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.
依據之前的劇情推測，這裏的悟大概率高專時被結川狗陰了一把，然後傑應該成為了監管會不死的道具，其他人猜不到但可能也有不好的遭遇……總之這波5t5真的心态大崩。】
【草啊，拿蟑螂舉例我就能理解五條悟的心态了。
要是我家裏有殺不死而且到處亂爬的蟑螂群，喜愛的東西都被嚯嚯了，我也要瘋，我大瘋特瘋，直接拆了我家！！
都別活——（震聲）】
【所以五條悟才想發瘋毀滅世界嗎，突然理解】
【突然理解＋10086】
【雖然但是，最後那一幕的五條真的好帥啊！六眼太美了555，再度感謝新系列的全彩繪制！
五條悟話語裏還提到過萊神，他果然還記得萊神（雖然是以妄想症稱呼哈哈哈）！
這次去京都，不知道5t5能不能碰見萊神。
我覺得憂太帶話後，咒術界肯定會疏散京都市的人，屆時萊神也能聽聞信息，繼而前去找悟。
悟應該是打算直接覆滅城市？不知道萊神會不會阻止他。雖說這一切都是岔路之塔的虛像，但五條悟要是真的出手了，感覺心态就不一樣了……
而且實際上，做得越多就會越融入這個世界吧，萬一變得更瘋了，萊神豈不是更難以将五條悟帶出岔路之塔？】
看到這裏的江萊心緒一頓，他略微眯起眼睛，垂下長長的睫羽。
岔路之塔不單單依據記憶創設了一個if世界，而且放大了某些灰色的極端思緒。
——這樣編織出的網格的确更容易困住一個人。因為時刻保持穩定與冷靜，顯然不如肆意妄為更容易。
做得愈多，就會愈融入這個世界。思維混亂的情況下，會更加難以辨認世界的真假。
需要有人剎下軌道上疾行的列車，才能避免這輛車在岔路上越行越遠。此次的京都，或許便是決定這一困境的關鍵。
江萊心下明曉，他握緊書冊樣貌的手機。
自己必須要阻止五條悟那番冷靜的瘋狂舉措。
但在此之前，首先要想辦法去嘗試明曉這個世界的對方心中真正所想。
江萊遙望向不遠處的東京高專。重疊的樹影之間，隐約能夠看到那片熟悉的建築群。
是時候去高專之中探索了。他想。
——
外圍結界不會阻攔江萊，他身形輕巧地借助空間術式，在半空中前行，悄無聲息地落入高專之中。
操場上是幾道熟悉的身影——虎杖悠仁、伏黑惠和釘崎野薔薇正在進行體術訓練，旁側矗立的指導老師正是七海建人。
果然和自己猜測的一樣。江萊想。五條悟不在的情況下，是七海建人擔任老師。
此時此刻，幾人的訓練剛好到了結尾，進入中場休息的時刻。
他們坐在操場旁的臺階上，灌了幾口水後，緩過氣來後，開始随意地閑聊。
江萊收斂咒力氣息，幾乎和旁側的樹林融為一體。
靈敏的五感讓他即便隔着這段距離，也能聽清他們的交流。
“那群家夥之前叫你去幹嗎？”釘崎野薔薇單手撐着頭，問身邊的粉發少年。
虎杖悠仁撓撓臉頰，說：“啊……據說是找到了幾根新的手指，不過這次沒有直接讓我吃，只是讓我做好準備。”
“你已經吃了15根手指了，是吧。”伏黑惠低聲說，“他們又找到了幾根？”
“好像是4根吧。”虎杖悠仁眨眨眼，“這樣的話，就還差1根湊齊。好像蠻不錯的。”
樹林中的江萊聽着，他心下分析。
咒術界高層很可能是想要攢着那4根手指，之後在特殊的時刻一口氣喂給虎杖悠仁，把兩面宿傩召喚出來。
說起來，咒術高層能夠這麽快地收集手指，背後肯定有監管會的幫助。爛橘子和腦花相互勾結的世界啊。
虎杖悠仁已經吃了15根手指了，若再加上這4根，便是19根……非常接近完全體的狀态。
原著裏，五條悟和兩面宿傩的對戰便是在19根手指情況下進行的。
難道這裏也是如此麽？
“湊齊有什麽好的……你就要被執行死刑了啊笨蛋！”釘崎野薔薇擡手用力錘了下虎杖悠仁，呼出一口氣。
“我倒是希望最後一根永遠別被找到——啊、不過這樣好像也很麻煩。而且說不準那群家夥們也會讓乙骨學長執行死刑。”
“大概是的吧。”虎杖悠仁流露出幾分猶豫的神情，“不過死刑執行人可能不是乙骨學長……”
“他們當時在裏面意見不合，在大聲的互相駁斥，我就聽到了幾句，說什麽一石二鳥會更好——好像是要讓宿傩和最強詛咒師打一架？”
提到“最強詛咒師”，衆人的神色俱是一變。
安靜聽着的江萊同樣神情一頓：果然、咒術高層是想要借助兩面宿傩對付五條悟！
那囤積起來的4根手指，大概便是要召喚宿傩對付五條用的。
釘崎野薔薇單手搭在下颌：“我見過他的通緝照片，說實話，看起來長得蠻帥的！不過對方到底是敵人……說起來，他和宿傩誰更厲害？”
“不知道。”虎杖悠仁搖搖頭，接着頓了下，說，“但、上次我在外吃到第15根手指時，宿傩出來過。那次結束後，乙骨學長和我說，當時其實是路過的五條先生出手把宿傩控制住的。”
“哎？！”釘崎野薔薇露出一副驚訝的樣子，“完全沒聽你說過啊！”
“因為牽扯到最強詛咒師，我不想給乙骨學長添麻煩，所以沒多言。”虎杖悠仁摸摸鼻子，“不過這次乙骨學長離校前，說之前的事情可以告知于高專的人，我就和你們說了。”
伏黑惠視線落在地上，他沉默片刻，低聲道：“最強詛咒師……其實在之前，我們都稱呼他為五條老師。”
“啊、真的假的？”釘崎野薔薇再度一怔，“他還是老師？！”
七海建人坐在旁側，他面向前方，平靜開口：“是的，五條先生之前是咒術高專的老師。”
“在他離開後，咒術高層實施了信息封鎖政策，所以你們這些新入學的下一屆都不會知曉他之前的身份。”
“因為束縛，我們不能主動告知——不過這次既然是你們學生先提出的，我便可以順着說了。”
“……搞什麽啊。”釘崎野薔薇單手搭在膝蓋上，她秀眉挑起，“這些信息有什麽好隐瞞的？”
“或許是想把最強詛咒師，和咒術界徹底劃清界限。”七海建人扶了扶夾鼻眼鏡，清醒地點明。
“當一個人站到了對立面，就把他曾經的功績全部抹除。當我們這一批經歷過的人離去後，後來的人知曉的，便只剩下最邪惡的、最冷酷的詛咒師這些詞彙了。”
空氣安靜片刻，虎杖悠仁率先打破安靜，他問：“五條先生之前是高專老師，那他為什麽要離開？”
“……發生了很多事情。”七海建人輕嘆了口氣，他目光落在前方，“2017年的冬季，高專曾經遭受過一次咒靈大屠殺——施術者是夏油。”
“另一位特級詛咒師夏油傑？”釘崎野薔薇回想着，“我記得之前在通緝錄上看見過。”
“是。”七海建人點頭，“我當時不在高專。但是聽在校的二年級學生說，那時候的夏油先生的屠殺好像并非出于本意。”
“呃、并非出于本意？特級詛咒師還能被脅迫或者被控制麽。”
“我不清楚。”七海建人搖搖頭，“我只知道，在那之前，五條先生有和夏油先生見過面。這一點也被咒術界高層拿做五條叛變、勾結詛咒師的證據。”
“但我想，無論如何，五條先生和夏油先生都不是會對高專下手的人。”
七海建人舒出一口氣，他接着說：“更何況當時在場的，還有他們的同期家入小姐。”
“——家入小姐臉上的傷疤便是被咒靈群中一只特殊咒靈所傷，那種咒靈留下的傷痕不能被反轉術式治愈。”
聽到這裏的江萊神色劃過一絲愕然。
如果是這樣……當時的夏油傑肯定非常崩潰，被控制着對曾經青春回憶的高專下手，對曾經的同期下手，而他甚至連死亡的自由都沒有。
那只特殊咒靈說不準不是意外，而是監管會故意投放進去的，為的就是搞心态。
就像是原著裏兩面宿傩操控伏黑惠的身軀殺死伏黑津美紀一樣。
原本夏油傑的心理防線就是搖搖欲墜，這樣操作後差不多便會崩潰了，崩潰後監管會便更容易控制。
順便，這樣一番操作，也會搞到五條悟的心态。
這岔路之塔還真的很會放大負面情緒。江萊默然。也難怪會與乙骨憂太說出那樣的話語。
“所以、那位最強詛咒師，難不成是個好人？？”釘崎野薔薇露出有些懷疑的眼神。
"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."