Hearing Gojo's question, Sukuna opened his mouth and replied.
"Give it a try. I'm not sure if it will work."
Gojo nodded and quickly led him to the same grassland as last time.
"Oh right, don't expand your Domain too wide. It's best to keep it within 10 meters. Last time, I sensed your Domain expanded to about 50 meters, and if the range is too large, the traces are hard to erase."
Gojo looked at Sukuna, who had switched out, and instructed.
After speaking, he retreated to a safe distance. Before Sukuna figured out the effects of his Domain, he wasn't planning on getting caught in it yet.
He took off his blindfold, his pale blue eyes watching Sukuna. His Rikuugan was ready to transmit information back at any moment.
Sukuna: "..."
Suddenly increasing the difficulty temporarily was quite a test of skill.
10 meters, huh? Fine, he'll try his best.
Having had one experience, he entered the state very quickly this time.
He formed a hand sign and muttered softly:
"Domain Expansion—"
Then he silently recited in his mind:
[Fuma Gokuenten], 10-meter radius.
The same Cursed Energy reaction as last time exploded within his body; the massive Cursed Energy rapidly condensed and stretched outward.
In an instant, the sea of blood in the Innate Domain reflected like a mirror under his feet, a pile of skulls emerged behind him, and above the pile was a structure resembling a temple with a faint blue roof and crimson pillars. Between the scarlet pillars, four massive mouths opened toward the four directions, and several winding, giant ribs extended from the faint blue roof.
Sukuna stood on the pile of bones with his back to the structure, the scene utterly domineering and soul-stirring.
However, the next second—
He felt—
His entire body, along with the pile of bones beneath his feet, began to sink little by little, as if the ground below was gradually disappearing... like stepping into quicksand in a desert—
Sukuna: "...?"
He skillfully produced a question mark in his mind... Wait, what exactly is going on with my Domain? Does it come with a sinking feature?
He maintained the hand sign posture, watching helplessly as Gojo—who was originally level with his line of sight far outside the Domain—gradually rose, while he himself gradually sank—until Gojo completely disappeared from his field of vision.
Throughout the entire process, he stared blankly at the other person, who also stared back at him with wide, confused eyes.
He continued to slowly descend like this until he had dropped 10 meters, only then did he completely stop.
Standing at the bottom of the massive hemispherical pit, Sukuna looked up, utterly bewildered.
Soon, he sensed Gojo appearing at the edge of his Domain, cautiously poking his head out from a safe spot to look down at him.
Then—
Gojo let out the most hysterical burst of laughter Sukuna had ever heard—
"Hahahahahahahaha!! Sukuna! Did you activate this Domain just to be funny? The reason it failed last time was so you wouldn't laugh me to death, right?! Ahahahahahahahahaha—!!!"
Gojo covered his stomach with one hand and slapped the ground with the other, tears streaming down his face from laughter.
Sukuna: "..."
He took a deep breath, and another deep breath... This damned Domain, the problem must be either in its name or its effect!
He was completely out of patience!
Sukuna silently deactivated the Domain.
He jumped out of the bottom of the large pit himself and walked over to Gojo, waiting expressionlessly for the white-haired bastard to finish laughing.
Damn it... he's never activating a Domain again!
Starting today, he's banishing it to the cold palace! It's infuriating him!!—
...The white-haired bastard finally finished laughing.
Gojo wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and put his blindfold back on.
He never would have thought, never would have thought.
He was originally only confused about why Sukuna's Domain wasn't enclosed, but the sight of Sukuna sinking little by little with a bewildered expression truly hit his funny bone.
It's been a long time since he laughed this hard... Na, why are you so amusing~
"Alright, let's discuss your Domain~"
Gojo looked at Sukuna, who was staring at him expressionlessly, desperately trying to suppress his laughter, his mouth twitching into a wavy line between rising and falling.
"Oh right, what is your Domain called?"
Sukuna: "..."
...So he still can't get past the name hurdle?
Is this Domain teaming up with Gojo because they have a grudge against me?
But since Gojo asked so naturally, he couldn't just hold back and not answer.
The Domain's name... Fuma Gokuenten?
No need to think about it, he definitely can't say that. If he did, he feared Gojo wouldn't see tomorrow's sun—becoming the first Special Grade Sorcerer laughed to death by him.
So now he has to make up a name, is that it...?
It needs to include Cleave, include fire, match the image of the Domain that just appeared... and the name must not be funny!
This difficulty is truly high... Sukuna's mind raced. He had to come up with an answer for Gojo within one second; otherwise, the other party would definitely notice something was wrong!
Countless strange names quickly flashed through his mind and were eliminated one by one.
No time!—
In the final 0.01 seconds, he opened his mouth and finally uttered a name he thought was barely usable.
"Enma Prison."
His face was calm, as if this name wasn't something he had just invented; only the patch of cold sweat soaking his back revealed the heart-stopping tension of the moment.
"'Enma Prison'...
Gojo rubbed his chin. Is it similar to the Court of Yama or Hell? No wonder it involves Cleave and fire, and the Domain looks very sinister and ghostly.
He nodded and then said:
"Then have you remembered your Innate Technique? Since you have your Domain, you should have remembered your Cursed Technique too~"
Sukuna: "..."
Again?!
Of course he... remembered the name of his Cursed Technique...—Fuma Gokuenten.
But can he say that? He absolutely cannot!!
Damn it, he has to invent another one... his brain cells are running out!
"...Enma Prison."
Sukuna said, his brain throbbing with pain.
He really couldn't invent anything else... Forget it, he'll just piece together the Domain's name and use it... Why did he have to be saddled with such a Domain and Cursed Technique?
Thus, the King of Curses from a thousand years ago, now Ryomen Sukuna, had his (fake) Innate Technique and (fake) Domain revealed to modern Jujutsu Sorcerers for the first time, marking a milestone in history.
Sukuna:...I feel like my reputation has been damaged... Wait, saved?
"'Enma Prison', huh... sounds quite cool."
Gojo smiled and patted Sukuna's shoulder.
"Congratulations, congratulations, you've recovered them all!~"
"...Thank you."
Sukuna replied weakly, clutching his chest.
Although he had recovered them all, he wasn't happy... After all, he really didn't want anything that required this much brainpower...
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