Summary 2:[1]
"It's been far too long since your last visit. I'm not getting any younger, you know," the white-haired woman lamented, as a maid delicately poured her a cup of green tea.
"I am sorry about that, my new obligations are quiet time consuming, but I'll make sure to keep my promise to your grandson, I'll be by your side until your last breath," he assured her.
At the sound of those gentle words, Ena's smile grew tender as she was staring at her reflexion on her cup of tea, thinking of Satoru and what kind of answer he would have given if he was here. His answer would have been a little clumsier than Yuta', "Don't worry, Grandma. I'll make sure to be by your side before your last breath", or something like that at least, she thought while laughing.
That sudden change of expression made Maki and ichiji wonder about the reason of that sudden laugh, but not Mei Mei and Urahime who somehow started smiling, which caught the grandma's attention.
"I see that the two of you were close to my late grandson" she said before taking a seep.
"We were not that close" Urahime answered still gently smiling. Which made Yuta, Maki and Ichiji even more shocked, knowing how much they used to fight.
"Anyway, let's not turnaround the bush, what's the reason of your visit my dear Yuta? I am certain it wasn't solely for a cup of fresh tea, considering you almost never come," she inquired.
"I'll start visiting ones a week I promise." he said as he grouped both of his hands.
"But for now I need your help, it is about an old affair that concerns your clan"
"Ah are you talking about that old affair with Okuno the cursed user who became a curse himself?"
"How are you aware of that?" Maki asked in shock
"My hearings are quiet sensitive you know, I just heard some elders talking about it the night of that man's death, Gojo Kureno I think" she said in serious tone.
"Kureno was one of the few people selected to search a missing body part from Okuno, before his death he asked me to not let go of the searches no matter what, that it was just a matter of years before the clan's shame resurface into the light. Unfortunately, he also talked about that to another important sorcerer of the clan, Arisu Miyazaki, and I suspect that that evil creature spoke about it the other evil creator that works as a higher up. Am I right?", she asked
"Yes, but that's not the worst part. We suspect that Miyazaki used his powers of teleportation to send Yuji, Fishiguro and Nobara into another world, the one where Okuno is suspected to be"
"Were they sent by a shrine?"
"Yes" Maki added
"Then it is indeed Kureno's work, it is part of his Domaine expansion"
"But how is it that they didn't feel like they were in that Domaine"
"Well, he is not one of the main sorcerers of the clan for nothing, but lucky you I am also one of them"
Indeed, in addition to her beauty and youthful appearance even though she is in her sixties almost seventies, Ena Gojo was known to be one of the main sorcerers that have mastered the limitless power of controlling other's cursed energy and doing whatever she pleases with it.
"I can help you get to your friends, but I don't think that I can get you back to this world, you'll have to figure out a way to come back by yourselves"
"Understood" Yuta said
"Wait a minute" Maki interrupted, "Why is it that you can get us there and we can't come back? Don't get me wrong I am more than grateful for your help, but why is it that can't get us back, I thoughts that your powers were limitless"
"Oh my dear, trust me I would have loved for you not to meddle into the Gojo's clan affair, but unfortunately the chances that this old frog put some kind of a veil that prohibits whoever penetrate Okuno's world from our world from coming back unless the purpose of their visit is no longer" she said before asking a servant to fetch a specific cursed object from the attics of the house.
"Shizune, could you please go and fetch me Okuno's toe please?"
"Of course, ma'am" the servant replied as she slightly bowed before leaving
"His toe? What would you do with it?" Maki asked again
"Don't you know the story of Okuno?" Mei Mei aksed
"Vaguely, all I know is that Okuno is a creation from the old leader of the GOJO clan, fearing that the clan would weaken after his death, he created Okuno, a curse that would protect the clan's honor and strength, but that last got unstable and began to suck every person's cursed energy, and one day as he was being chased, he tried to escape but got exorcised but note completely, and well that part for me is vague, cause what did Satoru mean by partially exorcised?"
"Well my dear it means that : Before being captured Okuno, cut two pieces of himself, a finger and a toe, he sent both of them to another dimension, the first one was the finger, which was caught by a sorcerer of the Gojo clan, but it was only a diversion, Okuno knew that because of the link that he shares with the Gojo's, any stretch that he could make in space no matter how careful or far away he is could be intercepted if two of the strongest shamans of the clan joined forces, the six eyes girl Arima and Kouharu who was able to create two of the strongest technique of the clan blue and red.
After being caught within the domain expansion of Kouhara, Okuno was cut into multiple pieces before being sealed away, then exorcising every single piece Years later after that the level of cursed energy would have reduced, but unfortunately after reviewing the pieces, the shamans noticed the absence of a toe, which led to an enormous search that only few selected ones took care of so that the secret wouldn't be revealed. Years later after the death of the two heroes children who inherited the powers of both their parents, but unfortunately couldn't give birth to another successor, the gojo family decided to give up on the 200 years old searches, thinking that even if they find the toe, that last must have been used upon a vessel to recreate Okuno, and because it was on a parallel world the elders thought that it was way too dangerous to meddle upon another worlds affair "Their worlds, their problem". The grandmother said
"What a bunch of cowards" Maki said
"Well, she doesn't really mean it" Yuta said trying to make up an excuse for the lack of respect that his lover showed toward Ena's ancestor.
"Don't worry dear, your wife is right about that, we left others pay for our mistakes" Ena added before taking the box that the servant brought
"We are not...." Yuta added, before being abruptly interrupted by Ena's annoyed expression after she opened the box.
"Like I expected that old geezer destroyed the last piece of Okuno's body, and without it I can't create a portal that will get you back."
"But why?"
"Because my portal technic is based on the link that I can create between two worlds based on the cursed energy that they possess. Which means that I can send you Yuta to your friend's location because of the remaining residues of cursed energy you share with Yujin, but if you leave, there would be nothing left in this world that I could use to create a link between our world and the other to create a portal. Even if you wait for the birth of your child, it is might not even sure that you'd share the same cursed energy.
[1] A tense council meeting among jujutsu higher-ups reveals the resurfacing of an old Gojo clan curse, once deemed closed after Satoru’s death. Conflict erupts as it's revealed that a trio of young sorcerers was sent without consent, prompting Yuta, Mei Mei, and others to defy the council and seek to recover them—while the shadow of betrayal, power plays, and an impending dimensional threat looms.