[The scene continues.]
[As the four-eyed curse exploded into a pile of ashes, its barrier collapsed as well, and the surroundings gradually reverted to the riverbed's original appearance.]
["…I'm beat…"]
[Megumi murmured under his breath. After bending down to pick Sukuna's finger out of the pile of ashes, he said weakly:]
["Where the hell did those two idiots run off to…"]
["Blech—!!!"]
[Because his nerves had been strung tight the entire time, the moment he finally relaxed, Megumi suddenly doubled over and vomited violently.]
[Once he had more or less finished throwing up, a wave of weakness hit him. He pitched forward onto the ground and lost consciousness.]
[Megumi Fushiguro is no longer able to battle…]
"Is it over? Crunch crunch…"
"He just collapsed right into his own puke? Crunch crunch…"
"Isn't that gross?"
In Team 10, Choji muttered around a mouthful of chips.
"BAM!"
Veins bulged on Ino's forehead as she punched Choji in the head and snapped:
"Can you not focus on something so weird at a time like this?!
And how are you still eating without getting sick?!"
"BAM!"
Still not satisfied after the first punch, she hit him again.
On the deck of the Thousand Sunny, the moment Divine Dog: Totality appeared, the sparkle in Luffy's eyes never went out.
"SUUUGOOOI!!!!!!!"
Suddenly, Luffy whipped around, grabbed Chopper, and shouted with shining eyes:
"Chopper! Turn into that too, okay?!"
"Σ(?Д?;)"
Chopper nearly jumped out of his fur as he shook his head so hard it blurred.
"Idiot! I'm a reindeer! And I ate the Human-Human Fruit! How am I supposed to turn into a wolf?!"
"BAM!"
"Don't bully Chopper, you idiot! Moron!"
At that moment, Nami strode over, smashed Luffy's head straight into the deck with one punch, and rescued Chopper from his clutches.
[The scene continues.]
[The camera cuts back to Nobara Kugisaki and Kechizu.]
[The instant Megumi's barrier vanished, both Nobara and Kechizu—who had been locked in a standoff—were startled at the same time.]
[Kechizu immediately began calculating in his mind.]
["A powerful presence just appeared… Did Sukuna's finger come out of the barrier?"]
["If a sorcerer exorcised the finger's host, then they're no joke."]
[As for Nobara, she was worried about how the other two were doing.]
["Even if the barrier's down, they still had to fight the finger's host…"]
["…and defeat a curse on the level of a special-grade."]
["There's no way they came out of that unharmed…"]
["I wonder if they're okay…"]
[Just as Nobara was worrying about Yuji and Megumi, Kechizu suddenly moved.]
[Facing Nobara with his chest while hopping backward in a bizarre, jerky way, he began retreating.]
["I misspoke. Please forget what I just said."]
["Get back here!!!"]
[Seeing Kechizu retreating toward where the barrier had been, Nobara immediately gave chase.]
["He's trying to get to the finger, isn't he?"]
[Once she roughly guessed his plan, Nobara accelerated again, charging after him with her beloved little hammer in hand.]
["Are you seriously trying to mess with me by running like that?
Don't tell me you think that's enough to shake me off."]
[But instead of panicking as Nobara closed the distance, Kechizu calmly explained:]
["I'm deeply self-conscious about my back, so let me warn you…
If you see it, I'll kill you…"]
["Oh! Nobara!"]
["Ah! Onii-chan!"]
[Before Kechizu could even finish speaking, Yuji and Eso—still chasing each other—happened to appear directly behind him.]
[And just like that, both of them got a perfect look at his back.]
["Y-Y-Y-Y-YOU!!!!!!!!! You saw it, didn't you?!!!!"]
[The camera follows Yuji and Eso's line of sight—]
[To reveal a grotesque, blood-coughing demon face growing out of Kechizu's back.]
"AHHH!!!"
In the world of Reborn!, Kyoko Sasagawa covered her eyes in terror and threw herself into Tsuna's arms.
At first, she had thought Kechizu was just another oddball like the okama who had boxed with her brother.
But now she realized she had been far too naive.
That face on Kechizu's back was downright horrifying.
She had a feeling she wouldn't be able to sleep alone for the next two or three nights.
And it wasn't just her. In many other worlds, girls everywhere were startled the moment that face appeared.
Even at the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, Shinobu Kocho and Mitsuri Kanroji—two women who had slaughtered countless demons—still shuddered when they saw it.
[Yuji cried out in horror:]
["Who the hell is that?!"]
[Eso, knowing his brother hated anyone seeing his back, hurriedly apologized:]
["Onii-chan! I'm sorry!!!"]
[But Kechizu could no longer hear either of them. His face twisted with murderous intent as he turned toward the two of them.]
["I'LL KILL YOU!!!!!!"][And the instant he turned around, Nobara appeared behind him in a flash, swinging her hammer.]
["CLANG!!!"]
[With a crisp metallic crack, Nobara's hammer smashed straight into Kechizu's temple.]
["Guh!!!"]
[And yet, despite taking a direct hit to the temple, Kechizu merely let out a pained grunt. After flipping once through the air, he landed steadily without even a scratch on his face, glaring viciously at Nobara.]
[Nobara glared right back without a trace of fear—and even mocked him:]
["Then why the hell are you dressed like that?
So that's where that weird smell was coming from!"]
["Because it gets stuffy!"]
[Kechizu shot Nobara a dark, venomous look, then suddenly turned around while clutching his head with both hands, using the demon face on his back to stare at Nobara and Yuji.]
["Rot Technique: Supreme Art!"]
["Wing King!!!"][All at once, two streaks of blood shot out from the eyes of the face on Kechizu's back.]
[After extending more than a meter, the blood instantly hardened—forming a pair of wings made entirely of congealed crimson blood.]
[As Yuji and Nobara watched him warily, Kechizu slowly turned his head and glanced at them from the side, speaking in a flat voice:]
["I'll sting you to death…"]