Chapter 1070: Like Being Stabbed in the Heart
Of course, it was great that he didn't have to die.
Moreover, the time bomb inside his body had been completely eliminated.
But could he really return to his old life?
Itadori Yuji looked at his hands. His grandfather's final words still echoed in his ears.
He possessed a power that no one else had, so he couldn't simply die an ordinary death in a hospital bed. He should die spectacularly, in full view of everyone.
So, should he go back?
He had already thought through the answer long ago.
"I don't want to go back," Itadori Yuji said. "No matter what, now that I know curses exist and that I have this kind of ability, I have to do something."
That was his answer.
"Even if you have to pay with your life?" The corners of Gojo Satoru's lips curved slightly upward.
"That's right. Even if I have to pay with my life!" Itadori Yuji replied firmly.
"With those words, I understand." Gojo Satoru stood up from the bed and walked over to Itadori Yuji.
"Itadori Yuji, I can more or less guess what those so-called higher-ups will want to do after learning about this. They'll think, since you can destroy two of Ryomen Sukuna's fingers, then perhaps you can destroy more fingers as well."
Hearing that, Itadori Yuji's eyes widened.
He understood the meaning behind those words.
"So they'll make me swallow two more of Ryomen Sukuna's fingers?" Itadori Yuji exclaimed.
"That's right, exactly." Gojo Satoru shrugged. "To those people, your life doesn't matter at all. What matters is whether the threat posed by Ryomen Sukuna can be resolved. Now that it's been confirmed you can withstand the parasitism of at least two fingers, in other words, whether they let