What, That's It?

Boom!

It was the sound of flames igniting.

Countless interconnected pipes on that bizarre cursed pillar burst into flame, followed by the pillar itself.

Those were no ordinary flames, but Cursed Flame formed purely from cursed energy.

And as they took shape, a flaming altar capable of imprisoning and sealing everything appeared as well.

"...This is your trump card?"

Feeling that he could no longer mobilize his cursed energy, Riezel was initially surprised, but soon regained his calm and looked at Fuji Yūichi as he spoke flatly.

"That's right." Only then did Fuji Yūichi shed his rigid demeanor, looking faintly smug as he said, "Did you think we'd come looking for you without any preparations?"

Gojo Satoru always said that the upper ranks of the Jujutsu World were a bunch of idiots—either hereditary idiots or self-righteous idiots—but no matter how stupid they were, they should understand one principle.

In the World of Cursed Techniques, cursed techniques—power—were everything.

Without sufficient power, no amount of beliefs or authority could be upheld.

That was why, stupid as the upper ranks of the Jujutsu World were, they had never dared to openly make a move against Gojo Satoru. They only dared to pull little tricks behind the scenes.

They could verbally reprimand Gojo Satoru, even curse him out, but if they dared use violence, Gojo Satoru would definitely show them who the most violent person in this world truly was.

And since Riezel had already been publicly recognized by the Jujutsu World as Gojo Satoru's successor, a man whose strength approached—or perhaps even equaled—Gojo Satoru's, how could those above possibly make a move against him without preparation?

The Eight-Eyed Pillar was the preparation they had made.

"The Eight-Eyed Pillar is one of the Special Grade Curse Tools directly held by Jujutsu Headquarters. Among all