"Master, are you going to collect your fingers?"
Suddenly, a voice appeared by Ryomen Sukuna's ear.
"Kogane will help you!"
Ryomen Sukuna glanced to the side with the eyes on his second face.
A golden cicada had manifested by his ear at some point.
"A shikigami of the barrier?"
Ryomen Sukuna thought to himself.
"It seems Mahito truly intends to keep this barrier running stably for a long time."
"This also shows that even if he does have selfish motives, at least the fairness within the barrier can be guaranteed."
"In other words, even I can fully utilize this Dream Walk Migration."
"How truly arrogant."
Crack, crack.
Ryomen Sukuna's fists tightened unconsciously.
For a thousand years, he had always been the one occupying the highest peak, looking down arrogantly at all living beings.
Yet in this era, two people had appeared who treated him with such arrogance.
One was Gojo Satoru, and the other was Mahito.
This surge of anger in his heart felt novel even to Ryomen Sukuna, but this novelty was soon overshadowed by humiliation.
"Very well."
Ryomen Sukuna revealed a twisted, ferocious smile.
"Then let me make good use of your barrier, Mahito!"
"Gojo Satoru, and you..."
"When I return to my peak state, I will tear you all into ten thousand pieces!"
First, recover his power.
Next, find Yuta Okkotsu and seize Yuta Okkotsu's body.
Then, use Yuta Okkotsu's body to devour any useful Cursed Techniques.
Finally, find Yorozu and order her to create a Cursed Tool that can rival Mirokuji Kirigiri's.
The only thing left would be to kill.
First kill Gojo Satoru, then Mahito!
Just as Ryomen Sukuna made up his mind, he suddenly noticed something.
Right outside his window, a massive mechanical creation was slowly rising.
It was a giant titan.
Ryomen Sukuna looked up slightly as the massive mechanical giant opened its mouth, leaking Cursed Energy like mist.
Its Cursed Energy increased level by level until finally, the mechanical monster let out a deep, powerful roar, with sound waves visibly distorting the atmosphere.
Ryomen Sukuna let out a bored sigh.
"Is this my first battle?"
"According to the rules, Kogane cannot interfere in battles between Jujutsu Sorcerers!"
Kogane let out a sweet, cheerful AI voice, swaying slightly toward Ryomen Sukuna as if bowing.
"I wish Master a triumphant victory."
"Kogane will reappear once Master has finished the battle."
Kogane disappeared like mist, but Ryomen Sukuna easily saw through this method of disappearance.
Compared to the mechanical giant right in front of him, he was instead intensely interested in Kogane.
"I see."
"It's not disappearing, but dissolving into the entire great barrier."
"This shikigami is indeed clever."
"At least..."
Boom!
The mechanical giant took the initiative to raise its hand and swung it fiercely down at Ryomen Sukuna.
"...much more interesting than this hunk of iron."
Ryomen Sukuna finally looked directly at the mechanical giant.
Although the giant exceeded fifty meters, its movements were not sluggish.
In a brief instant, its raised fist had reached the front of the apartment.
Because of the wind pressure generated by its massive volume and mass, the glass shattered before the fist even landed.
Ryomen Sukuna looked at the fist and slightly raised his hand.
He formed a seal, a smile on his lips, and said nonchalantly:
"Dismantle."
The entire world seemed to stand still.
In this frozen frame, the giant's swinging fist slowly split into two.
This severing cross-section didn't just cut through the giant's fist; it continued to climb upward along the direction of the arm—
Forearm, joint, upper arm, shoulder.
Just how much of a power gap was there between a Cursed Spirit holding Ryomen Sukuna's finger and Ryomen Sukuna himself holding the finger's power?
In the original work, there was such a scene:
During the Cursed Womb Must Die Arc, a Special Grade Cursed Spirit holding Ryomen Sukuna's finger expanded its Domain and distorted the entire juvenile detention center.
The protagonist group could only choose to flee for their lives when facing the Special Grade Cursed Spirit.
At that moment, Itadori Yuji was seriously injured, and Ryomen Sukuna took over his consciousness.
At that time, the number of fingers Ryomen Sukuna held was two.
Facing a Special Grade Cursed Spirit holding the power of one finger, he didn't even use a Cursed Technique.
Relying solely on Cursed Energy reinforcement, he easily toyed with it in the palm of his hand.
Later, after his interest was piqued, he used Malevolent Shrine for just an instant to slice the Special Grade Cursed Spirit into fragments.
This already far exceeded a twofold difference in power.
It was...
A world of difference.
And now, Kokichi Muta experienced this firsthand.
The frozen scene began to flow again.
The mechanical giant's arm, without the giant or its controller noticing at all, snapped into two pieces.
There was no sound of wind, no warning, and not even a trace of a trajectory could be detected.
The mechanical giant's arm was simply partitioned like that.
The arm, cut into two, fell from mid-air.
Due to its massive mass, it sliced through the air as it fell, creating intense wind pressure, and finally hit the ground with a thunderous roar.
Inside the cockpit, Kokichi Muta was breaking out in a cold sweat.
He had personally tested the defensive power of the mechanical giant he was piloting.
Even a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer would find it difficult to even shake it.
After all, this was a sixty-meter hunk of iron with a weight equal to a skyscraper over a hundred meters tall.
Coupled with the fact that its Cursed Energy was linked to his own, allowing it to use Cursed Energy reinforcement synchronously, Kokichi Muta was confident this defensive power could tank artillery fire.
Whether in the original work or now, Kokichi Muta chose to enter the cockpit rather than hide in a secret location to operate the mechanical giant for this very reason.
Rather than hiding somewhere only to be found and killed without any power to fight back, being inside the cockpit of a mechanical giant with superior defense and powerful combat strength was true safety.
But even with all the preparations, the mechanical giant's hand was taken off with a single slash.
The gap in strength between the two sides had reached a level of despair.
What should I do?
Should I run?
Just as he thought this, the smiles of the companions he longed for drifted through his mind.
Run?
Like hell!
I'm going to stand proudly by my companions' side, damn it!
Kokichi Muta let out a roar in the cockpit.
A massive surge of Cursed Energy rose abruptly, and liquid-like Cursed Energy slowly flowed to the giant's other hand.
This time, the giant did not swing directly.
Instead, it took a step back and aimed its palm at the motionless Ryomen Sukuna.
The light of Cursed Energy glowed in the center of its palm.
—Great Ultimate Cannon!
The blazing Cursed Energy nearly triggered a violent storm.
The bombardment formed by high-concentration energy was like the moon in the night sky!
In the original work, the mechanical giant had also used this move, and Kenjaku, watching from the side, had commented with interest that its power reached the baseline of a Special Grade Sorcerer's output.
But it wasn't over yet!
The giant let out a deep roar as five massive spheres of Cursed Energy gradually gathered around it.
This was—
Homing Spells: Quintet.
Kokichi Muta judged based on Ryomen Sukuna's historical behavior:
Since it was already determined that the enemy before him posed no threat, Ryomen Sukuna's playful nature would emerge.
At this moment, Ryomen Sukuna might not even use a Cursed Technique, opting instead to fight with fists and feet reinforced only by Cursed Energy.
Amidst his feverish emotions, Kokichi Muta's rationality worked in sync.
So, taking advantage of this opportunity—
This one and only opportunity—
He would explode all his Cursed Energy in one go!
No probing.
No way back.
He bet everything on the maximum output of Cursed Energy!
Inside the mechanical giant's cockpit, Kokichi Muta let out a silent roar.
Seventeen years of tragedy.
Seventeen years of loneliness.
Seventeen years of longing.
All in this one strike!
"If it were normal times, I might have played along with you for a bit," Ryomen Sukuna said indifferently.
"Unfortunately, right now my heart is full of rage and I have no interest at all."
"This big toy..."
"I'm already bored of it."
—Technique Release:
—Dismantle.
Snap.
A soft sound.
In the history of the Jujutsu World, Ryomen Sukuna had never explained his abilities.
So, in their view, Ryomen Sukuna possessed two types of techniques.
One was a slashing-type technique, which is currently publicly known through Itadori Yuji's inherited technique.
The other was a fire technique.
In fact, throughout the entirety of Jujutsu Kaisen, Ryomen Sukuna's technique was not truly revealed until the final battle, when it was disclosed by the narrator.
Even Itadori Yuji, who inherited the same technique, did not know the true name of the technique engraved upon him until the very end of the decisive battle.
Even at the very end, Ryomen Sukuna used a Technique Release with full incantations, but even then, the release word in his mouth was "Dismantle" rather than the true name of the technique.
Therefore, the Jujutsu World had always thought these were two different techniques.
Furthermore, they had heard of the incident where Sukuna had eaten his own brother in their mother's womb, so they assumed the fire technique was his brother's technique and not his own.
The name of a Cursed Technique is based on the imagination of the Jujutsu Sorcerer themselves.
Itadori Yuji's imagination of Ryomen Sukuna's Cursed Technique was merely a slash. Based on the explanations from the Jujutsu World, this impression was deepened, so he took the slashing technique as his foundation and has continued to use slashes at this stage.
Not to mention this stage—even at the end of the original work, Itadori Yuji's imagination was of scissors cutting.
In the original manga, when Itadori Yuji used Dismantle, phantom scissors and dotted cutting lines would clearly appear.
This was vastly different from Ryomen Sukuna, and the difference in imagination led to a world of difference in power.
Now, Ryomen Sukuna personally demonstrated a true slash.
Ryomen Sukuna turned his body.
Behind him, the mechanical giant that had been operating at full power stood motionless, as if charging up.
However, whether it was the Great Ultimate Cannon in its palm or the Homing Spells: Quintet floating around its body, they were all slowly fading out.
Then, the mechanical giant suddenly tilted over.
Kokichi Muta, sitting in the cockpit, let out a soft clicking sound of annoyance.
"Still... no good, huh."
In the next instant, the mechanical giant's head suddenly split apart, the cross-section as smooth as a mirror.
That was the location of the mechanical giant's cockpit.
The skull of Kokichi Muta in the cockpit slowly slid down from the top of his head.
—Kokichi Muta, dead.
Rumble!
The mechanical giant collapsed to the ground, and Ryomen Sukuna stretched his neck.
"Alright, the side show is over," he said.
"Next, it's time for business."
Kogane emerged from Ryomen Sukuna's ear, making a beeping sound.
"Master, there's new information! Someone has sent you a message," Kogane said.
"Would you like to open the message?"
"Who is it?"
"The sender of the message calls himself: Kenjaku."
Ryomen Sukuna froze for a moment.
"Kenjaku? Who is that?"
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