High-Level Schemes!

Chapter 26: High-Level Schemes! Looking at Shoko Ieiri's agitated expression,

Satoru Gojo once again began to question Ronawa's true nature.

Was she sure Ronawa was not some kind of charm Curse Spirit?

Just look at how thoroughly she had charmed Shoko Ieiri.

But when he thought of what Shoko Ieiri had gone through,

Satoru Gojo sighed again.

Fine, it was not entirely Shoko Ieiri's fault.

After all, the other sorcerers had been willing to use Shoko Ieiri as a hostage to threaten Ronawa in order to capture her.

They had genuinely come close to killing her, too.

Yet Ronawa had saved Shoko Ieiri at the critical moment, and Ronawa's warning had also spared Shoko Ieiri from punishment.

To Shoko Ieiri, the sorcerers who were supposed to be her companions had wanted her dead.

Meanwhile, the Curse Spirit who should have been her enemy had protected her.

Under those circumstances, it was hardly strange that she leaned toward Ronawa.

Although he understood, there were still things that needed to be said.

Ignoring Shoko Ieiri's crazed glare, Satoru Gojo continued, "The whole world knows that I'll be fighting Ronawa in two months."

"If Ronawa is not strong enough by then, she absolutely will not survive."

"And what do you think Ronawa will do over these two months?"

"If it were you, would you do whatever it took to become stronger so you could defeat me?"

Shoko Ieiri fell silent.

Putting herself in Ronawa's shoes, she seemed to understand the pressure Ronawa was facing right now.

After all, this man was Satoru Gojo.

The strongest sorcerer of the modern era.

One could even say he was the strongest sorcerer in nearly a thousand years.

Satoru Gojo's strength was difficult to describe with words.

It was also difficult to quantify with numbers.

Throughout history, there had been sorcerers with both the Six Eyes and the Limitless Technique.

Yet not a single one had reached Satoru Gojo's current heights.

That was Satoru Gojo.

His strength was not built upon the Six Eyes.

On the contrary, his strength had elevated the Six Eyes' reputation to an entirely new level.

Against an opponent like that, if it were Shoko Ieiri,

even she could not say for certain that she would be able to resist killing people or frantically increasing her own power.

But if it were Ronawa,

she met Satoru Gojo's eyes and said firmly, "I might kill to become stronger so I could defeat you."

"But I know Ronawa. She would never do that."

Satoru Gojo smiled.

She had guessed right.

Was that what one should expect from people living together?

"That's right. I've actually been watching her this whole time. If she had shown even the slightest desire to gain power quickly, I would have made sure she did not live to see two months from now."

"But she didn't."

Hearing the implication in Satoru Gojo's words, Shoko Ieiri's previously anxious expression calmed down.

Just as she understood Ronawa, she also understood Satoru Gojo very well.

So she quickly guessed what Satoru Gojo was planning.

She also knew that if Ronawa truly held to her bottom line and did not slaughter innocents,

Satoru Gojo would not kill her two months later.

That finally allowed Shoko Ieiri to truly breathe a sigh of relief.

And that was precisely Satoru Gojo's goal.

He had come to put Shoko Ieiri's mind at ease.

After all, a large part of why Shoko Ieiri had ended up in her current situation was because of Satoru Gojo.

Satoru Gojo bore responsibility for it.

That was why he had made a special trip here, so Shoko Ieiri would not worry too much in the detention room.

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After saying that, Satoru Gojo quietly added to Shoko Ieiri, "Just stay here and behave yourself. Don't do anything unnecessary."

"Who knows? You might still get a chance to leave someday."

If anyone else had said that, Shoko Ieiri would have taken it as mere consolation.

But this was Satoru Gojo.

After all, Satoru Gojo was famous for being willful and reckless.

If it were him, he really might be able to get her out.

Meanwhile,

inside the Tomb Star Palace not far from where Satoru Gojo and Shoko Ieiri were,

Lord Tengen was gathered with a group of Jujutsu Society higher-ups, discussing the upcoming decisive battle between Ronawa and Satoru Gojo.

"Although I admit that Satoru Gojo is indeed a monster of a child,"

"with unprecedented talent, the uniquely gifted Six Eyes, and the Gojo Clan's technique, he has reached the pinnacle of sorcerers over the past thousand years."

"Still, the opponent he faces is the myth-like Death Curse Spirit."

"Can he really win?"

A high-ranking member of the Gojo Clan could not help sighing.

Satoru Gojo had always been the pride of the Gojo Clan.

Though Satoru Gojo was rebellious and had a poor relationship with the clan,

he was still one of the Gojo Clan's banners.

Everyone in the Gojo Clan fully acknowledged Satoru Gojo's strength.

In the past, they would never have worried that Satoru Gojo might lose.

But this time, even the Gojo Clan could not help feeling concerned.

The Death Curse Spirit was simply too terrifying.

Its very existence was enough to make people shudder.

At that moment, Lord Tengen spoke as well. "Rather than doubting whether Satoru Gojo can defeat that Death Curse Spirit,"

"I think it is more likely that Satoru Gojo will spare her in the end."

"After all, you all know Satoru Gojo's personality."

When it came to being disobedient, Satoru Gojo was just as unparalleled.

He was famously impossible to control.

Ronawa and Yuta Okkotsu were the best examples.

There was no need to mention Ronawa.

Yuta Okkotsu was much the same. The higher-ups had clearly ordered Yuta Okkotsu's execution.

Yet Satoru Gojo had forcibly protected him.

With that precedent, it was difficult not to wonder whether Satoru Gojo would suddenly lose his mind during his fight with Ronawa and let Ronawa go as well.

It was not as if Satoru Gojo had never done such a thing before.

Those words drew deep agreement from the surrounding higher-ups.

Satoru Gojo was good in every way, except that he was far too disobedient and immature.

But at that moment, one of the higher-ups suddenly thought of something. "What if we make sure Ronawa and Satoru Gojo have no room left for reconciliation and become complete enemies?"

The moment those words were spoken, the surrounding higher-ups' eyes lit up.

They did not dare fight Ronawa themselves.

Even Yuki Tsukumo, a Special Grade Sorcerer, had been whipped into a spinning top by Ronawa.

But if they were asked to scheme in the shadows and stir up conflict,

there was nothing they were better at.

And because they were so skilled at it, a plan was quickly devised.

Afterward, they summoned Masamichi Yaga.

They then issued Masamichi Yaga an order.

After hearing the contents of that order, even Masamichi Yaga was stunned.

What did they mean by sending Jujutsu High students to exorcise Ronawa, the Death Curse Spirit?

Even Yuki Tsukumo, a Special Grade Sorcerer, had been whipped into a spinning top by Ronawa.

And they wanted to send a group of students?

How was that any different from sending students to their deaths?

But strangely enough, sending those students to their deaths was exactly the higher-ups' goal.

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