The Shibuya Incident, Part 37

After studying the divine general's adaptive nature long enough to map its weaknesses, the King of Curses commits to a finishing assault. He stacks every ability he has shown across the fight to overwhelm a shikigami no one else could control, all while keeping Megumi out of the kill zone. Once the threat is gone, control of the body returns to Yuji, who is forced to confront the slaughter that occurred under Sukuna's hands.

Sukuna's slashing method splits into two forms. The standard cut, called Dismantle, falls on objects without cursed energy, while Cleave can be tuned with cursed energy to sever a chosen target in a single stroke. His domain, Malevolent Shrine, breaks the usual rule by manifesting an innate domain without sealing off a barrier, a feat compared to painting on open air with no canvas. Through a binding vow that grants an exit from the domain, the guaranteed-hit zone swells to a radius near two hundred meters. He pulls the active range back to roughly one hundred and forty meters so Megumi stays safe, then carves apart everything else. Survivors whom Toge Inumaki had earlier evacuated are torn to shreds within the area.

Recognizing that Mahoraga has adapted not only to Dismantle but to slashing in general, Sukuna acts before it can regenerate. He calls on his flame technique and looses a fire arrow that erupts into a towering pillar of explosive heat, reducing the general to nothing. Carrying its wheel, he hurls the eight-handled object past the watching Haruta Shigemo, and it crumbles to confirm the kill. Shigemo, certain his luck has held, flees in delight, but the residual effect of Sukuna's attack catches up with him. His innate technique, Miracles, hoards tiny daily fortunes he never remembers to spend his luck in dangerous moments, yet his reserves had been drained earlier against Kento Nanami. His body splits cleanly in two and he dies.

This installment closes the duel between Sukuna and Mahoraga. Feeling his grip on Yuji's body slipping, Sukuna deposits Megumi near Shoko Ieiri and Principal Masamichi Yaga before vanishing. Yaga glimpses the figure for only an instant and cannot tell whether it was Sukuna or Yuji. With control restored, Yuji is left staring at the devastation. The chapter corresponds to Episode 41 of the anime and ran in Weekly Shonen Jump issue 39 of 2020.