Chapter 190 Shibuya Incident

Despite the fact that Chen Nuo and Sukuna had already clashed several times, in reality, less than a minute had passed.

Zenin Maki was the first to arrive at the battlefield. Feeling the completely different aura and pressure emanating from Itadori Yuji, she immediately understood what had happened.

"Did he lose control?"

Zenin Maki's tone held a hint of regret; she had actually quite liked Itadori Yuji's personality.

But if things truly became irreversible, Zenin Maki would not hesitate to kill him.

As for the changes in Chen Nuo, Zenin Maki didn't ask. There would be plenty of time for that later in bed; there was no need to rush it now.

"Hold this."

Chen Nuo said as he tossed over a cube. Zenin Maki caught it and looked at it, her eyes filled with confusion.

"What is this?"

"The Special Grade Cursed Object, Prison Realm. Teacher Gojo is sealed inside."

Chen Nuo had the ability to open the seal, but he didn't want to go through the trouble, so he decided to let Gojo Satoru stay inside for a while longer.

"Eh?! How did Teacher Gojo get sealed?"

Zenin Maki exclaimed in surprise. The concept of Gojo Satoru being the strongest and invincible was deeply ingrained in everyone's hearts. If it hadn't been Chen Nuo saying it, she would have found it hard to believe.

"He got played by an old flame."

Chen Nuo said in a playful tone.

It was lucky that the sealed Gojo Satoru couldn't perceive the situation outside, otherwise he would have loudly protested.

How could he use 'old flame' to describe Geto Suguru?

That was practically an insult to the sincere emotions between the two of them.

At the very least, he should use 'wife,' right? As if there was any room for a third party between them?

"Huh?"

Zenin Maki caught the scent of gossip.

But the current situation was no time to satisfy her curiosity. She tucked away the Prison Realm and looked at Chen Nuo, asking for the next step of the plan.

"Take Mei Mei away from here. Leave this chef to me."

Chen Nuo said to Zenin Maki.

"Chef? That's actually a very fitting description."

Zenin Maki chuckled and turned to leave. She had absolute faith in Chen Nuo. Never mind a King of Curses who hadn't fully recovered; even if he were in his complete form, so what?

"Right, don't let anyone else get too close."

Chen Nuo remembered something and added a reminder.

Zenin Maki waved her hand, picked up the still unconscious Fushiguro Megumi, and after a few flickers of movement, disappeared at the end of the street.

Sukuna watched all this happen without making a move. Only when Chen Nuo was the only one left in his sight did he slowly raise his hands, forming the Enmaten's Hand Seal.

"It seems I won't be able to let you enjoy yourself to the fullest."

"Don't say that. Compared to the others, you're already quite good."

Chen Nuo offered a word of comfort.

The battle had reached this point, and both of them already knew the outcome.

With a total crushing defeat in terms of stats and mechanics, even if Sukuna were restored to his peak, it would be difficult to find a possibility of victory.

"Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine."

By relaxing the conditions for entering and exiting the domain, the effective range of the domain was significantly increased.

The limit should have been a two-hundred-meter radius, but under the suppression of Chen Nuo's domain, it could only barely extend fifty meters outward.

This was already the result of Sukuna using his full strength.

It barely managed to envelop Chen Nuo.

However, with this kind of completely open domain, there were no restrictions on entering or exiting. If Chen Nuo wanted to teleport away, it would be very easy.

But even a fifty-meter radius was not small compared to most closed domains.

Every tangible or intangible object within Sukuna's domain was subjected to slashing attacks.

Even though the 'sure-hit' effect of the domain was neutralized and canceled out by Chen Nuo's domain, given Sukuna's frequency and density of attacks, a sure-hit effect wasn't even necessary.

It was just that Chen Nuo had already adapted to 'slashing' itself.

Even when Sukuna extended the 'slashing' to the concept of 'space,' it could only leave a shallow wound on Chen Nuo's body.

Clearly, the concept of 'adaptation' in Chen Nuo's hands significantly surpassed Sukuna's 'slashing.'

However, these slashes were merely Sukuna's way of wearing him down. The real killing move was the rapidly rising temperature within the domain.

"Open—!"

The sky over Shibuya was lit up by a pillar of fire soaring into the heavens.

"Is the sauce being reduced over high heat now?"

Chen Nuo muttered. The wheel above his head spun rapidly, beginning to adapt to the high-temperature damage.

It seemed the speed of adaptation was slightly failing to keep up with the speed of the burning flames.

Skin cracked, and the scent of charred flesh spread.

This seemed to give Sukuna a glimmer of hope for victory.

However, it was merely an illusion.

In the next second, Chen Nuo's domain shrunk by half out of thin air.

This halved Cursed Energy was converted into physical stats.

Cursed Energy resistance and physical strength instantly shot up.

When the tongues of flame, hot enough to melt rock, licked against Chen Nuo's body, they could no longer inflict even a bit of damage. They became as docile and harmless as little white rabbits at his fingertips.

"What kind of monster are you?"

Seeing this, Sukuna couldn't help but curse.

He was starting to get a taste of how those Jujutsu Sorcerers felt when they faced him in the past.

Because of the excessive one-time Cursed Energy output, Sukuna could no longer maintain his Domain Expansion. As a result, he could no longer nullify the sure-hit effect of Chen Nuo's domain.

After all, he was not in his prime right now.

The exchange began.

In a daze, Sukuna felt a mountain of unspeakable knowledge being stuffed into his brain, and his entire body froze there.

By the time he regained consciousness, he saw Chen Nuo raising his hands, forming a familiar gesture.

"Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine."

(Your Cursed Technique is very useful, but now it's mine.)

This simultaneously familiar and foreign feeling made Sukuna chuckle in spite of himself.

He was truly out of options.

When a person is completely speechless, they really do laugh.

Sukuna turned his head and gave up, choosing to go offline directly. Itadori Yuji had just logged back in and hadn't realized what had happened when countless 'slashes' passed through his body.

In an instant, Itadori Yuji seemed to see his grandfather waving to him from the other side of the river.

After a few seconds, the expected pain did not occur.

Itadori Yuji hurriedly felt his body and found it perfectly intact. He looked at Chen Nuo in confusion.

"Big brother, I think I just had a nightmare. I dreamed I was chopped into mincemeat by you."

"That wasn't a dream."

Chen Nuo deactivated his Domain Expansion, converted all his Cursed Energy back into physical stats, and said casually.

"Not a dream?"

Itadori Yuji finally realized what had happened.

The annoying voice in his head was gone.

Not only that, the Sukuna markings on his body had also vanished.

The slash just now was an attack aimed at the soul.

By compounding it with Mahito's domain, Chen Nuo had extended the 'slashing' technique to the concept of the soul, performing a soul-level surgery on Itadori Yuji to mince Sukuna's soul.

With this nourishment, it wouldn't be long before Itadori Yuji entered a period of rapid growth.

"Big brother, is everything resolved?"

Itadori Yuji leaned in toward Chen Nuo with an enthusiastic look, his body and mind feeling as light as if a steel coil had been lifted off him.

Despite his usual carefree attitude, as if being Sukuna's vessel had no impact, only he knew the pressure and burden in his heart.

No one was more worried than Itadori Yuji that Sukuna would be resurrected through him.

It feels so good to be protected by big brother. I want to shine big brother's shoes for the rest of my life.

"Take off your clothes."

Chen Nuo said to Itadori Yuji.

"What?"

Itadori Yuji froze for a moment.

Only then did he realize that Chen Nuo seemed to be naked. He hurriedly took off his own clothes and handed them to him.

Sukuna's efforts had some effect; at least he managed to burn off a set of Chen Nuo's clothes.

Itadori Yuji didn't dare look down the entire time, fearing he'd see something he shouldn't and end up feeling inferior.

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The Shibuya Incident was over, but the cleanup work was just beginning.

This was quite a thorny issue.

After all, so many people had witnessed the spectacle Sukuna had caused. It wasn't something that could be explained away by a 'gas pipe leak explosion.' This wasn't Fuyuki City next door.

The series of chain reactions would take a long time to soothe and erase.

Fortunately, in terms of public opinion control, the Jujutsu World Higher-ups were quite experienced and wouldn't let the situation escalate further.

However, in the coming period, the number of Cursed Spirit incidents in the Shibuya area would surely rise significantly.

This meant Itadori Yuji and the others would have to suffer a bit.

As for Chen Nuo, he wasn't idle either; he was busy purging dissenters among the Higher-ups.

Some members of the Higher-ups were involved in this Shibuya Incident; otherwise, where would Kenjaku have gotten such accurate intelligence?

With the testimony provided by Kenjaku before his death, Chen Nuo's cleanup was incredibly easy and simple.

As for evidence and trials?

Don't be ridiculous. A few days ago, Chen Nuo had pushed Choso into the position of the Kamo Clan head. The process was simple: with his backing, Choso just had to defeat the current Kamo Clan head in a duel.

In this way, all three of the Big Three Families were his own people. Whatever Chen Nuo said was evidence.

In the end, if Gojo Satoru hadn't been rescued in time, the entire Jujutsu World might have ended up being surnamed Chen.

Compared to Chen Nuo, Gojo Satoru seemed so gentle and kind. The method of reform he advocated suddenly became easy to accept.

At least Gojo Satoru only wanted to change a window for this 'house,' while Chen Nuo wanted to tear off the entire roof.

This made the newly released Gojo Satoru extremely happy. It was the first time he had been so welcomed by the Jujutsu World Higher-ups. He felt like he had suddenly mastered the correct way to use Chen Nuo.

You all have to listen to me!

What? The policy won't pass?

Then I'm going to let Chen Nuo loose!

What truly gave Chen Nuo a headache was time management. There were only twenty-four hours in a day, yet the major sorcerer clans were still desperately trying to stuff women into his bed.

They were treating him entirely like a breeding stud.

After all, the scale of the domain that night was witnessed by all the sorcerers. Now, which clan wouldn't covet Chen Nuo's essence to strengthen their clan's bloodline inheritance?

The problem was that it was hard to refuse.

After all, he already had the Zenin sisters. He had to be fair to everyone; otherwise, what would the other clans think?

For the peace of the entire Jujutsu World, he was truly exhausting himself.

Especially the Kamo Clan and the Gojo Clan.

Although everyone mocked the removal of the 'Zenin' name on the surface, privately, if given the chance, which clan wouldn't want to be Chen Nuo's grandson?

In a sense, Chen Nuo was sacrificing himself for the stability and peace of the entire Jujutsu World.

"Yuji, do you think my explanation sounds very convincing?"

Chen Nuo put his arm around Itadori Yuji's neck and repeated the rhetoric he had prepared in his heart.

He had no choice; last night, he couldn't even get into Maki's bed before being kicked out.

The reason was that Chen Nuo had taken in a pair of twin sisters from the Gojo Clan.

In terms of seniority, these sisters should call Gojo Satoru 'Uncle.'

It was also Chen Nuo's momentary softheartedness; seeing how pitiful the sisters were, he took them in for a night. Unexpectedly, he had invited thieves into his home, and the sisters refused to leave.

Didn't this further confirm the rumor that a certain Mr. Chen favored twins?

This was truly a wrongful accusation!

Mr. Chen's preferences were clearly very broad; spreading such a rumor would just limit him.

"Uh..."

Itadori Yuji didn't know how to answer, his expression pained and conflicted.

He couldn't afford to offend his big brother, but it was as if he could afford to offend his sister-in-law either.

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The Pure White Space.

Jujutsu Chen Nuo immediately replenished his depleted knowledge reserves. Successively exchanging the techniques of Mahoraga and Sukuna had given him the long-lost feeling of an empty head.

"Hiss~, I wonder what the psychological trauma for Sukuna and Kenjaku is. How can there be a technique as insidious as yours!"

Ghoul Chen Nuo finished syncing the information and started feeling indignant on behalf of Sukuna and Kenjaku.

Damn it, why don't I have such an insidious technique?

He felt like he, the physical education student, was falling behind the version updates.

"Please, the Washuu Clan didn't fare much better when they met you."

After syncing with Ghoul Chen Nuo, Jujutsu Chen Nuo knew exactly what he had done.

First, he exposed the Washuu Clan's identity as Ghouls. Before the Washuu Clan could even react, he led people to exterminate them. Now, he was reconstructing the CCG organization as the Acting Bureau Director.

At this rate, he would probably become the Bureau Director by next year.

Furthermore, the development of the RC Cell Suppressant was complete, and all that was left was to hold a press conference for external distribution and sales.

Doing this would certainly cause a backlash from some people or Ghouls. After all, not every Ghoul wanted to become human again, and not everyone wanted to lose the hostile group that was Ghouls.

However, such small problems didn't even require Chen Nuo to act. Kishou Arima was already rubbing his hands, eager to try.

The genetic defects in his body had been cured. Now, when he saw Chen Nuo, his eyes held only two words—Loyalty!

Well, the life-saving grace was secondary.

The main thing was that Chen Nuo carried the long-held wish of Kishou Arima.

Ghoul Chen Nuo had used a better way to resolve the fundamental conflict between Ghouls and humans.

If he weren't a man himself, he would have given Ghoul Chen Nuo ten children.

It had to be said, no wonder Kishou Arima and Eto Yoshimura became comrades with the same ideals; the two of them indeed had a certain resonance and unity in their thinking.

Because the latter also held the same idea.

After Ghoul Chen Nuo produced the finished suppressant, Eto Yoshimura pestered him every day, wanting to have his children.

If it hadn't been for Chen Nuo having thirteen 'Nuo's' in his body and a transcendent physique, he really would have been drained dry by that clingy little vixen.

As expected of an SSS-Rank Ghoul. That waist looked slender and soft, barely a handful, but in fact, it had an extraordinary amount of strength. If it were an iron rod, she could have ground it down.

Combined with that amazing recovery ability, she could go directly from night until dawn.

In the end, if it hadn't been for dehydration, she probably could have continued through the day.

Rize Kamishiro could only win in terms of obsession; in other aspects, she was completely outmatched. After all, there was a difference of an 'S' in level, which was no small amount.