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Tokyo time, November 15th.
Hokkaido, Sapporo.
The sun shone brightly outside the window. Street traffic flowed like woven threads, and pedestrians were leisurely. The television played harmless entertainment news and idol advertisements, an atmosphere of peace and prosperity.
The Culling Game? Barriers? The smoke of Tokyo? It was as if it were happening on another planet.
The atmosphere in the scenic apartment Chen Tian had specially purchased was heavy.
Kitagawa Marin hugged the white cat doll, curled up in the wide sofa, her small face wrinkled in worry. The lighthearted, cheerful singing from the TV emphasized her somber mood.
"Ten-kun..." Her voice was muffled. "Is everything... really okay outside? That day in Osaka..."
"It's fine," Chen Tian leaned beside her, his tone flat. "The battleground is confined to areas outside Hokkaido. There are 'heroes' in there now, and this current incident is primarily targeting those 'heroes'."
She understood the logic.
But the black smoke that rose from Osaka that day, the faint sounds of explosions and screams, were like thorns stuck in her heart.
She knew Chen Tian was strong, strong enough to casually slice through space.
But she also knew how cruel things were inside the barriers (Chen Tian had briefly mentioned the 'game rules').
She wanted her powerful boyfriend to help the suffering people inside; this was her innate, kind impulse. Yet, she was also incredibly afraid—afraid that Chen Tian would get hurt, or even... not come back.
This contradiction had left her unable to muster enthusiasm for anything these past few days.
Chen Tian tried everything—taking her out for gourmet food, driving around, even... using intimate moments to distract her—but the effect was minimal. The brightness in her eyes remained shadowed by worry.
Chen Tian tilted his head, watching his small girlfriend's troubled expression, and let out a soft sigh.
It had been a week, and the little sun hadn't managed to fully shine.
This lazy slug (xian yu / salted fish) who just wanted to lie flat felt that if he didn't do something soon, his happy life would be drowned by his girlfriend's melancholy.
He lazily propped himself up and reached out to rub Kitagawa Marin's golden hair.
"Stop worrying," his tone held a bit of resignation and acceptance. "I'm going to take a look in Tokyo."
Kitagawa Marin sharply looked up, her eyes instantly widening and brightening, then quickly covered by deeper worry. "Really? But... it's very dangerous in there..."
"Just 'looking'," Chen Tian emphasized, a lazy but confident arc curling his lips. "Don't worry. The person who can hurt me probably hasn't been born yet. Wait for me at home."
Without waiting for Kitagawa Marin to say anything else, he casually raised his right hand. The Yamato reappeared in his grasp. He drew the sword and lightly slashed the empty space in the living room.
A spatial rift, flickering with blue electric arcs, instantly opened. Through the rift, confused noise and an unfamiliar city scene faintly drifted.
Chen Tian stood up, one hand in his pocket, and stepped into the rift without looking back.
The rift instantly closed, leaving only the stunned Kitagawa Marin in the apartment, and the cheerful singing still coming from the television.
Chen Tian stepped into the spatial rift, initially intending to take a short trip to Tokyo, just to put on a show for Kitagawa Marin.
After all, his current enjoyment stemmed from the possibility of Sukuna's full power forcing him to go all out.
But his body acted against his will, flying directly toward his old family home in Suginami Ward.
That was the house he had lived in since coming to this world, holding his original memories. Although Chen Tian himself wasn't particularly sentimental about those memories, it was a thought, nonetheless.
When he arrived at the location, the sight instantly brought a surge of anger.
His former house had been reduced to a pile of ruins. Broken bricks and rubble lay scattered everywhere, and a pungent burnt smell permeated the area.
Chen Tian took a few deep breaths, trying to calm himself down, but he couldn't suppress the fierce anger in his heart. "Calm down? Calm down my ass!"
He couldn't help but swear. "I seriously underestimated Geto's playfulness. He didn't take my warning seriously at all!"
Chen Tian knew he had warned Geto before, but now the other party not only ignored him but also destroyed his house.
Chen Tian's eyes turned cold. The fury in his heart was fully ignited. "In that case... this lazy slug is turning over a new leaf!"
He spoke through gritted teeth, every word distinct. "You're so proud of your Culling Game? Then I'll make you watch helplessly as your Culling Game is dismantled!" His voice was forced out through his teeth, carrying an unprecedented ruthlessness.
Chen Tian's figure instantly vanished from above the ruins. The residual spatial tremors still vibrated in the air.
Tomb of the Star Corridor.
Geto's hands were clasped in a mudra, floating cross-legged. His face was solemn. "Domain Expansion—Womb Profusion!"
A twisted black tree sprouted from the ground. Its trunk was embedded with the faces of deformed fetuses, and its branches were the swollen abdomens of countless pregnant women. Three statues at the base held it up like offerings.
Gravity instantly warped within the Domain. The air was viscous, like mud.
"Ah, now, let's have a proper fight." Geto smiled, pointing a finger.
Rumble—!
The Gravity Technique and the Cursed Spirit Manipulation erupted simultaneously!
The ground collapsed. Countless Curses lunged out from the shadows.
Yuki Tsukumo crossed her arms to block, but was still thrown dozens of meters by the impact, smashing into a stone pillar. Blood spilled from her mouth, but she grinned.
"Star Rage: Phoenix Ring!"
She slammed her hand on the ground. The Phoenix Ring flapped its wings, its mass instantly increased a thousandfold, slamming toward Geto like a meteorite.
Geto sneered. "Tch. Still resisting?" He activated his technique, distorting the space, and retreated deeper into the Domain.
Yuki Tsukumo seized the opportunity to rush in, her fist, wrapped in collapsing mass, aimed at Geto's temple—
Geto skillfully backed away. He knew he only needed to hold on for a dozen more seconds before he could retreat unscathed.
His smile remained unchanged: "Too bad. In my Domain, the Cursed Technique's power... is doubled."
Yuki Tsukumo's pupils contracted violently. In the next second, invisible gravity fiercely slammed her into the ground, almost breaking her spine.
"Cough...!" She spat out a mouthful of blood, but her eyes were fixed on the sky behind Geto—
At the very top of the Domain, a crack silently spread.
The crisp sound of the crack shattering exploded like thunder!
Yuki Tsukumo coughed up blood, but her eyes lit up.
Geto's triumphant smile instantly froze on his face. He looked up stiffly.
In the shadow, Tengen's calm face showed a flicker of emotion. Choso, lurking nearby, tensed his body.
All four pairs of eyes were fixed on that rift!
Buzz—!
Their vision was abruptly filled with blinding blue-white light!
That was not a single beam of light, but a net woven from thousands upon thousands of cold, sharp, pure slicing lines of death!
They crisscrossed and cut silently.
Rumble, rumble, rumble—!
The entire dome of the Tomb of the Star Corridor, the gigantic stone ceiling that had endured countless ages and was condensed with powerful barrier energy, instantly turned into the finest, ash-gray powder!
A violent wind carried the pulverized dust soaring upward, revealing the clear sky.
The dust poured down like a waterfall, then was pushed away in all directions by an invisible force field. In the center of the billowing dust, a figure hovered in the air.
White hair whipped wildly. Black clothing billowed.
Chen Tian had his left hand tucked into his pocket, his right hand holding the Yamato. His eyelids were slightly lowered, looking down at Geto.
There was no angry contortion on his handsome face, only a soul-freezing indifference, like a god looking down upon an ant.
"Geto! Didn't I tell you..." Chen Tian's voice was flat, yet it resonated across the entire plain, carrying an absolute, indifferent pressure.
He paused, every word hitting Geto's mind like a heavy hammer.
"...not to bother me?"
Geto's body trembled violently. His mind went into a catastrophic, involuntary shutdown.
Bother him?! You must be joking! Shouldn't this harbinger of disaster be lying flat in Hokkaido?! He couldn't flee fast enough! Who the hell would dare to provoke him?!
"I..." Geto stammered, his throat dry and rough. He tried desperately to explain. "It wasn't me..."
Chen Tian slightly pulled back the corner of his mouth. The curve held no warmth, only utter mockery.
"My house," his voice suddenly dropped, like a cold wind scraping from the abyss. "Is a pile of ruins."
Geto's brain shut down completely. A house? What house? The one in Suginami Ward?! Destroyed?! Who did it?!
It wasn't me! It really wasn't me, Boss!
His internal roar almost burst through his throat. The immense injustice, compounded by even greater fear, chilled his blood! Which idiot caused this mess and pinned it on him?!
"I..." Geto tried to speak again, his voice cracking.
Clang!
A faint, subtle tremor rang in the air.
There was no drawing motion, no preliminary Cursed Energy surge.
A blue-white blade light, as if it had sliced space itself, crossed the entire Domain without warning!
It was as if it materialized out of nothing; no one reacted in time.
The expression on Geto's face didn't even have time to register the confusion, let alone the horror. His body, along with Yuki Tsukumo's, who was struggling to lift herself up, suddenly froze—
The core of his Domain, the twisted, malevolent black giant tree, which supported "Womb Profusion," had the faces of countless deformed fetuses on its trunk freeze simultaneously. The branches, resembling pregnant women's bellies, stiffened eerily.
A line of light, thin as a hair, ran perfectly straight from the center of the crown down to the roots.
BOOM!!!
The massive black tree neatly split along the centerline, collapsing violently to the left and right!
Countless heart-wrenching infant screams erupted from within the trunk; they were the wails of the core Curses, trapped inside, being instantly severed! The foundation of the Domain was sliced through with one blow!
Womb Profusion, utterly annihilated!
Voom—!
The backlash of the shattered Domain caused Geto's body to fall backward, his breathing ragged. It wasn't because he was injured, but because he fundamentally couldn't comprehend what had just happened.
That single slice had not just destroyed the Domain; it had shattered his thousand years of accumulated knowledge—power could be so utterly unreasonable!
"You..."
Chen Tian's cold voice sounded right by his neck, without warning.
"What are you looking at?"
Geto's consciousness snapped into focus. His body was still falling backward, but why... why couldn't he feel his arms and legs? A bizarre, tearing sensation abruptly squeezed his heart!
He instinctively looked down—
His body was still flying backward! But his two arms and two legs were suspended right where Chen Tian had been standing, as if nailed in place!
The cuts were mirror-smooth; not even bone fragments were visible.
Half a second later, blood, like a fountain suppressed to its limit, violently sprayed from the cross-sections of the severed limbs!
The dull thud of tearing flesh arrived then.
"Gah?!" Geto let out a distorted cry, utterly horrified, as his body slammed into the ground.
He watched helplessly as his hands and feet, like discarded parts, fell powerlessly from mid-air, hitting the rubble with a dull thud.
The dust was stained dark red by the splashing blood.
His torso, now missing its four limbs, slammed heavily into the pile of debris, kicking up dust. The severe impact and the searing pain from the amputations brought a roar of agony from Geto, but the Cursed Energy in his body stabilized instantly.
Reverse Cursed Technique!
The immense Cursed Energy in his body churned wildly. Pink, raw flesh immediately began to squirm and regenerate at the bloody cross-sections—the rudimentary shapes of new arms and legs visibly sprouted!
However, just as the flesh was about to fully form—
A shoe sole, covered in rubble and dust, stomped mercilessly onto his face! The immense force nearly hammered his head into the ground!
"Ugh—ahhh!" Geto's muffled scream was muffled, coming out as a choked, unintelligible whine!
Humiliation! Stabbing humiliation! But the threat of death was paramount!
Gravity Technique: Thousand Jun!
Ignoring the counterattack, Geto frantically activated his Cursed Technique. The hatred he felt for the shoe sole pressing his face—Chen Tian—was the object of his Cursed Energy. He didn't care about the Cursed Technique's target; he just desperately cast the technique on Chen Tian!
He was going to crush this guy into a meat patty!
An invisible force field instantly enveloped Chen Tian. However—
Chen Tian's body remained completely still in mid-air. Not even the hem of his clothing fluttered an inch.
The shoe pressing Geto's face remained utterly firm, even pressing down with more force, as if Geto's full-power technique was nothing more than a faint breeze blowing against a boulder.
"Wha?!" Geto's eyes widened in disbelief. He could feel his Cursed Energy being expended, and the Gravity Technique was clearly activating! But why?! Why was there no effect?!
Gravity Technique: Ten Thousand Jun!
Geto screamed, doubling the technique's output! The air shrieked, threatening to tear apart under the impossible Cursed Energy pressure!
Chen Tian stood with one hand in his pocket, watching his struggle, his eyes cold as ice. Far from being crushed, the foot pressing Geto's face continued to bear down, his Cursed Energy output utterly negligible.
Crack! The scorched earth beneath Geto's chest suddenly fractured even more! He could feel his ribs bending!
"Continue," Chen Tian's voice remained flat. "Press hard. Let's see how much gravity it takes to crush your own head."
These words hit Geto like a bucket of ice water!
He instantly understood! The gravity he was applying was ineffective against Chen Tian, like an ant trying to shake a tree!
Conversely, this terrifying gravity field seemed to be acting directly on the area 'beneath' Chen Tian's foot, or rather—acting on himself, who was beneath Chen Tian's foot!
The stronger the gravity he applied, the more terrifying the force Chen Tian was pressing him with! Chen Tian wasn't actively stomping; he was using the Gravity Technique to frantically crush his own head!!!
Geto let out a terrified screech, immediately deactivating the Cursed Technique. The invisible force acting on Chen Tian instantly vanished.
The pressure of the foot eased slightly, but it remained pressed against him like an iron block.
"Nero! Listen to me!" Geto's voice was hoarse and broken by fear. His muffled words were barely audible. "It wasn't me! I didn't plan for your house to be destroyed! It wasn't my fault!"
"I know," Chen Tian's voice was devoid of inflection, as if speaking of a trivial matter. "It was just collateral damage from the players fighting in the Culling Game, right? I know all about it."
"Then..." Geto relaxed, utterly confused, almost fainting.
You know?! Big Brother?! You know, and you still came to find me?! And sliced me into a human stick and stomped on me?! What the hell for?! The debt is with the culprit!
The immense injustice and terror intertwined, choking his throat. He couldn't utter another word.
Chen Tian looked down at the face, twisted by the stomping and shock, and added one last sentence, pronouncing his fate:
"But as the organizer of the game, you failed to set a rule for the players not to destroy anything related to me. Therefore, I'm going to dismantle your pathetic game right in front of your eyes."
The foot on his face lifted slightly. Just as Geto thought his opponent was about to spare him and allow the nascent limbs to grow again—
That foot slammed down violently! With the force of ten thousand jun!
The target—Geto's face, who was currently thinking, Why am I always the one getting hurt?
Dust and rubble splashed up as if from an explosion!
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