Someone in the Multiverse, Transformed into Fu Hua at the Start Chapter 43

"If that brat forcibly switches out, he'll die on the spot."

The smile on Sukuna's face was brimming with excitement. "That way, I'll be completely free."

"Yuji-senpai, you can switch back anytime."

Amber remembered that Yuji had been gradually regaining consciousness, but since it was hard to tell exactly when he'd recover, she tentatively asked, "Don't worry about the heart problem. Shier has awakened a technique that can heal the body."

Ryomen Sukuna's expression instantly soured.

Yet, as time passed, the scene still showed no change.

"Heh... hehehe... hahaha... HAHAHAHAHA!"

The grin at the corners of his mouth widened. Sukuna could no longer hide his delight. A gaping maw appeared on the palm holding the finger and swallowed it down. Now wielding the power of a Three-Finger Sukuna, his face was drenched in murderous intent.

"I don't know what's going on, but as long as I kill you before this brat wakes up, that's good enough."

He laid out his next move simply and clearly. The smile on his face, along with the eerie sight of his four eyes, sent an indescribable chill down Amber's spine.

She was genuinely creeped out.

"I'd love to torture you and the curse inside you properly, but whatever. This era's bound to have plenty of people who can entertain me, so I'll just finish you off quickly."

Sukuna's hands formed the Enma Heavenly Seal, and his Cursed Energy surged explosively in an instant.

The next moment, a massive shrine materialized behind him. Though it should have been a small alcove for enshrining a deity, it was filled with twisted, grotesque flesh.

"Domain Expansion—Malevolent Shrine."

Chapter 27: Please, Another Me.

"You don't seem surprised at all."

He had been expecting some interesting expression from the girl opposite him, but her face remained unchanged.

Sukuna asked with a smile, "Or is it that you don't actually understand what's happening? That can't be. Even if you don't have a concept of domains, you should at least sense... your current situation (danger)."

As his words fell, an invisible slash instantly reached Amber. But before Sukuna's grin could widen, he saw the girl deflect the slash's trajectory with her scythe.

"Hmph?"

Sukuna's brow furrowed.

He had seen people oppose his domain with their own, and he had seen people endure it with Reverse Cursed Technique, but he had never seen anyone simply knock his slashes aside. It wasn't impossible—after all, even if a domain had a sure-hit effect, one only needed to block it with an attack of comparable power. But his slashes were not only invisible but also faster than human reaction. Theoretically possible, but...

After a brief thought, Sukuna let it go. His power was still limited right now—three-twentieths of his full strength. Being blocked wasn't impossible.

But that only made it more certain that he couldn't let this girl leave alive.

He knew the strengths and weaknesses of his open-barrier domain, and he also knew that an open domain was an effective first-strike killer. So there was no way he'd let her escape and spread word about his domain.

"Die!"

Sukuna's killing intent had reached its peak. No matter how he looked at it, he couldn't let this girl live. She seemed to have a teleportation-like technique, so he couldn't give her the chance to use it and escape his domain.

Facing the overwhelming barrage of slashes, Amber gritted her teeth.

To others, the slashes were indeed invisible, but her Tai Xu Sword Qi gave her an extremely sharp perception of surrounding energy, allowing her to sense the shape and size of each slash.

Quantization wasn't very useful inside the domain, because techniques enhanced by the domain had higher priority than non-domain techniques. Not only would Quantization's immunity fail, but even Limitless's defense would be nullified within an enemy's domain.

Fortunately, Amber had now swapped to the Otherworldly Twin Character Card, with strength far surpassing before.

The massive scythe swung back and forth in her hands. There was no particular technique, but thanks to her overwhelming physical ability, even relying purely on instinctive reaction to counter each move, Amber managed to weave an impenetrable wall with the giant blade.

"Interesting. Then what will you do about this?"

Sukuna's lips curled with amusement. The slashes were no longer a relentless storm. Though a few still came in quick succession to disrupt her, most of them hung in place, waiting for a simultaneous strike from all directions.

Easily dispersing the incoming attacks, Amber then 'saw' the slashes from every direction rushing at her at once.

"If coming one by one doesn't work, then how about facing an attack you can't block all at once?"

Sukuna wore a smile. He didn't think this would finish the girl off, but it should at least draw some blood, right?

However, Amber's mindset was completely different from what he imagined.

'I'm not going to get exposed, am I...'

Watching the attack leave no blind spots, a girlish panic rose in her heart: 'The domain's sure-hit effect is way too cheap. If I could Quantize, I could dodge it easily...'

Though her strength now far exceeded before, Sukuna's power also far surpassed an ordinary Special Grade. To put it bluntly, each of his attacks could easily tear a Special Grade apart.

Amber, who had previously complained about Quantization being inconvenient, finally missed its benefits.

'Just advance in one direction while knocking those attacks aside, and we can break out.'

Black Amber shrugged. 'Isn't that easy to solve?'

'Oh, right...'

Amber understood, but after breaking out following Black Amber's method, she still frowned. 'But that doesn't solve the root problem. If Sukuna increases the number of slashes next time or blocks the path in advance, we'll be in trouble again.'

'Then just retreat from the domain first.'

Black Amber also furrowed her brow. 'Honestly, there's no need for us to clash head-on inside his domain, is there? Are you really willing to take risks just for that brat?'

"It's not really taking a risk... Although the quality of Cursed Energy is far inferior to Imaginary Energy, with the other me's endless supply of Cursed Energy and the body strengthened by the power our twin bond can transmit, Sukuna's current slashes probably can't do much damage to us—at most, some small wounds."

Amber didn't feel she was in any danger: "Besides, Yuji is a really good person, and he takes care of me. It's only natural to want to help him."

"...This is my body too, right? Since it's my body, I won't allow you to get hurt."

Black Amber's tone was harsh.

Indeed, now that she had accepted the other's existence, Amber naturally agreed that the body wasn't hers alone.

But that made things tricky. No matter how careful she was, maintaining a constant defense couldn't guarantee she'd avoid all injury before Yuji woke up. While the best approach would be to break through the encirclement and engage Sukuna in close combat, that would create even more openings.

"Then... should I use the Core of the Herrscher of Death?"

Amber hesitated.

If she became the Herrscher of Death and Life, the problem of injury would disappear, since she could instantly repair herself.

"You...!"

Black Amber was furious at the suggestion: "Do you think healing it means it never happened? No! I won't allow it!"

"Then... what if I leave it to you?"

Amber asked.

"Huh?"

"Even if I can't do it, the other me can, right?"

Amber was fully confident: "Just like Shier, almost all of this body's power comes from the Stigmata, or rather, your Cursed Energy. The channel between us has widened because of our twin bond, but it's still limited. The power I can use is limited—but you're different."

"This is our body. If I can't protect it well, then the other me should take over."

Black Amber was momentarily speechless.

She didn't care at all about what happened to her own body. What she wanted was for Amber to protect herself—she didn't want to see Amber get hurt for someone else's sake.

Humans had no value in her eyes. So if someone she cared about got hurt for something worthless, her mood would turn very sour.

But hearing Amber so easily and sincerely say "our body," being so plainly accepted, still made her happy. Even if Amber hadn't understood her true meaning, it still made her happy.

"And you keep talking about that Crimson Kite Immortal, but you're not much different yourself."

"Huh?"

Amber was startled. Why did she suddenly bring up her master?

"Whatever. The goal is to suppress Sukuna until that brat regains his senses, right?"

Black Amber didn't bother explaining: "While protecting the body (you), I'll help you out this once."

Amber hadn't expected the other to voluntarily mention protecting humans, but after thinking it over and considering Black Amber's earlier words, she caught on.

She smiled: "Then I'll leave it to you, other me."

I'm very different from my master. My emotional intelligence is much higher.

Chapter 28: The Frustrated Sukuna

"!"

A chill ran from the back of his skull down to his tailbone. Before he could even process what was happening, Sukuna's figure explosively retreated.

Blood-red light exploded within the domain in an instant. When Sukuna came to his senses, he found himself in a pitch-black space, countless red shadows swimming through it, seemingly ready to launch a lethal attack at any moment.

"A domain, I see. You want to pit your domain against mine. But do you really think your domain can affect me?"

After realizing what had happened, Sukuna's tense attitude relaxed considerably.

When it came to domain battles, he had an absolute advantage.

Looking at the distant girl whose figure was obscured by darkness and shadow, Sukuna smiled slightly and directed his slashes to carve into the shell of her domain. But...

They didn't hit?

The complete lack of feedback left Sukuna frozen in place.

"Hee hee hee hee... Is this your method?"

If the girl's voice had been clear and gentle before, now it was low and eerie. Sukuna squinted at the girl walking slowly toward him, only then noticing that her eyes had begun to gleam with a wine-red light.

Her entire demeanor had changed. The smile on her face was mocking, as if she were watching a toy writhing in the palm of her hand.

This undisguised contempt stung Sukuna's pride, but he smiled anyway: "Not attacking? As a nameless curse, I'll permit you to show me what you've got."

He could clearly see that she had switched personas. Honestly, this feeling of swapping out when losing was like looking in a mirror—but that only made him more irritated.

As the King of Curses, he was the strongest Jujutsu Sorcerer in history and also the strongest curse. Who was she to dare be so similar to him?

Black Amber was completely unshaken by his provocation. Though Sukuna was now a curse, no matter how beastly he had been, he was once human.

If anything, human existences like Sukuna were one of the reasons Lahmu was born. Moreover, so-called curses were born from humans. To Black Amber, whose essence was Lahmu, curses were even more inferior than humans.

So she laughed, like a human seeing a hedgehog bristle its spines—not angry, but amused: "As a toy, you should watch your words. It's better for both of us. If I break you carelessly, I might not find a more valuable toy."

The moment she finished speaking, before Sukuna could respond, a massive object like a squid tentacle materialized out of nowhere, wrapped around Sukuna's body, and slammed him heavily to the ground.

Seeing the black-red blades that had sprouted from the ground without warning, Sukuna immediately used his slashes to shear them flat.

But...

'Missed again!?'

Sukuna's expression instantly soured. He adjusted his body to dodge, but once again, a tentacle materialized out of thin air and slammed him hard onto the row of blades.

Pshhk—

The blades pierced through his body without resistance. His own two slashes had missed in ways he couldn't comprehend. Sukuna turned his head to look at the tentacle pressing down on him. He launched another slash, aiming to sever the tentacle at its root—but it missed again.

What the hell is going on? What kind of technique is this?

Even Ryomen Sukuna wore a look of bewilderment. His body was riddled with puncture wounds, blades still embedded inside. Though he was already healing with Reverse Cursed Technique, he had no taste for being pinned down like this.

In that instant, understanding the essence of cursed techniques, Sukuna devised a countermeasure. He coated his entire body with Void Domain, which could neutralize techniques. This broke the domain's guaranteed-hit condition and effortlessly knocked away the tentacle restraining him. Then he stood up, using Reverse Cursed Technique to mend his body.

Black Amber was genuinely surprised by Sukuna this time. Domain Extension—an operation even Gojo Satoru couldn't use, developed by Liaoliang specifically to counter techniques. Of course, while Gojo didn't use Domain Extension, he did employ Simple Domain.

Neither was strictly better or worse. During Domain Extension, one couldn't use their technique, but it could counter both domains and techniques, and the user could move freely.

Simple Domain couldn't move freely and couldn't counter techniques, but within it, techniques could still be activated normally.

Sukuna, realizing his technique was useless, had apparently decided to just go straight into a Punch Jutsu Kaisen brawl with her.

Without Mahoraga, this was all Sukuna had left.

Having figured out a solution in mere seconds, Sukuna expected to see disbelief—or at least surprise—on her face. Instead, he was met with contempt.

The ever-arrogant man instantly lost his smugness. "Fine. Let's see how long that cocky face of yours lasts, woman!"

He frantically reinforced his body with Cursed Energy. Though he had broken through the domain's suppression, Sukuna was well aware he only had the power of three of his fingers. This state couldn't be maintained for long—he had to finish this quickly.

"Are you here to die?"