Once a domain is destroyed, it means the cursed technique has burned out.
That was Gojo Satoru's conclusion.
He could no longer use Limitless—
and Mirai's intangibility should be disabled as well.
So—
whoever recovered their domain first…
would win this battle.
Which meant the next step was—
BOOM!
Red-and-black lightning churned in his palm!
The moment both domains collapsed—
even for the so-called "strongest,"
during the interval before techniques recovered,
the one who took damage first… would fall behind!
Gojo clenched his fist and struck first!
A violent gust surged forward, whipping Mirai's black hair wildly through the air.
Staring at the approaching Gojo,
Mirai's lips curved into a faint, unreadable smile.
Gojo's expression froze—
a chilling sense of danger surged through him!
BOOM!!!
Distorted ripples tore through space, spreading from the forest all the way to the arena entrance in an instant.
Buildings and greenery shattered inch by inch—
the earth split open into deep, endless trenches.
"Gojo-sensei!!"
"Gojo Satoru!"
"Gojo!"
Through the collapsing dust—
Gojo's figure shocked everyone.
Drip… drip…
Blood fell from his severed arm—
yet it visibly regenerated before their eyes.
Even so…
there was no denying it.
At the moment the domains shattered—
the one at a disadvantage…
was the strongest in everyone's eyes.
Gojo looked at his restored arm, stunned.
His domain had collapsed—
so why hadn't he suffered technique burnout?
Why could that smiling bastard still use his technique?
Could Reverse Cursed Technique… heal technique burnout?!
The moment the thought appeared—
Gojo immediately began testing it within his own mind.
"The strongest?"
Mirai's indifferent voice descended from above, clearly reaching everyone.
His body slowly rose into the air,
his blood-red eyes fixed on a single person.
"The so-called strongest… is nothing special."
"Keep it up, Gojo Satoru. I look forward to seeing you grow."
A fitting return for Gojo's taunts over the past few days.
"Divine Wind!"
A crow spiraled through the air, its beak like a blade stabbing straight toward Mirai's chest—
Whoosh—
It passed straight through empty space…
and exploded into a cloud of blood mist.
As expected—
against Mirai, whose technique had already recovered,
Mei Mei's Black Bird Manipulation was completely ineffective.
Mirai shifted his gaze toward Mei Mei, a flicker of surprise in his eyes.
Meeting her meaningful look, he quickly concealed it.
Now he understood why Nanami had appeared—
and why he was working with Mei Mei.
After receiving generous rewards from the Zen'in clan multiple times,
and with overseas special-grade missions handled by her—
her timing in attacking, right when his technique recovered,
was simply to demonstrate her stance to Jujutsu High.
And yet—
that look in her eyes didn't seem like she intended to draw a clear line.
Playing both sides…
how fitting for her greedy nature.
"Hah?!"
"You planning to run away, smiling freak?!"
Terrifying cursed energy surged.
Having healed his technique burnout, Gojo shouted excitedly:
"The second round is just getting started!"
Once again, he felt his strength grow.
Once again, he approached the core of cursed energy!
At this moment, Gojo felt as if he had returned to his battle with Toji—
that sensation of dancing on the edge of life and death, of ultimate transcendence.
He wanted to experience it again!
Seeing the wild madness on Gojo's face, Mirai frowned slightly.
A fight to the death now wasn't worth it.
There was nothing to gain—
it would only benefit that schemer lurking in the shadows.
Killing Gojo here would disrupt the larger plan—
bringing no benefit at all.
Revealing part of his strength was only meant to stop Jujutsu High from constantly targeting him.
Even if he left Jujutsu High,
he had no intention of hiding like a rat in the sewers.
At the same time—
he had no interest in acting as Gojo's sparring partner right now.
Just as Gojo prepared to leap forward again—
a massive surge of cursed energy descended from the sky like a vast ocean swallowing the world!
Before the technique even landed,
space itself rippled in layers.
"Returning cycle, chaotic bloom, between life and death—"
"Extended Hollow Technique: Fall!"
The technique, reinforced with incantation, came crashing down!
Leaving behind only a cold glance—
Mirai turned and departed without hesitation.
"Damn it!"
Gojo wanted to pursue—
but Mirai's wide-area attack covered everyone on the ground!
"Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue!"
A point of azure appeared before the collapsing space.
RUMBLE!!!
Endless attraction erupted!
In an instant—
everything within a hundred meters—buildings, structures—
was hurled into the sky by Gojo, thrown ahead to block the collapsing space.
No—
not blocking.
More like feeding it.
The torn spatial rifts were like gaping mouths, devouring everything endlessly.
Gojo pushed Blue to its limits—
hundreds of meters… thousands!
Buildings, massive trees, shrines, torii gates—
all ripped from the ground!
Crack… crack…
After consuming countless structures,
the terrifying spatial rifts gradually stabilized.
"Ha… ha…"
Gojo bent slightly, breathing heavily, fine beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
He could have escaped calmly—
but he couldn't allow his students to die.
Looking up at the sky—
Mirai was already gone.
Everyone stared at Gojo's somewhat battered back, their emotions tangled.
In today's battle,
there was no doubt—
they had only been a burden.
"Delightful… delightful!"
"Where's your arrogance now? Your pride?"
Yuji's mouth twisted into a mocking grin, his voice sharp and piercing.
"You call yourself the strongest?"
"If that guy hadn't held back, you'd already be dead."
"Ahahaha… what a joke of a 'strongest.'"
"Sukuna! What are you talking about?!"
Yuji slapped himself across the face, furious.
"Obviously it was Mirai-sen—"
He froze for a moment, quickly correcting himself:
"Obviously it was Zen'in Mirai who got scared off by Gojo-sensei!"
"Brat… why don't you ask your 'strongest' teacher?"
Sukuna sneered, his words cutting deep:
"When the domains collapsed earlier, that guy only severed one of his arms."
"The fact he could still use a technique of that scale proves—
he could've deployed a second domain immediately."
"At that distance…"
Sukuna's sinister gaze turned toward Gojo.
"You really got lucky and survived, didn't you… strongest~"
"Hahahaha! Delightful, delightful!"
After mocking Gojo—
Sukuna, back within his innate domain, reaffirmed his resolve to resurrect.
"This era… is truly interesting."
Seated upon a throne of bones, Sukuna stroked his chin and grinned.
Outside—
the Jujutsu High sorcerers stared at Gojo's back in disbelief.
Especially Gakuganji.
To him, Gojo had always been nothing short of a troublesome menace.
And yet—
faced with Sukuna's ridicule,
Gojo didn't refute it.
Silence… was the answer.
That battle—
he had lost.
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