English Translation:

Snow drifts across the ruined street.
Yuji stands still, staring at the figure in front of him.

“Who are you?”

The air feels heavier than before. Whoever this is… he is not ordinary.

And then — without warning — Yuta leaps.

He lands with crushing force. The ground shatters beneath his feet. Concrete caves in as if struck by something far beyond human strength.

Yuji and Choso freeze.

This is not just power.
This is pressure.

Choso narrows his eyes.
“So you’re the executioner.”

Yuta raises a hand calmly. “Wait. I’m on your side… for now. You’re Yuji Itadori, correct?”

Yuji realizes immediately. This must be the second-year Fushiguro mentioned.

Yuta speaks plainly. He is a special-grade sorcerer. Maki’s cousin. And he is here for one reason — to kill Yuji.

There is no hatred in his voice. Only resolve.

Choso steps slightly forward. “Yuji. You need to run.”

Yuta doesn’t deny it. He won’t interfere if Yuji escapes — at least not immediately.

Choso quickly analyzes the battlefield.
“The blond one is speed-based. If you try to outrun him directly, it will end badly. I’ll handle him.”

Yuji hesitates. “Can you fight him?”

Choso does not answer with pride. Only certainty.
“But you must avoid the black-haired one. He’s like Gojo. If you fight him head-on… you will die.”

Nearby, Naoya watches with quiet calculation. Even if Yuji is killed, he wants the situation hidden for now. Yuji is bait. A lure for something bigger.

Yuta turns to Choso. “I’ll leave him to you.”

Choso immediately prepares Piercing Blood — a compressed, high-speed blood projectile that requires conversion time.

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Naoya moves to stop him.

But Yuta is already moving toward Yuji.

Yuji runs.

He feels it instantly.

Yuta is fast. Faster than expected. Katana in hand, fully focused. Yuta had planned to intercept him immediately. But he hesitated, reading the situation first.

Yuji understands something important.

Yuta’s cursed energy covers everything — his body, his blade, his presence. Unlike subtle fighters, Yuta doesn’t conceal it.

That makes his attacks readable.

But it also makes every strike lethal.

Behind them, Naoya kicks Choso and follows with a clean punch. He recognizes Blood Manipulation instantly.

“Piercing Blood takes time,” Naoya states calmly. “Conversion slows you down. That delay is enough.”

He calls it checkmate.

Choso’s eyes harden. “After trying to hurt my little brother… do you believe you’ll leave alive?”

Meanwhile, Yuji spots a car ahead and leaps toward it, using it as cover.

Yuta is already there.

The katana swings.

Yuta believes he cut him.

But Yuji avoids fatal damage and hurls the entire car toward Yuta in one motion.

Yuta stops it. Then throws it back, blocking Yuji’s escape path completely.

“You look surprised,” Yuta says quietly. “I don’t appear that strong, do I?”

Yuji studies him.

Yuta doesn’t have overwhelming physical strength. But his cursed energy output is immense.

He reinforces his body constantly, converting energy into raw durability and force.

Yuji exhales.

“You’re the opposite of me.”

Yuta nods slightly.

“I have more cursed energy than even Gojo-sensei. But he has the Six Eyes. His energy consumption is nearly zero. Mine can run out.”

He pauses.

“But until it does… I won’t hold back.”

Suddenly he closes the distance.

Yuji’s instincts sharpen.

He remembers Todo’s lesson:
A skilled sorcerer controls their energy so well that you cannot predict their attack until the final instant.

But Yuta is different.

His entire body is flooded with cursed energy constantly. The attacks are visible.

Clear.

Direct.

But unstoppable.

Each swing can kill.
Each clash injures Yuji, but barely slows Yuta.

Yuji remembers Nanami’s final words.

“I leave the rest to you.”

The weight of that trust hits him now.

Yuta advances again.

Yuji steadies himself.

“I’m sorry,” he says under his breath. “But I cannot die yet.”