"Then goodbye, Nobara Kugisaki."
Yuji Itadori put his hood back on, bidding farewell to the close friend in front of him whom he hadn't seen for decades.
Decades had passed, yet his appearance remained unchanged, as if time had never flowed. Only the scars at the corners of his mouth served as proof of what had happened in the past.
From the decisive battle in Shinjuku sixty-eight years ago, to the current conflict that had erupted between Earth and aliens.
Yuji Itadori was no longer the hot-blooded and impulsive boy he once was.
He pushed open the door and looked up at the sky; the noisy city seemed completely out of place with him.
He had clearly made up his mind not to interfere in the affairs of the real world anymore, but Gojo-sensei was gone, and he had unknowingly taken up the other party's burden.
With the world crisis resolved, there would no longer be any cursed energy in the future world, nor would any jujutsu sorcerers be born.
After death, he would probably turn into a cursed object like Sukuna. When that time came, if humanity needed cursed energy, they could just eat the cursed object.
Next, he needed to find a method to create cursed objects.
However...
He should be able to live for at least another three hundred years.
By then, the people he was familiar with would all be gone.
If he could see them again—
"Itadori, where are you planning to go next?"
At this very moment, the voice of Panda-senpai, who had become like a plush toy in Yuji Itadori's hands, pulled his thoughts back to reality.
"I don't know. Although I've made a plan, there's no rush to set off right now."
Yuji Itadori said slowly, while his gaze searched around the street.
Suddenly, his gaze fell on an arcade not far away.
Speaking of which, this was the place where he first played pachinko.
How nostalgic.
It was a place he only visited during his middle school days, and later he was even almost killed by Higuruma because of it.
Higuruma is probably gone too.
He really did become a remarkable lawyer afterwards.
Seeing the world today, what would Higuruma think?
Forget it, there's no point in thinking about these things.
Even after decades, there's still an arcade here.
"Panda-senpai, let's go play some games."
Yuji Itadori said with a smile.
.....
In no time, Yuji Itadori walked into the arcade. The environment here could even be said to have not changed much from decades ago.
The space, flashing with multicolored lights, was packed with people, and a continuous stream of various electronic sound effects filled the ears.
Playing video games, playing pachinko.
It wasn't that he liked it all that much, but doing these things could distract his attention.
Finding a bit of the feeling from the past.
He walked up to an arcade machine, placed Panda-senpai beside him, and then inserted a coin. The game screen appeared on the display.
How nostalgic—
But at this very moment, the image on the screen suddenly changed.
[Create a chat group?]
"A chat group?"
Yuji Itadori looked at the screen in confusion. This line of text had nothing to do with the game's content, right?
Could it be some kind of hidden feature?
Yuji Itadori wasn't sure what it was either, but he was just killing time anyway.
He quickly pressed the confirm button—
Suddenly, the sounds inside the arcade disappeared abruptly, as if a mute button had been pressed.
The surrounding crowd also became completely motionless, as if frozen in place.
Only Yuji Itadori remained unaffected.
"Panda-senpai?"
Yuji Itadori tentatively called out to the Panda beside him, but there was still no response.
Is it jujutsu?
No.
In an instant, Yuji Itadori made his judgment.
He didn't sense the presence of any cursed energy.
And in this world, there couldn't possibly be anyone who could catch him off guard like this.
The current Yuji Itadori was the world's strongest jujutsu sorcerer—
Perhaps even the strongest in history.
Including the former Sukuna and Satoru Gojo.
So what was the situation now?
Right at this moment, a new screen appeared in Yuji Itadori's vision.
[Group Leader: Unsurrounded One has joined the group chat]
[Group Member: Jujutsu Physical Education Student has joined]
[Group Member: Jealous Witch's Object of Escape has joined]
[Group Member: Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die has joined]
The interface looked practically identical to a chat app, which left Yuji Itadori somewhat puzzled for a moment.
[Jealous Witch's Object of Escape: What's going on?]
[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: No way! My isekai life is waiting for me! What is this now?]
Looking at the chat content popping up on the interface, Yuji Itadori frowned slightly. It was as if he had been inexplicably pulled into a chat group.
Was it because of that option he chose just now?
However, it didn't seem like something set up by an enemy.
In order to understand the situation, Yuji Itadori also sent a reply.
[Unsurrounded One (Group Leader): Were you guys suddenly pulled into the group too?]
'Is this my group nickname? And it seems I'm the Group Leader?'
Yuji Itadori narrowed his eyes slightly, muttering to himself in his mind.
[Jealous Witch's Object of Escape: That's right.]
[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: Yeah! I have absolutely no idea what's going on.]
[Unsurrounded One (Group Leader): Tell me about your respective situations.]
[Jealous Witch's Object of Escape: I was just buying things at a convenience store, and after walking out the door, I suddenly arrived in an isekai! I was just about to accompany a super nice beautiful girl to look for something! And then I was suddenly pulled in here! Also, what in the world does this group nickname mean?]
[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: What?! A beautiful girl! So unfair!!!! Why do you get to meet a beautiful girl! We're both transmigrators, so why is the gap so huge?]
[Jealous Witch's Object of Escape: Did you transmigrate too?]
[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: Yeah! I... sacrificed myself acting heroically! Then when I was reincarnating, I met a goddess, but that guy is truly hateful! Her personality is incredibly awful! In order to teach her a good lesson, I directly dragged her along with me to transmigrate into an isekai! But I didn't expect that her brain wasn't too good either!]
[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: I originally thought I would transmigrate to an isekai with a golden finger, but ended up bringing a burden instead! I've even been working here like a beast of burden for several days now! Today, just as I was getting ready to sleep in the stable, I suddenly and inexplicably saw this thing!]
[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: Give me back my isekai adventure, you bastards!]
Even through the screen, one could feel how deep this person's resentment was.
[Jealous Witch's Object of Escape: Wait a minute, what's this about sleeping in a stable?]
The two people in the group were chatting passionately, both of them claiming to be high school students who had transmigrated to an isekai.
'Isn't this a plot you'd only see in anime and novels? It seems we've been gathered together by some higher-dimensional power.'
Yuji Itadori muttered to himself in his mind, though it didn't stir up any waves in his heart.
There were far too many existences in this world that exceeded imagination.
For instance, his past self could never have imagined the existence of cursed spirits and jujutsu sorcerers.
[Jealous Witch's Object of Escape: Oh right, I kept forgetting to introduce myself. My name is Natsuki Subaru, pleased to meet you!]
[Useless Goddess, You Really Deserve to Die: I-I'm called Aqua!]