At the End of Life

"Do you know what this is, Satoru?"

"...A ring."

"Who put it on me?"

"I did."

"When?"

"The summer of our first year as teachers. Why...are you asking me this?"

"Because you asked me such a dumb question earlier," Suguru taps his forehead, "You already put this on me. Why do you still need to ask if I would kill you?"
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An alternate universe where Geto Suguru did not defect to become a curse user, a world where the strongest duo stayed together until the end.

However, even if they have found a kinder life, the pain of separation from that other life still comes to haunt Gojo Satoru in the shape of his dream.