Which Barrier Should They Choose?

--Heavenly Restriction.

The moment the term left Riezel's mouth and reached everyone's ears, Okkotsu Yuta and Nanami Kento immediately turned to look at Zenin Maki.

"..."

Zenin Maki paused in the middle of wiping down her cursed tool, her eyes behind her glasses slowly narrowing.

The atmosphere inside the cabin immediately became somewhat subtle.

Only Itadori Yuji spoke up alone, looking completely baffled.

"Heavenly Restriction?"

What was that?

Could you eat it?

The athletic prodigy was utterly confused.

"...You know what a binding vow is, right?"

Nanami Kento naturally understood Itadori Yuji's situation best. Seeing his blank expression, he sighed and began explaining.

"A Heavenly Restriction is a type of binding vow. But unlike ordinary binding vows, it is an innate restriction forcibly imposed upon a Curse User from birth."

Ordinary binding vows were made by Curse Users themselves. Whether they existed or not depended entirely on the Curse User.

Heavenly Restrictions, however, were different. They were compulsory restraints that appeared on one or more individuals from birth, never giving them the opportunity to enter into one voluntarily.

"Curse Users with Heavenly Restrictions usually suffer severe deficiencies in their physical functions," Nanami Kento said. "In exchange, however, they gain advantages in certain areas. That is the equivalent exchange principle of a binding vow."

"You met Kyoto Jujutsu High's Mechamaru during the Kyoto Sister School Exchange Event, didn't you, Itadori?" Okkotsu Yuta explained to Itadori Yuji as well. "He possesses a Heavenly Restriction. Apparently, he was born without a right hand or any flesh below the knees, has no sensation below the waist, and his body is extremely frail. Even moonlight burns him, so he cannot show himself in the outside world freely."

"That is why Mechamaru of Kyoto Jujutsu High creates Cursed Corpses and remotely controls them through the cursed