"Domain Expansion-"
As the domain's outer shell slowly took shape, a translucent barrier spread outward from the ground beneath Yuki Tsukumo's feet. Its edges were sharp as blades, slicing through reality inch by inch and replacing it. Watching the wall of light close around him, Kashimo rapidly ran through several possibilities. He had guessed what the two were planning.
Yuki Tsukumo would expand her domain and shrink its range, trapping only him inside.
Yuki Tsukumo intended to hold him in her domain. Even a dozen seconds would be enough for Satoru Gojo to activate his Cursed Technique, teleport back to Jujutsu High, and stop Suguru Geto.
But-
Crack.
A sharp crack rang out, like glass bursting from within. It was not loud, but in the deathly silence of the ruins, it was painfully piercing.
Pop!
The domain's shell shattered.
Like an egg crushed underfoot, translucent fragments scattered through the air, spinning before dissolving into pinpricks of starlight. Yuki Tsukumo's pupils abruptly contracted. Her lips parted slightly, but before she could utter a single word, Kashimo's fist was already upon her. The Black Rope wrapped around his knuckles still held bloodstains from their earlier battle between its knots. His fist slammed brutally into Yuki Tsukumo's abdomen.
"Urgh-!"
Shreds of flesh and blood gushed from Yuki Tsukumo's mouth. Dark red clots mixed with stomach acid splashed onto Kashimo's arm and streamed down his skin.
Her body folded at the waist like a broken bow. Her hands instinctively clutched her abdomen, but they could hold nothing in place. That punch had caved in her entire abdominal cavity. She did not understand.
Why had her domain suddenly shattered? She had already completed the expansion. She had already narrowed the domain to its most stable range. Everything had been going according to plan. She could