Gojo Satoru adjusted his blindfold, letting his Six Eyes fully assess the Saiyan. He saw the Ki energy radiating from Goku as a hurricane of physical and conceptual power, but he also saw the flaw: it was still tethered to the concept of distance and time.
"You want to fight?" Gojo smirked, floating a few feet above the cracked earth. "Fine. Come and touch me."
Goku, excited by the challenge, instantly surged forward, transforming into Super Saiyan God. He was fast enough to cross galaxies, his focus absolute.
But as he closed the gap, a terrifying, invisible force pushed back. This was Gojo's Limitless technique: the manipulation of the space between them, creating an Infinite Gap.
Goku's speed, though near-light, began to slow. He was moving, but the distance between his fist and Gojo's face was being multiplied by an accelerating, infinite series. He was simultaneously moving and standing still.
Goku roared, pushing his Ki further, instinctively trying to break the invisible barrier through brute force.
"It's useless," Gojo explained cheerfully, enjoying the moment. "This isn't an energy shield; it's the concept of infinity. You can move toward me for a thousand years, and you will never reach me. Your power is limitless growth, but my technique is absolute distance. You are conceptually neutralized."
The Evolution of the AnchorFor anyone else—any other conceptual being in the multiverse—the fight would have ended there. Gojo was untouchable.
But Goku was the Anchor Point of a universe defined by a single, sacred rule: There are no limits. His entire existence was fueled by the instinct to break past any barrier, conceptual or physical.
Goku didn't understand the complex physics of the Infinite Gap, but his Saiyan Instinct did. It registered the barrier not as space, but as a Limit.
Goku stopped moving entirely, hovering just inches from the Infinite Gap. He closed his eyes and inhaled, letting his fighting spirit fill his being. He didn't focus his Ki outward. Instead, he focused it inward, on the singular, conceptual thought: 'I must be stronger than this limit.'
Goku didn't increase his speed. He increased his Conceptual Velocity.
He pushed past Super Saiyan God and briefly flashed into Super Saiyan Blue, but then something new happened. The concept of Limitless Growth manifested itself.
Goku's fist, still inches from the barrier, began to shimmer. It was no longer bound by the concept of moving through space. It was bound by the concept of evolution.
His instinct was finding the loophole: If the distance is infinite, I will become a state of being that is conceptually faster than the concept of infinity.
Goku plunged his fist forward.
The result was a conceptual mess. Gojo felt his Infinity buckle, not because of power, but because the structure of the space itself was momentarily confused.
Goku's fist did not touch Gojo. Instead, it passed through Gojo's body without touching it, causing a wave of intense, non-damaging shockwave Ki to wash over Gojo's chest.
Gojo staggered back, genuinely shocked. "What was that? You didn't break it... you cheated the concept!"
Goku looked at his hand, confused. "Cheated? I don't know what I did. I just evolved past the feeling of being stuck! I tried to hit you, but it felt like hitting smoke that wasn't smoke!"
The Conceptual FrustrationThe core mission was achieved: the fight failed. But not only did Gojo fail to neutralize the Anchor, Goku's fighting spirit was now intensely frustrated.
Goku: "You are so strong! But why do you keep making it so boring? The bald guy was boring because he had no drive. You are boring because you make it impossible to land a satisfying punch! I need a satisfying punch!"
Gojo, having his absolute defense nullified by sheer willpower, was now extremely annoyed. "Satisfying? You don't understand aesthetics! I just proved that your entire existence—the raw, physical concept—is subservient to the fundamental laws of space! You just don't have the decency to explode!"
"Explode?" Tanjiro gasped, horrified.
"He's still too focused on fighting," Jin-Woo stated, watching the fight from the ground. "He found a way to bypass Infinity, but the result was useless. The Anchor Point's drive is intact. We need Precision to chip away at his focus, not concept."
Jin-Woo stepped out of the shadow of the massive Mana Stone, his face cold and determined.
"Gojo, step aside. We are not here to satisfy his ego. We are here to dismantle his focus."
Gojo, slightly winded by the unexpected conceptual failure, conceded. "Fine. Be my guest, Shadow Monarch. Let's see your calculation handle this maniac."
Jin-Woo stepped into the light. He materialized a new, cold blue dagger in his hand.
"The Saiyan is addicted to combat," Jin-Woo explained to the Nexus team, his voice calm amidst the chaos of Goku fighting his own conceptual confusion. "If we cannot defeat him with infinite distance or ultimate strength, we will defeat him with Absolute Efficiency. We will show him what it means to fight a battle that is decided before it begins."
Jin-Woo focused his intent, channeling his full Monarch's Authority—the rule-maker, the sovereign of the battlefield—into a single point. His target: Goku's center of gravity, the physical anchor of his endless .