Chapter 173 Destruction and Freedom

Jiang Lai looked at the content in the comic and noticed that although Gojo Satoru seemed indifferent to what he said at that time, he actually took it to heart.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have mentioned it specifically. Jiang Lai knew it clearly. This proved that Gojo Satoru was thinking.

This can be considered a gain. Jiang Lai exhaled. At least a thin corner of the illusory mask of this world has been lifted.

In the comic, Otkotsu Yuta was slightly stunned when he heard this, and it seemed that he did not understand what Gojo Satoru said.

——He didn't know whether Gojo-sensei really met an unexpected person, or was using these words to imply something else.

However, before he could continue thinking, Gojo Satoru spoke again.

"By the way, my next stop is Kyoto, Yuta."

The white-haired man stood at the edge of the rooftop, the gust of wind lifted the corners of his clothes. He tilted his head slightly, and said this with a perfect arc at the corner of his lips.

"I never have the habit of giving advance notice before doing anything, because I don't want to have any contact with those idiots. However, when facing the former good students, I can say more~"

"..." Otsutsuki paused for a moment, "Teacher?"

"I know that among the new first-year students, there is a kid who is the vessel of the Curse King Ryomen Sukuna." Gojo Satoru said, "I can probably guess why the rotten oranges kept him - they want to use Sukuna to deal with me."

"Those old guys have been rotting in the shadows for the past decade, pushing others to the front - let them try."

Gojo Satoru's tone of voice becomes slightly heavier at the end, and the light and shadow effects convey a sense of inexplicable danger as he opens his lips to speak.

At this time, Otsutsuki Yuta finally realized the reason why Gojo Satoru told him about his schedule. He pursed his lips and said, "...I won't tell the higher-ups about your schedule."

"Oh, Yuta, I just want to ask you to pass on the message, please don't refuse." Gojo Satoru smiled and waved his hand, "Let's set the time for this Sunday, it's a good day."

Otsukota remained silent. After a long while, he asked in a low voice, "Where in Kyoto, teacher?"

Gojo Satoru turned his head and answered, "The whole of Kyoto."

"... the whole of Kyoto?"

"Yeah~ I can definitely do it anyway. So I decided to give the entire Kyoto complete freedom."

Otsukoshi Yuta was stunned for a moment, and then he understood the meaning behind Gojo Satoru's words. He widened his eyes, raised his head subconsciously, and said in astonishment: "Gojo teacher!?"

"Are you shocked, Yuta? Actually, it sounds pretty good, doesn't it?" Gojo Satoru was still smiling. He raised his hand leisurely to lift the blindfold, revealing his dazzling six eyes. He said casually, "In this world - living people have no self."

His pure white eyelids slightly raised, and the corners of his lips curled up into a perfect arc: "It is better to die freely than to live in bondage... They will be honored to be given the latter."

The words sounded cold and shocking, but when he nodded, he was like the noble Son of God in the church, bestowing grace on all living beings.

It was only at this moment that the aura of the strongest curser was truly revealed. Destroying a city with just a few words was as easy as overturning a basin of water.

The white-haired man took another step toward the edge of the roof, with almost half of his body hanging outside.

This picture occupies an entire page of the comic. Against the backdrop of the blue sky, he stands there, his expression carefree as if he is another blazing tomorrow.

The last frame focuses on that pair of calm and distant blue eyes. A huge storm is brewing in those pupils as blue as the sky, about to drown thousands of lives in the building.

"..." Jiang Lai instinctively turned the page, but was prompted [This is the last page].

This comic update ends here.

Jiang Lai fell into a brief silence. He didn't know what words to use to describe it.

If it were in the real world, Gojo Satoru would say something like "I want to destroy the world" with a smile, Jiang Lai would just respond with a joke and say "Mature men must have chuunibyou".

Then listen to them complain about Rotten Orange and the various infuriating operations of the regulatory commission, or follow them in pretending to plot how to destroy the world.

——The premise of all this is that he knows that although the other party has power, he will not really destroy the world.

Here, Gojo Satoru curved his lips and said, "They will be honored to be given the latter (a free death)", and Jiang Lai was no longer in the mood to joke.

Because this time the opponent not only has the strength, but also the determination.

When this statement can become true, it is no longer something funny to be laughed at.

From the light and shadow and facial expressions in this comic, he was able to judge that what Gojo Satoru said was not false, but all true.

Gojo Satoru can indeed do it and intends to destroy the entire city - he is the strongest who has escaped the constraints of the rules of the world of magic and can freely and wantonly exert his full strength.

As a curser, he did not kill indiscriminately based on his mood or personal vendettas, but instead acted calmly according to a principle he had established.

Although the results may be similar, they are very different because of the different starting points.

If all sorcerers are crazy, then Gojo Satoru of this fork in the road tower is definitely the craziest and yet the most bizarrely calm one.

From these few words, Jiang Lai was able to glimpse some of Gojo Satoru's thoughts in the world of the Forked Path Tower.

The regulation here is too deeply rooted and too thorough, playing with people's hearts and lives like a child playing with a favorite toy.

Gojo Satoru has seen through all of this, but no one believes the truth. Plus what happened to his friend...

If eternal life is a curse and living becomes a pain to oneself or others, then a free death is a grace.

Gojo Satoru is not a dedicated saint. He gives grace but also takes away the rewards he wants - that is, the plan to cut off the feed of the Supervisory Committee.

The places he takes action are most likely targets that have already been targeted by the regulatory authorities.

That's what the other party thinks, Jiang Lai analyzed. Although the decision of life and death should not be decided by an individual.

The fork in the road tower here magnified some of Gojo Satoru's gray and biased thoughts. When the double six eyes become gloomy, the shadow of the most powerful sorcerer will envelop the entire world of sorcery.

Besides this, maybe there is some information that I don't know about, Jiang Lai continued to think.

There must be a reason why Gojo Satoru chose Kyoto. Although he has a free and easy personality, he has his own principles when it comes to critical moments.

In any case, this comic clearly reveals Gojo Satoru's next whereabouts. Then I can go to Kyoto to look for him.

With a sigh, Jiang Lai exited the official comic website and clicked into the Chinese forum to see if there were any more analysis and speculations.

[Ah, the forked road tower is really a knife QAQ!! Family members who haven't caught up with the plot yet, run, run quickly - otherwise it will be too late (being stabbed and vomiting blood, falling to the ground and unable to get up.jpg)]

【From what Raishin said in the Forked Path Tower world, he really didn't lose his memory! He still remembers Xiaowu!!

Those sincere words really made me cry, but unfortunately the real listener Gojo Satoru couldn't understand them, because all his memories about Raishin were blocked by the Forked Path Tower.

【My goodness, the word "回" in this Jujutsu Kaisen really runs through everything. I originally thought that the thousand-year cycle was all there was to "回", but I didn't expect that even the [misses] of Raishin and Gojo Satoru were also cycles!

Can't you two have clear memories and be honest with each other at the same time? (Shaking wildly) Hurry up and show me a happy ending.]

【Wow, Gojo Neko's words "familiar" and "delusional" really became a knife stabbing into Raishen's heart. Raishen's expression in the comics seemed very sad...

I thought about it, if my best friend talked to me like this one day, I would definitely break down and cry on the spot 5555

Even if we break up in the future, it is better than never meeting in memory. At least the former is a golden memory with true feelings, while the latter is missed forever...

[Never having met] is the most painful thing for me.

[When they met in modern times, the scene where Raishen didn't remember Gojo Satoru and Gojo Satoru's expression was blank made me cry for a long time. This time the scene was reversed, and I was hurt again——

One-eyed cat, how can you stab someone twice with a knife? That's unethical! 】

[Speaking of stabbing someone twice with a knife, that place at Christmas is also like that...

Although 5t5 in the Tower of Forked Roads doesn't remember Rai Shen, in his subconscious he still stubbornly remembers an agreement of "see you tomorrow" and a wait for Christmas.

He is waiting for a shadow that has never existed in this world. 】

[Family members, think positively. Although Gojo has lost his memory, he still remembers Raishen in his subconscious. So even though he has become a curser who can do whatever he wants, he still has patience for Raishen and didn't take action in the end even if he touched a sensitive spot! !

I know that this touching father-son relationship cannot be erased by anything! 】

[I am dying of laughter. That touching father-son love story makes me burst into laughter every time I see it. Please stop spamming this story 2333]

[Speaking of which, the curse master Gojo Satoru... this wave is really big. Gojo Satoru has become a curse master. What is there to play in the world of curses? Just go home, take a shower, and wait for death (no mercy)

To be honest, I have long wanted to see Gojo Satoru smash the rotten orange with a blast, and use his ultimate to destroy the high-level buildings in a refreshing way.]

【Upstairs, look at what 5t5 said, it's not that simple. Because of the regulatory commission, the people who really deserve to die can't die.

Rotten oranges are like creatures like cockroaches, always crawling in the dark. When you kill one, there will be more, and they may even be resurrected after being killed... endlessly.

Gojo Satoru is not killing people happily, he is driven crazy

And looking at the manga, Gojo Satoru's attitude after hearing about Gon and Glass, I blindly guess that these two people in the Tower of Forked Paths are probably also very unfortunate.

According to the previous plot speculation, it is very likely that Wu was tricked by Jiechuan when he was in high school, and Jie should have become a tool for the Supervisory Council to remain immortal. It is hard to guess the others, but they may also have bad experiences... In short, this wave of 5t5 really broke down. 】

[Fuck, using the cockroach as an example, I can understand Gojo Satoru’s mentality.

If there were a group of cockroaches in my house that couldn't be killed and were crawling everywhere, and all my favorite things were destroyed, I would go crazy, really crazy, and tear my house apart!!

Don’t live——(shock)】

[Is that why Gojo Satoru wants to go crazy and destroy the world? I suddenly understand.]

【Suddenly understood＋10086】

[However, Gojo in the last scene is so handsome! Rokugan is so beautiful 555. Thanks again for the full-color painting of the new series!

Gojo Satoru also mentioned Rai Shen in his words. It turns out that he still remembers Rai Shen (although he called him that with delusion, hahaha)!

I wonder if I can meet Lai Shen in 5t5 when I go to Kyoto this time.

I think that after Yuta's message, the Jujutsu world will definitely evacuate the people of Kyoto City, and then Raishin will also be able to hear the message and go to find Wu.

Is Gojo planning to destroy the city directly? I wonder if Raishen will stop him. Although all this is an illusion of the Forked Path Tower, if Gojo Satoru really takes action, I feel his mentality will be different...

And in fact, the more you do it, the more you will fit into this world. What if you become even crazier? Wouldn't it be even more difficult for Raishin to lead Gojo Satoru out of the Forked Path Tower? 】

Jiang Lai's heart paused when he saw this. He narrowed his eyes slightly and lowered his long eyelashes.

The Tower of Forked Roads not only creates an if world based on memory, but also amplifies certain gray and extreme thoughts.

——This kind of mesh is indeed easier to trap a person. Because it is obviously easier to stay stable and calm at all times than to act recklessly.

The more you do it, the more you will be integrated into this world. When your thoughts are confused, it will be more difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake in the world.

Someone needs to brake the train to prevent it from going further and further down the side road. Kyoto this time may be the key to this dilemma.

Jiang Lai understood clearly, and he held the book-shaped phone tightly.

I must stop Gojo Satoru's calm and crazy behavior.

But before that, we must first try to find out what the other person in this world really thinks.

Jiang Lai looked towards the Tokyo Polytechnic Institute not far away. Between the overlapping shadows of the trees, he could vaguely see the familiar buildings.

It's time to explore the college, he thought.

——

The outer barrier would not stop Jiang Lai. He moved nimbly in the air with the help of space magic and landed silently in the high school.

There are several familiar figures on the playground - Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro and Norose Kugizaki are doing physical training, and the instructor standing beside them is Kento Nanami.

It's just as I guessed, Jiang Lai thought. In Gojo Satoru's absence, Nanami Kento became the teacher.

At this moment, the training of several people has just come to an end and it is time for a break in the middle of the game.

They sat on the steps next to the playground, drank some water, and after catching their breath, began to chat casually.

Jiang Lai restrained his spell power and almost merged with the forest beside him.

His keen five senses allowed him to hear their conversation clearly even from a distance.

"Did those guys ask you to do something before?" Nagizaki No Rose supported her head with one hand and asked the pink-haired boy beside her.

Yuji Itadori scratched his cheek and said, "Ah... I heard that they found a few new fingers, but this time they didn't let me eat them directly, they just asked me to prepare them."

"You've eaten 15 fingers, haven't you?" Fushiguro whispered. "How many more did they find?"

"It seems to be four." Yuji Itadori blinked, "In that case, there is only one left to make it complete. It seems pretty good."

Jiang Lai listened in the woods and analyzed the situation in his mind.

The high-ranking officials in the world of curse arts may have wanted to hold those four fingers, and then feed them to Yuji Itadori in one breath at a special moment to summon Ryomen Sukuna.

Come to think of it, the high-ranking sorcerers were able to collect fingers so quickly, and there must be help from the regulatory committee behind it. This is a world where rotten oranges and brains collude with each other.

Yuji Itadori has already eaten 15 fingers. If these 4 are added, it will be 19 fingers... very close to the complete form.

In the original work, the battle between Gojo Satoru and Ryomen Sukuna took place with 19 fingers.

Is it the same here?

"What's the good of getting together... You're about to be executed, idiot!" Kugizaki No Rose raised her hand and hammered Yuji Itadori hard, then let out a breath.

"I hope the last one will never be found - ah, but that seems to be very troublesome. And who knows, those guys might let Otsuke-senpai execute him."

"Probably." Yuji Itadori showed some hesitation, "But the executioner may not be Otsukoi-senpai..."

"They were having a disagreement and arguing with each other loudly. I heard a few words saying that it would be better to kill two birds with one stone. It seemed that they wanted to let Sukuna fight with the strongest curser?"

When the term "strongest curser" was mentioned, everyone's expression changed.

Jiang Lai, who was listening quietly, also paused in expression: As expected, the high-level sorcery master wants to use Ryomen Sukuna to deal with Gojo Satoru!

The four fingers that were stored up were probably used to summon Sukuna to deal with Gojo.

Kugizaki Norose put one hand on her chin: "I've seen his wanted photo. To be honest, he looks pretty handsome! But he's an enemy after all... So who's more powerful, him or Sukuna?"

"I don't know." Yuji Itadori shook his head, then paused and said, "But, the last time I was outside and sucked my 15th finger, Sukuna came out. After that, Otsutsuki-senpai told me that it was actually Gojo-san who was passing by and controlled Sukuna."

"Huh?!" Kugizaki Norose looked surprised, "I've never heard you say that before!"

"Because it involves the strongest curser, I didn't want to cause trouble for Otsutsuki-senpai, so I didn't say much." Itadori Yujin touched his nose, "But this time before Otsutsuki-senpai left school, he said that the previous things could be told to the people in the high school, so I told you."

Fushiguro Megumi's eyes fell on the ground. He was silent for a moment and whispered, "The strongest curser... Actually, before, we all called him Gojo Sensei."

"Ah, is this true?" Nagizaki Norose was stunned again, "He is still a teacher?!"

Nanami Kento sat beside him. He faced forward and spoke calmly, "Yes, Mr. Gojo was a teacher at Jujutsu High School."

"After he left, the Jujutsu high-level officials implemented an information blockade policy, so none of you new students will know his previous identity."

"Because of the constraints, we can't take the initiative to tell you - but this time, since you students brought it up first, I can just go along with it."

"…What are you doing?" Nagizaki Norose put one hand on her knee and raised her eyebrows. "Why should we hide this information?"

"Maybe he wants to draw a clear line between the strongest curser and the world of curse." Nanami Kento adjusted his glasses and pointed out clearly.

"When a person stands on the opposite side, all his past achievements are erased. When those of us who have experienced this leave, the only words left for those who come after us are the most evil and cruel curser."

The air was quiet for a moment, and Yuji Itadori was the first to break the silence. He asked: "Mr. Gojo used to be a high school teacher, so why did he leave?"

"...A lot of things happened." Nanami Kento sighed, his eyes fixed on the front, "In the winter of 2017, the high school suffered a massacre by a cursed spirit - the caster was Geto."

"Another top-level curser, Geto Suguru?" Nagizaki Norose recalled, "I remember seeing him on the wanted list before."

"Yes." Nanami Kento nodded. "I wasn't at the technical high school at the time. But I heard from the second-year students at the school that Mr. Getsu's massacre didn't seem to be intentional."

"Uh, it wasn't intentional? Can a top-level spellcaster be coerced or controlled?"

"I don't know." Nanami Kento shook his head. "I only know that before that, Gojo-san had met with Geta-san. This was used by the top brass of the sorcery world as evidence of Gojo's betrayal and collusion with the sorcerer."

"But I think, no matter what, neither Mr. Gojo nor Mr. Getsu would attack the college."

Nanami Kento breathed a sigh of relief, and continued, "Not to mention that their classmate, Miss Ieori, was also present at the time."

"——The scar on Miss Ieiri's face was caused by a special cursed spirit among the cursed spirits. Scars left by such cursed spirits cannot be healed by the reversal technique."

Jiang Lai was a little surprised when he heard this.

If that was the case... Geto Suguru must have been very devastated at the time, being controlled to attack the high school that was once his youthful memories, and his former classmate, and he didn't even have the freedom to die.

That special cursed spirit might not be an accident, but was deliberately released by the regulatory authorities in order to mess with people's mentality.

It's just like in the original work, Ryomen Sukuna controlled Fushiguro Megumi's body to kill Fushiguro Miki.

Originally, Geto's psychological defenses were shaky, and after this operation, they will almost collapse, and after the collapse, it will be easier for the regulatory agency to control him.

By the way, this operation will also affect Gojo Satoru's mentality.

This fork in the road tower really does amplify negative emotions. Jiang Lai was silent. No wonder he said such things to Otsukuota.

"So, could it be that the most powerful curser is a good person?" Kugizaki No Rose showed a somewhat doubtful look.

"There is rarely pure good or evil in the world, but Mr. Gojo's actions are not entirely out of emotion. I didn't fully understand this sentence before, and even misunderstood Mr. Gojo because of some things..."

Having said that, Nanami Kento sighed.

"I have always felt very sorry for what happened. But Mr. Gojo is indeed different now."

Nanami Kento paused, and finally gave advice to the students: "If you meet him, please stay away from him as much as possible. No one can calm down the strongest who is going crazy."