Chapter 182 Domain Combination

"…Not tomorrow, but today."

The white-haired man's blue eyes were far ahead, and there was great power in his six eyes.

As Gojo Satoru muttered, the entire sea of ​​stars in the domain glowed with brilliant light, the long river of time surged and flowed, and the outermost boundary seemed to extend infinitely into the distance.

Jiang Lai felt the surge of power in his own domain and was slightly startled. He was somewhat surprised to see such an enhanced effect.

At this time in the world of the Forked Path Tower, is the further strengthening of the power of his own domain due to the strong will in Gojo Satoru's subconscious mind, or is there some other reason?

Now is not the time to delve into the matter, so Jiang Lai keeps this question in mind for the time being.

Jiang Lai's sight also fell on the front. This area had now exceeded the scope of Kyoto, and the beautiful boundary extended to the farther distance.

At this point Jiang Lai already knew that if he wanted to pull Gojo Satoru out of Zhuang Shengxiao's dream, he could not ignore everything he had experienced in this fork in the tower.

The root of pain comes from the shadows lurking deep in the heart. The Tower of Crossroads is a mischievous funhouse mirror that exaggerates and distorts those gray areas.

The black-haired young man turned his head, the corner of his navy blue clothes swaying slightly, and asked, following up on the previous topic, "Do you want to go back to the technical college next?"

"..." Gojo Satoru did not reply immediately. The sudden outburst of emotions just now seemed to have exhausted his spirit. At this moment, he looked a little listless, like a sick big white cat on a rainy day.

However, after two seconds, he opened his lips and said, "I want to go to the technical high school." Gojo Satoru glanced at the person beside him with his deep blue eyes, "What do you want?"

"I said I came to find you and solve the problem with you, so of course I will be by your side." Jiang Lai said in a gentle voice, "Go back and take a look. Xiaozi hasn't seen you for a long time."

When the name of his former classmate was mentioned, Gojo Satoru's lowered hand twitched slightly, but on the surface he still looked nonchalant:

"If we go back, we will inevitably run into each other. There is nothing we can do about it."

"Even if we can't meet by chance, we should go and see old friends." Jiang Lai smiled, "Ms. Jiali still remembers you. The last time I went to the high school, I heard her conversation with Otsutsuki - she said you are all idiots."

If this were true, Gojo Satoru would definitely exaggerate when hearing this:

"Hey! Who's the idiot? It can't be me, the super handsome guy. It must be Jay, right, Glass?"

Then make a few jokes.

But here, Gojo Satoru only raised his eyelids slightly when he heard this, and said casually: "Maybe. The strongest is no more than this."

"Don't let anything hold you back. Even the title of 'The Strongest' can't hold you back." Jiang Lai patted the other person's shoulder. "Ms. Jiali's 'idiot' doesn't refer to all sorts of messy things. She's only talking about the two of you."

Jiang Lai repeated, "She said that everyone around her could help share the burden, but she insisted on shouldering it all by herself until the burden crushed her - isn't that stupid?"

"Nose would also say something like that." Gojo Satoru chuckled.

“I was like that before.”

Jiang Lai's words changed slightly here, and his eyes softened as he recalled the past. "I used to be used to carrying things alone, but later someone taught me to [stand together through thick and thin]... In fact, traveling together can make friends feel more at ease than standing alone."

His experience in the world of science has brought him a lot, and even now, after traveling across the world, it is still helping him inadvertently.

At this point, Jiang Lai raised his lips and half-jokingly said, "Come to think of it, when you were in college, you would drag the people around you to take the blame, why don't you do that now?"

After hearing this, Gojo Satoru said:

"Hey, hey, when I was in junior college, I was always the one who took the blame. Occasionally, only occasionally would Raje and Nozomi take the blame together. Anyway, they wouldn't really blame me anyway. At that time, Principal Yemo was chasing me every day."

When talking about his past at technical high school, Gojo Satoru's expression brightened for a moment, but he quickly came back to his senses, and when he remembered the current shaky and divisive situation, he fell silent again.

Jiang Lai kept a close eye on Gojo Satoru's expression, and when he was silent, he naturally spoke up:

"As you said, they won't really blame you no matter what. I think you know it in your heart, but you just can't let yourself go."

"You are not to blame for everything that happened," Jiang Lai said. "You don't have to point your emotions at yourself. You should point them at your enemies."

Gojo Satoru looked at Jiang Lai with his deep blue eyes, and after a moment, he suddenly smiled: "Are you comforting me?"

He stood up straight. "Okay, I've calmed down a bit. But there's no point in talking about the past now. The past won't change."

Jiang Lai turned his head, thought for a second or two, and said seriously: "So you want to change the past and do it again?"

Gojo Satoru raised his pure white eyelashes.

"If you want, of course you can." The man in the navy blue kimono in front of him frowned, "Do you remember the stories I told you? I have the ability to reverse time and space and restart everything."

The words came out very naturally: "——I am [Clock]."

These words inexplicably made Gojo Satoru's heart palpitate, and a similar voice seemed to flash in the depths of his mind.

He stared at the person in front of him with his blue eyes, and the black-haired young man's smiling expression did not change at all.

The conflicting feeling of familiarity and strangeness once again came to his mind. Gojo Satoru was speechless for a moment.

Jiang Lai waited quietly, his heart very calm.

At this time, the clock in his heart has not been fully repaired, and he is not sure whether turning the clock in this fork in the tower will affect his real self.

But he wasn't worried.

Because Jiang Lai knew that [one more time] was not the point at which Gojo Satoru's heart knot would be resolved.

He confided in this way, and his words overlapped with the scene of that year, in order to bring the topic and atmosphere here, so as to trigger more memories and further realize what he really wanted to do.

He blinked his brown eyes gently and met the blue eyes beside him.

Gojo Satoru stared at Jiang Lai and said slowly: "What will it cost you to reverse time and space? You didn't tell me in those stories."

When Jiang Lai recounted the past events with Gojo Satoru, he only carefully chose what to tell.

Those sad and gray experiences were gently revealed, and Jiang Lai just said that they would meet again at the next Christmas after the world restarted.

He did not mention the falling of meteor showers, the breaking of the heart clock, the silence of the [existence] godhead, and the endless waiting.

At this moment, hearing Gojo Satoru's words, Jiang Lai felt as if he had returned to the day of the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons - at that time, Satoru was also staring at him and asked about the price first.

Jiang Lai's eyebrows relaxed and he said softly, "It won't be a big price to pay. It's just a temporary separation. See you tomorrow."

[See you tomorrow] sounds so cheerful, as if we can meet again at the next turn.

But Gojo Satoru's expression did not relax. He still stared at Jiang Lai with his blue eyes, and his eyes were filled with complicated emotions that he himself did not know why.

After a brief eye contact, the white-haired man looked away and responded instinctively: "No."

Just as he murmured under the starry sky, "No tomorrow, only today", Gojo Satoru stubbornly insisted on this point at this time.

"But don't you still want to change the past?" Jiang Lai asked, "If you only want this moment, how can you change the past?"

Gojo Satoru fell into a hesitant silence. He was the one who wanted to change the past, but he was also the one who didn't want to start over.

At the same time, confused thoughts flooded into his mind again, and countless blurry images flashed before Gojo Satoru's eyes.

Has such a conversation, such a choice, such a change ever happened before?

He did want to change the past, but he didn't want to just rely on the power of people around him to "do it again."

Jiang Lai's eyes were warm, and he continued to ask: "Is it really 'No tomorrow, only today' that you are thinking in your heart?"

Gojo Satoru opened his lips slightly. He wanted to confirm or deny, but he felt that neither answer could fully reveal himself.

The sun, moon, and stars in the vast realm shone without stopping for a moment. The brilliant light enveloped Kyoto.

In that instant in the starry sky, Gojo Satoru suddenly realized that it was not that he did not want tomorrow, but he was afraid of losing the present.

He hopes to change the past, preserve the present, and grasp the future.

Maybe this sounds a little greedy, but as the strongest, why can't I be a little greedy?

"Yesterday, today, and tomorrow," Gojo Satoru's clear blue eyes gradually focused, shining with an irresistible brilliance, "I want to have them all."

"If there is a price to pay for reversing time and space, let me get rid of that price." His eyelashes fluttered, and his voice changed from its usual light smile to a firm tone that could not be changed by the vicissitudes of life. "Or I can bear it together with you."

"I've never been a bystander." Gojo Satoru said with a slight rise in his voice, "You're the one who said that - let me stand by your side."

The white-haired man's eyes were clear, and his mighty curse power was no longer displayed at will. Instead, it was gathered and transformed into a more solid force.

The brilliance of the starry sea realm became more and more brilliant, with black and white waves surging and circling around the outermost edge. The spontaneous wind made the hem of Jiang Lai's navy blue kimono sway gently.

This was the second time that the domain power had risen, and Jiang Lai could feel it.

At this moment, he already had some vague guesses in his heart.

The upgrade of his own realm did not originate from the subconscious of Gojo Satoru in the Forked Path Tower, but it was indeed related to the other party.

Jiang Lai sensed that his domain did not reject Gojo Satoru's cursed power because he was familiar with and trusted him, just as the other party believed in him deep in his heart.

Therefore, the cursed power that Gojo Satoru releases steadily can affect his own domain.

Normally, the cursed energy in the domain would be repelled, but one's own domain was extremely tolerant and turned the power into a positive influence.

Is it because of [existence]?

Jiang Lai's thoughts were working quickly, half by intuition and half by speculation. He felt like he had found some new way.

[Existence] belongs to nature, blends into everything and encompasses everything.

So if the other party has enough tacit understanding and mutual trust with oneself, can we perform some kind of field combination to coordinate the magic power?

It was daytime outside, and there were stars in the domain. Jiang Lai stood still, his brown eyes flickering with light, and said, "In that case, how about trying to open the domains at the same time?"

"What?" Gojo Satoru tilted his head slightly.

"No one has tried this before, and there is no theoretical conception, but we can be the first pioneers together." Jiang Lai smiled and boldly suggested, "How about trying a field combination?"