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When Gojo arrived, he immediately searched the area for any powerful cursed energy signatures using his Six Eyes. He saw a few decent signatures down in the station, but he wasn't particularly in a rush.
With Sukuna roaming about, he hadn't let his guard down for a second. He didn't know how strong Sukuna was at the moment, and while he'd always believe he'd win in the end, it wasn't 100% with Sukuna like it was for everyone else.
'I didn't expect Sukuna to use such a cheap ploy. Using this many civilians as hostages to force me into a fight isn't necessary. After all, I want to kick his ass already for that Black Flash back then.'
"Are you Satoru Gojo!?" One of the many civilians below his floating figure asked as Gojo turned his head to face him despite his blindfold.
"Yeah, mind telling me where the people who set this up are?"
"There was this guy in black robes. He announced that he'd let us leave if you showed up here, that's all I know. Last I saw he went down to the station," the man stammered as Gojo smirked, seeing that checked out based on what he saw. Then Gojo vanished from his position, startling the people nearby.
Reappearing at the steps to the subway station, Gojo landed crouching on a guardrail, before hopping down and walking over the crowd with his Infinity.
"You can come out now, I can see you three after all," Gojo said, obvious mocking in his tone as Jogo, Hanami, and Choso came out.
Without hesitation, Jogo fired a pressurized magma beam at Gojo's head which harmlessly collided with Infinity, piling on the floor around Gojo.
"Are you serious right now?" Gojo deadpanned. He swore he already gave that bad boy a showcase on his Infinity last time they met.
'Oh well, I can always give a more permanent lesson,' Gojo mused as he was about to use Amplification Blue to kill these curses at full speed, only to remember the thousands of civilians who would definitely die if he did that.
'Right, old-fashioned way it is.' Using his own physical strength and speed, Gojo closed the distance faster than his three opponents could see.
With a brutal crack, Gojo slammed a fist into Hanami's chest, shattering her ribs before his Infinity blocked a Domain Amplification punch from Jogo, blue sparks flaring around Jogo's fist as Gojo took Hanami by the horn, swatting Jogo away with her body.
"I hope you have a better plan than this to beat me."
Gojo smirked as a Piercing Blood fired through a dozen civilians, only to harmlessly hit Gojo's Infinity like all the attacks before it.
"You're new..." Gojo looked towards Choso, who backed into the crowd once again just as Jogo and Hanami attacked from behind Gojo.
'This is already getting annoying. I left my sweets for this.' Gojo pushed them away with his Infinity, slamming the two curses to the wall as he turned to look at them.
The grin on Gojo's face grew with every step towards them he took, their bodies already failing them under his improved neutral Infinity.
Yet suddenly he turned, shutting off the Infinity just as a human woman was tossed towards the pressure by Choso.
Catching the scared woman, Gojo quickly moved her away from the recovering curses only for yet another Domain Amplified punch to start pushing against his defenses.
"Damn, you guys are like roaches who can't give up. Can't you see trying the same thing over and over again won't help you win against me?" Gojo mocked before his hand shot behind him, grabbing Hanami by the throat as he formed Blue around his hand.
In an instant, Hanami's body was crushed into a purple pulp, making Jogo freeze in horror at his ally's fate. Shaking the purple blood off his hand, Gojo turned to Jogo.
"I wonder if you're as strong as she was."
The moment those words left Gojo's mouth, Jogo bolted full speed away from Gojo, tossing civilians behind him as he ran.
'What the hell does Geto have us up against!' Jogo cursed in his mind as he formed a line of mini volcanoes that flooded the railway behind him with magma that was instantly stopped and blown away by Gojo's Infinity.
Walking leisurely behind this cowardly special grade, Gojo had his hands in his pockets. He'd thought Sukuna would be here; he was getting gray hairs from all the stress just imagining an ambush, and he hated that feeling. It made him feel weak, and he was the strongest!
Also yes, he does know he got a few gray hairs in the sea of white. He's Satoru Gojo, after all.
"Hmm, seems that weakling slipped away somehow." Gojo looked around, his Six Eyes no longer detecting the special grade curse.
"Took you long enough. I was starting to get bored waiting for you to arrive," Sukuna spoke from behind Gojo.
He was seated on the stairs to the upper level, Uraume standing behind him rubbing his shoulders.
"Was it you who set up this whole act? I expected more... direct methods from someone like you."
"Me? Nah, I would have preferred killing you and those jujutsu students of yours on your home turf to maximize my entertainment."
"So I'm supposed to believe you showed up here to chat?" Gojo took one hand from his pocket, his expression under the blindfold serious.
"Oh, I'm here to kill you, don't be mistaken. I would have preferred there weren't so many ants to hinder you though; don't want you spitting excuses on your deathbed."
"Tch, as if you'd beat me. Maybe if you were dreaming."
"Before we begin, I'll have Kenjaku free these civilians. Then you'll have no reason at all to pull your punches, right?"
Sukuna motioned to Uraume, who nodded and left as Sukuna stood, walking to equal ground with Gojo, his form towering over the one person closest to rivaling him at this moment.
"I'm ready when you are..." Gojo took off his blindfold, tossing it away so it wouldn't hinder him for what comes next.
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