What does it mean that the group members have given me back the light?

Just as the real creature was driven almost mad by this sudden dead end and sense of urgency, it suddenly sensed behind it—the intense aura that had been relentlessly pursuing it had somehow dwindled to just one!

The man whirled around, his bloodshot eyes piercing through the rising dust, locking onto the figure rapidly approaching from afar, raising clouds of dust as he did so.

Only Hisahito Itadori!

The battle in the sky was over, but the silver giant didn't follow, nor did the two women whose souls contained other things. The troublesome fellows... none of them were there!

Once this was confirmed, all the pent-up fear and pent-up frustration in the real person's chest seemed to find its only outlet, instantly surging and burning, transforming into an unbelievable and unexpected surprise.

Is Sukuna's vessel an idiot? Just because I said something provocative, he actually dared to rush over alone?

"Heh...heh..." The real man dragged his heavily injured body, his laughter twisted and hoarse. "If I can't cure those monsters, surely I can cure you?!"

Before the words were even finished, it flashed and launched an attack!

"Die!"

The ferocity of the Superior Cursed Spirit was fully unleashed, and the already grotesque body of the real person suddenly underwent even more violent twisting and deformation—the flesh and bones of the right arm stretched and hardened rapidly like molten wax, instantly transforming into a huge bone hammer with a cold light flashing at its edge, which smashed down towards Itadori Yuujin with a shrill sound of tearing through the air!

Yuji Itadori roared, dodging to the side while simultaneously delivering a powerful straight punch to Masato's waist and abdomen.

boom!

The heavy hammer slammed down, instantly creating a large, spiderweb-like crater in the asphalt road surface, sending gravel flying everywhere.

But the transformation of the real person was eerily fast! Seeing the heavy hammer miss its target, the huge ancient hammer instantly softened and decomposed, flowing back like a living thing, and suddenly turned into more than a dozen extremely sharp bone spikes, which, like venomous snakes, swiftly pierced towards Itadori Yuujin's eyes, throat and other vital organs!

Yujin Itadori parried and dodged with lightning speed, the force of his punches and kicks kicking up dust from the ground. The two clashed and moved through the street at an astonishing speed, each exchange accompanied by the muffled thud of muscles colliding, the whistling of blades sliding through the air, and the crashing sound of building debris constantly falling.

As a cursed spirit, the real person completely abandoned defense and relied on the bizarre ability of his body to transform at will to launch attacks in an endless variety of ways—his arms would sometimes transform into long whips to lash out, sometimes condense into sharp drills to stab, and he could even transform his feet into spring-like structures to firmly press against the wall in the instant of retreating, launching himself again from an incredible angle. His legs would merge into a huge, air-tearing blade whip in mid-air and slash down fiercely!

After several rounds of dazzling attacks, the real man seized the weakness of Itadori Yujin—it took a side kick from Itadori Yujin that grazed its ribs, causing its ribs to instantly cave in and deform. However, it took the opportunity to suddenly transform its right arm into an extremely tough and twisted tentacle, which tightly wrapped around Itadori Yujin's blocking arm. The powerful binding force made Itadori Yujin's movements pause!

"Got it!" The real man grinned maliciously, his tentacles wrapping around the other's right arm. He suddenly exerted force, lifting Itadori Yuujin up and slamming him into the already crumbling load-bearing wall of the convenience store like a hammer throw!

boom--! ! !

Yuji Itadori's body was embedded deep into the brickwork like a cannonball. The enormous impact caused the entire wall to collapse completely, and the shattered bricks and glass buried half of his body. He couldn't help but cough up a mouthful of blood and struggled to stand up immediately.

The real person slowly approached, his face filled with mockery and a vengeful pleasure: "What's wrong? Is that all you've got? Where's that Giant of Light? Why hasn't he come to save you yet?"

...Grab the container used in the Nuo ritual and use it as leverage to escape...

While secretly plotting, he made a mocking gesture: "You weren't dumped, were you? Because you were too stupid?"

Yuujin Itadori gritted his teeth and struggled to his feet from the broken bricks. He raised his hand to wipe away the blood seeping from his lips, and then fixed his eyes, burning with rage, on the approaching figure.

"...Why...why did you do that?"

“Twisting a living person… into that kind of monster that’s neither human nor ghost…taking Shunping away, and then torturing him like this…”

He suddenly asked these two questions.

"what……?"

As if it had heard something incomprehensible, the approaching figure suddenly stopped, the mocking and cruel smile on its face froze, its pupils dilated slightly, and it stood there stunned for a full second.

A short, sharp gasp, as if someone had choked, was followed by an uncontrollable burst of shrill laughter:

"Pfft, hahaha—!! Why? You actually...you actually asked me why?!"

It laughed so hard it could barely stand up straight, its body swaying dramatically back and forth, as if it had heard the most hilarious joke in the world, and even its eyes welled up with tears.

"Does this even need to be asked?!" It abruptly stopped laughing, its face now displaying a chilling malice, its voice rising and distorting with excitement:

"Of course it's because—it's fun!!"

"Watching them struggle desperately, scream in agony, their souls utterly twisted... is there any entertainment more entertaining than this?!"

The moment the word "ma" was uttered, the maniacal laughter on the real person's face had not yet faded—

Hisahito Itadori, whose right hand had been hanging at his side and clenched tightly, suddenly raised it! In his palm, he was holding a hot, shiny hexagonal stone engraved with a dragon totem!

Before the real person could react at all, the talisman burst forth with destructive light!

boom--! ! !

A torrent of intensely hot, explosive energy, like an angry fire dragon, splattered solidly across the real man's face. The terrifying energy instantly engulfed his face, which was contorted with shock. The enormous impact sent his entire body flying like a broken doll, crashing through several crumbling walls before finally being buried in a pile of rubble.

Dragon Blast.

Yuji Itadori lowered his arm, panting.

He admitted that he was reckless, but at least not completely reckless. On the way to chase the real person, he had already contacted Kiana through the chat group and borrowed the 'Dragon Talisman' containing powerful explosive power by using the group's trading function. The question he asked just now was not to get an answer, but only to make this arrogant and conceited spirit lower its guard and create an opportunity for him to launch a sneak attack!

At this moment, the anger in Itadori Yuujin's chest truly exploded like the energy of the Dragon Talisman.

Fun...? Just for... that kind of reason?!

The frivolous, cruel, and unrepentant laughter of the real man echoed repeatedly in his ears like the most vicious curse. The shrill screams of the innocent people who had been transformed into monsters, the battered and bruised appearance of Yoshino Junpei... all the images became incredibly clear at this moment, turning into red-hot irons that burned fiercely onto his soul.

Extreme anger surged through every nerve, causing his arm gripping the dragon talisman to tremble violently from the force, so much so that he didn't even notice that something seemed to have been added to his chest.

This is... a curse...

"Ugh—!"

The ruins suddenly exploded, and a real person, charred black and with torn flesh, rushed out like a vengeful ghost. In an instant, he grabbed Itadori Yuujin by the neck and slammed his body against the wall with a 'bang,' causing cracks to appear.

"Again! Again and again!"

The voice of a real person is distorted and altered by rage and trauma.

Half of its face was melted by the energy of the dragon explosion, but the tenacious vitality of the special-grade cursed spirit allowed it to maintain its terrifying combat power. The countless times it was toyed with today completely ignited its ferocity.

It wasn't even the giant of light that caused it to suffer a setback!

"Transformation through non-action!!"

It let out a hysterical roar, pouring all its remaining magical power into its palm and unleashing its final spell! Its target was Yuujin Itadori's soul—it wanted to twist this damned Sukuna vessel's soul into the ugliest, most painful monster, making him wish he were dead!

However, just as the spell, imbued with extreme malice and twisted power, was about to touch Yuuji Itadori's soul—

Time seemed to have frozen.

The real person's crazed consciousness suddenly sank.

It's not a physical sinking, but a terrifying feeling of weightlessness, as if the soul is forcibly ripped away and falls.

The streets around it, shattered by the battle, the billowing dust, Hisahito Itadori's tense figure as he resisted... everything faded, blurred, and then vanished completely in an instant.

The next moment, its consciousness fell into a starry sky whose vastness and emptiness were indescribable.

There is no up, down, left, or right; no passage of time; only an endless expanse that makes one feel insignificant.

The real person's soul, formed from malice and curses, appeared particularly out of place and... filthy in this starry sky, like a drop of ink in clear water.

Then, the real person saw it.

A silver giant, whose grandeur and majesty defy description, stands silently in this endless void.

The silver giant lowered its head slightly, its indifferent, godlike gaze piercing through the boundaries of the soul and landing on the tiny, distorted, trembling consciousness of the real person.

Giant of Light...

As it met the other's gaze, the real creature's teeth chattered uncontrollably. All its previous arrogance and cruelty... melted away instantly, like ice and snow exposed to direct sunlight, leaving only a kind of instinctive, utterly primal feeling, like that of a dark creature towards light...

fear.

boom!

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Chapter Twenty-Nine: Mission Completed

Inside the Demon-Slaying Chef's Kitchen was a scene resembling hell.

Two-faced Sukuna lazily propped its cheeks up, perched atop a grim mountain made of countless twisted goat head skeletons. Its four eyes were not focused on the void before it, but rather pierced through the barriers of space, coldly watching everything unfolding outside.

It watched the real person's face contorted with ecstasy, watched it laugh uncontrollably with its head thrown back, watched the torrent of scorching energy smear solidly onto its face—like watching a clumsy farce.

"idiot."

After receiving this bland evaluation, Ryomen Sukuna completely lost interest.

The first time was at the juvenile detention center.

Just when Su Nuo thought the boy was cornered and was thinking about how to take the opportunity to kill the people around him, the light suddenly descended and crushed everything with absolute power.

Even though it only killed an ant, the power it displayed for the first time, which transcended the rules of this world, made even the proud creature take notice.

And this time, He appeared again.

Where did He come from? And when did Hisahito Itadori meet those "partners" who suddenly appeared and possessed strange powers?

Heaven and earth, I am the only one who reigns supreme—as the cursed king who has stood at the pinnacle of millennia, the dual-faced Sukuna's system of cognition and power has long been solidified. But all that is before him is completely beyond his comprehension.

It sat silently on the skeletal throne, its four eyes deep in thought, silently calculating how to deal with that pure and dazzling light that instinctively felt threatening...

However, the next moment——

All thought was abruptly interrupted.

An indescribable, absolute sense of presence instantly descended upon its domain, brutally tearing apart the space it dominated!

Su Nuo abruptly lowered the arm that had been supporting her face, and for the first time, her usually languid expression cracked, becoming stiff.

It saw—right in front of its throne, the silver giant of light had silently stood there.

Its clear, moon-like eyes met its gaze calmly, and the pure, vast light emanating from its body illuminated not only this desolate and bloody realm as if it were daytime, but also made the ghastly skeletons at its feet seem utterly ridiculous.

Its body's instincts nearly made it erupt instantly, ready to tear this uninvited guest apart with the most brutal techniques.

However, it forcefully suppressed this impulse.

Ryomen Sukuna attempted to revert to its arrogant demeanor, a habitual, malicious smirk creeping onto its lips:

"Oh? How dare you trespass into my territory—"

The words stopped abruptly.

A cold sarcasm froze on the faces of the two Su Nuo, because what it sensed in the other's gaze was not a confrontational hostility, nor a surging fighting spirit, but a purer and ultimate indifference that it had never experienced before.

Just as humans never care whether they trample on an anthill when they walk, just as the sun never cares whether it illuminates the filth of the abyss when it rises, it is a kind of peace and absoluteness that completely transcends individual emotions and likes and dislikes, almost like the laws of the universe.

—What does it matter to you if I destroy you?

This chilling thought, sharper than its most powerful slashing technique, instantly pierced through the entire consciousness of the two Sukuna.

"you--!"

Two Sukuna roared as they rose from the skeletal throne, their Demon-Subduing Chef Domain trembling violently. The attacks of [Kai] and [Ba] were about to erupt in their most concentrated and dangerous form. This was their domain, and their pride would not allow them to be treated like this. They would fight back! They would tear this light before them to shreds!

But... it didn't work.

Light simply filled its field of vision, filled its domain, and overwhelmed everything within it.

Its power, accumulated over millennia and supporting its pride and arrogance of "I am the only one in heaven and earth," appeared for the first time so insignificant and so vulnerable in the face of this pure and indifferent existence.

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[Confidential Files - Incident Log]

[File Number: XTJ-2018-08]

[Recorded by: High School of Spellcasting - Intelligence Management Department]

[Access Permissions: Level 1 Sorcerer and above]

【Event Summary——】

[Date of occurrence: August 2018]

Location: Impression Cinema, Tokyo

[Event Type: Malicious Cursed Spirit Murder Case]

【Mission Background——】

On August X, three deceased individuals, dressed in uniforms from a nearby high school and suspected to be high school students, were found with extremely unnatural and deformed heads. An investigation confirmed this as the work of a cursed spirit. According to Article 9 of the "Emergency Response Plan for Curses," immediate intervention is required.