Defeating Hanami is more than just a means to an end. It goes without saying that they 're a threat. A danger. Perhaps, if left unchecked, they would 've died at Gojo 's hands during the Shibuya Incident, like in canon, but you want to prevent that whole incident from happening in the first place. The more things change, the less you can count on your pre-existing knowledge to hold true. If you don 't defeat Hanami here, there 's no telling who they might kill at some point or another 'and that 's a risk you 're not willing to take.

But that alone isn 't what 's spurring you onward right now, and it 's not simply your hatred of Mahito, either. It goes beyond that, extending far into a future that you haven 't even seen yet.

Defeating Hanami is a

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