After the Barrier enveloped Tokyo, the ordinary people of Tokyo all looked up at the sky, which had become somewhat dim due to the Barrier.
"What happened? The sky suddenly went dark, is it going to rain?"
"Why does my phone have no signal?"
"What is that... Ah! A monster!"
"Ahhhhh!!!"
As the Barrier descended, the forms of thousands of Cursed Spirits appeared before everyone. These Cursed Spirits were all low-level ones released by Kenjaku from Cursed Spirit Manipulation. These Cursed Spirits mixed into the crowd, causing severe panic. For a time, the Barrier was filled with a large amount of chaotic Cursed Energy.
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"Red Dragon..."
"Fushiguro, do you even know how to play? You're playing a Red Dragon?"
"Self-draw, I win! Everyone, give me some push-ups."
"..."
Shin pushed the Mahjong tiles in front of him, laughing wildly as he made the other three get down and do push-ups.
Afterward, he picked up his phone, intending to record a video of the three of them to post in the Jujutsu High chat group, but suddenly discovered his phone had no signal.
"What's wrong? Is the phone broken?"
Tap... Tap...
Shin grabbed the phone and tapped it on the table a few times, but there was still no response, which made him scratch his head involuntarily.
The other three finished their push-ups and also tried to send messages in the group, but there was no response either.
Megumi was the first to notice the problem. He immediately sensed that this situation looked like the signs of electronic devices being interfered with by Cursed Energy. He immediately told the other three about this situation.
Shin frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "That's not right. Jujutsu High is covered by Master Tengen's Barrier. A Barrier deployed by someone with a lower mastery of Barrier techniques than Master Tengen shouldn't possibly affect the interior of Jujutsu High."
"And I find it hard to imagine how large a Barrier would need to be to cover Jujutsu High's Barrier, unless..."
'Unless Kenjaku made a move. But the timing is off. Shouldn't he take care of Gojo-sensei first before launching his operation?'
The four of them immediately headed to Masamichi's office. At this moment, Masamichi was tightly clutching a slip of paper, and Mei Mei's crow was standing on his window frame, preening its pitch-black feathers.
Masamichi looked up at the four who had barged into the office. He didn't have time to argue with them and simply handed the paper to the four of them.
[A Barrier that can completely cover Tokyo has appeared above the city. But both ordinary people and Jujutsu Sorcerers can enter and exit the Barrier without any obstruction. However, tens of thousands of low-level Cursed Spirits have appeared within the Barrier.]
[They all tightly follow the crowds. Under normal circumstances, they do not attack humans, but when people want to leave the Barrier, they drive them back. Currently, fewer than a thousand people have managed to avoid the Cursed Spirits and leave the Barrier. It is still unknown what this group of Cursed Spirits wants to do.]
[Jujutsu Sorcerers cannot guarantee exorcism without being discovered by ordinary people, and the Higher-Ups have ordered Jujutsu Sorcerers to stand by for now.]
After reading it, Shin returned the note to Masamichi and asked, "So we're just going to do nothing and act like turtles here?"
Masamichi nodded and replied, "For now, that's the case. And since you are still in the probation period, even if there were an operation, you would likely be excluded."
"..."
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Meanwhile, the plane Satoru was on, flying to Tokyo, was forced to land in another area because the Tokyo control tower could not send messages. After getting off the plane, he immediately rushed to the edge of the Barrier and reached out to touch it.
Zzz—
As soon as Satoru's finger touched the Barrier, it was shocked back by a bolt of electricity.
"Oh?"
He glanced at the crowd of ordinary people in the distance who were also curious about the Barrier, surrounding it and constantly jumping back and forth inside and outside the Barrier.
'Ordinary people can see it too? That means the person who set up the Barrier specifically enhanced the visual effects. Is it to make ordinary people panic? But they can enter and exit the Barrier without any obstruction, yet I was repelled. Could it be that a related Binding Vow was set?'
That's right, Kenjaku had set a Binding Vow on the Barrier: Everyone except Gojo Satoru can freely enter and exit the Barrier.
If it were the original plot, Satoru would have attacked this Barrier with full force, and even with hundreds of thousands to a million ordinary people providing Cursed Energy to operate the Barrier, this Barrier would have held Satoru for at most two hours. But now, there is one more top-tier combatant in this world.
Kagura Shin!
He alone greatly increased the strength of the Binding Vow, raising the durability of this Barrier by several levels, making it very troublesome even for Satoru.
He also discovered the problem with this Barrier, but even knowing it, there was no way around it. If he couldn't get in, he couldn't get in.
'Trying to isolate me outside? Although I'm not entirely sure who you are, nor do I know your objective, your objective won't be achieved. You're underestimating Shin's strength too much.'
Since he couldn't get in, Satoru didn't launch any more unnecessary attacks. He quickly teleported around the perimeter of the Barrier, wanting to find a few Jujutsu Sorcerers or Assistant Supervisors to relay a message.
Suddenly, he looked up and saw a pitch-black crow emitting waves of Cursed Energy. He immediately waved his hand to get the crow to notice him.
"Mei Mei, if you can hear me, make the crow nod."
The crow that flew into Satoru's hand nodded, its eyes looking at him intelligently, waiting for him to continue speaking.
"I can't get into the Barrier for the time being. You go find Shin and tell him he can act according to his own ideas. I'll take responsibility for anything that happens. That's all for now. Let this crow stay with me for the time being to relay messages."