Jujutsu Kaisen: I have everything I need now!

Chapter 133 Abyss

Two days later.

The western Pacific Ocean, the waters south of Guam.

The research vessel requisitioned by the college was anchored on the sea, its white paint on the deck gleaming in the midday sun.

On the first day of the twelfth month, I stood at the stern of the ship and watched as the crane slowly lowered the submersible into the sea.

Despite being called a deep-sea submersible, it was completely different from the ones he had seen on TV before his time travel.

The entire shell is only the size of a bread cart, with only one observation window, no robotic arms, and the shell is covered with densely packed incantation patterns.

Yi Gu said that this was completed by the technical department of the college in 36 hours of continuous work. The main structure can withstand the water pressure of 8,000 meters, and the rest depends entirely on Wu Tiao Wu's bottomless thinking.

"As long as it works, that's fine."

This was Gojo Satoru's only comment after seeing the actual product.

At this moment, the sea is calm and still.

But there was something unsettling about this calm.

On the first day of the twelfth month, he looked down at the water outside the ship's side. The water was so dark, almost black, that even sunlight could only penetrate a few meters.

From the moment he started, the power within him began to resonate with the seabed. Something was waiting for them on the seabed.

"Hey."

Gojo Satoru walked up behind him, a lollipop dangling from his mouth, his white coat fluttering in the sea breeze.

"nervous?"

"no."

"Then what have you been doing, staring at the water's surface the whole time?"

"listen."

Gojo Satoru tilted his head and moved the lollipop from the left to the right.

"What are you listening to?"

There was no reply on the first day of December.

"thump."

As the submersible entered the water, December 1st found that it was narrower than she had imagined.

The two men sat facing each other in the driver's cab, their knees almost touching.

There was only one dim yellow industrial light overhead, which made the entire cabin look like a basement.

The bulkhead was covered with incantations, which were now densely packed and shimmered with a bluish light under the lamp.

Gojo Satoru wasn't wearing anything to cover his eyes, and his six bright blue eyes shone in the small, dimly lit space.

"Feed".

Heartfelt "feeding".

"Communication test".

The voice of Yi Gu came through the headphones.

"Signal normal. Current depth: 20 meters underwater."

The submersible began to slowly descend.

As they increased in depth, the bulkhead occasionally creaked, indicating that the two were heading towards the abyss.

Through the only small observation window on the bulkhead, December 1st could clearly see the colors outside changing.

The color of the seawater gradually changed from light blue to dark blue, and finally to inky blue.

Finally, the dark blue turned into pure black.

The descent was much faster than he had anticipated.

In less than a few minutes, nothing could be seen outside the observation window.

"One thousand meters underwater." Yi Gu's voice came after a while, with an added layer of electrical noise. "The light zone has been completely removed, and the external water temperature has dropped below four degrees."

On the first day of the twelfth month, the runes on the back of his hand lit up.

The resonance coming from the depths of the sea was clearer than it was on land.

It's like a heartbeat.

Suddenly, the runes on the bulkhead lit up.

Immediately afterwards, the entire submersible shuddered slightly, which was the first sudden change in external water pressure.

Gojo Satoru's right hand was already resting on his knee, his fingers slightly spread apart.

An unlimited force field silently expanded from his body, spreading out in a layer along the inner side of the cabin wall.

"Three thousand meters underwater."

The sound of Yi Gu began to become intermittent.

"external----"

"The pressure has exceeded three hundred standard atmospheres."

"Submarine structure — normal pressure resistance, rune circuit — stable."

Just then.

"Boom!"

The bulkhead made another sound, this time even more muffled. It was as if something had tapped the submersible's metal hull from the outside.

On the first day of December, he glanced at Gojo Satoru.

His eyes were closed, his expression was calm, but the fingertips of his right hand, which was resting on his knee, shone with an almost invisible blue light.

"There's something outside," said December 1st.

"Hmm." Gojo Satoru didn't open his eyes. "They've been following us since 1,500 meters, and there's more than one."

As he spoke, another muffled thud came from outside the bulkhead.

This time it wasn't a knock; it was more like something slid past the outer shell, leaving a scraping sound that lasted for two or three seconds.

On the first day of December, he held his breath, which reminded him of a scene he had seen on television before: a giant octopus enveloping a submersible.

The talismans inside his body suddenly twitched violently at the same time.

It wasn't the resonance we had before, but a clear pulse, as if it were saying, "It's here."

"Five thousand meters underwater." Yi Gu's voice was completely drowned out by the noise, leaving only a few indistinct syllables.

At the same time, light suddenly appeared outside the observation window.

This is not sunlight.

Instead, a dark, bluish-green phosphorescence slowly rose from directly beneath the submersible.

On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, I approached the observation window.

In the darkness, a massive dragon skeleton jutted out of the abyss, adorned with rusted iron chains and unidentified remains.

Clusters of luminous deep-sea creatures grew on the cross-section of the keel, illuminating a circle of cold light in the water within a radius of several meters.

Behind the keel is the second one.

Article 3.

More debris emerged from the darkness from all directions; some were made of steel, some of wood, and some were completely unrecognizable as to what they originally were.

They intertwine at various twisted angles, forming an impenetrable three-dimensional maze.

Shipwreck graveyard.

Yigu mentioned this name in a pre-war briefing.

The shipwrecks that sank into the Mariana Trench over the centuries were gathered together by Basha's water laws, forming a natural barrier.

The new moon of December retreated from the observation window.

"arrive."

Gojo Satoru opened his eyes. His pupils appeared an almost transparent ice-blue in the dim light, and his Six-Eyed Technique was fully activated.

"interesting."

He stood up, but he couldn't stand up completely in the cramped space; he just hunched over.

"Can you see it?" asked the first day of December.

"There are probably dozens of living things swimming around in the graveyard. They're not cursed spirits, nor are they ordinary creatures." Gojo Satoru tapped the cabin wall with his finger. "They're more like Basha's retinue, similar to those scum created using laws in Okinawa."

"What about the size?"

"The smallest one is bigger than this submersible. The largest—" he paused, "...can't be seen in its entirety."

Just as the two were discussing countermeasures, the phosphorescent creatures clinging to the wreckage outside the cabin suddenly went out.

In an instant, darkness engulfed everything.

Immediately afterwards, a surge of water from directly below slammed into the bottom of the submersible, causing the entire cabin to shake violently, and December was slammed against the bulkhead.

At the same time, a final electronic sound came through the headphones, followed by a long silence.

"No signal."

On the first day of December, I pressed the earphone button twice.

Dead silence.

"Crunch."

Suddenly, Gojo Satoru pulled open the sealing latch on the hatch.

The high-pressure seawater seemed to have found an outlet and wanted to rush into the submersible, but it was blocked outside by an unlimited force field that sealed the hatch tightly.

On the first day of December, through that force field, one could see the pure blackness outside, and within that blackness, a massive, flickering outline that was slowly moving.

Gojo Satoru turned around and glanced at him.

"Put on your gear and let's go."

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