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Authors Note: Welcome to chapter 14 of "ESP x Infinity".
This chapter was exhausting. The content is 90% fights.
I hate writing fights. It is so difficult to handle different perspectives, what will happen, and other things.
I'm glad this chapter is over. /
I hope you can still enjoy it. I tried my best.
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ESP x Infinity
Yaga had never been this anxious in his life. Around ten minutes ago, he received a message from Suguru that a massive barrier was trapping over one hundred thousand civilians inside Shibuya.
And now he got an update that made his anxiety rise even higher.
Suguru told him that he, along with the other Special Grades, were going inside to defeat whoever they were up against. If they destroy the barrier, or if anyone else goes inside, all civilians will die. And if even one of the Special Grades remains outside, the civilians will die, too.
This was a worst-case scenario. Whoever planned this knew who they were up against. It's common knowledge how strong Satoru, and especially Tatsumaki are.
What kind of monster are they up against? Or was it just an overconfident curse?
Yaga hoped it was the latter.
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"You're Sukuna? Tch, I don't know why everyone was so scared of you. Your Cursed Energy is like that of a worm compared to mine." Tatsumaki mocked the King of Curses arrogantly.
Sukuna didn't reply and simply smirked at her.
Tatsumaki crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes. "How did you reincarnate anyway? Did a crippled horse give birth to you, or why do you look so disgusting?"
His smirk widened after hearing her insult. "Quite the big mouth you got, midget. After I test your strength, I'll enjoy shutting you up for good." Sukuna replied smugly.
The King of Curses got into a fighting stance and measured up his opponent.
It was amazing.
Never in his life had he felt so much power in a single lifeform. He was sure that this fight right here would be the battle of his life. There was no way he would ever come across an opponent as powerful as her. He was excited.
A feral grin spread across his face.
"Come, enough talk, let us fight already."
Tatsumaki uncrossed her arms and looked at him, bored. In her mind, Sukuna is not even a threat; she will be done with this within a minute. She closed her eyes and began to ramble.
"You pathetic weaklings are all the same. You think you are so strong and challenge me only to die by my han-"
CLEAVE!
ZANG!
Tatsumaki was interrupted by an invisible slash hitting her passive barrier. She opened her eyes and glared at her opponent.
"So that's how it is." There was a slight edge in her tone. She hates it when someone interrupts her.
Sukuna was surprised. First, he thought she was being arrogant for closing her eyes against a powerful opponent. Sure, he felt her ridiculous high Cursed Energy, but a strong cleave should do the job when an opponent drops their guard.
He underestimated her. She had never even dropped her guard in the first place. This will be an exciting match; he can't wait.
And once again, a wide smirk appeared on his face.
"Hooooh? If you don't mind, I think I will enjoy this fight very much." He calmly said.
Sukuna swiped his arm from left to right.
A slash once again hit Tatsumaki's barrier without damaging it in the slightest.
The esper made a simple gesture with her hand, and a giant shockwave traveled through the street, destroying everything in its path.
Sukuna jumped over the shockwave, dodging it with barely an inch to spare. He landed on the ground, preparing for his next attack, but Tatsumaki was one step ahead and punched him in the gut with an enhanced strike.
The King of Curses spat out saliva and blasted through numerous buildings. He could stop himself by grabbing the edge of a pole and swinging himself back to the esper.
In the air, he changed his position to kick the esper on the head, but her telekinesis grabbed him. Now, he hung helplessly in the air, and the esper floated before him with a smug grin.
"I don't think you need this many arms. Do you mind if I get rid of them for you?" She said eerily calmly and copied his technique by sending out thin psychic waves that slashed off his arms completely.
Sukuna didn't even flinch after losing his arms and used Domain Amplification to neutralize her telekinesis.
His body was surrounded by sparking blue energy as he tried to wiggle himself out of her grasp. He gritted his teeth as he focused on the task. Sweat ran down his face.
Usually, he could neutralize someone's technique without breaking a sweat, but this brat's Cursed Energy reserves are off the charts. He needed over ten percent of his reserves to escape her telekinesis.
One thing was very clear.
He can't let her catch him anymore. He would burn through too much Cursed Energy.
Regenerating his arms, he thought about a plan.
Sukuna destroyed the building with a powerful dismantle and flew upwards to get air superiority.
But Tatsumaki once again got the better of him. She blasted through the rubble, yanked him back with her telekinesis, and threw him through numerous buildings.
At the same time, she froze the rubble in the air and yanked the civilians away to let them escape certain death. Otherwise, they all would have been crushed by the debris.
Sukuna crashed through several walls. His whole body was broken. He lost his left leg, several ribs were shattered, and his right lung collapsed. Spitting out a gallon of blood, he smirked at his opponent, who floated a meter above the ground before him.
"Heh, you damn brat. Wha- *BLUUUEERRGHHH* What is your name?" He asked, exited as he spat out another gallon of blood.
Tatsumaki narrowed her eyes. "Why should I tell you that? You will die anyway, so what purpose would that serve you?"
"Heh, just tell me, you damn brat."
The esper huffed. "Hmph, it's Tatsumaki, you damn small fry."
Sukuna raised his brow. "Just Tatsumaki?"
…
For just a second, Tatsumaki stopped glaring and relaxed her posture.
"Well, it depends." She said carefully. "In the next month, it will be Tatsumaki Gojo."
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If she counted correctly, Yuki has to deal with 424 Grade 1 curses and 576 Special-Grade curses.
For anyone else, this would be a completely hopeless situation, but for Yuki … it was the most fun she had in a while. She was blitzing through the masses with a massive grin on her face. Sure, she needed to hold back because of the civilians, but the curses were so weak that they died with one punch even when holding back.
It looked like the strongest Cursed Spirits had the strength of one of Sukuna's fingers. So, for Yuki, this was as hard as riding a bike.
She punched through yet another Grade 1 curse and grabbed two civilians it wanted to eat. She threw them over her shoulder and crashed through three curses blocking her way.
"Coming through! Hahaha, do you have fun up there as well?" She asked the two woman who shrieked for their life. "Guess not."
Yuki placed down the two women and summoned her Shikigami. "Garuda, protect these two and bring them to our spot. If you've done that, come back to me." She ordered her companion and rushed to her next target.
Garuda flew away with the two women and protected them as ordered. Yuki and her Shikigami used a hidden basement to evacuate all the civilians In the area so Yuki could fight with her full power.
She used her technique to increase her mass and punched a wolf-looking Special Grade. The shockwave from her punch traveled through the city like a tsunami, exorcising multiple cursed spirits.
"HA! I haven't had this much fun in the entire year." She exclaimed excitedly.
The only worrying part was that the Energy from the killed curses was flying upward and assembled in a ball of pure Cursed Energy.
The ball floated up in the sky, absorbing curse after curse.
What will happen if she kills all curses?
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If he fought alone against these Curses, Suguru would surely die. But with the help of his massive army of over four thousand curses, he stood a chance against his opponents.
At the start of the battle, Suguru summoned his dragon and over 300 other Special Grades to deal with the asparagus-looking and octopus-looking Cursed spirits.
He used all his Grade 3 and 2 curses to protect the civilians and escort them away from him. Otherwise, he can't fight with his full strength.
He will keep his other curses for himself.
That just leaves the Vulcan head. If they go by Cursed Energy, they are evenly matched. Let's see if he can get the upper hand in ability and hand-to-hand combat.
Suguru took out the 'Playful Cloud' to increase his physical stats. He got into a fighting stance and glared at his opponent.
The Vulcan head smiled arrogantly. "You dare to stand in my way? I think you lost your sense of danger. Do you not see how powerful we are?"
Suguru narrowed his eyes. "Oh, I know exactly how strong you are. And that's precisely why you all have to die."
Without any hesitation, Suguru vanished before Jogo's eyes, surprising the Curse momentarily.
He reappeared behind Jogo and delivered a powerful strike with his weapon. Jogo blocked it but was blasted away by the sheer power behind the attack.
Jogo got out of the rubble and screamed in rage. "YOU FOOL, I WILL BURN YOU AND THIS CITY TO ASHES!" Flames erupted on his hands, and he lunged forward as a powerful heat ray shot out of his grasp in Suguru's direction.
Suguru had no time to dodge; the blast was too fast. He quickly summoned a Curse with high heat resistance and let the attack blast into it.
The heat ray hit the curse, instantly burning it to death despite its high resistance. Suguru jumped to the sides and released another Curse that could use ice attacks. The curse looked like a polar bear and immediately roared at Jogo. Ice came out of its snout, covering the whole area.
The Fire Curse spawned various tiny Vulcan tops on the street and buildings and let them shoot out magma.
The ice and magma clashed and created a giant wall of steam.
Suguru cautiously walked through the steam. "I don't know your goal, but you will never get past Tatsumaki. We will stop you." He firmly proclaimed as he scanned his surroundings.
Behind him, a shadow rose in the steam. Suguru turned around to block a punch from Jogo. He then grabbed his arm and threw him into the nearest building. But Jogo managed to kick Suguru away with a powerful kick as he was flung through the air.
Both fighters flew away in opposite directions.
As Suguru and Jogo got up, both fighters made a weird hand sign and shouted,
"Domain Expansion: Coffin of the Iron Mountain / Domain Expansion: Womb Profusion."
The domains clashed, both fighting for supremacy.
The barriers cracked and hissed as the ground shook from the power radiating from the domains.
It was like a tug of war. Who had more Cursed Energy? Which domain was more refined? And … who could bear the pressure long enough?
Suguru and Jogo glared at each other at the edge of each domain as they tried to get the upper hand. Both clenched their fists and gritted their teeth. It was exhausting.
And then, after a few more seconds, the Domains shattered.
Both fighters fell to the ground.
Jogo panted heavily and tried to stand up again. "You *pant* Why don't you give up? It *cough* It is clear who will *pant* win this fight." He barely got out.
Suguru took one deep breath and managed to get his breathing under control as he stood up himself. He smirked at Jogo. "Heh, I don't think you know in what kind of situation you are in right now."
The curse raised an eyebrow. "What nonsense are you sprouting now?"
"You burnt out your technique, correct?" Suguru calmly said as he walked forward. "Let me ask you something. Have you ever fought against someone like Tatsumaki?"
…
Jogo ignored his question and continued staring at Suguru.
Suguru's smirk widened as he made a hand sign again. He connected his thumps with his index fingers and stretched out the other fingers straight forward.
Jogo's eyes widened in disbelief. "No, that is …"
"You will never survive against her if you can only open your Domain once."
"Domain Expansion: Womb Profusion."
Jogo was hit with the sure-hit effect and died instantly. He had no time to counter with an Anti-Domain technique, and his energy was too low to resist the sure-hit effect.
His essence flew skyward into the ball of energy.
That was strange.
Usually, the curses he traps within his domain are instantly absorbed into his arsenal. That is the sure-hit effect. If a curse is inside his domain, they have no choice but to obey.
But this Vulcan curse was not absorbed? Instead, his energy flew upwards. Why?
He shook his head and focused on the fight instead.
He can sense through his curses that they took down the octopus curse, but the other curse is still alive and kicking.
He will help them take down the last Cursed Spirit.
Suguru jumped across the buildings to finish off the asparagus quickly.
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Choso was glad that his opponents were not good at this thing called teamwork. If both of his opponents would work together properly, he would have been finished by now. But luckily, their teamwork was as good as a house made of paper in a hurricane, so he had a chance to win this fight.
And he needs to win this fight. If he loses, his brother's life will be in danger.
"I won't let you get past me and hurt my little brother," Choso said firmly.
"The hell?" The patchwork curse said, confused.
Then, he began to smirk like a child. "What are you talking about? You know, just for that, I will find your brother and torture him." The curse began to giggle. "Hihihihi, I can't wait to hear him scream. Maybe I should-"
SHLING!
A dagger out of blood cut through Mahito's neck, decapitating him.
Choso glared coldly at the curse.
"OOHH? Ohohoho, amazing." Mahito laughed like a madman. "But as long as you don't damage my soul, you will never kill me." He mocked Choso in an arrogant tone. His head began to form small legs and jumped upwards to reattach itself to his neck.
Choso prepared for his next attack but was interrupted by Uraume attacking him with a huge sword of ice.
He ducked under it and jumped away to gain some distance. Choso looked ahead, expecting the white-haired woman to attack him with her sword, but instead, she had wide, fearful eyes and was rooted on the spot.
"NO, YOU FOOL. DON'T DO IT! YOU WILL KILL ME TOO." She frantically shouted at Mahito.
"Domain Expansion: Self-Embodiment of Perfection."
Shit.
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Suguru arrived at the battlefield. He was exhausted from his fight with Jogo because he opened his domain twice.
Scanning his surroundings, he noticed that all the civilians were successfully evacuated, with only a few dozen dead bodies on the streets. At least most of them could escape.
Looking at his curses, he saw that they exorcised the octopus as he sensed earlier. Did that Curse also get absorbed by the ball of energy?
He should check it out after dealing with the asparagus curse.
Speaking of which, the Cursed Spirit defeated numerous curses from Suguru's arsenal. It was clearly exhausted, but he should not underestimate his opponent.
Suguru landed beside his dragon and petted its head. It has done a good job but is not needed from now on. "Good job, Ryuga; you can rest now. I will deal with the rest." He softly spoke to his dragon as Suguru absorbed it.
Then, he focused on the curse before him. "Your friends are already dead. Give up now, and don't resist." He ordered firmly.
The curse ignored him. "Jogo has failed? Hmm, it will not matter. I will see him again when he incarnates again in a few hundred years. But first, I need to kill you, human." It spoke with a shrill voice.
Suguru narrowed his eyes. He didn't expect the curse to surrender anyway. "So be it. Then … die." He summoned a curse that looked like a giant cyclops and swatted away Hanami without any effort.
But Hanami recovered fast and used roots spawned from the ground to trap the Cyclops.
She quickly rushed at the Cyclops to finish it off, but a sudden spike of Cursed Energy stopped her. Her eyes widened in fear, and she looked to her right, where Suguru stood with a densely focused energy ball in his right hand.
The ball sparked and cracked in his hand as it radiated tremendous energy.
Suguru smirked at his opponent.
"Ars Ultima: Uzumaki!"
A large energy beam traveled through the streets, vaporizing everything in its path.
Suguru sacrificed every single Grade 4, 3, and 2 curse in his arsenal to kill this thing in one hit.
The beam hit Hanami, and she was exorcised instantly.
Her energy was absorbed by the ball of Cursed Energy in the sky.
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Satoru was having the time of his life. He just slammed the black-haired woman into the ground and sat on top of her like she was his slave. "Yo, can you at least try to fight back? I know it must be difficult being a dude inside a woman's body, but come on, I'm starting to get bored." He teased Kenjaku as he patted his back.
Kenjaku gritted his teeth in frustration. This was not how he imagined the fight would go. He thought his gravity Cursed-Technique would get past his Infinity, but it did not.
He used domain amplification to get out of Satoru's grasp and ran away to get some distance from the Honored One.
He glared at Satoru. "We only have to deal with you and the esper. If either one of you disappears, our victory is all but guaranteed." He smacked his hands together to release a strong stream of blood that shot out his fingertips.
Naturally, Satoru's Infinity easily stopped it.
Kenjaku knew it would be stopped, but that was what he wanted to achieve: to block Satoru's view.
The second Satoru's vision was blocked, Kenjaku closed the distance and pulled out the copy of the Inverted Spear of Heaven to slice through this damn Infinity.
The spear never hit its target.
What Kenjaku didn't know was that Tojo Fushiguro was a master when it came to close combat. Toji knew Satoru would sense the enormous energy radiating from such a weapon. That's why he exhausted him beforehand and distracted him with Fly-Heads.
Satoru effortlessly grabbed Kenjaku's arm and ripped it off. The Inverted Spear of Heaven was now in Satoru's possession. "Hmm, that's weird. I didn't know there was a second one. Where did you get it?" He asked Kenjaku, excited.
Kenjaku ignored his question and began to consider his next step. He didn't need to tell Gojo that he could use the power of GOD to create Cursed Tools as well.
Is it time for Plan B already? It looks like it.
Shit. What a waste.
But he has no choice. Otherwise, he can't get through Satoru's Infinity.
He took out a seal and ripped it apart.
Instantly, Kenjaku's body was enveloped with golden energy.
Satoru noticed this and groaned, annoyed. "Urgh, what now? We haven't even battled for five minutes. Are you that desperate already? You're such a loser."
Inside the golden storm of Cursed Energy, Kenjaku was chuckling. "I have watched you and the esper for years, and I still underestimated you. You have my respect; you are truly strong. But it will all end for you."
The golden light vanished, and where Kaori stood just moments ago was now a genderless creature without a face. Its skin was snow white, and it had no hair on its entire body. It looked like small galaxies and stars were moving inside his body. He looked like the cosmos itself.
Satoru's eyes widened in astonishment. What his Six-Eyes showed him was magnificent. He couldn't believe it. How can he have over twenty different Cursed Techniques?
Kenjaku walked towards Satoru to begin the next round.
Kenjaku used all of GOD's remaining energy to fuse all his previous bodies together. This was his ultimate trump card. Now, he has access to all his previously acquired Cursed Techniques. He can't ever swap his body again, but it would not matter. After he kills Satoru Gojo, the merger is only a few steps away.
"What did you do?" Satoru asked as an excited smile spread across his face.
This will be awesome.
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"H- How? What is this?" Mahito asked, scared out of his mind. His whole body trembled in fear.
He was inside Choso's domain.
A barrierless domain.
Mahito's Self-Embodiment of Perfection was countered by Choso's Domain Expansion and destroyed. It was tremendously more refined than his own.
"Tch, it was a huge gamble, but it paid off," Choso grumbled, irritated.
Tengen had the most knowledge about barriers, and because Choso could look into Tengen's memories, he combined his Domain Expansion with Tengen's knowledge and created a barrierless one.
It took all his concentration to hold this thing up. He needs to finish this fight fast.
"In here, I can freely control everything made out of blood. It doesn't matter if it's my own or blood from an enemy. I can change, control, and create blood however I want," Choso said threateningly as he walked toward his target.
"Welcome inside my Chamber of Blood-Bending, now die."
In an instant, Mahito's whole body exploded. His parts splattered across the floor like chunks of meat and spasmed on the ground.
Choso was not done.
Mahito's remaining parts began to steam as Choso turned Mahito's blood into acid and melted his fleshy remains away.
Mahito was dead, and his energy got absorbed by the ball in the sky.
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"What I did, you ask?" Kenjaku repeated Satoru's question arrogantly. He already thought he won the fight.
He took a deep breath and smiled gently as he thought about the recent past.
"It was eight years ago. As I was quietly walking through a forest, an otherworldly being appeared. His name was GOD, and he gifted me with a power I couldn't even fathom at that time." He rambled on without a care in the world. A disgustingly eerie smile formed on his face as he looked at the sky.
"You see, Satoru Gojo, with the power of GOD, I not only could strengthen myself, but I could also force other Curses under my command and power them up, too."
Kenjaku looked down again, directly into Satoru's eyes. His creepy smile would send anyone a shiver down their spine, but Satoru was not impressed. "Do you want to know how I reincarnated him? Sukuna, I mean."
Satoru put his hands into his pockets and shrugged, uninterested. "I don't really care, to be honest. Tatsu-chan will kill him anyway, so what's the point? Tell me more about this GOD person."
Kenjaku was not bothered by Satoru's lack of interest and continued regardless. "You see, Satoru Gojo,"
"Cool, ignoring me now, huh?"
"With the power of GOD, I only needed one finger to fully revive the King of Curses. My servant Mahito only needed to transfigure a random human, and then I used the finger to let Sukuna use this particular human as his vessel. He is even stronger than ever. My dream will finally come true." He finished his explanation breathless.
Satoru clapped his hands, bored. "Yeah, cool, very cool. Now tell me more about this GOD."
Kenjaku caught his breath and smirked at Satoru rather smugly. "No, it is time to finally put an end to your bloodline."
Without any hesitation, Kenjaku blitzed across the battlefield and activated his first technique. He touched Satoru's Infinity and began to chant a prayer. "To bind myself, my enemies, and the structure of life around us. Thou strength may burden us no more." A red glow surrounded Satoru and enveloped him fully.
Satoru would have moved away, but he was totally caught off guard by Kenjaku's weird antics. What the hell is he talking about? His sentence didn't make any sense.
But then he sensed it.
His Infinity was deactivated.
Huh?
He tried to activate his technique again, but …
It didn't work.
What?
Satoru's eyes widened, and he looked at Kenjaku to get some answers. The Curse User looked arrogantly at Satoru. Even without a face, Satoru could see the smug look Kenjaku gave him.
"Surprised now, are you? I used one of my favorite techniques." Kenjaku said mockingly. "This technique is called Bound. With it, I can restrict an opponent's Cursed Technique to a certain degree. Of course, I can't use it without a sacrifice. You see, I erased five of my Techniques to temporarily blockade your Infinity. And without your Infinity …"
Kenjaku's tone turned mad, and he sprinted across the battlefield once more to finish off Satoru. "… YOU ARE AS GOOD AS DEAD!"
Kenjaku was mere inches away from Satoru's face, trying to deliver a powerful punch. His punch was reinforced by yet another technique that increased the strength of his main hand by fifty percent.
He could already feel Satoru's face on his hand, but then …
Satoru smirked and teleported away in the last second to escape the attack.
His smirk widened. "Not bad, you little body snatcher. Looks like this fight will be quite interesting after all."
'So he only disabled the Infinity itself of my technique. I can still use every other aspect of my Limitless. What a cool technique to have. But I guess the original user had to sacrifice the techniques of his comrades to use his own effectively. Hmm, that's quite the bummer, huh?' Satoru thought, amused. It's always interesting to look at different techniques.
"Let's see how long you can keep my Infinity deactivated." He challenged Kenjaku excitedly.
Kenjaku frowned. 'Tch, I knew he'd still be a remarkable opponent even without his Infinity, but to look down at me this much is infuriating. Normally, I would need to touch someone to bind a technique, but with the use of a binding vow, I worked around the problem. Instead of temporarily disabling five of my techniques, I erased them completely to deactivate his Infinity. But I can only keep this up for fifteen minutes; I have to finish him off in that time frame.'
Kenjaku finished his thought and engaged to fight again. "Blood Manipulation: Convergence: Piercing Blood."
A stream of lightning-fast blood rushed at Satoru. He dodged the attack easily, teleported behind Kenjaku, and punched him in the gut, blasting him away through numerous buildings.
Kenjaku used Cursed Technique Reversal of his Gravity Technique to remove the gravity of the huge chunks of concrete he was buried under. Then, he used a minor telekinesis technique to throw them all at Satoru from various directions.
"Try dodging this, you bastard." He shouted, enraged.
Satoru smirked mockingly and stuffed his hands into his pocket. "Pffffff, hehe." He snorted and dodged the projectiles with ease.
He reappeared in the air above Kenjaku, smirking down at him.
"Have you ever fought someone like Tatsu-chan? Your little pebbles are nothing compared to what she can do."
Kenjaku began to snarl furiously. "Stop mocking me!"
"Then stop making it so easy." Satoru laughed at his opponent's anger.
Kenjaku had enough. He formed a circle with his arms and loudly shouted, "Domain Expansion: Zero Gravity!"
A barrierless Domain formed around Satoru. He looked around himself, astonished. "Wow, what is this?" A smirk crept on his face. "Cool, a barrierless Domain. I never saw something like this."
Satoru landed on the ground and crossed his middle and index finger.
"Domain Expansion: Infinite Void!"
Both Domains clashed and canceled each other out.
Kenjaku looked at Satoru, speechless. "How? My Domain is leagues above yours."
Satoru shrugged. "Yeah, yours may be more refined and barrierless, but mine has the upper hand regarding pure strength and power. You can only infuse one Cursed Technique in your Domain Expansion, right? Unfortunately for you, Gravity has no offensive ability to damage my barrier from the outside." He mocked Kenjaku smugly.
"Then I just have to use an offensive Technique, you fool." Kenjaku loudly snarled furiously.
This time, Kenjaku smashed his fists together and tried opening another domain. "Domain Expansion: Martial- OOF!"
Satoru teleported in front of Kenjaku and punched him in the gut. He can't let him open a domain with an offensive ability. Satoru was lucky that Kenjaku used Gravity the first time, but if Kenjaku could do it with a Technique that could damage his barrier from the outside, Satoru's domain would collapse.
This battle needs to be won without anyone using another Domain Expansion. Let's see how that would turn out.
Kenjaku sprung into action again and used a technique that could absorb Cursed Energy from an opponent after each hit. The more damage your enemy receives, the more energy you can absorb.
Using yet another technique, Kenjaku teleported behind Satoru and tried to hit him on the head. Satoru blocked his punch, but even that little contact was enough for Kenjaku to absorb some of Satoru's energy.
Feeling slightly refreshed, Kenjaku ducked under Satoru's strike and kicked him in the lower abdomen, sending him flying.
Not wanting to let him get his bearings, Kenjaku barraged Satoru with several chunks of concrete spears.
Satoru dodged them all but was hit on the back by Kenjaku's elbow after he dodged the last one. He could catch himself and grabbed Kenjaku's arm to throw him through the building to his right.
He needed to catch his breath.
Satoru's Six Eyes were working overtime. He could feel the strain, and using RCT to fix his brain was getting harder after each second. He needed to be cautious because this damn Curse User has so many different techniques; it's getting harder to keep track of them all.
Kenjaku busted through a wall and looked at Satoru with a furious expression.
The fight was far from over.
Satoru had an animalistic smirk on his face.
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After Mahito's and Uraume's defeat, the ball of Cursed energy in the sky descended onto the earth and crashed into Sukuna.
The King of Curses absorbed the strength of all curses and copied all of their techniques. He now had the strength of 250 fingers.
A mad smile spread across his face. "Hmm, what a marvelous surprise." He got into a fighting stance and was ready for round two. "Let's wrap this up, shall we?"
Tatsumaki furrowed her brow and crossed her arms. "Tch, I don't care how much power you absorb from random weaklings; you will never be as strong as me. So wipe that disgusting smile off your face."
"Heh, make me."
With that, he used one of his newly acquired techniques and fired a barrage of small meteors at Tatsumaki.
He leaped behind her and attacked her with sharp ice missiles.
Then, Sukuna closed the distance and tried to attack her in close combat to transfigure her.
But he was grabbed by Tatsumaki's telekinesis and thrown away like a bag of garbage.
The dust settled, and Tatsumaki emerged with no scratch on her body. She still had a bored look on her face. "See? You could have all the power in the world. But in a fight against me, you have no chance of winning."
Sukuna dusted himself off and smirked excitedly. "Haha, you are truly incredible, Tatsumaki. Never in my life have I encountered a woman such as yourself. I will forever remember this fight." Sukuna exclaimed loudly with stretched-out arms.
Then, he put his hands together with his middle and index finger stretched out. A wicked smile was on his face. "Let's see how you will deal with this. Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine!"
A barrierless domain was trapping her and dozens of civilians in a radius of five hundred meters.
Tatsumaki raised her eyebrows.
That was new.
She didn't know there were barrierless domains.
Not wasting any more time, she quickly protected all civilians and formed a barrier around them. A second later, numerous slashes rained down on Tatsumaki and the civilians.
And then …
…
Tatsumaki snapped her finger, and a thick, suffocating aura slammed into Sukuna, making him sweat. His eyes went wide.
What was that?
"Domain Expansion: Omnikinetic Causality!"
It was Tatsumaki's Domain Expansion.
The inside looked a lot like Satoru's, only hers was colored more greenly.
Sukuna was speechless. What an incredible Domain Expansion.
If his Malevolent Shrine didn't cancel the sure hit effect, Sukuna would be at the mercy of Tatsumaki's telekinesis. Inside here, she could control literally everything. Time-bending, Space-bending, everything.
Remarkable.
But …
His shrine should destroy her outer barrier any time now. He smiled in anticipation.
But the destruction never came. Her outer barrier was undamaged.
How?
Was her barrier that strong? Even from the outside? He didn't even kill a single civilian. How pathetic.
Tatsumaki destroyed his shrine and deactivated her domain. She will not kill him with her domain. No, she wants to let him suffer.
She will finish him off in another way.
It was time for round three.
/
The fight between Kenjaku and Satoru got more intense by the second. Both had several broken bones, and their skin was colored either with their opponents' or their own blood. They panted heavily, waiting for the other to make the next move.
Kenjaku still had a furious look on his face, while Satoru never lost his smirk and enjoyed the fight until the bitter end.
During their fight, Kenjaku tried to open his domain multiple times, but Satoru could counter him nearly every time.
Nearly, that is.
Once!
Kenjaku could fully open his domain once. During this time, he could absorb precious energy from Satoru, but after that, both parties could no longer open their domains. Satoru, because he lost too much energy in Kenjaku's domain, and Kenjaku because he was under the effect of a technique burnout.
The last five minutes were brawled out in close combat.
Satoru took the initiative and barraged Kenjaku with a flurry of punches. Kenjaku tried to block them all and even managed to dodge a few to counterattack.
He kicked Satoru under the chin and backflipped away, but Satoru recovered, took off in a sprint with a devilish smile, grabbed Kenjaku's face, and slammed him into the ground.
Kenjaku spat out blood. "Pthuu, it's always the same with you damn Six Eyes. If it weren't for you, I would've succeeded centuries ag- URKH."
Satoru shut him up with a stomp on his chest. He lowered himself and leaned over Kenjaku with an arrogant smile. His face was covered in blood, and his left eye was swollen shut. "Dude, don't talk so much nonsense and concentrate on the fight."
That was the wrong thing to say.
Kenjaku snapped and used everything he had to push Satoru off him. "You … you … YOU INSOLENT FOOL. DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? HOW DARE YOU TALK LIKE THAT TO ONE OF GOD'S MOST POWERFUL AVATARS! I WILL SHOW YOU MY SUPERIORITY!" He shouted in rage as he attacked Satoru with senseless punches. It was infuriating. How was this damn Six-Eye user so good in close combat? Kenjaku used two techniques to increase his talent for martial arts, but the Gojo brat managed to overwhelm him still? Is he that good?
A few dimensions away, a Ninja and a Martial Artist sneezed. Most powerful avatar? Did they hear that right?
Satoru laughed at his opponent's temper. "Hahaha, your temper is even worse than Tatsu-chan's. What's wrong? Did I hurt ya feelings?" He mocked as he kept on dodging Kenjaku's punches.
But it was time to end this fight.
It may not look like it, but Satoru was reaching his limit. The fight reached the thirty-minute mark, and Satoru could barely keep this up with his RCT and Six Eyes.
He focused purely on Kenjaku and used all his left-up Cursed Energy to fuel his right fist with enough power to pulverize a city block.
Kenjaku did the same and sprinted across the street to finish the fight.
Both fighters lunged forward, and by the last second, Satoru dodged under Kenjaku's arm and delivered a powerful fist directly into Kenjaku's sternum.
Red sparks erupted out of Satoru's fist, and Kenjaku spat out blood and saliva as he flew through the street and into the nearest wall.
"Black Flash!"
Kenjaku's impact destroyed the wall completely, and he collapsed on the ground. Now, on his knees and panting heavily, he knew he was done if he didn't figure something out.
…
He had one last idea.
One last chance.
He has to sacrifice it all.
If this doesn't work, he will be killed by Satoru Gojo.
Kenjaku stood up and collected all his Cursed Energy into his right palm. A ball of pure energy formed and begged to be released. This Cursed Technique was called 'Release'. It lets him collect his energy and fire it like a laser.
But this time, he would use all of his Cursed Energy to fire one extremely strong blast. After that, he will be out of Cursed Energy.
He used a Binding Vow to further strengthen it and sacrificed all his Cursed Techniques to power it up tremendously.
His techniques will still be engraved in his body; he just won't be able to use them anymore.
But that won't matter in the long term.
Either he will absorb Sukuna after this fight and can activate his techniques again, or he will die and be absorbed by Sukuna. The King of Curses can then use his techniques.
Of course, when Kenjaku charged up his beam, Satoru was also preparing for one last attack. It's not like he will just wait and let his opponent prepare for an attack and sit around doing nothing.
Satoru combined his Red and Blue, creating a purple glow in his right hand.
Thank god the Black Flash amped Satoru up, or else he could probably not use his Hollow Purple.
"Ready to finish this fight, old hag." He taunted excitedly.
Satoru could sense this enormous energy radiating from Kenjaku. It was exhilarating.
This would be it. After this attack, the fight would be over.
"Today, I will finally get rid of the Six-Eyes for good. Die, you fool." Kenjaku snarled furiously as he finished charging up his attack.
Both fighters fired off their attack.
Kenjaku's blast vaporized everything in its path. It collided with hollow Purple, and the attacks clashed, creating giant shockwaves that destroyed everything around the area.
They both struggled to get the upper hand, but the attacks were not budging an inch.
But Satoru was not out of options like Kenjaku. No, he still had one ace up his sleeve.
'Heh, who said I can only fire ONE hollow purple?'
Kenjaku's eyes widened as he sensed a spike of Cursed Energy behind him. He turned his head and saw another hollow purple closing in on him.
He couldn't even react. The attack clashed with Kenjaku, and he lost his focus, collapsing his attack in the process.
The first hollow purple sliced through Kenjaku's attack and clashed with the second one.
Kenjaku was trapped inside two attacks and ate the full force of Satoru's power.
It was over.
Satoru panted heavily as he limped across the battlefield to see if he really finished him off.
He found Kenjaku lying under rubble as a vortex of blue energy flew skyward out of his body.
"So, any last words?" Satoru had a sly smile on his face as he looked down at Kenjaku.
"N- No, please, give m- me another chance. Don't take it *cough* away from me. My ideals. Don't take this from … me. It will be … all … for n- nothing." Kenjaku weakly stammered as his body turned into salt.
The barrier around Shibuya vanished, too.
Yeah, looks like he really finished him off.
"Wow, how lame. All this talk, and he cries like a little girl when he's on the death door? Haha, I better tell Tatsu-chan about it. She will laugh her ass off." He said, exhausted. He turned around to look at where Tatsumaki was fighting Sukuna.
Now …
He should probably help Tatsu-chan with her fi- …
Satoru's eyes suddenly felt very heavy. His body went limp, and he fell forward.
While unconscious, he didn't see Kenjaku's energy traveling westward.
/
Sukuna and Tatsumaki continued their fight on equal ground, with no one getting the upper hand.
But then, Sukuna suddenly stopped and gazed at the sky.
A smirk spread across his face. "Heh, I would like to fight with you a little longer, but it seems our good time will come to an end, Tatsumaki." He firmly stated as he put his lower arms on his hips.
And then, a storm of blue energy rained down at Sukuna, enveloping him. Sukuna absorbs Kenjaku's energy like a junky, their heroin.
Tatsumaki looked at the scene unfolding before her with a bored expression. It was just like the other time; he would get a bit stronger and learn a few more techniques.
What a waste.
The absorption process stopped.
Sukuna absorbed Kenjaku fully and inspected his new state with wondrous eyes. He now had the strength of 300 fingers and too many Cursed Techniques to count. It was spectacular. "Hahaha, wonderful." He began excitedly and looked at Tatsumaki with crazed eyes. "I enjoyed our fight, Tatsumaki, but unfortunately for you, I'm now ways above your league. I will never forget you for the rest of my-"
"Shut up," Tatsumaki said, strained, barely able to contain her irritation.
Sukuna stopped his speech and looked at his opponent with a shocked expression. Did she just say, 'Shut up?'
To him? The strongest being on earth?
He liked strong opponents who didn't back down even if the odds were against them. But this was just delusional. Did she not sense his overwhelming strength?
Tatsumaki scowled and loudly exclaimed, "My strength this my power that. Can't you just shut up and fight like any normal person? My god, you are even more annoying than Satoru when he doesn't get his sugar." She rambled on in exaggeration.
She took a deep breath and calmed down somewhat. "I'll end this fight now. I have entertained you enough with this nonsense." Tatsumaki tiredly said and looked at Sukuna with a bored face.
The King of Curses couldn't believe his ears.
Is she serious? He was totally shocked.
But then, "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA." His shocked expression vanished, and he began laughing like crazy.
After a few seconds, he managed to calm down somewhat and calmly said, "It seems you already have lost your mind, Tatsumaki. But it doesn't matter any- ARGH!"
He was completely immobilized by Tatsumaki.
His eyes widened.
What?
He couldn't move a single muscle. It was like he was trapped inside a mountain.
He activated Domain Amplification.
But even that wasn't enough to escape Tatsumaki's grasp.
What did she do? Has she held back this entire time? No way. That is impossible.
"Like I said, I'll finish this now." Tatsumaki proclaimed, emotionless, and squeezed her hand to increase the pressure around Sukuna.
The King of Curses tried to wriggle himself out of her grasp, but it was impossible. She was too strong.
His arms and legs bent unnaturally, and most of his bones were shattered by sheer pressure.
He had only one way out of her grasp.
He needs to open his domain. But without his hand sign, it was impossible.
Sukuna tried to think of a solution, but he couldn't wrap his head around this problem.
But then, he got an idea.
Yeah, that could work.
He quickly focused all his strength on performing the ritual, and after a few seconds, it was done.
A smirk spread across his face.
"Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine!"
It was done. His domain once again formed around the battlefield.
But how?
…
Simple.
He made use of two Binding Vows.
First, he vowed never to use a Domain Expansion again, to open it without hand signs. Second, he reduced the radius from five hundred meters to ten meters to increase the strength of his domain a dozen times.
The esper had her barrier up, and Sukuna's slashes rained down on Tatsumaki like gunfire.
Tatsumaki rolled her eyes at his useless effort and tried to snap her fingers.
Sukuna saw this and sneered. "You fool, my Domain Expansion is dozens of times stronger than before. The barrier of your domain will shatter like a plain window." He said as blood leaked out his mouth.
Tatsumaki looked at him, bored. "Just watch, you moron."
She snapped her fingers, "Domain Expansion: Omnikinetic Causality!" and a barrierless Domain completely destroyed his Malevolent Shrine.
The King of Curses looked at her in awe. "Un- unbelievable."
Did she just open a barrierless domain after only seeing it twice?
For the very first time, he was speechless.
With his domain destroyed, he accepted his loss and closed his eyes, awaiting death.
Tatsumaki completely butchered his body and ripped off his head. Then, she used her ESP to feel the finger inside Sukuna and pulled it out.
After that, she blasted the finger into space.
And now, the world was free of Sukuna for good.
Looking down, Sukuna's head melted away. He looked into her eyes, showing no signs of fear.
"I'm amazed you're not whining about your defeat, you pathetic weakling."
"Tch, what's there to whine about? I'll simply vanish into nothingness." He sneered at her.
A smug smirk spread across Tatsumaki's face. "Heh, you sure about that? I have a good idea of what to do with your corpse."
Sukuna doesn't like her tone. "What are you planning, you wretch?" He demanded.
Still smirking, she grabbed his head with her ESP and took off searching for Suguru. She needed to be quick, or else Sukuna would melt away completely.
Her plan was simple; if Suguru could absorb Sukuna, he would get a major power boost. At this point, Sukuna was more Curse than human, so it should be possible for Suguru to absorb him. He may have lost most of his power, but he still had the strength of over fifty fingers and dozens of techniques.
Also, she knew that it would annoy Sukuna to be a mere pawn for them. So that was a plus.
…
And with that, the fight was over.
/
Three days later, it was revealed that despite over 100.000 trapped civilians, only fifty-three died in the attack. Things gradually calmed down, and the public was informed that the Japanese government was testing new military tech. An invention that could create force fields was malfunctioning, which is why so many civilians were trapped in Shibuya.
Of course, not all believe this bullshit, but the explanation that monsters are real was even more far-fetched for most people.
Hopefully, everything will calm down completely after a few more weeks.
The situation was a bit simpler for the sorcerers. The government had to deal with the public, and the sorcerers only had to clean up the mess from the curses.
The five special-grades and the principal sat together to discuss what happened and why it happened.
Satoru told them about GOD and said that this was probably just a powerful Cursed Spirit. Sukuna most likely absorbed this thing during their fight.
Speaking of which, Suguru managed to absorb the King of Curses and could command him like a lifeless puppet. He still had the strength of fifty fingers, and the dozens of Cursed Techniques could be used without a problem.
They even had access to Mahito's Idle Transfiguration.
And just like that, Suguru was now the third most powerful Sorcerer of their era, right behind Satoru and Tatsumaki. Choso was the fourth, and Yuki was the fifth strongest.
Shibuya Incident: Case Closed.
/
"You look so pretty, Sis." Fubuki gushed at her sister with a massive blush on her face.
"Yeah, you're really beautiful, Aunty Tatsu. Uncle Sato will be shocked for sure." Tsumiki stated happily.
Nanako narrowed her eyes and looked at Tatsumaki intensely. "Hmmmm, … mmmhhhmmm …" Then, her expression relaxed, and she smiled at Tatsumaki satisfied. "Yep, everything seems fine, Mom. You've got my approval." She gave her mother a thumbs-up.
Rika and Mimiko also nodded at Tatsumaki.
Tatsumaki sighed tiredly and smiled fondly at the kids. "You brats. It's just a simple wedding. Don't take everything too seriously, and just enjoy the day, okay?" She shook her head and patted their heads gently.
Today, Tatsumaki and Satoru are getting married. Tatsumaki is getting ready for the big day and is sitting in her wardrobe with the kids gushing at her pretty white dress.
Fubuki and Nanako wanted to do her makeup and buy another twenty dresses or so. Tatsumaki needed to stop them before they could burn through all their money.
It's not like Tatsumaki wasn't excited to marry Satoru. But for Tatsumaki, the most important part wasn't to wear the prettiest dress.
She just wants to enjoy the day with her soon-to-be husband.
And after today, the kids will officially get Satoru's last name as well.
Let's not discuss the backlash from the Gojo clan after they learned about that. They said that they would never accept outside children into their clan.
But it's not like they could go against Satoru or Tatsumaki in the first place.
Her thoughts were interrupted by Megumi, who entered her wardrobe. "Aunty, you ready? Everyone is waiting for you." He said with a slightly more emotional tone than usual.
He was excited, too.
Tatsumaki nodded at Megumi and gave him a soft smile. "I'll come. You can tell everyone to get ready." The boy quickly left the room to inform everyone.
The girls began to squeal.
"KYYYAAAAAAHHH, IT'S STARTING, IT'S STARTING!" They shouted excitedly.
Tatsumaki looked at them fondly.
'They sure are excited, huh?'
Tatsumaki heard the piano start playing, and she knew it was time to go out.
This was it.
After today, she would officially be …
Tatsumaki Gojo.
/
After their wedding, nothing major happened for the next few years, and the Sorcerers could live in relative peace.
The years went by until it was finally time for Fubuki, Yuji, and Megumi to become sorcerers.
Their first year in Toyo-High was just around the corner.
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End of chapter 14.
I hope you enjoyed the chapter.
I think I don't have to explain why Tatsumaki won against a Sukuna with the strength of 300 fingers. At this point in time, Tatsumaki is way ahead of him.
Yes, Tatsumaki has her own Domain Expansion, RCT, the ability to output positive energy, and anti-domain techniques.
If you are confused by Suguru's Domain Expansion, I think that Kenjaku's Domain Expansion he used in the manga was what Suguru's would look like. When Yuta took over Gojo's body, he used Infinite Void, so yeah.
Well, that's it. That was the last chapter of this story. But don't worry, there will be an epilogue chapter next Friday.
This chapter may ended abruptly, but the next one will explain what will happen in the future and what Tatsumaki and Satoru's family life will be like.
Well, that's all, folks. Please review. :)
Bye.