Looks like this Sword Mound is still worth taking my time to explore...
Muttering inwardly, Lu You looked at the man before him.
Satoru Gojo still had both hands in his pockets. He had put his blindfold back on and tilted his head, studying Lu You for a while as well.
The two stared at each other.
"You, what are you planning to do? Kill him?"
"Do I look like someone that cruel?"
Satoru Gojo fell silent, then nodded decisively.
"Ahem! I'm not going to kill him. I'm going to help him." Ignoring his response, Lu You corrected him with a perfectly serious expression.
"Tengen has lived too long. So long that he's almost forgotten who he is. Ever since the last merger with the Star Plasma Vessel failed, that trend has become even more apparent.
"Is he really still human now?
"Or is he... something closer to a cursed spirit?
"Immortality is a curse. No one is truly immortal, whether it's Kenjaku, Sukuna, or even Tengen."
Satoru Gojo nodded without arguing, but the corners of his mouth lifted, and he waved for Itadori and the others to come over.
"That's only one of your reasons, You. I'm sure you didn't come all this way over such a flimsy excuse."
"Hahaha, that's Gojo for you. That's right, what I just said was only an excuse."
Lu You laughed, his gaze turning toward the bottom of the valley, where a sprawling jumble of palaces stood.
"Tengen is the true core of the modern jujutsu system. A system that hasn't changed in a thousand years-Gojo, you should know better than I do just how rotten it's become."
His figure flickered as he headed into the valley. Satoru Gojo tugged at the lower edge of his blindfold and followed beside him with a