Sage

The Goodwill Event is thrown into chaos as cursed spirits and curse users alike invade. They erect a curtain over the grounds designed specifically to shut Gojo out. Inside it, Megumi, Toge, and Noritoshi find themselves confronting Hanami, who declares himself the embodiment of the planet's anger.

In the room shared by the Tokyo and Kyoto staff, every talisman abruptly flares Tokyo Red, the default color that signals an outside party exorcised the linked curses. Gojo cracks a joke, but the others recognize an intruder has breached the campus. Yaga leaves to check Master Tengen's barrier while Gojo, Gakuganji, and Utahime move to rescue the students, leaving Mei Mei behind to locate them through her crows. Outside, Juzo casts his curtain over Tokyo Jujutsu High, and Gojo's group cannot reach it before it seals. Gojo prepares to tear it open, only to discover it was built to bar him alone while admitting every other sorcerer, which tells him a curse user inside holds solid intelligence on the school. Gakuganji and Utahime press on to reach the students.

Megumi identifies Hanami as the cursed spirit that once attacked Gojo. Noticing the curtain around them, Noritoshi agrees with Toge that they should contact Gojo at once, but Hanami strikes before Megumi can call. Toge freezes Hanami's movements long enough for Noritoshi's Slicing Exorcism, which barely scratches the special grade. Nue dives in from above and Megumi follows by cutting at the curse's legs with a sword.

This Volume 6 chapter, part of the Kyoto Goodwill Event Arc, was adapted into Episode 18 and mentions Tengen as a new character. When Hanami speaks, the students understand his meaning despite the foreign tongue. He explains he wishes to protect the planet from humanity and pleads with the children to stop fighting, insisting the world needs an era free of people, and tells them they can become a sage through death. The chapter concludes the Spirit Bash Race and opens the three-on-one battle against Hanami.