In the original timeline, Ryomen Sukuna had relied on Mahoraga's adaptation to Gojo Satoru's Limitless to understand space itself and ultimately unleash the World-Cutting Slash.
But now, because he could personally wield Limitless through the Copy Technique, performing it had become even easier.
This had originally been a gift prepared for Gojo Satoru.
Yet he had been forced to reveal it here.
"As I thought," Ryomen Sukuna smiled.
"Because I concluded that you understood me too well."
"When I mentioned Furnace, you immediately imagined me using it."
"I even deliberately explained its Binding Vow."
"Your extensive knowledge of jujutsu led you to conclude that remaining inside Malevolent Shrine would become extremely dangerous."
"So naturally, you chose to retreat."
Retreating from danger meant leaving Malevolent Shrine.
At that point, only one thing remained—
Predict where the Rider of Heaven would emerge.
But prediction wasn't even necessary.
Because Time Stop wasn't teleportation.
By observing the trajectory where the slashing storm disappeared during frozen time, one could determine the destination.
The Rider of Heaven was a perfect Kamen Rider.
Her overwhelming offense and defense.
The despair-inducing ability to stop time.
If played perfectly, even Ryomen Sukuna could only await death.
In truth, his brain had indeed nearly burned out.
Maintaining Malevolent Shrine.
Operating Limitless.
Constantly calculating the Rider of Heaven's location and methods of defense.
Even with the perfect body of a Jujutsu Sorcerer, Ryomen Sukuna had reached his limit.
But while the Rider of Heaven itself was perfect—
Its user was still human.
Tsumiki Fushiguro hesitated.
She chose caution.
She chose retreat.
And that hesitation became the source of her defeat.
Lured by words.
Defeated psychologically.
This was the path to victory Ryomen Sukuna had discovered.
The Eleven Lives.
The World-Cutting Slash.
These were gifts he had prepared for Gojo Satoru and Mahito.
He had never imagined being forced to reveal them against Tsumiki Fushiguro.
Ryomen Sukuna sighed.
"Yorozu..."
"You've become stronger."
At that moment, Kogane suddenly appeared.
"Beep beep beep! Congratulations, Master! Congratulations, Master!"
"Master has obtained the limited item: [Key]."
"Master's status has changed."
"From this moment onward, Master's status is—"
[Key Holder of the Tokyo First Barrier].
Tokyo Second Barrier.
Kenjaku stepped on Takaba Fumihiko and raised both hands high beneath the clear sky, tears streaming down his face as he roared through sobs:
"I... finally... won!!"
Takaba Fumihiko, who was being stepped on by Kenjaku, also roared through tears:
"I... I actually lost... I-I'm not convinced!!"
"What the hell are you not convinced about?!" Kenjaku roared.
"I performed manzai with you, practiced eloquence with you, and in the end, I even..."
"...put aside my knowledge as a Jujutsu Sorcerer just to keep up with your brain's logic! During these two months, in order to make you admit defeat, I seriously brought out my own comedic talent. What exactly are you still not convinced about?!"
Takaba Fumihiko suddenly became serious.
"That's it! That's what I'm not convinced about!"
"What?"
"Your final victory wasn't with laughter, but with tears. How can that be?"
Still lying face down, Takaba Fumihiko said seriously:
"You should be laughing. Why aren't you laughing? Why won't you laugh?"
"I really can't take it anymore!"
Kenjaku covered his face with both hands and screamed:
"Kogane, come out! See if the Cursed Technique [Comedian] has been engraved into the Wish List yet!"
Unlike the original timeline, where Kenjaku also encountered Takaba Fumihiko in a similar way but Takaba approached him first, Kenjaku had initially known Takaba was special but didn't take him seriously until Takaba's technique actually dragged him in.
Only then did Kenjaku become serious.
In that serious confrontation, Kenjaku had always remained composed, reacting quickly to every situation, and finally defeated Takaba Fumihiko through the outcome of a manzai performance. Afterward, he left behind the evaluation:
"You're quite interesting."
Thus ending that nonsensical duel.
But now, things were different.
Takaba Fumihiko's talent had been discovered in advance by Kenjaku. While observing Takaba, Kenjaku continuously came to recognize this power. Filled with confidence, he believed he could truly "kill" Takaba Fumihiko.
Well, judging by the current scene, even though Takaba Fumihiko was already under his foot, Kenjaku still hadn't managed to kill him and had instead been driven to the brink of collapse.
This was natural.
This was the Dream Walk Migration.
Almost everything from modern society could be purchased with points, including "comedic talent," which had nothing to do with Jujutsu Sorcerers.
The key to Takaba Fumihiko activating his technique lay in his comedic talent. As long as he believed he wouldn't fail, he couldn't fail.
Likewise, as long as he believed he wouldn't die, he wouldn't die.
In the original timeline, Takaba Fumihiko always struggled with his lack of comedic talent, but the Dream Walk Migration allowed him to acquire it effortlessly.
Furthermore, during these two months, Takaba had even managed to establish himself on the comedy stage using knowledge exchanged through the Dream Walk Migration.
He was completely different from his original self.
In the original timeline, Kenjaku could exploit Takaba Fumihiko's psychological knot and force him to admit defeat himself.
But now things were different.
Kenjaku had to truly compete in comedy as a professional-level comedian against Takaba, an active comedian.
How could Kenjaku not go insane?!
How could such an unreasonable Cursed Technique exist?!
Kogane emerged from the Void Realm.
"Beep whirrr! Master, your Wish List has been updated!"
"Added Cursed Technique [Comedian]."
"Cursed Technique [Comedian]: Creation of phenomena."
"The manifestation and enforcement of the user's imagination."
"Through distortion of the laws of reality, processing of the user's imagination, and rewriting the wills of others, it creates temporary reality overwrites."
"Whether it is the laws of the world, one's own state, or the state of others, [Comedian] can easily alter them."
There was one sentence in the original work that summarized this technique:
"A Cursed Technique capable of rivaling Gojo Satoru."
In the late stages of the original work, there were two wild Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerers:
Hiromi Higuruma and Takaba Fumihiko.
However, the reasons they became Special Grade Sorcerers were entirely different.
Hiromi Higuruma reached that level purely through talent and growth potential, earning even Ryomen Sukuna's acknowledgment.
Takaba Fumihiko was different.
His talent for jujutsu was ordinary—perhaps even poor.
Yet he still became a Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerer.
Why?
Because of his Cursed Technique.
Obtaining the qualification of a Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerer purely through a Cursed Technique was something even Gojo Satoru couldn't do.
Gojo Satoru required both the Six Eyes and Limitless.
Takaba Fumihiko didn't need anything else.
Regarding his Cursed Technique [Comedian], Kenjaku once said in the original work:
"To him, a thousand years of jujutsu knowledge is completely useless!"
This was the Cursed Technique Kenjaku entered the Dream Walk Migration to obtain, even at the cost of making an extremely powerful Binding Vow.
Originally, he had intended to kill Takaba Fumihiko directly and allow him to resurrect once.
Because resurrection would inevitably engrave all of Takaba's Soul information into the Dream Walk Migration, Kenjaku could then purchase the technique through the Wish List.
If he acquired this technique and combined it with his thousand years of jujutsu knowledge, then through the use of strict Binding Vows, he might be able to escape the liquidation of God Mahito.
Even if he couldn't escape and was cast into another world, compared to the Brain Exchange Technique—which was focused purely on survival—[Comedian] possessed vastly superior survival capabilities.
Even with a tragic beginning, there would still be room to struggle.
Kenjaku thought so and acted accordingly.
However, there was one problem with the plan.
He couldn't kill Takaba Fumihiko.
He simply couldn't kill him.
Forget killing him—even while fighting Takaba, his own will had been rewritten several times.
On multiple occasions, he had even become Takaba's manzai partner, serving as Takaba's comedy partner within the Dream Walk Migration and bringing waves of laughter to the Jujutsu Sorcerers in the Tokyo Second Barrier.
—Laughter my ass!!
Even now, Kenjaku still couldn't kill Takaba Fumihiko.
Takaba's Comedian was simply too outrageous.
As long as Takaba wished it, he could even perform the feat of returning from the dead.
In the original timeline, Kenjaku had seen through this and ultimately chose to compete with Takaba in manzai rather than trying to kill him physically.
Killing him was truly impossible.
The only option was to defeat him professionally as a comedian.
To make Takaba Fumihiko admit defeat, Kenjaku had abandoned his thousand years of jujutsu knowledge to study professional comedy skills and repeatedly performed manzai with Takaba.
Only now had he finally defeated Takaba Fumihiko in the field of comedy itself, causing Takaba to sincerely admit defeat from the bottom of his heart.
Thus, the final requirement for [Comedian] had been fulfilled, and the option for [Cursed Technique: Comedian] finally appeared on Kogane's Wish List.
Kenjaku was moved to tears.
Kenjaku stomped down viciously.
"Die, Ta-ka-ba Fu-mi-hi-ko! You're useless now!"
Splat!
Takaba Fumihiko exploded.
A gigantic "BOOM" effect even appeared with the explosion.
Immediately afterward, Kenjaku himself was caught in the blast.
Yet he remained standing.
When the smoke cleared, his face had been charred pitch black, with only his eyes and teeth remaining brilliantly white.
And of course—
He now had an afro.
Kenjaku took a deep breath.
"I! FUCKING! TAKABA FUMIHIKO, AAAAAAHHHHHH!!"
"Hahahaha!"
At some point, Takaba Fumihiko had appeared atop a tall building.
One foot rested on the edge, and one finger pointed toward Kenjaku.
A cape had somehow appeared behind him, fluttering dramatically in the wind.
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