The moment his body fully entered the barrier, the scene inside unfolded before Gojo Satoru's eyes.
Although they were trapped here, the situation had not yet dragged on for long. The civilians' emotions inside the barrier were still relatively stable, and the instant they saw Gojo arrive, their faces lit up with joy.
"It's Gojo Satoru!"
"Gojo Satoru really came to save us!"
"Gojo Satoru, hurry up and exorcise the curse here and let us out!"
As the key promotional figure of the sorcerer disclosure plan, Gojo Satoru was unquestionably the most famous jujutsu sorcerer in the entire jujutsu world.
On one hand, his humorous and eccentric personality made him deeply beloved by the public. On the other hand, it was his overwhelming strength.
As the only special-grade sorcerer who openly appeared before the public, Gojo was the strongest among all sorcerers currently active in the public eye. He was also the sorcerer with the highest number of publicly confirmed curse exorcisms. In countless videos circulating online, any curse that appeared before Gojo was crushed with devastating ease.
And so, with Gojo himself now present, all the civilians trapped inside the barrier felt as if they had swallowed a reassurance pill. Their tension eased almost instantly.
They believed that this time, just like every time before, Gojo Satoru would effortlessly eliminate the curse causing trouble here and safely rescue everyone.
"Alright, everyone, please stay calm. Stand where you are and try not to move around unnecessarily."
Facing the enthusiastic crowd around him, Gojo waved his hand, signaling for them to make way.
Through the observation of the Six Eyes, Gojo had already locked onto his target—the underground subway station. Abnormal cursed energy fluctuations were emanating from there, clearly drawing him in.
Combined with the fact that the one who set up this barrier had deliberately used the civilians inside as hostages to lure him here, there was no need for further suspicion. Gojo could be almost certain that he would be walking straight into an ambush.
"Setting the ambush site in a subway station, huh? What a sly bastard."
In such a cramped environment, as long as a group of civilians were taken hostage and kept there, Gojo would be unable to go all out with his techniques. He wouldn't even be able to deploy his Domain.
Otherwise, a single misstep could result in massive civilian casualties. And yet, the cursed energy fluctuations were coming precisely from the subway station. To dismantle the barrier and free the trapped civilians, Gojo had no choice but to go there.
It was, in every sense of the word, an open and shameless scheme.
Arriving at the entrance to the subway station, another layer of barrier stood in his way. But just like the barrier outside, this one posed no obstruction to Gojo whatsoever.
Clearly, it was yet another barrier designed so that only Gojo Satoru could enter.
Stepping through the second barrier, he entered the subway station.
To his surprise, there were no hostages here as he had expected.
On the contrary, the entire subway station was completely empty.
No panicked civilians.
No piles of corpses.
Within the pristine subway station, there was only a single figure standing not far away—her back facing Gojo.
And yet, it was precisely this lone figure that caused the unease in Gojo's heart to instantly solidify into something tangible.
Because she was a woman who, no matter what, should never have appeared here.
Staring at the familiar silhouette before him, Gojo slowly lowered his blindfold. His pale blue eyes locked onto her as he finally spoke after a long pause.
"Miss Makima… care to explain why you're here?"
In response, Makima slowly turned around. That composed smile still adorned her face, her dark-gold eyes gazing calmly at Gojo Satoru.
"Why I'm here, Mr. Gojo… do you really need to ask?"
At that moment, Gojo's mind began racing, countless possibilities flashing through his thoughts.
For example, this Shibuya Incident could be a trap set by the higher-ups of the jujutsu world—luring him here alone so they could use Makima's power to eliminate him, with Makima being a pawn they had propped up specifically to deal with him.
Or perhaps, like his former best friend Suguru Geto, Makima had gone astray due to some ideology and become a curse user. Drawing him here might be part of some hidden plan.
Or maybe everything before his eyes was fake—perhaps he had unknowingly fallen under the effect of some unknown cursed technique, and what he was seeing was nothing more than an illusion.
But all of these possibilities were personally strangled by Gojo himself.
Because at this very moment, sensing the completely undisguised aura emanating from Makima, an answer far more absurd—and far more terrifying—than all his conjectures combined was already pushing its way to the surface.
"Miss Makima… are you a curse?"
Even though both his Six Eyes and his own perception had already given him the answer, Gojo still asked the question.
"So you finally noticed. That's only natural—after all, I'm not hiding anything now. But even with the answer laid bare before you, Mr. Gojo, you still seem a bit unwilling to believe it."
Makima smiled as she nodded.
"No. I'm just… surprised. That the entire jujutsu world—including myself—was deceived by a single curse. That's really… the biggest joke imaginable."
A curse that could brazenly mingle among jujutsu sorcerers, even rise to the upper echelons of the jujutsu world—handling the affairs of the General Headquarters while managing all sorcerers in Tokyo.
Wasn't something this ridiculous enough to make anyone burst into laughter? The most laughable joke in the world?
Yet Gojo Satoru couldn't laugh.
"With my Six Eyes, I couldn't detect even the slightest trace of a curse before. If you wanted to, you could've hidden your identity forever. So why suddenly reveal yourself so openly now?"
"Because of certain plans I need to carry out. In order to ensure the stage remains undisturbed, I must have Mr. Gojo sleep here for a while."
"Besides, this isn't really a 'reveal.' No matter what you see next, when you wake up, you'll forget all of it. Likewise, no one else will ever know what happened here."
Hearing Makima's words, Gojo finally couldn't help but laugh.
"From what you're saying, Miss Makima, it sounds like you're confident you can defeat me? I'm really being underestimated here…"
"You don't want me interfering with your plan, and you want me to forget all of this afterward? Fine. As long as you can do it, then go ahead and try."
"But don't forget—you're the challenger here."
His figure vanished from where he stood.
In the next instant, Gojo Satoru appeared right in front of Makima, his fist already swinging toward her.
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