Spanning across long years.
A millennium-long master plan fell agonizingly short at the very last step, and Kenjaku's resentment soared to the heavens!
The raw hatred in his gaze was exactly as if he wanted to swallow Zenin Mirai alive!
The severely damaged and twisted soul fed back the agonizing, burning injuries directly to the physical body.
Stepped on firmly by Mirai, Kenjaku's limbs hung limp on the ground like a heap of rotten meat.
On a face completely filled with black Cursed Energy, countless human faces trapped in a dark quagmire roared and hissed violently.
Mirai stepped aside, deliberately making room for Higuruma to manifest his Domain.
Even without Mirai's physical suppression...
The brutal confrontation on the soul level made it absolutely impossible for Kenjaku to distract himself enough to physically dodge the Domain's shroud.
"Domain Expansion: Deadly Sentencing."
The pitch-black Domain shell instantly enveloped the two of them.
At that moment, Mirai turned his cold gaze toward the entire Jujutsu High group on the side.
'To kill... or not to kill...' Mirai thought, recalling White Zetsu's previous, humorous suggestion about needing a pirate crew and temporarily giving up the intention to act against them.
Heading to a brand-new, completely unknown world, it was indeed very necessary to keep a few more cards in hand.
Even if they were just disposable consumables.
Under Mirai's calm, calculating gaze, the scalps of everyone from Jujutsu High couldn't stop tingling.
It was exactly like being actively watched by some great, cosmic horror; their hearts stopped and their limbs trembled violently due to pure bodily instinct.
Yuta Okkotsu, Atsuya Kusakabe, Kinji Hakari.
As the strongest combat forces of Jujutsu High today, the three could only stand silently at the very front of the team.
It looked exactly as if they were protecting their weaker teammates, but also as if... they were completely resigned, awaiting their final judgment.
After reversal upon reversal throughout the day, the brief dawn of hope they had seen was nothing more than a cruel mockery someone had intentionally let slip through their fingers for fun.
Zenin Mirai, that monster, did not just possess absolute, overwhelming strength.
In terms of planning and psychological layout, he treated everyone as mere pawns for his amusement.
Takako Uro and Mai Zenin, the two women, walked quietly behind Mirai with their heads hung low.
Their dejected appearance clearly showed they were still brooding over their previous, near-fatal failure.
The roles they had played in this final, apocalyptic battle were nothing more than complete burdens...
CRACK!
This was the third time Higuruma had actively withdrawn his Domain, and the wooden gavel in his hand still hadn't turned into a longsword.
Throughout Kenjaku's millennium of existence, he had committed countless crimes, ranging from minor to severe.
From mass murder and arson to petty theft.
The legal code Higuruma had studied by heart had a total of two hundred and forty articles of Japanese criminal law.
Kenjaku alone had completely monopolized every single charge on the books.
Glancing at the temporarily safe group from Jujutsu High, the sweat-drenched Higuruma panted slightly.
He was far from the level of Gojo Satoru or Sukuna, let alone a monster like Zenin Mirai.
Expanding his Domain so many times in one single day, the massive consumption of Cursed Energy had nearly exhausted Higuruma to death.
As for Kenjaku, who was collapsed helplessly on the ground... those incredibly venomous eyes stared fixedly at Zenin Mirai.
He had already realized his end; he just couldn't accept it for a moment.
Even if he could somehow suppress the two rebellious souls within his body, he had no way to kill the monster standing before him.
In this isolated Kamui void space...
He didn't even have the option to run away.
'Since it's like this...'
The dark veins on Kenjaku's forehead bulged violently as he screamed hoarsely, "Old friend... then you shall accompany me to the underworld together!!!"
A raspy, roaring tone. A frantic and completely insane speech.
Taking advantage of the brief moment Higuruma was recovering his breath!
Kenjaku violently released his suppression of the internal souls and used absolutely all his remaining Cursed Energy to communicate with the massive Domain shell surrounding the entire country of Japan!
—BUZZ!!!
The sky and earth trembled violently, and spatial void ripples overlapped and interlaced!
"He's going to detonate the entire barrier!!!"
Higuruma shouted, cold sweat pouring down his face!
He hadn't rescued Yuji Itadori yet! He hadn't made his last, desperate stand!
The Jujutsu High side didn't react much; Maki Zenin, in particular, actually showed a strange sense of relief and liberation.
In this apocalyptic final battle, having the whole team sacrificed together was actually a pretty good ending.
The roller-coaster mental journey they had been forcefully put on... was just too exhausting.
One second... two seconds... three seconds...
The imagined, massive explosion did not occur, and the ripples in the void were gradually, peacefully calming down.
"How can this be?!!"
In the short ten-plus minutes he spent actively dealing with Zenin Mirai and violently fighting for control of the physical body...
The vast Domain covering the entire country had silently shrunk by more than ten times its original size.
The massive amount of Cursed Energy and the fundamental rules contained within the barrier had been mostly devoured by an external force.
Not only the control of his vessel, but he had even lost complete control of his own ultimate Domain.
To be able to effortlessly do this...
Kenjaku's distorted face went blank for a moment, and then he looked directly at the figure who had remained entirely calm throughout, roaring exactly like a madman!
"ZENIN MIRAI!!!"
Unfortunately...
Kenjaku's soul-felt, desperate shout didn't even receive a single glance in response.
Mirai just shook his head and muttered softly.
"...The pathetic barking of a defeated dog..."
'A millennium of time!!!'
Mirai's attitude of complete indifference was the absolute final straw that crushed Kenjaku's sanity.
"ZE—"
"Domain Expansion: Deadly Sentencing."
Just as Kenjaku spat out one word, the black Domain shell enveloped him once again.
...Meanwhile.
On a ruined street a thousand meters away from the center of the battlefield.
With his mouth twitching violently, Fumihiko Takaba was led by White Zetsu back to the familiar, neon VIP private room.
White Zetsu now currently had more than half the control over Kenjaku's current Domain.
Takaba's Comedian Cursed Technique could also be expanded flawlessly without being affected by the outside world.
White Zetsu crossed his pale legs and lit a thick Cuban cigar. "Nami! Hurry up and have the absolute top girl in your shop come out to serve the guests!"
Nami (Hanami) put down the wooden foot-washing basin and smiled apologetically. "Manager White... did you forget?"
"Miss Akutami just had her duck head completely blown off by Kenjaku."
White Zetsu frowned dramatically. "Then have her sister, Miss Akutami, come out to serve!"
Nami bowed slightly. "Alright, Manager White. You two please wait just a moment."
Two and a half seconds later.
A humanoid Cursed Spirit covered entirely in sharp razor blades arrived before Takaba, carrying a foot basin.
While actively serving White Zetsu, Nami gently reminded Takaba: "Miss Akutami used to be a human manga artist."
"Later, the drawing quality went downhill, and she was turned into this pitiful state by angry readers constantly sending her razor blades in the mail."
"That soaring, massive resentment even turned Miss Akutami into a Special Grade curse."
"If her massage isn't perfectly good, please be patient with her, honored guest."
Takaba nodded understandingly and gave a crooked, goofy smile. "Don't worry! We comedians have the mildest tempers in the world!"
The next second—
BANG!!!
Miss Akutami was violently kicked straight into the concrete wall of the private room by Takaba, sharp razor blades violently scattering all over the floor!
Takaba looked at White Zetsu with innocent, wide eyes. "It's not my fault..."
"Miss Akutami just tried to hit my kneecap with a heavy hammer... that was a pure reflex."
"It's completely fine!"
White Zetsu waved his hand dismissively. "Nami! Go call Miss Akutami's other sister... wait, never mind!"
Takaba was just about to rapidly wave his hand and politely say it wasn't necessary, but he suddenly discovered that White Zetsu had fallen completely fast asleep on the sofa.
Looking at White Zetsu, who still had half a lit cigarette hanging from his mouth and was snoring loudly...
Takaba said with a look of pure awe, "What kind of divine sleep is this...?"
...Center of the battlefield.
The perfect vessel Kenjaku had spent a thousand years crafting jumped actively up from the ground, looking completely refreshed.
"Mirai kid! You did a very good job!"
White Zetsu manipulated the perfect body flexibly, the curve of his stitched mouth deepening into a wide grin. "This 'Number Zero' is really not bad at all!"
Beside him, Higuruma, who was completely dripping with sweat, stood utterly dumbfounded.
He had spent all this effort and finally managed to officially kill Kenjaku... but instead of getting the final, desired hope of Yuji Itadori returning, a completely different, creepy small boss had appeared?!
The Jujutsu High side was as entirely lifeless as ever.
It seemed they hadn't held much genuine hope from the start.
'How can this be?!!' Higuruma thought frantically. 'Clearly, Yuji Itadori's soul was also currently in this body; why is there no stiffness or resistance in White Zetsu's movements?'
"Stop staring so hard, Mr. Lawyer~"
White Zetsu looked back over his shoulder and smiled widely.
"That pink-haired gorilla kid has already reached a formal agreement with Master Zetsu; he won't fight for control of this body anymore."
"An agreement?"
Higuruma was slightly stunned and suddenly looked directly up at the high sky!
CLANG!
Kusakabe, his face completely covered in cold sweat, directly let go of the longsword in his hand and smiled bitterly. "Heh... let it all be destroyed."
In the massive hole torn open in the dark sky, there was a blood-colored, cosmic single eye completely comparable to the size of the sun!
A giant monster countless times more terrifying than the Cursed Spirit-form Kenjaku was staring straight down at this small world.
The drooping, twisted wooden branches were exactly like blood-colored sunlight cast directly from hell.
A massive branch actively landed on the ground in front of Mirai, and a huge, fleshy flower bud at the very tip was slowly blooming!
Mirai stepped forward quickly, his gaze burning intensely as he stared directly at the fruit blooming within the flower bud!
His Rinnegan could clearly perceive the absolute, terrifying cosmic power contained within the Chakra Fruit, as well as the pure aura of the Jujutsu world's origin!
Without a single moment's hesitation, Mirai reached out and swallowed the fruit directly!
His Rinnegan gaze seemed to instantly pierce through the physical layers of space, reaching the absolute edge of dimensional chaos!
"Let's go. It's time to conquer another world!"
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