Chapter 13 It's all acting

"Everyone is well. I've woken you to inform you of changes to the medical plan. The Astral Plasma will arrive tomorrow, so you can prepare for any emergencies during the escort. However, your phone hasn't been connected, so I've had to contact Mr. Ye Moth and ask him to come to your dormitory to check on you," the assistant inspector explained. "According to what they say, Miss Cheng only paid a visit to the higher-ups yesterday afternoon..."

In fact, in a sense, Cheng Xiaoyu was indeed "kicking" the door to visit, and the door that was intended to stop her was kicked away by her.

[Hey! I hear someone's slacking off here? Hey guys, I'm completely exhausted from all the work in your world, and you're slacking off and slandering me behind my back, right?]

[False accusation! We've clearly eliminated all the cursed spirits you sent into our courtyard these past few nights. Don't be so arrogant!]

"She raised some issues regarding the current collaboration to exorcise the special cursed spirit..."

[You mean the declining completion numbers you've had these past few days? Don't tell me you're including those cursed spirits you dumped in the basement.]

[We are not like you. We are all mortals. We will inevitably get injured after fighting. We need to rest and recuperate before we can fight again.]

"The two sides discussed the use of existing limited medical resources..."

[Don’t you have a therapist?]

[Repairing with the Reversal Technique also requires time to recover. Furthermore, the user of the Reversal Technique is a student, so the number of people she can heal is limited.]

"Then explain why you're not using me, such an efficient, caring, and harmonious healer? Haven't you personally experienced the extraordinary power of my healing abilities? Why are you using students so inefficiently, and letting underage students run around everywhere? I heard you even told your staff that the shift changes were caused by me. You're really good at deflecting criticism!"

"On this basis, the two sides conducted public relations negotiations again and finally reached a consensus amicably."

[Didn’t you say you were busy…]

[You still know I'm busy? Don't you think about who I'm busy for?! I'm busy on the front lines, and you're just supporting me, not only complaining but also slacking off and backstabbing your teammates? Figure out whose world is being destroyed now: it's yours! Your confidence isn't based on the belief that the destruction of this world will hurt me, right? Tell you, no! If this world's performance doesn't meet standards, I'll switch to a more cooperative one. On the contrary, since I'm just doing some overtime to help out, I'll happily receive 10x the overtime pay and vacation time no matter what. Only you and this world will perish, leaving nothing behind.]

[You didn’t say before—]

[I told you, a bunch of idiots, this as soon as we met. If you don't believe me, go look for the meeting minutes. If there aren't any, go to the bathroom and get a mop to stir up the mess in your brains and see if there's any! Is it that when I talk nicely, you idiots can't understand or remember, and you insist on getting scolded and beaten, right? Well, I'm going to give you a good time today.]

[Are you worried about getting hurt and affecting your work? Your work enthusiasm seems to have improved now, huh? Don't worry, I know how to control my attacks. Even if I beat you to the point of having only one breath left, I can still bring you back to full health. Now, let's see if anyone else wants to refute me?]

Ieiri Glass: "..."

Although Ieiri Naoko was not present at the scene of the confrontation between Cheng Xiaoyu and the higher-ups, based on her understanding of Cheng Xiaoyu, the official rhetoric spoken by the assistant inspector was obviously more credible than the statement "Gojo Satoru became a father while still a minor."

She swore that she had no intention of targeting her two classmates.

.......

"Why do I feel something is wrong?" Gojo Satoru, who was receiving the Star Plasma at Kyoto High School, frowned and rubbed the back of his neck which felt inexplicably cold.

"Mr. Gojo, are you okay?" Kuroi Miri asked solemnly, "You look very unwell. Can you still complete your escort mission?"

"It's okay, I've just been a little busy lately. Don't worry, Jay and I will quickly complete the task beautifully and then go back to rest."

Gojo Satoru, who had been working non-stop for several days, yawned and glanced at the "escort target" behind Kuroi Miri, who was surrounded by teachers and students of Kyoto High School. He analyzed the girl's every move with the meticulous insight of his six eyes.

This generation of "Astral Plasma" is a 14-year-old girl with pigtails, looking a little listless... That's right, after all, she knows she is going to die soon; her hands are secretly clutching the corners of her clothes, the curve of her mouth is stiff and unnatural, and her eyes are deliberately widened... She is probably trying hard to cheer herself up and curb her nervousness.

Gojo Satoru winked at Geto Suguru.

There is rejection and cover-up. It is very likely that this generation of astral plasma has not accepted their fate of assimilation. Perhaps the preparations they made before will not be in vain.

Geto Xiayou lowered his head and said gently, "Hello, is this Miss Tenriko? My name is Geto Xiayou, and this is Gojo Satoru. We will be responsible for your subsequent escort together."

The Astral Plasma nodded slightly: "Hello, I'll trouble you later."

Gojo Satoru put on his usual nonchalant and arrogant attitude: "Alright, alright—let's end the small talk, we're leaving."

......

"Excuse me...shouldn't we go to Tokyo High School?"

Looking at the endless sea and the two teenagers in beach shorts in front of him, the Star Plasma... no, to be more precise, Cheng Xiaoyu, who was disguised as the Star Plasma Tenriko, couldn't help but ask.

Given how much those old men value Tian Tianlizi, shouldn't they have immediately sent her to the Polytechnic Institute to await "assimilation"? Why did they take her to the beach? Could this illogical and deliberate act be the work of that unknown high-dimensional being?

If so, she reasonably suspected that the high-dimensional creature had the attribute of a homebody, otherwise it would be impossible to explain why this guy was so obsessed with going to the beach, just like some Japanese anime that "have always had benefits on July 8th and August 9th, hot springs and swimsuits in summer festivals".

But there was no sign that "Tenno Riko" was forced to wear a swimsuit due to any force majeure. She was just wearing ordinary loose shorts, a long-sleeved sun-protective jacket and a pair of flip-flops. On the other hand, Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru were shirtless and wearing beach shirts without buttoning them up.

Tu Mei-chan, oh no, Cheng Xiaoyu's eyes became sharp.

Could it be that the obsession of that "high-dimensional creature" is to watch a young girl watching two young boys selling benefits?

Hiss—I feel like this high-dimensional creature’s habits are a bit weird.

Geto Suguru: "This is an order from above. Lord Tengen also said that he wanted to give you at least one day to go out and explore. Besides, Tokyo High School isn't completely safe right now, and the higher-ups are worried. So we decided to send you there on the day of assimilation. And since Miss Kuroi said you've always wanted to see the ocean one last time, we came here just in time."

The culprit who had the higher-ups worried was now feigning ignorance. "Is the high school unsafe because of that strange woman? I heard the adults at Kyoto High School mention her."

"Yes, but not entirely," Gojo Satoru explained. "That woman may have a bad temper and a bad personality, but generally speaking, she wouldn't attack innocent people for no reason, and she doesn't care about other people's lives."

"I'll skip the details. Right now, that lawless madwoman has captured a bunch of high-ranking members of the curse world and thrown them into the Tokyo High School. She's also captured a large number of high-level cursed spirits and has them fighting them there. It's no exaggeration to say that the Tokyo High School is now a cursed spirit extermination assembly line. You have no fighting power, so if one of those high-level cursed spirits escapes, or if someone tricks them into escaping, you'll be in great danger."

Cheng Xiaoyu: I sat up in shock while working overtime, and I was the one who was blamed?

Her casting of curse spirits was not automatic, nor was she casting massive amounts of curse spirits 24 hours a day without interruption or warning. After all, her purpose was just to kill two birds with one stone by allowing those guys who had nothing better to do to do to spit to reduce her workload. She also had some intention of disrupting the "stage" and causing trouble for that high-dimensional creature, but she didn't want to reduce the population of neon sorcerers!

Moreover, the cursed spirit factory...the cursed spirit removal work area has been isolated by several layers of spell barriers and guards. Hundreds of first and second level fully equipped sorcerers surrounded it with nurses behind them, but they couldn't stop a half-beaten cursed spirit. They might as well wash their necks and hang themselves!

It's easy to tell with a fingernail that this freshly-made scapegoat is definitely the result of the "high-dimensional creature" mechanical deus ex machina distorting the reality nodes. In order to achieve the "goal" it set, the world automatically completed a patch full of logical bugs.

So she really doesn't want to deal with high-dimensional creatures. The ability to rewrite and distort reality is really disgusting!

Gojo Satoru: "Of course, the above is probably all made up by the old men to fool people. The main reason I think is that the top management doesn't want you and us to meet that weird woman. They are probably afraid that we will be led astray by her.

"........well?"

No way, sir, you are still putting the blame on me?

"After all, that woman really dislikes the ways of those old men. If she refuses to assimilate after a few words with you, that would be bad."

“…”

Gojo Satoru, do you know why your eyes give many people the feeling of "a clear blue sky without a trace of haze"?

Because you are really good at making people speechless (rain)!

"After all, after assimilation, Riko-chan won't be able to see such a beautiful ocean anymore." Geto asked casually, "Is it really okay?"

So what would you do if I didn’t want to assimilate?

Cheng Xiaoyu wanted to say so, but when she opened her mouth, no sound came out, and she couldn't make any body language to express "refusal to assimilate". At the same time, a spiritual wave swept towards her soul, trying to make Cheng Xiaoyu's soul synchronize with "its" thoughts.

[An intrusion has been detected and intercepted.] The long-silent Unit 233 quickly reports, [A preliminary reading has been made and a forged soul wavelength of the same frequency has been produced. The wavelength has been sent. The world's fluctuations are normal. The data on this intrusion has been uploaded and is being analyzed.]

[Congratulations host, Plan A was a success, you have successfully blended into "its" script.]

Cheng Xiaoyu immediately ordered: "Keep watching and don't let your guard down. We finally got a clue about that bastard. We absolutely cannot alert him and let him escape."

Just as Cheng Xiaoyu had thought before, the "high-dimensional creature" before could not directly use his reality manipulation ability on her, because in his eyes, Cheng Xiaoyu who accidentally entered this world was not a character in his "drama".

Although this is very safe, it also makes it impossible for Cheng Xiaoyu to catch TA's tail and trace. The work progress has come to a standstill. The problem cannot be contained, and Cheng Xiaoyu's deadline for leaving get off work is nowhere in sight.

But now it’s different!

It was no wonder that she made so many plans and even risked her life to use the Trojan Horse tactics, but she finally got caught in the act!