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The ruined city streets.
Itadori Yuji and Fushiguro Megumi were moving along a relatively intact road, vigilantly scanning their surroundings. After the Culling Game barrier broke, the remaining Cursed Spirit residue had thinned considerably, but the danger was far from over.
"Where in the world could the Angel be?" Yuji scratched his head, sounding frustrated. Without the guidance of the game's rules, searching felt like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Fushiguro Megumi was about to reply, but his footsteps abruptly halted. His entire body instantly tensed, as if facing a formidable foe. His gaze was fixed dead ahead on the shadow of an alley entrance.
"What is it, Megumi?" Yuji immediately adopted a combat stance, following his line of sight.
From the shadows, a figure slowly stepped out.
It was a slender girl with shoulder-length hair, wearing a simple white dress.
She looked at Fushiguro Megumi quietly, and a faint, almost imperceptible ripple seemed to stir in the depths of her eyes.
"Fushiguro Megumi." The girl spoke, her voice calm and flat, like cold stream water.
"You are…" Megumi's pupils contracted, instantly recognizing that unique aura, "…The Angel, Kurusu Hana?"
"Eh?! She's the Angel?" Yuji's eyes widened. He looked from the girl to Megumi, his face a picture of disbelief. "Just like that?!"
Kurusu Hana ignored Yuji's surprise, her gaze still locked on Megumi: "The barrier broke. The binding vow… is loose. I sensed you." She tilted her head slightly. "You want to… free the 'Prison Realm'?"
"That's right!" Yuji took an eager step forward and said urgently, "We need your power! Please help us undo the Prison Realm's seal and save Gojo-sensei! Only he can fight Sukuna and Kenjaku!"
Kurusu Hana was silent for a moment, her golden eyes sweeping over the two of them. "'Prison Realm'…" She seemed to be weighing the situation. "'Extinguishing all Cursed Techniques'… can indeed erase the sealing technique. But the cost…"
"We're willing to bear the cost! Please, we beg you!" Yuji pleaded anxiously, his eyes full of sincerity and urgency.
Fushiguro Megumi also said in a deep voice: "We need Gojo Satoru's power. This is important for everyone, including you."
Kurusu Hana looked at the two, seemingly about to say something. But in that instant—
A muffled explosion! The wall of a building behind and to the side of the three of them suddenly blew open, leaving a huge hole without warning! Amidst the flying dust and debris, a swift and steady figure tore through the smoke screen, pouncing on Fushiguro Megumi like a long-lurking leopard!
It was too fast! So fast that Megumi only had time to see a flash of familiar golden short hair and reflective glasses!
"Nanami-san?!"
No sooner had Fushiguro Megumi's voice of shock left his lips than Nanami Kento was already upon him!
His right hand gripped the short, cloth-wrapped Cursed Tool—the cleaver—and with a sound like tearing silk through the air, he mercilessly chopped down toward Fushiguro Megumi's side waist!
There was no hesitation in this attack; it was a fatal killing blow!
"Megumi!" Yuji's eyes were bloodshot. His body moved faster than his mind, instinctively bursting forth with astonishing speed. He twisted his body and threw a punch, his Cursed Energy-wrapped fist fiercely meeting Nanami Kento's cleaver!
Clang—!
It was like the tolling of a great bell!
A savage shockwave exploded with the two of them at the center! The ground beneath their feet instantly cracked and sank!
Yuji was sent flying backward by the immense force, smashing heavily into a broken wall behind him, which instantly collapsed! He felt a sharp, painful numbness in his arm, and a coppery taste rose in his throat.
Yuji was utterly astonished; he could tell that Nanami Kento had held absolutely nothing back.
A giant owl Shikigami shrieked, rushing out from the shadows, its sharp talons crackling with lightning as they lunged at Nanami Kento!
Nanami Kento forced Yuji back with one strike. Facing Nue's attack, he was terrifyingly calm.
His body slid to the side at an incredible angle, dodging the talons. At the same time, his left hand shot out like lightning, grabbing hold of Nue's ankle!
A burst of Cursed Energy—"Ten-Tenths Technique—Wallow Wallow!"
Nue's massive body was sliced, instantly disintegrating into two halves in the air and vanishing as Cursed Energy! The entire process occurred in a flash of lightning! Nanami Kento's movements were efficient, precise, and ruthless, showing no sloppiness whatsoever, demonstrating the overwhelming combat experience and destructive power of a Special Grade Sorcerer!
"Nanami-san! Why?!" Yuji struggled to his feet from the rubble, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, shouting in shock and rage.
He couldn't believe that Nanami-senpai, who had always looked out for him and acted justly, would suddenly try to kill them!
Nanami Kento adjusted his glasses, the lenses reflecting a cold light.
"Itadori, I have no dissatisfaction or hatred toward you or Fushiguro. I am simply… at work."
This sentence landed like a heavy hammer on their hearts.
Yuji's fists audibly creaked as he clenched them, his knuckles turning white; Fushiguro Megumi's pupils contracted violently, and cold sweat broke out on his back. They instantly understood—this was an order from the higher-ups of the Jujutsu world. Kill Yuji and prevent Gojo Satoru from being unsealed.
"Nanami-san…" Yuji's voice was shaking, not from fear, but from anger.
He remembered the ordinary people who died during the Shibuya Incident, and the scene when Gojo-sensei was sealed. Now, even the most reliable Nanami-senpai wanted to kill him?
Fushiguro Megumi was already adopting the hand sign position: "Nue!"
He lowered his voice and spoke to Yuji: "Get ready to break out. The Angel is still here—"
"Itadori Yuji?"
A low, male voice suddenly interjected, and all four turned their heads simultaneously.
A man with a bitter melon face in a black suit walked slowly over, his leather shoes making a crisp sound as he stopped.
"I am Hiromi Higuruma." Pages of a book turned by themselves despite the lack of wind. "I have come to judge your crimes in the Shibuya Incident."
The air instantly froze.
Nanami Kento frowned: "Judge? Now is not the time." The cleaver in his hand was still aimed at Fushiguro Megumi.
Hiromi Higuruma's voice was utterly flat: "According to the existing ordinances, Itadori Yuji, as the vessel for Sukuna, must bear joint responsibility for the twenty-three thousand, four hundred and eleven civilian casualties in the Shibuya Incident."
Yuji's face instantly turned ashen. The images came rushing back—blood, screaming, Sukuna's maniacal laughter inside him…
Fushiguro Megumi stepped in front of Yuji: "Are you kidding me! That wasn't Itadori's fault at all!"
The shadows behind him began to distort, "It was Sukuna who—"
"Objection overruled." Hiromi Higuruma raised his hand. "Guilt or innocence will be decided by the court."
A complex Cursed Technique array suddenly expanded beneath his feet, and countless chains shot out from the void!
"Domain Expansion—Deadly Sentencing!"
Blinding white light erupted, engulfing all four people. When their vision returned, they stood in the center of a massive courtroom.
On the towering judge's bench, a colossal, black-robed Shikigami stood with its arms spread, a scale pan suspended from each hand. Hiromi Higuruma stood before the Shikigami, holding a gavel.
Nanami Kento and Fushiguro Megumi were seated in the witness box, and Yuji stood in the defendant's dock. Surprisingly—the Angel, Kurusu Hana, sat in the jury box, her golden eyes thoughtful.
"Court is now in session." The gavel struck, and the entire space began to vibrate. The voice of the black Shikigami echoed throughout the space, "Itadori Yuji is suspected of having committed mass murder in Shibuya on October 31, 2018."
Fushiguro Megumi suddenly turned his head to look at Nanami Kento, noticing the senior sorcerer's deeply furrowed brow. Then, he tried to manipulate his own Cursed Energy, only to discover that his Cursed Energy had been stripped away within this Domain.
A Domain of such power left Fushiguro Megumi utterly shocked.
Everyone looked toward Itadori Yuji, who, despite having been panting moments ago, was now calm.
He looked at the Shikigami and spoke with extreme composure:
"Ah, I was the one who killed them. That is not a lie, nor am I denying it."
"Guilty! Confiscation! Death Penalty!"
The moment the black Shikigami roared, the entire courtroom space violently shook.
An invisible, crushing pressure slammed down! Yuji groaned, feeling his body suddenly become heavy. The Cursed Energy circulating within him was completely depleted, like water drawn from a dried-up well!
Stripping Cursed Energy—that was the rule of the Deadly Sentencing Domain!
"Yuji!!!" Fushiguro Megumi cried out in alarm.
Megumi's face was ashen. He frantically tried to summon his strength, but the shadows remained unresponsive.
Nanami Kento's gaze behind his glasses was sharp. His muscles tensed as he tried to stand up, but he was held firmly in the witness box by the Domain's rules.
His heart sank: This is bad. Higuruma is serious! I only intended to feign carrying out the mission to buy time, but now Yuji's life is hanging by a thread!
Hiromi Higuruma was expressionless. The light in his hand surged, coalescing into a longsword that flowed with deadly white light—the Executioner's Sword!
"Submit to the law." The judge's voice was as cold as a final decree.
Higuruma's figure vanished on the spot! He was so fast that he left an afterimage! The tip of the sword aimed straight for Yuji's heart!
Yuji's pupils contracted! With his Cursed Energy stripped, he was left with only his rigorously trained body!
In this moment of life and death, an instinct honed from countless life-or-death struggles took over his body!
"Hah—!" Yuji roared, slamming his right foot down, shattering the concrete! Relying purely on muscular explosive power, he forcibly shifted his body half a foot to the left!
The white light grazed his right rib cage! His jacket, along with his skin and flesh, was easily sliced open, and blood instantly splattered out!
"Itadori!" Fushiguro Megumi's eyes were splitting with rage. He desperately strained against the invisible restraints, his finger joints turning white, but it was all in vain.
Nanami Kento stared intently at Higuruma's movements, his mind racing: The rules… the Domain's compelling force… there must be a loophole!
Higuruma's strike missed. He lightly flicked his wrist, and the light sword, without any delay, swept out horizontally, aiming to cut Yuji in half across the waist!
The sword light covered a vast area, making evasion impossible!
Yuji's eyes were fierce. Instead of retreating, he advanced! He lowered his center of gravity like a pouncing tiger, and the moment the sword light reached him, he suddenly darted forward and performed a dive-roll!
The light sword swept barely past his back, severing a few strands of his hair!
Yuji landed and rolled, his movements slightly awkward, his rib wound throbbing with pain, but he successfully closed the distance!
"I'm not done yet!" He roared, springing up. Using only his physical strength, he twisted his waist and unleashed a whip kick infused with all his strength, tearing through the air, and sweeping fiercely toward Higuruma's head!
A life-for-a-life fighting style!
A flicker of emotion finally crossed Higuruma's cold eyes.
He hadn't expected that Yuji, even after being stripped of his Cursed Energy, could still unleash such a ferocious counterattack with only his physique and will. He instinctively raised his left arm to block—
A dull impact! Hiromi Higuruma's body staggered slightly! Yuji's full-power kick had actually made this Special Grade Sorcerer feel the shock!
"I got him…!" A sliver of hope ignited in Yuji's eyes—
Higuruma's left arm, which had blocked the whip kick, remained perfectly still, but the light sword in his right hand had wordlessly darted out like a viper!
The distance was too close! The sword tip was aimed straight at Yuji's throat! The icy intent to kill had locked onto him!
"It's over." Higuruma declared.
Yuji had expended his previous momentum and had not yet generated new force; his body was still airborne, making evasion impossible! All he could do was watch helplessly as the white light, representing death, rapidly grew larger in his vision!
"Yuji—!" Fushiguro Megumi's scream was filled with despair.
Just as the light sword was about to pierce Yuji's throat in that split-second moment—
"Kept… promises…"
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