Silence.
Absolute silence.
The destroyed arcade looked like a battlefield.
Broken walls.
Scattered coins.
Ruined machines.
Everyone staring.
Takeru's body lay there.
Barely anything moving.
Barely anything left.
Yuji's hands were shaking.
"…Takeru…"
Megumi wasn't saying anything.
Which somehow felt worse.
Raiden stood completely frozen.
Still staring at his own hand.
"…No…"
Akari's eyes stayed locked on Takeru.
Then suddenly—
her eyes widened.
"…Wait."
A finger moved.
Then—
Takeru smiled.
Not a big one.
Just a small smirk.
Sukuna immediately narrowed his eyes.
Ryomen Sukuna
"…No way."
The air changed.
Not cursed energy.
Not exactly.
Something else.
Something warmer.
Something deeper.
Then—
gold.
Tiny particles of gold began floating upward from the ground.
From the walls.
From the blood.
From the air itself.
One.
Two.
Hundreds.
Thousands.
And then—
Takeru's body lifted.
Slowly.
Floating.
Yuji stared.
"…HUH?"
Megumi's eyes widened.
"…That shouldn't be possible."
The destroyed body began changing.
Not healing.
Not rebuilding.
Not normal healing at all.
Everything returned.
Instantly.
Skin.
Muscles.
Bones.
Organs.
Everything.
Like reality looked at the damage and rejected it.
Golden light spiraled around him.
His white haori drifted in the air.
His eyes slowly opened—
glowing brighter than before.
Raiden stepped back.
"…No…"
Akari whispered:
"…That isn't normal RCT…"
Takeru looked down at his own hands.
Opened and closed them.
Looked at his completely restored body.
Then he smiled.
And spoke.
"Throughout Heaven and Earth, I Alone Am the Honored One."
Silence.
No jokes.
No comments.
No chaos.
Nobody moved.
Because for one second—
for one terrifying second—
they all felt it.
That pressure.
That overwhelming feeling.
Like standing near something that shouldn't exist.
Then Takeru blinked.
Looked around.
"…Oh."
Pause.
"…Wait why is everyone looking at me weird?"
Yuji immediately pointed at him.
"YOU DIED! YOU WERE LIKE 90% MISSING!"
Hakari grabbed both sides of his head.
"YOU CAN'T JUST ASCEND AND ACT NORMAL!"
Sukuna stared.
Long silence.
Then smirked.
"…You've become even more ridiculous."
Fred slowly raised a sign:
"Achievement unlocked: Absolutely Not Fair."