A cluster of traditional buildings was nestled amidst the lush green woods.
It was filled with an air of mystery and solemnity.
At the school gate.
Gojo Satoru was leaning against a stone pillar, a container of kikufuku in hand, eating with great relish.
Beside him.
Stood a serious-looking Megumi Fushiguro.
There was also a pink-haired boy looking around like a curious baby—Yuji Itadori.
“Teacher Gojo, hasn’t the new student arrived yet?”
Yuji couldn’t help but ask.
“I heard there are two!
One is that girl with the bad temper, but who’s the other one?”
Megumi Fushiguro frowned.
“It should be that guy named Lin Ye.”
“Yuji, you’d better stay away from him.”
“That guy…
is dangerous.”
Yuji scratched his head.
“Dangerous?
But he helped out that day.”
“That’s because you’re only seeing the surface.”
Megumi Fushiguro recalled Lin Ye’s arrogance when facing Sukuna that night.
And that unfathomable look in his eyes.
He always felt like this guy was a ticking time bomb.
Just then.
A black sedan slowly approached.
It stopped at the school gate.
The car door opened.
Lin Ye and Nobara Kugisaki stepped out.
Though both looked a bit disheveled with dust on their clothes.
Their mental states were completely different.
Nobara was still a bit shaken; the first thing she did after getting out was fix her hair.
As for Lin Ye.
He strode confidently toward Gojo Satoru.
Taking off his sunglasses.
He revealed that brilliant smile.
“Yo, blindfold freak.”
“I made it alive.”
“So?
Shouldn’t you treat me to a good meal?”
Gojo Satoru looked at Lin Ye, the smile on his lips widening.
He felt it.
The aura on Lin Ye was even stronger than when they were in Sendai!
There was even a sharp blade intent!
“Hahahaha!”
“Welcome, welcome!”
“It seems you two got along quite well on the way here!”
Gojo Satoru opened his arms, wanting to give Lin Ye a hug.
Lin Ye sidestepped him in disgust.
“Don’t start with that.”
“I don’t swing that way.”
Gojo Satoru wasn’t embarrassed and turned to look at Nobara.
“You look quite energetic!”
Nobara snorted and put her hands on her hips.
“I guess.”
“Why is this crappy school in the mountains?”
“What happened to the bustling Tokyo I was promised?!”
“I want to go to Harajuku!
I want to go to Takeshita Street!
I want to go to Roppongi!”
Nobara began her complaining mode.
Gojo Satoru laughed loudly.
“Don’t worry, don’t worry.”
“Since everyone is here.”
“Then…”
Gojo Satoru snapped his fingers.
“We’ll head to—”
“Roppongi!”
Yuji and Nobara’s eyes instantly lit up.
“Yay!!!”
“Roppongi!
Roppongi!”
The two instantly turned into country bumpkins, jumping up in excitement.
Only Megumi Fushiguro sighed.
“I have a bad feeling about this.”
Lin Ye walked up to Megumi and patted his shoulder.
“Have some confidence, Sea Urchin Head.”
“Drop the ‘feeling about this’ part.”
“Being with this group…”
…is a disaster in itself.”
Megumi looked at Lin Ye and suddenly felt like he made a lot of sense.
“You…”
“…are also a disaster.”
Lin Ye grinned.
“Thanks for the compliment.”
“But…”
“A disaster like me might just bring you some surprises.”
…
Tokyo, Roppongi.
Neon lights flashed, and luxury cars were everywhere.
This is the center of fashion, a maze of desire, the holy land that countless young boys and girls from the countryside dream of.
Except for…
…a certain secluded corner.
“Hey…”
Nobara Kugisaki stood in front of a gloomy, abandoned building.
She held a cup of cheap milk tea she had just bought at a station convenience store, her mouth twitching uncontrollably.
The wind swept up dead leaves from the ground, blowing past her feet desolately.
“Where are we?”
Nobara’s voice was trembling.
It was the calm before the storm.
Yuji Itadori scratched his pink hair, also looking around in a daze.
“Um…
Teacher Gojo?”
“This doesn’t seem like Roppongi, does it?”
Gojo Satoru had his hands in his pockets, his face under the blindfold smiling like a blooming flower.
He pointed to the building behind him that looked like it could be haunted at any moment.
“This is Roppongi!”
“It’s just…
the Inner Roppongi!”
“Ta-da!”
Gojo Satoru even provided his own sound effects.
“Because there’s a large graveyard here, a curse was born.”
“How about it?
Doesn’t it have a great atmosphere?”
Dead silence.
Absolute silence.
Only the “caw-caw” of crows flying past could be heard.
The next second.
A volcanic eruption!
“Are you kidding me?!!”
Nobara Kugisaki slammed the milk tea in her hand onto the ground!
Milk tea splashed everywhere!
“The Roppongi I wanted is that one!”
“The one with red brick buildings!”
“The one with stylish cafes!”
“The one with streets full of handsome men and beautiful women!”
Nobara pointed at the brilliantly lit district in the distance, tears practically spurting from her eyes.
“Not some dump where Sadako looks like she’s about to crawl out of!!!”
“You fraud of a teacher!
Give me back my youth!”
Yuji Itadori also collapsed to his knees in despair.
“My Roppongi…”
“My big city dream…”
Watching these two goofballs rolling around on the ground.
Lin Ye leaned against a nearby utility pole, scrolling through the system mall on his phone.
He had known this would be the outcome.
So instead of being angry, he found it quite amusing.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk.”
“These are youngsters who haven’t been beaten down by society yet.”
Lin Ye shook his head and clicked on an item called [Cursed Energy Compression Method (Beginner)].
[Item: Cursed Energy Compression Method (Beginner)]
[Price: 500 Points.]
[Effect: Increases your Cursed Energy density, allowing for more powerful explosive force.
Though it’s beginner level, it’s a mandatory course for becoming strong.]
“Bought.”
Lin Ye didn’t hesitate.
In this world, only strength is the hard currency.
A powerhouse like Gojo Satoru, who seems carefree but actually controls everything, was his goal.
[Ding!
Purchase successful!
Points -500.]
[Current Points: 1300.]
[Skill book automatically infused.
Host is currently mastering it…]
A cool current of air instantly flooded his mind.
Lin Ye felt his perception of the massive Cursed Energy within his body become even more acute.