier is actually pieced together.

So if we run through the corridor at full speed,

this barrier will surely

collapse at some point.

Almost, 90 points.

What did I miss?

When we run,

we must run in the opposite directions, right?

I see.

If my assumption on the structure is correct,

then two people moving at high speed in different directions

is more likely to break the barrier.

Once there's a gap, we might be able to escape.

One hundred points.

Now then,

If it works,

you have to recommend me for a promotion.

How much money do you have?

What?

Never mind, I'll consider it.

Okay.

So…

Ready.

Run!

It worked!

I came to save you,

Utahime.

Are you crying?

I'm not crying!

Use honorifics!

If I cried, would you comfort me?

I'd really like that.

Miss Mei would never cry, as you're so strong.

Is that so?

Gojo,

listen carefully.

I don't need you to save…

Don't swallow it!

I'll absorb it later.

Satoru, it's not good to pick on the weak.

What idiot would pick on the strong?

You're being the provocative one, Geto.

Oh.

Senior Utahime!

Are you alright?

Shoko!

I was really worried about you.

I haven't heard from you for two whole days.

Shoko!

Shoko, don't become like them!

I won't.

I won't be like them, scums.

The ground where Utahime stepped on will collapse!

Shut up.