Chapter 200 Extra 1 (wtw perspective, catching bugs)
What kind of person is Yuuki Igarashi?
If this question was asked before Igarashi Yuuki defected, eight out of ten people would give the same answer - he is a sorcerer who doesn't look like a sorcerer, a good person, and someone who is almost a "perfect person".
A "perfect person" refers to a person with perfect moral character.
This description is actually very heavy, but when it comes to Igarashi Yuuki, few people would disagree, which shows how good his image is in other people's minds. Even the most trouble-making and dark-minded people, while laughing at "Igarashi Yuuki is a fool" in their hearts, will still honestly say "He is a reliable guy who can make everyone feel at ease."
Eight out of ten people agree, and the remaining two will disagree, one of whom is Gojo Satoru.
If you were to ask him this question, you would probably get this answer: "Yuuki is the strongest, just like me. Hmm? Why can't there be two of them? It can even be three, plus Jay. If I say it's okay, then Yuuki must think so too! Of course I know - because Yuuki and I are a lot alike."
Someone who can be ranked alongside him as the "strongest".
Someone very similar to him, a very lonely person.
One of the best friends.
In the future, we will continue to compete together to become the “strongest” person.
This is the “Igarashi Yuki” in Gojo Satoru’s eyes.
Of course, as for "loneliness", Gojo Satoru felt from the bottom of his heart that after he and Jie became friends, Igarashi Yuki automatically bid farewell to the word "loneliness" forever.
However, if you were to say "Igarashi Yuuki and Gojo Satoru are very similar" in front of other people, I'm sure everyone would laugh in disbelief: Gojo Satoru and Igarashi Yuuki, one has an extremely bad temper, and the other has an incredibly good temper. Apart from the fact that they are both very strong, what else are they similar in? It's simply impossible to find any similarities between them.
But Gojo Satoru felt this way from the bottom of his heart.
Yuuki is very similar to him.
Whether it's from the perspective of "strongest" or personality. Confidence, self-esteem, pride, reliability, aren't they exactly the same in these aspects? Sometimes Gojo Satoru even suspects that Igarashi Yuuki is his biological brother who is stranded outside? Although it's a pity that this point has been completely denied, Gojo Satoru still thinks that they are very similar.
Gojo Satoru sometimes even finds it very strange - is it possible that apart from him and Jie, no one else can see that Yuki is actually a very proud, willful and selfish person?
Everyone says, "Igarashi Yuuki has such a good temper, it's hard to imagine him getting angry one day." Gojo Satoru gets very confused and depressed every time he hears this. It's obvious that he and Yuuki have similar personalities, right? Why can everyone only see that his personality is bad, but can't detect Yuuki's true personality?
It seemed that no one noticed - although Yuki looked like he had a good temper, no one had ever really made him angry, and no one had ever completely rejected a request he made. Every time, without exception, Yuki had never failed in what he wanted to achieve.
In such circumstances, of course he never got angry or lost his temper, because there was absolutely no need to get angry or lose his temper.
Moreover, unlike what those outsiders said, no one had ever seen Igarashi Yuuki when he was angry. At least Gojo Satoru, Geto Suguru, and Ieiri Shoko had seen it. Facts have proven that people who are not usually angry can be very scary when they are really angry... It can be comparable to the destruction of the world. That time also completely strengthened their determination to "never make Yuuki angry".
And speaking of arrogance, doesn't Gojo Satoru think that Yuuki is just as arrogant as he is? That guy is even unconsciously arrogant, treating everyone in the world equally - even himself. He doesn't even realize it, isn't this also a kind of "arrogance"?
——Of course, although he didn’t discover this himself, it was Geto Suguru who told him later.
...So how do other people automatically turn a blind eye every time they see Igarashi Yuuki and praise him for having "a personality so good that he has no flaws"?
He has “six eyes”—do you know what “six eyes” means?—he will never be wrong, okay?
Those guys who can’t see clearly are the real blind and fools, okay!
Of course, every time he said this, Igarashi Yuuki would laugh at him loudly and brazenly: "Of course it's because I'm smart, but Satoru is a fool."
Gojo Satoru was very dissatisfied.
Just kidding, he is the strongest, how can he be a fool? So Igarashi Yuuki's personality is really super bad, right?
But he has never refuted the fact that "Yuuki Igarashi is very smart".
That guy's intelligence and genius are different, maybe it's because he has been living alone since a very early age, or maybe it's because he has always been "unlucky" since he was a child... In short, Igarashi Yuuki has always been the one who understands many people and things the best and can integrate them smoothly.
Or maybe it’s because he is older than Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru… In short, Gojo Satoru can actually feel that most of the time, Igarashi Yuuki is actually “tolerating” both of them.
After vaguely realizing this, Gojo Satoru actually didn't have any thoughts, but naturally pulled Geto Kagome along in front of Igarashi Yuuki to let himself go a little more - of course, in the eyes of others, it automatically became "Gojo Satoru took advantage of Igarashi Yuuki's good temper and became even worse in front of her". But Gojo Satoru certainly didn't care what others thought.
Or perhaps it was because Igarashi Yuki had always been an "ordinary person" before the age of sixteen and had no idea of the existence of the curse, so Gojo Satoru always felt that although Igarashi Yuki and Geto Suguru's ideas seemed similar, they were also different.
If Geto Suguru's philosophy is the "orthodox theory" that he both agrees with and hates, then Igarashi Yuuki's philosophy is the "biased theory" that makes him feel more novel, and he doesn't know whether it is right or wrong, but it looks dangerous at first glance, but it is very likable.
Gojo Satoru knew the difference between the two from the beginning.
Of course, he knew that Igarashi Yuuki's idea might be fine in his own eyes, but in the eyes of the old men in the world of sorcery who regarded the thousand-year-old foot binding as a family heirloom, it was a complete heresy, a "mistake" that needed to be corrected, a more serious one than his. But he did like Igarashi Yuuki's "biased theory" more - dangerous, but particularly attractive, Gojo Satoru was ready to move. After all, he was not a person who would follow the rules.
It's not like he took the other person's philosophy as his own, but Gojo Satoru was really curious: What would Yuuki do? If it were him, he would definitely completely overturn the current world of spells because of his own philosophy, right? What would he turn it into?
Gojo Satoru was very curious.
He thought, that must be a very interesting future, right? Just thinking about it makes people look forward to it. He thought - at that time, if Yuuki wants to do something, can he take him with him? He also wants to work together, no, "reform" and "innovate" together!
No, he will definitely be brought along, right? After all, he is the "strongest"? And since they look so much alike, Yuuki will definitely take the initiative to bring him along, right? As for Jay, haha, don't tell him at the end, just scare him quietly - no, just tell him, of course we should do such a fun thing together!
——Gojo Satoru never thought that there would be a day when Igarashi Yuuki would regard his ideas as "mistakes" and completely deny them. There would be a day when she would completely abandon him and Geto and leave alone.
What a joke, that was Igarashi Yuuki, the one who had always firmly walked on the path of "self", the one who had been walking with him and Jie from the beginning, how could she say "correct the mistake" and say "they parted ways"? How could it be Igarashi Yuuki?
...You must be kidding.
Igarashi Yuuki left and would never come back - Gojo Satoru was suddenly and completely certain of this one day, long after Igarashi had been gone.
His departure was too sudden - at least in Gojo Satoru's eyes, his departure was without reason, so much so that he could not accept it at first.
Or maybe there were actually hints of Igarashi Yuuki's departure long ago, but the seventeen-year-old Gojo Satoru was too confident. At that time, he was confident that all the thorns ahead were just illusions that would shatter at the slightest touch, and that the future was clear and within reach, all he had to do was take big strides forward - and he did just that.
As a result, he focused all his attention on "Hanayamain Haruna" and did not notice the differences between his two friends of the same period.
And Igarashi Yuuki did not give him any more chances. By the time he finally realized that something was wrong, the matter had already been settled.
——Former special-grade sorcerer and third-year student at Tokyo School Sorcery High School Igarashi Yuuki has been confirmed to have defected, and his danger level has been upgraded to the most dangerous level sorcerer, with the highest priority for execution.
It was also at that time that Gojo Satoru realized that even with the "Six Eyes", the "strongest", there are times when one cannot see anything.
During the days when Igarashi Yuuki was away, Gojo Satoru had been thinking about how to find him.
It was not difficult to accept Yuuki Igarashi's departure, even if I couldn't believe it at first. No matter how many things I wanted to say to him when I saw him, when he killed Haruna Hanayamain and broke up with them completely, everything could no longer be changed.
However, that guy said that things had already happened, and it was meaningless and no longer important to dwell on those reasons and meanings. Gojo Satoru absolutely disagreed with this point - Gojo Satoru just thought he was talking nonsense.
He thought that he had to find that guy.
Gojo Satoru knew, of course, that no matter what the reason was, the matter had already been settled and could not be changed, and he could not change anything - and that guy had already said "break up", wouldn't it be very embarrassing for him to want to "reconcile"? - And he also knew that they could no longer "reconcile" at all.
Igarashi Yuuki took the initiative and resolutely stood against him and Geto Suguru, stood against everyone, and became the lonely person that Gojo Satoru first saw him - and would never look back. Gojo Satoru knew this very well.
When the guy asked him to "take action", Gojo Satoru hesitated - but he finally let go, just like Geto. Although Hanayamain Haruna died in front of him, the suffocating sense of absurdity almost drowned him, but... maybe there was some hidden intuition in his mind that prevented him from "taking action".
Gojo Satoru has always been a very clear-headed and resolute person who will never hesitate or look back once he makes a decision, so he has never thought about looking back to "make up" for anything.
Jie "hates" Yuuki, while Nishiko "can't understand" and "opposes".
Maybe their reactions were correct, maybe that was the right thing to do, but Gojo Satoru actually felt nothing.
He just felt that...at least, that guy still owed him an explanation and a formal farewell.
——They even have glass! Of course he must have it too!
——So Gojo Satoru went to find Fushiguro Nori.
There is no other reason, it's just my intuition.
Besides, Yuuki got the "Amagihoko" from that guy, and he even raised Xiaohui for him for a long time, so it's normal to look for him, right?
Jay's guy seemed indifferent when he spoke, but he still came with him.
Gojo Satoru thought, he knew - Jie must have the same idea as him, right? Even Nazko did.
Facts have proved that his intuition is still as accurate as ever, and there is indeed something wrong with Fushiguro Jyouji.
——Nanako and Mimiko are actually at his place! Damn, could it be that the guy kidnapped them? Ha, he said that guy is a jerk!
In short, after all the incomprehensible discussions, the two sides reached a consensus happily. After Fushiguro Shiori called Igarashi Yuuki, Gojo Satoru reluctantly believed that the twins were temporarily entrusted to Fushiguro Shiori by Igarashi Yuuki himself, and... he learned Igarashi Yuuki's answer.
"He never regretted any of his choices."
It's infuriating, but also very... Gojo Satoru accepted it very reluctantly. That guy is such an arrogant and self-centered bastard.
...So Yuuki is very similar to him in some ways, right?
Gojo Satoru spent 1 billion to "buy" Nanako and Mimiko - although according to Fushiguro Shinobu, the price actually included the "Anetsuhoko", but the "Anetsuhoko" was in Igarashi Yuuki's hands, not in his hands, and Gojo Satoru refused to admit this. Doesn't he look like a sucker? !
Nanako and Mimiko were "bought" by him, so of course he was the one who took care of them - of course, in Gojo Satoru's words, the two sisters were actually "hostages" in his hands. But the twins were taken care of quite well, and although they were a bit naughty and rebellious at times, they grew up smoothly overall.
To be honest, I'm quite proud of Gojo Satoru.
As expected, it is not difficult to take care of children... All you need to do is play with them and sprinkle water on them. See, how can a reliable person like him be inferior to a completely unreliable guy like Fushiguro Shiji?
So if he sees Igarashi Yuuki again in the future... he must at least make that family pay off all the foster care fees for so many years!
Gojo Satoru never considered the possibility that he would never see Igarashi Yuuki again.
Even if that guy really turned into a cursed spirit, he would definitely be the strongest special-grade cursed spirit. Although he is definitely not as strong as he is now, he will definitely not die quietly.
Gojo Satoru also didn't think that the guy would be completely swallowed up by the "greedy beast" - after all, no matter what, that was still Igarashi Yuuki.
So... we will definitely meet again someday.
And there is no one in this world who cannot be found by the “strongest”...even the cursed spirits are the same!
At that time, no matter what he looked like, he would be able to recognize him.
After all, he is Gojo Satoru.
By that time, whether it is to purify Him or do something else... no matter whether the ending will be happy or not, it will always put an end to the regrets that have been delayed for so many years.
That must be the case.