Limitless

"Quick!"

Gojo Yūkurō urged him, "Eat it, hurry."

As he spoke.

A group of people appeared in their field of vision, each carrying a blade.

They looked ready to attack.

Seeing Kaneki about to eat the Brain Flower, an elderly voice barked from among them, "Quick! Stop him!"

Before the words had faded.

Several figures rushed toward Ken Kaneki.

Rather than use their Cursed Techniques, they coated their weapons in cursed energy, intending to sever Ken Kaneki's hand.

They don't want to damage the coffin...

Kaneki understood at a glance.

He immediately activated [Projection] and devoured the Brain Flower in an instant.

Before the group could even get close, they saw that Kaneki had eaten every last bit of the Brain Flower in his hand.

Instantly.

Rage welled up inside them!

Every one of them went all out to kill Ken Kaneki.

Several blades hacked viciously toward his vital points from different directions, but Kaneki nimbly dodged them.

"Damn it!"

Seeing this, the old man who had arrived with them.

Immediately pointed at Yūkurō and cursed, "Yūkurō, you traitor! How dare you let the Gojo Clan's inherited Cursed Technique fall into an outsider's hands!"

Hearing those words.

And that tone.

Kaneki immediately understood who these people were. They were most likely the Gojo Clan's conservative faction.

At that moment.

His [Brain Devouring] Cursed Technique was working at full capacity to analyze [Limitless].

Before long.

He would be able to use [Limitless].

Then...

Several blades came slashing toward him again.

Kaneki promptly activated [Projection], dodging while striking the hands holding the blades.

Clang-

Every blade fell from their hands to the ground.

Then Kaneki looked at Gojo Yūkurō and asked, "Should I kill them?"

That would spare the old man from being held accountable later.

He might as well.

Kill them now and eliminate any future trouble. They were conservatives anyway.

If they died, they died.

"No, there's no need."

Gojo Yūkurō spoke hastily, afraid Kaneki would act if he hesitated even a second.

Looking into Ken Kaneki's eyes.

He understood.

Kaneki truly wanted to kill them.

"Insolence!"

The old man roared.

Gojo Yūkurō ignored him and instead asked Kaneki, "Can you use it?"

Kaneki knew what he meant and answered honestly, "I need a few more minutes."

Hearing that.

Gojo Yūkurō sighed softly.

Seeing the clan members pick up their blades again, he called out, "All of you, stop..."

At his words.

The blade-wielding clan members stopped one after another and turned to the old man behind them, awaiting his instructions.

"Kill..."

Before he could finish, Gojo Yūkurō sharply interrupted him. "Kill whom, exactly?!"

"All of you, stand down!"

As he spoke, Gojo Yūkurō stepped in front of Kaneki, unleashing his full imposing presence!

Seeing this.

The blade-wielding men hesitated.

Gojo Yūkurō said evenly, "Don't forget... I'm the Acting Clan Head."

At those words.

The men abandoned any desire to attack.

"Yūkurō."

The old man pointed at him and shouted angrily, "Do you realize what you're doing?"

"You're a disgrace to the Gojo Clan!"

"I know exactly what I'm doing."

Gojo Yūkurō said calmly, "Whatever my crime may be, the Clan Head can judge it when he returns!"

Watching this scene.

Kaneki felt as though he were looking at Hiruzen and Danzō.

"You can rescue the Clan Head, can't you?"

At that moment, Gojo Yūkurō's aged eyes were filled with a fierce intensity as he stared at Ken Kaneki.

"I can!"

Kaneki looked utterly confident.

"This wet-behind-the-ears brat?" The old man grew even angrier.

"Shut up."

Kaneki raised a hand.

The old man and the blade-wielding men around him all flew out of the cavern.

This was...

The Limitless Cursed Technique!

Although he couldn't use [Blue] or [Red].

Still.

Kaneki could at least use attraction to pull people around.

Kaneki looked at Gojo Yūkurō with a sincere expression. "We already have a solid plan to rescue Satoru Gojo."

"It won't be long."

"Before we fully unseal Satoru Gojo."

"Good."

Gojo Yūkurō suppressed his shock, nodded repeatedly, and followed Kaneki out of the cavern.

Watching the two of them emerge.

The men outside the cavern still wore stunned expressions.

This was Limitless, the Cursed Technique that could only be used with the six eyes.

And now.

It had actually appeared in an outsider who didn't have the six eyes!

"Rest assured."

Kaneki smiled faintly and said gently, "We will rescue Satoru Gojo."

With that.

His blood-red eyes fixed on the old man as he pointed at the Acting Clan Head and said, "If..."

"This old man dies before Satoru Gojo is unsealed, I'll avenge him and kill every last one of you."

As he spoke.

An immense surge of cursed energy coursed through his body.

Looking at Ken Kaneki's face.

The old man felt as though he were seeing the person he despised most.

-Satoru Gojo!

Faced with this.

The old man was both furious and afraid. His voice trembled as he asked, "How old are you?"

"Fourteen."

His birthday was December 20.

It was only November 1, which meant he hadn't turned fifteen yet.

The old man did the math in his head.

He isn't Satoru Gojo's son!

So why do they seem cut from the same cloth?

Kaneki returned to his usual gentle demeanor. "In case you don't believe I have the strength."

"So..."

As he spoke, Kaneki formed the hand sign to summon Mahoraga. "Let me show you."

"Furube, yura yura."

"Wait!" ×2

Kaneki ignored the two old men's cries and summoned Mahoraga to tame him.

Awooo-

Wolves formed from shadows howled.

The next second!

The strongest shikigami, Mahoraga, successfully manifested.

Kaneki deliberately slowed his recitation of the Buryū Incantation, giving them plenty of time to leave so they wouldn't interfere with his taming ritual.

The taming had to be done alone.

Even defeating Mahoraga in a ritual with multiple participants wouldn't successfully tame him, making it meaningless to the sorcerer.

The moment he appeared.

Mahoraga immediately extended the Sword of Extermination and slashed viciously at Kaneki's head.

Strangely enough, the sword stopped just a hair's breadth away.

This was...

The stopping power of [Limitless].

It had no offensive properties of its own. The closer something came to the sorcerer, the slower it became, as though it had stopped.

Provided poisonous substances were excluded.

Seeing this.

Visible confusion appeared on Mahoraga's alien-like face.

He put even more strength into his arm.

But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't cut Kaneki.

Kaneki tilted his body slightly, and the sword slid past him, hacking deep into the ground.

Boom!

With a deafening crash, countless fragments of rock scattered, kicking up a thick cloud of dust.

Then...

A gust of wind from nowhere dispersed the dust, revealing the two figures.

"Watch closely."

Kaneki addressed the men hiding far away.

Then he became a blur, appeared in front of Mahoraga, and pressed his hand against his thigh.

-[Eightfold]

In an instant.

Invisible slashes cut Mahoraga's body into countless tiny square chunks.

Flesh and blood splattered.

The original story had established that, as long as Mahoraga hadn't adapted yet, [Eightfold] could annihilate him in a single strike.

Afterward.

Before everyone's eyes, Mahoraga vanished into nothingness. The taming had succeeded.

Seeing this.

The two old men's eyes bulged, their faces filled with disbelief.

This was a being capable of taking the six eyes-wielding Gojo Clan Head of the Edo Period down with him.

And now...

He had actually killed him in one effortless strike?!!!

To be honest, Kaneki hadn't wanted to reveal Sukuna's Cursed Technique so soon.

But he had no choice.

After all, he'd helped himself to both food and gifts.

Then, in front of everyone, Kaneki rolled the Dharma Wheel around, Sukuna-style.

After pushing it around for a while,

he deliberately threw Mahoraga's Dharma Wheel toward the old man, giving him a fright, then deliberately put on a stern face:

"Remember what I said."

Without even waiting for his response,

he said goodbye to the Acting Clan Head and swaggered out of the Gojo Clan estate.

Next...

He was heading to Jujutsu Headquarters.