Jujutsu Kaisen: Nah I'd Adapt

Modulo: Chapter 11

As Gojo and Naohiro finished their conversation, Naoto and Yuji were discussing matters related to the aliens. If Naoto was going to be of any use, he needed to get strong, and fast. Even at his peak, he is barely scraping into the grade 1 territory.

Experienced sorcerers and the stronger Simurians could break down Naoto until he ran out of cursed energy to heal. Currently, there are no new era sorcerers with moves that could do enough damage to obliterate Naoto with a single strike, besides Mahoraga, who is a part of Mikoto's [Ten Shadows] technique.

Domain Expansion was effectively locked behind the previous era, which is why learning advanced barrier techniques is basically pointless. There are a few exceptions in which a technique centers on a domain, such as Higuruma's [Deadly Sentencing]; however, only basic barriers were taught.

Besides, barriers that aren't imbued with a cursed technique weren't an efficient use of cursed energy in combat. This was the current standard set in the modern era. Even in the Heisei era, barriers weren't widely used for combat for the simple reason that maintaining a barrier while fighting was difficult, and those who could would use a Domain Expansion rather than a regular one.

Despite this, two people defied expectations.

In his final fight, Ryomen Sukuna took over the merger's body and had access to Tengen's ability to use barriers. With his cursed energy reserves, control, and mastery, he became the first person in history to fight using barriers as a base.

He figured out that barriers could act as a pseudo-Domain Amplification while not restricting the use of a cursed technique. This means he was able to use [Shrine] and nullify techniques simultaneously.

After his body remembered the experience, Yuji Itadori took Sukuna's base and built on it. Years and years of training had led to the current Yuji, who had long since surpassed his uncle, Ryomen Sukuna.

"Haah." Naoto groaned on the floor after losing to Eso. He still wasn't ready to fight someone at the peak of grade 1 sorcerers. However, this wasn't a match that was meant to see who could beat whom.

Sorcerers primarily evolve through direct combat. Training can only get someone so far. Naohiro needed to lose to Kenjaku, Gojo needed to be defeated by Toji, and Yuta, in the original timeline, needed to fight Geto.

Yuji, with his hood down, put his hands in his pockets. "We'll take a break until your cursed energy returns. At least you've learned that you can manually adapt." It was merely the beginning; he didn't need to expect much. In fact, learning one of the core components of his Shikigami trait was valuable.

With a ding, Yuji looked down at his watch, which gave him a notification.

[From: THE Satoru Gojo]

[I'm heading over. See ya soon~ ✌️]

Yuji's eyes twitched. 'Did he really need to add THE to his contact name?' His eyes twitched again when he felt a new presence within the Tombs.

He rubbed his forehead. "Alright, get up, Naoto. We've got a visitor." Yuji still wasn't fond of dealing with the white-haired menace. The best word to describe him would be 'flippant'. He's casual, cocky, jokes mid-crisis, and is a master at pushing people's buttons.

Only a few people could enter the Tombs when Yuji was sealing it off from the outside. He could create a barrier to filter out Gojo, but that would only fuel his antics.

Naoto sat up in confusion, but heard a voice to his left—one that he was familiar with. "Hey, kiddo!" Gojo turned toward the other four people. "Been a minute, Yuji, Choso, and the other two."