Heavenly Restriction Tyrant

The person who appeared on the golden character card this time was far beyond Qi Yan's expectations.

It was a man in a black T-shirt. His slightly burly build had stretched the shirt into something like a compression top.

He wore gray pants on his lower body, cinched at the waist by a black belt, along with black flat-soled old-man shoes.

The man had black hair and somewhat pale skin. His eyes brimmed with unrestrained arrogance, and the smile curling at the corner of his mouth, marked by a vertical scar, seemed to mock others for overestimating themselves.

Compared to the other golden character cards, this man's attire and appearance were truly plain and unremarkable. Someone might not even recognize him if he passed by in a blur.

Yet merely standing there, he exuded an incomparably terrifying sense of pressure and presence.

Qi Yan recognized his identity at first glance.

—The "Heavenly Restriction Tyrant," Toji Fushiguro.

That's right! Toji Fushiguro, the "Heavenly Restriction Tyrant" from Jujutsu Kaisen.

His original name was Toji Zenin. Born into the Zenin Clan, one of the three great families of the jujutsu world, he was discriminated against by his family because he had no cursed energy. After leaving the Zenin Clan, he married into the Fushiguro family.

He was a Sorcerer Killer.

He possessed the innate and compulsory "binding" known as Heavenly Restriction.

He had been born into a family of sorcerers, yet possessed no cursed energy from birth. In exchange, he gained an incomparably powerful body, extraordinary athletic talent, and greatly enhanced five senses.

With his extreme sense of touch, smell, and hearing, Toji Fushiguro could even perceive cursed spirits' movements without relying on sight. These ultimate five senses were more precise than the Observation Haki in One Piece. After all, Observation Haki required concentration, while Toji Fushiguro's ability was passive.

If Yoriichi Tsugikuni stood at the pinnacle of swordsmanship, then Toji Fushiguro stood at the pinnacle of physical prowess.

He appeared twice in Jujutsu Kaisen. Once, he nearly killed Satoru Gojo, the pinnacle of human sorcerers. The other time was during the Shibuya Incident, when he displayed less than one-tenth of his strength at his peak while alive and still easily crushed the special-grade cursed spirit Dagon.

Later, after recognizing his son, Megumi Fushiguro, he ultimately killed himself to prevent himself from going berserk and hurting his son.

"This is amazing!! Just what I'd expect from my goddess of luck!!!"

When he saw that the golden character card he had drawn was Toji Fushiguro, Qi Yan jumped up in excitement.

As expected of a golden character card—none of them disappointed.

Since he had obtained the character cards, Qi Yan naturally could not resist trying them out.

"Full Takeover: Ace!!"

Qi Yan chose to take over Ace first. Ace had always been one of his favorite characters.

Ace's distinctive freckles began appearing on Qi Yan's face. An orange cowboy hat appeared atop his head, along with black shorts, the Whitebeard Pirates' flag tattoo on his back, and all sorts of accessories.

Ace's memories began surfacing in Qi Yan's mind.

As a child, he had been taken away by Garp and entrusted to Dadan's care. He became close friends with Sabo, and later, the three of them, along with Luffy, became sworn brothers.

At seventeen, he set sail and founded the Spade Pirates. He defeated Hanafuda, the "Lizard King" among the Seven Warlords of the Sea. The World Government later invited him to become a new Warlord, but his proud nature led him to refuse.

Passing through Wano Country, he fought Kaido's daughter, Yamato. Later, he challenged Whitebeard, the "Strongest Man in the World," and was unfortunately defeated. Won over by Whitebeard, he joined the Whitebeard Pirates and became the commander of the Second Division.

After learning that his subordinate, Blackbeard Teach, had killed Thatch, the commander of the Fourth Division, he flew into a rage and pursued Blackbeard despite all attempts to stop him.

As a result, he was defeated by Blackbeard and publicly executed.

This drew Whitebeard and his grand fleet to rescue him, triggering the Marineford War.

In the end, he was killed by Akainu while protecting his younger brother.

After witnessing Ace's memories, Qi Yan could not help but sigh.

Ace had been a pitiful man too. As for whether someone was a pirate or not, that was merely what the World Government called those who defied its orders.

The worldview of One Piece was also very simple: everyone was a pirate, while the World Government was the largest pirate of them all.

Qi Yan opened his hand.

Whoosh—!

His entire arm turned into flames of incredibly high temperature. If Qi Yan wanted to, he could unleash a devastating Fire Fist just like Ace.

But it was better not to do that in the middle of the night. After all, he was a civilized man.

Whoosh!

Qi Yan's body turned into flames and flew out through the window before returning to human form.

"So this is the unique ability of a Logia Devil Fruit user?"

Qi Yan was immensely excited. He played all around the courtyard. Back when he watched the One Piece anime, he had dreamed of eating a Devil Fruit.

Especially a powerful Logia-type Devil Fruit. He had never expected his childhood wish to come true in this manner. He could be considered to have fulfilled a dream.

Although Ace was only a purple character card, his strength in certain aspects was no weaker than that of a golden character card. Unless absolutely necessary, Qi Yan would not recycle this card.

After playing around for quite a while, Qi Yan finally had his fill and returned to his original appearance.

"Not bad! Not bad!"

Qi Yan was extremely satisfied with Ace's character card. He could even use it as his main combat card in the future. After all, the consumption of golden character cards was truly more than he could bear, while purple character cards consumed somewhat less.

Then Qi Yan turned his gaze toward the golden character card. Toji Fushiguro was the main event.

"Full Takeover: Toji Fushiguro!!!"

Qi Yan felt the magic power in his body being rapidly drained, while his physical abilities improved at an unbelievable rate.

Qi Yan's appearance began to change. This transformation was very simple. His clothes became Toji Fushiguro's clothes, while his face looked like Qi Yan and Toji Fushiguro had been blended together—fifty percent Qi Yan, fifty percent Toji Fushiguro.

In fact, Qi Yan's face looked like this whenever he took over a character card. That was also why Erza had failed to recognize Yoriichi Tsugikuni as Qi Yan in the arena.

Toji Fushiguro's memories surfaced in Qi Yan's mind. Unlike the others, Toji Fushiguro's memories were much darker. A large portion consisted of his time as a Sorcerer Killer. In terms of killing methods alone, Toji Fushiguro was practically a slaughter machine. Merely watching those memories made Qi Yan's heart pound.

The memories quickly finished passing through his mind, finally stopping at the scene where he killed himself before his son, Megumi Fushiguro.

Qi Yan clenched his fist.

"So strong! Is this the body of the 'Heavenly Restriction Tyrant'?"

His ultimate physical strength gave him an ultimate sense of confidence. This was completely different from when he took over Ulquiorra or Yoriichi Tsugikuni.

Ulquiorra's strength came from his own Spiritual Pressure, as well as the powerful body of a Vasto Lorde-class Menos Grande.

Yoriichi Tsugikuni's strength came from swordsmanship that had reached the absolute pinnacle.

As for Toji Fushiguro, the "Heavenly Restriction Tyrant," his strength came from his terrifying physical abilities. Qi Yan felt that with only a slight exertion of force, he could blow up a bull. This was not a figure of speech, but an utterly accurate fact.

Feeling this powerful body, as though it contained inexhaustible strength, Qi Yan stretched.

Crack, crack, crack!!!

The bones and joints throughout his body cracked loudly.

"Let's give it a try!"