Isekai Adventure in the Dimensional Cube-Chapter 1411 - 992: Are You Going First, or Should I? (2)
"Originally, it was me who first encountered Sukuna, so I should go first."
"He obviously wants to kill me more, so wouldn’t it be better if I just went up now?"
"You’ve already fought him several times, I’ve only fought him once, and that was when he was at his weakest."
"Why didn’t you finish him off then? Now I have to clean up the aftermath."
"At that time, he was using Yuji’s body, killing him would be like killing Yuji, wouldn’t it?"
"He’s using Fushiguro’s body now, killing him would be like killing Fushiguro, surely you still can’t do it."
"You’re underestimating me too much, aren’t you? This time I’ll definitely go all out!"
"Then I’ll go. I don’t need to use all my strength, you save your energy for the others."
"That would be too boring. I’m your teacher, you should give way to me."
"Aren’t you embarrassed to say that? Normally, shouldn’t teachers give way to students?"
"...How about rock-paper-scissors?"
"...Alright."
So after a noisy exchange, the two of them actually started playing rock-paper-scissors right in front of everyone.
""Scissors! Rock! Paper!""
""Scissors! Rock! Paper!""
""Scissors! Rock! Paper!""
One began to perceive the transparent world, the other opened his six eyes, and thus they started playing rock-paper-scissors.
During that brief second of throwing, the two used their observation skills to spy on each other’s intentions multiple times, changing their hands numerous times mid-way, resulting in them always throwing the same hand.
To determine a winner, they had to play rock-paper-scissors repeatedly, shouting each time, leaving only the sound of their rock-paper-scissors shouting, while everyone else was left speechless watching the scene, unable to react.
"...If they’re not going, I’ll go first."
Standing by, Kashimo Hajime couldn’t help but say these words.
He had also come to face Ryomensukuna.
"I advise you not to."
Standing beside Kashimo Hajime, Hakari Kinji simply said.
He feared that if Kashimo Hajime went up, he would be killed.
Killed by Reiger and Gojo Satoru.
"You dare... dare to...!"
Li Mei clenched his fists, trembling all over, as if he had suffered enormous humiliation, fuming with anger.
In fact, the actions of Reiger and Gojo Satoru, to any onlooker, were nothing short of an insult.
To think that the mighty Curse King, the strongest mage for a thousand years, would suffer such treatment...
For Li Mei, who was loyal to Sukuna, and had witnessed the master’s prestige and terror, and how much awe and fear he commanded, this was absolutely intolerable.
Finally, Li Mei exploded first.
"[Ice Frost Spell]!"
With an angry shout filled with wrath, a frozen wind whipped up like a snowstorm, forming an icy blast towards Reiger and Gojo Satoru.
Where the ice storm passed, whether ground or atmosphere, it was frozen instantly, turning into ice.
Li Mei’s technique froze things at a terrifying speed, and in the blink of an eye, everything within nearly a hundred meters turned to ice.
Faced with this absolute zero freeze, ordinary people wouldn’t have time to react, losing consciousness, and becoming ice sculptures.
Unfortunately, he picked the wrong opponents.
"Boom!"
When the frozen wind, forming into an ice storm, thundered towards Reiger and Gojo Satoru, neither needed to move. Under the effect of [Infinity Curse Technique], the freezing wind that could turn the entire battlefield into a snowy landscape automatically split, like waves crashing against a reef, unable to touch the two, only freezing glaciers around them.
Reiger and Gojo Satoru’s actions stopped there, simultaneously turning their heads to look at Li Mei, the cold within making Li Mei’s anger be replaced by a sense of impending death.
"Swish!"
The next second, Li Mei’s body was uncontrollably drawn and flew towards Gojo Satoru.
"Boom!"
Before Li Mei could react, from Reiger’s direction came a forceful repulsion, crashing heavily onto him.
"Splat!" "Splat!" "Splat!"...
Under the simultaneous forces of gravity and repulsion, Li Mei felt as if two invisible forces were squeezing him, causing his entire body to be slightly flattened, leading to ruptured skin and body splattering with blood, almost dying on the spot.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh...!"
A suppressed howl sounded, becoming the trumpet that heralded the fierce battle, prompting everyone to take action instantly.
"Swish!"
Knot, occupying Itadori Yuji’s body, suddenly flashed away toward the distance.
He fled without a fight.
But Okkotsu Yuta and the others were already prepared.
"So that was the plan?"
They knew why Knot wanted to do this.
The ultimate goal was to execute the ultimate curse energy optimization plan, assimilating all humanity with Tengen. If that goal could be achieved, there was no need to stay and battle Reiger and the others.
And now, there was only one final step left before his plan could be fully realized.
It’s to lift the barriers of the ten Destruction Revisits, allowing the curse energy within the barriers to be unleashed.
For this reason, he came with Sukuna to ensure that Reiger and Gojo Satoru, the two formidable foes, had both focused on Ryomensukuna, allowing him to leave without hesitation.
During the period Reiger and Gojo Satoru were being held up by Sukuna, he intended to hunt down the Poets participating in Destruction Revisit.
Once all the Poets were slaughtered, Destruction Revisit couldn’t continue even if desired.
Therefore, on his way over here, Knot added a new rule to Destruction Revisit using the points he accumulated.
That new rule allowed the consumption of points to cancel certain Poets’ participation in Destruction Revisit, kicking them out of the game.
Knot bestowed these quotas entirely on Reiger and company, kicking Reiger, Okkotsu Yuta, Tsukumo Yuki, Kashimo Hajime, Hakari Kinji, Angel, and others out of Destruction Revisit, stripping them of their Poet status.
Then, through the Curse Mage headquarters already infiltrated by him, he influenced the nation and major curse mage families, ordering or dispatching personnel to guard the major barriers to prevent further participation in Destruction Revisit.
In this way, as long as the remaining less troublesome Poets are all eliminated, Destruction Revisit would end, and the barriers would be lifted one by one.
At that time, Knot’s purpose would be achieved.
Once Okkotsu Yuta and the others learned they’d lost their participation rights in Destruction Revisit and were no longer Poets, they roughly guessed their adversary’s intent.
Seeing Knot turn and leave without hesitation, they naturally wouldn’t stand by idly.
"Rikka!"
At this juncture, Okkotsu Yuta directly summoned Rikka and fled onto her palm.
"Let’s chase!"
"Got it! Yuta!"
Amidst Okkotsu Yuta’s shout and Rikka’s piercing scream, Rikka’s massive body leaped, quickly flying snake-like toward the direction Knot headed.
"We probably can’t interfere here, let’s chase together!"
"Fully agree!"
"Bonito flakes!"
Zenin Maki, Panda, and Inumaki Toge saw Okkotsu Yuta chase after Knot, and they immediately followed suit.
At the sight, Tsukumo Yuki, not fully assured, scanned the scene, promptly judging that her absence here wouldn’t affect the outcome, and also chased after them.
Of course, someone wouldn’t be willing to watch them run away.
"Domain Expansion."
The figure exuding the most sinister presence, who had been standing still, finally moved.
He formed the Tan Tu Seal, his eyes gleaming red, his low voice like a devil’s whisper reverberated, inducing everyone’s pupils to contract abruptly.
"[Kuchisake Curse Kitchen]."
Ryomensukuna coldly unleashed his domain.
"Think again!"
Having the Six Eyes, Gojo Satoru detected Sukuna’s curse energy fluctuation before he could act, abandoning Reiger at the fastest speed and expanded a domain.
"[Limitless Void]!"
The pitch-black barrier rose, fusing with the encroaching blood-red.
The battle was about to erupt.
