Takeru, Yuji, and Nobara stood outside the mall.
For a moment, it seemed like Takeru had actually accepted defeat.
He turned around and started walking back toward Jujutsu High.
Yuji smiled.
"Good. Let's go."
Takeru walked a few steps.
Then stopped.
A tiny grin appeared on his face.
"...NOT!"
Yuji's eyes widened.
"Wait."
Takeru suddenly bolted toward the mall.
"TAKERU, NO!"
Nobara immediately chased after him.
"YOU ABSOLUTE IDIOT!"
Takeru sprinted through the entrance.
"FOR SCIENCE!"
"THAT ISN'T SCIENCE!"
He raced through the mall and toward the atrium.
Yuji and Nobara were right behind him.
"Takeru!"
He reached the railing.
He looked down.
Then back at them.
"Here goes nothing!"
Yuji's face went pale.
"Don't!"
Takeru jumped.
WHOOSH!
He fell.
Again.
Four stories.
"TAKERU!"
CRASH!
His body hit the floor.
The mall erupted into panic.
Yuji and Nobara rushed downstairs as fast as they could.
"Takeru!"
They reached him.
He was completely unconscious.
Nobara stared at him in disbelief.
"…He actually did it."
Yuji crouched beside him.
"Why?"
He looked at Takeru's unconscious face.
"Why would you actually do that?!"
Nobara checked his breathing.
"He's alive."
Yuji sighed in relief.
"Okay…"
He looked upward toward the fourth floor.
Then back down at Takeru.
"...But when he wakes up, I'm killing him."
Nobara nodded.
"Get in line."
A few minutes later, the emergency response arrived.
Takeru was carefully transported back toward Jujutsu High.
And unfortunately for everyone involved...
his experiment had produced exactly one result.
He had knocked himself unconscious again.
Whether his memories would return was another question entirely.