The Cheat Kekkei Genkai

Its been about two years since I'd heard about the Cursed Domain's origins. That tragedy isn't going to happen anytime soon... and Sukuna still refuses to tell me anything about it. It has also been two years since I started my Limitless training; the technique enables me to manipulate and distort space unhindered... fucking frightening technique. My Rikugan actually plays a vital role in it. The Rikugan would allow me to precisely manipulate the advanced powers of the Limitless down to an atomic level since it supplies the user with immense vision and immense brain processing capacity.

It would also increase my control over cursed energy. With me consistently using both these in perfect equilibrium, I'll be able to get atomic-level control over cursed energy, leaving me with a seemingly endless supply of cursed energy! I'm really looking forward to it! Now its time to go personal. I'm probably 174 cm tall. Too tall for someone my age...? Yup. My hair has also gotten much longer... maybe to my shoulders? And, ooh geez... I do need new clothes; its a good thing I'm fit as a fuck, because if not, well...

"You seem to be in quite a mood, brat. Finally moved on from the little blonde lady?" Sukuna's voice came from right above me. I let out a sigh, "...No, you moron. What do you have with Ino, anyway?" He only shrugged. "I don't mind her in the least. Look, I'm a sucker for blondes with huge knockers. For example, that Tsunade! That rack she was toting about! 106 cm, was it?! She was definitely my type!" I... I just sighed again and shook my head. As I've gotten here, I've noticed that I've been sighing more. Fuck...! I'll be old before I even realise it!

"...Where exactly are you standing? Is there even a cover up there...?" ...I assumed it was really a black sky. "Nah. There's no cover up here... sadly." He swiftly flickered down in front of me... and I even know what he'll ask. "C'mon brat, it appears you've had enough rest... let's spar." This jerk is someone I've known for quite some time. But... I was really looking forward to it this time... I'm not sure why, but I suddenly felt eager to cave in his grinning face. We were now both standing in front of each other... I've even lost count of how many fights we've had here.

And, while he had won the most spars... "I hope you're ready, you inked asshole...!" ...All our recent ones have resulted in draws. "You'd be better off thinking for yourself, brat." Sukuna chuckled. I matched his chuckle with a slight one of my own, forming my own "cursed hand-seal". As I did so, that very same red-black aura burst from me, and slowly, crimson scales that resemble those of a dragon formed on my arms, shoulders, and back, spreading like flames — sparing only my face and torso unaffected.

As Sukuna describes it, this is my "Imperfect Sage Mode." The other elements of jujutsu, like the reverse cursed technique... were still a mystery to me. Really, a shitstorm of crap. I understand what it is... I know how it works. But its always simpler in theory, as the saying goes. Now I see why Sukuna said that... that dying and rising bullshit. Whatever. In no time, I'll have perfected it... fingers crossed. "...How about we go no-weapons this time?" My left hand was just around the hilt of a sword hung from my sash when I heard Sukuna speak.

My sword is known as "Slaughter Demon." I know, its a bit of a stretch... but what else can I say? That is, Sukuna has quite a knack for them! Weapons in use by jujutsu sorcerers that have been purposefully imbued with cursed energy are termed "Cursed Tools," and my Slaughter Demon is also one of them. Its a long katana with a flower-shaped crossguard and a vibrant blue handle. The scabbard is black and bears dark blue circles split into even thirds.

"Why not, yeah? I'm not opposed to that." As I activated my Rikugan, I said. I then adopted a stance, stroking my long red hair... and the same red-black aura wrapped my entire body. But it wasn't like before... so rather than raging like flames, the coating of cursed energy steadily became thinner and thinner, ultimately becoming a part of my body. This is how cursed energy should be channelled.

"Took you a while to realise that, didn't it?~" I rolled my eyes as I ignored the pinkhead's snarky comments. "All right... three... two..." Yup, we decided to use countdowns. Neat, eh? "...One." I muttered as we both disappeared from our positions, our wrists clashing as we reappeared in the centre. We both were grinning, and it felt like they were only growing wider. We returned in an instant, and Sukuna offered me a Guy-sensei thumbs-up. "Your control over cursed energy has improved yet again... can't really say I'm not impressed." I chuckled.

"What else can I say...? I'm blessed to get such a great teacher." Sukuna vanished from his spot in an instant... seconds away from my face, his fist set to smash into my face. "Playing sweet won't spare your redhead ass!" I took a step to the left, grabbing his fist and circled around. "You tatted fuck, I know that!" Almost as I was ready to slam him down, he regained his balance and twisted around... taking me for a spin as well. His fist was quick to act again, this time aimed at my abdomen.

I readily grabbed his fist with my left hand and went to punch him in the face with my right. He did, though, grab mine this time. We both grinned as we stared at one other. "...I obviously know that within the next years, you'll surely surpass me..." And then he rammed his head into mine! Damn...! You bitch, that hurt! "So, for the time being... let me just experience the joy of being stronger than you!" Sorry for disappointing you. I avoided every strike Sukuna threw at my face, and oh... did I say how casually I did so?

And with each missed strike... well, absolutely all... Sukuna's frown intensified. His face somehow managed to get more... frown-y? Is that even humanly — no, cursely — possible? With my left hand countering Sukuna's right fist and shoving it aside, his left fist rocketed towards me. "Hmm? Is someone rushing a bit too hard?" I laughed as I parried and brushed away his fist.

...Then I landed a hard blow into his belly, forcing him back slightly. "A hard-hitter, hmm... brat?" he said, chuckling and shaking his head. Sukuna raised his eyes to face me... vanished into thin air. Right above him... I was! I planted my fist on his skull until he could barely guess where I was. As soon as I did, black sparkles with deep red outlines exploded from my fist... Black Flash!

Right now, I was fighting at around 120 percent of my potential... having unleashed Black Flash... a distortion in space that occurs when cursed energy is applied within 0.001 seconds of a physical hit. Anyone who effectively unleashes Black Flash will experience a brief rise in cursed energy awareness, with the mental process of controlling cursed energy becoming as effortless to me as blinking. Black Flash puts me "in the zone," a state of intense focus and a notion of being at the heart of everyone and everything.

Right...! Sukuna told me that no jujutsu sorcerer ever achieved Black Flash. Not even the very founder of all jujutsu, Karna...? Heh. That pinkhead loves to really be mysterious... or he just forgot to mention his creator... asshole. Returning to the fight. Sukuna pretty much went all the way back down as my fist crashed on his skull, but he managed to stop himself in the midst of it. I spotted a smirk on his face... when don't I...?!

He vanished from his spot, and I arched my brows slightly as I felt his kick going for my face. What the fuck does he have with my face in the first place...?! I faintly leant to the left... dodging Sukuna's kick as I gripped his leg in an instant. I swivelled around and shot him in the air, then vanished as soon as I saw him come to a halt in mid-flight. My feet had a faint blue shine to them.

I surfaced behind Sukuna and threw my left fist at his off-guard-looking behind. But, just as my fist was moments away from him, he shifted to the right, darting his hand to the left and catching mine. He turned his gaze to me, slowly looking over his shoulder. "Moments away from utter embarrassment... hehe." He chuckled and then looked down at my feet. "Lapse Blue of Limitless..."

"...You've actually reached that level, heh." I nodded with a smile. "...Yup, as I was reading that first scroll, a second appeared right in front of my eyes... and it talked about this technique... "Lapse Blue of Limitless." I was terrified that my fated technique was all on that single scroll! So! This technique effectively requires me boosting the cursed energy output of the technique... ultimately developing the ability to attract...!

But its all part of a much larger, more complex theory. By increasing the Limitless and bringing the conceptual impossibility of negative distance into actuality, I was able to accomplish this technique. This causes the surrounding space to attempt to fill in the gap by pulling aggressively toward the source of the aforementioned impossibility, resulting in the magnetic-like effect. And once I'd achieved this technique, I was actually confident that I'd now conquer the reverse cursed technique too... but alas!

As it was written on the scroll, anyone who is directly targeted with Lapse Blue will have their body imploded and their limbs instantaneously squashed, and I used this effect on myself to move at breakneck speeds... appearing behind Sukuna... while the pinkhead couldn't even trace me with his eyes owing to my rapid movement. "...You're blooming a lot faster than I imagined, kiddo..." Sukuna had that nostalgic face.

"Quit acting like an old man, you idiot."

"But... in a way, I am one."

...

Our fight lasted for hours upon hours... and as I had great control over cursed energy, perhaps better than I had with chakra, I was able to absorb cursed energy everywhere around me with comfort... and that left me durable as heck! I'll be invincible once I have atomic-level control! "You're actually invincible, you moron... healing at that rate." Oh yeah. In some ways... I am... invincible.

I observed my wounds, that were obvious all over my body, recovering at a rate that surpassed that of Naruto... and nearly equalled that of the First Hokage... Hashirama Senju! While I believe it is the Kyuubi within him that offers Naruto vastly heightened healing abilities, Hashirama lacked this. He possessed the Wood Release, which increased his vitality to a degree second only to that of a Tailed Beast.

"Why do "I"... know so much about it all...?" Might wonder a pisspot clueless motherfucker.

...I've got Wood Release. I had no idea I'd ever awaken such a powerful release. The First Hokage's repute as the "God of Shinobi" was largely earned only as a result of this release. Ji-chan once told me that. Wood Release is an advanced nature transformation which grows trees, wood and plants by combining earth and water chakra to create the source of life. A desert can be turned into a forest using this power. Its a style with the endurance of Earth Release, the versatility of Water Release, and the overwhelming diversity of nature itself, capable of immense offence and defence.

I... actually found out I had Wood Release due to the sheer amount of asskickings I endured throughout my time here. The First Hokage invented every single Wood Release technique that exists today. He practically built an entire type of ninjutsu on his own, as Ji-chan told me, because there were no scrolls, masters, or even stories for him to learn from when he first awakened this kekkei genkai. Every nuance of Wood Release was discovered by him alone, and every technique was designed and proven in battle by him. And because I didn't own any Wood Release scrolls...

I had to go full Hashirama.