Screech!
Even though it was impossible for there to be a driver on the subway, and all electronic equipment had failed, the train still came to a steady stop at the station. Those descending from the platform were naturally not ordinary humans, but a dense army of Transfigured Humans.
Moreover, a portion of these Transfigured Humans surged with powerful Cursed Energy. They were the batches of Curse Users transformed by Mahito.
Once the Transfigured Humans got off the train, they immediately lunged at the nearest ordinary people, tearing and clawing at them. The subway station, already filled with screams due to Satoru's battle, was now blanketed in a layer of bloody crimson.
However, Kenjaku still did not appear, it was not yet the right time. Satoru had not expended much energy in the recent battle. As long as he did not use Domain Expansion, Satoru's consumption of Cursed Energy was incredibly close to zero, and he had remained in his prime state the entire time.
Kenjaku's plan could only be carried out when Satoru was exhausted, so he had to force Satoru to use Domain Expansion, increasing his mental pressure and causing his basic judgment to falter. Only by appearing before Satoru in Suguru's body at this moment could he achieve effective results.
Sure enough, when Satoru saw so many Transfigured Humans, he chose to perform Domain Expansion.
Domain Expansion: Unlimited Void!
A 0.2 second Domain Expansion was the best solution Satoru could think of. Although he was confident that his Domain Expansion could instantly crush the Domain Amplification of those four and affect them, the duration of the effect on Sukuna might be shorter than on the other three, so he had to end the battle faster.
Originally, a 0.2 second Domain Expansion could completely crush the Domain Amplification of a Cursed Spirit on Hanami's level and hard-CC it for five minutes without causing serious harm to ordinary people.
However, Sukuna's strength was far greater than Hanami's, so the control time would be correspondingly shortened, which forced Satoru to speed up in dealing with the Transfigured Humans.
Reverse Cursed Technique, originally used to treat Cursed Technique Burnout and shorten the recovery time, was also cancelled by Satoru so he could focus wholeheartedly on removing the heads of the Transfigured Humans one by one.
Around three and a half minutes in, Sukuna had processed most of the junk information in his head and began to gradually regain control of his body. As soon as he regained consciousness, he immediately launched a slash at the busy Satoru.
Satoru, who was in the period of Cursed Technique Burnout, could not use Limitless at all. He could only take it head-on with fists covered in Cursed Energy.
Enduring Sukuna's slashes while clearing over a thousand Transfigured Humans at high speed took Satoru about four minutes. After finishing the cleanup, fine beads of sweat appeared on his head, and he was panting slightly.
"Phew... Pretty capable, aren't you, Cursed Spirit? But this is as far as you go."
Currently, only Sukuna could act normally, so Satoru wanted to seize the opportunity to exorcise the other three Cursed Spirits. Although he could not use his Cursed Technique for the time being, he was still very confident in his strength.
Just then, a small cube was tossed at his feet from behind, and at the same time, that familiar yet strange voice sounded from behind him.
"Long time no see, Satoru."
Upon hearing Kenjaku's words, Satoru felt no emotion of reuniting with an old friend, only anger at his best friend's body being insulted. He kicked the Prison Realm at his feet away, turned around, and smashed a fist into Kenjaku's face.
"Don't call me that using Suguru's body!!!"
Bang!
Although Kenjaku immediately raised his arms to block, he was still sent flying backward, his arms broken by Satoru's furious punch.
When Kenjaku was sent flying by Satoru, a look of astonishment still remained on his face as he muttered.
"Impossible... How could this be? How could my plan have such a huge error?"
After blasting him away with one punch, Satoru didn't even care about the four people behind him. He stepped forward, followed up, and smashed another fist at Kenjaku's head.
"You... Get out of Suguru's body!!!"
Sukuna immediately rushed forward to intercept Satoru, pulling Kenjaku to a safe place.
The other three Cursed Spirits gradually regained consciousness, collectively shielding Kenjaku and Sukuna behind them.
Kenjaku had just used Domain Expansion and was temporarily in a state of Cursed Technique Burnout, so the attempt to seal Satoru had failed, and he had no choice but to find a way to escape.
Hanami clenched their fists and looked at the two Cursed Spirits beside them.
"Mahito... Dagon... You two leave first. I will hold off Gojo. After all, he cannot use his Cursed Technique right now and cannot do anything to me."
With that, Hanami initiated Domain Expansion.
Domain Expansion: Shining Sea of Growing Branches!
The Domain instantly enveloped Satoru and a large group of ordinary people.
Outside the Domain, Kenjaku kept pondering where things had gone wrong.
Sukuna weighed the pros and cons. He wanted to immediately expand his Domain to try and finish off Satoru, who was temporarily unable to use his Cursed Technique, but he feared that if he couldn't take Satoru down quickly, the swarm of bugs outside the Curtain would notice the anomaly and storm in.
Therefore, he chose to leave with Kenjaku first, planning to take action only after assimilating Tengen and evolving his life level a few times using Immortality.
"Go!"
Sukuna grabbed Kenjaku and broke through the Curtain, leaving rapidly without caring about Mahito and Dagon who were present.
Seeing Sukuna and Kenjaku fleeing, Mahito gritted his teeth and dragged Dagon along, trying to follow.
Dagon, however, stood rooted to the spot, reluctant to leave as he gazed at Hanami's Domain. He didn't want to go, he wanted to wait there for Hanami to join them.
"Dagon... let's go! Hanami will be able to finish off Gojo and catch up soon! After all, Gojo can't even use his Cursed Technique right now!"
Dagon's intelligence was still relatively low, much like a human child, and Mahito was his older brother, so Dagon listened to Mahito. Although he was still reluctant to leave Hanami, he followed Mahito away from the station.
(End of Chapter)
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