"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Accepting the biscuits and orange juice offered by the stewardess, Eiji reclined in his seat, wetting his mouth with juice, and began to taste the chocolate biscuits.
"Yum... Yum... Hyakki Yakou should be over by now."
Staring out the window, there was only a vast sky without clouds.
"Well, there's no use thinking about it."
Previously, Eiji had been investigating for a full year to find out if there were any variables that could change the direction of the plot. For example, Reincarnators and Transmigrators.
However, he himself was originally a vessel prepared to welcome the arrival of Lin Fan, who would transmigrate. Fortunately, an accident occurred, and his soul was destroyed by the Six Eyes.
Since there are Transmigrators like Lin Fan in the world of Jujutsu Kaisen, why isn't there someone similar to him?
With the idea that prevention is better than regret, Eiji mobilized the resources of the Gojo Family to find suspicious individuals.
However, until now, he hasn't found anyone who fits the criteria.
"Kosaki, Haru, be patient, I will come to rescue both of you soon."
Thinking about the level of sexual harassment and rape against women in India, Eiji felt a little anxious.
What if the Jujutsu Sorcerer who kidnapped Onodera escaped, leaving them behind, while he returned to Japan to help Suguru in the Hyakki Yakou event?
Eiji couldn't ignore this possibility.
"I hope I'm just overthinking."
Irritated by the increasingly loud snoring of the Indian man next to him, Eiji sent a bit of Cursed Energy, causing the man to faint.
❀❀❀
At Jujutsu High School Tokyo.
Suguru raised his right hand, his fingertips swirling a black vortex that forcibly compressed thousands of Cursed Spirits.
"Maximum: Uzumaki."
After the preparations were complete, he didn't rush to attack when the enemy wasn't ready. Instead, he began to speak like a typical villain.
"Killing you before we could fully utilize Orimoto Rika was the right decision."
"..."
Facing the other side's ultimate technique, Yuta's expression was very calm, his humble and cowardly attitude no longer visible.
Closing his eyes, he remembered his first meeting with Rika at the hospital. Since then, they had become friends and often played together in the park.
Yuta even vividly remembered the moment when Rika promised to marry him when they grew up.
Opening his eyes, Yuta turned, touching Rika in the form of a ugly and frightening monster, very gently.
"Rika."
"What~?" Rika responded lovingly.
"Thank you for always protecting me. Thank you for loving me."
"May I borrow your strength one last time? I want to stop him."
"After that, I don't need anything else. I will entrust my future, my heart, my body, and everything to you."
"From now on, we will be together forever."
"I love you, Rika... Let's die together."
After expressing his feelings, Yuta kissed Rika.
"Aaahhh... Harghhhhh..."
"Yuta, Yuta~!"
One cycloptic eye that usually hid behind a shell resembling a brain, now appeared clearly in response to Yuta's confession.
"I love, love, love you!"
Rika's Cursed Energy went wild like a storm, producing a strong gust of wind.
Seeing this scene, Suguru was shaken.
(He sacrificed himself to release his Cursed Energy's limitations?!)
Now he somewhat regretted giving them time.
However, his confidence didn't waver. With a wide grin, he responded to Yuta.
"So that's your decision, you womanizer!"
Rika behind Yuta quickly condensed her Cursed Energy into an energy ball in her mouth.
"Disrespectful... That's pure love." Yuta said, raising his hand.
"In that case, I will fight for justice!" Suguru said determinedly.
*Whoosh*
Rika fired a light cannon.
The black vortex above Suguru transformed into dozens of snakes that slithered toward Yuta.
The two ultimate attacks clashed, but the dozens of black snakes only lasted less than a second and were destroyed by the light cannon.
The light cannon continued to advance, destroying everything in its path.
*BOOMMM*
Mushroom clouds formed at the scene, shockwaves spread in all directions, the ground shook violently, and blinding light illuminated a radius of several hundred meters.
This destruction phenomenon lasted for half a minute before gradually subsiding.
After the clouds and dust slowly disappeared, a giant crater was visible, accompanied by damage to the surrounding buildings.
❀❀❀
Walking in the dark alley, Suguru staggered while holding his missing right arm.
"Incredible!"
"Truly amazing!"
"That's indeed the power to change the world!"
In the previous confrontation, he managed to escape death despite being severely injured.
"If I have Rika, I won't need to bother collecting Cursed Spirits again."
"Next! Next, I will get her!"
"Hm?"
Suguru stopped walking after noticing the figure of a man in front of him. Grimacing, he leaned against the wall to support his body from falling.
With the appearance of the man here, his hope of escaping vanished.
"You're late, Satoru."
The man outside the alley was none other than Gojo Satoru.
This time Satoru wasn't wearing a blindfold, so his handsome appearance wasn't hidden.
"I didn't expect you to find me at the end."
Sitting weakly on the floor, Suguru couldn't help but worry about his companion, whom he considered as family.
"Is my family okay?"
"They managed to escape." Satoru replied nonchalantly, then asked coldly, "The ones in Kyoto are under your command, right?"
"That's right... Unlike you, I am a good person. You sent them both assuming that I would defeat them, didn't you?"
"To provoke Okkotsu's anger."
As Satoru's close friend, Suguru understood the purpose of Panda and Toge coming here. Moreover, the two of them didn't stand a chance against him.
Satoru must have understood this.
So what's the use of the two of them? Of course, to draw out Yuta's potential by seeing his injured friend!
"That's what I expect from you."
"I believe that someone faithful like you wouldn't kill young Jujutsu Sorcerers without reason."
Satoru didn't deny it.
"Belief, huh?"
To be trusted even though he had betrayed, it was impossible for Suguru's heart not to be touched. Now, he remembered the moments in high school with Satoru and Shoko.
Those were the happiest moments of his life that he couldn't forget.
"Turns out I still have that side, huh?"
"Return this to me."
Satoru caught the object Suguru threw at him.
It turned out to be Yuta's student ID card.
"So the elementary school incident was also your doing?"
"That's right."
"You bastard."
"..."
The atmosphere fell silent again.
"Do you have any last words?"
After this incident, Satoru had resolved himself. Because Suguru dared to have evil intentions towards his student, even though he was his friend, he wouldn't let him live to prevent such incidents from happening again in the future.
"No matter what people say, I still hate those monkey (non-Jujutsu Sorcerers)."
"But, I never hated the people in Jujutsu High School. I just can't genuinely smile in this world."
"By the way, convey my apology to Eiji. I have used despicable means against him."
"..."
Seeing him resigned to his fate, it would be a lie if Satoru didn't feel anything.
"Suguru."
Upon hearing the call, Suguru turned to see him approaching and kneeling beside him.
Satoru's words made him smile genuinely as before he saw the corruption of the world.
"For the last time, curse me with your words."
"..."
Starting today, only four Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerers remain.
Gojo Satoru, Yuki Tsukumo, Okkotsu Yuta, and Kamiki Eiji.