Chapter 154 The Little Prince and the Knight
"On a person?" Jiang Lai's expression slightly condensed. Such a mobile tower is obviously more troublesome than a fixed one, whether it is locking or removing.
After a long pause, he asked, "If this thing is engraved on a person's body, how can it be removed?"
"..." Otsutsuki Yuta's eyelids drooped slightly, and his long eyelashes like crow feathers cast a faint shadow. He paused for a moment and said, "There are probably two solutions. One is for the person who sets up the formation to move and remove the tower. The other is... to kill the moving tower."
Okkotsu Yuta pointed out the cruel truth in an extremely calm voice.
The formation builder, the brains of the Supervisory Committee, will definitely not move and remove the formation towers by himself.
In other words, there is actually only one solution, which is to kill the person carrying the tower.
The air fell silent for a moment. Neither Okkotsu Yuta nor Jiang Lai said anything.
Now this problem is a bit similar to the trolley problem.
Should we kill one person to save more people? But isn't the person killed innocent?
Jiang Lai exhaled, thinking, he said: "I heard that you can reverse the technique, right? Can you revive the person the same moment you kill him?"
He remembered that in the original work, this was how Otsukotsu Yuta operated.
In the original work, after the Shibuya Incident, Otsukotsuki Yuta took over the task from a senior executive to kill Yuji Itadori and became Yuji Itadori's executioner.
However, in reality, he saved Yuji Itadori by injecting a reversal technique while piercing his heart.
Hearing Jiang Lai's question, Yuta Otsukoshi pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head solemnly:
"I'm afraid that won't work. Because this formation is engraved on the opponent's body. If I use the reversal technique to heal the opponent, it will be equivalent to restoring the formation."
“……”It’s really quite difficult.
Jiang Lai also felt heavy-hearted.
Starting from the formation itself, the solution may be to use the liquid fox's dissipation ability to devour it, just like swallowing up the shackles that Geto signed when he was a child.
However, the reversal speed of liquid fox swallowing is relatively slow, and it requires a long period of retention and companionship, which makes it difficult for Geto to explain.
"We can put this problem aside for now," Otsukotsu suggested, "and solve the other problems first."
"Okay." Jiang Lai hadn't come up with any perfect solution yet. He nodded in agreement and added, "But if possible, it would be best to find the moving tower in advance."
The sooner you find it, you may be able to come up with more solutions.
Who knows, maybe the moving tower is Brain Flower himself. This suspicious guy might put the last layer of insurance on himself - if so, they don't have to get entangled and can just get rid of Brain Flower.
Jiang Lai's imagination ran wild with optimism for a moment, but then he collected his thoughts.
However, maybe out of some bad taste, someone might put it on someone else... a character that might make things difficult for everyone.
Jiang Lai didn't want to know him, but he felt it was impossible not to know him.
After all, if Brainflower were to place it on someone else, he would not place it on an ordinary person, and there are only a few candidates in the world of sorcery...
Speaking of this, Jiang Lai then asked: "Can the location locked on this map be more precise? I mean, how can we be sure that what we are looking for is the Four Guard Towers?"
"When you get close to the four towers, the corresponding symbol on this paper will light up." Otsukoshi Yuta pointed to the strange, abstract runes next to the words on the paper and said, "You can judge based on this."
That's not bad, Jiang Lai thought. This would make the search easier and it would be easier to identify the character in the Tower of Good and Bad.
With his thoughts racing through his mind, Jiang Lai quickly focused his attention and put the topic on the map.
He pointed at the words on the paper and said calmly, "If my guess is correct, the location of [Noble] should be the Zenin family."
"I just had a conversation with the wife of the head of the Zenin family not long ago, and we have reached a decision on a cooperative transaction. If necessary, they will cooperate with us - so the [Noble] tower can be directly handed over to the Zenin family for processing."
"Since you have already communicated with them, you can rest assured." Otsutsuki Yuta did not question it. He nodded and said, "I also think that [Noble] is in one of the three families. After all, Kyoto is the location of the old houses of the three families. Among them, the Zenin family is the most isolated, so it is most likely that [Noble] is in their house."
Okkotsu Yuta also conducted a simple analysis and put forward his own views.
"Do we need to confirm it now?" Jiang Lai asked, and quickly added, "But from my point of view, I think we can put the Zen temple aside for now. There are too many people there, and it's not suitable to be the first point of attack. It's easy to make a fuss."
Although the Supervisory Commission cannot place additional monitoring spells next to the Four Sides Defense Tower due to its mechanism, this does not mean that they do not have spies nearby.
The spies do not necessarily have to know about the existence of the Four Directions Guard Towers. They only need to report some unusual and suspicious things to provide intelligence to the regulatory committee.
Therefore, the Zen temple with the most polluted water may seem to be an easy place to deal with, but in fact it may cause many troubles.
It's best to start with a different one, then figure out how to take out the Quartet Tower, then deal with the Zenin House one as quickly as possible.
Otsukoshi Yuta nodded, agreeing with Jiang Lai's point of view: "That's right. Then let's put the Zenin family aside for now."
Both of them are smart people, so it is very convenient for them to communicate with each other. They can easily reach a consensus.
At this moment, after preliminary discussion, Okkotsu Kyouta and Jiang Lai's eyes fell on the white paper.
Since Gojo Satoru has dealt with the overseas [Fork in the Road], [Pros and Cons] is currently difficult to find, and [Noble] is temporarily put aside as not suitable as the first place, then the only place to explore first is——
Located in the south-central part of Honshu Island.
That is where Mount Fuji is located, about 120 kilometers from Tokyo, not too far but not too close. If you drive or take a bus, it only takes a few hours.
However, it may not take them long to explore and dismantle the formation there, so a short vacation is needed.
"My junior high school is on holiday, and Nanami asked me to stay in the technical high school to learn spells." Jiang Lai blinked and gestured, "However, if you, Otsutsuki, suggest taking me out to train, Nanami will definitely agree~"
The address of 'Okkotsu-nii' made Okkotsu Yuta pause again. After coughing lightly, he whispered, "...Oh, of course. I'll explain it to Nanami-senpai."
"What's wrong, Okkotsu-ni?" Little sheep Jiang Lai smiled and continued to call out in the voice of a boy in a shell, with a hint of deliberateness, "You don't like this name, then I'll change it? Okkotsu-senpai, Okkotsu-sensei, Yuta-ni, handsome Onii-chan?"
"... Let's just go with the first one. If you're out in public, you can just call me that."
Okkotsu Yuta placed one hand on his lips, smiling gently but with a hint of helplessness, "Senior, why do you like to joke just like Gojo-sensei?"
Jiang Lai blinked his dark eyes and said cheerfully, "Maybe it's because it's fun to tease serious people."
Okkotsu Yuta touched his nose.
Having experienced many events, Okkotsu Yuta's acting skills are actually very good, and he can naturally and perfectly cooperate with the brown-haired boy Shell Jiang Lai.
In the original novel, when he served as the executioner of Yuji Itadori, he looked like a perfect cold-blooded killer and successfully deceived everyone who did not know the truth.
However, when he doesn't need to act in private, he will return to his sincere and gentle boyish demeanor - that is why he looks a little helpless at Jiang Lai's deliberate teasing.
"Stop bothering me, senior." Okkotsu Yuta put away the white paper map and said in a gentle tone, "Let's go back. The assistant supervisors here will take care of the follow-up."
"Okay." Jiang Lai nodded. He stopped playing and quickly followed the black-haired boy carrying a sword bag.
After a moment, as if remembering something, he said, "By the way, is it convenient for you to go into the Hongxing Palace below the Jujutsu High School?"
"Of course, we special-class soldiers have some unique powers." Okkotsu Yuta nodded and replied, "What's wrong?"
"Before I leave, I want to go over there and take a look." Jiang Lai paused and replied, "There are some things I want to confirm a little bit."
He had originally planned to go back and explore with his original body, but now with Otsukotsu Kyouta, he thought he could go look for Tengen in advance.
"Maybe Tianyuan has some knowledge about the four guard towers and can tell us." Jiang Lai said, "It will also facilitate our actions."
"Tengen-sama? It's indeed possible." Otsukotsuki thought for a moment, "Senior is right, we can go look for Tengen-sama before we leave."
"But the premise is that Tianyuan is on our side - he shouldn't reveal the news that we are going to destroy the Quartet Guard Tower to the Regulatory Commission, right?" Jiang Lai expressed the doubts hidden in his heart in a half-joking tone.
Logically speaking, Tengen belongs to the opposing camp of the brainflowers, but Jiang Lai is not very clear about the situation of the new series, so he cautiously decides to ask Otsukoi Yuta first to confirm it.
"Lord Tengen is trustworthy," Otsukotsuki Yuta said confidently, "Besides, the Hongxing Palace where he is usually does not receive visitors, so there will be no news leaking out."
The black-haired boy's tone was very serious, and Jiang Lai could tell from it that he trusted Tian Yuan.
He believed in the intuition of Otsutsuki Yuta and Gojo Satoru, so he also chose to believe in Tengen.
It seems to be similar to the original novel, Tian Yuan is still on the side of humans. Jiang Lai thought. In this case, he might be able to get more additional information from Tian Yuan who has also experienced thousands of years.
——Will Tian Yuan know about [the birth]? Will he know what happened in those years?
Jiang Lai wanted to know the stories that were missed.
His mind wandered for a moment, and then Jiang Lai turned the topic back to the previous outing plan and said, "After we find Tianyuan, when will we set out for Mount Fuji?"
"What do you think, senior?" Otsutsuki Yuta stepped forward and tilted his head slightly to look at the brown-haired boy beside him. "Gojo-sensei said that everything is up to you. From now on, I will follow your instructions."
"Then I really have a lot of power." Jiang Lai laughed and said jokingly, "With my current young body, I look like a little prince."
"If you were the little prince now," Okkotsu Yuta smiled softly, and replied in a joking tone, "I would be your knight."