Chapter 175

Sendai Colony, Part 2 (②) is the one hundred and seventy-fifth chapter of Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen.

Summary
Yuta Okkotsu's next Culling Game opponent is the special grade cockroach curse: Kurourushi! Aware at least two other strong players are observing the battle to see how things play out, Yuta wants to win without revealing too much about his powers.

Plot Details
Armed with the Festing Life Sword, Kurourushi ferociously attacks only to have its arm is immediately cut off by Yuta. The sorcerer then uses his katana to pin the curse's severed arm to a rock, literally disarming it. Yuta follows up with a powerful backhand strike that sends Kurourushi skidding across the water on their battlefield. The cockroach curse tries to fly up above a bridge above the water but Yuta jumps on top of the bridge and rips off a railing to use as a projectile. Yuta hits Kurourushi with the severed railing and then tries to capitalize with a diving slash. Kurourushi is sent crashing into the water below, but the curse managed to stop Yuta's blade using a swarm of cockroaches.

Yuta swipes the swarm away with his sword while Kurourushi manipulates it into a twister of cockroaches to stand on. Yuta is aware that he's being watched by two players with high scores. He can exorcise Kurourushi by driving reverse cursed energy into its body in a similar fashion to how he revived Yuji in their fight. However, Yuta doesn't want the observing players to see that he can use reverse cursed technique. Additionally, he can't call on Rika because it's protecting everyone at the stadium. Kurourushi is a dangerous opponent, but Yuta wants to exorcise it without relying on reverse cursed technique or Rika.

Kurourushi speaks and asks Yuta why he's interfering with its feeding. Yuta responds by asking the curse why it kills people and Kurourshi simply replies that it likes the taste of iron. Kurourushi uses its Earthen Insect Trance technique to summon small insect-like curses that carry small sacks. The swarm of cockroaches circle around Yuta, forcing him to stab the shallow water to create a shockwave. When the swarm dissipates, the curses from Earthen Insect Trace attack Yuta from behind. Yuta slashes them apart but toxins from their sacks blind him for a moment, giving Kurorusuhi an opening.

The cockroach curse retrieves the Festering Life Sword and slashes at its target. Yuta blocks it with his katana but the Festing Life Sword shoots something into his shoulder. He figured the cursed tool might be able to shoot projectiles and retreats back to gain some distance, but more insect-like curses suddenly grow out of his shoulder wound. Taken by surprise, Yuta tries to cut them off with his katana but this gives Kurourushi another opening to attack. The cockroach curse slashes Yutas across his abdomen, opening another wound with more curses spawning out of it.

Ryu Ishigori and Takako Uro watch in shock as Kurourushi grabs Yuta's body with several arms, fully expecting it to devour Yuta. Suddenly, Yuta bites Kurourushi's face and drives reverse cursed energy into it, comprising integrity of its entire body. Kurourushi's mouth was the shortest distance from Yuta's hands, so he delivered a mouth-to-mouth blast to the curse's head by converting reverse cursed technique into output. Ryu takes note of all of this but says he would never do that himself. Kurourushi falls to pieces while Yuta spits its remains out of his mouth, earning five points from Kogane for eliminating his opponent.

With the cursed spirit out of the way and Yuta in a vulnerable state, Uro decides to take advantage and confronts him directly. Levitating upside down behind her rival, Uro talks into Yuta's ear and takes him by surprise. Uro tells him that she can see he can use reverse cursed technique and Yuta tries to quickly turn around to face her. Before Yuta can confront the danger directly, Uro uses their cursed technique to heavily distort the space around them.

Character in Order of Appearances

 * Kurourushi
 * Yuta Okkotsu
 * Ryu Ishigori
 * Takako Uro

Battles & Events

 * Culling Game
 * Yuta Okkotsu vs. Kurourushi (Concluded)
 * Yuta Okkotsu vs. Takako Uro vs. Ryu Ishigori (Started)

Locations

 * Sendai Colony
 * Sendai City