The deeper forest had stopped feeling like a battlefield.
It felt like a system.
A progression route.
A place where stronger and stronger cursed spirits lined up like they were waiting their turn.
Takeru cracked his neck.
Geto rolled his shoulders.
"…Last wave," Geto said.
Takeru grinned.
"…Finally."
They stepped forward.
The remaining cursed spirits weren't panicking anymore.
They were just… there.
Waiting.
Like they already understood how this was going to end.
Yuji watched from behind a broken tree line.
"…This feels wrong."
Megumi nodded.
"…It does."
Nobara crossed her arms.
"…It feels like we're watching the final boss grind."
Hakari laughed.
"…Nah, this is endgame farming."
And then—
it began.
Takeru moved first.
A blur of cursed energy and precision.
Geto followed immediately after, spirits erupting from his control like a tidal wave.
No hesitation.
No wasted motion.
Just clean execution.
One by one—
cursed spirits fell.
Not violently chaotic anymore.
Not messy.
Efficient.
Almost… routine.
Crunch.
Takeru caught an orb mid-air.
A deep, glowing one.
"…Premium," he said.
Geto nodded, absorbing another.
"…Top tier."
The battlefield grew quieter with each step forward.
Until—
nothing remained.
Silence.
No cursed energy signatures.
No movement in the forest.
Just empty space where something enormous used to be.
Yuji blinked.
"…Is it over?"
Megumi looked around carefully.
"…I think so."
Nobara frowned.
"…That's it? No final boss speech or anything?"
Hakari shrugged.
"…Feels anticlimactic."
Then Takeru walked back into view casually, chewing on a final orb like a snack.
Crunch.
Geto followed beside him, just as relaxed.
"…We cleared it," Geto said simply.
Takeru nodded.
"…Clean sweep."
Then he stretched his arms.
"…Alright."
A pause.
"Promotion time."
The group blinked.
"…Promotion?" Yuji asked.
Takeru pointed at himself.
"I should be Special Grade."
A pause.
Then he leaned forward slightly.
"…No."
A grin.
"…Special Grade +."
Megumi immediately sighed.
"…That is not a thing."
Takeru ignored him completely.
"Actually…"
He looked upward thoughtfully.
"…Special Grade ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++."
Silence.
Nobara slowly turned her head.
"…That is not even remotely a system."
Geto rubbed his forehead.
"…That is mathematically meaningless."
Takeru nodded.
"…Correct."
Another pause.
"But I still want it."
Yuji pointed aggressively.
"…You can't just stack plus signs forever!"
Takeru shrugged.
"…Watch me."
Hakari leaned toward Kirara.
"…I think he's serious."
Kirara sighed.
"…Of course he is."
Nanami, from the side, quietly spoke.
"…I miss when promotions were standardized."
Then Takeru clapped his hands once.
"Anyway."
A grin.
"We go see if they agree."
Geto nodded calmly.
"…Let's see what they say."
And just like that—
with the cursed forest completely cleared—
the two of them turned back toward Jujutsu High.
Leaving behind a world that had just lost its entire ecosystem of cursed spirits.