When they walked out of the crematorium, Locke immediately noticed Satoru Gojo, and it felt like encountering a great enemy.
Because he remembered one thing—Gojo Satoru's Six Eyes. Could they see that he was lying?
Although what he said was true, and his power was the most convincing proof.
But in the end, he still didn't understand what was going on with Sukuna's non-existent memories. And if the Six Eyes really saw something wrong, the loss would be more than he could afford.
You know, ever since Megumi Fushiguro and Itadori believed his words yesterday, his income from slashing cursed spirits had increased fourfold—four times!
In addition to the doubled income from the stage breakthrough with 100% compatibility, and the double blessing, he also had the double bonus from the immersion mode. Now, he had successfully surpassed the black-robed Locke and become the highest earner among all the Lockes.
But if this were exposed, wouldn't he be mortally embarrassed?
Thinking this, Locke felt that if he didn't give Gojo Satoru a chance to speak, he would strike first!
"Hello, you're Satoru Gojo, right? I've seen you. Let me introduce myself. My name is Nosaka Locke."
Looking at Locke's outstretched hand, Satoru Gojo hesitated for a moment, then raised his own and tried to begin observing the man before him with his Six Eyes.
Then he discovered something that greatly puzzled him. Besides cursed energy, there were at least three other powers inside the man before him, and these three similar but not identical abilities surprised Gojo Satoru.
"You... besides cursed energy, you have other powers inside you?"
Locke was momentarily stunned, then said as a matter of course:
"Oh? This is truly worthy of the Six Eyes. You can see that."
Gojo Satoru's expression grew more serious as his observation deepened. He couldn't see any traces of the opponent's technique, which meant it was unlikely the other party was relying on a technique to cheat.
After all, he had the Six Eyes, which could see through everything. It was impossible for him to be wrong. But what was happening before him still left him somewhat unable to begin.
So he was ready to see, based on the other party's words, if he could find any errors to expose the opponent's lies and reclaim his place in Megumi's heart! (Megumi Fushiguro: Don't drag me into this, you shrimp puff.)
"Um... Mr. Nosaka, may I ask, are you Nishida Kojūrō Kagetatsu?"
Hearing this, Locke's eyes narrowed slightly, and he immediately thought to himself: Here it comes.
Quickly adjusting his body's rhythm and repeatedly reciting "The Actor's Art of Self-Cultivation" in his heart, he calmly said:
"I'm not exactly him, but I can be."
"What do you mean? Didn't you tell my students that you are Nishida Kagetatsu?"
The eyes behind Gojo Satoru's blindfold gradually sharpened, as if the moment Locke said something wrong, he would immediately suppress his opponent and question the reason.
However, Locke said without humility:
"No, you've misunderstood. I meant that it won't be..."
With that, after a short pause, Locke opened the system panel with the skin option and instantly transformed from a handsome uncle into his unattractive Nishida Kagetatsu.
"And now, this humble man—allow me to introduce myself. I am the humble Kagetatsu Nishida."
"?!!?!"
Faced with Locke's ever-changing transformation, Gojo Satoru was truly shocked. His eyes accelerated, and the man before him was not human at all, yet his soul denied that answer.
"You... are you Nishida Kagetatsu?"
"That's me. Do you have a problem?"
Gojo Satoru opened his mouth to say something, but his brain signaled him not to speak. He was dumbfounded.
Seeing that the other party hadn't spoken for a long time, Locke gradually relaxed. Thinking it over, he decided it was better to correct his story, so he returned to his original appearance and said:
"Actually, strictly speaking, Nishida Kagetatsu and I are two different people. I can be Kagetatsu, but Kagetatsu is not me."
Gojo Satoru frowned, discovering that the other party wasn't lying. That meant Nosaka Locke was simply a reincarnation of Nishida Kagetatsu, but didn't that mean he was Nishida Kagetatsu?
And this was exactly the effect Locke wanted—the most brilliant lie in the world, where every word he said was true, broken and mixed together, but becoming almost flawless falsehood.
But did Locke lie? No. The other party simply misunderstood. How could he be blamed for that?
But immediately after, Gojo Satoru's next sentence made Locke break out in a sweat immediately, not knowing how to explain it.
"I have a question. If you sealed Sukuna, why have we never heard of your name?"
For a moment, the scene fell silent. But unexpectedly, just as Locke didn't know how to answer without lying and causing everything to backfire, an unexpected "person" opened his mouth to help him out of the predicament.
"It's a binding vow, idiot."
Everyone looked toward the source of the sound, only to see a small "cherry" mouth appear on Knotted's face.
Sukuna: "Obviously, someone deliberately didn't want you to know of his existence, wanted to completely erase all evidence of his existence. And along with me, he was bound and paid a heavy price."
Gojo Satoru shifted his gaze to Yuji Itadori and discovered that he and Sukuna were indeed intertwined, and now it seemed he could still confidently control his own body.
Looking condescendingly at the reincarnated Locke, but not finding the Sukuna vessel before him, he too was a rare sorcerer in a thousand years.
"Sorry, I don't understand why he can appear. It's very annoying."
Knotted looked apologetic and hurriedly tried to cover Sukuna's mouth, but he never expected the other party to attach it directly to the back of his hand. Suddenly having no recourse, he could only freeze in place.
Gojo Satoru paused and asked: "Are you Ryomen Sukuna?"
"It's your uncle Ben." Sukuna's voice was a bit defiant as he glanced at Gojo Satoru. "Little ghost, with just one eye, you can be considered a strong man. Unfortunately, you were born in an era of Kagetatsu's resurrection. You are destined to only be his opponent."
As soon as these words were spoken, Gojo Satoru's inner misfortune hit him over the head. The air pressure around his body dropped slightly. Seeing this, Locke quickly opened his mouth to smooth things over: "Hey, Sukuna, I told you, I'm not him! Don't cause trouble for me, okay?"
Locke couldn't understand why Sukuna wanted to speak for him, but his hanging heart finally fell to the ground. With Sukuna's words like this, there shouldn't be any major problems.
But he didn't expect that he truly underestimated Sukuna's mouth.
"Hmph, useless thing. This version of me is truly disgusting. Why don't you quickly switch to Nishida Kagetatsu? If you're not his reincarnation, I'll be the first to kill you after taking over this body!"
For a moment, Sukuna's words confused Locke. He couldn't believe what he had just heard from the other party's mouth.
No, Sukuna, your script is wrong!
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