Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo, who had just walked to the perimeter of the dormitory area with his hands in his pockets while humming a tune, suddenly stopped in his tracks.
The relaxed smile on his face instantly froze, replaced by a rare trace of astonishment and disbelief.
He raised his hands and looked at his fingertips in disbelief. A surging, tumultuous flow of Cursed Energy, far exceeding his usual limits, began to surge within him without any warning, as if a long-blocked river channel had suddenly been burst open by a flood, flowing unobstructed and even continuing to climb!
This feeling was not a simple Breakthrough of a Bottleneck; it felt more like the limit of his own power had been forcibly and brutally raised by some external force!
The path he had thought had reached its end suddenly opened up before him, revealing vast, even unimaginable possibilities!
"What is going on?" Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo muttered, taking off his blindfold. His Rikugan / Six Eyes spun frantically, attempting to analyze this sudden, drastic change.
He had absolute awareness of his own strength and knew clearly that the magnitude of the increase just now could not possibly have stemmed from the natural fruition of his own accumulation. It was more like the "ceiling" of the entire world had suddenly risen, and he was simply the first person to be carried up to the "top."
This, however, made him even more confused. The world's own "rule-based capacity limit" seemed to have been forcibly widened by some unknown force.
It was not that he had made a Breakthrough of his limits, but that the limits themselves had been raised, and as the pinnacle of the current world, he was the first to feel this change.
"Sukuna inside Itadori?" Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo immediately suspected that King of Curses.
However, although the Sukuna inside Itadori Yuji / Yuji Itadori was special, his total amount was far from reaching the level required to trigger a change in the rules of the entire world. This increase should have nothing to do with Sukuna.
"Then why?" He whispered to himself, his pale blue eyes behind his sunglasses narrowing slightly as his gaze involuntarily turned toward the direction of Allen's room.
The Freshman's aura was still pitifully weak, like a newly lit candle flame, yet it was precisely after he and Itadori stepped into the Tokyo Jujutsu High / Jujutsu High that this unfathomable event occurred.
"Coincidence?" Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo tilted his head, the corners of his mouth curling back into that habitual, cynical smile. "Interesting. This is truly interesting." He did not delve deeper, at least not for now.
Pushing aside his doubts, he hummed an off-key tune and walked briskly toward the teacher's dormitory.
Regardless, getting stronger was always a good thing, especially for someone like him who had long stood at the pinnacle. Being able to see even further scenery naturally brought more joy. He was very curious to know just how strong the person capable of triggering such a change was, and whether they could be his opponent.
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Inside the room, Allen was well aware of Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo's brief pause outside the window.
His perception far exceeded the limits of this world; Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo's instantaneous surge in power was as obvious as a torch in the dark night.
"So, merely by existing, I have started to assimilate and raise the ceiling of this world." There was no ripple in Allen's dark red eyes; this was within his expectations.
The rules and the essence of power contained within this body of his were, for the world of Jujutsu Kaisen, an existence of "overflow."
To adapt to his existence, the world's dynamic equilibrium mechanism could only passively and slowly raise its own capacity limits.
And after the ceiling was raised, as the strongest person currently on the surface of this world, Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo was naturally the first beneficiary, and there would be other beneficiaries in the future.
This was irrelevant to Allen. He retracted all of his external aura, appearing at this moment no different from a Freshman who had just awakened Cursed Energy and perhaps had decent talent.
What he needed was to learn and observe, to thoroughly analyze the rule system of this world and turn it into fuel for his own "evolution."
After devouring the gods, he was unsure to what extent his strength had improved, but in order not to blow up this world, Allen dared not use too much power. Suppressing his strength to be just a little bit stronger than Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo should be about right.
The next morning, just as the sky brightened.
Allen's door was knocked upon, and Itadori Yuji / Yuji Itadori's energetic voice came from outside: "Allen! Are you awake? Gojo-sensei wants us to gather at the school gate!"
Allen opened the door; he had already changed into the dark blue uniform. Itadori stood at the doorway with a bright smile on his face, seemingly full of anticipation for his new school life.
"Let's go!" Itadori said enthusiastically.
Allen nodded slightly, closed the door, and walked with Itadori toward the school gate.
Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo was already waiting there, still wearing that blindfold and looking cynical, but Allen could feel that the total amount and purity of Cursed Energy within him had steadily increased a little more compared to yesterday; the upward adjustment of the world's rules was continuing to have an effect.
At the school gate, Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo was leaning lazily against the gate pillar. Seeing the two approach, he waved his hand: "Oh, very punctual~"
His gaze lingered on Allen for an imperceptible moment—weak Cursed Energy, steady flow; exactly what a Freshman who had just awakened their technique should look like.
But that lingering feeling of "something not being right" still existed, like an undetectable undercurrent beneath a calm sea.
"Maybe it's just good talent." Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo muttered to himself and did not pursue it further.
"Gojo-sensei! Are we going to pick up a new classmate next?" Itadori asked excitedly.
"That's right~" Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo straightened up and snapped his fingers. "One more little friend is already waiting for us."
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure walked over from another path inside the school gate—black sea urchin hair, a cold expression, wearing the same dark blue uniform—it was Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro.
"Fushiguro / Megumi!" Itadori's eyes lit up, and he waved vigorously.
Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro saw Itadori and nodded, his gaze immediately falling onto Allen with a trace of imperceptible scrutiny. This person—he hadn't seen him before.
"Come, come, let me introduce you." Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo draped his arm over Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro's shoulder and brought him in front of Allen. "Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro is also a first-year, considered your senior, although he didn't enroll many days before you. Fushiguro / Megumi, this is Allen, another new student who enrolled today."
"Hello, I am Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro." Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro greeted him with a calm tone, polite but distant.
"Allen." Allen nodded slightly, his dark red eyes sweeping over Fushiguro Megumi / Megumi Fushiguro. The other party's Cursed Energy level, technique characteristics, and even the faint fluctuations of the shikigami contract within his body were all crystal clear in his perception.
The potential was decent, but at the current stage, he was still very immature.
"Alright, everyone is here, let's go!" Gojo Satoru / Satoru Gojo clapped his hands and started walking down the mountain first. "Target station! We're going to pick up our last companion, Nobara Kugisaki!"
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