Chapter 60 Mio Mio, welcome back.

That moment of light and heat was like a rising spell. Kagura Mio lowered her brows slightly, looked back at the burning fire, and then danced in the fire without hesitation - she actually chose to return the same way!

She ran in the mirror, chased in the flames, and ran wildly in countless pains and blood. What she heard in her ears was the whistling sound of the wind, the sound of the flames burning, and the puzzled questions of the technique, but her heart was clear and empty -

she really understood.

The raging flames grew more and more intense as the technique became more powerful. At the last second before the flames completely engulfed her, Kagura Mio jumped back to the starting point of the maze.

She looked at her limbs and skin, which were intact, as if the so-called raging fire just now was just an illusion.

"You told me from the beginning, right?"

Kagura Mio smiled as if she had won a battle. It was rare for her to feel so happy.

"Your domain is just a simulated maze, a replica of reality. You don't have the ability to kill me directly. You can only consume my will by immersing me in it little by little."

"What? Are you angry?" There was some teasing in Kagura Mio's tone. She spread out her hands, with clear madness in her eyes.

"How did you know?" Shushi said softly.

"Okay, stop talking." Kagura Mio interrupted her directly.

She feels really, really good now.

Her brain hurt so much, but the pain was so refreshing. She felt that her whole world had become clear and bright, as if everything in this world was real -

everything that existed was false.

Everything is empty, and yet it is real.

"You've talked too much. Let me explain what's going on." Kagura Mio blinked, raised her head, and looked at the mirror high above her, as if she was staring at the almighty god through the mirror.

There was a hint of smile on her lips, and she looked full of energy and vigor. It was not the self-confidence of a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger, but the certainty that comes from seeing through everything.

"You were created by Noose, and theoretically you are the most perfect existence. You have the most perfect and beautiful things. You are an absolutely rational and perfect new human being. But you never know your shortcomings--"

"You just exist, but you have no soul."

"You are perfect, closed, and have no room for growth."

"But what is a human?"

Kagura Mio slowly lowered her eyes, her long black eyelashes flashing by.

She recalled countless scenes from the past, narrowed her eyes slightly, with a hint of yearning in her eyes, "Humans are tenacious and unyielding, and even the smallest ones have enormous energy." Just like Yuta Otsutsukoshi's auxiliary supervisor.

"Humans are fragile, sensitive, fearful of themselves, afraid of losing control, and eager to possess." Just like herself who has been trapped in prison for so many years.

“But humans also ‘know that it is impossible but still do it’. They have the courage to do it no matter how difficult it is, even if they may die or lose everything.” Just like Katsuo Furukawa, who put aside his timidity and fear in certain critical moments.

"Humans are filthy, disgusting, selfish, and cowardly. They will lose their humanity in times of crisis and do all kinds of shameful things for self-protection and for profit. But humans are also kind, gentle, brave and unyielding. Believe it or not, go out and see how many so-called sorcerers, curse masters, and even ordinary humans are willing to fight you to the death in order to defend the last line of defense?"

"I know and understand the suffering and filthiness of humans, but I believe that lotus can grow in filthy places - at worst, lotus roots are delicious, aren't they?"

Kagura Mio's voice trembled slightly, but was firm enough, "You have everything, but you have no humanity."

"You are a perfect life form created, not castrated by society, and I am your container. I shouldn't have a self, but I have constructed my own life form out of these self-consciousnesses."

"Look, how ridiculous?"

"And--"

Kagura Mio looked at the simulated world in front of her that was constantly fluctuating with her words, and watched as all the lenses began to shake and fluctuate. She continued without distraction: "I don't know if you realize that a truly perfect life does not need to prove its failure or success. You really wanted to compete with me for the body just now, right?"

"But, this is a paradox in itself."

She sighed deeply and gave the final definition of the ritual like a real god:

"You call yourself a god, but you are just a false god."

In the violently fluctuating simulated space, Kagura Mio stood there calmly.

She neither looked up nor lowered her head, she was neither sad nor happy, she just said with compassion and mercy, as if she had attained enlightenment on the spot: "The most wonderful thing about human beings is that they are imperfect. By definition, I am a container, a weapon, and an existence that is used as rumored." "

But to some extent, the 'I' who sacrificed my past self and truly awakened myself also has self-awareness."

"Isn't there such a myth? The sword has a sword spirit and kills the host with a tortuous heart."

She laughed softly, as if she was judging the outcome of the matter: "The container can also kill the host, and the host can also become a container."

! ! !

She stood quietly at the starting point of the maze, raised her hands and head, and greeted the countless mirror lights with an embrace -

"So I came back here."

"The beginning is the end."

"Next, it's my turn."

There were countless cracks.

The moment Kagura Mio accepted everything about herself, accepted her own existence, and her self truly reached 100%, the realm of the ritual was shattered.

The countless mirrors that were enough to summon the darkness, distortion and pain in everyone's heart broke into countless pieces like ordinary, shattered glass, and fell down in pieces. The flames stopped burning, the mirror was no longer solid, and the entire field fell as if it had collapsed. Kagura Mio saw the technique falling from a great height with a stunned expression, as if she didn't understand why it had failed.

Amidst the dazzling lights and fragments of countless mirrors, countless lenses were cut into tiny ripples. The world was like a piano score that had not yet been composed. Countless melodies and sound waves surrounded the ritual, and circles of melodies and sound waves like woven from golden threads were slightly rotating in the air.

"The field expands and the Kagura Harmony appears."

Nine layers of cloud curtains appeared in the void. Since ancient times, the Kagura priestesses who have served as messengers of God have always been good at playing musical instruments. Kagura Mio gently stroked the most ancient Japanese koto. The moment her fingertips plucked the strings, it was as if the gods themselves were tailoring the poem of fate, reflecting the past and the future.

"Human beings have three faces: past, present and future. Human beings also have three rebirths: death, reincarnation and rebirth."

"This song is dedicated to you and to all sentient beings in the six realms who listen to it."

That is Japan's oldest court music - Gagaku. The moment the fingertips pluck the strings, every sound vibrates the air and every note purifies the soul. That is infinite resonance, infinite synchronization.

The red threads entangled around the heart gradually appeared, and it seemed as if those threads knew that the place where they were parasitic was rejecting them from the inside out, so they turned to Kagura Mio's strings. That was the spell that had bound her, it was her inner demon, and now -

like a string woven from thousands of similarities, all those red threads were cut off.

It's not a fight, it's a few points.

It is a purification ritual performed by the witch using music, it is the human soul’s protest and acceptance of fate, it is the most common but also the most sincere declaration as a human being.

"I am myself, I am everything."

She uses herself as an instrument to harmonize the melody of cause and effect and fate, awakening the deepest resonance in the world. In the performance, she integrates her past and present lives, and personally cuts off all past cause and effect chains to form a true resonance -

"reincarnation resonance."

The last note is a repetition similar to DC.

But Kagura Mio played it wrong.

She changed the key and played the waka that Gojo Satoru taught her.

"The blue eyes reflect the waves, all confusion is dispelled, the light will never go out, and I will walk my own path."

Kagura Mio became Kagura Mio with the inheritance of her family, self-recognition, and willingness to be bound by Gojo Satoru.

Many years ago, Kagura Mio first became herself. She was castrated by society, and then she chose the way of castration. From this moment on, she had autonomous consciousness and self-awareness and became a person.

But what makes her truly a person rather than a container is the moment she chooses to be herself.

Shushi watched all this quietly.

In such an area, no one would actually have the desire to fight.

She no longer cared about Kagura Mio herself, but casually stretched out her hand and caught the countless notes falling in the air with one hand.

The moment their palms touched, that unprecedented, brilliant, majestic, gentle yet restrained feeling instantly enveloped her.

Shushi had never experienced such a feeling. Her perception was too dull. Perfection made it impossible for her to feel the so-called human fragility, nor could she feel the determination to go against the current in adversity.

“Is that so?”

The radiance of Kagura enveloped her, and she gently closed her eyes, feeling the perfection of this world.

That is a temporary completion compared to "broken" and "unfinished", not the ultimate liberation, but the end point she reached when she finally experienced human emotions.

That was her other side, where she should be.

She smiled, raised her hand, and released all the cursed power in her body, intending to destroy Kagura Mio's domain from the inside.

Kagura Mio had no intention of resisting at all, she just continued to play the piano - the realm was shattered, and the ritual chose to move towards perfect self-perfection in her playing.

"Maybe you are right, completion is more precious than perfection."

"I have ended this fleeting dream, and I only hope that the heaven and earth will resonate. The resonance of this body will only happen once in this world."

"I'll return this body to you."

"Kagura Mio, goodbye."

It was a very wonderful feeling -

as the ritual disappeared, Kagura Mio's domain shattered as well. She felt as if her soul was instantly transferred to her own body. When she came to her senses, Kagura Mio saw herself falling like fragments.

As her body fell in the air, Kagura Mio couldn't stop thinking:

What is a human being?

Are humans the perfect rational creatures who never make mistakes 100% of the time?

What is a container?

What is a weapon?

Is the container the unacceptable byproduct?

No.

Humans are human because they are imperfect.

But it is precisely because of imperfection that human brilliance and the value and meaning of existence are realized.

The so-called truly perfect human being is just a definition. To this extent, one has lost his humanity and is left with only pure rationality, which is nothing more than an empty shell. The so-called container with self-awareness is a by-product that exists like a weapon. When it develops self-awareness, voluntarily sacrifices its past self, and ushers in the rebirth of history, it becomes a human being.

These are the rules she set for herself, she truly has a personality, and so - she transcends.

This might be a one in a million miracle, or a blessing from the gods, but she simply surpassed it.

As a vessel, she can kill Sukuna, and also kill the main personality of the ritual.

Weapons give birth to souls and flesh, and can also kill masters who have lost their faith.

Kagura Mio is a human being, and she also has dirty mud, but -

between good and evil, Kagura Mio chose to truly be herself and believe in herself, and finally she had a new life.

She is the winner of destiny, a new god who can win even with a 0.1% chance of winning, and a true human being.

Before my eyes was the sky above Roppongi, music filled with light, and the arrival of God’s messenger returning to this world.

And her scarred lover caught her.

This battle has never been a showdown of strength, but of belief. It was the moment when Kagura Mio accepted herself, her own technique, her life, and voluntarily chose to be herself under the constraints of Gojo Satoru.

No matter how much Nosoe planned, he could not have predicted that Gojo Satoru would achieve a breakthrough to the divine pure land that no one had ever reached before in Kagura Mio's field, just as he could not have known that Kagura Mio would be able to compose her own poem in such a fate.

If Gojo Satoru's three restraints were reduced by one, it would be a dead end; if Kagura Mio's longing for herself and the world were reduced by one, all her efforts would be wasted.

Nozomu didn't understand -

love is the power that transcends fate and the only technique that can create miracles.

Kagura Mio looked at Gojo Satoru and suddenly remembered the first time they met many years ago. The white-haired little boy frowned and said: You are Kagura Mio.

It turns out that so many years have passed in the blink of an eye.

It turns out that all the answers are at the first sight.

It turns out that it was my soul that chose you, and you chose to walk towards me.

She gently opened her lips, looked into her lover's pale blue eyes, and whispered in his arms: "Yes, I am Kagura Mio."

No matter what, good or bad, I am me.

And she heard her lover solemnly say to her -

"He is also the person I love the most."

"I will spend my whole life willing to be cursed."

"Mio, welcome back."

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