Inhuman Makyo Shinjuku Showdown, Part 18

The scheme to sentence Sukuna to death goes wrong, but the sorcerers still wager everything on the Executioner's Sword. Higuruma's inexperience created this crisis, yet even Sukuna senses that the lawyer's gift and resolve might be enough to escape it.

As Hiromi Higuruma berates himself, Atsuya Kusakabe raises Simple Domain to blunt Sukuna's slashes. Sukuna observes that every opponent has sharpened their basic cursed energy reinforcement, and that the Simple Domain, though weaker than Domain Amplification, still dulls his flying cuts. Kusakabe studies Sukuna's arsenal, reasoning that the world-cutting Dismantle cannot be thrown casually since it needs a binding vow or charging time, and that Cleave, point-blank Dismantle, and the world-cutting slash all spell instant death if they land. He wonders why Sukuna withholds the fire seen in Shibuya, then drops the question and vows to protect Higuruma at any cost, since the Executioner's Sword remains their best hope.

Declaring he will test their speed, Sukuna vanishes before Choso's Piercing Blood can connect, appears in front of him, and runs two hands through his body before Yuji Itadori catches him. A blade thrown at Sukuna, the cursed tool once wielded by Kento Nanami, is caught by Takuma Ino, whose strike proves stronger than expected thanks to Nanami's Ratio Technique, prompting Sukuna to kick him away. Higuruma flips over Kusakabe to attack but is grabbed, beaten, and flung far off to isolate him, with Yuji unable to match Sukuna's speed in pursuit.

A flashback shows Yuji explaining that the Executioner's Sword could save Megumi Fushiguro, since Judgeman distinguishes multiple souls within an incarnated body, so killing Sukuna might let Megumi's dormant soul reclaim it. Yuji also asked whether Higuruma wished to die, given his lack of Reverse Cursed Technique; Higuruma answered that he sought to punish himself for abandoning the law and meant to fulfill his role before dying. Back in the present, just as Sukuna's slashes shred a building around Higuruma, the lawyer neutralizes them with Domain Amplification, stunning the King of Curses. Awakened as a sorcerer barely two months earlier, Higuruma's growth fascinates Sukuna, and the Executioner's Sword reignites in the hand of a talent that rivals even Satoru Gojo.

This Shinjuku Showdown Arc chapter continues Jujutsu Sorcerers against Sukuna across Shinjuku in Tokyo. Featured techniques include Kusakabe's Simple Domain, Choso's Blood Manipulation with Convergence and Piercing Blood, Higuruma's Domain Amplification, Nanami's Ratio Technique, and Sukuna's Shrine with Cleave and Dismantle, alongside the cursed tools Kamutoke and Nanami's blunt sword. The chapter pivots on Higuruma matching Sukuna's mastery of the anti-domain technique.