"Pfft!"
Sukuna spat out a mouthful of foul blood. Wounded all over, he was in a truly sorry state.
With his cursed energy output impaired, even opening his domain would not guarantee that he could kill Hajime Kashimo.
After all, once his domain ended, his cursed technique would burn out for a while.
During that time, Sukuna would be unable to use his cursed technique. His current body alone would hardly be a match for Hajime Kashimo.
"Tch. This would be much easier if I had my original body," Sukuna muttered bitterly.
He had seized Megumi Fushiguro's body precisely for the Ten Shadows Technique and its tolerance for incarnation.
No.
To put it more bluntly...
What he wanted was Mahoraga's ability to adapt.
Without that adaptive ability, dealing with Satoru Gojo's Limitless alone would be a headache.
Now that he had yet to fully synchronize with this flesh, the body was nothing but a liability.
"Sukuna! Let's keep fighting!!" Hajime Kashimo grew more excited with every exchange.
He did not care whether Sukuna was in perfect condition. As a jujutsu sorcerer, he was supposed to hammer away at his opponent's weaknesses!
"Ice Formation: Frost Calm."
In an instant...
Huge masses of ice radiating bitter cold began sweeping across the battlefield.
Seeing a familiar figure, Sukuna immediately called out, "Buy me some time!"
The sight of Sukuna in such a wretched state filled Uraume with guilt.
"Yes! Lord Sukuna!"
It was because he had arrived late that Sukuna had suffered an attack from this despicable enemy during his weakened state.
"You scoundrel! I'll show you what true strength looks like!" Uraume glared toward Hajime Kashimo.
The mountain of ice froze three or four buildings in succession. In the middle of a city, the sight was especially breathtaking.
Under normal circumstances, Hajime Kashimo might have found it somewhat troublesome.
But now...
He had unleashed his one and only cursed technique, Mythical Beast Amber.
An area attack like this could never stop him!
"Electromagnetic Wave"!!!
This was an immensely powerful attack combining lightning, sound waves, and electromagnetism.
It was the electromagnetic wave Hajime Kashimo fired from his mouth-the same attack that had forced Sukuna into his true form in the original story.
But now, Hajime Kashimo once again demonstrated his mastery as a veritable doctor of jujutsu!
The vibrations produced by Electromagnetic Wave shattered all the ice almost instantly, and its distinctive heat immediately melted the fragments.
The entire sequence happened incredibly quickly.
Before Uraume could even make out Hajime Kashimo's position, his Ice Formation had already turned into a cloud of mist!
"I can't see! What is this guy trying to do?!" Uraume searched left and right for his target.
Hajime Kashimo was like a ghost in the white mist.
Mythical Beast Amber granted him not only extraordinary strength and speed, but also X-ray vision, elevating his sight to an unimaginable level.
A little white mist was as good as nonexistent to his eyes!
"An ordinary nobody like you dared interrupt my fight with Sukuna? I'll kill you myself!!!"
With overwhelming thunderous force...
Hajime Kashimo transformed his hand into a lightning blade. Despite Uraume's swift reaction, he still paid a heavy price.
Half of Uraume's arm went flying, and blood splashed across the ground.
He immediately used Reverse Cursed Technique.
Unfortunately for him, good old Hajime Kashimo could not use Reverse Cursed Technique himself, and nothing annoyed him more than that move.
Bang!
Before Uraume could retaliate, he was smashed into a building.
"He's so strong..." Kinji Hakari watched Hajime Kashimo high above, feeling that he had no opportunity to intervene.
At this rate, Hajime Kashimo would probably defeat both opponents in quick succession.
"Here he comes." Kinoshita shook his head.
In his eyes, Hajime Kashimo with Mythical Beast Amber might well be the strongest fighter below the level of domains.
Unfortunately, the guy suffered from the ancient sorcerers' lack of sophistication when it came to domains.
To make them easier to deploy, ancient sorcerers' domains only had sure-hit effects.
Good old Hajime Kashimo had even thought himself clever for inventing an ability with a sure-hit effect that required no domain expansion.
But once he reached the modern era, he discovered that these monsters' domain expansions were each nastier than the last.
He had thought he was abandoning the drawbacks of domains, only to find himself hopelessly behind the meta.
"How did you get beaten down to half a body again?"
Kenjaku had appeared beside Uraume at some point.
Uraume was barely clinging to life. All Hajime Kashimo needed to do was come over and finish him off.
"Shut up... Without Lord Sukuna... how will you complete the Culling Game...?"
Uraume pulled three of Sukuna's Fingers from his clothes.
"Give these to Lord Sukuna..."
Kenjaku reluctantly accepted the fingers. Facing the ferocious Hajime Kashimo, he first used Cursed Spirit Manipulation to hold him off.
He even brought out a special grade cursed spirit.
But in the next instant, Hajime Kashimo moved so quickly that he seemed to teleport. Two punches obliterated the special grade cursed spirit's body.
With his extraordinary vision, Hajime Kashimo quickly spotted the stitches on Kenjaku's head.
"Kenjaku! Are you going to stand in my way too?" Hajime Kashimo charged straight toward him.
Seeing the special grade cursed spirit fall so quickly, Kenjaku knew he could no longer hold back.
He had personally entered into a contract with Hajime Kashimo, so naturally, he knew the man's strength was not to be underestimated.
"Domain Expansion: Womb Profusion!"
The earth churned as countless hideous cursed spirit faces rose from it. Grotesque flesh covered the entire expanse, filling the world with an oppressive, eerie atmosphere.
This was an open domain, capable of painting upon empty space-one of the supreme manifestations of Kenjaku's top-tier Barrier Technique.
"Hollow Wicker Basket."
Hajime Kashimo did not hesitate for a moment.
He immediately formed a hand sign and deployed Hollow Wicker Basket to defend against Kenjaku's domain.
Crackle, crackle...
"Hmph...!"
Kenjaku frowned. As expected, Hajime Kashimo had already infused Uraume with positive charge, and a powerful negative charge immediately reacted with it.
Then, right before Kenjaku's eyes, a tremendous bolt of lightning poured into Uraume's body.
Uraume died on the spot!
Having Hajime Kashimo kill someone right in front of him left Kenjaku somewhat embarrassed.
Just as he was about to attack, a figure stepped in front of Hajime Kashimo.
"Domain Expansion: Idle Death Gamble!"
The newcomer was none other than Kinji Hakari, who could hold his own against a special grade!
Kinoshita had not arranged this on a whim.
After all, although Kenjaku wielded an open domain, he had never clashed with a conventional domain in the original story.
Could he shatter a closed domain the way Sukuna could?
Or would the closed domain have the advantage because Kenjaku's cursed technique lacked sufficient power?
Kinoshita considered it.
Either outcome was possible. That was the answer!
Thus, a jujutsu sorcerer like Kinji Hakari, who could expand his domain multiple times a day, was absolutely capable of putting up a fight against Kenjaku.
"Hey! Who the hell are you?!" Seeing the two domains clash, Hajime Kashimo was about to stop them.
Below, Kinoshita immediately picked up a megaphone and shouted, "Old-Kashimo! Go fight Sukuna! Mythical Beast Amber will run out soon!"
Hajime Kashimo twitched his nose. Though frustrated, the thought of his unfinished fight with Sukuna made him immediately turn around to search for him.
"Sukuna, you bastard! Get out here!!"
"How dare you run away halfway through a fight!"
Seeing Hajime Kashimo listen to reason, Kinoshita breathed a sigh of relief.
But once he got a clear look at Sukuna, a terrible premonition rose in his heart.
"I'll make a binding vow that prevents me from expanding my domain from this point on, in exchange for eighty percent of my normal cursed energy output."
Sukuna's body had already recovered completely. He looked toward Hajime Kashimo, his stance radiating terrifying strength.
"The battle... has only just begun..."
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