Tokyo, Shibuya Station, five floors underground.
The thousand-plus ordinary people trapped there screamed as they fell through the windows.
"What is this?!"
Jogo's eyes widened as he saw the passages that had suddenly appeared around him, along with the light at their ends.
'No, the ends of those passages are definitely not somewhere that benefits us. We have to escape immediately.'
Thinking that, Jogo turned around and looked toward the top of the passage.
'Should I destroy the area around the passage? No, if I destroy the passage, what happens next will be completely unpredictable. Then there is only one choice, return to the station.'
With that thought, Jogo pointed his hands behind him, and a sudden burst of flames propelled him toward the hole he had just fallen from.
Under the powerful thrust, Jogo quickly flew out of the window.
"Hm?"
Satoru, who was playing Whack-A-Mole, turned his head and spotted a target with a satisfying feel.
"Hehehe."
"Oh no!"
Seeing Satoru's mischievous smile, Jogo immediately realized the situation was bad.
The next second, Jogo extinguished the flames in his hands, spun around at full speed, clasped his hands together, and fled toward the window he had just left with the posture of a diver.
"Oh, it seems you haven't had enough fun yet. I'll give you a hand!"
Satoru skillfully used Blue to teleport above Jogo, then rotated his ankle as if warming up.
"Since you're in such a hurry, I'll reluctantly give you a push. No need to thank me."
After speaking, Satoru raised his right foot.
"No!"
Jogo was greatly alarmed and instinctively tried to speed up his fall into the window.
"No"
With that, Satoru kicked Jogo squarely on his soft backside.
"Sure enough, this feel is the best."
Satoru nodded in satisfaction.
The next second, another figure, supported by countless tree roots, burst out from the window.
As Hanami fell, she immediately used her Cursed Technique to generate tree roots and grab hold of the surrounding passages.
Hanami then tried to embed the tree roots into the passage to check the situation inside.
However, the passages aimed at Hanami and Jogo had been specially made, so she tried several times without success.
Helpless, Hanami could only grow more tree roots to propel herself away from the suspicious passage.
As soon as Hanami appeared outside the passage, she found Satoru looking at her with a frown.
'This feel is too hard. I'll use a Cursed Technique.'
Hanami was the gentlest Cursed Spirit among the Four Calamities, and also the toughest.
Satoru had once launched a small combo against Hanami in a previous battle.
The result was that his hand hurt a little.
Hanami: I'm almost dead, and your hand only hurts a little?
Also, regarding the armor on Hanami's head, Satoru had curiously kicked it once before, and the feel was different from Jogo's, which was surprisingly soft despite his volcano head.
The helmet on the back of Hanami's head truly had the protective effect of a helmet.
In other words, it was very hard.
Just as Hanami turned to flee, Satoru had already made his decision.
As soon as Hanami turned around, she saw Satoru, who had already teleported upside down above her head.
"Cursed Technique Reversal: Red."
A crimson light bloomed above Hanami's head, and she only had time to raise her arms to protect herself.
The terrifying repulsive force immediately launched her like a cannonball into the passage. The layers of tree root networks Hanami had set up herself now dealt considerable damage to her.
Just then, the windows in the station began to disappear one by one.
"Is it over?"
When only the last window remained, Satoru confidently followed it in.
At that moment, the ordinary people who had fallen through the window felt as though they might have been transported to another world.
Just a few seconds ago, they had been in a winter underground station, but now it felt like they had appeared on a summer island.
The beautiful scenery left everyone in awe.
Many young men even began to exclaim, "Heaven is on my side!"
This island was the same island where Megumi and the others first appeared during the Exchange Event.
Unlike this island, the Curse Users and Cursed Spirits on the other island were not so lucky.
They fell onto the large platform where everyone had fought for the Holy Grail.
Because seven Excalibur: Swords of Promised Victory had been unleashed at the same time, this island had been completely sunk.
Fortunately, this world had loaded a construction module, so Eichi did not take too much time to restore it to its original state.
"Hey, hey, what exactly happened?"
Reggie rubbed his sore backside from the fall and looked around in confusion.
This time, the windows filtered people based on the Cursed Energy of those falling through them. Anyone with Cursed Energy exceeding that of an ordinary person would fall onto this platform.
Conversely, ordinary people would fall onto the other island.
"Is everyone alright?"
A girl with scorpion braids asked.
"We're fine, but what exactly is going on now? A Domain? This is too big."
"No, this is a barrier, and a fairly advanced one."
Reggie looked around with a solemn expression.
"Oh? It seems you know quite a lot."
Everyone turned their heads and saw a figure in a Satoru-style kasaya, resting his head on one hand as he sat cross-legged in the center of the platform.
"I always feel like something is missing."
Suguru stood up and looked at the Curse Users in the arena, muttering softly.
The next second, Hanami and Jogo fell from the window like cannonballs, smashing heavily into the platform.
"Hm, that's more like it."
Suguru nodded in satisfaction.
When Suguru heard Eichi say there were two top-tier Cursed Spirits, he had been full of anticipation.
Therefore, Suguru's gaze toward Jogo and Hanami now was like a boss looking at his most satisfactory workhorses.
Just as Suguru was about to make his move, Satoru descended from the sky, spread-eagled.
"Domain Expansion: Infinite Void."
The dreamlike Domain unfolded with Satoru at its center, finally stopping one centimeter in front of Suguru.
One second later, the Domain disappeared.
"Been waiting long, Suguru?"
Satoru smiled and waved at Suguru.
Suguru, who had already raised his hand halfway to summon Cursed Spirits:...
There were also a dozen Cursed Spirits whose bodies were halfway out of the Cursed Spirit space, now stuck in place, unable to go in or out. Their movements were frozen as well.
Click.
Satoru took a photo the moment he saw Suguru's embarrassed expression.
"Oh, no signal here. Never mind, I'll send it to Eichi after we get out."
Suguru's eye twitched, but in the end, he did not say much.
Because he knew that no matter what he said at that moment, Satoru would follow up and tease him.
Right now, subduing the Cursed Spirits was more important. As for complaining about Satoru, there would be plenty of chances later.
The few Cursed Spirits that had been stuck from the waist up for a long time were finally released.
Upon emerging, these Cursed Spirits immediately gathered around Hanami and Jogo, then took advantage of their dazed state to begin a welcoming ceremony.
When Hanami and Jogo regained consciousness, they only felt unbearable pain throughout their bodies, as if their bodies were about to fall apart at any moment.
Just as they tried to move, they realized they were already moving.
A large mouth was getting closer and closer to them.
After kneading Hanami and Jogo into balls and eating them, Suguru wiped his mouth in satisfaction, then summoned a large number of Cursed Spirits to control all the Curse Users present.
Next was interrogation time.
Although he thought everyone appearing on the fifth basement floor of the station at this time should be a Curse User, the possibility of ordinary jujutsu sorcerers getting mixed in was not zero.
At times like this, Suguru, who had all sorts of strange Cursed Spirits, was needed for interrogation and identification.
"Satoru, you'll..."
Just as Suguru turned to ask Satoru if he wanted to join in the fun, he found no one behind him.
After recovering from Cursed Technique Burnout, Satoru eagerly used the key Eichi had left to leave the imaginary world. Then he immediately rushed toward Kyoto.
It was rare for so many strong enemies to appear. It would be a shame if he moved too slowly and they were all snatched up.
(To be continued.)