Chapter 91 : How Can Twins Be United as One
"Hah?" That suddenly jumping question made Ryomen Sukuna somewhat surprised.
He reacted for a moment, then raised an eyebrow slightly: "Asking me? What, didn't you claim to be the elder brother? You don't know whether I'm an only child or a twin?" His tone carried implicit mockery.
Jiang Lai replied flatly: "Didn't I already tell you I'm your elder brother who had no parents and didn't grow up by your side, so I don't know the details of your birth."
It was the truth, though it sounded very much like a dismissive lie. After speaking, Jiang Lai paused for a second in his heart.
However, Ryomen Sukuna in front of him didn't continue the pointless mutual mockery. His attention returned to the bowl of wild boar soup in his hands, casually replying: "I don't have much memory of it."
No memory? Jiang Lai thought internally.
That meant if they were twins, the two must have been separated very early, so early that the infant at the time hadn't formed stable memories yet.
Speaking of which, did [Existence] grow the same way as humans, experiencing the process of slowly growing from infant to adult?
Or was it only [Death] that, due to the twin curse making both incomplete, had to grow in a humanized way?
Maybe the second guess was correct. Jiang Lai strung together all the intelligence clues, feeling out a simple answer outline.
"You don't need to continue investigating this question." Ryomen Sukuna swallowed the food in his mouth, saying leisurely, "It's meaningless, after all, whether I'm an only child or a twin, only I have survived to now."
"Hm?" Jiang Lai paused, somewhat surprised. "How are you so certain?"
Could it be some kind of... strange twin telepathy? Being able to sense whether the other was alive or dead and such.
"That's naturally because I would strangle that guy with the umbilical cord early in the womb!" Ryomen Sukuna showed a malicious smile, laughing heartily. "How could I tolerate someone sharing nutrition with me? Or simply eat that guy early on, that sounds even better, though I probably couldn't do that at the time."
"But maybe I already did?" He laughed heartily. "Two of my four arms might have been stolen from that guy."
Jiang Lai: "..."
Truly you, boss, your style is as sinister as always...!! This very much fits Ryomen Sukuna's personality.
However, the other's answer did provide Jiang Lai with a line of thought: the [good] one among the twins very likely died unexpectedly early and didn't survive to now.
That's also why no one knows of that [good death]'s existence even now, and even [Birth] who likes to wander everywhere has never encountered another [Death].
Currently in the Thousand Year Hexagram manga, important characters from a thousand years later all had some exposure, showing reincarnation characteristics, only the protagonist Itadori Yuji had no trace or clues at all.
Jiang Lai thought. Looking at it this way, the thousand-year-ago Itadori Yuji was probably that [good death] who very likely died early.
Jiang Lai's mind wandered for a second: A truly cute little bean!! He wished he could immediately return to a thousand years later and rub him.
So now, there was tentatively only one question: was the early death that probably happened to the thousand-year-ago [good death] an accidental death from competing for absorption and parasitism in the womb, or murder after birth?
Keeping this in mind, Jiang Lai temporarily withdrew from his own mental world.
He opened his book (phone), originally wanting to search for relevant information about a thousand years ago in the original work, but unexpectedly the message bar popped up with official manga update news.
Jiang Lai immediately clicked in, preparing to look for more clues from the god's-eye view.
This manga update was very tight on schedule, probably because the time flow of the two worlds had changed somewhat in this brief moment.
It depicted the plot after Jiang Lai woke up, updating all the way to Jiang Lai and Sukuna's twin question and answer.
Among them, when Jiang Lai mentioned "signing agreements with humans," there were several flashback memory panels.
In the scene, Ryomen Sukuna's crimson eyes looked down at a black-haired man, sneering: "What are you supposed to be, daring to use that tone to negotiate with me."
"However, considering that the person you're looking to trouble, I'd also like to see his show, I'll spare you once for now. Get lost."
The manga's perspective was an upward view of Sukuna, powerfully highlighting his ant-like contemptuous attitude.
Immediately after, several all-black dialogue boxes didn't reveal the content, only showing readers that the man proposing the deal was providing more information supplements.
As he supplemented, the expression on Ryomen Sukuna's face finally showed some interest.
"You can sense it, can't you? That was originally part of you." The words of the ordinary-looking, smiling black-haired man finally appeared in the dialogue box.
"I could also kill you and take it." Ryomen Sukuna said.
"I can't stop you from killing me," the black-haired man spread his hands, "but I can manage to completely destroy that thing before I die."
Ryomen Sukuna stared at the person in front of him. After a wordless panel, he smiled: "Interesting."
Then he lifted the person in front of him with one hand, his sharp nails unceremoniously drawing a bloody mark on the other's neck: "What do you use as guarantee?"
"I can make a binding vow." The black-haired man seemed to completely ignore the wound on his neck, continuing to smile. "I swear I'll give it to you, I absolutely won't deceive you. Actually, I'm also very much looking forward to witnessing the union of two into one, seeing the more powerful you."
Ryomen Sukuna was unmoved by such flattery. He was too lazy to distinguish whether this was truth or lies, just after his gaze flowed, he pulled up his lip corners:
"Then you can make the binding vow yourself." He said casually, "I've been bored lately, moving around a bit wouldn't be bad either, I agree."
Seeing this, Jiang Lai fell silent and began brainstorming.
Although the manga didn't accurately reveal the specific deal content, based on previous speculation combined with key words inside, Jiang Lai could already guess the general situation!
The ordinary-looking black-haired man in the manga was most likely the thousand-year-ago Kenjaku (Brain-kun).
This man might be Kenjaku's main body, or might already be a body that Brain-kun had switched to occupy. This point wasn't very important.
The thousand-year-ago good side of [Death], that is, Itadori Yuji, was most likely in Kenjaku's (Brain-kun's) hands, but probably not in living human form, but rather in the form of trapped soul/halted embryonic development/parasitizing in objects, something like that.
Ryomen Sukuna could sense the other half of his divine status, he might not know what it was, but instinct would make him perceive something.
Thus, he believed the other's words "that's part of you," and reluctantly agreed to Kenjaku's deal.
But obviously, Ryomen Sukuna was tricked. Jiang Lai thought silently. Kenjaku did indeed make a binding vow stating [give it to Sukuna, unite two into one], but didn't mention time limits or specific methods!
So in the future, Kenjaku first did experiments, stuffing the good side of [Death] into the Death Painting Wombs, making it artificial.
Then continued scheming, waited until the thousand-year reincarnation, occupied Kaori's body to give birth to Itadori Yuji, then orchestrated for Itadori Yuji to eat the finger.
In this way, in a certain sense, it achieved the binding vow content of [give it to Sukuna, unite two into one].
It's just that this union of two into one wasn't the union of two into one that Ryomen Sukuna himself wanted.
What was Brain-kun trying to do? Jiang Lai rubbed the back of his phone with his fingertips, analyzing in his heart.
[Death] was born as two independent individuals. Brain-kun somehow fished away the good side, leaving the evil side, then schemed to weaken the other, so as to stuff it into Yuji's body a thousand years later.
...This was planning to create some relatively controllable, complete [Death]?
When united as one, with the good Itadori Yuji as the dominant one, it would naturally be much easier to control than the mixed evil Sukuna.
Regardless of Kenjaku's intentions in doing this, Jiang Lai just wanted to say:
Forcibly uniting two into one is inadvisable, give me back my good little brother!.jpg
Emoticons rolled through his mind as his finger clicked open the forum page.
【God Lai is too gentle... the conversation content with [Origin] is so moving QVQ, if someone like God Lai still can't become a true god, I'll never believe in the existence of gods again!!】
【Haha poster above, God Lai said in his words that miracles themselves are us ordinary people! We are the gods themselves! (hands on hips) Believing in ourselves is believing in gods!】
【Boss is really consistently sinister for ten years as one day. Boss is really persistent about making God Lai into food xd, does he want to gnaw on God Lai that much?】
【I want to gnaw too, let me gnaw gnaw .gif】
【I want to gnaw too, let me gnaw gnaw .gif (+1)】
【What what, calling the police hey! Everyone gets a [Divine Retribution]!!】
【Speaking of which, isn't anyone shocked by the twin setting? Suku-Yuji are actually twins, what kind of yin-yang fish picture is this!!
Though it seems reasonable, this way it can explain some similarities and completely opposite aspects of the two】
【Boss: What class, sharing a womb with me (not really)】
【So is Yuji also God Lai's little brother! No wonder in the modern main story, even with amnesia, God Lai would unconsciously help Yuji who was about to fall, and gave a gecko cursed spirit as a meeting gift...
Wuwu, this is true earth-moving brotherly love, kick away stinky little brother Sukuna, hug good little brother Yuji!】
【Although but, Brain-kun is really sinister! Sukuna ah you got tricked (laughing to death) future cage-style experience of uniting two into one】
The analysis emperor's analysis below was similar to Jiang Lai's previous mental exploration. Also combining with the original work, precisely pointing out the pit behind the twin intelligence and Kenjaku's deal.
【Eh, eh? So, so what did Sukuna agree to with Brain-kun? The show boss said he really wanted to see must be either Six Eyes or God Lai, right? After all, in the previous character information chart, only these two were singled out.
Speaking of which, is the plot of Sukuna being sealed coming up next? He can't possibly successfully complete the deal content, right?】
【Makes sense... Sukuna was definitely tricked by the deal results, so he couldn't go find Brain-kun for things and was directly sealed until a thousand years later to unlock hhh
But boss's downfall was probably also because he was too confident, so he didn't expect the result would be being sealed for a thousand years】
Seeing this, Jiang Lai fell into thought. He recalled that Ryomen Sukuna had previously mentioned in his words "if you knew the deal content, you wouldn't be this calm," as well as information related to Heian-kyo.
Regardless of who it was targeting, the background could be confirmed to be in Heian-kyo.
He put away his book (phone), letting it float beside him.
Nearby, the loyal subordinate Uraume held a medium-sized bowl, quietly and orderly eating. He ate little, while the entire pot of meat and bones basically went into Ryomen Sukuna's belly.
Having satisfied his appetite, Ryomen Sukuna's aggressive aura around him calmed considerably. He put down his bowl and actually took the initiative to leisurely add another sentence:
"I'm in a good mood today, I permit you to ask one more question."
Hearing this, Jiang Lai's eyebrows raised slightly.
The other's way of speaking carried a somewhat condescending meaning, but he didn't engage in meaningless verbal arguments here.
Retorting back was easy, but momentary verbal victory wasn't as useful as mastering more intelligence information. Since the other said so, he probably planned to give truthful replies.
Therefore, Jiang Lai's expression remained calm as he nimbly seized the opportunity, following up: "Will anything big happen in Heian-kyo next?"
He knew directly asking about the deal content wouldn't be answered, so he might as well understand some information from the side.
Ryomen Sukuna chuckled, his crimson eyes glancing over, palm resting on his knee, tapping lightly: "Oh, speaking of big events, this brings up that Six Eyes from the Gojo family."