Tōji Fushiguro had lost, and he had lost completely.
Tōji Fushiguro, who had only recently defeated Satoru Gojo using intelligence and tactics, was decisively defeated in a head-on battle with the awakened Satoru Gojo.
During this battle, Tōji Fushiguro had continuously felt a strange sense of unease.
Tōji Fushiguro's inner self kept screaming warnings: Run! Run now!
However, Tōji Fushiguro viewed this battle as a rebellion against fate, so he didn't run until the very last moment.
To attack Satoru Gojo, who was in mid-air, Tōji Fushiguro linked the Amaterasu and the Chain of a Thousand Miles together and swung them relentlessly.
The Chain of a Thousand Miles, like a chain blade, was swung at Satoru Gojo from every angle.
But without exception, they all missed.
Even though crushed stones obscured most of Satoru Gojo's vision, he easily dodged every single one of Tōji Fushiguro's attacks.
The crazed look on Satoru Gojo's face disappeared.
At this moment, he felt incomparably at ease.
It was as if the entire world was contained within the Six Eyes.
Satoru Gojo's body swung freely in the air.
Amidst a golden light that was like an ocean, Satoru Gojo waved his hands, displaying a posture filled with divinity.
"Heaven and Earth, I alone am honored."
His tone was flat, as if he were merely declaring an ordinary, yet extraordinary, fact.
Eiji, who had just arrived, witnessed this scene.
Compared to Cang Yue's domineering aura, Satoru Gojo possesses a touch more divinity.
Eiji stopped in his tracks. He knew that at this moment, the victor had been decided.
Tōji Fushiguro was still desperately swinging the Cursed Tool in his hand. A tremendous sense of crisis made him desperately accelerate, and accelerate again.
However, all his attacks were ineffective.
Illusory light gathered in Satoru Gojo's hands.
Before Tōji Fushiguro's disbelieving eyes, a hypothetical mass that should not exist in this world pierced through his body.
Hollow Wicker: Purple.
"Still... alive."
At this moment, Tōji Fushiguro's left arm was gone.
"I didn't expect to owe my life to that woman in the end."
Tōji Fushiguro knew that if not for the words Medea had spoken before leaving.
Satoru Gojo's attack would have been more than just taking his arm.
Satoru Gojo slowly descended from the air. His gaze passed over Tōji Fushiguro and landed on Eiji, who had just arrived.
"I spared his life, and then what?"
Satoru Gojo's tone was very calm, carrying a hint of mercy.
"It's over, Satoru."
Eiji formed a hand seal, and the Giant Elephant appeared, beginning to heal Tōji Fushiguro.
"Satoru... are you alright?"
After hesitating for a long time, Eiji asked.
"I'm fine. The injuries have already been healed with the Reverse Cursed Technique. Is that all you wanted to say?"
Looking at Satoru Gojo, who was completely different from his usual self, Eiji felt a sense of sadness for some reason.
The next moment, these strange feelings were cast aside by Eiji.
This time, the jade would not be broken.
A smile spread across Eiji's face.
"Let's go. Suguru and the others are waiting for us."
Eiji stepped forward and patted Satoru Gojo's shoulder.
"You'll have to explain things clearly later."
Satoru Gojo's expression gradually returned to its usual self.
"Don't worry. You should worry about yourself more than me. Are you planning to meet Riko looking this disheveled?"
Eiji looked at Satoru Gojo's blood-stained school uniform.
"Huh? You're much more disheveled than I am."
After a fierce battle at Jujutsu High, Eiji also looked quite messy.
After all, Jujutsu Kaisen didn't have clothes that could withstand a long fight without breaking.
On a cruise ship in Tokyo Bay at night.
After catching a large fish from the sea, Altoria handed it over to Heroic Spirit Emiya.
Heroic Spirit Emiya then cooked a full fish banquet.
Currently, Eiji, Suguru Geto, Satoru Gojo, Altoria, Heroic Spirit Emiya, Medea, Misato Kuroi, and Riko Amanai were gathered around the table, eating heartily.
"Your knife skills are amazing, Mr. Emiya. Are you a professional chef?"
Misato Kuroi picked up a slice of sashimi.
The sashimi, thin as a cicada's wing, lay before her. Misato could clearly see the scenery behind the fish slice.
"It's just practice that makes perfect."
Heroic Spirit Emiya picked up a piece of pan-fried fish.
"Misato, stop looking and eat, or it'll be gone."
Misato Kuroi, who was still contemplating asking Heroic Spirit Emiya for cooking tips, was snapped back to reality by Riko Amanai's voice.
"Huh?"
She looked down and saw that the plate of sashimi in front of her had already disappeared.
"Ah! That was mine, give it back!"
Turning her head, she saw Riko Amanai and Satoru Gojo fighting over a fish.
"No way, whoever grabs it gets it, owooo."
With Riko Amanai's teeth-gritting expression, Satoru Gojo opened his mouth and swallowed the piece of fish Riko had chosen.
What's more, Satoru Gojo put on an expression of extreme happiness as if he had tasted a delicacy.
Riko Amanai's fists clenched.
"Satoru, be respectful of your elders. Here you go."
Suguru Geto placed a boneless piece of fish into Riko Amanai's bowl.
Even though he's speaking up for me, why do I feel even angrier?
Riko Amanai felt speechless.
Soon, the full fish banquet on the table was completely devoured by everyone.
Heroic Spirit Emiya, whose domestic skills were maxed out, took away the dishes to clean them. Altoria, on the other hand, went to the deck to quietly enjoy the sea breeze and moonlight. Medea went to reinforce the barrier on the ship.
"Emiya's cooking is as good as ever."
Suguru Geto patted his stomach with satisfaction.
"Indeed. Say, Eiji, are you considering giving Heroic Spirits a Chef Class?"
Satoru Gojo sat lazily on the sofa, a toothpick in his mouth.
"You want a chef to exorcise Cursed Spirits?"
Eiji looked at Satoru Gojo with a twitch in his eye.
"What's the big deal? Speaking of which, Suguru, do Cursed Spirits taste good?"
Although his expression was hidden by his sunglasses, Eiji knew that Satoru Gojo genuinely wanted to try tasting a Cursed Spirit.
"The taste of a Cursed Spirit, if I had to compare it, would be like a rag that's been used to wipe up vomit."
"Huh? Aren't there any Cursed Spirits that taste a bit sweet?"
"How could there be? Cursed Spirits are the product of negative emotions converging."
Suguru Geto looked at Satoru Gojo speechlessly.
"But if you really want to eat something sweet, you could ask Medea if she can make you some potion that makes everything taste sweet."
"Then I'll pass."
Satoru Gojo looked disappointed.
The ship was quiet for a few minutes. Suguru Geto and Satoru Gojo both turned their gaze to Eiji.
"It's my turn."
Eiji naturally knew what they wanted to ask.
"You all know Riko Amanai's identity, right?"
"We know, she's the Star Plasma Vessel for assimilation with Master Tengen."
Suguru Geto, the good student, answered first.
"That's right. The Star Plasma Vessel, Master Tengen, and the Six Eyes. There's a causal link between these three connected by the Cursed Energy system. Therefore, to completely save Riko Amanai and free her from the binding fate of the Star Plasma Vessel, she must be freed from this causality."
As he spoke, Eiji's gaze fell upon Riko Amanai.
"This is why I utilized Toji Fushiguro."
"While causality is often described in mystical terms, it can be simply understood as an incredibly precise and complex program."
"With Toji Fushiguro's interference, which the program couldn't capture, Riko Amanai was no longer subject to the causality of the Cursed Energy system, and thus she was naturally saved."
Eiji's plan was actually quite simple: according to the original development, he would use Toji Fushiguro to briefly make Riko Amanai appear "dead." Afterward, Medea would completely isolate Riko Amanai from the outside world using a barrier, and finally, revive the recently deceased Riko Amanai within the barrier.
This would cause a bug in the causality judgment of the Cursed Energy system the moment Toji Fushiguro killed Riko Amanai.
Finally, Medea would take Riko Amanai abroad to a place with sparse Cursed Energy.
After Medea went abroad, it was confirmed that Cursed Energy and Cursed Spirit phenomena were indeed very active only in the Island Nation. Abroad, Cursed Energy was very thin, and the number of Cursed Spirits and Jujutsu Sorcerers was far less than in the Island Nation. The causality between Cursed Energies was also incredibly faint overseas.
Therefore, as long as Riko Amanai was brought abroad, the Cursed Energy system's restraint on her would be greatly weakened. Once Master Tengen began to evolve, this causality would completely break, and Riko Amanai would be able to live freely.
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