Chapter 233 Gojo Jiufengyuan and [Pros and Cons]

Gojo Jiufengyuan also noticed where Jiang Lai's gaze was, and in fact, he had no intention of hiding it.

Jiu Feng Yuan, whose long hair was tied up with a jade hairpin, smiled and said, "This is incense used for worship."

Jiang Lai paused, then asked, "Come to worship at this time?"

"I always come here at this time. On this day every year, at this time." Gojo Hisafuin said, "Unfortunately, the time of the family meeting draw coincides with this day."

"So I had to find other excuses to leave the meeting temporarily - but I think they didn't mind my absence, after all, I didn't speak at the meeting."

Jiang Lai raised his eyebrows slightly: "You just told me directly about the secret meeting?"

"What's the problem? You won't tell them anyway." Gojo Hisafuin smiled, "In fact, you are here now, which is also an illegal entry without an invitation in advance. We are the same."

Jiang Lai remained calm and did not respond at all.

He originally thought that Gojo Kyufuin would ask himself one more question, "Why are you here at this time?"

However, Gojo Hisakazuin did not say much. He just smiled and nodded in response, then walked forward steadily, passing Jiang Lai's position and heading towards the inner hall of the shrine.

"..." Jiang Lai stood there for a few seconds, thinking, and finally took a step forward to catch up.

This encounter outside the shrine was an unexpected meeting for Jiang Lai and Gojo Kyufuin. So Jiang Lai judged that these were not traps set by Kyufuin.

In addition, Jiang Lai had already sensed from his brief stop that there was no danger lurking in this shrine, so he decided to go in and see for himself the tablets that Gojo Kyufuin was going to worship.

Gojo Jiufengyuan noticed Jiang Lai's figure. He did not hide his intention, but took the initiative to stop, turned around and said with a smile: "Want to join us?"

Jiang Lai naturally took over and asked, "Who are you here to worship? Your ancestor Sugawara no Michizane, or other family heads of the past generations?"

In fact, Jiang Lai knew in his heart that neither of these two estimates was true. But he still asked and raised the topic.

As expected, Gojo Hisafuin gave a negative answer: "I'm not very interested in the history of the Gojo family." He replied very directly.

Such words would be impossible for the smooth-talking Gojo Jiufengyuan to say in the family. However, when facing Jiang Lai who was outside the family, he became much more natural.

Jiang Lai noticed that Gojo Jiufengyuan, whom he met tonight, did not seem to be beating around the bush in his responses, and his words were very simple and straightforward.

Gojo Kyufuin walked to the inner hall of the shrine with skillful movements. In the memorial tablets, wooden tablets of successive family heads and some elders were placed in order from high to low. The materials and patterns of the wooden tablets varied according to their status.

He did not stop at any of the wooden signs, but walked straight inward to the position next to the main altar.

There are some wooden plaques beside the main altar, but these are very simple. Compared with the exquisitely crafted wooden plaques in the middle, these are more like foils.

Jiang Lai's gaze followed this and he was a little surprised.

As if he could guess what Jiang Lai was thinking, Gojo Kyufuin explained naturally: "The main altar can only be used to place the heads of the family and the chief elders. The ones next to it are used to place other people in the family."

"Those who have made great contributions to the Gojo family also have the opportunity to enjoy the shrine's sacrifices. However, because of their background, they can only enjoy a simple tablet here at most."

This is a very feudal family, Jiang Lai thought. People are divided into different classes according to their origins and rituals.

However, he still didn't quite understand the purpose of Gojo Kyufuin bringing Xiang here.

Is this also part of his image in the family? He sets up a stick of incense for those who have contributed to the family and come from poor backgrounds, to show his generosity and kindness, and thus gain more trust and support.

Guessing this, Jiang Lai watched Gojo Jiufengyuan's actions.

The man with the jade hairpin in his hair lit the incense in his hand in an elegant and smooth manner. He held it in both hands and bent his waist slightly - but he did not insert the incense into the large incense burner in front of him. Instead, he placed the incense at the opening in front of one of the wooden plaques.

Jiang Lai was slightly startled, his eyes moved to the wooden sign, and he saw the name engraved on it: [Gojo Hisafumi]

This name is very similar to Gojo Hisafunein, except for one word missing... Is this a coincidence or something else? This is too weird.

After offering incense to the temple, Gojo Hisafumi was not in a hurry to leave. His narrow, light blue eyes stared calmly at the wooden sign, with a smile still on the corner of his lips.

He said slowly, "As the third elder, I am responsible for ancient books, archives, and shrine-related work in the family. This is also part of my jurisdiction."

These words seemed a bit confusing at first. But Jiang Lai took a second to understand the other party's implication: "So, did you put this wooden sign in there yourself?"

"Yes, that's it." Gojo Hisafuin had no intention of hiding it, he admitted it readily.

Jiang Lai's eyes fell on the wooden sign again. He looked at the name on it, paused, and said, "Is this the sign you gave yourself?"

"In a sense, it's both me and no." Gojo Hisakazu replied.

These words sounded somewhat contradictory. Jiang Lai turned his head and waited for the other party to continue speaking.

"You came to the Gojo family this time to see me, right?" Gojo Hisafuin said with a smile. His guess was very accurate. "I guess you came because of Yuji Itadori's matter."

The decision to execute Yuji Itadori was most likely made by the supervisory board. Gojo Kyufuin was an important member of the supervisory board, so he was naturally aware of this.

Jiang Lai did not answer "yes" to Jiu Feng Yuan's question. He just asked, "So?"

It was night, and the shrine was filled with flickering candles. These candles were small, practical instruments that would light up automatically at night.

The light of the candle flickered in Gojo Hisafuin's light blue eyes. He said, "I think you might know about the Four Sides Guard Tower. But it doesn't matter if you don't know. You can think of this as a special setting."

Jiang Lai certainly knew about the four defense towers. In fact, he not only knew about them, but he had already dismantled three of them. But of course he would not reveal this.

Then, he raised his warm brown eyes and stared at Jiufengyuan without revealing any emotion, as if she was listening to his explanation.

"I was once the bearer of the Tower of Positive and Negative, one of the four defensive towers."

Gojo Jiufengyuan's next words decisively confirmed Jiang Lai's previous guess.

...Sure enough! Jiang Lai thought. His previous guess was correct! This guy is indeed the previous carrier.

"As the name suggests, if the conditions for its construction are to be met, there must be two, one positive and one negative," said Gojo Kyufuin. "Yuji Itadori is the modern bearer of the Tower of Positive and Negative. He is the positive, and the Sukuna in his body is the negative, thus meeting the conditions."

Hearing this, Jiang Lai had some vague guesses in his mind.

Since Gojo Kyukazein was able to fulfill the rules of the Tower of Positive and Negative, then... could it be that Gojo Kyukazein had once been a container for some cursed spirit?

"I have never been a vessel." Gojo Hisafuin said in a calm voice, smiling, "It's just that I am a special person. The soul in my body split into two."

Two souls? Jiang Lai was slightly startled.

"Or to put it another way, you can think of it as a situation similar to having a dual personality." Gojo Hisahito curled his lips, "There is a [good child] and a [bad child] in my body - of course, now there is only one left."

Jiang Lai didn't ask which one was left behind.

"Soul splitting is a rare occurrence." Gojo Hisafuin raised his hand slightly. His left hand unconsciously rested on his right hand and gently stroked the scar. "I have come into contact with a [Separation] cursed tool before."

Jiang Lai's gaze shifted to the scar, and the previously unsolved mystery of the scar now seemed to have an answer.

"Two souls coexist in one body. Although they are both parts of me, it is very troublesome for them to have the opposite thinking of [good child] and [bad child] coexist at the same time." Gojo Hisafuin's narrow light blue eyes slightly curved, "Do you know how to solve this problem?"

Jiang Lai did not answer because he could see that Gojo Jiufengyuan was asking and answering his own questions.

"Logically, the cause of this phenomenon is the [Separation] curse tool, so using the corresponding [Unification] curse tool again will solve it." Gojo Kukaein's voice was as gentle as jade, "But why do we need [Unification]? If we can get rid of the other part, I think it's not a bad thing."

But can a person who has removed a part of his soul still be considered a complete self? People are supposed to be complex individuals.

Jiang Lai's thoughts flowed, but he said nothing.

However, Gojo Kyufuin's decision was very consistent with his personality. An extremely selfish person would certainly try to eliminate the part of his mind that was not beneficial to himself.

"It is very difficult to distinguish the two souls in one body, but this is the effect of the Tower of Positive and Negative." Gojo Kyufuin said slowly, "It can distinguish and replace, although it can only be used once."

"When receiving death damage, the [Positive and Negative] Tower will protect the other side that is not in the body. If the positive side dies, the negative side will take control of the body. And vice versa."

“This will eliminate one of them.”

After hearing this, Jiang Lai finally understood why the top leaders wanted to execute Yuji Itadori!

According to the original concept of the container, the host will die when the container dies. This is also the reason why the top leaders sentenced Yuji Itadori to death in the first place - in order to eliminate Ryomen Sukuna.

However, because of the Tower of Positive and Negative, this container rule was broken.

This is exactly part of the Supervisory Commission's brainstorming plan. He wants to use the effect of the [Positive and Negative] Tower to kill Yuji Itadori's soul and allow Ryomen Sukuna to completely gain the initiative in his body.

Even though this would harm one of the four tower guards, Brain Flower obviously didn't care about this loss. After weighing the pros and cons, he pursued the maximum benefit.

At the moment of the decisive battle, releasing two Sukuna to disrupt the situation is the most appropriate choice.