bookcurios Chapter 189 Choice
Chapter 189 Choice
After dealing with Saburo Noguchi, I took the gymnasium map and entered through the main entrance.
When we were fighting with Ryomen Sukuna, Rimei was also there. Even earlier, we had fought against each other in the previous world.
Therefore, I have seen the residual power of his curse.
In the corridor connecting the entrance to the basketball hall on the east side of the stadium, there are blatant marks almost everywhere, including on the ground, walls, glass windows, and door handles, which is almost like a deliberate attempt to point out, or provoke.
——I'm here, come and catch me.
But why?
He had been hiding for so long, he could have continued to lurk and wait for the opportunity.
But he came here openly to die?
The road came to an end and a tightly closed door appeared in front of me.
This is located on the easternmost side of the gymnasium, and there are no windows facing the outside in the corridor.
Since the power was cut off, it was pitch black inside even during the day. Of course - this had no effect on the Six Eyes.
A biting cold is approaching. The further you go in, the more you can feel the icy chill, as if you are sinking into the depths of the Arctic Ocean.
I reached out and broke the door open from the outside, revealing a gap that was exactly one person tall.
The ground and walls were covered with a thick layer of ice and snow. In the huge open space, there were hundreds of people standing like sculptures.
From the soles of the feet to the top of the neck, there is a layer of crystal ice, which reflects the sunlight and shines with silver light.
Falling down, trembling, running, clenching fists, shouting, crying, wailing... expressions of fear and terror, but no sound coming out.
This group of people are distributed in various corners in different postures, just like the lifelike ice sculptures exhibited in the park in winter.
Above their heads stood hundreds of hill-like ice cones, densely packed and like sharp spikes, pointing directly at each person's skull.
Once it falls, it can kill them all in almost three seconds.
Hearing the noise at the door, they moved the only organ in their bodies that could move - their pupils - towards me, and stared at me silently, intently, and pleadingly.
Almost in an instant, I recalled that dream.
The thing that "allegedly" swallowed Ryomen Sukuna's finger and expanded rapidly, and was about to evolve into a special-grade cursed spirit, was not here at all.
The white-haired magician stood in the middle of the crowd, looking at me expressionlessly.
"Nice to meet you again," he said.
"Are these all your hostages?" I looked at the people behind me and asked, "So what do you want?"
"I don't want anything." He formed seals with his hands and condensed three more ice cones at his fingertips, attacking me directly.
After being blocked by Wu Xixian, he condensed more than a dozen and continued to attack.
"Why do you only defend and not fight back?"
A sneer formed on the corner of his mouth. "Because you also know that once I lose the support of my magic power, these ice cones will directly pierce their skulls."
"Brains exploded, blood splattered, and hundreds of lives withered before you."
He tiptoed and stepped on a man's head before jumping onto the basketball hoop. He looked down at me with disdain and said, "They call you [The Strongest]."
"But in my opinion, a timid person like you is not qualified to be compared with Lord Sukuna."
I:"........"
I don’t know if it’s because I’m just a humble and weak office worker.
Or, having experienced a few years of beatings in society, this level of verbal attacks and the fight for the title of "strongest" made me want to laugh.
But Li Mei was extremely serious.
He looked contemptuous and arrogant towards me, but when he mentioned Ryomen Sukuna, he was fanatical and respectful, almost to the point of being humble like a servant.
"Do you think that's funny?" He was obviously irritated by me and raised his hand and hit one of them on the head.
I also stretched out my hand and quickly countered the energy in his hand, pushing the man away from Limei.
"I don't deserve to be the strongest. You are the strongest, okay?" I shrugged and said seriously, "Now, let these people go."
The longer the time goes on, the greater the danger to their lives will be.
In mild cases, amputation is required, and in severe cases, death is caused on the spot.
"Do you think it's possible?" Li Mei said sarcastically.
"Okay." I finally lost all my patience. "You've gone through so much trouble and twists and turns. I guess you're not just tired of living and want to find a group of ordinary people to be buried with you, right?"
"......." Li Mei said, "So what."
"Forget about it." I said calmly, "Based on your status, I guess your purpose is to delay my return journey by risking your own life."
"And you wanted to take advantage of the fact that Gojo Satoru was sealed and my strength was less than half, to attack Yuji and summon Ryoumen Sukuna again."
Looking at Li Mei's cold expression, it's hard to tell whether she has any emotions at all, but this is probably what they planned.
"Let me ask you something simple," I said. "How long will it take you to complete this so-called "plan"?"
He pursed his lips and said nothing.
"Half an hour? An hour? Two?" He blinked his eyelashes slightly.
"That looks like two."
I said, understandingly, "If I hadn't seen your purpose clearly, I would have to stay longer than two hours to deal with this matter."
"You were probably hoping that the idiot at the gate would help you extend your time a little longer, right?" I pointed in the direction of the gymnasium entrance.
He didn't speak.
"It seems you don't know that these people are the most unreliable."
I said sarcastically, "Even if they hate me to death and want to tear me to pieces, they will surrender immediately if they are threatened."
I sneered again, "They are a group of people who know how to adapt to the situation, right? Super typical."
"Even though you already know my target." He started the spell, and the Ice Condensation Spell: Frost Nagi rushed towards me. He said, "But you can't just ignore these people, right?"
"Indeed." I admitted frankly, "There are more than a hundred people here, and there are another three or four hundred outside. If we fight you here, it is likely that many people will die."
My psychological defenses are not strong enough to allow me to watch so many innocent people die in front of me in the blink of an eye.
He said I wasn't a strong man, and he was right.
"But no matter how strong their vitality is, they can only last for 20 minutes at most if they are frozen in the ice and rapidly lose temperature," I analyzed. "So you don't have many chips in your hand to begin with."
Li Mei: “….”
The reason he's doing this now is probably because Yuji can swallow 13 fingers and still maintain control of his body.
Rimei, a fanatical fan of Sukuna, is worried that Yuji will eventually completely dominate Sukuna's power. With no other choice but to make a desperate attempt?
Since this is the last fight, he will definitely use all his strength.
Thinking of this, I suddenly said, "Since you know I care about these people's lives, I will give you two choices now."
I held up a finger and said, "Or, wait twenty minutes, until they are all dead, I will kill you, and then rush back immediately to crush your conspiracy."
Then, he stretched out a second finger and said, "Or, if you let them all go now, I will make a bond with you that you will not leave Sendai before 8 o'clock in the evening."
"It's up to you to decide how to choose."
Li Mei: "........You don't care about your students anymore?"
"I think even you, plus the power of those bastards behind you, are not enough to hurt them." I said arrogantly, "Believe it or not."
"You're so arrogant, Gojo Kiri." Rimei naturally didn't believe it.
He laughed coldly, "Well, then, let's do as you say. But you have to make a bond with everyone here. No one is allowed to leave Sendai before eight o'clock at night."
Wow, this little thing is quite smart.
Knowing that it was a bond between me and everyone here, I couldn't get rid of it by killing him.
"Okay." I smiled. "It's settled."