[Saku Hayashi (Group Leader)]: Gojo Satoru Cut in Half.jpg [Gojo Satoru]: “???” In the image, he had been bisected at the waist.
His upper body lay on the ground, while only his bloodstained lower half remained standing.
Gojo Satoru couldn’t help but widen his eyes.
What the hell was this?
He had actually been cut in half?
Had a slash somehow broken through the Limitless technique he kept active almost constantly?
His brain worked rapidly before reaching a conclusion.
Even though he could use Reverse Cursed Technique, there was nothing he could do against a fatal injury like this.
Even he would die after being bisected.
It was a fatal wound that Reverse Cursed Technique couldn’t heal.
The technique could restore many kinds of injuries, but being cut in half or decapitated was simply beyond its limits.
[Elysia]: “That looks terrifying.
Being brutally cut in half must have hurt a lot.” As someone from an ordinary world who had never experienced battle, Elysia felt somewhat uncomfortable looking at such a scene, even though the image was only in black and white.
[Rocks]: “In my world, unless you’re a Logia-type Devil Fruit user capable of elemental transformation, an injury like that has nearly a hundred-percent fatality rate.” Rocks stroked his chin.
There might still be some chance of survival if a healing-type Devil Fruit user were present, but otherwise, the victim could only wait to die.
[Natsuki Minamiya]: “Someone who calls himself the strongest, only to get cut in half.
It looks rather ridiculous.” [Gojo Satoru]: “…Honestly, I never imagined I would die like this.” With the Limitless technique, practically no attack could touch his body.
Yet in this image, he had been bisected.
Gojo Satoru didn’t feel afraid.
Instead, he felt a little excited.
This meant he must have encountered an opponent capable of forcing him to fight with everything he had.
[Saku Hayashi (Group Leader)]: “In my world, if someone gets treated quickly enough after being cut in half, their life can still be saved.” In the original story, when Gourmet Corp.
caused chaos during the Cooking Festival, Livebearer was bisected by a Nitro.
Two Revivers immediately reattached his body, though his Gourmet Cells had also played an important role in his survival.
[Gojo Satoru]: “The only person in my world who should be able to threaten me is Ryomen Sukuna.
But are his slashes really powerful enough to break through my Limitless?” [Saku Hayashi (Group Leader)]: “Sukuna took out a loan and unleashed a Dimensional Slash capable of cutting through the world and space itself.
Your Limitless couldn’t block it.” [Gojo Satoru]: “If that’s the case, then it really could break through my Limitless.
What a shameless move.” Gojo Satoru thought about it for a moment.
A slash like that really could bisect him.
It seemed he had grown too dependent on the Limitless and Reverse Cursed Technique.
If he dodged instead, an attack of that level surely wouldn’t be easy to unleash.
As expected of Sukuna.
Instead of relying on a special cursed tool or cursed technique to interfere with the Limitless, he had used a Dimensional Slash that severed space itself.
Gojo Satoru could roughly guess how Sukuna had accomplished it.
[Gojo Satoru]: “Now that I know about it, I’ll dodge when the time comes.” [Saku Hayashi (Group Leader)]: “I thought you might deal with the root of the problem and kill Yuji Itadori right now.” [Gojo Satoru]: “Hehe, don’t say something so cruel, Group Leader.
Yuji is my adorable student.
As his teacher, I can’t execute him now.” He disdained the idea of doing such a thing.
Saku Hayashi smiled and shook his head.
Gojo Satoru was far too confident.
Then again, he had every right to be confident in his own world.
If Sukuna hadn’t seized Megumi Fushiguro’s body and gained Mahoraga, a shikigami capable of adapting to anything, Gojo Satoru might truly have emerged victorious in the end.
… “Master Jiro, you really are a regular here.
Ten years ago, Tsurara and I spent quite a long time just reaching this beach,” Saku Hayashi remarked.
The darkness receded, and light once again flooded their vision.
Before them lay a beautiful, dreamlike beach.
Sparkling minerals were embedded in both the sand and the surrounding rock walls, while light shimmered from the crystal-clear seawater.
This was their destination—the Cave Beach.
Puffer Whales were said to lay their eggs only in beautiful shallow waters.
The water here was exceptionally clean and transparent.
The source of the light filling both the seawater and the cave was a type of marine insect known as the Sea Firefly.
The glow released from their tails was several times brighter than that of ordinary fireflies.
When gathered in sufficient numbers, they could illuminate an entire stretch of ocean.
“I’ve come here so many times that I naturally know the route well.
We’re the first group to arrive,” Jiro said with a smile.
He was always the first to arrive, and this time was no exception.
No one was more familiar with the route to this place than he was.
Splash!
Tom immediately began fishing.
Before long, he pulled a Puffer Whale from the water—and it hadn’t even been poisoned.
Even Jiro was astonished.
No one had ever caught a Puffer Whale this way before.
What kind of trick had Tom used?
“Tom, don’t eat it yet.
It’s poisonous,” Saku Hayashi warned.
Tom licked his lips.
It appeared that he had been planning to swallow the fish whole.
For a cat, a Puffer Whale was an incredibly tempting delicacy.
Although the poison wouldn’t kill Tom, it would still make him feel miserable.
The instant Tom heard that it was poisonous, he hurriedly backed far away.
Such a beautiful fish was actually poisonous!
That had scared the life out of him.
He had almost eaten it without thinking!
“We should head down as well.
Tom, if you don’t want to enter the water, you can wait here or explore the area on your own.” After Saku Hayashi finished speaking, the three of them entered the transparent seawater.
The water was incredibly clear, allowing them to see far into the distance.
Countless white Puffer Whales swam through the area.
They were known as delicacies of the deep sea.
Although each one appeared to be only fifty or sixty centimeters long, the density of their flesh had been compressed to an astonishing degree by the pressure of the deep sea.
Most chefs couldn’t even cut through a Puffer Whale’s flesh, let alone successfully remove its poison sac.
A Puffer Whale with its poison sac safely removed could sell for five hundred million.
Even a poisoned Puffer Whale could fetch eight million on the black market.
That was why ingredients were the true hard currency of this world.
They were far more valuable than gold or ordinary money.
Whoosh!
Saku Hayashi plucked out a strand of hair and coated it in an extremely thin layer of Appetite Energy.
With a flick of his finger, the hair shot forward like a bullet, leaving a thin white trail through the seawater.
It struck its target with perfect accuracy.
The slender strand pierced the Puffer Whale’s body.
The whale, which had been swimming moments earlier, instantly stopped moving and slowly sank toward the sandy seabed.
The Puffer Whale had been successfully Knocked.
As for the technique’s name, he would call it Hair-Strand Knocking.
Jiro smiled and shook his head.
Although Saku Hayashi was clearly showing off, it also proved that his student’s Knocking skills hadn’t declined over the years.
In fact, they had improved considerably.
Almost everyone had hair, but very few people could use it to perform Knocking.
Jiro himself could do it as well.
The most crucial part was Saku Hayashi’s precise control over his Appetite Energy.
Only by coating the strand perfectly and evenly could he avoid altering its thickness and accurately drive it into the Puffer Whale’s pressure point.
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