Chapter 22, Chapter 3: The School Gate Exploded

Shoko's family didn't know where her two classmates got the confidence to think they could laugh at each other, even though one of them had died young.

"I'm one of the two of you, the only one here who has the right to laugh at you, okay?" she said speechlessly.

It was only at this point that Shoko's family realized that the "friends of my mother" that Karin Ooyuki had mentioned were actually "them".

Shoko Ieiri's feelings were somewhat mixed. On one hand, knowing that she was the last one left among her classmates made her feel a little lost, but on the other hand, she felt that things hadn't happened yet, and there was still room for maneuver.

But... she is not the one who has the ability to change the future.

She used to think there was nothing wrong with this; she was rather lazy and just stayed at the college's infirmary. Anyway, her two classmates were both very strong and would eventually become the undisputed strongest; they could handle any problems themselves.

And now? Look at these two guys, one couldn't stand it and defected to become a villain, and the other was killed by the villain for some unknown reason.

Shoko Ieiri didn't know what the mother that Karin Oriyuki mentioned felt when she saw the corpses of those two bastards, nor did she know what she was thinking when she looked at those old photos, but... just thinking about it made her want to smoke a few cigarettes.

Anyone who says they can't have a heart attack is lying.

But what could she do? She was just a wet nurse.

I used to think it was fine when I didn't have any ideas, but now, this situation where I want to do something but find that I don't seem to have any ability makes it really hard to feel good.

So all she could say was, "I'll probably be staying at the college's medical clinic from now on, and if nothing unexpected happens, I'll probably be in charge of disposing of your two bodies."

Gojo Satoru, Natsumi Yuki: ?

The two looked at Ieiri Shoko with confusion, wondering why she would suddenly bring this up at this time.

Karin Oriyuki felt a pang of anxiety, because in the original story, it really was all handled by Ieiri Glass...

But then Ieiri Shoko continued, "I've decided to learn how to do Harajuku gyaru makeup. I'll do one for you after you die, Natsuyu."

Xia Youjie froze: "No, glass... isn't this a bit too much?"

I was just feeling sorry for Kagami Iori: Pfft...

Gojo Satoru gloated from the side: "Ha--Well done, Shoko! Give Jet a super big eye makeup, otherwise he'll only have small eyes even when he dies."

Xia Youjie hardened his fist, wanting to test his skills against Gojo Satoru, when he heard Ieiri Shoko say again: "Then go find a veterinarian to learn castration, and deal with Gojo after he dies."

Xia Youjie and Zhi Xueya Karin subconsciously looked down at Gojo Satoru.

Gojo Satoru's smile froze, and he almost instinctively brought his legs together, his eyes widening behind his sunglasses: "Shoko!? Men and women shouldn't touch each other! You, you, you, you... how could you touch me like that?"

Ieiri Shoko didn't intentionally want to be so harsh on Gojo Satoru; she mainly felt that Gojo Satoru wouldn't react much to being made up, so she had no choice but to be ruthless.

She calmly replied, "Why distinguish between men and women in front of a doctor? Besides, you'll be a corpse by then, so what can't you move?"

After saying that, she realized something and said, "Oh right, you'll be dead by then, so it won't matter whether my cutting skills are good or not, and there doesn't seem to be any need for me to specifically learn them."

Gojo Satoru: "..."

Okiyuki Karin was watching the show from the sidelines, and her gums were practically sticking out from laughing.

Although Xia Youjie wasn't one of those to be castrated, the topic still sent a chill down his spine, even though he was also a man. He chuckled awkwardly and said, "Shoko, you don't have to be so cruel, do you?"

Shoko Ieiri glanced at him lazily: "Is it harsh? I think it's alright. Anyway, as long as you two don't die, then everything's fine, right?"

That's what they said, but neither Gojo Satoru nor Natsuyuki had the heart to laugh at each other anymore.

Shoko Ieiri casually patted her son's head and said calmly, "Let's go buy some necessities for my son. Oh, by the way, Ms. Yagura said she'll arrange for him to stay next to you. Natsuyu, I'll need you to take good care of him then."

Xia Youjie smiled gently: "Okay."

Previously, his family's Akari had relied heavily on Ieiri Shoko's help, so he was naturally happy to help again.

Gojo Satoru pointed to himself: "Why is it that only Jet gets to take care of you, but I don't?"

Shoko Ieiri countered with a question: "Can you take care of people?"

Gojo Satoru said confidently, "How could I not know how to take care of people? Didn't I take good care of Akari before?"

Zhixue Yahuali: "..."

I have a problem with what you just said!

Shoko Ieiri didn't bother arguing with him, and simply said lazily, "Oh."

"Oh? You're being too perfunctory, Shoko?"

"No, I was just thinking about what to buy later."

Well, although this explanation wasn't very heartfelt, Gojo Satoru was still appeased.

She's so easy to coax.

However, when Karin Oori heard that she would be living next to Satoru Gojo and Natsumi Yuki, she immediately felt uneasy.

Her first thought was to resist, but then she thought that she was a little boy, and at eight years old, she was obviously old enough to be aware of the difference between boys and girls. It didn't seem reasonable for her to live in the girls' dormitory.

Zhixue Yahuali: "..."

This time, her character isn't as resistant to Gojo Satoru as she was last time. Hopefully, Gojo Satoru won't be too interested in her this time either.

Just as she was thinking this, she saw Gojo Satoru bend down and look at her.

Zhixue Yahuali:?

What are they trying to do?

"Kid, who's your dad?" he asked curiously.

Before Oriyuki Karin could even begin to pretend, Ieiri Shoko, who had anticipated this, spoke up: "I already asked him, but it's no use. He can't hear the question at all. It's probably related to a time paradox."

"Really?" Gojo Satoru, not believing it, asked Orishita Karin twice more.

Ieiri Glass had already prepared an explanation for Oriyuki Karin, so Oriyuki Karin naturally pretended not to hear it.

Gojo Satoru rubbed his chin for a while.

Zhi Xueya Karin always felt that he had ill intentions, and she secretly became more vigilant.

Then Gojo asked, "Kid, how old are you?"

Zhi Xueya Karin answered crisply, "Eight years old."

"Did you go to school?"

"have."

Which school?

Karin Origami simply enrolled herself in the elementary school, since Gojo Satoru and the others would only assume it was a new school built in the future if they couldn't find it.

Gojo Satoru then asked a few more questions—

What grade are you in?

What's your homeroom teacher's name?

What's your math teacher's name?

What's your Chinese teacher's name?

Oriyuki Karin answered all of them.

Gojo Satoru followed up quickly with a question: "What's your dad's name?"

Zhixue Yahuali: "."

She knew it.

Fortunately, she was prepared. Yuki Ayaka Karin just stared straight at Gojo Satoru, as if waiting for him to ask the next question.

Gojo Satoru's plan backfired, and he scratched his head: "Alright, it seems it's true."

Shoko Ieiri and Natsumi Suke were both speechless. What kind of tricks could an eight-year-old child possibly play on you?

The cunning Yuki Aka: Hey, trying to trick me? Such a low-level trick, do you really think I'm eight years old?

Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of the routine, Gojo Satoru didn't bother to find out who the child's father was anymore. He just couldn't help but ask Oriyuki Karin out of curiosity, "What is your technique?"

Karin thought he wanted to play another round, and she was eager to play again, so she decisively replied, "Reverse Spell".

Xia Youjie asked in confusion: "A reversal spell?"

Shoko Ieiri lazily explained, "It should be a reversal technique; he must have misremembered."

Gojo Satoru said, "No, his technique is just different from yours."

Upon hearing this, Ieiri Shoko looked slightly puzzled: "Hmm?"

"Otherwise, why would I ask this question? If they're the same, I can tell at a glance, okay?"

Shoko Ieiri answered frankly, "I thought you wanted to play another round."

Gojo Satoru: "..."

Do I look that naive?

Xia Youjie and Jia Ruga nodded in unison.

Gojo Satoru even saw Oriyuki Karin nod.

Gojo Satoru: “#&*@……”

"You guys are really ganging up on me!"

Neither Xia Youjie nor Ieiri Shoko paid him any attention, focusing instead on Shiki Ayaka.

"What is a reversal spell? What is its connection to a reversal technique?" Xia Youjie asked curiously.

Speaking of this, Karin couldn't help but feel a little smug: "I can reverse all spells!"

"All spell reversals..." Xia Youjie didn't quite grasp the spell's effect yet. "Does it mean it can cancel out other people's spells?"

Gojo Satoru's eyes lit up immediately.

Reverse the procedure?

Reversal of a technique and technique reversal are different. Although both fundamentally transform negative energy formed by negative emotions into positive energy, reversal of a technique is a technique in itself, and the effect is the same no matter who uses it. Technique reversal, on the other hand, reverses the technique, and different techniques will have different effects.

For example, if you reverse the character "五条悟" (Sō) [苍], it becomes "赫" (Haku).

Gojo Satoru shoved aside Natsume Yuki and leaned in front of Oriyuki Ayakari, gathering a small ball of [Azure] between his fingertips, and asked, "Hey, Hiri, can you turn this thing upside down?"

Xia Youjie's expression changed the moment he saw the [Azure] mark on his fingertips: "Hey! Wu!"

"Don't worry, it's just Cang in a semi-activated state. Do I look like someone who lacks discretion?"

Xia Youjie really wanted to say that it was him, but he also knew that Wujiao Wu wouldn't joke about the safety of the others, so he didn't say anything more. He just took Ieiri Shoko and retreated a few steps, as if he was ready to leave at any time.

Shoko Ieiri frowned, somewhat worried about Karin Oriyuki, but she also trusted Satoru Gojo, so she didn't say anything more.

As Yuki Ayaka looked at [Azure] who had been brought to her by Gojo Satoru, she was quite satisfied with his quick reaction. This way, she wouldn't have to rack her brains to figure out how to guide Gojo Satoru to think about this aspect.

However, although that was her plan, she wasn't sure if it would actually work, since she hadn't tried it before. Therefore, she only gave a somewhat uncertain answer: "It should be possible."

Gojo Satoru extended his fingertip a little closer to her: "Then you do it."

Karin Origami instinctively backed away.

Please, bro, this is [Cang], can you please not get so close to me?

"Is it... really going to be a reversal like this?"

Although she believed that Gojo Satoru could control [Azure], she was afraid that he would not be able to control [He] after the reversal.

At this point in time, Wu Tiao Wu's [He] skill level is not even at full, let alone proficiency.

Fortunately, Gojo Satoru thought what she said made some sense, so he turned around and asked, "Then if I throw it out, can you reverse it remotely?"

"Y-yes, but... I'm not very good at it yet," said Karin Origami, sounding extremely guilty.

She wasn't familiar with anything; she'd never used this skill before. Starting with something so big, Oriyuki Karin felt very uncertain.

Gojo Satoru, however, felt it wasn't a big problem: "It's okay, let's give it a try."

After thinking for a moment, Karin thought that since Gojo Satoru and Natsuyuki were both there, nothing should go wrong, so she nodded.

Gojo Satoru flicked his wrist and threw out a [Azure].

The air currents ruffled Karin Ooyuki's short, wispy hair as she stared blankly at the air exploding in mid-air.

ah?

Is this how it begins?

She turned to look at Gojo Satoru, only to find that Gojo Satoru was also looking at her with a questioning expression.

Gojo Satoru: What's wrong with you?

Zhixue Yahuali: "..."

"I'm sorry, I... didn't realize it."

Alright, Gojo Satoru pointed to the sky diagonally above: "Then I'll count to three and throw this out here to release it. Get ready."

“Okay.” Oriyuki Karin immediately perked up.

Gojo Satoru counts down: "One, two, three—"

Another ordinary-looking creature exploded in mid-air.

Before she could even make a move, Karin Oriyuki thought, "..."

Gojo Satoru: "..."

He looked at Karin Origami again: "Who is your teacher?"

Zhixue Yahuali: "..."

"I don't have a teacher yet..."

Gojo Satoru decided to try again, and again, and again...

After trying three more times, Gojo Satoru was completely exhausted.

Orochimaru Kaori either couldn't keep up with the speed or couldn't aim properly and fired off-target; in any case, she never got it right even once.

Gojo Satoru has seen bad food before, but he's never seen anyone this bad.

Karin Origami was also very upset; she really didn't mean it.

While watching the anime, I thought this skill was incredibly slow to cast; if the villain had just seized the opportunity to interrupt it, they could have cut it off. But in reality—this thing is instantaneous! There's not even a skill animation delay! If Gojo Satoru hadn't counted down 3, 2, 1 for her and deliberately slowed it down, Karin Orishita probably wouldn't have been able to keep up with it.

Xia Youjie was initially looking forward to seeing what Gojo Satoru and Oriyuki Karin could come up with. After watching for a while, he almost laughed, but seeing the child's expression of doubt, he still spoke up for him: "Ahem, Satoru, Hiri-kun is still young and probably hasn't been trained yet. Why don't we wait until later and try it slowly? Let's go and get his daily necessities first."

Gojo Satoru, however, was determined to prove them wrong. He rolled up his sleeves and said, "I don't believe it! Let's go again! This time I'll go all out, so you just fire it in the same direction as before!"

He refused to believe that if Oriyuki Karin couldn't aim accurately, he could aim in her direction and still not be able to.

Xia Youjie, hearing this from behind, thought, "You want to make it even bigger?"

He then quietly moved back with his family.

However, Ayaka Shiki didn't feel anything was wrong at all, because she was actually a little unconvinced, and she was determined to reverse this [Azure] today.

So, Gojo Satoru unleashed a powerful [Azure], and after a few tries, Oriyuki Karin got the hang of it and released her spell at that spot. The next second, she felt herself being pulled away.

As the dark red magic seal exploded with a loud "boom," Karin Oori was already placed behind Gojo Satoru.

A wave of energy swept in, and Gojo Satoru, with no limits, was filled with excitement.

It's [Hercules]! It really worked!

Not far away, Xia Youjie's pupils also contracted.

Having spent a long time with Gojo Satoru, he could naturally judge the approximate effect of the attacks the other party released. The [Azure] attack just now should not have had such a great effect.

This means—it's a success.

Gojo Satoru was overjoyed and turned to say, "Ge! Shoko! Did you see that? It worked! I saw it clearly! Although there are still a few parts that need to be checked, I'll be able to learn it soon!"

Xia Youjie also showed a happy expression, and his gaze toward Zhi Xueya Karin became somewhat intense.

He was quick-witted. Since Gojo Satoru was able to learn [He] from Oriyuki Karin's technique, was it possible that he could also learn something?

However, Ayaka Shiki was completely stiff. She pointed to the ruins in front of her and asked guiltily, "Um... I don't have to pay for this, right?"

Her reminder made Gojo Satoru and Natsume Yuuki freeze in place, their eyes wide with shock.

[He], with twice the effect of [Cang], also had twice the destructive power. At this moment, that direction had been plowed into a scorched road, with only the ruins on the side indicating that there were originally buildings here.

Shoko Ieiri's lips twitched slightly: "If I remember correctly... that place... used to be the school gate, right?"

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