Chapter 1376 - 974: The True Mastermind

"Who is Knot?"

Reiger had asked this question before he started fighting Uruchi Kōko.

At that time, Uruchi Kōko did not answer his question.

However, Reiger couldn’t help but be concerned about it.

The reason was none other than because of what Uruchi Kōko had said.

"I want to do as I please in this era, for that, I need to accumulate as many points as possible, to survive in ’Knot’s Game’."

What is "Knot’s Game"?

Reiger didn’t know.

But, from Uruchi Kōko’s words, it could be inferred that the game she referred to must be the ongoing survival competition game—"Destruction Revisit."

The question is... isn’t Destruction Revisit hosted by Geto Suguru?

Reiger felt that he seemed to have touched upon something extremely important.

So, after defeating Uruchi Kōko and Stone Dragon, Reiger directly asked about this issue to Uruchi Kōko.

"Oh?"

Stone Dragon uttered in surprise.

"You don’t know about Knot?"

Apparently, Stone Dragon was also aware of Knot’s existence.

"...Tell me."

Seeing this, Reiger turned his gaze to Stone Dragon, looking at the man and woman lying in front of him and asked aloud.

"The Knot you mentioned, is it referring to Geto Suguru who hosted this Destruction Revisit game?"

Reiger’s inquiry didn’t receive an immediate response.

Stone Dragon and Uruchi Kōko both fell silent, seemingly contemplating something.

Reiger wasn’t in a rush, waiting for them to respond.

Finally, Stone Dragon spoke up first.

"I don’t know who this Geto Suguru you mentioned is." Stone Dragon said slowly, while struggling to smoke, "As far as I know, the person hosting this Destruction Revisit game should be Knot."

With that, Stone Dragon shifted his tone.

"But, I can probably guess what’s going on." Stone Dragon grinned, "That Knot guy must have switched bodies again, right?"

Reiger reacted to this sentence.

"Switched bodies..."

Such a simple phrase, yet it generated a thought in Reiger’s mind that others couldn’t even imagine.

It was then that the silent Uruchi Kōko spoke.

"The Knot we know, should be that Geto Suguru." Uruchi Kōko stated expressionlessly, "But, if there’s no accident, the name Geto Suguru and its original owner might already not exist anymore."

"The person you see now should be Knot, possessing someone else’s body and presenting that image and identity."

"Knot is a sorcerer who has existed for a very, very long time, and has had contact with resurrected Poets like us."

According to Uruchi Kōko, they had all been approached by this sorcerer named Knot during their lifetime.

The person didn’t make his intentions clear, nor did he particularly introduce his own identity and background, merely telling them one thing.

"He said that one day in the future, he would bring the sorcery world back to its peak flourishing period like in the Heian era."

"At that time, he would need dying sorcerers like me to revive at the necessary moments to assist him in unfolding his plans."

"So, he persuaded me to make a contract with him."

Stone Dragon continued Uruchi Kōko’s words, explaining to Reiger.

"The content of the contract is unnecessary to detail, because it’s already invalid."

"He most likely died once, or due to changing bodies, causing the contract to be voided."

"However, he should have acquired curse objects related to us before hosting Destruction Revisit, embedding those curse objects into corresponding containers, allowing us to revive in the modern era."

"From this perspective, his intention has already been achieved."

It seems there are many ancient sorcerers like Stone Dragon who have been persuaded and made contracts with Knot.

Uruchi Kōko is one, and presumably other ancient sorcerers revived in the modern era are the same.

In other words, the mysterious existence known as Knot indeed, as Uruchi Kōko said, has existed for a very, very long time, even being traced back to the flourishing period of sorcery in the Heian era a millennium ago.

But unlike the ancient sorcerers who died once and were revived in the modern era, Knot seems to have always existed, seemingly never having died.

And the image he showed when interacting with Stone Dragon and Uruchi Kōko was entirely different.

From this, Stone Dragon and Uruchi Kōko made such assertions...

"He most likely can replace his body, extending his life by possessing others." Stone Dragon exhaled smoke and informed Reiger, "The Geto Suguru you mentioned is just one of the many bodies used by Knot in this era."

Upon hearing this, Reiger’s eyebrows furrowed deeply.

"No wonder..."

He murmured to himself.

"No wonder Geto Suguru, who was once killed by Gojo, appeared again."

The supervisors of the sorcery department and sorcerers from various major factions seem to believe that Gojo Satoru and Yaga Masamichi sheltered Geto Suguru last year, concealing news of his survival, not only releasing him but also falsely reporting that he had been killed.

But this is obviously not the truth.

At least, Reiger, who had discussed this matter with Gojo Satoru, is extremely sure that Gojo Satoru did not intentionally spare Geto Suguru last year.

He indeed took action against Geto Suguru during the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons incident and killed him on the spot.