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Shibuya, 9:30 P.M.
The [Prison Realm] successfully sealed Satoru Gojo.
Kenjaku picked up the small cube with a smile on his face before his gaze turned towards the curses and his group.
"Everyone, see this."
"*Yawn* Geto..." Mahito yawned, and so did the others, as the effects of Satoru's domain began to wear off their heads.
Unlike ordinary humans, sorcerers possessed far greater resistance to mental strain, making them less susceptible to facing worse effects than the rest of the normal humans in the station.
"F*CK! This shit hurts!" Miguel cursed out loud as his head felt like it might burst open.
Larue agreed with Miguel but didn't curse out loud and simply massaged his temples.
Jogo and Choso moved closer to Geto and Mahito to look at the [Prison Realm].
"So Satoru Gojo is finally sealed?"
Jogo, who had faced and been beaten by Satoru Gojo on multiple occasions, was the one who most wanted Geto to say 'Yes'.
Geto simply gave a nod, and Jogo's lips curved into a smile.
"Nice-"
Jogo was about to say something when suddenly Geto's expression changed, and the [Prison Realm] fell out of his hands.
Jogo's body wasn't like a human's. But if it was, he would have literally pissed himself right then and there.
He thought that the white-haired bastard was somehow able to break out of the seal, and Jogo didn't want to fight the sorcerer once again.
However, the [Prison Realm] didn't break apart, and Jogo unconsciously sighed in relief.
Though Kenjaku's face turned into a frown as he noticed the eyes on the cube began to cry. He crouched down to pick up the box, but it didn't budge even a millimetre.
"What's happening?" Choso asked in wariness.
"Satoru Gojo," replied Geto as he stood straight once again.
"Even the Prison Realm is struggling to fully adapt to him. Until it can adapt, we cannot even move it."
Every one of them looked at the box with their eyes widened.
"Just what are the limits of Satoru Gojo?" Larue asked.
No one answered, or more accurately, no one wanted to answer that.
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Shibuya, 9:40 P.M.
It had been nearly an hour and a half since Satoru Gojo went to the station to deal with the people who called for him.
No one wanted to doubt the capabilities of the Special Grade sorcerer, but knowing his capabilities as well, everyone started to get suspicious that no response came from his side after this much time had passed.
The Okkotsu Team, consisting of Yuta, Toge, and Haruto Zenin, was already deployed and was working on evacuating the humans, while the Zenin 2 team, which comprised Ogi, Chojuro and Mako, was deployed as well and was assigned the task of clearing the transfigured humans and curses that were roaming the streets and hurting the humans.
The Mei Mei team, which comprised Mei Mei, Ui Ui, and Yuji, was also deployed at Meiji-Jingumae entry to try to get inside the station. Unfortunately, a barrier prevented sorcerers from entering.
To get inside, they needed to destroy the barrier, and Yuji Itadori did find the cursed tool that was being used to deploy the curtain that prevented the entry of sorcerers.
Thanks to the Mechamaru communication system, the rest of the sorcerers knew about this information as well, and now that they were second-guessing, waiting for Satoru's signal, the remaining sorcerer teams were deployed as well.
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"Okkotsu."
Yaga's voice rang through Yuta's mechamaru earpiece.
"Yes."
"The other teams are deployed to work inside the barrier as well. How is the situation of the evacuation?"
Masumichi Yaga was standing outside the barrier, acting as the mission commander and Shoko Ieri's bodyguard.
"It's mostly done, Inumaki-kun, and Haruto-san are working as fast as they can."
Yuta looked at Toge, who was directing the humans to a side while Haruto, who now stood bald, was using his clones to do a wide area search and rescue.
"Good. Now that things are starting to get under control, I want you to head towards Satoru."
"Eh? Toward Gojo-sensei? Me?"
"Yes. As much as I would like to trust that idiot. He is taking an unusually long time to report right now. I want you to-"
"ATTENTION!!! ATTENTION!!!"
Suddenly, all Mechamaru earpieces started ringing loudly, making everyone stop momentarily.
"Kokichi Muta! What is it?!" Yaga asked with slight panic.
"Satoru Gojo's communication puppet just activated. Satoru Gojo has been sealed!"
At the announcement each and every sorcerer widened their eyes in shock.
Like others, Satoru Gojo was also given a Mechamaru earpiece puppet, but the Special Grade sorcerer simply forgot to wear it and turn it on.
Kokichi initially reported/ complained about it to Yaga, though they couldn't do anything now that Satoru Gojo was gone. Listening to instructions had never really been Gojo's strength.
However, once Satoru Gojo was sealed by the [Prison Realm], the Mechamaru puppet was left outside.
[Prison Realm] can only be used on one target. Multiple people cannot be sealed inside it, and that is an unbreakable rule.
Because the CE contained in the puppet was different from Satoru Gojo's, it was left outside, and by some chance, the puppet was turned on as well.
With the puppet on, Kokichi was able to hear the talks of the people who sealed Satoru Gojo and immediately informed others about it.
"God damn it!!!" Yaga yelled in anger and immediately started shouting orders.
"Okkotsu, head towards Satoru. Inumaki, Haruto, Zenin 2 team, continue with what you all were doing. The rest of you, Change of plans.. Grade 1 sorcerers, start making your way towards the station as well. The rest, start getting rid of the curtains. We cannot let them get away with sealing Gojo!"
"Understood!"
The people responded on the comms and got to work.
"For now, they can't leave. Apparently, the cursed tool that they used is struggling to have Satoru Gojo sealed, and they cannot move it until it stabilises. We have some time on our hands for now."
The news brought a bit of hope back to the people.
With Satoru gone and Naoya absent, the situation was far too grim for them. They need to free Satoru fast.
Kokichi focused on the puppet that was near Kenjaku and the others.
However, the Gojo on their side noticed the CE activity in the puppet and immediately destroyed it.
"Sh*t."
Kokichi reported the loss of the puppet to Yaga, who cursed out loud once again.
"*Sigh* Hurry up, Naoya-sensei," Kokichi mumbled before he focused back on monitoring the puppets and drones that were deployed in Shibuya.
For doing work from home, he was quite a busy person.
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Shibuya 9:55 P.M.
The Grade 1 sorcerers had started to head towards Nanami, Mei Mei, the unwilling Kusakabe, Naobito, and Maki, and the Special Grade sorcerer Yuta Okkotsu was making his way towards Satoru Gojo's location.
Panda, Yuji, Nobara, and Megumi had teamed up with Ino and were currently predicting where the barrier-cursed tools might be located and deduced that to make the barrier even stronger, the anchor-cursed tool must be at an easily findable location.
After thinking for a bit longer, everyone's gaze moved towards the tallest building in the area.
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A bald old man stood atop the building looking down on the street.
On the streets were Ogi, Chojuro and Mako, clearing away the horde of transfigured humans.
"So much chaos happening down there. Would they even realise that the barrier is set up from here?"
However, as soon as he said that, he felt his body being pulled away.
"Oh~"
An amused smile appeared on the man's face.
The man's name was Jiro Awasaka, and he was a curse user who joined Geto's noble cause of sealing Satoru Gojo away.
He looked up and saw a strange bird and a pink-haired brat.
These two were the ones who were responsible for pulling him away. He turned towards the cursed nail that was stuck on the roof and noticed a brown-haired girl and a dude dressed in all black heading towards it.
"Too bad, that one's a fake," Jiro muttered as he felt his body falling freely on the ground.
"To have me fall from this height.... and people call me heartless."
Jiro chuckled but didn't even bother resisting the free fall.
Yuji Itadori crashed into a building and saw the old man's body falling.
He immediately went after him. Fushiguro was waiting for him on the streets.
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Yuji arrived and saw Megumi already in the middle of a fight with the old man.
"Fushiguro!"
"I am fine here. Head towards Sensei!"
Megumi swung his katana on the old man's torso, only for it to bounce back the moment it struck him.
"Are you- GOT IT GOT IT!!!! BE SAFE!!!!"
Yuji was about to ask whether Megumi was sure, but the black-haired boy simply shot Yuji a glare, shutting him up.
Ever since his mother had been struck by the unknown curse, Megumi Fushiguro had become... a little scary.
Whenever he fought, it seemed like he was venting, and right now, when he was fighting the people who were most certainly responsible for his mother's condition, he was way more on edge than usual.
"My~ So much anger~ You will go bald early if you take this much stress." Jiro rushed towards Megumi with his knife to slash the kid.
Megumi dropped the katana, seeing the incoming attack, and let it fall into the shadows before he pointed his hands at Jiro.
[Max Elephant: Piercing Jet]
A small shadow swirled within his hands as a jet of pressurised water got launched from his hands.
Jiro saw the incoming attack and snorted. The attack struck him directly without any restrictions and pushed him away.
The force behind the jet was too much for Jiro to continue moving forward, but despite that, there wasn't a scratch on his body.
'It must be his cursed technique.'
"You have quite a lethal water gun. You shouldn't play with things like that."
Megumi ignored that comment and brought his katana out once again.
"Old man, what the hell is your technique?"
"Hoho. Interested in my secrets?"
"You must have been quite a famous sorcerer with a technique like that. Maybe even on Naoya Zenin's level."
"Haha, putting me on that monster's level, you are still wet behind your ears..... People like me can't even live freely with monsters like him around...."
Megumi heard that loud and clear, and that was enough for him.
This old man was not on Naoya's level, meaning his technique was not something grand like [Damage Nullification].
Which meant he could be killed.
Now, the usual Megumi would have tested around the old man's technique more before developing a way to defeat him.
But right now, when Megumi was in no mood to let these people go easily, he simply decided to use his father's methods today.
[Rabbit Escape]
A horde of rabbits jumped out of the shadows and encircled Jiro and formed a dome around the curse user.
Once trapped in there, Megumi sent the katana back into the shadows and formed a hand sign.
[Piercing Ox]
"MOOOO!!!!"
A giant bull emerged from the shadows and yelled loudly.
Megumi jumped on top of the bull and looked towards the tower of rabbits.
"Run."
As soon as the command was given, the bull lost all semblance of restraint and started running.
Megumi stood on top of the bull and looked ahead.
The rabbits saw their fellow shikigami and their master coming and made way for them.
Jiro noticed the giant rampaging bull coming towards him at great speed and realised that he couldn't dodge the attack.
'Whatever, I will just tank it.'
Jiro thought and raised his hands to catch the bull by the horns.
Unfortunately for him, the bull was not a run-of-the-mill shikigami.
*MOOO!!!!*
The Bull roared out loud, accepting the man's challenge and continued to run while dragging the man along.
At first, Jiro's face remained calm. Like usual, his technique [Inverse] was working to reverse the damage amount.
However, his technique had an upper and lower limit, meaning the damage can only be reversed if it lies within that range.
[Piercing Ox] was a shikigami whose strength kept increasing the longer it continued to run, and unlike Jiro's technique, the bull had no limits.
The Bull continued to run, and after a while, Jiro's facial expression started to shift.
"What happened, old man? Feeling stressed? Too bad, you don't have much hair left to lose anyway."
Megumi, who was standing on top of the bull, looked at Jiro with a mocking grin.
"You damn bra-"
*MOOOO!!!*
The bull's force exceeded the upper limit of Jiro's technique, and the moment that happened, Jiro felt the massive force come at him in an instant, and his body finally gave out.
His hands broke while his legs dragged through the concrete before getting torn off by the friction.
With no legs to stand on, Jiro found his body in mid-air before the bull tore through his torso and head as well, destroying the barrier-cursed tools in the process.
Megumi noticed the curse user die and snorted before he looked ahead and saw a building.
They were approaching it fast, though, Megumi was not worried and simply extended his shadows and opened a massive opening to the Shadow dimension on the building's wall and entered the shadows along with the bull.
An instant later, Megumi walked out of the shadows with his hands in his pockets.
"Mechamaru-san, outer barrier neutralised." Megumi notified nonchalantly.
There was a brief pause from the puppet in Megumi's ear before it passed the message to others.
Megumi sighed and looked towards the next barrier.
"Just you wait....I will make you pay-"
"Oi! Fushiguro! Stop acting cool and get us down!!!!"
Nobara's voice suddenly came in his earpiece, and he let out an annoyed grunt.
Shibuya, 10:05 P.M.
The barrier preventing the sorcerers from going inside was neutralised.