He Is No Longer That Spirited Youth!

(Switching eyes would mean losing the abilities of the other eyes, but retaining one's own power. For example, using the Rinnegan would prevent using the Limitless Technique, but the vast cursed energy would still exist—just without the Six Eyes' precise calculation.)

"You pretentious bastard!"

Provoked by those inexplicable words, an enraged Sukuna lashed out with several sharp slashes.

"Boom!"

Another cloud of smoke burst forth, coiling around Gojo, but this time Sukuna didn't stop his assault. After the ordinary slash of Dismantle, he followed up with Cleave, a lethal cut adjusted according to the difference in cursed energy output.

In his current state, launching that space-severing slash was difficult. Relying on these alone to win would be tough.

A fierce gale erupted at the center of the smoke, scattering everything, revealing Gojo Satoru standing there completely unharmed.

'As expected! Ordinary slashes have no effect, not even Cleave. Then~'

Making a swift decision, Sukuna charged straight at Gojo, a right hook packed with immense cursed energy slamming into his face.

The moment it connected, Sukuna was elated.

'It hit! Sure enough, he's a fake—no sign of that so-called Limitless blocking it!'

So hard!!!

Seeing that close combat dealt no damage, Sukuna immediately leaped backward, staring in shock at Gojo, who had only tilted his head after taking that heavy punch.

"Just who the hell are you? With strength like this, you couldn't be unknown. Kenjaku never mentioned any information about you!"

Without answering, Gojo lightly patted the spot where he'd been hit, also somewhat stunned.

So this is Absolute Defense? If I hadn't instinctively used Force Nullification just now, I wouldn't have even tilted my head!

A conceptual divine technique—any ability perceived as harm gets nullified!

Then he looked at Sukuna and asked a bizarre question.

"Don't you find all these surrounding buildings annoying?"

"Huh?"

In his confusion, four red transparent walls rose around them, climbing until they reached nearly five hundred meters high before sealing shut.

They formed a rectangular prism about five hundred meters tall, a thousand meters long, and a thousand meters wide, enclosing the two of them.

Ignoring Sukuna's bewildered expression, Gojo slowly floated upward, murmuring as he went.

"I've just gained a lot of incredible abilities.

Most of them are because of you.

As thanks, I'll personally craft your grave!"

Having risen hundreds of meters into the air, Gojo slowly spread his limbs.

Shinra Tensei!

A massive repulsive force rapidly expanded outward from Gojo at its center!

It relentlessly crushed everything inside the barrier toward the red walls, causing the Four Red Yang Formation to writhe and twist.

The repulsion dissipated. Beneath Gojo's feet lay a circular crater a full kilometer in diameter.

Most of the buildings had been pulverized into dust by the pressure. He looked toward a figure lying at the edge of the barrier.

He teleported beside Sukuna, whose body was a mess of mangled flesh, and sneered coldly.

"Like this grave? It's big, isn't it? Fitting for the King of Curses."

"The hell are you talking about!"

Seeing Gojo right beside him, Sukuna instantly healed his body with Reverse Cursed Technique and lunged up, ready to unleash another space-severing slash.

"Boom!"

Sukuna's limbs were severed by an invisible attack, and he collapsed to the ground!

Limbo: Border Jail!

This ability splits off four shadows, each with strength no less than the original. These shadows can both attack enemies and block attacks for the user. Moreover, these shadows are visible only to the Rinnegan and perceptible only to those who have mastered the Six Paths Sage Art.

In this world, it was practically a form of dimensional suppression.

Watching Sukuna, still not fully recovered, Gojo snapped off a Black Receiver extending from his palm and drove the broken end into Sukuna's abdomen, sealing his cursed energy flow.

Then he inserted a large number of Black Receivers into Sukuna's various motor acupoints, leaving him unable to move anything except his mouth.

Seeing Sukuna with all four limbs severed and unable to heal, Gojo finally stopped and spoke.

"I won't give you another chance! I never considered you an opponent from the start. The only reason I didn't kill you outright is because you're still inside Megumi."

"Hahaha! Then I hope you do kill me! What's wrong? Can't do it? I'm inside him, you know! Not just attached to his body—I'm eroding his very soul, hahaha~!"

Sukuna laughed triumphantly. There was no way to separate him from Fushiguro Megumi now. If Gojo didn't want him dead, he couldn't do a thing!

"Since you're begging me like that, I suppose I'll reluctantly accept!"

Gojo Satoru grinned with a terrifying expression!

He pressed his hand down on Sukuna's head.

Human Path!

"You bastard! What are you doing!?"

Feeling his soul being extracted, Sukuna could no longer maintain that arrogant posture and roared in fury.

"Breathe deep, dizziness is normal!"

Without bothering to respond to Sukuna's curses, he pulled the entire soul out directly, then had the King of Hell swallow Fushiguro's body.

After finishing everything, Gojo Satoru felt a bit puzzled.

The Human Path hadn't extracted Kenjaku's exact location—not even a rough idea. That guy sure knows how to hide deep!

So next up is finding the last finger and destroying it. It should be with Okkotsu Yuta and the others.

Inside the Live Broadcast Room, everyone still couldn't snap out of their shock. The gap between this and what they'd imagined was just too huge!

No evenly matched battle, not even a sliver of a chance given—a complete and utter crushing victory.

Just like those words he'd said:

"From the very start, I never saw you as an opponent."

Someone broke the silence.

"That guy who looks like Gojo-sensei is insanely strong!"

Itadori Yuji saw Sukuna get taken down. Though he was sad about Fushiguro's death, he still shouted out excitedly.

"Aside from looking exactly like Gojo Satoru, none of his abilities match Gojo's at all. Who the hell is this guy?"

Kusakabe wasn't excited by Sukuna's death. Instead, he stared at the Gojo in the screen with even more confusion.

"Wait! What is that thing!?"

Okkotsu Yuta pointed excitedly at the black vortex that had suddenly appeared behind him—identical to the one that had appeared beside Gojo in the screen.

The others snapped to attention and quickly spread out, surrounding the black vortex, eyes locked on it.

Using Mei Mei's crows to sense the location of the main body, Gojo Satoru directly opened a Space-Time Portal and stepped inside.

"Yooshi! Hey everyone! I'm your Gojo-sensei, high school edition!"

Ignoring everyone's wary stares, Gojo Satoru jumped out of the Space-Time Portal and greeted them with a smile.

"Don't joke around! How could something like that be possible!"

Zenin Maki shouted angrily.

Hearing her doubt, Gojo Satoru dropped his smile, let out a sigh, and said calmly, "Yeah, Gojo-sensei is dead. But that's only from my perspective. Your teacher is still alive."

Everyone was baffled by these words. What did he mean, dead but still alive?

Facing their confusion, Gojo Satoru didn't explain. Instead, he asked, "Where's Sukuna's last finger? Give it to me. Once I destroy it, I'll leave."

But before anyone could react, the system's prompt rang in his mind:

Sukuna is currently dead. Whether he revives again has no relation to this mission. The host has completed the task and can leave now!

"Ah?! Then why didn't you say that earlier!?"

An angry Gojo Satoru blurted out instinctively.

"Because you didn't ask!"

"..."

Fine, you win!

Realizing the situation, Gojo Satoru couldn't be bothered to argue. It was just a little extra time, after all.

"Forget the finger. Let me ask you all a question now. Do you still want to see Gojo-sensei again?"

"Isn't that obvious?"

Hearing the guy muttering to himself suddenly pop that question, Itadori Yuji answered without a second thought.

"Then that's enough."

Slapping one hand on the ground, he summoned the King of Hell. "Gojo Satoru" and Fushiguro Megumi's fully repaired corpse were spat out.

To everyone else, the two of them looked like they'd appeared out of thin air.

Ignoring the stunned gazes of the crowd, he directly pressed his palms together and channeled power relentlessly.

Outer Path! Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique!

It can revive the target with their body intact as it was in life.

From Gojo Satoru's perspective, he saw the King of Hell spit out the souls of the two, which then attached themselves to their bodies.

But from the crowd's perspective, the two who had already died were suddenly restored to life amidst a flash of green light.

Watching the two slowly breathe as if in deep sleep, everyone felt like their brains couldn't keep up today.

Sure enough! No discomfort came from the body!

The certain death cost of using Samsara of Heavenly Life was judged as damage and nullified!

'Doesn't this count as exploiting a bug?'

But after glancing at the two who were now fine, he also relaxed. With Sukuna dead from nineteen fingers, only one finger remained—hardly a threat.

And with "Gojo Satoru" revived, Kenjaku probably wouldn't be able to hide for much longer.

Looking at the stunned crowd, Gojo Satoru smiled and said, "Please pass this message to the grown version of me:

'It's precisely because there were fallen comrades that those who survive should cherish life even more!'"

Ieiri Shoko snapped out of it and wanted to ask a question, but she saw that the man had already dissolved into a flash of light and vanished.

'Why would he say "the grown version of me"?'

If Gojo Satoru knew she was asking that, he would definitely answer, "Because he is no longer that spirited, proud youth."

Meanwhile, Kashimo Hajime, who had charged out the moment Sukuna fell, was still foolishly searching for his target.

"Where the hell is that bastard?"