Inside the Sendai Colony, the ruins of a collapsed gymnasium had become the center of a terrifying battlefield.
Once, this place had witnessed the battle between Yuta Okkotsu and several powerful incarnated sorcerers.
Now it would witness something even more terrifying.
The air trembled under suffocating waves of cursed energy.
On one side stood Ryomen Sukuna, now fully controlling the body of Megumi Fushiguro.
Opposite him stood Yorozu, inhabiting the body of Tsumiki Fushiguro.
This battle was not simply about strength.
It was a twisted reunion spanning a thousand years.
Yorozu sat casually upon a throne formed from flowing liquid metal.
Her armor clung tightly to her body like an insect's shell.
It was the pinnacle of her Construction Technique.
Her eyes were unfocused.
Filled with obsessive affection.
"Sukuna-sama…"
Her voice trembled.
"Do you know how long I waited in that darkness just to see you again?"
"A thousand years."
"For a thousand years I dreamed of tearing you apart… devouring you… making you part of me forever."
"That…"
She smiled ecstatically.
"…is love."
The moment the final word fell—
BOOM!
Liquid metal erupted like a tidal wave.
Dozens of metallic tendrils lashed toward Sukuna.
Each carried enough force to cleave armored vehicles.
Sukuna did not draw a blade.
He did not even activate his own cursed technique.
Instead—
He formed a hand seal.
"Divine Dog."
A wolf's howl echoed across the battlefield.
From the shadows leapt the fused form of Divine Dog.
The black wolf tore through Yorozu's metal attack with a single swipe.
Watching from afar, Yuji Itadori clenched his fists.
"That's Megumi's shikigami…"
But something was wrong.
The wolf Sukuna summoned was enormous.
Twice the size Megumi could normally manifest.
And the cursed energy around its claws was far denser.
"This…"
Yuji whispered.
"…is what the Ten Shadows Technique looks like when used by Sukuna?"
Sukuna wasn't finished.
"Max Elephant."
A gigantic elephant shikigami crashed down.
Then its trunk fired a compressed jet of water.
But Sukuna altered the technique.
By compressing the water through cursed energy—
He created a piercing projectile.
Like the Blood Piercing technique of the Kamo clan.
The water beam sliced through Yorozu's armor.
Cutting her cheek.
A thin line of blood appeared.
Yorozu touched the wound.
Then smiled.
"How wonderful…"
"So this is the Ten Shadows Technique?"
"But Sukuna-sama…"
Her gaze darkened.
"Why aren't you using your own cursed technique?"
"Do you look down on me?"
Sukuna shrugged.
"No."
"I'm conducting an experiment."
He glanced downward.
Inside Megumi's subconscious.
"If I kill the sister he loves…"
"…using his own technique…"
"His soul will collapse completely."
Yuji's eyes burned with rage.
"You monster!!"
"You're using Megumi to kill his sister?!"
Yuji tried to charge forward—
But Yagami Sora grabbed his shoulder.
"Don't."
Sora's voice was cold.
"If we intervene now, it'll only make things worse."
"And besides…"
His eyes narrowed.
"That woman isn't weak."
Yorozu's expression finally changed.
Her love turned into fury.
"So that's it…"
"You're using me to test this body."
"In that case—"
"I'll force you to fight seriously."
Her cursed energy exploded.
Liquid metal reshaped itself.
Gigantic insect wings formed behind her.
"Construction Technique — Perfect Armor."
Her speed skyrocketed.
She shot forward.
BANG BANG BANG
Yorozu and Sukuna clashed in midair.
Every strike from Yorozu carried the weight of solid metal.
Meanwhile Sukuna manipulated shadows effortlessly.
"Rabbit Escape."
A flood of rabbits filled the battlefield.
"Toad."
A giant tongue wrapped Yorozu's ankle.
"Orochi."
A colossal serpent burst from the ground.
Even weak shikigami became deadly tools in Sukuna's hands.
Yuji watched in shock.
"This is insane…"
"The same shikigami Megumi used…"
"But Sukuna makes them look completely different."
Sora nodded.
"That's the difference."
"Megumi treated shikigami as support."
"Sukuna treats them as extensions of his body."
Yorozu finally lost patience.
"Enough!"
Metal spears erupted from every direction.
"Domain Expansion — Threefold Affliction!"
A black barrier formed.
Inside the domain—
Construction techniques consumed no cursed energy.
And every attack was guaranteed to hit.
Yorozu clapped her hands.
"True Sphere."
A perfect black sphere appeared.
Its surface was infinitely smooth.
Its contact area was virtually zero.
Which meant—
Infinite pressure.
Anything touched by it would be crushed instantly.
Even Satoru Gojo's Infinity could theoretically be bypassed.
"This is love!"
She thrust the sphere forward.
Sukuna still did not expand his own domain.
Instead he raised his hands.
And began the incantation.
"Furube…"
"Yura Yura…"
The shadows surged violently.
From them emerged a massive white figure.
A divine wheel rotated behind its head.
The ultimate shikigami.
Mahoraga.
The wheel turned once.
Mahoraga swung its sword.
CLANG
The True Sphere stopped.
Blocked.
Then the wheel turned again.
Mahoraga adapted.
Its cursed energy changed.
Now compatible with Yorozu's metal.
Yorozu's eyes widened.
"That's impossible!!"
"My True Sphere should crush everything!"
Sukuna stood calmly atop Mahoraga's shoulder.
"This is the essence of the Ten Shadows Technique."
"Adaptation."
"Overcoming any phenomenon."
"Yorozu."
"Your love is too heavy."
"Mahoraga cannot carry it."
"And neither can I."
"So…"
"You should die."
Mahoraga's sword flashed.
The True Sphere shattered.
Then the blade cut through Yorozu's neck.
SPLASH
Her head flew into the air.
Shock frozen on her face.
Inside the depths of Megumi's soul—
A scream echoed.
"Sister…"
"No…!!"
It was the sound of something breaking forever.
Sukuna smiled faintly.
Feeling Megumi's spirit collapse beneath the weight of despair.
The experiment was complete.
Megumi Fushiguro—
Would never return.
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