Chapter 89 Am I Your Placebo?
Gojo Satoru was unable to ask.
Even he himself was surprised. When did he become so considerate of other people's emotions?
In fact, Gojo Satoru didn't have any sense of the reality of his own death, and he had never been afraid of death. Since he lost the duel with Ryomen Sukuna, he tried hard to find the shortcomings or problems to solve. If he could not change his fate, he would accept it calmly.
Gojo Satoru didn't think this was a problem.
But he was full of doubts about Geto Suguru. Why did Geto Suguru and Yuta Otsutsuki have an intersection, where did they have an intersection, and when did they have an intersection...these are not the key points.
The key point is, Geto Suguru is not someone who shows up without preparation. He has connections with Yuta Otsutsuki. Could it be that the target is Yuta Otsutsuki?
Or...Rika?
"It seems that our future will be more bumpy than we imagined..." Gojo Satoru muttered to himself with his eyes lowered.
Kanda Kanon's attitude changed overnight, which was enough to show how bleak the future was. It seemed that he was not the only one who died.
Even though the situation couldn't be more urgent, Gojo Satoru hesitated.
The restraints imposed on him will not threaten his life, but he will not be able to convey information. However, it is also very simple to obtain information. Just guide Kanda Kanon to think about the future in her heart.
But how can I put it? With her memory tampered with, she might not know that his voice was heard by her. Without her knowledge, it seemed like taking advantage of her.
What if one day her memory is restored?
“…Really, what a troublesome girl.” Gojo Satoru chuckled, “Forget it, I don’t want to be a scumbag.”
He is not so incompetent as to use students to achieve his goals. She doesn't look very anxious. There should still be some time before it starts, so he should just observe for a while.
And now, something even more troublesome has occurred.
"…Am I a placebo?" Gojo Satoru poked Kanda Kanon's forehead and pushed her face away from him.
[It’s not a difficult thing. Since you’ve already poked me, why don’t you just let me sleep? 】Kanda Kanon, who was poked on the forehead but did not black out, thought dissatisfiedly.
"First of all." Gojo Satoru kept poking her forehead with his fingers, leaving red marks but not stopping, "That's not sleeping, that's making you unconscious."
"What's the difference?"
"There's a huge difference." Gojo Satoru shook his head. "In short, no."
"Don't jump to conclusions yet~" Kanda Kanon pinched his fingers and smiled ingratiatingly, "Please, just this once!"
"It's not okay to act like a spoiled child." Gojo Satoru pulled his fingers back and rejected him mercilessly.
"Why?" Kanda Kanon was so anxious that she jumped up and down, lying on him with tears in her eyes, "Can you bear to make me lose sleep, teacher!"
"You need the teacher to coax you even when you sleep. Are you a kindergarten kid?" Gojo Satoru stretched out his voice in a teasing tone.
"I can be." Kanda Kanon didn't get angry but replied immediately, "Just think of it as pity for a little kid like me, okay?"
Intimate movements, sweet voice, a pretty aggrieved face, a child who is quite good at acting like a spoiled child. When she looks at you, it makes you feel like you are her whole world.
I don’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but she always weaves a web that makes people sink.
If it were anyone else, they would definitely agree without being able to resist, Gojo Satoru thought.
After all, even he softened his heart for a moment.
"Listen carefully. We only did what we did yesterday as a last resort. You may not have felt anything. But the principle is to use cursed energy to invade your brain and force you to faint. It is definitely not a good thing." Gojo Goku rarely said in a serious tone, "Once or twice is fine, but too many times will have an impact on your body."
"Besides, wouldn't it be uncomfortable to let other magicians leave cursed energy in your body?"
Gojo Satoru rarely uses this method of forcing people to faint. Of course he would not do such a thing to his friends, but for the enemies he would just kill them directly or crush their limbs, there is no need to do this.
Gojo Satoru would only do this when he doesn't want to hurt the other person but needs the other person to lose consciousness.
The brain is a special part. You can imagine what will happen if external cursed energy invades it all the time.
"It's not uncomfortable, it's not uncomfortable, I don't mind!" Kanda Kanon slid down and hugged his thighs.
「Anyway, I can’t feel the cursed energy. Besides, it’s okay if it happens once or twice. This is only the second time!」 】
…
Gojo Satoru pinched his eyebrows in pain.
"No, if it happens once, there will be a second time and even more times. This is only treating the symptoms and not the root cause. Do you want to lose the ability to sleep on your own and let me use cursed power to make you faint for the rest of your life?" Gojo Satoru did not give in.
Not to mention the harm to your body from doing this, if you let her go at this time, she will definitely make further advances.
"What should I do? I really can't sleep..." Kanda Kanon sat on the ground hugging his thighs and crying.
[It's all because of that crappy novel that brought me to this crappy world, and then I was led to the world of sorcery by this stinky man, who refused to let me drop out of school. It makes me worried and unable to sleep every day! 】
[I don’t care, Gojo Satoru must be responsible!] 】
Thinking of this, Kanda Kanon hugged her thigh a little harder.
Gojo Satoru's expression was a little subtle.
Kanda Kanon thought she had the strength to hold his thighs tightly to prevent him from leaving, but in his eyes, it was just an ant crawling on her shoe that she could easily shake off. However, he hesitated.
Because, if you think about it carefully, he is indeed the culprit.
Whether it was forcing her to stay in the world of magic or using magic power to make her faint yesterday to avoid trouble, it seemed like he was the one who did it all...
Gojo Satoru finally realized how unreliable he was.
Responsible?... Gojo Satoru sighed in distress.
[But it’s okay to refuse. Does this count as a reason to run away? 】Kanda Kanon suddenly had an idea and thought about the probability of successfully escaping now.
……never mind.
Gojo Satoru tore her off his body with a cold face, then squatted down to look at her at eye level.
"Did you do this on purpose?" Gojo Satoru pressed his fingertips against her forehead again.
Kanda Kanon looked at him blankly.
Today, Gojo Satoru was not wearing a bandage, but a pair of square sunglasses. As he moved, his sunglasses slid down slightly, revealing a pair of beautiful, captivating blue eyes.
"...So beautiful." Kanda Kanon opened her mouth slightly with a look of amazement.
As a loyal lover of faces, to be honest, Gojo Satoru really has a place in her heart. How can someone still be a boyish handsome guy at the age of 27?
Gojo Satoru blinked and the corners of his mouth curved up. He deliberately lowered his sunglasses and winked like a show-off.
The girl in front of him looked even more dazed, causing Gojo Satoru to chuckle smugly.
"It seems that I am not completely lying..." Gojo Satoru muttered softly, "This is the last time, there will be no next time."
But Kanda Kanon was no longer able to think about the meaning of this sentence, because she closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
But unlike the sudden blackout yesterday, this time I closed my eyes because I felt tired.
Gojo Satoru changed his approach. He used the least amount of cursed energy to invade the pineal gland in her brain, stimulating it to secrete the right amount of melatonin to make her sleepy and fall asleep, instead of making her faint directly.
This requires precise control of cursed energy. The human brain is a precision machine that cannot tolerate the slightest mistake. It is estimated that no one except Gojo Satoru can achieve this high level of control.
Although it was his first time too.
Holding the sleeping girl in his arms, Gojo Satoru walked towards her dormitory again.
The next day, Kanda Kanon woke up refreshed. She had never slept so soundly before and didn't even have any dreams.
[He said no, but he did it anyway. He is tough on the outside but soft on the inside. Gojo Satoru is pretty good! 】
Kanda Kanon, who had slept well and was in a good mood, pushed the door and walked into the classroom.
"Good morning, everyone~" She greeted the three people in the room enthusiastically.
"Good morning...where is that guy?" Zenin Maki asked puzzledly while crossing her legs.
"It seems like something happened. Let me do it myself." Kanda Kanon consciously sat in the only empty seat. On her left was Zenin Maki, on her right was Inugami Satoru, and behind them were Panda and Otsutsukota Yuta.
This morning, when she knocked on Gojo Satoru's door, there was no one there. Kanda Kanon used his new phone to send him a message, but all she received was a light-hearted reply telling her to handle it herself.
[What a willful and unreliable adult!] 】
"Tsk!" Zenin Maki smacked her lips impatiently, "That idiot, he clearly said he would gather in the classroom today."
"Well, maybe he went to do the mission. After all, Wu is the only special-level person working here." Panda waved his hand to ease the atmosphere.
stare--
The enthusiastic gaze made it impossible for the panda to pretend not to see it.
"that……"
"Panda-kun!" Kanda Kanon's eyes lit up, "Can I touch you?"
After a moment of silence, the panda extended his hand.
She pinched him everywhere from his palms to his arms. To be honest, if he wasn't a panda, this would definitely be taking advantage of him.
"Do you like pandas?" The panda moved his ears.
"Of course!" Kanda Kanon said without hesitation, "I love pandas the most in the world!"
"...You have good taste!" The panda said proudly, "Compared to cats and dogs, pandas are the best, right?"
"Tsk, why are you getting carried away just because someone praised you?" Zenin Maki rolled her eyes.
"Tuna mayonnaise." Inujuan Ji on the other side was happy to see it happen.
"Come to think of it, you only said food-related words yesterday..." Kanda Kanon looked at Inumaki Satoru curiously.
Gojo Satoru covered the upper half of his face, and Inugami Satoru covered the lower half of his face. These people really like covering their faces.
"His name is Inumaki Satoru, and he is the descendant of a curse-caster. What he says will become reality, with the same effect as a word spirit. But it can also damage his throat and even threaten his life, so he usually only speaks rice ball fillings." Otsukotsuki Yuta introduced him to her with a smile.
"Salmon, salmon." Inumaki Tsuchiya nodded, and then continued to say to Kanda Kanon, "Konbu!"
"I know, salmon means affirmation, and kelp... means hello?" After saying that, Kanda Kanon waited expectantly for the answer.
"Salmon!" Dog Curl gave a thumbs up.
Kanda Kanon, who got the answer right, puffed out her chest proudly: "I knew it, it's worthy of me!"
"She is Zenin Maki..." Otsutsukota introduced her again, but was interrupted by Zenin Maki.
"Don't call me by my last name, just call me Maki." Zenin Maki said in a firm tone.
"Okay Maki, then you can just call me Kanon!" Kanda Kanon didn't ask her why, and her expression didn't even change.
Hearing this, Zenin Maki's expression relaxed and finally there was a smile on her face.
"But then again, Gojo-sensei is not here today and there are no classes or tasks. What are we going to do?" asked Yuta Otsutsukota.
"Of course I trained you, you idiot. You haven't even taken a single book from me yet, and you're asking questions like that. Do you really want to become stronger?" Zenin Maki replied unhappily.
She stood up from the chair, carrying the curse tools on her back, and walked out. But then she stopped, not knowing what she was thinking of.
"Come with you, Kanon." Zenin Maki looked her up and down with sharp eyes.
Looking at this small body, it is really doubtful whether she can defeat the cursed spirit. Zenin Maki is very skeptical. Not to mention exorcising the cursed spirit, she is even afraid that this girl will die while doing the mission.
“…Me?” Kanda Kanon pointed at herself with a dazed look on her face.
[No wow!] ! ! 】
Unfortunately, no matter how she resisted, under the sinister gaze of Zenin Maki, Kanda Kanon timidly followed them to warm up on the playground.
But after running one lap, Kanda Kanon collapsed to the ground and looked like she was about to die.
"Is this true?" Zenin Maki said in disbelief, "How can he be weaker than this guy Otsutsuki?"
"...Maki-san!" Okkotsu Yuta felt a little heartbroken.
"It seems that you need to be thoroughly disciplined." Zenin Maki said coldly.
[…Devil, this is the devil!] 】
Ten minutes later——
"...Stupid tape." Panda frowned and fed water to the girl lying on her.
"...She looks like she's going to die." Yuta Otsutsuki also looked worried.
"Salmon salmon..." Inumaki Ji also frowned.
"...Tsk!" Zenin Maki clicked her tongue irritably, "Honestly, why did you come to Jujutsu High School?"
That being said, the others nodded in agreement.
"…Because the person I like is here." Kanda Kanon was drowsy but still did not forget her own character.
! ! !
The three of them widened their eyes.
"Who is it?" The panda looked gossipy.
Unfortunately, no one could answer their questions. Because Kanda Kanon tilted her head and fainted completely.
"...No way." Only Zenin Maki muttered thoughtfully with a strange look on her face.
...It can't be what she thought!
These days at the technical college were relatively peaceful. There are still a few months until the high-risk event, the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, and Kanda Kanon is still relatively stable.
The main thing is that she cannot be unstable, because it is not that easy to escape.
Kanda Kanon secretly went to Yega Masamichi to ask if she could drop out of school, but was ruthlessly rejected. The reason is unknown, but she feels that Gojo Satoru has some credit for this.
Sure enough, the easy admission and strict exit policy is a scam!
She calmly questioned her classmates and asked what would happen if they left the technical college without permission and never came back.
"Dead?"
“…Defection?”
"You must have done something wrong, otherwise why don't you just drop out of school and leave."
…
The more they talked, the colder Kanda Kanon felt. Will it really turn out like that?
As expected, the key lies in Gojo Satoru!
But she had only seen Gojo Satoru, a busy man, very limitedly these days. However, in order to maintain her image, she would pester him every day through the chat software.
Good morning and good night are the basics. She keeps asking about everything from what she is doing to what she has eaten and even who she has met, portraying herself as a jealous pursuer.
He even kept calling during his mission, and if the call didn't go through, he would call again until the call was connected.
But surprisingly, Gojo Satoru never got angry or impatient, and he even... took the initiative to share with her.
"Ding——" the cell phone notification sounded.
When I opened my phone, I saw a picture pinned by someone on the top post. It was a small cake that looked delicious, and the caption said that he would bring it back for her to try.
...Isn't there something wrong?
After replying to the message, Kanda Kanon buried her head in the pillow and sighed deeply.
Why aren't you angry!
Aren’t these clingy suitors the most annoying?
Could it be that... Gojo Satoru is a good man with a very good temper? !
It’s killing me. Didn’t many people in the novel say that he was a scumbag?
"No, try again!" Kanda Kanon jumped up, picked up the phone and dialed the number.
The phone rang for a long time and was not answered until it was about to hang up.
"Moshimoshi, Kanon-chan~" Gojo Satoru's usual frivolous voice came out from the microphone.
"Teacher, when will you come back? I can't sleep well without you!" Kanda Kanon started to act coquettishly. Her sweet and artificial voice made people feel sick.
But Gojo Satoru acted as if nothing had happened, and even spoke in a more sticky tone: "I'll be back soon, and I've bought the cake. But remember to sleep by yourself this time, and don't act like a spoiled child anymore!"
Whenever Gojo Satoru came back to high school to stay overnight, Kanda Kanon would knock on the door. No one can resist a forced sleep when they have insomnia. It's so addictive, just like taking catnip.
Of course, Gojo Satoru refused. He didn't want to be a placebo. But Kanda Kanon always kept pestering and nagging and refused to leave, so she always succeeded.
But today is different. I will definitely not be soft-hearted today, Gojo Satoru thought to himself.
"…Is it Kanda-san calling again?" Ijichi, who was driving, looked up at the rearview mirror and saw Gojo Satoru hanging up the phone, looking like he was in a good mood.
Following Gojo Satoru these days, Ijichi was very aware of how indulgent he was towards the girl named Kanda Kanon.
At first, Ijichi thought that this was spoiling his child, but recently he felt that something was wrong.
Take the conversation just now as an example... How can you say such things to students, is that right?
"It's really frustrating. Being too popular isn't a good thing~" Gojo Satoru said nonsense.
“…Yes, yes.” Ijichi broke out in a cold sweat.
Back in the dormitory, Gojo Satoru took off his dusty coat and changed into casual clothes. After thinking about it, he took off the bandage and put on sunglasses.
Then, he leaned against the head of the bed and casually browsed his phone.
Time passed by little by little, and it was already late at night. Gojo Satoru glanced at the time and raised his eyebrows.
"Strange..." Gojo Satoru muttered.
Under normal circumstances, if she knew he was back, Kanda Kanon would have come running to his house. What happened today?
Didn’t you just call him?
...Forget it, it would be less troublesome if I don't come.
Shaking his legs, Gojo Satoru continued to scroll through his phone.
Five minutes later——
Gojo Satoru, who had already reached the door of Kanda Kanon's room, knocked on the door without changing his expression.
It's not that he was anxious, he was just worried that something might have happened to her. After all, she was extremely dedicated to maintaining her image.
"Kane." There was no sound from the door. Gojo Satoru called out while pressing the doorknob.
He opened the door easily, and she didn't lock it.
The room was pitch black, but Gojo Satoru, who had good eyesight, immediately saw the girl lying on the ground.
"...Hana?" Gojo Satoru's breathing stagnated and he hurried forward.
He held her carefully in his arms, his palms full of cold sweat from the girl's forehead. The girl's already fair face looked even paler, and even her lips had lost their color. Sweat stuck her hair to her face, making her look disheveled and pitiful.
"It hurts..." The groaning sound like a little animal made Gojo Satoru frown.
What's going on?
The white-haired man looked up and down at the girl in his arms quickly, his expression very ugly.
He was now very glad that he had made this trip, otherwise he didn't know what would have happened to her.
"What's wrong? Where does it hurt?" Gojo Satoru unconsciously lowered his voice, and his usually light-hearted voice became tense.
"Teacher..." Kanda Kanon frowned and opened her eyes, pouting in grievance, "My stomach hurts..."
Her eyes were filled with tears, and her nose and eye sockets were red, completely different from what she usually pretended to be.
"Did you eat something bad?" Gojo Satoru frowned.
Kanda Kanon shook her head slightly but said nothing.
But her heart is much more honest than her mouth.
[I can’t say that. If I tell this man that I cried because of the pain during my period, wouldn’t that be so embarrassing? 】
……Why?
Gojo Satoru's solemn expression suddenly froze.
...This is his blind spot in knowledge. What to do, can his invincible cursed power handle it?
Gojo Satoru, who never took anything seriously, finally felt what it meant to be... at a loss.
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