A Dead Man's Return

II. Anger

Nobody's POV:

Around a month and a half after Itadori's 'death'

Wednesday

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9:30 PM

When thinking about the strongest, what usually comes to mind? Complete speed and strength? Battle IQ off the charts? An ability broken beyond imagination where it ruptures the laws of physics themselves?

Being untouchable?

...

Yuji Itadori, under the watchful eye of his teacher, had been slowly but surely understanding the concept of cursed energy and its application in the real world.

From his basic understanding, cursed energy was negative energy that stemmed from negative emotions in layman's terms, being the foundation of all of Jujutsu. Sorcerers can harness this cursed energy into cursed techniques, with each user having at least one technique, whether born with or learned. An example would be Gojo's Limitless, which has two applications, lapse and reversal. Lapse is the application of Limitless that's named Blue with the power to attract, while reversing that technique gives him Red, the power to repel. Blue is the normal amplification of Limitless that stems from cursed energy (which is negative) while Red is created by multiplying that negative cursed energy by itself and creating positive cursed energy. Combining those two is a whole other matter that Gojo didn't bother explaining. The neutral application of Limitless was the infinity around Gojo, which infinitely slowed down anything that tried to touch him.

On top of cursed techniques was the height of Jujutsu Sorcery: Domain Expansion, an environment that is created through an innate domain imbued with a cursed technique and a barrier. Unfortunately... or well, fortunately, that was Yuji's current lesson, as Gojo had decided to bring him to a battle in the middle of nowhere against a walking Mount Fuji, who had its domain deployed at the moment.

It was scary being inside of a place as hot as what he was currently in, with molten lava and burning rocks surrounding him and Gojo– quite literally inside of Mount Fuji... weirdly enough. There was no way to get out... but of course, the white haired sensei had no problem cracking a smile or two and joking about the whole situation. However, this lesson, as dangerous as it was, would be one to remember.

"When in a domain, all attacks are sure-hit, meaning that you're as good as dead if you're in one of these... unprepared that is!" Satoru chuckled, pulling Itadori closer to him as he blasted an incoming attack into vaporized particles. "There are several ways to deal with a domain... yet the easiest and safest way would be to simply just overwhelm it by deploying your own domain. Of course, this won't work if you're inherently weaker than your opponent, but it mainly depends on whose is more refined. Cursed techniques and other mumbo jumbo can play a role, but the more cultivated domain will dominate the space."

"Are you going to–" Yuji began, but ceased his speech as he stared forward in fear.

A huge wave of magma was heading towards them, and rather quickly, Itadori desperately turning to his sensei who simply stared at the attack while holding onto the top fabric of his blindfold with his left hand.

"Like I said, Yuji... the best way to deal with a domain is to completely and utterly overpower it with your own." Gojo pulled the black blindfold off slowly with a smirk, raising his right arm and holding it close to his body.