A Bizarre Adventure That Begins in Jujutsu Kaisen

Gojo Satoru slowly removed the black eye patch, revealing a pair of heavenly eyes that shone with an inhuman magnificence under the sunlight refracted through the clouds.

As if the act of "removing the blindfold" itself was a self-suggestion to "get serious," his usual nonchalance disappeared, replaced by a calm, focused, and serious expression.

"Arrogant?" Gojo Satoru repeated the word. "Many people say that about me, and I really don't know how to refute you right now."

"Gojo Satoru, I'll confirm again." Theo's tone was completely flat. "Even though Xia Youjie's hands are stained with the blood of over a hundred non-magicians, you're still willing to welcome his return, is that right?"

"...Yes. I learned about what happened in that village later."

The people he kills, I can kill too—and if I were to do it, I probably wouldn't feel any guilt.

Jay's only truly irreparable mistake wasn't murder, but rather his failure to return, his lack of attempt to communicate with anyone, and his immediate choice to defect.

Gojo Satoru's voice lowered, yet remained exceptionally clear.

"Because I was left behind at that time, I had to catch up no matter what."

Now, I can tell you very clearly: he is still my dearest friend—this is a fact.

Even though Xia Youjie's hands were stained with the blood of hundreds of non-magicians, Gojo Satoru still hoped deep down that his best friend could return to his side.

He is willing to shoulder all the blame and criticism, and even willing to break the rules and common sense for it.

Perhaps what Gojo Satoru truly hated was never "his best friend's betrayal of the ideals of the jutsu world," but rather "his best friend's failure to reveal any of his true feelings to him before deciding to defect, leaving him alone in the same place."

If it's Jay...

If Jay were looking at him with those eyes he once trusted implicitly, and laid out the reasons and logic behind that blood-stained road in a logical and methodical manner...

Perhaps, Gojo Satoru will really abandon everything and embark on that path alongside his best friend, together "cleaning up" this world.

After all, he became the "strongest," maintaining the fragile balance of the sorcery world and the peace on the surface of the world.

Its core driving force has never been related to the mission of "continuing the spell" nor to the compassion of "protecting someone".

He was only doing it to satisfy his own desires.

The "strongest" should be able to do as he pleases, and the world should be interesting because of his will!

Because of power, one is completely free, and therefore can do whatever one wants and live life to the fullest!

"marvelous!"

Theo's lips curved into a perfect smile, and then he raised his hand, making an elegant gesture like a classical magician showing an audience an "empty top hat."

He declared, "My part is now complete. As for the remaining cause and effect and the final answer... let Xia Youjie himself tell us."

Over the past two months, Theo has been fully immersed in in-depth research and systematic analysis of "conceptualization".

Through extensive practice and repeated deduction, he gradually peeled away the bizarre surface of this technique and touched upon some of its fundamental rules of operation.

First, there is the law of fit. There is an implicit fit between a concept and its carrier.

For example, it is much easier and more efficient to give a steel sword the concept of "sharpness" than to give a piece of sponge the same concept.

It is more stable and enduring to let a stone tablet bear the weight of "strength" than to let a petal bear it.

The more a combination conforms to the laws of nature, the lower the energy consumption of the spell, and the stronger and more lasting the effect.

Secondly, there is the principle of superposition and conflict. The same object can have multiple concepts superimposed on it, but these concepts are not isolated from each other and will produce complex interactions.

Compatible and complementary concepts (such as "toughness" combined with "elasticity") can catalyze each other, producing an effect greater than the sum of its parts.

Conflicting or mutually exclusive concepts can lead to a weakening of each other's effects, or even cause instability in the surgical procedure structure, ultimately resulting in its collapse.

Finally, and most strategically valuable, is the legend bonus.

When the concept itself has a high degree of cultural legend or widely known symbolic meaning, the mana cost of activating the spell will be significantly reduced.

This essentially draws upon one of the roots of the curse—the power of the collective unconscious of humanity.

For example, the cost of imbuing an ordinary weapon with the abstract and enormous concept of "striking first after being struck later" is twice that of directly naming it the legendary weapon "Reverse Light Sword" and giving it the corresponding imagery.

However, they ultimately achieve almost the same results.

Therefore, at this moment, Theo is wearing a unicorn helmet similar to that of the legendary character "Red Comet".

The dark red, streamlined armor fit snugly against the contours of his head, while a single, sharp horn, like a knight's lance, extended straight upwards, reflecting a cold metallic luster in the autumn sunlight.

This is not an isolated decoration.

Theo wore a well-tailored, crisp red and black military coat, paired with matching black belted trousers and matching boots with tactical straps.

Bright red components, resembling both a cape and shoulder armor, gracefully extended from his back, undulating gently with his subtle movements.

His outfit, perfectly complementing the unicorn helmet, made him appear both like a humanoid weapon from a futuristic sci-fi battlefield and an ace pilot who stepped directly into reality from a hot-blooded mecha manga.

In this way, he can directly give himself the concept of "red with horns and three times the speed," which has extremely high recognition and symbolic significance in the anime and manga culture circle.

At the same time, by leveraging the associated impressions of "mecha," "exquisite," "high speed," and "destructive power" brought about by this outfit, he can more easily and conserve his magical energy to imbue himself with related concepts, providing a powerful implicit cognitive anchor.

After activating his enhanced magical power, Theo was already able to increase his running speed to Mach 1.7. Now, with the addition of his conceptual powers—

boom!!!

The air was violently torn apart, and a sonic boom cloud, like rolling thunder, stretched into a straight vacuum corridor behind him.

The shockwave generated by five times the speed of sound was enough to make him briefly float in the air!

Theo instantly transformed into a streak of crimson light, traversing the entire campus in a flash, and crashed into the circular open space at the school gate like a meteor!

"Wait..." Gojo Satoru wanted to say something more.

Only a ring of milky-white air shockwave remained in place, spreading outwards.

The moment Theo landed, the impact was skillfully controlled and somewhat mitigated by him, but the aftershocks still exploded outwards in a visible ring of air.

Those magicians and students from the higher vocational college whose skills did not reach the first level immediately felt a strong gust of wind pushing against their backs, their clothes fluttering, and many people subconsciously turned around or raised their hands to shield themselves.