"Itadori" briefly rolled his neck and shoulders, his joints giving faint cracks.
There was nothing special about the movement itself, but in the suffocatingly oppressive atmosphere of "Womb Profusion"...
Against the "Chimera Shadow Garden" Megumi Fushiguro had forcibly expanded, it seemed extraordinarily jarring.
Then-
Pop!
A soft sound rang out, like air escaping as some kind of "disguise" was punctured in an instant.
With that soft sound, a thin cloud of white smoke suddenly burst from around "Itadori," quickly enveloping his entire figure.
Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugisaki widened their eyes, staring fixedly at the cloud of white smoke.
Kenjaku's eyes narrowed slightly as well, and obvious cracks appeared in the gentle smile he had worn all along, as though everything were under his control.
The white smoke dispersed.
Standing there was no longer that sunny, hot-blooded, pink-haired boy.
Instead-
Black hair, a black uniform, and eyes so calm they bordered on indifference.
Madara Uchiha.
He simply stood there, as though he had never changed from the very beginning.
His presence was restrained like a deep pool, but a mountain-heavy pressure instantly replaced "Itadori's" presence, filling the narrow space contested by the two domains.
More unsettling still, his hands had already formed a hand sign before his chest.
The movement was fluid and natural, as though this hand sign had long been ready, waiting only for this moment to unfold.
"Domain Expansion-"
Madara's calm voice rang out, not loud, yet cutting clearly through the noise of the two colliding domains.
Like a bell announcing an established fact, it struck at the heart of every being present.
"-Heavenly Imperial Pillars."
Humm-!!!
A "white light" so pure it seemed capable of cleansing all filth and distracting thoughts spread outward in every direction from where Madara stood, silently yet irresistibly.
Wherever the white