"Nice to meet you, Shibuya's King of Beating Up Weaklings."
As Gen spoke, Sukuna's slashes burst forth as well, but Gen evaded them with a sidestep. Then he raised a hand, firing several shadow spheres formed through the forward application of his technique.
Sukuna pulled both hands from his pockets, palms facing outward. His explosive slashes blasted several incoming shadow spheres into cursed remnants, then he stepped back and let the last sphere smash into the ground.
Sukuna's lower eye glanced toward where the shadow sphere had struck. Though the ground had not cracked, cursed energy had already spread through its interior. The mouth on Itadori's cheek curled into a sinister arc.
"Kid, what's your name?"
Sukuna held his forehead and looked up at Gen.
"Can't you read Itadori's memories? Or have you lost your mind after being trapped in the cage Kenjaku so carefully prepared for you?"
Gen descended from midair. Their overlapping domains formed a taiji-like pattern beneath their feet.
"Zenin Gen... Hahahahahaha!! A family like some stray dogs by the roadside actually produced someone this strong!"
The instant Gen appeared, Sukuna had noticed the golden dharma wheel above his head.
"Ah, don't misunderstand. I'm not some family brat from a family like stray dogs by the roadside."
Their conversation ended there—while Malevolent Shrine had lost its ceaseless slashes during Domain Expansion, Gen also had to fight within Malevolent Shrine's range. Sukuna, hidden within Itadori's body, already knew that Gen's technique was the Ten Shadows Technique, but he had never witnessed Gen fight head-on—so he still could not accurately assess the true combat ability of the man before him.
An open-barrier domain was not a structure unique to Sukuna alone. Kenjaku's domain was open-barrier as well. Being able to deploy one only meant that the opponent possessed an