Sukuna sat in the arcade, having already spent more than two hours grinding away at the screen.
Time flew when he was gaming. He felt as though he had only just started, and his energy hadn't flagged in the slightest.
"Just 0.3 seconds to go! I'm definitely knocking him off the top this round!"
Inside him, Itadori had already taken a nap. He yawned and checked the time. Why did it feel like it was almost lunchtime?
[Sukuna, want to go eat after this round?]
"Yeah, yeah, yeah... hang on, almost done..."
Sukuna stared intently at the screen, giving a few perfunctory murmurs of agreement.
There was only one thought in his head.
...This run looks really promising... I'm already in the second half, and this is my best time yet, 0.7 seconds faster than the last one!
I'm definitely beating that number one!!
Itadori: [...]
He suspected Sukuna hadn't heard a word he'd said.
Was his Sukuna really this addicted to games?
...Fine, I won't rush him. He'll get up and eat when he's hungry...
After all, Sukuna cared even more about eating than he did.
BOOOOM!!!
A thunderous crash that shook the earth suddenly rang out from deep in the distant mountains. Everyone in the arcade felt the ground beneath their feet tremble.
"Wh-what's going on?!"
"...What happened?"
"It sounded like it came from the mountains over there-"
"Look over there-doesn't it look like some huge machine is moving in the mountains?... Huh? Why did it suddenly disappear?"
The arcade erupted into a hubbub as everyone looked outside.
Everyone except Sukuna-
He stared blankly at the black screen in front of him, his mind completely empty-
It... it crashed?
-The power went out?!
My-my record, aaaah!!!-
He had already seen the finish line!!!
He had worked it out!