Jujutsu Kaisen: Nah I'd Adapt

Modulo: Chapter 12

After Gojo passed out, Choso didn't continue and dropped his domain immediately. He wasn't trying to kill him. Besides, by the time that Choso could react, Yuji was already by Gojo's side with a darkened expression.

Without wasting time, Yuji put his hand on Gojo's face and began using reverse cursed technique. While outputting reverse cursed technique is even more inefficient in cursed energy cost, less effective than using it on oneself, and more difficult, Yuji had enough knowledge of what happened to know how to heal Gojo.

Only a single thing could have caused what had happened to Gojo.

He tried to refresh his technique.

By destroying the part of the brain that holds the cursed technique and healing it with reverse cursed technique, one can bypass the burnout timer that comes with domain-breaking. In this case, Gojo tried to remove the burnout timer to counter Choso's domain.

It was a high-risk move, but he decided to try it out anyway, even if it was a low-stakes fight.

Gojo, at his peak, could barely handle five refreshes before his brain would start giving him permanent damage. Even Yuta claimed that doing it a single time is risky, even for sorcerers on the caliber of special grades.

The brain is an extremely complex organ, making even Satoru Gojo unable to heal it perfectly. With his deteriorating organs, his brain was more sensitive than ever.

Cursed energy reinforcement can work on your organs. It's how people can be sent through buildings without their brains slamming through their skulls and internals exploding from the pressure.

When refreshing your technique, you are basically making your brain an ordinary human brain. With an aged and extremely sensitive brain, refreshing his technique essentially instantly gave him brain damage.

Luckily, Yuji could repair the damage so that Gojo wouldn't have any lasting effects. However, he would still need to rest.

The room was stunned as Gojo, who seemed to be controlling the fight, suddenly passed out and started bleeding like crazy. With their expertise on blood, Choso and Eso could pretty much guess what had happened.

The location suggested it involved the brain.

Even though Gojo wasn't in his prime, the only real changes he had were his physical abilities and the inconveniences of an aging body, like a more sensitive brain and weakened muscles. His control of cursed energy and the output of his techniques could still be used at an extremely high level.

If he wanted to defeat Choso, he could've done it before Choso even had the chance to use Domain Expansion.

Before long, Yuji picked up Gojo in a princess carry and dropped him on the bed that Naoto used earlier. Seeing the concerned Naoto, Yuji spoke. "He'll be fine, just did something really stupid."

Naoto gulped. "What happened to him?" Seeing that this was one of the few times he had witnessed a domain expansion, he had no idea what domain burnout was.

Choso did the honors as he walked over to Naoto. "He destroyed part of his brain. Gojo tried to refresh his technique after his domain ended." Glancing at Gojo, he continued. "It looks like his brain couldn't handle the strain."

Seeing that the mood was killed, and it wasn't a great time to train, Naoto spoke up. "I'd better head out. I haven't seen Mom in a while, and she's probably worried."

Yuji glanced his way but sighed. "That's probably for the best. I'll contact you again after Gojo recovers and we've settled his situation. Dabura is currently a more pressing issue than some of the other Simurians." Eventually, he turned toward Naoto and held out his wrist. "Here's my contact information. Just message me, and I can teleport you here as long as you stay in Japan."