Episode 25

Hidden Inventory is the twenty-fifth episode of the Jujutsu Kaisen anime adaptation and the first episode of the second season.

Summary
It's the year 2006 when Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto were just second-year students at Tokyo Jujutsu High. They're the two "strongest" and they've been given a mission to escort the Star Plasma Vessel to Master Tengen.

Plot Details
A young Suguru Geto walks through the dark alleyways hunting for curses. It was a busy summer where curses were appearing left and right. He finds one feeding on a man, absorbing it with his cursed spirit manipulation. Suguru expresses that he's the only person who understands the taxing exercise of swallowing curses and tasting their filth. Suguru wanted to remain moral and strict to his ideals and has been trying to convince himself over and over ever since "that day".

Grade 1 sorcerer Mei Mei and grade 2 sorcerer Utahime Iori are given a mission to investigate a cursed mansion with high paranormal activity Hamamatsu City. An auxiliary manager drives them to the house and while walking towards it, Utahime begins reciting the empowered words for a curtain. Mei Mei tells her it won't be necessary since they're dealing with a cursed spirit inside the building. They both investigate the house, which is filled with trash and broken furniture throughout. Mei Mei tasks Utahime with exploring the second floor while she takes the first. However, before long they both encounter one another on the same floor and Mei Mei reveals she's passed down the same trail of garbage three times already. Utahime asks if the curse has expanded an innate domain but Mei Mei clarifies that it's just a barrier since the environment doesn't reflect a mindscape.

Mei Mei deduces that the victims of the cursed mansion were trapped inside the barrier and then killed by the cursed spirit. She's confident the curse is weak and focuses their efforts on breaking out of the barrier. Mei Mei asks Utahime how she would do so, to which the grade 2 sorcerer replies with a well-crafted theory. By pacing down the hallway Utahime figured out the hallway isn't in the shape of a circle, but a straight line that the barrier is patching together as the sorcerers move along it. She believes that by running down the hallway at top speed, they'll be able to break the barrier once it's incapable of keeping up. Mei Mei gives Utahime's idea ninety out of a hundred points and adds that they should run in opposite directions as well.

Utahime and Mei Mei put their plan into action and it appears successful at first until the former realizes the entire mansion is being ripped apart. She jumps outside the building and climbs out of the rubble after the dust settles only to find Satoru Gojo has come to her rescue. The barrier distorted the girls' sense of time while they were inside it and the second-year Tokyo Jujutsu High students, Satoru, Suguru, and Shoko were dispatched to investigate. Utahime yells at Satoru for being so reckless and a cursed spirit springs up from the ground to attack her. Suguru uses an even larger curse to immobilize it and tells Satoru not to tease Utahime. Shoko greets Utahime who's happy to see her and begs her not to turn out like her classmates.

Mei Mei asks about the curtain and all three second-years are stumped as they completely forgot to put one up. Back at school, grade 1 sorcerer and second-year class teacher, Masamichi Yaga, disciplines his students. He asks who claimed they would put up a curtain themselves and left their assistant manager behind only to forget to put it up. Suguru and Shoko are quick to point out Satoru, who comically tries to talk his way out of it. Masamichi physically punishes Satoru and the students move on to recreational time in the gym. While Shoko puts on Satoru's glasses and looks around trying to see through them, he claims there's no need to hide jujutsu from non-sorcerers anyway.

Suguru replies and their conversation escalates into a debate about morals. Satoru finds protecting the weak exhausting but Suguru believes that's what sorcerers exist for. Satoru mocks him for his ideals, irritating SUguru and further escalating the tension between them. Shoko runs away and Suguru summons a curse and asks if his classmate wants to take it outside. Masamichi enters the gym before things get physical and informs the boys that they've received a mission. They're to escort the Star Plasma Vessel to Master Tengen and erase her. Satoru and Suguru are confused about the "erase her" part of the mission and taunt Masamichi for letting his promotion go to his head.

Masamichi and Suguru explain that Tengen's innate technique must be refreshed by merging with a Star Plasma Vessel or they could evolve into a threat to humanity. The vessel's location has been leaked and two groups of curse users are after the girl; Q and the Time Vessel Association. Masamichi reveals the merger is set for two days from now and tells his students to ensure that they protect the girl and escort her safely back to Jujutsu High.

Satoru and Suguru leave for their mission and the former asks why the Time Vessel Association would be after the Star Plasma Vessel. Suguru explains that they're a group of non-curse users who view the merger as an impurity to their diety. Satoru is confident they'll be fine and Suguru takes a moment to reprimand him about his arrogance. When Suguru arrives at the designated hotel room where the target is staying, a bomb suddenly goes off. Suguru uses a curse to shield himself from the blast and notices a girl falling out of the building. He realizes she must be the vessel and rides atop a flying cursed spirit to catch the girl before she falls to her death. A soldier of Q, Kokun, comes to admire his handiwork only to find that he was unsuccessful. Meanwhile, a second soldier, Bayer, sends numerous knives at Satoru Gojo but they're stopped by his Infinity. Bayer commends Satoru, admitting that he knows about his reputation and challenges him. Satoru replies that he won't kill the curse user if he begs for forgiveness, irritating Bayer.

Inside a nearby skyscraper, two men watch from glass windows as Q attempts to assassinate the Star Plasma Vessel. Shiu Kong offers "Zenin" a contract o kill the vessel and the man clarifies that he goes by Fushiguro now before accepting the job.

Locations

 * Hamamatsu City
 * Tokyo Jujutsu High

Battles & Events

 * Satoru Gojo & Suguru Geto vs. Bayer & Kokun (Started)

Jujutsu

 * Barriers
 * Looping Hallway Barrier

Satoru Gojo's Techniques
 * Limitless
 * Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue

Suguru Geto's Technqiues
 * Cursed Spirit Manipulation