Shibuya Incident

Prologue




At the same time that Nobara is fighting Mahito's double, Mahito's main body continues to use non-sorcerers against Yuji. By forcing a bystander to explode, Mahito manages to blind Yuji with blood in his eyes. Meanwhile, Nobara lures Mahito's double into a false sense of security before hitting him with her Resonance technique. Nobara's cursed technique allows her to injure Mahito's soul via his body, taking him completely by surprise. Both Mahito and his double are seriously injured by Resonance, something the special grade never saw coming. He even acknowledges Nobara as a natural enemy of his just like Yuji. Nobara notices that Resonance hit two targets simultaneously and correctly deduces that she's been fighting against patch face's doppelganger.

Before Mahito could capitalize on blinding Yuji, spikes from Resonance erupt from his main body. Yuji recognizes this effect and is inspired by the aid of his friend, reminded that he's not alone in this fight. Yuji takes full advantage of Mahito's weakened state and barrages him with rapid-fire punches with the full intention of exorcising his nemesis here and now. Sensing his soul is in serious danger, Mahito's double flees from Nobara and heads back into Shibuya Station. The double leads Nobara underground while Mahito's primary body splits into smaller versions of himself in order to flee from Yuji.

Both Mahitos meet in a corridor and successfully lead Yuji and Nobara to opposite sides of it. Yuji yells at Nobara as soon as he sees her, telling her to run away as loud as he can. The Mahito twins switch opponents and his real body hits Nobara's face before she even realizes what's going on. Yuji kills Mahito's double and checks on Nobara. She's silent and touches her face. Since Mahito couldn't kill Nanami with just one touch in their first fight, he waits to see how Nobara will fair.

Nobara reflects on her past and who she is as a person. She used to believe everyone was crazy and rejected them due to the small village and invasive environment she grew up in. Thanks to her time in Jujutsu High, Nobara learned to embrace others and her own craziness. She tells Yuji that her life wasn't so bad just before her face transfigures and she collapses to the ground. Yuji can only watch in horror as his close friend appears to drop dead right in front of him.

Stacked on top of losing to Choso, Sukuna's rampage, and Kento Nanami's death, Nobara's demise is too much for Yuji to bear. Yuji's resolve gave way a long time ago and just as Mahito planned, his spirit breaks. Exhilarated by his talent for crushing souls as a curse, Mahito praises himself as a true curse and taps into his potential. As the sparks of black do not choose who they bless, Mahito strikes Yuji with Black Flash. Yuji suffers a direct hit and is pummeled down by Mahito both mentally and physically. Mahito mocks Yuji's naivety involving the jujutsu world, pointing out that they're at war and Yuji is a fool for thinking he could achieve victory without realizing the stakes.

Satisfied with crushing Yuji's psyche and his body, Mahito goes in for the kill. An instant before he beheads his longtime adversary, a clapping sound echoes through the corridor. Mahito suddenly switches places with none other than Yuji's "official best friend" Aoi Todo. He's accompanied by Kyoto first-year Arata Nitta, who performs first aid on Nobara. Arata expresses that he doesn't believe she will survive but Todo ignores him and tells Arata to treat Yuji using his innate technique. Todo asks Yuji to stand and fight because the climactic final battle has just begun.

With his resolve shattered, Yuji reveals all the horrors he's gone through to Todo and states he cannot forgive himself. Attracted to Yuji's misery, Mahito attacks but Todo uses Boogie Woogie to keep him away. Todo encourages Yuji by telling him that jujutsu sorcerers cannot be bound by their sins and asks Yuji what he's been entrusted with; all jujutsu sorcerers must continue moving forward until they find that answer. By applying his innate technique to Yuji's wounds, Arata dulls the pain and ensures the injuries won't get any worse. In order to give Yuji a small ray of hope, Arata tells him that he treated Nobara with his technique as well before retreating with her.

While fighting Todo one-on-one, Mahito has trouble dealing with the "top-knot gorilla's" evasive techniques. The special grade curse remains confident he'll use Black Flash again and unlock the true essence of his soul. Mahito is so infatuated with himself that this momentary distraction leaves him surprised when Todo switches places with Yuji.

Back in the fight, Yuji apologizes to Nanami for almost giving up and promises to take on his share of suffering as well. Yuji lands a powerful Black Flash that completely destroys Mahito's block. After reeling back from getting his arm destroyed, Mahito smiles in reaction to Yuji coming back from the dead. Todo welcomes his best friend back to the battle as Yuji stands next to him ready to go.

While the battle in Shibuya has reached its climax, the other Kyoto students and Utahime Iori try to reach the city by train. Mechamaru manipulated their missions to make sure no one would be near Shibuya on October 31st. By the time Mechamaru's peers found out, it was too late for them to get there in time to help. Todo and Arata are exceptions because Todo is more than strong enough to take care of himself and Arata's innate technique is useful in this situation. Mechamaru uses the remaining time within his communication device to share a somber goodbye with Kasumi Miwa. While she cries, the others can only relent over what happened with their classmate.

Yuji and Todo fight another special grade together, continuing the battle against Mahito inside Shibuya Station. Mahito tries to formulate a strategy around calculating the strength of each combatant's soul; Todo is operating at full strength while Mahito and Yuji have less than half their maximum health.

Mahito is surprised by Boogie Woogie's ability to swap places with an un-activated transfigured human, allowing Todo to get behind him. Determined not to be left behind by Yuji, Todo unleashes Black Flash as well through a kick that destroys Mahito's hand. Although Todo's attack doesn't damage Mahito's soul, the cursed spirit acknowledges that all combatants are now operating at 120% of their potential. He decides to turn up the intensity of the fight and counters Boogie Woogie by attacking with Idle Transfiguration: Body Repel from all sides. The attack breaks through the streets of Shibuya from underground, taking the battle directly the city.

Mahito's first objective is to separate Todo from Yuji to get rid of the constant switching. He activates Idle Transfiguration: Polymorphic Soul Isomer to occupy the grade 1 sorcerer, summoning a special type of transfigured human with elite explosive power. One strike is enough to smash Todo clean through a skyscraper.

A single counter-attack from Todo is able to put a Polymorphic Soul Isomer down. This exchange reveals the Polymorphic Soul Isomer's weakness to Todo, allowing him to dispatch two more with ease. Mahito tries to capitalize while he has Yuji alone but it's not long before Todo rejoins his best friend's side. Without any other choice, Mahito decides to take a page out of Satoru Gojo's book and activates an all-or-nothing Domain Expansion of only 0.2 seconds!

At 120% of his potential thanks to Black Flash, Mahito combined the two step-process of realizing his innate domain and activating his innate technique into one. This sublimely fast maneuver out-speeds both Todo and Yuji's attempts to counter the domain. After briefly mocking Sukuna inside the King of Curse's innate domain, Mahito defiantly finishes the activation of Self-Embodiment of Perfection.

Only Todo's hand is transfigured, but he's forced to sever it, leaving him wide open to Mahito's next attack. The cursed spirit can't transfigure Todo so soon after activating Domain Expansion but does the next best thing lands a direct hit using Black Flash. Todo miraculously survives by concentrating all his cursed energy to defend the point of impact and minimize the damage.

Todo is still badly hurt so Mahito tries to follow up by transfiguring the top-knot gorilla. Mahito is momentarily distracted by the picture of Yuji inside of Todo's severed pendent. Todo does the unexpected and claps using Mahito's outstretched hand, swapping places with Yuji, who is already mid-swing. Before Mahito can even react, Yuji lands a devastating Black Flash that smashes his opponent's face.

Miraculously, Todo's palm is only slightly-disfigured from touching Mahito, but he's out of the fight. Yuji thanks Todo for all his help and believes in himself to handle the rest. Mahito uses another Polymorphic Soul Isomer to occupy Yuji while he recovers from being hit with Black Flash. He commends Todo for being a pain till the very end, but the special grade was still able to use a Black Flash of his own again. Realizing the true essence of his soul, Mahito evolves into his final form using Idle Transfiguration: Instant Spirit Body of Distorted Killing.

Elevated into a much more powerful form, Mahito attempts to celebrate his rebirth by ending Yuji. Mahito's body is too hard for Yuji to damage and trading offense doesn't bode well either. Yuji's only choice is to dedicate all his cursed energy to a maximum output Black Flash. Although Mahito has become much stronger, the damage from Yuji's last Black Flash still lingers. The two of them take a moment to regain their footing before rushing into one final fight to the finish.

Mahito gives Yuji a target to hit on his nigh-invulnerable body but the sorcerer doesn't take the bait. Yuji controls Divergent Fist's second impact and takes Mahito by surprise, throwing off the angle of what would've been a killing blow. Before Mahito can adjust, Todo reappears and fakes out the cursed spirit by "clapping" with his severed hand. This makes Mahito turn around, but Boogie Woogie did not activate. Todo's fake out gives Yuji the perfect opening to land full-power, fight-ending Black Flash that utterly defeats Mahito.

Yuji confronts Mahito one last time and admits that they are the same. Yuji doesn't need a reason to kill cursed spirits just as Mahito never needed one to kill humans. Yuji accepts that he's a cog in the war between sorcerers and cursed spirits. Mahito attempts to flee and Yuji chases him like a predator hunting their prey through the snow. Before Yuji can catch up and finish Mahito off, however, Pseudo-Geto appears to come to his ally's aid.

Todo and Arata originally arrived in Shibuya around 11:09 P.M. and headed straight for B5F. Prison Realm had already been moved so Todo decided their focus needed to be on supporting their fellow sorcerers.

At 11:28 P.M. in front of Shibuya Stream, Panda found Kusakabe under the wreckage caused by Jogo's Maximum: Meteor. Displeased with Sukuna putting them in danger, Kusakabe expressed that he agrees Yuji should be executed. Inside Shibuya Station on B3F, Choso suffered from visions of Yuji being one of his brothers. Searching for answers, Choso got up and left to find Yuji. After being nearly killed by Pseudo-Geto, Mei Mei retreated to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by using Ui Ui's innate technique.

At 10:36 P.M. Malaysian local time, Mei Mei gets a call from her business partner and advises them to sell all their Japanese stock and Tokyo real estate.

Currently, at 11:36 P.M., Yuji tries to fight Pseudo-Geto for Satoru's freedom, but is repelled by Cursed Spirit Manipulation. Mahito attempts to use the scuffle as a way to touch Pseudo-Geto's soul, but the curse user avoids him. Yuji watches as Mahito is absorbed using Cursed Spirit Manipulation and Pseudo-Geto asks the young man to discuss the future of the jujutsu world.

11:36 P.M. - End of the Incident, Shibuya
Heavily injured from Pseudo-Geto's barrage of cursed techniques, Yuji bides his time while the curse user reveals that he's able to extract the techniques of any semi-grade 1 and above curse he absorbs. Shortly after he consumes Mahito, Pseudo-Geto is ambushed by the Kyoto sorcerers in one last attempt to retake Prison Realm. He repels them by unleashing Maximum: Uzumaki, but Panda and Kusakabe arrive in time to help avoid any casualties.

Choso surprisingly joins the fray shortly after and realizes that one of Pseudo-Geto's identities is none other than the evilest sorcerer in history, Noritoshi Kamo. Choso feels he was manipulated by his evil father into almost killing one of his brothers. He attacks only to be cut off by Uraume, who comes to the aid of their fellow curse user.

Due to Noritoshi Kamo extending his life by moving from body to body, it's entirely possible that Yuji is related to Choso, which the Death Painting takes very seriously, using all his strength to protect Yuji, fighting alongside the sorcerers against Pseudo-Geto and Uraume. Despite their numbers advantage, the entire group is immobilized by Uraume's Ice Formation cursed techniques. Before Uraume kills everyone, special grade jujutsu sorcerer Yuki Tsukumo suddenly arrives in time to rescue everyone.

Yuki buys time for her allies by engaging Pseudo-Geto in a dialogue about the relationship between humans and cursed energy. Pseudo-Geto believes he must bring forth chaos he cannot control in order to exceed the bounds of cursed energy. He activates Idle Transfiguration and affects the souls of everyone he marked over the years in preparation for this day.

Two types of non-sorcerers were marked: The first type are people who ingested cursed objects in a similar fashion to Yuji. The second type are people whose brains were meant to be non-sorcerers, like Junpei Yoshino. The former had their bodies adjusted to be used as vessels and the latter had their brains adjusted for jujutsu.

Pseudo-Geto awakens at least a thousand incarnated sorcerers from ages ago and plans to make everyone he's marked fight one another in order to deepen their understanding of cursed energy. The curse user summons numerous cursed spirits to mask his escape, succeeding in all his plans by leaving with Prison Realm. Before escaping, Pseudo-Geto tells Sukuna that the Golden Age of Jujutsu is upon them once again, and the Heian Era is returning!

Aftermath
In the wake of the Shibuya Incident, Pseudo-Geto causes at least ten million cursed spirits to get released. The destruction spreads from Shibuya and all throughout Tokyo, causing all twenty-three wards to fall. This results in a literal void in the country, both politically and on the grid. Only the municipalities of Okutama, Oume City, Akiruno City, Hachioji City, Machida City, and various islands are safe. Jujutsu sorcerers are guarding the evacuees, but a plan must be formulated to relocate over five million citizens.

Figures with influence, power, and knowledge of the jujutsu world argue how best to address the chaos. They must deal with the collapsing economy, as well as public knowledge of the existence of cursed spirits, and the logistics of rehoming millions of displaced civilians. One counter-measure presented is to expand the two barriers to the edge of the prefecture. One barrier is centered around an Imperial Residence established during the Meiji Era and the other around Tokyo Jujutsu High. That way they can be established as restricted areas and become completely uninhabited by humans.

Meanwhile, jujutsu headquarters sends out a notice of multiple rulings following the Shibuya Incident:

1. Suguru Geto is officially stated to have "survived" and has been sentenced to death. 2. Satoru Gojo is deemed an accomplice in the Shibuya Incident and is permanently exiled. Unsealing him will be considered a criminal act. 3. Due to his relation to Satoru and Suguru, Masamichi Yaga is sentenced to death for inciting the Shibuya Incident. 4. The suspension on Yuji Itadori's execution is lifted and he is to be sentenced to death immediately. 5. Special grade sorcerer Yuta Okkotsu is appointed Yuji Itadori's executioner.

Yuta only returned from overseas recently and he has the motive to defy authority to help Satoru Gojo. For these reasons, Yuta's loyalty is tested by the jujutsu higher-ups. In order to prove he will obey commands and execute Satoru's pupil Yuji, Yuta agrees to an assignment. He's sent to Shibuya to exorcise a cursed spirit with the ability to lure humans like an anglerfish.

Yuta makes short work of the fish-like curse and rescues a young girl. He returns to headquarters shortly after and swears to kill Yuji for cutting off Toge's arm. The higher-ups state they will remain unconvinced regardless of how many curses Yuta exorcises. The special grade sorcerer agrees to enter a binding vow with them to ensure Yuji is properly exterminated.

At the Zenin Household, Naobito passes away from his injuries and his will is read in front of his relatives. Due to a clause that comes into play in the case that Satoru Gojo is incapacitated in any way, Megumi is named the next head of the family. This infuriates Naobito's son, Naoya Zenin, who believes himself to be the rightful heir. In order to ensure he'll become the next head of the Zenin Family, Naoya conspires to kill Megumi. He finds out Megumi is searching for Yuji in Tokyo and plans to kill them both since Sukuna's vessel is slated for execution anyway.

After failing to stop Pseudo-Geto from escaping, Yuki apologized to Yuji for not acting sooner. She decided to keep an eye on things once the situation with the Pseudo-Geto reached a certain point, but it was too late by then. Yuki reminds Yuji they're not necessarily on the same side and claims she will confront Tengen next. Once she leaves, this leaves Yuji alone to think about what he'll do next.

Convinced Yuji is his younger brother, Choso forgives Yuji for what happened with Eso and Kechizu and remains by the young man's side. Yuji feels he can't return to Jujutsu High due to everything that's happened with Sukuna. They both agree to remain in Shibuya and exorcise as many cursed spirits as possible.

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