Chapter 71

Hidden Inventory, Part 7 (ーー) is the seventy-first chapter of Akutami Gege's Jujutsu Kaisen.

Summary
Toji recalls when he first met Gojo. In present time, Toji has apparently stabbed Gojo. Geto tries to help but is told by Gojo to take Amanai and Kuroi to Tengen. Gojo and Toji continue fighting, exchanging attacks. At the end of the chapter, Toji slices into Gojo's neck with a special grade cursed tool.

Plot Details
Toji recalls a memory of seeing Gojo, a child at the time, to see what the fuss was about. Toji remarks mentally that it was the only time anyone had been aware of him behind them.

Back in present time, Toji continues the train of thought, reasoning that that's why he waited till Gojo was worn down; he appears to have stabbed Gojo. Gojo is about to counter, so Toji leaps away. Geto attacks Toji with a giant cursed spirit and rushes over in concern to Gojo. Gojo reassures him that he didn't get hit anywhere vital, and tells Geto to take Amanai and Kuroi to Tengen. Meanwhile, Geto's cursed spirit has swallowed Toji. Geto tells Gojo not to let his guard down (to which Gojo cockily responds) before presumably leaving with the girls.

Toji slices his way out of Geto's cursed spirit. Gojo observes that Toji has a different sword than before and a cursed spirit wrapped around him. Toji asks where the vessel (Amanai) has gone and remarks that he'd wanted to finish Gojo with the previous stab, so he feels rusty. Gojo tells him Amanai's bounty has been lifted, but Toji responds that he was the one who took it down. He explains he put up the bounty to create an opening in Gojo's cursed technique, thinking Gojo would drop it at the end of the bounty's time limit.

Gojo attacks with his cursed technique and Toji dodges. Gojo observes that Toji has no cursed energy and all innate physical prowess, so he can't read his moves. Toji tries to attack again but is forced to dodge as Gojo uses his cursed technique again. Gojo thinks to himself that Toji knows about his cursed technique, and that's why Toji laid low and has a plan with the cursed tool he just took out. Out loud, Gojo mocks Toji for not being able to get close enough to use it. Then he notices Toji has vanished.

Gojo can't sense Toji, a man without cursed energy, so he decides to sense the cursed spirit Toji has, but Toji is too fast. Thus, Gojo decides to use Cursed Technique Lapse: Maximum Cursed Energy Output: Azure Glow to obliterate surrounding structures so he can see in all directions. He looks toward the forest and notices a swarm of many fly heads coming for him, blocking his view, which he thinks must have been stored in Toji's cursed spirit. He states they're being used as a chaff grenade. Gojo considers using Azure Glow again, but remembers Toji's target is Amanai. While he's distracted, presumably glancing in the direction Amanai and co went, Toji closes in right next to him from the other direction. Gojo notices Toji too late. Toji thinks about Gojo's sharp instinct and that with his six eyes, Gojo can see the foreign cursed energy from Toji's tool which puts Gojo on the defensive. Then Toji sinks the Special Grade Cursed Tool: Inverted Spear of Heaven into Gojo's neck. The tool's effect is forced stoppage of a cursed technique.