The white void darkened.
For the first time since entering the Archive, the space felt heavy.
Oppressive.
Gojo stood still, shadows aligned behind him.
Blue text appeared.
Trial Type: Domain Restriction
Limitation: Domain Expansion Output – 20%
Silence.
Gojo adjusted his blindfold slightly.
"Twenty percent?" he said calmly. "You're joking."
No response.
The void shattered into a massive battlefield.
An endless plain under a black sky.
Across the field, five figures appeared.
Each radiated special-grade pressure.
Their cursed energy density distorted the air itself.
Gojo felt it immediately.
This wasn't about adaptation.
This was about identity.
Objective: Survive and Eliminate
The five enemies spread out instantly.
Perfect coordination.
Gojo didn't wait.
He stepped forward and activated Domain Expansion.
"Unlimited Void."
The world shifted—
But it was wrong.
The space inside the domain was incomplete.
Information flow unstable.
Coverage reduced.
The enemies slowed… but did not freeze.
Gojo's eyes narrowed.
"Only twenty percent."
One enemy broke through the weakened information overload and attacked directly.
Gojo blocked, sliding back.
For the first time inside the Archive—
His domain wasn't absolute.
The second enemy charged a massive energy blast.
Gojo dropped the domain immediately.
He realized something.
Relying on Unlimited Void as a finishing move made him predictable.
The Archive wasn't weakening him.
It was removing dependency.
He shifted tactics.
Blue pulled two enemies off balance.
Red shattered another mid-charge.
The remaining three adjusted formation.
They attacked from blind angles, forcing Gojo to divide attention.
He moved faster.
Sharper.
No wasted output.
One enemy attempted its own domain.
An artificial one.
Gojo stepped inside willingly.
Instead of countering with his own—
He fought raw.
Close combat.
Precise cursed bursts.
He destroyed the domain core from inside.
The battlefield trembled.
Only one enemy remained.
The strongest among them.
Its cursed energy felt almost equal to his restricted state.
Gojo exhaled slowly.
"Fine. Let's end this properly."
He expanded Unlimited Void again—
But smaller.
Condensed.
Focused on a single target instead of the entire field.
The enemy froze instantly.
Complete information overload.
Perfect precision.
Gojo stepped forward and ended it with a single strike.
The battlefield dissolved.
White void returned.
Blue text appeared slowly.
Domain Dependency Reduced
Control Improved
Lesson Complete
Gojo stood quietly.
His breathing steady.
He understood now.
The Archive wasn't just increasing power.
It was dissecting him.
Removing reliance.
Breaking habits.
From behind, his shadows stood taller.
Stronger.
More stable.
Another message appeared.
Next Phase Approaching
Gojo looked upward into the endless white.
"You're trying to make me perfect," he said calmly.
A short pause.
Then the answer appeared.
Correction is necessary.
Gojo smiled faintly.
"Perfection is boring."
The void flickered for a brief second.
And somewhere far beyond the visible space—
Something was watching.