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.

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.