Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 45

For Noritoshi, duty is everything — a boy raised as a political tool, enduring humiliation so his mother can live with dignity. For Megumi, the clans and their traditions mean nothing next to the people he personally chooses to protect. Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 45 strips both heirs bare in the middle of their duel, and for a fleeting moment the team battle feels less like a game and more like an honest conversation fought with fists and cursed energy.

Then the world tilts. A massive curtain slams down over the entire venue, severing communications and trapping everyone inside its barrier. Inumaki senses a foreboding presence moving through the trees, and the students realize with cold dread that this is no longer a competition — something far worse has come to the Goodwill Event, and it is hunting them.