"Sis!!!"
Satoru Gojo stared in shock at the devastation left by Kenjaku's relentless bombardment. The area was so saturated with energy that even his Six Eyes could not see through it to locate his older sister.
A change in the nature of the energy.
That allowed it to bypass Limitless Defense.
A wealth of cursed techniques.
That created a troublesome gap in their knowledge.
The cursed energy of a hundred million people.
That became a seemingly endless barrage.
Kenjaku's crazed laughter mingled with the thunder of explosions. Satoru Gojo clenched his fist, wrapping it in azure cursed energy.
"Stop-"
Just as Satoru Gojo was about to charge at Kenjaku and use his fists to counter her assault and halt the barrage, a hand reached out from behind him and settled on his shoulder.
"Huh?"
After a momentary daze, Satoru Gojo instinctively looked over his shoulder. His older sister, whom he had assumed was caught in the explosions, was standing calmly behind him.
For a moment, Satoru Gojo's gaze darted back and forth between the area Kenjaku was bombarding and Chinatsu standing behind him, as though three enormous question marks had appeared above his head.
Seeing Satoru Gojo's bewildered expression, Chinatsu could not help chuckling softly. But she quickly cleared her throat and turned serious again.
Although assimilating a hundred million people had transformed Kenjaku into this divine Buddha form, suddenly acquiring such immense power was far from cost-free.
With every passing second, Kenjaku's original consciousness grew more unstable. Previously, Kenjaku had been a sadist, but at least she had followed her own internal logic. Now, that logic was gradually being stripped away.
Chinatsu and the others were on a countdown.
So was Kenjaku.
The difference was that Kenjaku did not care about her own countdown at all. As long as