GOJO CH 186 (Patreon)

(AN: This chapter will have some heavy spoilers about Jujutsu for anime watchers.)

“....Gojo….”

Someone was calling him.

“...Gojo…”

He could feel a voice coming from afar.

“Wake up! Satoru Gojo!”

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His eyes opened wide.

‘Where am I?’

“You are finally awake, Satoru.”

Gojo looked at his surroundings, confusion evident in his eyes.

“Wha…What happened?”

“It seems like your fight was more taxing than we thought.”

Satoru looked up at the source of the voice, it was a young man in his teen, wearing a black school uniform with golden buttons. His mind was still hazy, but one name appeared in his mind.

“Suguru…”

Suguru Geto. His best friend. Someone he thought he could always give his back to with no problem.

But…This wasn’t right.

“You are alive?”

Suguru scowled and lightly tapped Gojo on the head,

“I thought you completely healed the hole Toji made in your head. I guess even the great Gojo isn’t perfect.”

Gojo gave a hollow laugh while he focused on his current state.

He was bloody, from head to toe, blood was covering his entire body.

At the same time, Suguru words, reminded him of someone.

Toji. Toji Fushiguro. A powerful man who, despite having no cursed energy was given a god-like body. It was the result of the Heavenly Restriction. A rare condition.

Gojo had previously underestimated him and nearly paid for it with his life. Using a moment of inattention after he became too tired to properly use his Rokugan, Toji used his assassination skills and sneaked up to Gojo before stabbing his head with the Ama no Sakahoko [1]



It was a Special Grade cursed tool that had the power to nullify Cursed Technique. A very powerful tool as it was able to nullify even his Limitless.

‘I remember I destroyed it later.’

After all, how could he leave one of his only weaknesses to continue to exist?

He remembered. He slowly began to remember.

His mind was filled with images as he realized where and when he was. The last memory he had was dying after fighting Sukuna.

‘Then, did I go back to the past?’

As incredible as it seemed, this seemed to be the only way possible.

“What…What about the girl?”

The reasons the two of them were here.

The reason he fought against Toji to the death.

All of this was tied to one fact.

They had for mission to protect someone.

The star Plasma Vessel—Riko Amanai.

The vessel of this generation was supposed to fuse with Tengen. But the Star Religious Group, a group of fanatics who did not wish for the fusion to happen, had put a bounty on her head and Gojo had been forced to protect her for days without any sleep from the different assassins.

From what Gojo remembered, this was the greatest failure of his life. The very reason that began the fall of his friend toward Darkness.

But the answer Suguru gave broke all his worries,

“I managed to save her.”

Suguru answered with a smile and made a V with his fingers, causing Gojo to open his eyes wide in surprise.

—-

What followed was like a dream. Not only was Suguru able to save Riko, but Tengen also announced that he had evolved past the point of needing to fuse with a human. Thanks to this, Riko was allowed to live a normal life.

Since Suguru did not witness the death of Riko, he did not begin to develop a hatred for the non-sorcerers and as such did not become a criminal.

A few years, Gojo took away Yuta from the execution ground. Since Suguru was not a criminal in this timeline, <<The night of Hundred demons>>  did not happen.

It took much more time for Yuta to accept Rika, the Queen of Curse but also his childhood friend. But eventually, he released her and Rika was able to pass on happily.

The most important was that Gojo did not have to kill Suguru in this timeline.

Gojo adopted Megumi much faster and protected his sister from the slumbering curse.

He was able to stop Yuji from eating Sukuna’s finger and as such the boy was never implicated in the Jujutsu world.

Since he acted faster, the Shibuya accident never happened and he never end up being sealed.

Mai did not die and Maki did not end up massacring her entire family. With his support, Megumi was also able to become the leader of the Zenin clan pretty easily.

The culling game was stopped from the start and with the help of the Angel, Gojo was able to completely erase Sukuna after finding all the fingers.

Finally…Kenjaku…The cause of so much suffering was destroyed and erased for good with no chance to come back to life.

His life was happy.

Success after success, with no failure. Gojo managed to save all those he wished to save and protected all those he wanted to protect.

The enemies of the jujutsu world were erased and the with Sukuna's death, the rate of accident caused by curses fell to nearly 0.

Of course, life wasn’t without problems. But those problems had nothing to do with curses.

Jujutsu sorcerers didn’t have to die for no reason anymore. The old bastardS of the council lost their power and Gojo replaced them with young people he had carefully raised.

Slowly, cursed energy and jujutsu sorcerers became normal humans.

They grew old and in peace, they lived, some married, some stayed alone, but they were all happy.

In the end, the only one was alive was Gojo. He had lived for more than hundred years but his life was waning and he could feel the call of death.

Laying down on his bed, his chest rising feebly. Gojo thought back to his life.

It was a happy life.

He never married but he did have children.

He had no worry in life. Enough money to live in luxury and a great influence. Even after his death, his children would be happy as well.

It was indeed a happy life.

Now all he had to do was die.

Die and join his friends.

He just had to close his eyes and die.

But…No matter how long he waited, death did not come.

“Hah…This was a great life.”

“But you know it’s a lie.”

Despite the ravage of time, Gojo was still an handsome man, his wrinkled face moved as he smiled at the voice he did not hear for a long time,

“Why did you stay silent all this time?”

“I knew very well that you were never fully immersed in that illusion.”

A bitter smile formed on his face, “I realized that Ignorance can indeed be a form of bliss. Had I stayed ignorant, I would have died happy.”

“But you are not ignorant.”

“Indeed…I am not.”

Gojo stood up from his bed, his body slowly rejuvenating until he was back to looking like he was in his twenties.

“This was a beautiful dream.”

*Crack*

He looked around him. The world was now filled with cracks.

“But a dream should stay a dream.”

The cracks grew in length and number.

“It’s time to face reality.”

Bam!!

Like a mirror, the world of illusions exploded.