Chapter 200
As expected, the news that Gojo Satoru had decided to study at the Tokyo Jujutsu High School once again infuriated the elders of the Gojo family.
But just as they couldn't stop Gojo Satoru from sneaking out of the house to play whenever he wanted, they couldn't make him retract his decision either, so they could only accept it reluctantly.
Unlike the younger generation who would tremble at the slightest reprimand, Gojo Satoru, despite being around the same age, could completely disregard their words and was so willful that no one in the entire family could persuade him otherwise!
Even if you wanted to use force to restrain him, it wouldn't work. No one in the entire Gojo family could beat him!
I'm so worried, I'm losing my hair from worry.
While Gojo Tatsuo was still sulking late into the night, Gojo Satoru was already happily packing his bags.
Yay! I'm about to leave the Gojo family and go to school in Tokyo!
Living alone in an apartment must be very interesting, at least much more interesting than those people from the Gojo family who look down on him the moment they meet him, right?
As Gojo Satoru was packing his backpack, he glanced up and spotted the beautiful phoenix standing on the back of a chair, intently looking in his direction.
Gojo Satoru suddenly let out a barely perceptible low chuckle.
"...?"
Kazuma Hatake tilted his head in confusion and slowly typed a question mark.
"Oh dear," Gojo Satoru said, covering his mouth with a serious expression, "I just suddenly thought of a name that I think would suit you very well..."
Kazuma Hatake: "Hmm?"
Gojo Satoru: "Ahem... Hedwig."
Kazuma Hatake: "..."
If Hajime Hajime were truly human at this moment, his eyes would have already narrowed dangerously. "That's a snowy owl, and a female at that."
"What does it have to do with anything—"
"...It's a very important matter."
Wu's mind works so fast sometimes, how did he even make that connection?
Kazuma Hatori was speechless, but as Satoru Gojo zipped up his backpack, slung it over his shoulder, and reached out to him, Kazuma instinctively spread his wings and flew onto Gojo's forearm, gently hooking his claws to steady himself.
After Satoru rubbed his head against him with a smile, Kazuma Hatori hid in the other's shadow again, watching Satoru flung open the door and stride out into the sunlight, looking refreshed.
So spirited, so full of youthful vigor.
Gojo Satoru is looking forward to his upcoming college life, while Hato Kazuma doesn't want to see him fall into the dust alone again, still worrying about his safety.
He has also decided what he will do next.
Gojo Satoru's enrollment procedures did not go smoothly. Not only did the Gojo family object, but even Yogami Masamichi, who was in charge of teaching the first year, was puzzled as to why he would give up his family's elite education and insist on coming to a vocational high school.
Fortunately, these setbacks were not major problems for Gojo Satoru, who insisted on attending the vocational college.
Ichi's existence was also well concealed. Even though the Night Moth Path keenly sensed that he carried a rather strong aura of curse, it was mistakenly attributed to the special characteristics brought about by [Six Eyes] + [No Limits].
After all, there is only one [Six-Eyed] in this world, and no one can be certain that [Six-Eyed] is any particular type of being.
However, Kazuma Hatori did not go to the classroom with Satoru Gojo; instead, he went to the Ryousei Shrine alone.
Kazuma Hatori was very self-aware—if he saw Natsume's face, he couldn't guarantee he wouldn't fall into a more uncontrollable destructive consciousness than if he saw Fushiguro.
Moreover, he did indeed have something to discuss with Tianyuan.
Just before Gojo Satoru was about to part with Kazuma for the second time since his birth, he seemed to sense something, and even his eyebrows furrowed slightly, revealing an unusual sense of anxiety and unease.
"Will you come back, Kazuma?"
Gojo Satoru knew that Kazuma was definitely hiding something from him and was planning to do something, but he respected Kazuma's choice and did not question or stop him. He simply asked the other person to confirm, as if seeking reassurance that would put his mind at ease.
“Yes, I will,” Kazuma Hatake replied.
"...I always feel like you're lying to me." After hearing the affirmative answer, Gojo Satoru's brow furrowed even more. "But I also believe you're telling the truth."
His words were a bit rambling, which made Kazuma Hatori chuckle. He then deliberately landed back on Ryogo's shoulder and gently pressed his forehead against his.
"I assure you, Enlightenment."
This was a gesture representing a promise between them, with Kazuma Hatori also making a guarantee to Satoru Gojo at this moment.
"No matter how much time passes, I will always come back to you."
"We will not be separated, not even in death."
………
The main hall of the Hōsei Palace.
Tengen seemed to have already been certain that Hagoromo Kazuma would come a second time, and deliberately left the remnants of his cursed power in front of the only correct door.
"Have you thought it through?"
Upon seeing Kazuma Hato, Tengen gave him a confident, expectant smile.
"Um."
Kazuma Hatori hovered in front of Tengen, his long crest of feathers extending from the top of his head moving without wind, and countless golden fragments, like extinguished and reignited sparks, constantly appearing and disappearing in the air.
“After I got back, I thought about it carefully about how to achieve the result you mentioned.”
"Once you've made up your mind, you can't go back on it."
Tianyuan stood still, and the smile on his face, which no longer resembled a human's, deepened.
"I won't regret it."
Those long, narrow eyes, interwoven with gold and red, shimmering with iridescent light, stared at him, as if the eyes of gods and Buddhas were closed in compassion for the suffering of all living beings, yet also as if a non-human beast was about to follow its cruel and ruthless survival instincts.
"In order to master the barrier that covers the entire land, and to gain knowledge related to barrier techniques, I must assimilate with you, Tengen."
"Since you have already begun to evolve ahead of schedule, it means that life forms other than astral bodies can also assimilate with you, including me."
“But I cannot lose my own will; I must take complete control—and now, as a Super-Class Cursed Spirit, I can achieve this goal.”
"I will devour you, Tianyuan."
Inside the empty main hall of the Ryusei-no-Miya, only Kazuma Hatori's voice calmly echoed and overlapped, until it transformed into a cold and resolute decision based on unwavering conviction.
This is why he has come to the Palace of Death again today, and he will not leave empty-handed.
Because it is also a "history" destined to happen in the ouroboros cycle.
If what Tianyuan says is true, and he possesses all his memories because he is unaffected by the [One True Dharma Realm], then it means that he is actually—
He possessed the memories of being assimilated with him, becoming "another self".
"sure."
This time, Tianyuan truly laughed.
He readily agreed to Kazuma Hatake's decision without questioning it or showing any sign of being offended.
“But I must remind you of something,” Tianyuan added, “even with my active cooperation, with the power you currently possess, it will take you much, much longer than you imagine, to devour me without losing your self-awareness.”
After a moment of contemplation, Kazuma Hatake spoke in a cold voice.
"I remember that besides the cursed objects that were put away as [amulets for protection], there were also some cursed objects that were difficult to deal with stored in the treasury, right?"
If his power is not enough, then he should consume the cursed items still stored in the forbidden storehouse.
The fact that "a cursed spirit can increase its cursed power by consuming cursed objects" is common knowledge known to all sorcerers.
After saying this, Kazuma Hatori looked at Tengen again and said, "You're ready."
"Of course, everything happened exactly as I remember it."
Tengen gestured for Hatori Kazuma to follow, and the place they were about to go to, besides the forbidden store of Tokyo Jujutsu Academy, was the extremely secret Hida Reiyama Purification Realm.
It is a winding mountain range located in Honshu. Although it is remote and sparsely populated, it has always been known as "Little Kyoto" and is loved by tourists.
However, the place that Kazuma Hagoromo and Tengen were going to was even deeper than the boundaries that tourists could reach, until they arrived at the core of the barrier deep in the stalactite cave formed by the continuous erosion of the glacier, where water droplets were constantly dripping from the cone-shaped stone pillars onto the water's surface.
What was displayed before them was the Buddha incarnate that had been formed after the original body of Tianyuan passed away a thousand years ago—a truly top-tier incantation object.
"Eating [Ryomen Sukuna's Fingers] carries the risk of being counter-suppressed, but apart from [Nine Phases Diagram], there's nothing else in the Jikuli that can help you. Even if you eat it all, it won't be as good as this."
Tianyuan crossed his arms and looked at his past self from a thousand years ago, his eyes revealing a hint of nostalgia.
"Let's proceed at your pace from now on, Kazuma."
When he saw the phoenix grow to an enormous size as it spread its wings and swallow the incarnate Buddha whole, Tianyuan closed his eyes completely, and his body gradually disintegrated.
"I look forward to... the new world you will eventually create."
Only Kazuma Hatori remained, curled up on the ground, as if reborn, completely enveloped by boiling flames in his slumber.
Once the process of partial assimilation and partial absorption is complete, he will absorb all the knowledge that Tianyuan has accumulated over the past thousand years, and will also inherit the other party's identity to become the new "Tianyuan".
But Kazuma Hatori had been asleep for far too long, so long that his subconscious mind, in order not to worry Satoru Gojo, actively erased the part of Gojo Gojo's memory of him.
His own consciousness, however, was completely plunged into the chaotic darkness, like a tengu tearing the moon apart bit by bit, trying to take all of this enormous, dark tide-like power for its own use—only a sliver of his consciousness remained, maintaining Kazuma Hato's instincts, and was only swayed by Gojo Satoru's emotions.
As for Kazuma Hatake's birth domain, it seemed like an invisible breeze that had been blowing for several years, gradually extending outwards without leaving a trace along with the barrier that Tengen had laid out for a thousand years. It quietly merged with every blade of grass, every flower, and every fruit that already existed in this world, becoming one with it.
Everything arises from the mind, and everything is created by the mind.
So, while 28-year-old Gojo Satoru was still busy with his missions during the New Year period, only able to look out the car window for a moment during the brief intervals when the moon rose, and had no time to even notice the loneliness rising in his heart, the phoenix that captured this emotion was still asleep, but it let out a light and shallow breath, splashing out a small cluster of white flames.
This small cluster of white flames did not vanish in an instant, but instead carried a portion of the energy that Kazuma Hatori had stripped away, like a shooting star slowly streaking across the sky, landing in Kyoto at the beginning of the new year.
It will transform into the body of a young man wearing a patterned haori hakama, and the Nine Phases Diagram that was previously devoured will grant him the complete [Crimson Blood Manipulation Technique].
However, the consciousness that awakened within this body was not the original body of Kazuma Hatake, who was still asleep.
He was only responsible for providing the container and environment; the one who actually used it was the high school student from the real world, Kazuma Hato.
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