JUJUTSU KAISEN (呪術廻戦)

Things were busy that summer.

The frequent disasters of the past year,

probably played a role.

But cursed spirits were springing up

like maggots.

Exorcise. Absorb.

Over and over.

Exorcise.

Absorb.

No one else understands

what cursed spirits taste like.

They taste like swallowing down a dirty rag,

used to clean up shit and vomit.

Exorcise.

Absorb.

"What I witnessed isn't uncommon.

I understood the ugliness of the masses.

And still, I chose to be a jujutsu sorcerer

who saves others."

That's what I've been telling myself

ever since that day.

Ever since that day.

Apparently, this used to be the home

of the president of a company who managed a local chain

of barbecue restaurants.

However, in July of last year.

Remember that whole mad cow disease problem?

Well, it dealt a fatal blow to his restaurants

and buried him in debt.

He wound up committing suicide with his family.

Ever since then, local rumors claimed

the president's home was haunted.

High school student, college students,

lots of people started visiting the place

as a test of courage.

Then they started going missing.

Those rumors only brought about more rumors,

and the damage just continued to spread.

Haunted locations have always attracted

a high quotient of speculation.

And nowadays, thanks to the internet,

rumors can spread at an unbelievable speed.

That means, it's all just even more work

for us jujutsu sorcerers to investigate and eliminate.

In addition to the older victims,

there were three young kids

who went missing on their way home from school.

There's also a high probability that the families,

police staff, coworkers, and friends

who trace the paths of those who disappear,

will find that they become victims themselves.

We have to sever the root of this problem.

Quickly.

HQ sent us to investigate

because they reached the same conclusion.

They're even paying my fees.

Which aren't cheap.

Mei Mei, did you overcharge them again?

You make it sound so bad.

Call it negotiation.

We're here.

Okay. Let's go, then.

Emerge from darkness, blacker still.

Purify that...

There's no need for a veil.

Uh, huh?

I don't sense the presence of any Curses around here.

The cause is almost certainly inside of the building.

You can cast the veil later

if we end up attacking it from outside.

It's open.

Seems like something's blocking the door though.

- -

What is this?

Mei Mei.

It's here.

And it's all around us, too.

Let's get going.

I don't need that, but you do.

Right?

Thanks, I really do.

Much better.

Huh. Incredible.

Oh, it still has electricity.

For now, let's just have a look around.

I'll take this floor.

You take the second.

Huh? All by myself?

Is there a problem with that?

N-no, it's fine.

Good, I'm counting on you.

Okay.

Hm.

Hmm.

- -

Ha!

Hm.

This is the last one.

Ha!

Hm?

- -

You've got some impressive pipes there.

Jeez! Please don't startle me like that!

You were already startled before I got here.

Are you done exploring the first floor?

Hm?

This is the first floor.

Huh?

I was walking down the first floor's hallway

when I found you.

What? No way.

I know I entered a room

at the end of the hallway, uh...

Huh.

A box of candy.

A bag of potato chips.

A can.

A backpack.

A sweatshirt.

I've already seen these things three times.

See these marks along the wall?

I left them to mark my way

-so I wouldn't get lost. -Hmm.

Well, well.

It would seem that we're already

in the belly of the beast.

Uh, huh?

For real?

How long can this hallway possibly be?

It just goes on.

We've been walking for 30 minutes.

That's about four kilometers so far.

It's not an innate domain is it?

It's not.

This is a manifestation of the spirit's mindscape.

Which means.

This is a barrier.

Correct.

Most likely the victims were trapped inside this

and then killed by the cursed spirit.

Though considering the use of this technique,

the cursed spirit itself should be weak.

All we need to do is escape this barrier.

Now, quiz time.

Tell me, Utahime.

How would you break this barrier?

This hallway is repeating itself.

At first, I...

At first, I thought.

Huh. I'm surprised you could touch that.

At first, I thought it was shaped like a donut.

But we passed four of the marks you made, right?

I calculated how many paces were

between them and got.

One hundred twenty-two.

Two-hundred and three.

One-fifty-seven.

And two-seventy.

So, the spacing between your marks

were completely random.

Go on.

The interval between individual repetitions

isn't standardized.

Which means that there's a very good possibility

this barrier is patching spaces together.

So, if we both run down the hallway at top speed,

then at some point...

It'll break.

Hmm.

Very close, 90 points.

Ugh!

Where did I lose ten points?

When we run,

we run in opposite directions.

In synch.

Now I see!

So my patching theory was accurate then.

And if we quickly run in opposite directions,