The Binding Barrier Is Strengthened; The Cursed Spirits Are Completely Defeated / A Plan to Change the Jujutsu World-Cursed Spirits and Sorcerers Go Public!

Mahito, who had just restored his arm, immediately widened his eyes at the sight.

Wasn't this ability to control trees and plants his companion's technique?

The tree trunks imbued with cursed energy were extraordinarily tough. Even under the onslaught of hundreds of Cursed Spirits, they did not budge in the slightest. Instead, countless branches extended out and bound every Cursed Spirit that drew near.

At the same time, flower buds bloomed along the branches. While absorbing the cursed energy of the restrained Cursed Spirits, they continuously scattered paralyzing pollen, weakening the resistance of the Cursed Spirits trapped within.

Seeing this, Choso immediately activated his technique, intending to retrieve every Cursed Spirit he had released.

But Choso quickly discovered that he was once again unable to control the Cursed Spirits he had released. Even though the Cursed Spirits he had summoned this time were not bound by those Golden Chains like before, he had still been forcibly cut off from them.

No, this time, the connection had not been severed because of restraint. Another force was snatching control of the Cursed Spirits away from him!

Clearly sensing the Cursed Spirits under his control being forcibly taken, Choso fixed his gaze on Makima.

Aside from the technique that could summon Golden Chains, did she also possess a technique similar to Cursed Spirit Manipulation, one that could control Cursed Spirits?

"So that's it. No wonder you can use Hanami's power. You can seize control of Cursed Spirits from my Cursed Spirit Manipulation. It seems Leaking Pot and Hanami have already been controlled by you, just like these Cursed Spirits, haven't they?"

"That's right. After all, I don't have a habit of letting enemies go."

Makima answered with a smile.

As Choso looked at Makima, his eyes were filled with fear, but deep within them burned a hidden flame.

The Golden Chains she had summoned earlier were already an immensely powerful technique. Yet now, she seemingly possessed another technique like Cursed Spirit Manipulation, capable of controlling Cursed Spirits—and her control even appeared to surpass Cursed Spirit Manipulation.

Without a doubt, this woman was far more suitable as a vessel than Geto Suguru, whose body he had taken over.

Unfortunately, unlike Geto Suguru, who had already died and could not resist, this woman was powerful and not easy to take down.

Considering that Mahito and he had been lured here by her, and that they had already fallen into an ambush, her reinforcements could arrive at any moment. If they could not defeat her quickly, it would be best to consider retreating for now.

However, unlike Choso, Mahito, having learned from their conversation that Leaking Pot and Hanami were likely under her control, held a different thought.

Just as the Cursed Spirits subjugated by a user of Cursed Spirit Manipulation would lose control after that user's death, even if Leaking Pot and Hanami had been controlled by her, wouldn't they be freed if they killed this woman?

Thus, Mahito immediately brought his hands together and formed a hand sign.

In an instant, the surrounding scenery changed. Countless giant hands stretched out from all directions, forming a twisted world.

Domain Expansion: Self-Embodiment of Perfection!

The Cursed Spirits bound within the sea of trees, whose control had just been stolen, began to mutate one after another before suddenly dying.

For Mahito, who could use Idle Transfiguration to touch and reshape souls, the sure-hit effect of Domain Expansion allowed him to constantly touch the souls of every target within the domain. Thus, in a single instant, hundreds of Cursed Spirits were slaughtered by Mahito's domain effect.

Only this power did not affect the primary target of Mahito's Domain Expansion: Makima.

Makima formed a hand sign, and a layer of special cursed energy enveloped the area within three meters around her, completely isolating the effects of the domain before her.

"Simple Domain can neutralize part of a Domain Expansion's effects, rendering its sure-hit effect ineffective."

Choso explained from the side.

"So this is the Simple Domain that can negate the sure-hit effect?"

Looking at Makima, protected within the Simple Domain, Mahito looked slightly troubled, but he soon stopped caring.

After all, although the most important sure-hit effect had been neutralized, the domain's enhancement of his technique remained.

Mahito stomped his feet and instantly charged toward Makima.

Meanwhile, Choso once again summoned two unusually massive Cursed Spirits behind him. Judging by their aura, the two Cursed Spirits summoned this time were both Special Grade cursed spirits.

After being summoned, the two Special Grade cursed spirits roared and charged forward in great strides, providing Mahito with cover.

But to Mahito and Choso's surprise, Makima, surrounded by the two of them, seemed not to care about them at all. Instead, she closed her eyes as if sensing something.

"So that's what a Domain Expansion is..."

As if she had suddenly understood something, Makima finally opened her eyes just as Mahito was about to reach her and attack.

The next second, an overwhelming sense of danger enveloped them.

Without the slightest hesitation, Choso prepared to summon a flying Cursed Spirit to force his way through Mahito's domain and escape. Mahito, already within inches of Makima, had nowhere to retreat and could only watch in horror as she formed a particular hand sign with both hands.

Domain Expansion: Restraint Barrier.

The forty-seventh chapter: The enhancement of the Restraint Barrier, the complete fall of the Cursed Spirit faction

A golden domain spread outward from Makima, and an enormous amount of cursed energy shot into the sky!

Neither Mahito nor Choso could describe just how terrifying that cursed energy was. They only knew that even if their combined cursed energy were multiplied tenfold, it likely would not amount to even one-tenth of the cursed energy Makima had released.

Even in central Tokyo, dozens of kilometers away, such an immense amount of cursed energy could probably be felt with ease.

And faced with such a terrifying Domain Expansion, Mahito's domain bore the brunt of it.

It did not even last a second. The moment Mahito's domain touched the golden domain, it shattered outright, and Mahito himself lost consciousness on the spot.

Choso, who had retreated immediately, could not escape either. In the blink of an eye, he was caught by the rapidly expanding domain.

When he discovered that the golden domain was about to catch up to him, Choso even attempted to turn back and deploy his own Domain Expansion to cancel out the domain before him.

Domain Expansion: Corpse Toy!

A withered tree seemingly pieced together from countless faces rose from the ground behind Choso. Yet the domain that spread from it shattered instantly upon colliding with the domain before it, just like Mahito's domain.

"How is this possible?!"

Choso's face was filled with disbelief. His domain was an open domain, and in a clash between domains of the same level, it should have held an absolute advantage.

Yet even so, his domain had not lasted a second against the domain before him, as though his open domain was no different from Mahito's.

Was she another monster like Gojo Satoru?

No. Looking at the domain before him, Choso felt that even if Gojo Satoru were facing it, he would probably be as helpless as Choso was.

Furthermore, now that Makima had deployed her domain, she was no longer concealing her aura. Choso could therefore clearly sense Makima's most fundamental nature.

One of the Jujutsu World's higher-ups, one of the current Special Grade sorcerers, was actually a curse hiding among humans.

Choso suddenly laughed in relief.

This era truly was filled with exceptional people. It was far more insane than any era he had experienced before.

He had underestimated others and ended up like this.

With that thought, Choso's body was ultimately swallowed by the Restraint Barrier.

His cursed energy instantly fell silent, and he could no longer summon even a shred of strength.

Feeling his consciousness rapidly fading, Choso forced himself to take a breath and asked Makima.

"Can you tell me... what your goal is?"

"Nothing particularly special. I am simply following my master's will and creating the world my master desires."

Since he was about to meet his end, Makima answered Choso's question.

"Such a powerful curse as you actually has a master. Hehehe... The greatest enemy has been hiding right in front of them, yet no one in the Jujutsu World has noticed. It seems no one can stop you or your master anymore."

The Jujutsu World was probably finished.

With that final thought passing through his mind, Choso completely lost consciousness.

Makima, meanwhile, was sensing the expansion of her domain.

Unlike the Restraint Barrier's normal radius of one hundred kilometers, the Restraint Barrier she had deployed after sensing Mahito's domain and integrating the techniques of Domain Expansion only expanded to ten kilometers before stopping.

In exchange for the reduced range, as long as Makima wished it, she could raise the restraining power within the barrier to three times its original strength. And if she continued to compress its range, the upper limit of its restraining power would continue to increase.

At its limit, Makima could compress the Restraint Barrier to within five hundred meters around herself, while the upper limit of its restraining power would rise to ten times its original strength.

"What an... unexpected windfall."

She had thought that, given the upper limit of the cursed energy system, even Domain Expansion—the strongest technique available to every sorcerer and curse in the original work—would at most provide her with an insignificant improvement. She had not expected that applying the techniques of Domain Expansion to the Restraint Barrier would improve it far beyond her imagination.

With the Restraint Barrier's power increased tenfold from its original level, even Kevin during the final battle of the Honkai World likely would not be able to endure it for long, would he?

However, the Restraint Barrier at its limit only had a range of five hundred meters. At such close distance, if an enemy retained some ability to resist, Makima herself would instead be in danger. Thus, compared to the Restraint Barrier's usual radius of one hundred kilometers, it had both advantages and disadvantages.

After calming her thoughts, Makima dispersed the Restraint Barrier and turned her gaze toward Mahito and Choso, who lay on the ground.

Having just learned a new technique, she had accidentally made quite a commotion. The ten-kilometer Restraint Barrier, along with the cursed energy it had released, had created such a massive disturbance that any sorcerer within Tokyo would likely have sensed it.

Including Gojo Satoru, quite a few sorcerers were probably already rushing here.

Using the authority of the Dominator Devil to control Choso and Mahito, Makima summoned two chains and took them toward the Cursed Spirit faction's base. She planned to deal with and control the final Tengen Cursed Spirit there.

Not long after Makima left, the sound of rushing wind rang out. Gojo Satoru, who had used his technique to arrive at top speed, slowly landed.

Looking at the utterly silent battlefield before him, Gojo Satoru's expression was grave.

"What exactly happened here?"

It was too quiet. From this place to the very limit of the Six Eyes' sensing range, Gojo Satoru could not hear a single sound belonging to a living creature.

It was as though some force had killed every living thing in an instant. Combined with the immense residual cursed energy here—so great that even Gojo Satoru found it unbelievable—had some extremely powerful sorcerer or curse used their ability here?

But... was this range serious?

After deliberately flying into the air and using the Six Eyes to observe the residual cursed energy's range, Gojo Satoru ultimately arrived at the result of ten kilometers.

What sort of technique or ability could reach a range of ten kilometers? Could it be some kind of barrier?

With that question in mind, Gojo Satoru confirmed that there were no other useful clues at the scene and returned to Jujutsu High School first.

The next day, Tokyo, inside an unknown apartment building.

Makima sat in a beach chair within Dagon's domain. Before her, Choso and the four Tengen Cursed Spirits knelt on one knee.

The previous night, after arriving here, Dagon had been unable to resist Makima at all before being controlled, since he had never imagined all his companions would betray him and was still only in his Cursed Womb state.

At this point, aside from Sukuna, the villain faction of the Jujutsu World had essentially fallen completely. Combined with the Jujutsu World higher-ups controlled by Makima, once Makima made a move against the ordinary human higher-ups, all of Japan would become Makima's—or rather, An Xiu's—one-man domain.

And now that Choso had been controlled, it meant that Makima could officially begin the preliminary implementation of the plan she had told An Xiu about.

It was not a particularly complicated plan. On the contrary, Makima's plan was fundamentally simple.

It was to reveal the existence of Cursed Spirits and sorcerers, just as Choso had done in the original work.

The only difference was that Choso had only revealed the existence of Cursed Spirits and sorcerers to high-ranking governments around the world in the original work, whereas Makima intended to reveal it to ordinary people.

A complete disclosure!

The forty-eighth chapter: The plan to change the Jujutsu World—revealing Cursed Spirits and sorcerers!

"Let ordinary people learn of the existence of Cursed Spirits, and create a barrier that allows ordinary people to see Cursed Spirits?"

Within Dagon's domain, Choso began seriously considering Makima's order as he knelt on one knee.

"Deploying a barrier that allows ordinary people to see Cursed Spirits is not difficult. But to maintain it for a long period of time, and to have its range cover a city or even a country, will require a great deal of resources."

Barriers that allowed ordinary people to see Cursed Spirits did exist. At the very least, Choso knew of some. But such barriers usually had limited ranges and average effects, and were only temporary. To meet Makima's requirements—to allow all ordinary people in an entire country to see Cursed Spirits—a great number of modifications would have to be made upon the existing barriers. The amount of work involved could even be called designing an entirely new barrier from scratch.

And even if such a barrier could be designed, deploying one capable of covering an entire country would be no easy task. At the very least, Choso alone could not possibly possess such ability. A vast amount of resources would be needed to sustain the barrier's consumption.

"Don't worry about the resources. I will secretly divert the Jujutsu World's resources to support this."

Makima did not care about the possibility that it would consume a vast amount of resources. Nearly all the Jujutsu World's higher-ups were now under her control. Frankly speaking, with the wealth of those higher-ups, Makima now possessed nearly over eighty percent of the Jujutsu World's resources.

The resources needed to deploy a barrier covering an entire country were indeed enormous, but they could not compare to the Jujutsu World higher-ups' abundant assets.

"In that case, only time is needed. Also, if we want to deploy a barrier on this scale, Tengen's existence must be dealt with."

Thus, under Makima's command, Choso began devoting himself fully to the work.

As for Makima, after leaving the Cursed Spirit faction's base and returning to the Director's Office, she began devising a plan targeting Tengen.

Although Tengen held a high position in the Jujutsu World, high status did not mean great strength. Aside from possessing an exceptionally immense amount of cursed energy, Tengen's combat ability was not outstanding.

Thus, with deliberate planning, Makima easily used her status to bring Tengen under her control without attracting attention, then ordered Tengen to secretly assist Choso in designing the barrier.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

That day, every sorcerer in Japan suddenly sensed an unusual fluctuation of cursed energy.

High in the sky, thousands of meters above the ground, a transparent barrier spread outward from Tokyo.