Eishu Juvenile Detention Center. The Reservoir.
"Not bad."
Ryomen Sukuna flashed forward. He passed through the terrified Finger Bearer in milliseconds.
He raised his hand.
SLASH.
An invisible blade shot from his fingertips.
BOOM!
The wall behind Mirai collapsed.
But Mirai stood unharmed. The slash had phased through his head.
"Spending time with kids has made you soft," Mirai whispered.
WHAM!
Mirai kicked Sukuna in the gut. A deafening sonic boom exploded.
Sukuna folded in half.
CRACK.
Mirai stepped down, using gravity to smash Sukuna through the bridge and into the water below.
He landed softly on a piece of floating debris.
"Interesting technique," Sukuna grinned, regenerating his arm instantly.
He charged again.
SLASH! SLASH!
Invisible blades. Cursed energy fists.
Mirai stood with his hands in his pockets, dodging or phasing through everything. His gaze was indifferent. Boring.
"To be honest..." Mirai sighed. "You, at two fingers, are utterly boring."
"How about I let you have your way?"
Mirai deactivated his intangibility.
BANG!
Mirai moved faster than Sukuna could react.
He kicked Sukuna's arm, shattering the bone.
He stepped on Sukuna's shoulder, forcing the King of Curses to kneel on the water.
"Here."
Mirai pulled a Cursed Object from his pocket—the finger from the Special Grade they just killed.
He tossed it to Sukuna like feeding a dog.
"Eat up."
While Sukuna was distracted, the shockwave from their clash shredded the Finger Bearer into dust.
Sukuna caught the finger. He swallowed it.
GULP.
Three Fingers.
Cursed Energy exploded from Sukuna.
"Kid... you're more infuriating than Gojo Satoru!"
"How?" Mirai smiled. "Didn't you say not to hold back?"
WHAM!
Mirai kicked Sukuna into the wall again.
Hands still in pockets. Silent contempt.
...
Sukuna pulled himself from the wall.
He saw it now.
Beneath Mirai's fake smile lay a soul etched with indifference. Mirai didn't care about anything. He looked down on the King of Curses.
"Fine!" Sukuna roared. He ripped off his damaged arms and regenerated them.
He clasped his hands together.
"Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine!"
RUMBLE.
A shrine of bones rose from the water.
It had no barrier. It was an Open Domain. A divine technique that painted slashes onto reality itself.
Mirai smiled.
Finally.
He took his hands out of his pockets.
"Come on. Show me the King's power."
CLANG!
Hundreds of invisible blades swept toward him.
SPLAT!
Mirai didn't dodge.
His body was shredded. Blood sprayed like a fountain. He looked like a gourd skewered with knives.
"What are you doing?" Sukuna frowned.
He's taking it? Why?
"Is this all three fingers can do?" Mirai sighed.
FZZT.
Reverse Cursed Technique.
The wounds healed instantly.
In the shadows... Mahoraga's Wheel turned.
Click.
"More," Mirai taunted. "Can you make it stronger?"
BOOM!
2,600 slashes hit Mirai at once.
Brain. Neck. Chest. Limbs.
Mirai activated his Mangekyō Sharingan. He tried to dodge.
SPLAT.
His eyeball was sliced in half.
"Experiment failed," Mirai muttered, blood streaming down his face.
Even with the Sharingan, you can't dodge a Sure-Hit. It teleports to the target.
But it didn't matter.
Mirai laughed in the rain of blood.
His goal wasn't to dodge.
His goal was to Adapt.
Click.
The wheel turned again.
Adapting to Open Barrier Domains.
Adapting to Slashing Attacks.
This was the ultimate purpose of this trip.
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