To be honest, even Sukuna was a little surprised by that meteorite.
"Miracles" really were impossible to predict. Had the meteorite been pulled down because he had just "used" a miracle?
Or was it because he was "about to use" one, so the meteorite had already changed course earlier and flown here, even bringing back something from the stars that contained Cursed Energy in order to break the Barrier...
Judging from the effects of the technique and how complete the Domain was, the other side's Domain was bound to shatter.
But even the caster himself had no way of predicting exactly how it would be broken.
Sukuna carefully examined the unconscious Megumi Fushiguro...
What a pleasant surprise. An interesting technique, compatible Cursed Energy frequency, and even the body met the standard...
"Fine. The 'Miracle' technique in this body has already had its upper limit reduced by a Binding Vow, so changing bodies now is not a bad idea."
Sukuna stepped forward, opened the inner compartment on the meteorite, and swallowed the four fingers inside in one go. There was no need to worry about this body's tolerance anymore, so he could just use it as a relay point to reduce the risk of changing bodies...
Just as Sukuna was starting to get used to the state of the body and preparing to walk toward Megumi Fushiguro, Megumi Fushiguro's body was suddenly dragged far away by a pulling force...
Sukuna narrowed his eyes and looked over.
The newcomer wore a black blindfold. His white hair was gathered up by it, and he gave off a slightly flamboyant air... but judging from that bit of Cursed Energy control just now, he was definitely strong...
Sukuna recalled Haruta Shigemo's impression of the modern Jujutsu World, along with the notes Kenjaku had given him...
A user of the Six Eyes and the Limitless Technique.
"Satoru Gojo."
…
After being saved by Satoru Gojo's Blue, Megumi Fushiguro jolted awake from his shallow faint.
"Gojo-sensei, you're here..."
Satoru Gojo patted him on the head.
"Perfect timing, right?~~"
"Sigh... Be careful. His Domain is an open one. It should be in burnout right now... uh, actually, I'm not totally sure anymore."
Megumi Fushiguro suddenly remembered that Sukuna seemed to have obtained a few more fingers.
In that case, it was hard to tell whether the increase in Cursed Energy had lowered the ratio of technique output to total Cursed Energy, improving the performance of the "technique motor" more significantly...
Or whether the sudden absorption of the fingers had made the body unstable, making the recovery time of the "technique motor" noticeably longer...
"Mm, got it..."
Satoru Gojo rested a hand on Megumi Fushiguro's shoulder and gave it a pat, then walked past him toward Ryomen Sukuna.
"Is there anything you need me to do?"
Satoru Gojo turned back, smiled at the exhausted-looking Megumi Fushiguro, and said,
"If you've still got some strength left, and if you can find an opening while we're attacking, then take the chance to stab him hard in the ass with [Yatsuka-no-tsurugi]~~"
Seeing that Megumi Fushiguro seemed to take those words very seriously, he gave a small shake of his head.
"But you probably won't be needed here... go help evacuate the civilians. Go save the people you think should be saved."
Megumi Fushiguro nodded hard.
"Yeah!"
…
By the time Satoru Gojo stopped in front of Sukuna, Sukuna had already brought his body back under control.
"Kid, you missed a perfect opportunity."
Satoru Gojo looked at Ryomen Sukuna.
"You mean I should've blown my adorable student up together with you just now?
There's no need for that...
Besides... are you really that strong?~~"
Sukuna's expression turned even more serious.
"Hmph. In times without heroes, even fools can make a name for themselves."
"Heroes? Hah... What kind of Jujutsu Sorcerer calls himself a 'hero'? Don't tell me that's your obsession, you thousand-year-old fossil??"
Satoru Gojo bent over laughing.
"Hahahaha, no way, is this your technique's effect...? Forcing people to laugh so hard they can't stop? Hahaha~~"
A perfect opening!
The moment Sukuna saw Satoru Gojo's exaggerated movement, he instantly shifted to his side and threw a punch at his face.
The techniques of the Three Great Families were nearly common knowledge in the Jujutsu World. Even Haruta Shigemo, a fringe Curse User, knew the rough outline of Satoru Gojo's technique.
Sukuna was using the opening created by his opponent's movement to attack, so he could personally experience how Satoru Gojo's "Infinity" actually functioned...
Almost exactly as Sukuna had expected, his fist sank into something like a swamp of space, slowing to a halt right in front of Satoru Gojo's face...
[So it's a technique type whose effect is forcibly applied... "Miracle" is almost unusable now because of that Binding Vow, which means if I want to break it normally, the only option at the moment is to neutralize it with a Domain...]
But what Sukuna had not expected was that during that split second of thought, his fist actually passed through that invisible "barrier" and flew straight at Satoru Gojo's face, only to be caught by him.
Sukuna looked down at the extremely smooth cross section at his wrist in a daze. It really was only that one fist that had flown over...
What was that? A slash?
No. Even the fastest slash would still have some delay. But just now, every fractured surface at his wrist had appeared at exactly the same instant. It felt more like it had been forcibly torn off...
With so many things happening in such a short time, even Sukuna had trouble connecting the pieces.
Neither Kenjaku's information nor Haruta Shigemo's memories of the Limitless had ever mentioned anything like this.
"So you know my intel... pretty stunned, huh? Too bad, I'm not telling you~~"
Satoru Gojo moved in an instant, raising the arm on the same side as Sukuna and gathering Cursed Energy into it as he struck for Sukuna's neck.
This attack was something Satoru Gojo had developed after learning from [Yatsuka-no-tsurugi] how to break the Limitless. By using atomic-level Cursed Energy control to disrupt the [Limitless], he set the position of the speed limit...
When that limit was set at a specific point on the opponent's body, forming a cross section, everything before that point slowed down more and more, while everything beyond it continued moving at its original speed.
As a result, that point would split apart directly from the difference in speed within the body itself.
And because it was based on an atomic-level technique, the entire cut surface was unnaturally smooth...
"Is this some kind of extension of the technique's effect?"
Unable to judge the situation at once, Sukuna could only sum it up roughly for the time being.
He immediately dodged Satoru Gojo's attack. Until he understood how the attack worked, there was no telling whether his neck might be cut clean off...