Chapter 161 The Second Player

Originally, he just intended to "perform" like that to show "Igarashi Yuuki"'s regret for his "coming late". In fact, he didn't even think that Tenuchi Riko could still be alive... But Saikai Haruto never expected that the "reversal technique" would actually work suddenly - her heart started beating slightly again, one beat heavier than the other, and Tenuchi Riko was "alive" again.

Xihai Qingdou couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

He clearly felt that his heart had stopped beating...but he was actually saved? How could he be saved? How could he be saved? ?

What kind of medical miracle is this... No, it's a magic miracle?!

Xi Haiqing Dou was greatly shocked.

[Because she didn't really die, she was just dying...that's why she's alive now.]

The system explained it to him in his mind.

[Oh...] Xi Haiqing Dou replied sullenly: [I have seen such a situation before.]

After all, he had used the alias "Yuen Chiaki" and the identity of "Cointreau" to "shoot the targets in the head" many times, including his old partner Gin and the traitor "student" Akai Shuichi... This skill is almost like a "compulsory course" for them as snipers. Generally, such situations are assumed to be death and there is no hope. Saikai Haruto has never encountered such a situation before, where a bullet went through the brain and he could still survive.

...So the reversal of the spell was so weird that it caused a magic miracle, right?!

Xihai Qingdou thought firmly.

Of course, according to the "scientific" basis, there is still a chance that Amanouchi Riko will survive. He silently calculated - from the time Fushiguro Shiori shot Amanouchi Riko in the head and brought her out of the Hoshigami Palace, to the time he met him here after leaving the Jujutsu High School, and the time the two of them fought... all in all, it would not take more than half an hour.

Of course, this is the most conservative estimate. Under the most optimistic scenario, this time can probably be compressed to... ten minutes at the shortest.

Especially for characters like them - whether it's Fushiguro Shinobu, Gojo Satoru, Geto Suguru, or "Igarashi Yuuki", the fights that may appear in the comics for as much as one or two chapters may only take a few dozen seconds or a few minutes at most in reality.

With Fushiguro Shigeru's speed, it would only take him less than two or three minutes to get from the Jujutsu High School to the foot of the mountain.

Humans are creatures that are sometimes very fragile and sometimes very strong. Even if the brain is pierced and the heart stops beating, there is still a chance of survival if the person is rescued in a timely and appropriate manner within a short period of time.

The "reversal technique" is still very effective in treating others... Especially since Tenuchi Riko was shot in the head with one bullet, and there were no other extra wounds on her body, and no part of her body was missing. The bullet that passed through her brain also passed through the other side of the brain and did not remain inside the brain... These are all reasons that ensure that the "reversal technique" works and that allowed Tenuchi Riko to "come back from death."

Of course, although she is alive, probably because Tenuchi Riko fainted soon after being hit by the bullet, she is still not awake now.

So Xihai Qingdou felt... more relieved.

So what comes next should be... the "struggle for consciousness" between "Igarashi Yuuki" and "Greedy Bitch".

After all, when he still retains his sanity and the "enemy" seems to have been defeated, he feels that the greedy cursed spirit "Greedy Beast" consciously wants to eat people, but as "Igarashi Yuuki", he does not want to eat people, so he wants to separate from the Greedy Beast again and occupy his own body again with "his own" consciousness. This should be easy to understand, right?

——Although, in reality, whether it is "The Greedy Beast" or "Igarashi Yuuki", they are all his own consciousness, so the essence is that he is just performing a "beating himself" show.

He stretched out his hands - his arms now looked the least human part except for his face. From the elbows downwards, the entire forearm was covered with bluish-black color, covered with large oval-shaped scales with fine patterns on the surface. The same was true for his hands. The fingers and nails became thinner and thicker, becoming like claws but not claws, like hands but not hands.

The hands were originally placed lightly on Riko Amauchi's cheeks, as if they were afraid to completely touch her. After using the "reversal technique" on her, they were now raised again and clenched in mid-air.

He retreated two or three steps, bent his waist and half-knelt on the ground, raised his head and let out a long roar towards the sky as if venting a painful groan - the voice was only two or three points similar to the original voice of "Igarashi Yuki", it did not sound like a human voice, but more like the howl of a beast.

The bright peridot green that was faintly visible in his eyes disappeared again, and the aura around him became violent and unstable again.

It looks like this guy's situation has become very unstable...

Should I leave or stay?

Countless complicated thoughts flashed through Fushiguro Shiji's mind in an instant.

If it were in the past, he would have given up cleanly and simply chosen to run away - Tenuchi Riko was dead, and although he probably couldn't bring the body back, it didn't mean that his mission was unfulfilled. Fighting with this guy in front of him, who he didn't know if he could still call "Igarashi Yuuki", without any reward at all would be a loss-making deal... but he never made any loss-making deals.

If I choose to run away, now is definitely the best time - the person in front of me is obviously in an abnormal state, and with his ability and past experience, it is definitely not difficult for him to leave alone.

But...if I just leave like this, I'll feel a little bit reluctant...

But before he could make up his mind, a new figure unexpectedly appeared on the battlefield, as if attracted by the voice of "Igarashi Yuuki" -

"Long time no see."

Gojo Satoru suddenly appeared, his head and body covered in blood and with a wild smile on his face. His black technical secondary school uniform was torn in half, revealing the white shirt underneath, which was stained with large patches of blood. The marks on it made it easy to see how badly he had been injured before.

All the wounds on his body were inflicted by Fushiguro Shigeki, one by one. No one knew better than him how serious his injuries were.

But at this time... it was not difficult for Fushiguro Shige to see that Gojo Satoru's physical condition had improved greatly, far better than before.

“…Is this true?”

He couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise.

"I didn't expect you haven't left the technical college yet... That makes things easier."

Gojo Goman's face was filled with madness. Having survived a near-death experience, he now looked more like a villain than a villain. He looked like a demon that had crawled out of hell: "I am... doing very well now!"[1]

As if to vent all his overly excited emotions, Gojo Satoru began to explain to Fushiguro Shinji how he had suddenly realized the "reversal technique" when he was on the verge of death. Before today, he had never understood the countless explanations given by Ieiri Shoko and Igarashi Yuuki. It was not until today when Fushiguro Shinji stabbed his throat with a sword that he finally realized the essence of the reversal technique in a mysterious and dangerous way. [1]

This is why he is now able to appear here again intact.

...It's so noisy.

Chattering, mumbling, babbling...

It sounded like a familiar voice was talking nonstop, but in his current state, he had no idea what he was saying. It was like a cloud or mist that kept floating into his mind.

One consciousness was conveying to him the emotions of "joy" and "closeness", and the other consciousness was conveying to him the emotions of "greed", "desire" and "resistance". The two were intertwined together, and coupled with those words that seemed to penetrate his ears, which were absolutely incomprehensible to his currently chaotic and uncontrollable consciousness, his already chaotic and uncontrollable consciousness became even more chaotic - and manic.

Soon, all the chaotic thoughts receded like the tide, and now He only had two thoughts left.

Wanted to—fight him. Wanted—to make that guy—shut up.

He acted as soon as he felt his heart beat. He stood up slightly, swaying slightly. His eyes filled with black stared at the back of Gojo Satoru in front of him, and then he just rushed over!

"Huh? So you guys are still fighting among yourselves?"

Fushiguro Shigeki, who was still angry that Gojo Satoru could "come back to life" and started fighting with Gojo Satoru again, couldn't help but sneer.

"Forget it, that's it. Thank you, Igarashi Yuuki - such an interesting thing... I won't stay to watch you kill each other."

...It's the wrong timing, it's his bad luck, let them fight it out - he'll go first as a sign of respect!

——He was obsessed with something, but he wasn't a moron. One-on-one was fine, but one-on-two was clear that he wouldn't get any advantage. Why didn't he run away but stayed? Was he going to be beaten by two people?

He likes excitement, but he is not tired of living and wants to commit suicide.

Reason suddenly returned to his brain, and Fushiguro Shige, who was still weighing the pros and cons, immediately stopped hesitating and made the decision to run away!

Being suddenly ambushed by "Igarashi Yuuki" in broad daylight, Gojo Satoru had no time to care about Fushiguro who was running away. However, his reaction was equally fast. He quickly jumped up and dodged several times, and then reversed the technique that he had often used but failed before and fired "He" at him!

For some reason, Igarashi Yuuki, who could have avoided it, didn't do it even though she tried to do so. Her body was carried backwards by the unknown red shock wave and flew hundreds of meters along the way. Countless trees were smashed to pieces, raising clouds of dust and frightened birds in the distance.

Until the force on His feet finally stopped and the dust dissipated, the figure of "Igarashi Yuuki" finally emerged - without a single trace of injury.

——The terrifying impact of "He" did not cause any harm to Him.

With one shot without any damage, Gojo Satoru floated into the air and looked down at the person standing on the ground - "Igarashi Yuki" who he had just deliberately ignored.

From the appearance, except for the face that can be vaguely seen as "Igarashi Yuki" under the blue-black lines, there is no similarity between him and "Igarashi Yuki" at all.

Bluish-black lines covered His face, neck, chest, and back. Only the black trousers on the lower half of His body remained. The muscles on His naked upper body were visibly bulging. Starting from the elbows, bluish-black scales completely covered His forearms and hands. His ten fingers also became more curved and slender, and the black nails became longer - they looked more like the claws of an eagle than human hands.

And on that face - the originally soft black short hair blew up, the face was covered with dark blue lines, the black pupils and the corners of the eyes were particularly upturned, the sunny baby face that originally looked well-behaved and reassuring now had a bit more evil, the eyes were chaotic and clear, and the temperament seemed very different from before... In short, he didn't look like a good person at all, and looked like an evil villain.

——Of course, although Gojo Satoru seems to have not changed much, his expression and momentum seem to be no less than before.

However, even in this body that looks particularly evil and mentally ill, even through the "Six Eyes" it is impossible to see through the human soul... But Gojo Satoru seems to be able to see the two souls hidden in this body, fused and entangled in pain.

Although he couldn't tell, Gojo Satoru was certain that it was the soul of his good friend, Igarashi Yuuki.

"Ah...long time no see, Yuuki."

His expression remained unchanged. He greeted Him calmly and with a smile: "Are you okay? You look really ugly like this."

"Igarashi Yuuki" who was standing on the ground bent his back slightly. He did not answer, but raised his head, his eyes fixed on Gojo Satoru who was floating in the air.

His expression was similar to blank calmness, but within those black pupils, a flash of pain and struggle passed by, and in the blink of an eye, it was replaced by straightforward and undisguised, even "pure" greed and excitement, and there was still a little confusion.

The two "people" looked at each other. They should have been best friends with the best understanding of each other, but now they looked like strangers - no, they looked more like enemies who were opposed to each other.

Gojo Satoru didn't wait for "Igarashi Yuuki" to answer, but he didn't take it as an offense. He continued to smile and said, "Sorry... Yuuki."

I'm really... so sorry, Yuuki.

He did not feel any anger at Tennai's death. Seeing him in such obvious pain, with his mind wandering and completely merged with the cursed spirit, he was not shocked or worried at all. He did not want to try to sober him up with words - and he did not hate anyone.

After he regained consciousness from Fushiguro Shige's sword, he felt that the world had completely changed into a completely new one, which made him feel extremely happy. He was the only one who was supreme in the world. [2]

"Will this wake you up?"

A flash of madness that couldn't be calmer flashed across his blue eyes that were as clear as the sky and as bright as ice and snow. Gojo Satoru smiled and raised his hand, aiming at "Igarashi Yuuki" and launching a new technique -

"Hypothesis, "茈". "