A sinister shrine appeared behind Sukuna. He maintained the Yama hand sign, his smile undiminished.
"Hollow Wicker Basket."
Hajime Kashimo instantly raised his defenses. This was the predecessor of the Simple Domain used by modern sorcerers, and one of the means of countering an enemy's Domain Expansion.
Sukuna's domain instantly covered a radius of 250 meters around him. Everything within it, living or inanimate, would suffer the relentless slashes of Dismantle and Hachi.
The instant Sukuna expanded his domain, Yuki Tsukumo expanded hers around herself-not to fight him, but to neutralize his sure-hit effect, because...
Yuji Itadori, standing beside her, had no way to protect himself.
Kinji Hakari activated his Cheating Domain, gaining four minutes and eleven seconds of fully automatic Reverse Cursed Technique.
But Sukuna paid none of that any mind. He manually altered his domain's conditions, concentrating most of its slashes on Hajime Kashimo.
"Whether it's Simple Domain or Wicker Basket..." Sukuna said with a casual smile.
"They're nothing more than ways for the weak to protect themselves. You don't even have a domain, so how dare you interfere with me?"
Sukuna had intended to mince Yuji Itadori and Yuki Tsukumo into bloody pulp the moment his domain opened, but he hadn't expected that woman to expand a domain of her own-and widen its range.
Since he still had to deal with Hajime Kashimo in front of him, he could only let those two live a little longer.
Sukuna was entirely right. With neither a domain nor Reverse Cursed Technique, Hajime Kashimo had no way to fight back against the King of Curses' powerful domain.
At the same time, Sukuna flickered forward, and the slashes grew stronger.
Hajime Kashimo's Wicker Basket began to unravel.
"It's over," Sukuna said calmly.
Shock flashed in Hajime Kashimo's eyes, then gave way