Finally, The Limitless!

Eight months. I've been in the Cursed Domain for eight long months. Even I was taken aback by my progress with cursed energy... and so was Sukuna! Today would be the day he'd reveal to me the "vast insights of the Limitless technique." He said those exact words, and upon hearing them, he sounded... proud? Ehhhhhh...??! I seriously doubt that. That guy berates me like no other! That tatted asshole!

He didn't even tell me of my mistake. But it was only later that I noticed that myself. I recognised my cursed energy had been delayed... which was all due to the way I was flowing cursed energy. After unlocking chakra and becoming a temporary vessel for cursed energy, I realised I had been flowing it wrong. Quite a shocker for me. I figured out the answer too. I used to believe that cursed energy, which is fed by negativity, originates in the stomach and spreads throughout the body to all other regions.

Starting with the stomach, moving up through the chest, shoulders, arms, and finally the fist. That was how I used to think. We shinobi learnt how to flow chakra solely in this form. But here's where I went wrong. I was imagining my own body as a patchwork of separate body parts, and That very thought was the source of my cursed energy's delay. I wasn't mistaken to think that way... we shinobi... we aren't. But that's only the first step: flowing chakra... cursed energy.

We can't make a mistake at the very first step. We can't get stuck there. We don't make decisions with our stomachs. We don't use our minds to convey our anger. We obviously don't. We are a part of this world... We exist in this very world...

...With our entire body, mind and soul. I felt as if I were standing on top of the world, looking down on a lush island with birds flying by... with just this one thought. An entire new world had magically appeared before my eyes. A world brimming with limitless opportunities. Due to this very thought, I was only able to acquire an enormously higher understanding of the essence of cursed energy. I can now use "Black Flash."

Sukuna revealed that Black Flash is an incredibly rare occurrence that drastically increases a jujutsu sorcerer's physical strike to the force of 2.5 once cursed energy is applied to it within a thousandth of a second... I'll blame it on my reflexes! He also added that no jujutsu sorcerer had ever been able to perform it — not even him, the strongest curse. He called me blessed... which sent me for a loop. Being called blessed by a curse... anyway!

I'm very proud of how far I've come here. Hiruzen-jichan and Kane-jichan, I hope you're both proud as well. Oh, look! Its Sukuna, the tatted man! And he's got... a scroll in his hands...? The "vast insights of the Limitless technique" — all in one scroll?! Sigh. This is Sukuna we're speaking of! Why did I get my hopes up in the first place...?!

"So, you're here, you brat..." "There's nowhere else." "...In any case. Its now time for you to delve into the vast insights of Limitless! Here, take this..." As soon as he handed me this scroll with the numerous ornate motifs... Sukuna instantly turned around. I tilted my head in confusion. What's the deal with him...? "Aah." I huffed and rolled my eyes. "Oh, privacy"... like hell! He'll try to peek in some way or another! I'm fucking sure!

I quickly turned around to cover the scroll from Sukuna, chuckling after hearing a "...Tch." Hehe...! And now, at long last...! I finally took a good look at the blue-and-yellow scroll I was holding. Its finally time for me to open this scroll...! A scroll that just so happens to contain my fated technique! With hope in my eyes, I slowly opened my fated scroll.

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O-Only to see nothing...?! What?! What the hell?! This...! "This possibly can't be true!" I gasped and turned around to show Sukuna the scroll. "Hey, don't show that scroll to me! That is intended for you and you alone! You should not..." This bastard! Despite his protests that he didn't want to read the scroll... even though he was covering his eyes with his hands... I could see him sneaking peeks every now and then!

I grabbed his hands back and pushed the scroll in his face. "What are... you...!? How?! This fucking can't be true!" He did everything he could think of to fold and open the scroll, but he got the same results every time. A scroll with nothing on it. He then went into a rant about how this is all blasphemy... that such or such isn't possible... and so on... occasionally adding "fucking" to the mix.

And right after he finished ranting, I swear I saw a lightbulb flash over his head. "Goddamn it, Sukuna...!" This douchebag must've forgotten something! He's literally smiling at me with a look on his face that screams, "My bad."

...Woooooow! "R-Right...! M-Miyuki-kun! I think I left something out...! You see, I do a lot of work..." "Like dozing all day" "...And all. Anyway, may the lazy be damned to the pits of hell." Shika, you're out. "So, in order to read this scroll, you need to have your Rikugan active." What? My Rikugan...? What part of seeing this scroll does that play...?

As if knowing my thoughts... Sukuna does it all the time, he stated. "Oh, it plays quite a role." My brows furrowed as the pinkhead continued. "...You see, I call this your "fated" technique because I had been asked to do so by... a person. That person foresaw you entering the Cursed Domain at some point." Somebody knew I'd come here to gain power... but just who...?! "That person, in fact, was the first to unlock... cursed energy..."

"And he's my creator, too..." What...?! But that's not possible! "Aren't all curses the result of negative feelings...?!" I asked, almost yelling. I couldn't deal with all this information. "You're absolutely right. Curses are born of negative feelings. True. You can then term me a man-made curse." A man-made curse...? This is why he said he has to serve as a vessel...! "My creator... Karna. He was the one who built this blackness... the Cursed Domain. Curses have been around since the dawn of civilization, but before Karna...

"...They didn't have these "cursed technqiues" as they do now. Karna... is the progenitor of all forms of jujutsu." That comment was enough to give me the chills...! The progenitor...! He foresaw me?! "He created all of the cursed techniques that these existing curses use. And the Limitless... this technique was created as he approached the end of his existence... and then, on his deathbead... he was able to awaken his very own dojutsu..."

"...The Rikugan." What...?! He awakened the eyes that we of the Shirogane Clan have...!?! I widened my eyes in disbelief... and instinctively, my hand went to my eyes. "Was he also the progenitor of our clan...?" I muttered, still shocked. "He mentioned that he had some past regrets that he desired to correct... but that he chose not to do so. It was too late, he said. He told me about you at that point. You'd do what he failed to do... as his chosen one, he claimed."

"...What he failed to do?" I finally connected the dots in my head. "...You told Tsunade-sama at the hospital that a tragedy would strike us... is any of this related to that?" I turned to face Sukuna, who'd been staring at me before frowning. "I'm afraid I won't be able to tell you. If I do, "it" will not occur." It...?! "What is this "it"?! Tell me, Sukuna!" I yelled at him. I can't afford to lose any more people than I already have... especially not her.

"I told you I wouldn't be able to. But one thing I can tell you is to become strong. Strong enough to tackle anything... even a bloody moon." I gave him a glare... I didn't like it when I was kept in the dark... I didn't like it at all. I took the scroll from him and channelled chakra into my eyes, which began to glow fiercely with a cold glint. The Rikugan. "The legendary dojutsu of the illustrious Shirogane Clan..." Sukuna muttered, staring me in the eyes.

"...It gives you guys unequalled eyesight and brain processing abilities, and also genjutsu resistance to the extreme... quite incredible." I let out a snort. I already knew all this. I then lowered my sight to the scroll, which now appeared to be filled in words and illustrations. Sukuna coughed as I read the first line, and I forced a look at him. "I'd like it if you could read it for me too... I don't seem to have the privilege of the Rikugan, you see..."

I groaned. "Don't you already know the "vast insights" of this technique...?" He sighed and scratched his head. "Not... quite." I sent him a confused frown. "What does that even mean? Aren't you like... the "King of Curses"... the one who knows everything there is to know about jujutsu?" "Errrrrr... that's... just a moniker I gave myself." "..." "Oi! Stop looking at me as if I'm a trash can! I just thought that title was... cool! Yeah!" I... wasn't even looking at him like that.

"...I was only a little surprised." He then cleared his throat, embarrassed. "A-Anyway..." "..." "Ummm... so what was I saying...?" "The Limitless." "Umu! So, you're aware that I took control of you during the fight with the One-Tail Shikaku, right?" I nodded. "So, while controlling someone is an aspect of my cursed technique..." "..." "...My absolute cursed technique is to exploit the one I possess, their existing and... even future... abilities." My eyes widened in surprise.

"...I can even keep those abilities when I depart their body for a period of time." That's a fuckton of a technique...! "So while I did do that red ball technique, I have no clue what that is other than its apart from the Limitless technique." I couldn't help but smile! "So, that red orb should be something I'll be able to use at some point, huh...?!" Even a Tailed Beast Ball couldn't compete with that! My mood brightened... until a certain pinkhead chimed in once again.

"Perhaps even more... but that's something to keep in mind for the future. Now..."

"...I'll read for your Rikugan-less ass."