"Damn it! Why did so many cursed spirits suddenly appear?!"
Looking at the densely packed horde of cursed spirits surrounding them, the expressions of all the jujutsu sorcerers present grew grim.
"This number of cursed spirits could never have gathered naturally. Someone must be controlling them from the shadows."
"To command cursed spirits on this scale… could it be Cursed Spirit Manipulation?"
Just then, an enormous surge of cursed energy appeared high in the air. Everyone looked up, only to see a gigantic bird-shaped cursed spirit flying toward them. Standing atop it were five figures.
Without exception, all five radiated cursed energy far surpassing that of ordinary special-grade curses. And the person at the forefront caused many of the sorcerers below to stare in disbelief.
"Suguru Geto?! Wasn't he supposed to be dead?!"
Faced with their shock, Kenjaku showed no reaction. Instead, he immediately locked onto three targets in the crowd.
Yuki Tsukumo.
Yuta Okkotsu.
And most importantly—Yuji Itadori.
"I'll handle Yuki Tsukumo," Kenjaku said calmly.
"Mahito, Hanami, Dagon—stall Yuta Okkotsu.
Jogo, seize Sukuna's vessel and force him to consume the fingers."
After giving his orders to the Disaster Curses, Kenjaku jumped down without hesitation. Jogo, Mahito, Hanami, and Dagon—now fully matured from his cursed womb state—followed closely behind.
At the same time, the surrounding sea of cursed spirits surged forward toward the jujutsu sorcerers.
In an instant, the battlefield descended into total chaos. Everywhere, sorcerers and cursed spirits clashed in brutal combat.
Following the plan, Kenjaku and the Disaster Curses each found their respective opponents. Meanwhile, Jogo, entrusted with the most critical task, locked onto his target the moment he landed.
Yuji Itadori, currently trading blows with an unfamiliar cursed spirit, suddenly felt a chill run through his entire body. Before he could react, a powerful force slammed into his back.
Bang!
As the strongest of the Disaster Curses—so powerful that even Kenjaku treated him with caution—Jogo sent Yuji flying out of the battlefield with a single strike, successfully separating him from his allies.
"Not good!"
Seeing this, the students from Jujutsu High immediately sensed danger. But with countless cursed spirits blocking their path, they had no chance to break away.
Boom!!!
Blazing flames mixed with a roaring heatwave surged toward Yuji. Jogo didn't care in the slightest what damage this might do to Sukuna's vessel. Once Ryomen Sukuna manifested, such injuries would be trivial to heal.
Faced with Jogo's merciless assault, Yuji couldn't hold out for long. Soon, Jogo found an opening and beat him into complete incapacitation.
Striding up to Yuji, Jogo pulled out seventeen Sukuna fingers and force-fed them to him in rapid succession.
Under normal circumstances, as a perfect vessel, Yuji Itadori could suppress Sukuna's consciousness at will. But now, not only was he unconscious, he had also ingested a massive number of Sukuna's fingers in one go. His body had no time to adapt.
In other words, for a considerable period of time, Yuji would be completely unable to wrest control of his body from Sukuna.
Sensing Sukuna's consciousness about to awaken, Jogo didn't linger. Having accomplished his mission, he immediately retreated.
Seeing this, Kenjaku and the other three Disaster Curses also abandoned their fights and swiftly withdrew. Even the cursed spirit army surrounding the sorcerers began to retreat in an orderly fashion.
"What just happened?"
Some sorcerers who had been too deeply engaged in combat to notice the situation were completely confused. Meanwhile, a handful of others—as well as Yuki Tsukumo and Yuta Okkotsu, the two special-grade sorcerers—cast heavy, wary gazes toward Yuji Itadori, who lay motionless outside the battlefield.
"Don't get close—stay back!"
Several Jujutsu High students tried to rush over to help the severely injured Yuji, but Nanami Kento shouted sharply to stop them.
A thick, ominous aura of danger was steadily rising from Yuji's body.
Until, at a certain moment—
Four eyes opened across his face.
"Heh… hehehe… hahahahahaha—!!!"
The body, once covered in burn marks, instantly returned to pristine condition. Ryomen Sukuna slowly rose to his feet. After releasing a laugh filled with manic delight, he cast a lazy gaze toward the gathered sorcerers.
"Not bad. I finally have all my power back—and the moment I wake up, there are this many people to kill."
"In a good mood like this, I'll give you three seconds to run for your lives."
The overwhelming pressure of the strongest Curse King from a thousand years ago exploded outward. Every sorcerer present—including Yuki Tsukumo and Yuta Okkotsu—felt their limbs stiffen, as though a single breath might be enough for Sukuna to kill them.
Unwinnable.
In less than a second, every person present reached the same conclusion.
Sukuna, however, didn't care in the slightest. He had already begun counting.
"Three… two… one…"
"Everyone—retreat!"
Nanami Kento, Atsuya Kusakabe, Naobito Zen'in, and others urgently called for a withdrawal. But the moment the countdown ended, Sukuna's attack had already arrived.
"Dismantle."
An invisible slash dozens of meters long tore through the air, crossing more than a hundred meters in an instant and sweeping toward the crowd.
A suffocating sense of death engulfed everyone.
At that critical moment, the only two special-grade sorcerers present stepped forward.
"Rika!"
The massive cursed spirit materialized beside Yuta Okkotsu, unleashing a beam of condensed cursed energy filled with overwhelming power.
But the blast was split cleanly in two.
Yuta drew his sword and advanced together with Yuki Tsukumo, trying desperately to intercept the slash—
And in the next instant—
Slash!
The weapon that had fought alongside Yuta through countless battles shattered the moment it made contact. Yuki Tsukumo, even with her body reinforced by cursed energy and technique, was cut cleanly in half.
Only then was the slash's power barely exhausted.
"Not bad."
In a flash, Sukuna appeared in front of Yuta and sent him flying with a single blow. Beside him, Rika roared in fury and attempted to attack—but more than a dozen slashes instantly reduced her to fragments.
Collapsed on the ground, Yuki Tsukumo forced herself to activate Reverse Cursed Technique, restoring her body. But before she could even stand, Sukuna grabbed her, tore off both her arms, and hurled her away like trash.
She crashed through several buildings before coming to rest, lifeless among the ruins.
"That's it? Try a little harder—entertain me more."
With both special-grade sorcerers rendered combat-ineffective, Sukuna turned his gaze back toward the remaining sorcerers. But before he could strike again, his movements suddenly halted.
He felt it.
A powerful cursed energy signature—familiar, detestable, and unmistakably strong—was rapidly approaching.
He looked up.
Countless streaks of pure white cursed energy rained down like a storm, each one carrying terrifying destructive force.
And the figure in the sky made the sorcerers cry out in shock.
Without even a moment to mourn Yuki Tsukumo and Yuta Okkotsu, the one who arrived at the battlefield was the current strongest special-grade sorcerer of the jujutsu world—
Seele.
The Curse King vs. the Herrscher of Life and Death.
The strongest of a thousand years ago versus the strongest of the modern era.
A delighted smile spread across Sukuna's face.
"So you've finally arrived, brat. I've been dying to kill you—and that arrogant curse inside your body—once and for all."
Now that he had reclaimed his full power, this time—
He would win.
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