Even cursed to his face like that, Kenjaku, despite living for a thousand years, felt a surge of irritation.
"You..."
"Am I wrong?"
Gojo Shion shrugged and addressed Yuji Itadori nearby. "Yuji, Kaori Itadori was indeed your mother, but she died before you were born. The person in front of you is a monster who has been occupying your mother's body for over a thousand years."
Yuji froze, confusion and anger rising in equal measure.
"Wait, what? My mother died before I was born?"
Gojo Shion rolled his eyes. "I know it sounds strange, but that's exactly how it is. More precisely, you are the child of your father and the monster inhabiting your deceased mother's shell."
Yuji's mind went blank. One thing was clear: this was a desecration of his mother's soul.
"You bastard! Get out of my mother's body!"
He roared, but Fushiguro Megumi blocked him.
"Calm down, Itadori! These two have immense Cursed Energy. We can't handle them. Let Shion-sensei deal with it!"
Gojo Shion stepped forward, grinning. "Looks like I've spoiled your fun."
Kenjaku sneered. "We'll see about that."
"Hanami, force that child to swallow Sukuna's Finger. I'll hold off Gojo Shion."
"No problem!"
Hanami emitted an unintelligible sound, but its meaning reached Kenjaku perfectly.
"Hey! Plotting to split us up right in front of me? Did you even ask my opinion?"
Gojo Shion vanished in an instant.
Bang!
Kenjaku's pupils constricted. By the time he realized, Hanami, standing beside him, had been replaced by Gojo Shion. Hanami was sent flying into the teaching building by a single punch, crashing through several walls before landing in rubble.
"Are you serious? This strong?" Kenjaku broke out in a cold sweat. This pressure was beyond anything any Six Eyes user had faced.
The monster controlling Kaori Itadori activated her Cursed Technique: Anti-Gravity System.
"Hmm?"
Gojo Shion noticed his body felt lighter, as if gravity were disappearing. The sensation momentarily stiffened his movements.
"Now, Hanami!"
Hanami charged from the ruins, right hand forming a gauntlet of thorns, smashing toward Gojo Shion.
Boom!
The Limitless technique rippled outward.
Gojo Shion grinned. "Not bad."
He grabbed a thorned branch on Hanami's face with his left hand, then pummeled it with rapid punches from his right. Sonic booms accompanied each strike, blood covering Hanami's face as it let out a roar of pain.
"Cursed Technique Reversal: Gravity!"
Gojo Shion's body suddenly grew heavy. Kaori Itadori's Anti-Gravity System had been reversed, making every movement a struggle.
Hanami pulled back, summoning vines to entangle him.
"Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue!"
The vines shredded. Gojo Shion became an afterimage, charging toward the two.
Kenjaku's eyelid twitched. "How is this possible? His gravity is over a thousand times normal, yet he moves this fast?"
Bang!
Gojo Shion's fists struck Kenjaku and Hanami in the abdomen, sending them flying like curled shrimp. He caught up mid-air, striking their backs with whip-like kicks, sending them tumbling like soccer balls.
"Damn it! Blood Manipulation: Blood Star Cluster!"
"Technique Release: Thousand Tree Kill!"
The duo unleashed attacks to slow him down, attempting to escape.
"Cursed Technique Reversal: Red!"
The red vortex swallowed their strikes. Gojo Shion looked at the battered Kenjaku with interest.
"Blood Manipulation? You mastered this while possessing Noritoshi Kamo?"
Tsk. Kenjaku wiped blood from her mouth, surprised Gojo Shion knew.
"Enough playing. Die!"
Shion's Cursed Energy burned like fire as he pushed his Six Eyes to the maximum. Kenjaku and Hanami both felt the threat of death looming.
Shion stomped the ground, practically flying low, fists wrapped in black lightning and Cursed Energy.
Bang!
Before Kenjaku and Hanami could react, their stomachs were blasted open. Shion's lightning-wrapped fists continued to rain down, their bodies swaying like tattered rags.
"No! I've planned for a thousand years! I can't die here!"
Kenjaku decided to use a trump card. "Hanami, hold him off one second!"
Hanami stepped in, transforming hands into a wooden shield, barely withstanding Shion's assault.
In that brief moment, Kenjaku spat a small ball from her mouth. With a hand seal and a chant, it expanded into a hideous demon wearing a kimono, hair disheveled.
"Mother of Cursed Wombs: Crimson Hannya!"
The Hannya was a vengeful spirit, created from a woman forced into experiments by Kenjaku, who had injected Cursed energy into her unborn children, producing the Cursed Womb: Death Paintings. Upon her death, her body transformed into a Special Grade Cursed Spirit, the Crimson Hannya.
Kenjaku released the Crimson Hannya, sending Hanami flying.
The Crimson Hannya pounced at Shion, full of malice and terrifying Cursed Energy.
"Cursed Technique Reversal: Red!"
The massive red sphere pinned the Hannya to the ground, immobilizing it.
The stall allowed Kenjaku and Hanami to escape successfully.
Shion sighed, looking at the struggling Hannya. "Mother of Cursed Wombs… I see."
He formed a seal.
"Domain Expansion: Throne of Stillborn Stars!"
A massive black sphere enveloped Shion and the Crimson Hannya, also covering Megumi Fushiguro and Yuji Itadori.
"Wow! It's beautiful!" Yuji exclaimed, eyes sparkling at the 'Mirror of the Sky' scenery.
Megumi Fushiguro remained in awe. "So this is Shion-sensei's Domain Expansion… amazing."
The Crimson Hannya's Cursed Energy was stripped away, its terrifying form peeling like a shell, turning to dust. A faint silhouette of a woman appeared before dissolving into points of light.
"Thank you," a soft whisper reached Gojo Shion's ears.
"You're welcome," he replied, watching her form vanish into the Mirror of the Sky.