Time passed bit by bit.
After an unknown amount of time, everyone except Gojo Satoru returned one after another to the edge of the enormous crater that had swallowed Shinjuku and its surrounding areas.
Kurusu Hana and Kashimo Hajime went without saying. Once the earth-shattering aftershocks here had subsided after Gojo Satoru's arrival, they had returned at almost the same time.
Then Kakinoki Kenji returned as well, battered all over and covered in frost, dragging the unconscious Uraume behind him.
Even Okkotsu Yuta, Tsukumo Yuki, Zenin Maki, Panda, Inumaki Toge, and the others returned after some time.
Kengso had been brought back by them too—or rather, Itadori Yuji's body had been brought back.
On those two battlefields, everyone had achieved a complete victory. They had defeated Uraume and Kengso respectively, then all returned.
Though quite a few of them had suffered injuries to varying degrees, Panda had drained his own life force and shrunk in size, Inumaki Toge had lost an arm, and even Zenin Maki was covered in burns, her hair scorched short. Only Okkotsu Yuta, Tsukumo Yuki, Kakinoki Kenji, and the others who knew the Reverse Cursed Technique appeared completely unharmed. Still, they had all successfully defeated their formidable opponents.
Now... only the battle between Riezel and Ryomen Sukuna had yet to be decided.
The reason was simple.
Within that open domain, where the scenery on either side stood in stark contrast, the two had been engaged in the most intense hand-to-hand combat imaginable.
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang...!"
Amid the unending explosions, Riezel and Sukuna hurled their fists at their opponents, fist shadows mixed with sonic booms and howling gusts battering each other's bodies without mercy.
The seemingly endless barrage of fists intertwined and clashed violently. Every collision sent cursed energy and