"----"
As the atmosphere at the scene changed, whether they stood on Sukuna's side or Riezel's, everyone's expression subtly shifted.
Everyone turned to look at Riezel, who stood there expressionlessly. Sensing the cursed energy gradually surging from him, they could not help but feel shaken.
Though Riezel had not actively unleashed the cursed energy within him, the fluctuations in his emotions caused a suppressed wave of cursed energy to leak out. At that moment, everyone present felt an indescribable pressure.
That suffocating pressure was like a volcano on the verge of eruption or a storm before it arrived. Other than Sukuna and Gojo Satoru, everyone broke out in a cold sweat.
Even Sukuna narrowed his eyes, while Gojo Satoru's azure eyes flickered.
They could feel the terrifying cursed energy within Riezel and understood that the boy's emotions were on the verge of exploding.
That was exceedingly dangerous.
After all, cursed energy was power refined from human negative emotions. If a Curse User's emotional fluctuations became too intense, the cursed energy within them would enter an eruptive state. Both its quantity and quality would soar, drastically increasing their strength.
Anger, resentment, hatred... once such negative emotions became too intense, they could all trigger this phenomenon.
This was one of cursed energy's traits.
Therefore, provoking a Curse User and causing them to lose emotional control was an extremely dangerous thing.
And when the provoked Curse User was a supreme powerhouse whom everyone had to fear, like Riezel, danger became outright peril.
Riezel's cursed energy was already incredibly immense. If it became even greater due to his emotions, the power he would unleash was enough to make one's heart tremble just imagining it.
Fortunately, the utterly oppressive fluctuations of cursed energy quickly subsided.
"Are you going first, or am I?"
Riezel spoke expressionlessly.