JUJUTSU KAISEN (呪術廻戦)

Nice to meet you. A child of the Zen'in clan,

blood of Michizane, a Death Painting Womb,

and the vessel of Sukuna.

No greeting for me,

Tengen?

- So this is… - This is…

- This person is… - Is this a human?

Tengen.

This isn’t our first meeting.

Is it, Yuki Tsukumo?

Why did you seal off the Tombs of the Star Corridor?

I was wary that you might be in sync with Kenjaku.

I cannot read the human heart.

Kenjaku?

Once known as Noritoshi Kamo.

Now inhabiting Suguru Geto’s body.

A cord of mercy, a rope of salvation…

Not even ironic.

Why do you look like that, Tengen?

This guy really chose the worst timing…

I am immortal, but not ageless.

Live 500 years, and you’ll look like this too.

Seriously?

Twelve years ago,

after I failed to merge with the Star Plasma Vessel,

my aging accelerated.

My individuality faded,

and Heaven and Earth became my sense of self.

So, there really wasn’t another Star Plasma Vessel?

No wonder the voices never increased.

Excuse me.

We came to ask about Kenjaku’s objective

and how to undo the Prison Realm.

Could you tell us what you know?

I would like to say yes,

but I must set one condition.

Yuta Okkotsu.

Yuki Tsukumo.

Death Painting Womb.

Two out of the three of you must remain here

as my guards.

Guards? You’re immortal, right?

Are you worried about being sealed?

That’s not fair.

Care telling us why you need guards, and for how long?

Very well.

Let us speak of Kenjaku.

PURPOSE OF KENJAKU

That brat's goal

is the forced evolution of humanity across all of Japan.

EVOLUTION OF HUMANITY ACROSS JAPAN

We’ve heard that.

What exactly does he plan? Back then, why didn't Kenjaku

use your barriers and…

Idle Transfiguration to turn everyone into sorcerers?

IDLE TRANSFIGURATION

EVOLUTION OF HUMANITY ACROSS JAPAN

He simply lacked cursed energy.

Cursed energy refined through Maximum Uzumaki cannot be returned to sorcerers.

Advancing each person individually is far too inefficient.

The method he chose is assimilation

between humanity and me.

ASSIMILATION BETWEEN HUMANITY AND TENGEN

What? But assimilation…

Only Star Plasma Vessels can do that.

ONLY STAR PLASMA VESSELS CAN ASSIMILATE WITH TENGEN

That was true before.

DEATH OF STAR PLASMA VESSEL

PREVENT ASSIMILATION OF STAR PLASMA VESSEL

Now that I have evolved from 12 years ago…

EVOLUTION OF TENGEN

…assimilation with others is not impossible.

ASSIMILATION OF TENGEN AND MANKIND

But there’s only one of you, right?

How do you assimilate with multiple people?

Even the me standing before you now is not truly me.

My evolved soul exists everywhere.

I told you before. Heaven and Earth are my sense of self.

Those who assimilate with me will surpass even sorcerers.

Present yet absent, a new form of existence.

Because I possessed barrier techniques,

I retained form and reason.

But if humanity evolves,

and even one person gets out of control…

OUT OF CONTROL

The world will end.

Why?

There is no boundary between individuals.

Malice would spread in an instant.

The impurity of 100 million people would flood the world.

Tokyo would be repeated on a global scale.

Why would he do that?

EVOLUTION OF HUMANITY ACROSS JAPAN REASON UNKNOWN

I don’t know. I told you already.

I do not understand the human heart.

REASON UNKNOWN

Then if you refuse, he can't do anything, right?

That is the problem.

Having evolved, I am now closer to a curse

than a human.

I am a valid target…

ACQUIRE TENGEN

…for Cursed Spirit Manipulation.

If Kenjaku makes contact,

I may be absorbed.

That is why my true body is rejecting everything

within the Tombs of the Star Corridor.

And that’s why you need guards?

Yes.

Kenjaku is second only to me in barrier techniques.

I don’t know when this place will be breached.

Why now?

He blocked the merger,

then he will let you evolve, absorb you by Cursed Spirit Manipulation,

and control you.

He’s tied to Sukuna…

EVOLUTION OF TENGEN, ACQUIRE TENGEN

…and has been a jujutsu sorcerer for at least 1,000 years.

Why act now?

I, the Star Plasma Vessel…

TENGEN, STAR PLASMA VESSEL, SIX EYES

…and the Six Eyes are bound by causality.

Kenjaku was defeated twice by Six Eyes users.

The second time, he was thorough.

He killed every Star Plasma Vessel

and Six Eyes user within a month of birth.

Yet on the day of the merger, both appeared.

After that, he shifted from killing to sealing,

and sought the Prison Realm.

Only one Six Eyes user exists at a time.

But 12 years ago, something unexpected happened.

The intervention of Toji Zen'in.

He possessed a Heavenly Restriction, a Physical Gifted type.

Among them, he was unique,

a being who had completely broken free from cursed energy.

A human who stepped outside causality

ended up shattering our fate.

DEATH OF STAR PLASMA VESSEL

And there was also a boy with Cursed Spirit Manipulation.

CURSED SPIRIT MANIPULATION, DEATH OF STAR PLASMA VESSEL

At that point, without meaning to, every piece fell into place.

Six years ago,

the Prison Realm fell into Kenjaku’s hands.

Then what is the Culling Game for?

Preparation before assimilation.

MANKIND, TENGEN

Assimilation with others is possible,

but likely incomplete at present.

INCOMPLETE

The Culling Game uses players’ cursed energy,

the colonies, and their boundaries to perform a ritual

and sends this nation’s people to the far shore.

After that, he will begin assimilation with me.

EVOLUTION OF HUMANITY ACROSS JAPAN

To sustain a ritual of this scale,

Kenjaku himself must also bear binding restrictions.

RULE ADDITIONS MUST BE ALLOWED, WITHIN REASON

One condition is this.

The administrator of the Culling Game is not Kenjaku.

However, this works to your disadvantage.

Even if you kill Kenjaku, the Culling Game will not end.

Either all players die,

or all players refuse participation and die.

Until then, the Culling Game will not end.

The rule stating perpetual continuation exists only as insurance

to prevent the ritual from being interrupted.

Then that means…

- Yes. - Huh?

MUST ENTER THE GAME WITHIN 19 DAYS

A PLAYER WHO COLLECTS 100 POINTS MAY ADD A RULE

We’ll have to participate in the Culling Game

and add a rule allowing Tsumiki

and unwilling players to withdraw.

At the same time, we must work on freeing Mr. Gojo.

If he’s back, he can resolve everything himself.

GOALS OF ITADORI'S GROUP

ADD A RULE TO WITHDRAW FROM THE GAME FREE SATORU GOJO

Tengen…

Before that, decide who will remain here.

I will…

stay.

Yuji will need either Okkotsu or this woman with him.

Noritoshi Kamo.

If Kenjaku targets Tengen here, all the more reason.

Ending his life is salvation for my brothers.

I still have more to discuss with Tengen.

Is that all right, Okkotsu?

Yes! I don’t want to be separated from you guys again!

Thank you.

This is…

the back

of the Prison Realm needed to free

Satoru Gojo.

The back?

That’s new to me.

So like a back door?

You could say that.

Before Kenjaku found it,

the Prison Realm was outside my barrier system,

most likely overseas.