English Translation:

Rainwater drips slowly across the empty hall.
Two fighters stand inside the ruined theater.

One carries a hammer.
The other refuses to fall.

The man with the hammer is Hiromi Higuruma, a 36-year-old professional lawyer.

Before all of this chaos began… his life followed a very different path.

He passed every exam with ease.
For him, studying was never difficult.

All he had to do was focus long enough to absorb knowledge.

His friends called him a genius.

But intelligence alone was not what made Higuruma dangerous.

Now, inside the Culling Game, that same sharp mind has turned into something far more lethal.

Across from him stands Yuji Itadori, still breathing hard from the relentless attacks.

Higuruma swings his hammer again.

Another strike.

And another.

Each blow is aimed with precise timing, but Yuji continues to dodge.

Every step, every movement… controlled.

Higuruma suddenly changes the length of the hammer.

The weapon extends instantly.

This time the strike connects.

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Yuji is forced backward.

Higuruma’s power did not come from years of sorcery training.

It came from pure talent.

When he awakened his cursed technique, he did not just gain a single ability.

His technique arrived with an entire system.

A domain.

And from analyzing that domain, he quickly learned barrier techniques as well.

Starting from a domain meant something unusual.

Instead of slowly learning cursed energy basics first…

Higuruma developed his understanding in reverse.

Within only twelve days, he had already reached the level of a Grade One sorcerer.

Before entering the colony, he had defeated many cursed spirits.

And at least twenty players.

Now he watches Yuji carefully.

“You cannot use cursed energy right now,” Higuruma says.

Because of the punishment issued earlier in the trial… Yuji’s power has been confiscated.

Normally, the confiscation penalty only removes cursed techniques.

But Yuji does not possess a normal cursed technique.

So the punishment affected something else.

His cursed energy itself.

Even Higuruma finds this strange.

Inside his mind, he analyzes the situation quickly.

Usually when sorcerers lose their cursed technique…

Their control over cursed energy collapses as well.

They rely on those techniques too much.

But Yuji is still standing.

Still fighting.

Even without cursed energy.

That is the frightening part.

Higuruma studies him with growing caution.

This must be because of Yuji’s physical body.

His natural strength is extraordinary.

If Higuruma loses focus even once…

Yuji might defeat him.

So he decides to stop holding back.

The hammer moves again.

Strike after strike.

Yuji keeps dodging.

Precise movements.

Careful timing.

Yuji suddenly lunges forward, trying to grab the hammer.

But Higuruma dismisses the weapon instantly.

The hammer disappears before Yuji can reach it.

Yuji moves toward a nearby bathtub inside the ruined building.

He kicks it forward, trying to use the environment as a weapon.

But Higuruma summons the hammer again.

With one clean strike, he shatters the bathtub.

Then the hammer expands again… becoming massive.

He swings it downward toward Yuji.

Yuji blocks the attack.

Higuruma’s eyes widen slightly.

Incredible.

It feels as if he is fighting an unbreakable doll.

Yuji refuses to collapse.

Inside his mind, Yuji searches desperately for a solution.

Without cursed energy… the situation is nearly impossible.

He needs to regain his power.

Then he remembers something important.

The trial.

The judgment system inside Higuruma’s domain.

An idea forms instantly.

Yuji steps back and raises his voice.

“Higuruma… I request a retrial.”

The air changes.

A moment later, the courtroom domain appears again.

Both of them are pulled back into the trial space.

Higuruma looks slightly surprised.

“You figured it out.”

The previous trial was extremely close.

Because of that… a second trial is allowed.

Yuji understands the rule now.

If the defendant does not accept the guilty verdict…

He can request another trial.

And the judge cannot refuse.

Yuji takes a breath.

“I want to retry the case.”

The shikigami judge speaks again.

The accusation is announced clearly.

Yuji Itadori…

On October 31st, 2018…

He committed mass murder in Shibuya.

The words echo heavily inside the courtroom.

For a moment, everything becomes silent.

Yuji lowers his head.

Then he answers calmly.

“Yes.”

“I did it.”

There is no hesitation in his voice.

No attempt to lie.

No attempt to deny the accusation.

Yuji continues speaking.

“I will not deny it.”

Even if the truth is complicated…

Even if another force was responsible…

Yuji still accepts the burden.

The courtroom waits for the judgment.

The shikigami raises its hand.

“Guilty.”

The verdict falls instantly.

Confiscation.

And…

Death penalty.

The execution sentence has been declared.

Higuruma’s hammer appears once again.

But this time… the weapon is different.

Because when the court declares a death penalty…

The hammer transforms into an executioner’s blade.

Higuruma now carries the power to end Yuji’s life with a single strike.

The battle has entered its most dangerous phase.

Yuji stands silently.

He does not run.

He does not resist the verdict.

Because deep inside… he believes this punishment might be deserved.

The courtroom fades away.

And the execution begins.