Jujutsu Kaisen: Nah I'd Adapt

Modulo: Chapter 16

One day ago, in the Tombs of the Star, Gojo sat down, lost in his own thoughts.

"Huff, Huff." Gojo breathed heavily after finishing a training session with Yuji. These past few days have been testing how far he can push his body. Since he had wanted to fight against different types of opponents, he has switched between Naohiro and Yuji.

The main problem with Naohiro is that he adapts to any situation that may arise in a fight. If there is someone who learns best through a fight, he is the prime example.

Yuji put his hands in his sleeves. "Dabura will likely become stronger throughout your battle. If he is on that level, at the highest level of sorcery, he should be able to figure out ways to counter you." He took a glance at Naohiro. "Maybe not as freakish as this guy, but someone who is naturally gifted enough to become that strong will definitely have techniques unknown to us."

It went unsaid that Dabura might have a way to bypass infinity without using a domain. Alien Jujutsu is unknown even to masters like Naohiro and Yuji.

Gojo looked down and clenched his hand into a fist. "As much as he is figuring me out, I'll be doing the same." His fist suddenly started to tremble. "But man, this shit sucks."

Instead of trembling due to excitement or fear, the trembling was involuntary. It was his body telling him he couldn't go any further.

Gojo shot up, stretched, and smiled. "Well, now that I've got my edge back and I can't fight anymore, it's time to chill out for a bit."

However, Yuji and Naohiro knew it was just an excuse to eat sweets. He could easily keep going if he really wanted to.

Before Yuji opened his mouth, Naohiro spoke. "No, we are going out. You need to get out every once in a while; you shut in." His statement caused Yuji to give him a deadpan expression.

Choso, Eso, and Kechizu all decided to join as well, making it a little party of sorts. They would stand out, but who cares?

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Back to the present.

No matter how old he is, domain refinement will never deteriorate. In his case, Gojo's output would never deteriorate as well due to his Six Eyes. The problem is how his body handles the level of output Gojo can use.

His fists still have the same force that they had in his prime, but the issue is how his body reacts if he pushes it too far.

Newton's third law states that, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. If he hits someone with insane durability hard enough to knock them out, his body would feel the same force regardless of his reinforcement.

Cursed energy reinforcement should mitigate the force to practically zero, but an aged, more sensitive body can only mitigate so much before it starts to break down.

This was what Yuji reminded him of before Gojo launched his 150% Hollow Purple. Chanting and the attack, being the first he launched, kept it from instantly breaking his body, but it did have side effects.

He was in a pseudo-burnout, needing to limit his output so his body could catch up. It is also why Dabura easily dismantled his second hollow purple. The output of the second Hollow Purple was about the same level as one of Gojo's Reds.

Sure, launching a Domain Expansion right at the beginning of the fight could've ended it. Still, the problem was that he couldn't physically use Domain Expansion unless he wanted to strain his body too early in the fight after using such a devastating first strike.

But Gojo decided to do it anyway, to show Dabura his resolve as one of the strongest sorcerers to be born on Earth. It was a statement he needed to make, even if he limited himself at the beginning. He didn't want to disrespect Dabura as a sorcerer, giving it everything he had.