Jujutsu Headquarters.
This time.
Kaneki hadn't swaggered in. Instead, he slipped inside through the shadows.
He avoided alerting anyone else.
After all.
He only killed the old rotten higher-ups!
He soon infiltrated the "meeting room" that had appeared in the original story. The rotten higher-ups were discussing how to punish Yuta Okkotsu.
In their eyes...
Yuta Okkotsu had returned to Japan without informing them, which already constituted betrayal.
At the edge of the gathering.
Kaneki spotted a familiar figure.
Yoshinobu Gakuganji.
Unlike the others, who were talking at length, he seemed more like an observer.
"Who's there!"
An old man in a kimono was the first to sense something amiss.
He whipped his head around, only to see a hand rapidly filling his vision.
Until.
Everything before his eyes went pitch-black.
"Too late."
An indifferent voice rang out, followed by the unbearable sound of bones being twisted apart.
Scarlet blood gushed wildly.
Kaneki casually tossed the head onto the floor, where it rolled several times.
The old man's eyes were visibly wide open, his face filled with disbelief and terror.
"Good evening, everyone."
Kaneki greeted them with a smile.
Several attacks launched through cursed techniques answered him.
Boom!
A deafening blast stirred up a thick cloud of dust. Fragments of the old-fashioned lattice door fell from the haze.
Was he dead?
The thought crossed everyone's minds.
Before they could call for help.
The billowing dust and debris all flew in the same direction.
"Some-"
Before one old man could finish, a hand clamped tightly over his mouth.
So fast!
Whoosh!
A silvery blade flashed past, but it failed to strike Kaneki.
This was...
The sword-wielding old man stared in shock. "Limitless?!!!"
Then...
Gravity pulled his sword aside.
Under his terrified gaze, Kaneki switched to [Star Rage] and punched straight through the chest of the old man still trying to resist, killing him instantly.
Blood splattered across the floor.
He withdrew his hand from the man's chest.
Yet there was blood on his sleeve.
Blood?
The old man spotted the flaw. Realizing something, he immediately swung his sword at Ken Kaneki, only to strike infinity again.
Kaneki pushed out with his hand.
He shoved the blade aside.
The next second!
An enormous square Gilt Bronze Seal slammed down, instantly crushing the man into a pulp.
Now that Kaneki possessed cursed energy control precise enough to rival the Six Eyes, switching cursed techniques took him only one second.
Without a moment spent mourning him.
The Gilt Bronze Seal manifested from cursed energy vanished.
Kaneki reached out and used Universal Pull to drag back an old man who was trying to flee.
This old man was shrewd.
Once he confirmed that Kaneki possessed [Limitless], he chose to flee the scene without the slightest hesitation.
Against [Limitless].
All their attacks were futile.
Before long.
Kaneki had dealt with every rotten higher-up except Gakuganji.
He had already eaten people.
Killing them didn't make him feel much, either.
Seeing that Kaneki had no intention of killing him, Gakuganji stopped resisting and asked, "You're not killing me?"
"You're still useful alive."
Kaneki replied.
Then he pointed at the people lying motionless on the floor and asked, "Besides you and them, is there anyone else who can make decisions?"
"No."
Gakuganji answered.
Kaneki stared at him for a while before saying, "Come with me."
"Where?"
"The Tombs of the Star Corridor."
At those words.
Gakuganji's pupils trembled. Before reinforcements arrived, he followed Kaneki out of Jujutsu Headquarters.
Kaneki didn't hurry back.
He changed into clean clothes, bought enough food for several dozen people, and stored it in his shadow.
He didn't forget to bring Shoko a carton of cigarettes, either.
At the sight.
Gakuganji's expression shifted in shock.
He could naturally tell that Kaneki was using the Ten Shadows Technique!
What shocked him beyond belief was that this man actually possessed three cursed techniques!
[Limitless].
[Ten Shadows Technique].
And another technique he couldn't identify, which enhanced the body.
There might even.
Be a fourth cursed technique.
That fourth technique would be the one that allowed him to possess these three abilities!
The Tombs of the Star Corridor.
Everyone was startled to see Gakuganji.
The people from Kyoto all greeted him. "Principal Gakuganji."
Gakuganji was just as shocked to see them.
He hadn't expected...
That they were all in this together.
Kaneki took the meal boxes out of his shadow and handed them to everyone present, then looked at Gakuganji. "Do you want some?"
Gakuganji nodded silently.
Kaneki handed him a portion as well. "If you have any questions, they can explain."
As he spoke...
He also said to Tengen, "I want to see Itadori."
At his words.
A door opened, leading to the Emptiness Barrier where Yuji Itadori was staying.
Kaneki walked inside.
"Kaneki!"
The moment Itadori saw him, he called out happily. Choso, beside him, also greeted Kaneki with a smile.
Kaneki smiled in response and handed the two of them their meal boxes.
"Brat."
Another mouth appeared on Itadori's face. "You've gotten stronger..."
He could sense that Ken Kaneki had undergone many changes.
Kaneki paid him no attention, choosing to ignore him.
He only told Itadori to bear with it a little longer and stay here for a few more days.
Itadori nodded in agreement.
Being ignored by someone weaker enraged Sukuna. "Brat, once I take full control of this body, you'll be the second one I kill!"
Even covering his mouth couldn't stop Sukuna from venting his anger.
At those words.
Kaneki merely smiled calmly.
He looked straight into Itadori's eyes, as though gazing through him at Sukuna deep within his soul. "I'll be waiting, Sukuna."
In response.
Sukuna merely gave a cold chuckle.
Kaneki waved to Itadori and Choso, then left through the passage he had entered from.
As soon as he left.
The passage connecting the two Emptiness Barriers closed as well.
Honestly.
After taming Mahoraga, his wariness of Sukuna had dropped by half.
He could easily have Okkotsu use [Malevolent Shrine] to feed Mahoraga attacks and let him adapt.
The only problem was that Mahoraga couldn't withstand [Open].
[Open] was immensely powerful.
A single strike could kill Mahoraga.
Aside from [Open], what he feared most was Sukuna's Open-Barriers Domain.
He wasn't proficient enough with [Limitless].
Under Sukuna's relentless assault, there was a high chance he wouldn't be able to escape Sukuna's domain.
As for.
Tricking him into opening his domain.
After learning to control cursed energy, Kaneki understood that this wouldn't work. He had also asked Okkotsu and Yuki Tsukumo, who had confirmed it.
No.
Bro.
You don't seriously think you can trick him into opening his domain just by making some random hand sign, do you?
Keep dreaming...
The moment he came out.
Panda, who was eating his boxed meal, asked, "Kaneki, aren't you going to have some?"
He had asked Principal Gakuganji and learned that Kaneki hadn't eaten anything yet.
Note: Panda could eat food too!
"No."
Kaneki reached out and rubbed his furry head. "I'm not hungry yet."
"Have you eaten already?"
Panda asked reflexively.
"Yeah."
Kaneki couldn't help thinking of Brain Flower.
Then he said to Tengen, "I want to go to the Emptiness Barrier where Megumi Fushiguro is."
At his words.
A door appeared out of thin air.
Then.
Kaneki walked in.
Seeing this, everyone guessed why he could not stomach his food, and what he had eaten before.
Megumi Fushiguro was still unconscious, his entire body wrapped in bandages.
With his knowledge of medicine, Kaneki knew Megumi Fushiguro would wake up soon.
Then.
A fruit knife appeared in his hand.
There was little time left for [Ten Shadows Technique].
He needed to "feed" again to ensure that [Ten Shadows Technique] could be successfully engraved in his brain.
Before long.
Kaneki walked out with Megumi Fushiguro, who was now awake.
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