In this pivotal chapter, Yuji Itadori and Hiromi Higuruma reach a crucial breakthrough in the Culling Game. After an intense battle and mutual understanding, the two successfully add a new rule to the game: players are now allowed to transfer points to others. This prevents participants like Yuji and Higuruma from losing their cursed techniques or dying due to inactivity within the 19-day limit.
Despite this victory, Higuruma declines Yuji’s request to join his group in the ongoing conflict. Overcome by guilt from past cases where his judgments may have condemned the innocent, Higuruma reveals his intention to turn himself in once the Culling Game concludes. Though grateful for the alliance, Yuji is saddened by Higuruma’s decision to walk a solitary path.
Elsewhere, Megumi Fushiguro faces off against Reggie Star and his group in a tense confrontation. Reggie attempts to sway Megumi into joining his side, arguing that fighting against Kenjaku is futile. He reveals chilling details about the Culling Game’s true nature — suggesting that Kenjaku’s plan isn’t merely to merge humanity with Tengen, but to prolong brutal battles to refine and awaken sorcerers’ abilities. According to Reggie, the prolonged chaos is designed to eliminate the weak and leave only the most powerful players.
Reggie ominously hints that once this selective culling is complete, Kenjaku will detonate a figurative “bomb” — though the nature of this catastrophic threat remains a mystery.
