English Translation:

The rules of the game shift… and everything becomes more dangerous.

Higuruma steps forward and adds a new rule — players can now transfer points to each other.
A simple change… but it changes survival itself.

Yuji gains a single point.
With it, both of them regain access to their cursed techniques.

But Higuruma doesn’t stay.

He admits the truth — the points he carries came from killing.
And the moment the barrier opens… he plans to surrender.
Not out of fear… but because staying any longer would make him hate himself even more.

Yuji watches him leave… silent, weighed down.

Elsewhere, Megumi faces Reggie.

Reggie studies him carefully.
“You survived… that means you’re strong.”

Then he offers something unexpected — an alliance.

Megumi stays cautious. He listens.

Reggie explains the Culling Game isn’t just a battle… it’s a ritual.
A system designed to gather cursed energy from players… and turn them into something beyond human.

Megumi questions it.

Reggie breaks it down — the number of players, the imbalance in strength, the colony system.
If there are hundreds in each colony… the weak will die first.
Only the strongest will remain.

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And when that happens… the real plan begins.

Megumi realizes it — the game has already slowed.
In some colonies, it has practically stopped.

Reggie continues — teleportation scatters players, isolates them.
Some even die from it.
This is not just chaos… it’s controlled selection.

Then comes the real fear.

Once only the strongest remain… a final move will wipe everything out.

A bomb.

Not necessarily an explosion… but something far worse.

Cut to another place — Kenjaku sits calmly among officials, as if everything is already in motion.

Back to Megumi.

He notices the girl with Reggie. She seems weak.

Reggie reveals the truth — she is bait.
A trap to lure in opponents who let their guard down.

Megumi’s expression hardens.

He makes an offer — if they have enough points, transfer them.
Then maybe… he will consider joining.

Reggie refuses.

Negotiations end.

The fight begins instantly.

An attack comes from behind — Megumi vanishes into shadows.
He repositions… summons Divine Dog.

Tactical shift — Megumi uses shadows not just to attack, but to evade and control space.

The dog strikes Reggie.
Megumi counters another attacker and throws him off the roof.

A second shikigami crashes down… crushing the enemy into the ground.

Reggie reacts fast — drives blades into the Divine Dog’s face.

He sees through Megumi.

“You’re holding back… because you need our points.”

A dangerous truth.

If Megumi doesn’t fight to kill… he risks losing everything.

Then—

Something falls from above.

An eye.

Megumi looks up.

It explodes.

And in that instant… the game tightens its grip.

English Translation:

A courtroom hangs heavy with silence… judgment has already been decided.

A voice recalls the past — urging Higuruma to reconsider his path. He had the skill to fight cases… but why not become a judge instead?

Back in the present, the verdict is clear. Guilty. Confiscation… and execution.

Higuruma’s gavel transforms into a blade — the Execution Sword.
A single strike guarantees death. No exceptions.
And under confiscation, the opponent cannot use cursed techniques.

Yuji stands there, facing him… unarmed.

Higuruma reflects — every day, every case, every human… filled with mistakes.
The more he tried to understand people, the more he saw darkness.
No matter how much light you offer… it gets consumed.

Yuji moves. Throws objects to create an opening.
Higuruma cuts through — but misses. Yuji slips past him and closes the distance.

A memory hits again. Higuruma once chose not to become a judge.
Not because he couldn’t… but because he saw something flawed in humanity — something impure, yet worth preserving.

Back to the fight.

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Higuruma questions Yuji — why admit to a crime he didn’t commit?
The evidence clearly pointed to Sukuna.

Then suddenly… the Execution Sword disappears.

Yuji lands a clean punch. Higuruma is sent flying.

He explains calmly — under the law, if a person lacks control, they cannot be held guilty.
At that moment, Sukuna controlled Yuji’s body.
Which means… Yuji is innocent.

Yuji refuses it.

“No… it’s still my fault. I’m weak.”

A pause.

Higuruma deactivates his technique — not out of defeat, but realization.
There are still people like Yuji… carrying guilt that isn’t theirs.

He hands over his points.

Yuji looks down… searching for meaning.

Then one final question.

“Have you ever killed someone… by your own will?”

Yuji answers quietly.

“Yes.”

Higuruma understands.

That truth… hurts the most.