The sound of explosions continued incessantly in the center of the dark land, which had long since been reduced to ruins.
The white-haired Sukuna and Levi were engaging in a hand-to-hand brawl, trading heavy elbow strikes.
Getting more excited as the battle progressed, Levi laughed loudly, “Sukuna!
I can do this all day!”
During this close-quarters melee with Sukuna, Levi’s proficiency in combat was rapidly increasing.
Even without a boost in strength, simply gaining combat experience against a top-tier powerhouse was a delightful form of growth.
Besides, it didn’t even hurt.
Sukuna’s white kimono whipped violently in the air, driven by his fierce physical movements.
His eyes, framed by white eyelashes, narrowed as he unleashed a barrage of relentless elbow strikes at Levi.
Simultaneously, he kept trying to suppress Levi, trampling him underfoot several times.
Each time, Levi broke free, either by destroying the ground with an explosion or using one to blast Sukuna away.
If one were to ask why this had turned into a physical brawl…
First, Sukuna was currently in a state of Cursed Technique burnout following the cancellation of his Domain, rendering him unable to use his techniques.
Second, his high-powered slashes, the high-frequency low-power slashes of Malevolent Shrine, and the massive one-time explosive damage of Furnace: Open had all been declared ineffective against Levi.
Sukuna was truly out of moves.
At this point, Sukuna had pinned his hopes on a Black Flash, attempting to deal damage by landing one on Levi.
But to land a Black Flash, he couldn’t deliberately hold back his strength.
Theoretically, every punch should have been fatal to Levi, which meant they ended up having no effect on him at all.
This was the first time in Sukuna’s life he had encountered such a situation.
A thousand years ago, even when he encountered powerhouses far stronger than himself in his youth, Sukuna could calmly judge the situation, find the opponent’s weakness, utilize every available condition, and ultimately achieve victory.
Undoubtedly, if Sukuna hadn’t defeated every single one of his enemies, he wouldn’t have lived a full life until dying of old age and then being turned into Cursed Objects.
When facing the weak, Sukuna was equally decisive in killing them.
Occasionally, if someone seemed interesting, he would torture them a bit before letting Uraume cook and eat them.
But someone like Levi—who clearly wasn’t strong and was suppressed and crushed throughout the fight, yet simply couldn’t be killed or smashed to pieces—was a first for Sukuna.
It had reached the point where even though he held the advantage and had beaten Levi into a pathetic state, he couldn’t even bring himself to say another word of trash talk.
It was too disgusting.
This sense of nausea made Sukuna experience the frustration of wanting to act but being powerless to do so for the first time.
Right at that moment, a familiar wave of Cursed Energy suddenly drifted from afar.
Sukuna had been using Wing Chun on Levi’s face, a rapid barrage with the force of a pile driver, forcibly hammering Levi into the ground.
Feeling the fluctuation of Cursed Energy, Sukuna finally stopped and raised an eyebrow, looking toward the source.
“Heh, I didn’t expect this to happen.”
Sukuna gave a cold laugh.
In the next instant, an explosion erupted beneath his feet as Levi, who had been hammered into the ground, blasted the entire surface away.
But Sukuna had already left the spot.
Straightening his sleeves nearby, he spared Levi a cold, indifferent glance.
“It seems someone has fed my fingers to Yuji Itadori again.
I’m going to go recover them now.”
“Pitiful worm, I’ll let you go for now.
When I’m in the mood, I’ll slowly kill everyone you care about right in front of you, and then feed them to you.”
“You’re in luck; my chef’s skills are quite excellent.”
Levi chuckled coldly, mercilessly puncturing Sukuna’s attempt to save face.
“Is it because you realize you can’t do anything to me, so you’re planning to run away like a dog with its tail between its legs?”
“Don’t worry, I certainly have confidence in your cooking.
Those slashes and flames of yours, which have zero attack power, are just about enough to prep some ingredients, you dead chef.”
Sukuna didn’t take the bait.
When he truly had no moves left, he ironically wouldn’t be easily provoked.
He merely chuckled.
“Say what you want, you useless trash.
You won’t be able to touch the hem of my clothes for the rest of your life.
You can only act tough with your mouth.”
The battle between the two had begun with a storm like divine punishment, escalated through spectacular explosions, devolved into a brutal fistfight, and finally ended in traded insults.
Levi: “I killed Uraume.
Are you mad?”
Sukuna: “When I find your mom and kill her, will you be mad?”
Levi: “Bounce back.”
Sukuna: “Bounce back is invalid.”
Levi: “Fair enough, since your mom’s been dead for ages anyway.”
Sukuna’s expression turned so dark he didn’t even have the heart to fire back.
He had only cared about two people in his entire life, and now Levi was using both of them as ammunition against him.
He hated this beast to the core, but he couldn’t kill him.
Sukuna felt incredibly uncomfortable, agonizingly so.
He clenched his fists, his entire body’s Cursed Energy nearly solidifying from the sheer weight of his hatred and rage.
If not for the fact that Jujutsu Sorcerers could control their Cursed Energy to prevent it from leaking, this pent-up resentment might have given birth to a massive transcendent cursed spirit.
Unfortunately, Levi was a Jujutsu Muggle and couldn’t feel even a hint of the Cursed Energy’s pressure.
Of course, Levi also had no way to deal with Sukuna, so he didn’t continue attacking with the Dragon Talisman.
Instead, he followed behind Sukuna, intending to watch the excitement.
Levi, who originally had the Dog Talisman, wasn’t afraid of Sukuna to begin with.
Now that they had officially fought and confirmed Sukuna couldn’t do anything to him, Levi was even less afraid.
Maybe Sukuna would kill a few reckless Curse Users on the way, and he could scavenge their brains.
Sukuna obviously wouldn’t cater to Levi’s pace; he moved at an extremely high speed.
However, Levi’s straight-line speed wasn’t slow either; he was only a few seconds behind Sukuna.
When Levi arrived at the scene via rocket propulsion, he immediately spotted two Sukunas.
One was the white-haired Sukuna he had just fought, wearing an ice-woven kimono, and the other was Yuji-Sukuna, whose body was covered in black cursed markings.
It seemed the white-haired Sukuna was right—someone really had fed Yuji Itadori another finger.
Upon seeing the white-haired Sukuna, Yuji-Sukuna was slightly stunned, then said with an exaggerated smile, “Is that you, Uraume?”
The white-haired Sukuna fell silent.
Levi almost burst out laughing.
He wanted to see what the white-haired Sukuna would say, so he didn’t speak up to explain that he was the one who killed Uraume.
Shortly after, however, Levi noticed two female corpses lying at Yuji-Sukuna’s feet.
The corpses were wearing Jujutsu High uniforms, which immediately reminded Levi of who they were.
It seemed this part of the plot was actually following the original story.
In the original story, Yuji encountered Choso on the way and was beaten to a state of near-death and unconsciousness.
Because Choso could sense the state of his younger brothers when they were near death, he suddenly realized Yuji was also his brother.
He immediately lost control, went mad, and left in a state of mental confusion.
At that time, Suguru Geto’s adopted daughters, Mimiko and Nanako Hasaba, picked up the unconscious Yuji and immediately fed him the Sukuna finger they had found.
Their goal was to get Sukuna to help them take back Suguru Geto’s body from Kenjaku.
One could say they were stupid in a way that wasn’t cute at all—recklessly stupid.
These two could be considered accomplices in sealing Satoru Gojo, responsible for leading more ordinary people to Gojo’s side to serve as meat shields for the Cursed Spirits, earning them an assist in the sealing.
Yet, before cooperating, they actually forgot to set a Binding Vow with Kenjaku, allowing Kenjaku to go back on his word as if it were child’s play.
Later, after Sukuna took control of Yuji’s body, they thought they could manipulate Sukuna, only to be casually slashed to death by him.
It could be said they died purely from their own low intelligence and stupidity.
The current situation seemed roughly the same.
Therefore…
Levi quietly shifted his steps, approaching the two corpses.
He hadn’t expected to actually be able to scavenge the brains of two Curse Users.