Chapter 181 No tomorrow, only today...

The vast starry sky was endless, and the expressions of the two Sukuna looked a little solemn, but not at all panicked.

As the King of Curses, he has always been able to control his emotions well and remain calm in the face of various emergencies.

At this moment, the domain was just broken, entering a temporary spell melting period. We just need to wait for the reverse spell to repair it, and then we can counterattack. Ryoumen Sukuna thought casually.

Moreover, the current area does not seem to be an offensive area and has limited destructive power.

During the brief melting period when the domain is broken, you cannot use spells, but you can still mobilize cursed energy.

Ryomen Sukuna placed cold cursed energy in his palms, preparing for a surprise close combat.

When the Demon-Subduing Kitchen Knife had not yet completely shattered, he stepped on the swirling White River of the Territory and quickly approached the side of the black-haired young man. He aimed his right fist wrapped in fierce curse power and smashed it fiercely in the face!

Jiang Lai stood there, without moving, he raised the ancient book with one hand and used it to block the attacks from both Sukuna!

"Bang--"

The right fist, which was filled with explosive cursed energy, released a powerful shock wave the moment it touched the target, stirring up the long river waves in the area.

However, Jiang Lai's posture holding the book was as steady as a rock, with only his navy blue sleeves fluttering in the wind.

The blank pages of the ancient book fluttered in the strong wind, but there was no sign of separation or damage on the surface.

...Special defensive spell tool? !

Ryoumian Sukuna frowned slightly, but he could not see any trace of cursed power in the booklet.

The surprise attack failed, but the two Sukuna did not retreat, because there was no point in retreating under the guaranteed hit effect of the technique in the area.

He adjusted his posture again and punched out in response. At the same time, he reversed the technique to repair the melt, then raised several sharp small cursed blades and slashed them towards the opponent's neck!

Jiang Lai turned his wrist and used the book again to block the powerful cursed fist from Su Nuo. He ignored the cursed blade that was cutting towards his neck, because the shallow layer of space magic covering his body was enough to block those sharp swords.

——But before that, a hand appeared in front of him even faster.

The slender five fingers suddenly grasped the cursed blades and destroyed them in the palm of his hand!

Gojo Satoru, with flying white hair, seemed to teleport to Jiang Lai's side, and with incredible speed, he used his palm to catch the criss-crossing cursed blades. The small [Cang] gathered in his palm dissipated the murderous intent from Sukuna in just a few seconds.

Gojo Satoru raised his clear blue eyes and dragged out his voice slightly: "Don't forget me standing next to you."

Ryoumen Sukuna let out a light click of his tongue with an expression of surprise. Just as he was about to activate the guaranteed hit effect of the Simple Domain and Jiang Lai Domain, Gojo Satoru fired a [Huh] aimed at Ryoumen Sukuna!

Ryomen Sukuna raised his arms to block, and taking this opportunity, Jiang Lai launched a ritual to reversal time and space in one direction targeting Ryomen Sukuna!

The guaranteed hit effect within the field cannot be blocked, just like when Ryoumen Sukuna attacked the Demon-killing Chef in the field and Gojo Satoru was unable to use his unlimited defense, this time when Jiang Lai activated the time and space reversal, Ryoumen Sukuna was unable to dodge.

Ryoumen Sukuna prepared a reversal technique to heal his injuries, but what he didn't expect was that the effect of Jiang Lai's domain was not an attack that caused injuries, but a reversal of the body and consciousness.

This kind of reversal effect cannot be cured by reversal surgery!

The navy blue figure standing in the center of the vast domain turned his wrist, and the black and white rivers in the sky and on the ground flowed in circles. The rippling sun, moon and stars seemed to rise in the east and set in the west, and countless hazy scenes flashed by quickly like slides.

As the stars turned reversed, Ryomen Sukuna had to admit, even if he was reluctant, that his consciousness was being forcibly suppressed.

The black lines all over his body gradually disappeared, revealing the clean face of the cherry-pink-haired boy.

Ryomen Sukuna realized that he could not change the change of his consciousness, so he raised the corners of his lips at the last moment and pinched his own heart with his sharp claws!

As a curse at this time, Sukuna will not die even if he loses his heart, but Yuji Itadori, as a human, is different.

In the original work, Ryomen Sukuna used this to make a deal with Yuji Itadori regarding resurrection in the realm of life.

But this time, an invisible space stopped his actions first.

Jiang Lai manipulated the space code from a distance to prevent Ryomen Sukuna's final act of self-mutilation.

He leaped lightly in front of Ryomen Sukuna and calmly looked into those ferocious scarlet eyes that were still struggling for consciousness.

"Go back."

Jiang Lai tapped the other person's forehead lightly with a book, his gesture was not disrespectful, but rather like an instruction from an elder.

Those scarlet eyes gradually closed irresistibly, and when they opened again, they turned back to their original golden orange color, with only a blank look in them.

“…Huh?”

Yuji Itadori, who regained control of his body and consciousness, did not seem to react to what had happened. The sun, moon, and stars were reflected in his sight, and he opened his mouth slightly: "Where is this place?"

"My territory." Jiang Lai nodded in reply, and he waved his hand to remove this vast territory.

After the brilliant stars receded, the original ruins returned to the scene.

Yuji Itadori stared at the ruins in front of him in astonishment, and pursed his lips: "Was it Sukuna who came out just now?" His eyes widened, and his arms were visibly shaking, "I, I..."

"It has nothing to do with you." The white-haired man walked over with his long legs in two or three steps, his posture casual and unrestrained. He pointed his thumb backwards and said, "I am responsible for all these ruins. Isn't that amazing?"

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Upon hearing this, Yuji Itadori was stunned at first. He stared at Gojo Satoru for two or three seconds before he seemed to suddenly react and said in surprise: "- Could it be that you are the strongest curser, Mr. Gojo?!"

"It's me~~" Gojo Satoru replied with a smile.

"Is this Kyoto? I remember you announced a warning a long time ago, and the citizens here evacuated early." After the initial surprise, Yuji Itadori calmed down again, "So you and this black-haired gentleman fought with the Ryoumen Sukuna gang together?"

He scratched the back of his head and lowered his eyes: "I... I'm sorry, sometimes I can't control him. Although you said that this is all your fault, I know that Sukuna must have had some influence."

Gojo Satoru didn't respond, but just raised his eyebrows and said, "You don't look that afraid of me."

"Because Mr. Gojo helped me suppress Sukuna before, and you don't seem to have any intention of killing." Yuji Itadori blinked and spoke frankly, "You are not the same as the image of the curser in the legend."

Gojo Satoru laughed: "What does the image of the curse master in the legend look like?"

"Uh... spooky and terrifying, with countless murders?"

"Then I am not very suitable." Gojo Satoru's voice stretched out, his hands crossed, his eyes looked a little cold, "It's just because you didn't face those things directly. My 'great achievements' are clearly marked on the wanted list."

Facing the cold aura of the strongest curser, Yuji Itadori took a half step back subconsciously, but then stopped and spoke bravely:

"That being said, those are all marked by the top management. I heard Nanami, Otsuke, and Miss Ienari talk about you. They said that there are exaggerated elements in the wanted list, and you are not actually that cruel."

Gojo Satoru frowned. “Haha, really?” He muttered to himself vaguely, “Technical High School…”

"I think you have your own goals. But we don't quite understand why you do those things, Mr. Gojo."

Yuji Itadori hesitated for a moment, but still asked boldly, "Are you going to continue destroying cities like this next?"

"Oh, no." Gojo Satoru raised a finger and made a hissing gesture, his voice light and floating, "--Next, I want to go to Tokyo Jujutsu High School."

"High school?" This was obviously an answer that Yuji Itadori had not expected.

Jiang Lai, who was listening quietly, also raised his eyebrows slightly, a little surprised: Why do you want to go to a technical college? Could it be that Wu finally figured it out and decided to return to teaching?

That's not bad, Jiang Lai thought. It means Ming Wu has almost regained his sanity. If he continues to persuade him, he can gradually return to the thinking of the original world line and leave this world.

While planning this in his mind, Jiang Lai immediately heard the next sentence of Gojo Satoru.

"I've thought it through. I missed the point before."

Gojo Satoru smiled, but his smile did not reach his eyes, so he looked a little uncertain. "I am not the type to save all living beings... The first step of giving liberation must be to the one I care about the most."

These words sounded a bit strange, and Yuji Itadori's expression showed a big question mark.

Jiang Lai's mind gradually gathered, and he keenly noticed something was wrong.

"Ah, but don't be afraid." Gojo Satoru's white eyelashes slightly raised, his six eyes deep and far-reaching, he suddenly smiled, "The freedom I give you will not be painful."

He suddenly stretched out his hand, put two fingers together and gathered the cursed power to point at Yuji Itadori's forehead.

"Enlightenment!" Jiang Lai's heart tightened.

The next second, he saw the cherry-pink-haired boy stagger twice, then lose consciousness and stumble forward.

Gojo Satoru caught it with one hand and held it on the ground.

"He's just unconscious for a while." Gojo Satoru put him down and stood up. "I'm still waiting for him to go back and tell me~"

Jiang Lai's tensed body relaxed slightly, and his eyes fell on Gojo Satoru.

The battle was over at this point, and only two people remained awake - or perhaps, Jiang Lai was the only one who was truly awake.

"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?" Gojo Satoru turned his head with a smile on his lips.

Under the gaze of those glass-like blue eyes, Jiang Lai felt a chill rising from the bottom of his heart for the first time in a long time.

——He knew that what the other party said was true, and the next target of his attack would really be the Jujutsu High School.

When Jiang Lai arrived at the battlefield, he saw that Gojo Satoru was not in a good mood.

At that time, he immediately used his daily operations and words to restore the other party's consciousness and skillfully interrupted the blackened reading.

It's just interruption, not removal.

Those suppressed grays still accumulated in Gojo Satoru's heart, making him hang on the edge of collapse.

Jiang Lai was silent for half a second, then he spoke: "...did anything happen before I arrived?"

"I met some acquaintances." Gojo Satoru replied vaguely.

An acquaintance... Could it be that the person Gojo Satoru calls him like this is Geto Suguru? !

Jiang Lai reacted immediately. It must be those guys from the regulatory commission who arranged this. In this case, they are going to further attack Liuyan!

Gojo Satoru mentioned "several", which means that there are other characters present.

The outer barrier will prevent Gojo Satoru's group from entering, so the people present are probably from the Supervisory Committee.

——For example, Yuikawa chestnut mustard.

A person who has been sealed in the real world, but whose name is quite active here.

This guy's personality is very good at messing with people's mentality. Maybe it was because he mentioned something about the technical high school that Gojo Satoru suddenly turned his attention to the technical high school.

The tool of "immortality" Xia Yujie is always the shadow of Gojo Satoru of the Crossroads Tower. If the regulatory agency uses this point and indicates that it will do the same to other people in the high school, then Gojo Satoru...

Although he is the strongest, what he can do, even if it is painful and tormenting, is to kill his relatives and friends who are marked with the unfinished mark in advance, so that they can get rid of the curse of "immortality".

The Supervisory Committee targeted the people at the high school precisely to deal with him. Gojo Satoru knew this in his heart, and it was precisely because he knew this that he felt even more miserable.

If Gojo Satoru, who becomes a curser and plans events everywhere, still has his own rational logic, then when he has to kill people close to him to give him freedom, he will go completely crazy.

Although he was not at the scene, Jiang Lai reacted very quickly and deduced everything.

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"You're helping me like this, do you know what I'm going to do next?" Gojo Satoru put his hands in his pockets and said slowly, "In your paranoia, the people at the high school are also very important."

"Will you understand what I'm going to do next, or will you stop me?"

Jiang Lai's brown eyes reflected the other person's figure. He did not reply, but asked softly:

"Are you asking me for help?"

——Gojo Satoru didn’t need to tell his plan. The strongest person who was used to taking responsibility for himself always kept secrets and solved all problems leisurely and arrogantly.

But at this moment, he not only said it, he even spoke a few more words to Jiang Lai.

Although he looked like he didn't want to listen to anything and didn't care about anything, the words "stop me" in his words were extremely clear, revealing the contradiction in the subconscious of the person in front of him.

Hearing Jiang Lai's words, Gojo Satoru raised his eyebrows: "Huh? Help?" He laughed, "What are you talking about?"

"This world has brought you too much unnecessary pain. I know this is the shadow that has been lingering in your heart."

Jiang Lai's expression was gentle. He said seriously, "What happened in the past was not your fault. All the scars have been healed, and you have never been alone - so there is no need to linger here."

"Go back and stop hurting yourself." Jiang Lai stretched out his hand, his eyes firm, "Let's go together."

"..." Gojo Satoru's eyelashes fluttered, and his eyes fell on Jiang Lai's outstretched hand.

After a second of silence, he laughed in a low voice, and the sound seemed to come from far away:

“I don’t understand.”

The white-haired man raised his face. His expression was no longer as cold and hard as before, and there were waves rising and falling in his blue eyes.

"I don't understand, I don't comprehend, I can't see."

"I am the strongest. I have six eyes that can see through everything, but I cannot tell whether this world is real or fake, nor can I tell whether you are real or fake."

"If this world is real, then why do you always shake me every time I make up my mind?"

"I can't accept one-sided statements, but I hope that what you say is true. But if what you say is true, then is it stupid for me to be trapped here? Is the pain in this world fake? Is everything I do meaningless!?"

The white-haired man smiled, but his surging emotions revealed a sense of unsettled madness.

It was rare for him to reveal himself so directly. His huge blue eyes were like an iceberg lake or a deep sea cave, swallowing up everything in sight.

“——I don’t understand.”

The strongest fluctuations of emotions and madness could even shake the cursed energy in the air. The entire ruins were pressed down half a meter by this invisible force!

Jiang Lai withstood the pressure of the curse, he lifted the book lightly, and suddenly knocked on the other person's head when the other person finished speaking.

No limit can stop the book, the hard spine hits the head unceremoniously.

Gojo Satoru's turbulent emotions were abruptly interrupted, catching him off guard and dazed for a moment.

"Okay, got it." Jiang Lai put the book away and said in a natural tone, "Please control your magic power a little. This place is already a ruin. If you exert such pressure, I will be the only one to bear it."

"..." The white-haired man paused, lowered his eyelids slightly, and finally restrained the cursed power that was leaking out in all directions.

"Before, my one-sided desire was too strong, and I didn't feel your thoughts well." Jiang Lai's eyes softened, "I'm sorry, Wu."

The sleeves of his navy blue kimono swayed, and after he put his hands together, he unfolded the vast galaxy again.

"Let's talk here. No one will interrupt us or eavesdrop on us."

The sun, moon and stars shone brightly, Jiang Lai stood among them, looking sideways and smiling softly, his voice warm and clear.

"So what are you holding on to, and what kind of ending do you want? I will work with you to achieve it."

Gojo Satoru stands in the star sea realm.

Here, he felt no threat, only a deep peace.

In the realm, the sky above is full of twinkling stars, and one point of light after another is connected together, gathering boundless hope and brilliance.

They hang in the sky, illuminating the land beneath their feet.

Gojo Satoru's blue eyes reflected the sea of ​​stars above his head. In a trance, he seemed to witness them falling one by one, with their burning tail feathers streaking across the sky, creating a vast meteor shower that attracted the world's attention.

——But he didn't want that momentary grandeur, he just wanted those stars to hang there forever.

Just like the friends and students around him.

——For a sorcerer, there is no such thing as a death without regrets. He does not want to witness the brief splendor of life burning, but only wants to laugh and joke with them for a long time, turning a moment into eternity.

Tomorrow is far away, only today is in hand. He doesn't want to wait indefinitely, he just wants to get rid of the regrets as soon as possible.

The eyes of the sky were dazzling and dazzling, twinkling with the stars. Before he knew it, Gojo Satoru had already opened his lips:

"…Not tomorrow, but today."