Chapter 42: The feeling of a century-old store opened for one year

Cheng Xiaoyu contacted Fushiguro Shier, who was doing nothing abroad, and asked: "Can you still use the underground intelligence network without revealing your identity?"

Fushiguro Shiji: "Of course, but I can't use the acquaintance price. After all, 'I'm' dead. Of course, if you have money, nothing is a problem. Is there anything you need to use this network of connections for?"

"Not yet." Cheng Xiaoyu tossed a gold bar to Fushiguro Shier through a shadow. "Try to approach the actress 'Sharon Wynyard.' You don't have to be up close. A concert, a handshake, or anything else will do. As long as you can meet her in person, tell me immediately. This is related to the second higher-dimensional being. Oh, and there's an underground organization behind her. Although most of the members are ordinary humans, be careful not to expose yourself when you approach her."

"If you really can't contact Sharon, you can switch your target to someone connected to her. But you need to ask me before changing your target to avoid wasting your time."

"Understood." Fushiguro Shigeki hung up the phone.

Just like the fact that the actual sorcerer organization could not be found in the Demon Slayer Corps dungeon before, the incompletely integrated world will only have "settings" but no "entities".

So, working backwards, as long as we can meet tangible physical people in reality, we can grasp the progress of the world's integration.

Because Cheng Xiaoyu was not sure whether the second high-dimensional creature's blocking of her was limited to Beika Town or all people in the same universe as Beika Town, she simply asked Fushiguro Shigeu to check.

Fushiguro Shier is a local resident, so going to investigate won't alert the higher-dimensional beings. As for what would happen if it alerted the organization behind "Sharon Wynyard"...

With Fushiguro Shigeru's combat power, no matter how dangerous it seems, it's always the enemy.

The police need evidence to sanction an organization, but Fushiguro Shigeru only needs names and coordinates.

The timeline is a bit like a video progress bar. Now the network speed is poor and the loading is slow, so there is no way to fast forward. Cheng Xiaoyu asked Fushiguro Shener to check the fusion progress, which is equivalent to checking the network speed. Now it's like waiting for the moment when the network is better so that he can fast forward or jump to the video.

The problem seemed to be solved. Hoping to get off work early, Cheng Xiaoyu browsed the snack street again. When she returned to Tokyo High School, she happened to meet Gojo Satoru who was holding up snacks in the corridor to amuse the twins.

Gojo Satoru: "Just call me Satoru-sama the most handsome and I'll give it to you~"

But Mimiko and Nanako didn't buy it, and even the way they looked at Gojo Satoru was a bit... like they were a little confused and speechless, and within that speechlessness there was a hint of contempt.

Cheng Xiaoyu: "Aren't you afraid of being hit hard by the moth?"

"Well, who told me to raise two little adults? I just want to see the reaction of real children. Don't you like teasing children too?"

As soon as the twins saw Cheng Xiaoyu appear, they reflexively hid themselves behind Gojo Satoru. Gojo Satoru, who enjoyed the snacks particularly, lowered them, and when the two children didn't reach out for them, he simply stuffed them into Mimiko's hood on the back, and stood up to shield the twins from Cheng Xiaoyu.

"What a shame! If you had come back a day earlier, you would have seen my two little brats. Last weekend, Ye Moth said he wanted to get to know these four brats of similar age. I even brought the brother and sister to see you."

Cheng Xiaoyu: "Why are you looking for me?"

Gojo Satoru: "That little boy's spell is also about shadows. I think he's your junior in the same field, so I thought I'd bring him along to show you."

Cheng Xiaoyu was quite speechless: "Gojo Satoru, have you forgotten that I told you more than two months ago that I had seen you in a parallel world... So you said there is a possibility that I have seen Fushiguro Megumi and know that he has ten shadow spells. Tell me directly, is it because you saw him use shadows, so you want to learn some shadow-related combat techniques from me?"

"Exposed~" Gojo Satoru was not at all flustered when his little trick was exposed. He used a limitless curse to isolate the twins to ensure that they could not hear his next words. "Look, when you were away a while ago, I had to go on missions and attend classes, and help your subordinates collect intelligence for you. How hard was it?"

"I don't really want you to help me take care of the kids. I know you're busy too. I just want you to give some comments on Ena when you have time, or maybe show him off your shadow manipulation skills a bit more."

Cheng Xiaoyu had originally been looking for a way to justify Fushiguro Megumi's acquaintance with her. Gojo Satoru's move was like sending a pillow to someone who was sleepy, so she pretended to be helpless but was actually delighted. "You're right. Then give me the address. I'll go check it out when I'm free. Let me make it clear first, Fushiguro Megumi and I have similar powers, but they're not the same. You can't blame me if you can't achieve results from cross-disciplinary studies."

Gojo Satoru: "Of course, for a sorcerer, anything related to the principles of their own spells is very important. The Gojo family even made me study physics since I was a child in order to better understand and develop sorcerers without limits. But such insights are too abstract. I just want to give that brat a chance, to see if he can gain some inspiration from you to use power and develop his own spells. If not, then it means he's not destined to be with you."

......

Fushiguro Shijiro found that this task went unexpectedly smoothly, because "Sharon Wynyard" was a famous American actress. A simple search on Wikipedia would yield her information, and her personal account would occasionally post some schedules, making her look like a very normal entertainer.

If he had not been reminded before that there was an entire underworld organization behind this woman, Fushiguro Shier would definitely have directly hired hackers from the underworld to check her IP and arrange an offline meeting.

Although the underworld is a place where the strong prey on the weak, not everyone has the professionalism like Fushiguro Shigeu to complete their employer's tasks conscientiously. There are many people who take the money and then run away, or even betray their employer if they fail.

Fushiguro Shigeki has been in the underground world for many years. Although he cannot use the connections of "Tian Yu Tyrant" to solve the problem with just a phone call, he knows some reliable shops and reliable people, and it is easy for him to find someone to check the IP.

But Fushiguro Jyouji is just one person after all, and his influence in the underground world is definitely not as great as that of an entire underground organization. Moreover, from what Ghost said, the entire organization is not simple.

Therefore, in order not to alert the enemy, the famous "Spell Master Killer" can only take the path of ordinary people to approach celebrities.

He spent a lot of time following paparazzi, joining fan groups, and searching for entertainment gossip to find out where Sharon Wynyard was currently filming, and then carefully checking where the crew was filming...

Fushiguro Shier felt that if he was discovered, he might not have to kill anyone to silence them. He could just say that he was a stalker fan of "Sharon Wynyard".

As a famous female star, Sharon Wynyard always wears a disguise when she goes out, but a person's appearance can be easily changed, but subconscious movement habits cannot.

So Fushiguro started watching all the movies that Sharon Wynyard had starred in, and while watching one of her early movies, Fushiguro noticed something strange.

Sharon Wynyard was not yet a big star when this movie was filmed. She was only given the role of a cannon fodder killer who chased the protagonists with a gun.

The blonde assassin's beautiful face, crisp fighting scenes, and realistic acting made Sharon Wynyard stand out among the crowd. This crudely made B-grade film didn't achieve particularly good results at the time. However, Sharon Wynyard's outstanding performance was enough to convince industry insiders that this was a pearl that had been covered in dust. Sharon Wynyard went from being an unknown extra to becoming the dazzling and famous actress she is today.

As an "insider" in another sense, Fushiguro Shige has seen some things after watching so many of Sharon's works. Simply put, her early killer roles did not seem like acting.

She may not be a professional killer of her organization, but she has definitely shot and killed more than one person.

Fushiguro also noticed that Sharon Wynyard's acting skills improved dramatically ten years ago. Since then, she has almost never made the professional subconscious moves that she did in her early works. It is obvious that she has found a very good acting teacher for herself.

Sharon Wynyard is hard to track down and meet, but she has been in the entertainment industry for so long that she must have acquaintances. So let's start with the people around her.

He expanded the search scope and began to investigate Sharon Wynyard's interpersonal relationships. The name of the famous female star "Fujimine Yukiko" who had a flash marriage and left the entertainment industry seven years ago came into Fushiguro Shiro's sight.

"Fujimine Yukiko" was a very popular figure in Japan back then, and Fushiguro Shinobu remembers that Kei's mother liked her very much.

At that time, Shiner, who was still Zenin Shiner, accompanied Hui's mother to watch all the movies and TV series of "Fujimine Yukiko". When this person announced her retirement that year, she hugged Shiner and cried bitterly with regret. Shiner remembered that he was in a hurry to comfort his girlfriend and said, "It must be hype. She will definitely come back to film later. Then I will accompany you to the premiere of her new work."

However, Yukiko Fujimine never returned, and Zenin Jiner had no chance to accompany his beloved girl to watch her idol's new work.

Later, Fujimine Yukiko changed her name to Kudo Yukiko, and Zenin Shinji changed her name to Fushiguro Shinji.

The youth of a generation ended just like that.

Yukiko and Sharon Wynyard have been friends for many years. Since Fushiguro Shiro has a basic understanding of Yukiko, he decided to start his investigation with her.

Although Yukiko has retired from the entertainment industry, she has only left the entertainment industry and is not dead. She may still contact her good friend Sharon privately.

Following the clues, Fushiguro Shigeki discovered that Yukiko's acting skills improved rapidly at the same time as Sharon's - it was obvious that the two had the same teacher. He then naturally found Yukiko's husband, the famous mystery novelist "Kudo Yusaku".

As a writer, Kudo Yusaku's appearance certainly does not have the same exposure as a star. He has only been seen offline at a few autograph sessions and by fans in the past few years.

Fushiguro Shige immediately went to the trash can and dug out a piece of newspaper that he had used to pad his instant noodles a few days ago. He carefully crumpled it up and turned to the page that read "Genius magician Toichi Kuroba's global tour is coming soon." He looked at the face carefully and finally understood why he had felt that this person looked familiar before.

Because in order to prepare a gift for his fiancée, Heaven and Tyrant went to Kudo Yusaku's book signing event and had seen this face once.

With this level of similarity, Kuroba Toichi and Kudo Yusaku are either the same person or twins. Whichever it is, it is logical to connect them to Sharon.

Sharon Wynyard and Yukiko Kudo probably learned acting skills from Touichi Kuroba, as the three of them happened to be in Japan that year.

Fushiguro Shier called Cheng Xiaoyu and explained his search process. "In summary, can I directly check on Kuroba Touichi now? I see he's performing in this country next week."

Cheng Xiaoyu was silent for five seconds before she said, "Okay. By the way, do you remember the city called Jianggutian?"

Fushiguro Shiji: "Yes, it's always near Beika Town. Is there something wrong with Ekoda?"

"...Nothing, go ahead and do your work."

After hanging up the phone, Cheng Xiaoyu looked at the entry for Jiang Gutian on Google and rubbed his temples where he felt phantom pain.

What's wrong with Jianggutian? It's a big problem, as big as an entire city.