Contempt

But this was a top-tier Taijutsu technique that could break the human body's limits and multiply his strength!

Once he activated it...

Just how terrifying would his already monstrous stats become?!

"Whew..."

Yagami Jue let out a long breath of scorching white vapor.

He turned around, his icy gaze sweeping over Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro, who sat sprawled on the floor.

The sheer contempt in that lofty gaze left both of them afraid to even breathe.

"Too weak."

Yagami Jue left them with those words.

With his hands in his pockets, he walked straight toward the end of the corridor.

Then, amid a sonic boom...

His figure vanished into the vast night.

All he left behind was a devastated school building and two Jujutsu High students whose understanding of the world had been shattered.

A few minutes later.

Whoosh!

Satoru Gojo appeared out of thin air in the school corridor.

He was still carrying that paper bag from Kikusuian.

But when he saw the devastation around him, as though the place had been bombarded by missiles, his smile faded slightly.

He walked over to the enormous hole in the wall.

He pulled his black blindfold down a little.

His Six Eyes, shining with brilliant blue light, stared fixedly at the traces lingering in the air.

"Not a trace of cursed energy..."

"Purely physical destruction."

"And this strength... he actually shattered a special grade cursed spirit's body with a single punch?"

Satoru Gojo licked his lips, his expression turning remarkably animated.

Excitement, curiosity, and even a flicker of fighting spirit he had not felt in ages!

"Looks like..."

"An interesting toy has finally appeared in this world."

He turned to look at Megumi Fushiguro and Yuji Itadori, who were still sitting on the floor in a daze.

"Hey, Megumi."

"Tell me. What's the name of the monster who threw that punch?"

Megumi Fushiguro swallowed with difficulty.

"His name is..."

"Yagami Jue."

The next day.

Early morning.

The police suppressed news of the devastation at Sugisawa Third High School, publicly claiming that the school building had collapsed due to years of neglect.

Meanwhile, in an abandoned, unfinished building on the other side of the city...

Yagami Jue sat cross-legged on a relatively clean concrete slab.

"System."

"Retrieve [Top-tier Taijutsu Fragment · Eight Gates Formation (First Gate · Gate of Opening)]!"

[Ding!]

[Transmitting training memories and bodily modifications for the Eight Gates Formation (First Gate)...]

Boom!

A massive flood of memories surged into Yagami Jue's mind!

At the same time...

His terrifying physique, with its staggering 4,538 points, began to undergo an extraordinarily profound transformation!

The first gate, the Gate of Opening.

Located in the brain.

It removed the brain's restrictions on physical strength, allowing the body to perform at 100% capacity and even exceed its limits.

"So that's how it works..."

With his eyes tightly shut, Yagami Jue felt the power gradually boiling inside him.

To protect the body, an ordinary human brain only allowed a person to use 20% to 30% of their strength.

But now, that restriction was being forcibly broken!

"Hah!"

Yagami Jue's eyes snapped open!

"Gate of Opening! Open!"

Boom!!!

A visible surge of white air instantly erupted from his body!

It blew away every piece of rubble within a radius of over ten meters!

His already terrifying presence actually doubled at that moment!

"This feeling of overflowing power..."

"I feel like I'm going to explode!"

Yagami Jue clenched his fists. He could clearly feel it.

With the first gate open, his strength, speed, and reflexes had all increased dramatically!

And because he possessed a monstrous physique of 4,538 points...

He perfectly withstood the strain and damage caused by activating the Eight Gates Formation!

"With this thing..."

"Even if that lunatic Satoru Gojo comes looking for me..."

"I can crack his Limitless with one punch!"

An arrogant sneer curled Yagami Jue's lips.

He deactivated the Gate of Opening, stood up, and stretched.

"I still have twenty million yen in my account."

"I'll keep it in reserve, just in case."

He brushed the dust off his clothes and prepared to leave.

Just then...

The crisp sound of high heels suddenly rose from below.

Click... click... click...

Then...

A woman's voice, languid yet intensely seductive, echoed through the empty floors.

"How surprising."

"A brat without even a trace of cursed energy managed to exorcise a special grade and hundreds of low-level cursed spirits in a single night."

Yagami Jue's gaze turned cold as he looked down from above.

There, at the entrance to the unfinished building...

Stood a voluptuous woman dressed in a revealing, skintight black leather outfit.

She had long, wavy purple hair and held a black leather whip.

Most striking of all was the tattoo of a black butterfly with outstretched wings beneath her right eye.

The special grade curse user, Butterfly Poison!

"Who are you?"

Yagami Jue kept his hands in his pockets, his tone indifferent.

"Who I am doesn't matter."

Butterfly Poison covered her mouth and giggled, a dangerous glint flickering in her eyes.

"What matters is that you took something last night that should have belonged to me."

"That Sukuna's Finger."

"Hand it over, and I might consider keeping you as my boy toy. I've had my eye on that strong body of yours."

At those words...

Yagami Jue's gaze instantly turned ice-cold.

"Your boy toy?"

"A stinking slut like you?"

Yagami Jue mocked her without mercy.

"If you want to die..."

"I'll grant your wish right now!"

The air in the unfinished building instantly froze.

Butterfly Poison's coquettish smile stiffened, and vicious killing intent erupted from her seductive eyes.

"You little bastard!"

"You really think killing a newborn, incomplete special grade means you can do whatever you want in this world?!"

Butterfly Poison violently swung the black leather whip in her hand!

Crack! A sharp report rang out!

In midair, the whip instantly split into countless purplish-black venomous snakes, their enormous, fang-filled jaws gaping as they swarmed toward Yagami Jue to tear into him!

"Ten Thousand Snakes Devour the Heart!"

Every snake carried venomous cursed energy potent enough to kill a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer instantly!

This was what gave her confidence as a special grade curse user!

As far as she was concerned...

No matter how strong this brat's body was, he had no cursed energy.

If one of her snakes so much as scratched his skin, he would die without question!

"Flashy trash."

Yagami Jue stood where he was, without even attempting to dodge.

He merely watched the venomous snakes flooding toward him, a cruel, mocking smile curling his lips.

"With my 4,538-point physique, I could drink aqua regia like soda and be fine."

"You think this pathetic poison can hurt me?"

Whoosh!

Yagami Jue gave his right arm a sharp shake!

Bang!

He did not even throw a punch. The shock generated by his arm muscles instantly tensing was enough.

It sent a terrifying, visible shock wave straight through the air!

Splurt! Splurt! Splurt!

The moment those snakes formed from cursed energy touched the shock wave...

It was as though they had struck an invisible wall of iron.

They burst apart, inch by inch!

And became a foul-smelling shower of purplish-black blood!

"What?!"

Butterfly Poison's eyes widened as she stared at the sight in disbelief.

"How is that possible?! The vibration of his muscles alone shattered my cursed technique?!"

"What the fuck kind of monstrous body is that?!"

Before she could recover from her shock...

Yagami Jue had already vanished from where he stood.

"Too slow."

His bone-chilling voice suddenly sounded beside Butterfly Poison's ear, like a whisper from the Grim Reaper!

"Shit!"

Every hair on Butterfly Poison's body stood on end. Her instincts as a special grade curse user drove her to frantically channel cursed energy, trying to form a shield of venom around herself.

Bang!

Too late!

Yagami Jue's roundhouse kick, carrying several tons of force, had already slammed into her abdomen!

Crack!

The crisp sound of ribs snapping rang out!

Against Yagami Jue's sound-barrier-breaking strike, the venom shield Butterfly Poison was so proud of...

Might as well have been made of paper. It instantly shattered!

"Bleurgh!"

Butterfly Poison spat out a mouthful of blood and flew backward like a kite with its string cut!

She slammed into a concrete support column over ten meters away!

Boom!

Countless cracks spread across the support column!

Butterfly Poison slid to the ground, clutching her abdomen, her face contorted with pain as cold sweat poured off her.

One strike!

Just one strike had left her, a Special Grade Curse User, seriously injured on the ground!

"You... what kind of monster are you..."

Butterfly Poison stared in horror at Yagami Jue as he approached, step by step. Fear finally showed in her eyes.

"A monster?"

Yagami Jue stopped in front of her and looked down at her from above.

"I'm your fucking grim reaper."

He slowly raised his right foot, aiming it at Butterfly Poison's head.

"W-wait!"

With her life hanging in the balance, Butterfly Poison screamed, shouting desperately.

"Don't kill me! I know a secret! An earth-shattering secret about the Black Market!"

Yagami Jue's foot paused in midair.

"Talk."

Just one word, cold and merciless.

"It's... it's a bounty!"

Butterfly Poison swallowed a mouthful of bloody saliva, her voice trembling.

"The Black Market... just posted a new bounty..."

"Someone offered five hundred million! For your head!"

Five hundred million?!

Yagami Jue's pupils contracted slightly.

Hearing that number, his first reaction wasn't fear, but... sheer excitement!

"Who posted it?"

"I... I don't know! They posted it anonymously!"

Butterfly Poison shook her head frantically. "But this bounty has already shaken the entire underworld. Countless wandering Curse Users and assassins are already heading to Sendai City!"

"You... you're already surrounded! If you spare me, I can get you out of here!"

To stay alive, she could no longer afford to care about her dignity as a Special Grade Curse User.

Yet.

Hearing her words, Yagami Jue showed no fear at all.

Instead, he threw back his head and burst into laughter, arrogant beyond belief!

"Hahahahaha!"

"Five hundred million! Now that's a generous offer!"

"You want to kill me?"