Jujutsu Kaisen Chapter 269

IMP UMP CATE ES CNERERTOL TUJUT SU-KAISEN N° SLAP VEKA ĐEK/ HOW MUCH? Eki TRANSLATION: JOHN WERRY BY GEGE AKUTAMI LETTERING: SNIR AHARON

YUTA! YOU JERK!! IT’S NOT OKAY JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE BACK IN YOUR ORIGINAL BODY!! DO IT LATER. ANYWAY, YOU HAVE NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR. I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO EVERY- ONE. MY HEAD IS KIND OF SPACEY. IS THAT BECAUSE OF UNLIMITED VOID? OH, MEGUMI. HOW ARE YOU? UM, MAKI? ARE YOU – REALLY OKAY?

AND ITADORI IS A VICTIM OF KENJAKU’S JUJUTSU TERROR- ISM. IT’S GOJOS FAULT FOR NOT KILLING ITADORI WAY BACK WHEN. ACTUALLY, I DO. BUT… AND I WON’T SAY THAT I WAS WRONG OR “I TOLD YOU SO” EITHER, I WAS IN FAVOR OF YOUR EXECUTION, ITADORI. I’M ONLY HERE BECAUSE OF YAGA. EACH PERSON’S TRUTH BROUGHT US TO THIS OUTCOME. SO YOU GUYS DON’T NEED TO FEEL GUILTY. JUST BE KIDS AND LET THE OLD GUYS HANG THEIR HEADS.

…BUT RIKA WAS USING REVERSE CURSED TECHNIQUE TO REPAIR AND SUSTAIN MY BODY, WHICH IEIRI HAD WORKED ON. OKKOTSU SENPAI, HOW DID YOU RETURN TO YOUR BODY? WHEN KENJAKU’S CURSED TECHNIQUE BURNT OUT DUE TO THE DOMAIN, I THOUGHT I WAS DEAD, BUT.. I OWE IT TO RIKA. WHEN SHE DIDN’T FOLLOW ME INTO GOJO SENSEI’S BODY, I THOUGHT I HAD LOST MY CONNECTION TO HER… MILLENARIAN AND A FRESH COPY WON’T BE EQUALLY PRECISE. 1 SUPPOSE IT WAS POSSIBLE TO SOME- HOW DIVIDE MULTIPLE CURSED TECHNIGUES TO CONTINUE FUNCTIONING. PROBABLY THROUGH BARRIER TECHNIQUES. THERE WAS A MINOR MISCALCULATION. KENJAKU WAS STILL ACTIVE AFTER THE OPENING OF THE DOMAIN. ULP THE ISSUE IS THAT IF YOU HAD ACTED PROPERLY, WE COULD HAVE WON MORE EASILY. WHO CARES ABOUT ALL THAT? AFTER RECOVERY OF THE CURSED TECHNIQUE, I WAS NEAR DEATH AND RIKA WAS AN EXTERNAL CURSED TECHNIQUE, WE RECONNECTED AND I SURVIVED. SORRY FOR MAKING EVERY- ONE WORRY.

THEN THERE’S THE PLAN INVOLVING HIGURUMA’S SWORD. COMBINED WITH TOGE’S REMOTE CURSED SPEECH, WE’D HAVE WON EASILY. WE SHOULD’VE HAD HIGURUMA CARRY A RECORDING. FIRST, CONSIDER THE SURPRISE ATTACK ON KENJAKU. I SHOULD’VE DONE THAT. IT ISN’T POSSIBLE TO ACTNATE MULTIPLE INSTANCES OF CURSED SPEECH SIMULTANEOUSLY. PLAYING CURSED SPEECH FROM A RECORDING COUNTS AS ONE INSTANCE, SO ONLY ONE VOICE RECORDING 15 POSSIBLE. BUT MY BOOGIE WOOGIE CAN’T TARGET YOU, MAKI. EVEN OKKOTSU PULLING OFF THE SURPRISE ATTACK WITHOUT MY ASSISTANCE WAS RISKY. BESIDES, RIKA’S STRENGTH WAS NECESSARY FOR STOPPING CURSED SPIRIT MANIPULATION FROM RAGING OUT OF CONTROL.

SALMON ROE. SUKUNA WAS PLAYING AROUND. HE COULD’VE KILLED ME ANY- TIME. IF OKKOTSU HAD BEEN AROUND, HE WOULD HAVE KILLED ME INSTANTLY. IF WED USED IT WHEN SUKUNA WAS IN BETTER CONDI- TION, THE KICKBACK WOULD’VE BEEN FATAL. AND TOGE’S CURSED SPEECH HAD REDUCED RECOIL BECAUSE OF THE TIMING. I’M THE ONE WHO DECIDED WE SHOULD USE IT INSIDE OKKOTSUS DOMAIN BARRIER WITHOUT ANY EXTERNAL OPPONENTS. BESIDES, CURSED SPEECH IS EASY TO COUNTER, RIGHT? AFTER ALL, HARMFUL ACTS ARE IMPOSSIBLE INSIDE MY DOMAIN. BUT YOU MIGHT SAY THAT’S UNFORTUNATE. NONETHELESS, IT’S AMAZING THAT SOME- ONE WHO BECAME A SORCERER TWO MONTHS AGO SURVIVED.

STILL!! IF THEY’D BEEN THERE AT THE START, THINGS WOULD’VE BEEN DIFFERENT!! THOSE FOREIGN HELPERS!! ACHOOD YES, THAT’S RIGHT EASY, YOU TWO… BUT THEY CAME. BUT THEY SAID THEY WOULDN’T COME!! AND I SAID THEY MIGHT!!

I’M SAYING IT COULD’VE WORKED OUT BEFORE THAT. GOOD THING WAITING INSIDE RIKA WAS POSSIBLE. AND THAT S THANKS TO OKKOTSU. WE WERE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP WITH AN ATTACK IMMEDIATELY AFTER GOJO, AND THAT DREW URAUME AWAY FROM SUKUNA EARLY. THANKS TO OKKOTSU SENPAI, WE PREVENTED SUKUNA S SECOND DOMAIN. WOULDN’T GLOVES HAVE WORKED? GO TO A HARDWARE STORE. THANKS TO OKKOTSU SENPAI’S CURSED TOOL, I WAS ABLE TO HIDE MY FINGERS. MINAAH

NO, THE PROB- LEM WAS LESS DISTANCE THAN SUKUNA’S CURSED ENERGY. IN THE CENTER OF THAT DOMAIN, SUKUNA’S CURSED ENERGY WAS TOO STRONG, SO I FAILED TO LOCK ONTO THEIR CURSED ENERGY. ٢٢٧٧ IT’S NO ONE’S FAULT. AW, NEVER MIND! A PROBLEM WITH CURSED TECHNIQUE AREA? BUT THEN I WOULD HAVE DIED. WE SHOULD’VE BEEN ABLE TO SAVE CHOSO. BUT THIS GUY… I’M RESPONSIBLE TOO. I PREPARED WITH MS. MEI FOR SUKUNA’S DOMAIN, BUT I COULDN’T GET A HOLD OF CHOSO AND ITADORI. I WAS THERE, BUT VI UI GOT ME OUT FAST. SO I’M TO BLAME TOO. I’M NOT TRYING TO BLAME YUTA EITHER. AFTER ALL, BLACK FLASH HIT ME TWICE.

AND I DIDN’T. ANY- WAY, YOU’D HAVE OB- JECTED. I WAS ASLEEP FOR A LONG TIME, SO I CAN’T SAY MUCH. YOURE THE ONE WHO SAID YOU WOULDN’T JOIN COMBAT. I WAS ON STANDBY AS MAKI’S MARKER AND FOR DOMAIN COUNTER- ING. I WAS SCARED STIFF. WHAT IF TODO SENPAI’S CURSED TECHNIQUE HAD ONLY SAVED ME? WELL, YOUR BROOM WAS A COMFY RIDE! SORRY I DIDNT DO MUCH. I WANTED TO TAKE ON SUKUNA AFTER FINISHING OFF URAUME. URAUME WAS TOUGH.

… BUT SURELY EVERYONE AGREES I WAS THE MVP!! YOU’RE HEAVY, KIRARA. URGH! SISTER DID HARD WORK REGARD- ING NEW SHADOW STYLE!! THAT MADE THINGS EASIER FOR YOUR SISTER. YET AGAIN STEALING THE GOOD PART! WE MAY EACH HAVE OUR OWN REGRETS… YOU PANICKED AND LEFT ME.

GUILTY AS AFTER CHARGED! ALL, I CAN’T EXCHANGE MY LIFE FOR MONEY. AND YOU CAN’T BET WITH WHAT YOU CAN’T EXCHANGE FOR MONEY. CAN’T ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE USE THAT? NEW SHADOW STYLE… A BINDING VOW RESTRICTS IT TO ONE FAMILY. THE INVENTOR, SADATSUNA ASHIYA, MADE IT THAT WAY TO PREVENT IT FROM LEAKING TO CURSE USERS. YES, THAT’S RIGHT.

TODO LEARNED IT FROM TSUKUMO, WHO ACQUIRED IT MECHAMARU- STYLE. … AND NEW SHADOV STYLE LOST ITS PUBLIC BENEFIT AND SIMPLE DOMAIN BECAME A TRADE SECRET. NEW SHADOW STYLE IS OF GREAT WORTH TO SORCERERS WHO HAVE NO CURSED TECHNIQUES. BUT GENERATIONS CHANGED…. IN OTHER WORDS, THE CLAN KEEPS A MONOPOLY ON IT, INVITES DISCIPLES, AND UNREASONABLY ENFORCES THE BINDING VOW.

THAT’S ONLY PART OF IT. YOU CAN’T REFUSE SUMMONS TO ACTION FROM THE HEAD, AMONG OTHER COM- PLICATIONS. WHAT’S PARTICULARLY TRICKY IS LIFESPAN. WHAT’S UNREASONABLE ABOUT A BINDING VOW FORBIDDING THE TEACHING OF NEW SHADOW STYLE TO ANYONE BUT DISCIPLES? BECAUSE THIS IS CLOSER TO A SPELL WITHOUT LIMIT THAN A BINDING VOW OR CURSED TECHNIQUE. NEW SHADOW STYLE’S HEAD ABSORBS THE LIFESPAN OF THE DISCIPLES… SUPPOSEDLY. iT 12 10 9 .8 一、 2 3- 1. GAH! LIFE- SPAN ?! 5、 SUPPOS EDLY? NO ONE KNOWS WHO NEW SHADOW STYLE’S HEAD IS. SOME DISCIPLES ARE OLD IF THE MEN AND HEAD DIES, A WOMEN. SENIOR DISCIPLE WILL BECOME THE NEXT ONE. BUT AS LONG AS THE NEW HEAD DOESN’T REVEAL THEIR IDENTITY, NO ONE WILL KNOW WHO IT IS. SO WHILE THE CONTRACT CONCERNING LIFESPAN IS A FACT, NO ONE KNOWS HOW IT’S FULFILLED.

AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE AREN’T ANY SENIOR DISCIPLES WHO HAVE INFORMATION ON THE HEAD. WHAA- AT?! SO THE SIMPLE DOMAIN BINDING VOW AND LIFESPAN SPELL ARE NO LONGER A PROBLEM. IN TIME, UI UI WILL BECOME THE LEADER AND RAKE IN MONTHLY FEES FROM THE DISCIPLES! WHAA- AT?! AND ONLY THE LEADER CAN UNDO THE VARIOUS BINDING vowS. МАУВЕ YOU MEAN THERE WEREN’T ANY. I’M THE CURRENT HEAD OF NEW SHADOW STYLE. BUT YOU GOTTA LEAVE SOME PERKS FOR NEW DISCIPLES!

TEE HEE! EVEN JUJUTSU COULD BE A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE!! YOU’RE SO GREEDY, BIG SIS!! HOW MUCH…? I’M TALKING ABOUT YOUR LIFE.

I HEARD FROM SOMEONE IN THE KNOW. КАЙ ..AND THEN CONTROL JUJUTSU HEAD- QUARTERS AND THE SORCERY WORLD, DIDN’T YOU? TENGEN!! TEE HEE! AND HOW DID YOU KNOW I’M THE LEADER? YOU INTENDED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DISCIPLES TO STAND ALONGSIDE THE BIG THREE FAMILIES… KAW HOW DID YOU FIND ME? 3UT.. NO ONE SHOULD KNOW THAT.

WARAAAIN» YOU CANT EXCHANGE SUCH AMBITION FOR MONEY. IT WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME, BUT ABSORBING LIFESPAN FROM DISCIPLES MUST HAVE BEEN A MEANS FOR LIVING TO SOMEDAY SEE SOMETHING. ANYWAY, WHAT’S MORE IMPORTANT THAN MONEY… … CANT BE PROTECTED WITHOUT MONEY. FWIP IF THERE WASNT EXCLUSIVE CONTROL OF SIMPLE DOMAIN, SOME SORCERERS WOULDN’T HAVE HAD TO DIE.

KAAAAAAAN AND NOW… … THE ZENIN CLAN HAS FALLEN TO RUIN. SO IF THE KAMO AND GOJO CLANS BOTH FALL IN THE FINAL BATTLE… YOU WERE TRYING TO MAKE MY LITTLE BROTHER DEFECTIVE… …SO THIS WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN. To be continued!