A Bizarre Adventure That Begins in Jujutsu Kaisen

"Huh, Natsume, is this really Tokyo?"

Nanako Kasaba looked around at the lush green forests and ancient buildings, and spoke her mind without any attempt to read the room.

"It feels so rural."

"Nanako, that's very rude of you."

Mimiko Kasaba, clutching her ever-present cursed doll, whispered a reminder, but her gaze also curiously surveyed the unfamiliar surroundings.

"Mimiko, you think so too, don't you?"

If the negotiations go smoothly, according to Natsumi's plan, Nanako and Mimiko will enroll in a high school specializing in jutsu to increase their interaction with their peers.

Therefore, they are all carrying new backpacks with popular cartoon patterns, while their suitcases are temporarily stored in "Ugly Treasure's" storage space.

"Natsu, who are those guys?" Mimi asked in a low voice, her gaze falling on the serious-looking students opposite her.

"Ah! It's a panda! So cute!"

Nanako had completely forgotten her nervousness. With her eyes shining, she took out her phone from her pocket and snapped a few photos of the panda.

"I should be asking you who you are! Yuta won't let intruders get away with this!"

The panda shouted in dissatisfaction, and tentatively adopted a fighting stance—although the panda's round and chubby body made the posture not very intimidating.

"Kombu!" Dog-Turtle echoed, pulling down his collar as he prepared to unleash his incantation.

"Huh?" Yuta, who was suddenly called out and given the important task of "main force", pointed to himself with a blank look, looking a little at a loss.

"Before you get a good beating from Yuuta," Maki said casually, slinging her long sword over her shoulder, chin slightly raised, exuding an air of authority, "get out of here!"

"Huh?"

"Hello, Yuta Otsuku."

Xia Youjie's voice suddenly rang out right next to You Tai, very close by—his enhanced Shrinking Step technique made him move as fast as a ghost, almost like a flash.

He naturally grasped Yuta's right hand, which was stiff from nervousness, with both hands, his attitude as warm as that of a senior who was only one year behind and had come back to visit his junior.

"My name is Natsumi Yuki, and I'm in the same year as Gojo Satoru."

"Huh, hello..." Yuta was completely stunned and responded reflexively, his brain still processing this sudden close contact.

"Don't be afraid, I'm not here to cause trouble."

Xia You naturally loosened her grip and instead gently put her arm around You Tai's shoulder, the movement practiced and familiar.

"I heard the first graders are doing quite well this year, so I came back to check. Is your teacher Gojo Satoru?"

"Ah, yes."

"Jay," a deep, steady voice interrupted the overly harmonious exchange, "Could you please leave those children for a moment?"

Masamichi Nobi, along with Mimi, Atsuya Kusakabe, Kento Nanami, and Kinji Shirai, were the first to arrive at the scene.

Behind them, Hoshi Kiraro and Ino Takuma, both level two sorcerers, casually blended into the crowd and quietly took up advantageous positions.

"Mr. Night Moth, it's been a long time!" Natsumi didn't let go of Otsuko Yuta's shoulder, but turned her head to look at him, her face beaming with an incredibly bright smile.

"Jay, what exactly are you here for?" Night Moth asked seriously, her gaze fixed on Xia You, showing no intention of exchanging pleasantries.

"That's a long story."

Xia Youjie's smile remained unchanged as his gaze casually swept over the faces that were gradually gathering, some familiar and some unfamiliar, with a meaningful look in his eyes.

"Besides, some topics... require all the parties involved to be present to be clearly discussed. So, let's wait for Satoru and Shoko to arrive before we talk about them together."

Moth sighed silently to herself, habitually starting to complain about Gojo Satoru's tendency to always mess things up at crucial moments.

He was sent to notify the other first-level sorcerers in the school just a few minutes ago, and as a result, the people who were supposed to come have all arrived one after another, and the situation is almost out of control. However, the person who should have arrived first and was the one who should have been present the most is nowhere to be seen.

What on earth is he doing?

Just about two minutes ago, on his way to the school hospital to find Koito Glass, Gojo Satoru suddenly stopped without warning.

A figure fell straight down from high above—to be precise, directly above the dome of the barrier.

He landed with utmost stillness and composure, without stirring up the slightest ripple of air, or even disturbing a single falling leaf.

The immense magical power, enough to suffocate most sorcerers, was completely contained and stored beneath his body surface as naturally as breathing, without the slightest leakage.

From his appearance and normal perception, he was as quiet as a plant at this moment, perfectly blending into his environment.

Therefore, Principal Moth failed to "sense" him—that area was empty on the "magic radar" that most sorcerers relied on.

Their attention was drawn to Xia Youjie, whose magical power was undisguised and blatantly displayed.

But Gojo Satoru can see it.

In the six-eyed vision that sees through all energy flows and the essence of all things, the newcomer's curse power even slightly oppresses reality, radiating a presence that soars straight to the sky—like a volcano that is perfectly controlled and ready to erupt at any moment.

"Gojo Satoru, hello, I've heard so much about you." Theo was the first to raise his hand in greeting.

"Hello~" Gojo Satoru drawled out, and even with his signature black eye mask covering his face, you could still feel his unique sense of ease.

"There's one question we need to ask each other privately first," Theo said bluntly, without any beating around the bush. "If Xia Youjie intends to repent and change his ways, are you willing to take him back?"

"!" Gojo Satoru hesitated noticeably for a moment, and a very fine crack appeared on his usually relaxed mask.

He hesitated for a few seconds before slowly speaking, his voice lower than usual: "...He is my only close friend. So...I guess so."

But we parted ways a long time ago—it's been ten years, do you think he'd ever come back to his old ways? Why...why would you ask that?

"Although I only know this through hearsay, it's clear that if you wanted to kill him, he wouldn't have lived to see this year."

Don't give me that nonsense about "there were ordinary people around at the time".

Ultimately, the reason he was able to gather and expand the ranks of curse masters was because you allowed it.

You only care about his life or death. You wouldn't feel sorry if other strangers died because of him.

Theo's gaze seemed to pierce through the black eye patch, staring directly at the legendary "six eyes" behind him.

"In heaven and on earth, I alone am supreme."

Because the stars belong to all people, they have never belonged to any one person; if you love everyone, it is the same as not loving anyone.

You are so arrogant that you regard non-magicians as another species from the bottom of your heart.

You are protecting humanity from persecution by their natural enemy—the cursed spirits—just as you would protect a pet animal.

But cannibalism among small animals is their own business. Is that true or not?

Gojo Satoru was silent for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing, his laughter tinged with an indescribable, complex emotion.

"Ha, ha—that's enough! If there really is a God manipulating fate, then my relationship with Jay must have been arranged by Him in a very clever way!"