Jujutsu High — Operation Team 2
Led by Grade 1 sorcerer Atsuya Kusakabe.
Members: Panda, Toge Inumaki.
After entering the first layer of Shibuya's barrier, the ever-lazy Kusakabe kept circling above ground, avoiding any real engagement.
The terrifying cursed energy surging underground far exceeded anything from past Special Grades.
Even after receiving instructions from the auxiliary managers—confirming that the target was on Basement Level 5—Kusakabe had no intention of going down.
Inumaki, the Cursed Speech user, busied himself clearing out transfigured humans and curses along the perimeter.
As for the simple-minded Panda, he had been talked into doing "civilian protection patrols" on the surface—another excuse to slack off.
Bending down to pull a survivor from the rubble—
Panda suddenly felt a wave of scorching heat descending from above!
Even from such a distance, his soft fur stood on end!
"W-What is that?!"
As Kusakabe's voice, filled with extreme fear, rang out—
Within the dim barrier, a blazing sphere of fire suddenly ignited in the sky!
A meteor—plummeting from hundreds of meters above—roared as it fell!
Blazing torrents of flame coiled around it, trailing a massive tail of fire!
The crowds collapsed into panic, despair, prayer…
Just as White Zetsu had said—
Shibuya, at this moment, was a living hell.
Standing atop a skyscraper, Mirai watched the falling inferno with interest.
A strange violet glow flickered within the crimson of his right eye.
He wasn't toying with Jogo—his fluttering coat alone proved his presence in reality.
As the meteor closed in—
Mirai spoke calmly:
"Shinra Tensei."
"Scatter."
The descending meteor froze for an instant—
Then shattered into pieces!
BOOM!!!
The explosion surged skyward, nearly engulfing a third of Shibuya!
Fragments of the meteor rained down like a meteor shower across the city!
As for Jogo…
Standing atop the meteor, he didn't even have time to utter final words—
Before being blown apart along with the scattered debris, his remains strewn across all of Shibuya.
"Not bad."
Mirai spoke lightly—unclear whether he was praising Jogo's Maximum Technique…
Or the power of his Rinnegan, revealed for the first time.
Another Battlefield — Away from the Subway Platform
Using Yuji's body, Sukuna gazed toward Zenin Mirai, over a thousand meters away, illuminated by the blazing firelight.
"He's got some nerve."
The moment he spoke—
A gleaming, demon-slaying greatsword swung straight toward his neck!
"Tch—!"
Even with cursed energy reinforcing his arm, Sukuna's wrist was cleanly severed as he leapt back a hundred meters!
His hand regenerated instantly.
Staring at the shikigami before him, Sukuna's expression turned serious.
After several probing exchanges—
He grasped the terrifying nature of Mahoraga.
A body akin to the endlessly regenerating Yamata no Orochi—
Combined with a monstrous adaptability to all phenomena.
His gaze fixed on the rotating wheel above Mahoraga's head.
A symbol of perfect cycles and adaptation.
Each time it turned—
His slashing attacks were further analyzed and adapted to.
It could even alter its cursed energy nature depending on whether it faced a sorcerer or a curse.
The ultimate "counterplay" ability.
"Annoying."
Having consumed one finger from Nanako earlier—
And ten more forced into Yuji by Jogo—
Sukuna had now regained the power of fifteen fingers.
"Dismantle."
Raising his hand toward the charging shikigami—
Thousands of invisible slashes erupted from his fingertips!
Shhk—!
Without changing direction—
Without even attempting to dodge—
Mahoraga charged straight through the dense barrage!
Its sliced flesh and spraying blood regenerated instantly!
One second… two seconds…
With each passing moment, the wounds left by Sukuna's slashes grew shallower—
Until they barely remained.
Clink.
The wheel turned again—
Its adaptation speed defying reason.
Four wing-like appendages fanned out from its eye sockets, its half-naked body brimming with terrifying power.
Its grotesque face closed in—
Left fist roaring, right blade slashing!
Even Sukuna, at fifteen-finger strength, could only evade!
It had already adapted to slashing attacks back at the Juvenile Detention Center—
And now, faced with amplified techniques—
It took only one rotation to fully adapt again!
"Heh…"
Sukuna stared intently at Mahoraga and spoke in a low voice:
"This is hardly the level of an appetizer."
He had intended to test Zenin Mirai—
But was stopped outright by his shikigami.
That was why Sukuna called him bold.
Using his real body to deal with a mere fire-throwing nuisance—
And sending just one shikigami to handle him.
"To be underestimated like this…"
"It's been a thousand years."
"How amusing."
BOOM!!!
Debris scattered endlessly as Mahoraga rampaged—each burst of movement collapsing another building.
Sukuna moved like a phantom—
Darting through streets and skyscrapers.
Fleeing—
While calculating how to kill Mahoraga.
Sukuna's slashing techniques consisted of two types:
"Dismantle" — standard invisible slashes.
"Cleave" — a killing strike that adjusts its cursed energy output based on the target's strength.
It could target not only sorcerers—
But even beings without cursed energy.
Within his Domain, even someone like Toji Fushiguro, bound by Heavenly Restriction, couldn't evade it.
But unfortunately—
His opponent was Mahoraga, already adapted to slashing attacks.
The ultimate counter.
Mahoraga hadn't adapted to the forms of attack—
But to slashing itself.
Even if Sukuna still had "Cleave" unused—
It had already lost its effectiveness.
BOOM!!!
Suddenly changing direction midair—
At the instant Mahoraga paused—
Sukuna unleashed over a hundred cursed-energy-infused punches!
Physical attacks couldn't be adapted to in the same way—
But that didn't make them a true weakness.
Mahoraga possessed natural regeneration.
Unless destroyed in a single blow—
It would recover instantly.
And reducing it to dust with pure physical strength…
Even Sukuna at full power couldn't achieve that.
Slash!
Enduring the barrage—
Mahoraga countered with a sword swing and a whipping kick!
Sukuna lost another arm—
And was kicked straight into a building!
Mahoraga crashed into the ground, forming a crater—
Yet its caved-in chest healed the moment it stood.
Like an emotionless killing machine—
It allowed itself no pause.
Crouching—
Then launching forward—
It charged straight into the building Sukuna had crashed into!
The shockwave from its leap alone shattered every window in the surrounding structures!
Smashing through three buildings in succession—
Sukuna, regenerating his arm with Reverse Cursed Technique, changed direction midair and dove toward the ground!
Mahoraga followed relentlessly—
Determined to cut him down!
Bang!
Landing in a crater—
At the cost of losing yet another arm—
Sukuna retrieved something buried underground.
A hidden contingency.
Nanako and Mimiko had concealed two of Sukuna's fingers.
One had already been fed to Yuji—
The other was hidden beneath Shibuya.
Their goal was to use Sukuna to kill the brain possessing Suguru Geto's body.
Without hesitation—
Sukuna swallowed the finger.
His cursed energy surged once more.
Jogo's final large-scale attack—
And Mahoraga's destructive pursuit—
Had nearly reduced Shibuya to ruins.
The constant tremors had loosened the sealing talisman around the finger—
Allowing its presence to leak out.
"A lucky find… an extra layer of insurance."
Grinning viciously, Sukuna looked at the descending shikigami—
And formed a hand sign before his chest.
"Domain Expansion…"
"Malevolent Shrine."
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