Chapter 236: Two-faced Lai (bushi)

Jiang Lai had thought before that when the time was right, he could use his fingers and his common enemy, Brain, to reach a deal with Ryomen Sukuna and form a united front with that gang.

And now, it's time to talk to Sukuna.

Jiang Lai intends to reach a relatively reasonable binding agreement with Ryomen Sukuna through negotiation and carry out temporary cooperation.

Then, they can secretly give the finger to Sukuna to let him replenish his strength. Then, under the pretext of death penalty, they can use the separation curse to separate Sukuna and Yuji Itadori into two.

——Whether the power is complete or not, and whether Sukuna Yuji is separated or not, is something that outsiders cannot see.

After this, Gojo Satoru could hide Yuji Itadori in the basement of his private residence again.

In this way, the illusion can be created that the two Sukuna have occupied Yuji Itadori's body, which is consistent with the situation of the "Positive and Negative" tower that Brainflower originally envisioned.

By the way, even if Ryoumen Sukuna and Yuji Itadori separate, it doesn’t mean that Yuji Itadori will become an ordinary person.

Gojo Satoru had mentioned this before. As a container, Yuji Itadori's body would gradually engrave the memory of Sukuna's art through the time gate. In addition, Yuji Itadori himself is the [Good Side of Death], and can perfectly receive the other half's cursed power.

In other words, after the separation, Yuji Itadori will still have cursed power, and he may be able to master Sukuna's techniques, perform cursed blade attacks, and even expand his domain.

Jiang Lai slowly told Gojo Satoru the above idea in a concise and logical manner.

"Oh, that sounds good. I think it's feasible." Gojo Satoru was positive about this, and he put one hand on his chin. "It just so happens that I just had a conflict with the top management not long ago. It's normal not to execute the death penalty for a while - we have plenty of time to negotiate with Sukuna."

Gojo Satoru never wanted to execute Yuji Itadori, but he could disobey orders from his superiors but could not refuse the request of his students.

For this reason, the senior executives who knew this first approached Yuji Itadori, and they planned to let Yuji Itadori request the death penalty himself.

Now, they can use this to make up the subsequent plot.

During the negotiation with Sukuna, Gojo Satoru could pretend to have a heart-to-heart talk with Itadori Yuji, thus delaying the progress.

And when they finished negotiating with Sukuna, the plot progressed to "Under the insistence of Yuji Itadori, Gojo Satoru finally relented and agreed to fulfill the students' wish and carry out the death penalty."

"The audience for this performance are the top management and the regulatory committee." Jiang Lai sorted out the situation and then asked, "So as for the others...should we tell them the truth or keep it a secret for now?"

"The [Separation] cursed tool is probably with Ena right now," Gojo Satoru thought. "Then they should be able to guess it and can't hide it. Besides, I've already tricked them once before, so they probably won't believe it even if I hide it."

"They are growing very fast. Now I feel I can trust the students." While wearing the little sheep vest, Jiang Lai was in close contact with the Fu Hu Ding trio.

He saw that the three Fu Hu Zhi had grown at a rapid pace since they had guessed the enemy behind the scenes and recovered their memories from a thousand years ago. They had grown not only in their spell skills, but also in their psychological maturity.

Jiang Lai believed that even if they knew the truth, they would be able to cooperate with the performance and cover it up.

"Okay~" Gojo Satoru said cheerfully, "But I think we can hold off on informing them. Just in case, let's wait until we finish negotiating with the Sukuna family."

"Of course." Jiang Lai nodded. "It won't be too late to tell me when I'm ready to get the curse tools on the day of the execution."

"Oh~ I wonder if I can see the students crying - I think it's quite interesting. I must take some photos with my phone. After the final battle, I will print them out and post them in the school~"

"…Hey, Wu, stop your bad taste." Jiang Lai put his hand on his forehead and reminded him, "Besides, don't you think it's unreasonable for you to happily take your phone and take pictures everywhere on the day when the student was executed? After all, this is a drama about life and death, so act a little more serious."

"No, no, no, actually, considering my personality, if there really comes a day of execution, I think - on the surface I will still be the same as usual."

Gojo Satoru looked far away. The sound seemed to be floating from the canyon.

"I would chat with the students with a smile on my face. Of course, they would stare at me with red eyes, but I knew that the sadness and anger in their eyes were not directed at me - the sadness was directed at Yuji, and the anger was directed at the upper management and Sukuna."

"Then in the spell room, I will tease the tied-up Yuujin a few times and chat about the interesting things that have happened since we met."

"His son is a very good kid. He always agrees with me no matter what I say. You never know if we'll even laugh out loud. The execution room is filled with a joyful atmosphere."

"Of course, in the end, I think we will all be silent."

"After the silence, I will ask Yuujin what he thinks. If Yuujin regrets and doesn't want to die, as the best teacher, I will break the restraints on the spot and take him out of the talisman room in glory, and I don't care how those rotten oranges jump up and down~"

"But... I know that with Hisahito's personality, he will choose to die calmly. The last thing he will say is definitely something like "thank you, teacher."

"—and this is the end."

Gojo Satoru spoke these words in his normal voice, his eyelashes slightly drooped, and his face showed no unnecessary emotions.

The air was still. Outside the window, fog had risen at some point, obscuring the moonlight and the bamboo branches beside the window.

"..." Jiang Lai was silent for a moment, then raised his hand and gently placed it on Gojo Satoru's arm, "None of these will really happen. They are just part of the script."

Jiang Lai's voice was very steady and his expression was serious.

"I know." Gojo Satoru raised his beautiful blue eyes slightly, raised the corners of his lips, and drew out the ending, "We have done so much, if we still have to go to that ending, I won't do it."

Jiang Lai also laughed: "Yeah. Our final scene must be everyone happily gathered at a table in a high-end restaurant, determined to eat and empty your wallet."

"Hehe, come on if you're capable of taking advantage of me. The two things I lack the most are strength and money, which I can never use up—"

"…Although it's true, I got really angry for no reason."

"I can't help it. Who made me an invincible and perfect spicy teacher~~"

The atmosphere in the room returned to normal. Jiang Lai and Gojo Satoru agreed to finally confirm the list of people who knew about the fake death scenario.

Needless to say, Kagome Ken and Ieiri Naoko have always been insiders of all the information. They have experienced the second round of restart together and have complete memories, so they have always been insiders.

Then there is the special grade cursed spirit expansion phase.

In order to prevent this brother-con from doing anything out of line, Jiang Lai decided to let him know as well.

Yusei is Yuji Itadori's "brother". If he knew the truth in advance, he could protect Yuji secretly. By the way, Yusei is a very reliable elder brother. After knowing the truth, he can cooperate with the perfect performance.

After that, it was Megumi Fushiguro and No Rose Kugizaki.

In fact, they don't have to tell them directly. I believe they can figure out the truth from the glimpse of the [Separation] spell.

Finally, there is Otsukotsu Kyouta.

Otsutsuki was considered half an insider. Although he had not experienced it personally, he knew a lot.

The fake death scenario this time was told to Otsutsuki Yuta in advance, and Otsutsuki would then help control the surroundings to prevent the higher-ups or other supervisors sent by the regulatory committee from discovering the truth.

After finalizing the list of people who knew about the plan, Gojo Satoru turned his head and looked at Jiang Lai: "How are you going to proceed with the negotiation with Sukuna this time?"

"The safest way is to connect through dreams." Jiang Lai nodded and said, "Just like we connected with Tenuchi Riko, I can also connect with Yuji Itadori's spiritual world - or, in other words, Ryoumen Sukuna's living realm."

"Do you need me to join you?" Gojo Satoru raised his eyebrows. "Or do you plan to continue to perform your amnesia script?"

"Our script is mainly for the regulatory authorities to watch and make them relax their vigilance. It's no longer necessary for Sukuna to do so now." Jiang Lai said in a light tone, "We have deceived him for so long, now is the time to have a proper negotiation, so stop pretending to have amnesia."

I don’t know why, but Ryoumen Sukuna’s emoticons always appear in Jiang Lai’s mind.

(Sukuna extends his index finger: You are trying to deceive me again, pretending to have amnesia, this is not going to end, right!)

Jiang Lai: I've had enough fun. I won't pretend anymore. You stinky little brother, I'm your brother again——

"Then I'll go with you." Gojo Satoru agreed happily, "The two of us can bully him alone, it's a good match. I remember grudges, even those from thousands of years ago."

"How can this be called bullying? We came to negotiate with him with full sincerity." Jiang Lai said seriously, "After all, there is one finger on your side and one on my side. Logically, we should both come to negotiate together."

Gojo Satoru gave a thumbs up, paused, and then said, "What are your plans for Yuuji? Do you want to meet him?"

He said, "His Highness wrote you many, many letters. I guess he probably missed you very much."

When it comes to Yuji Itadori, Jiang Lai fell silent again.

He exhaled lightly, his eyes falling on the candle flame: "...I have always remembered it in my heart."

Yuji Itadori is a good brother who always touches the heart in a gentle way.

"Under the previous circumstances, it was inconvenient for us to recognize each other. But now, since I have started negotiations with Sukuna, I think I can also be honest with Hisahito." Jiang Lai pursed his lips and smiled.

Then, he analyzed, "Sukuna, who was just looking for fun, would have maliciously dragged Hisahito into the realm of life at that time to see how I would explain this deception and concealment."

"…But I think, at that time, I won't say much."

Jiang Lai slowed down his tone, his brown eyes were warm and bright, containing expectation and tenderness like the wind.

"I will give Yuhito a hug and tell him I'm sorry. Also, thank you for all the hard work and I miss him too."