In an instant, all of Itadori's cursed energy was sealed away, and a longsword appeared in Hiromi Higuruma's hand.
It was a golden sword of holy light, resembling an elongated cross.
The Executioner's Sword, brimming with the power of rules, possessed the trait of killing with a single strike!
As long as someone had been sentenced to death, the moment they were struck by this sword, they would be killed instantly!
Since obtaining his technique, Higuruma had fought people sentenced to death before.
Every time, when he gripped the Executioner's Sword in his hand, he never hesitated in the slightest.
In the end, he had always pierced those condemned to death with the Executioner's Sword.
And Higuruma never showed them the slightest mercy.
No matter how pitifully they begged for mercy, the sword in his hand never slowed because of it.
Yet Itadori before him had actually admitted to his crime!
Back then, he had clearly been controlled by Sukuna inside him, unable to act of his own will.
So why had he admitted it?
In that instant, Higuruma wavered. Things he had long held fast to began to stir again because of Itadori's appearance.
Many years ago, when he was still a student, he had already displayed extraordinary talent for law.
He had passed the bar exam under the old system with astonishing scores.
Back then, almost every lawyer had needed connections to enter the profession.
Yet he, a student with no background whatsoever, had relied on flawless scores and undeniable ability to leave even those who got in through connections speechless.
But after becoming a lawyer, he found that the profession was nothing like what he had imagined.
All sorts of shady gray areas gradually tarnished his original aspirations.
Not long ago, while defending a criminal, he had