Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Chapter 142

   

 Summary:

Although Yuji's execution has already been carried out, the fight between Naoya and Chose continues! The potential heir of the Zenin clan and the painting of death collide not only physically, but also in their ideals. When Naoya questions his opponent's toughness, Choso proves that his duty as the eldest of ten brothers gives him strength.

Plot:

After Choso says that he is the eldest of ten siblings, Naoya clarifies that he is asking about his cursed technique and toughness, and suddenly disappears from Choso's view. Choso notices a blurry image next to him and quickly turns to face the incredibly fast Naoye, who realizes that Choso has focused the Flowing Red Scale in his eye muscles to increase their sharpness to match his speed.

However, Naoya easily counters Cho's counter, hitting him in the midsection and saying that he always assumes he's going to counter. As Choso recovers from the blow, blood suddenly starts gushing from the open wound, and Naoya reveals that he decided to use the knife to affect his blood manipulation, asking him how long he can fight in that state.

Choso praises his plan and Naoya talks about how wizards should keep their weapons hidden because it's not cool. He adds that many carry them around and depend on them, saying that the way his older brothers show off their weapons is pathetic, and wonders how they could complain about Toji.

Choso mentions Naoya's dislike for her brothers, and Naoya says that older brothers who are weaker than their younger brothers should hang themselves and die because they are pointless. Choso replies that Naoya can be the way he is because of his brothers, and Naoya scoffs at Choso's clichéd reasoning.

Choso continues by saying that regardless of their strength, older brothers are role models and give their younger brothers a chance to avoid the mistakes they themselves have made, or to follow them if they follow the right path. He asks Naoya to consider the possibility that he is only strong because his older brothers are weak. He then reveals that he is strong because he had no one older to guide him, forcing him to face his own mistakes and continue to walk ahead of his younger brothers.

As the blood from Cho's wound pools at his feet and begins to roll away from him, Naoya backs away, wondering how he can survive after losing so much blood. Death Paintings are said to have blood mixed from cursed spirits and humans, allowing them not to die from blood loss as they can convert cursed energy into blood.

Choso raises a wall of blood, causing Naoya to lose sight of them. A slow Slicing Exorcism attack comes out of the blood and Naoya easily hides under it, guessing that Choso is finally dying from blood loss. However, Choso suddenly appears a few feet to his left and fires a Piercing Blood shot, which Naoya barely dodges and realizes he can't touch.

With a wall of blood still flowing towards him, Naoya barely blocks a kick from Chosa and finds that some of the blood has stained his hakama. He says his legs suddenly feel heavy because he's worried the blood is affecting him. Choso prepares to fire another Piercing Blood shot as blood floats around him and tells Naoy that he knows what's coming next and that it's checkmate.

Naoya remains confident in her cursed technique, telling herself that she can still move despite the binding affect from the blood. He tells Choso to go ahead and fire, but as he rushes towards him, he wonders why Choso isn't releasing the attack. It is further stated that the move Choso would use was his own, created after he perfected his technique for 150 years. Choso launches a supernova attack, causing a large ball of blood to shoot out in multiple directions, hitting Naoya's body.

Choso apologizes and says he can't understand why Naoya didn't love his brothers. Yuta suddenly appears behind Chos, dragging the unconscious Yuji by his sweatshirt. Choso tries to fight back, but Yuta punches him repeatedly in the face and knocks him to the ground. When Naoya looks up, Yuta says that he seems hurt.