Chapter 68 I Can't Laugh
Ijichi's plan to use a fly head to test Yoshino Junpei was vetoed by Kanda Kanon. There's no need to waste time on such meaningless things. She planned to take Yuji Itadori straight to Junpei Yoshino's home and search his house thoroughly in advance.
However, yesterday's dream made her distracted.
When I woke up in the morning, the teeth marks on my wrist matched the place where Gojo Satoru bit me in my dream. In order to further confirm, Kanda Kanon bit the tooth mark to see if it was made when she was half asleep.
However, the previous tooth marks were much larger than her own, so Kanda Kanon was sure that it was indeed bitten by Gojo Satoru.
Could it be that I traveled back in time in my sleep?
That’s not right. What about Gojo Satoru’s cat ears and tail?
And from what he said, I knew it was not a fictional dream.
Kanda Kanon's brain was about to short-circuit, but what was certain was that what she thought was a dream was definitely not a dream. There is a high probability that the cat version of Gojo Satoru is really her boyfriend.
Does that mean that she can see her Gojo Satoru again?
There is even a way to travel back in time!
Her eyes fell on the book flying steadily beside her. After coming into this world, it became much more stable (?), no longer jumping around, but just quietly beside her.
It seems that it is necessary to re-examine how to use this book.
By the way, isn't it a bit too much to give her this ability without any instructions?
Walking in the narrow streets, she and Yuji Itadori were on their way to Junpei Yoshino's house. Kanda Kanon just remained silent, thinking about all sorts of things in her mind, completely ignoring the lives of the people around her.
...Kane seems to have a lot of mood swings recently. I don’t know what happened, and I have no idea what girls are thinking. Yuji Itadori walked in front and didn’t dare to say a word.
The joy of being able to go back slowly faded away, and Kanda Kanon's mind was now full of all the things she had done to Gojo Satoru.
Time goes back to when she was crying in shame, Yuji Itadori was at a loss, and Junpei Yoshino was discouraged.
"...Welcome back." Sensing an unspeakable gaze, Kanda Kanon saw Yoshino Junpei standing motionless next to the telephone pole.
She quickly wiped her eyes, raised a harmless smile, and spoke to him in a gentle voice.
Yoshino Junpei's eyes widened at the speed of her expression change, and the familiarity she mentioned made him even more uncomfortable.
He had only seen this kind of beautiful girl on TV and thought it was a couple quarreling at his doorstep, but now it seemed that they were looking for him?
They were the people sent by the school to look for him because he hadn't been in school for the past two days, but he didn't remember there being such an outstanding person in the school. Yoshino Junpei took a step back and looked at them warily.
However, when the two turned around, the buttons of their clothes were inadvertently exposed, which made Yoshino Junpei's eyes move.
He walked forward and asked, "Excuse me, are you here to see me?"
The two looked at each other and were about to nod, but another voice came from behind them.
"Oh Yoshino, it's great to meet you here..." With heavy breathing, a man as tall as a mountain walked in while wiping the sweat off his face.
"Tsk." Kanda Kanon pouted in annoyance, "How come this idiot came so quickly?"
...bad girl? Junpei Yoshino is a little bit more subtle.
“Forget it…” Before the man came over, Kanda Kanon grabbed the wrists of the two people next to her and ran in the opposite direction, “Let’s go, let’s talk somewhere else!”
Yuji Itadori had no objection, but Junpei Yoshino hesitated for a moment and then started running.
He would rather go with these two than with the teacher who ignored the bullying, and…
That vortex button is the person from the Jujutsu High School that the real person mentioned.
At the nearby riverbank, after leaving the teacher behind, Junpei Yoshino and Kanon Kanda sat on the steps panting, while Yuji Itadori leisurely put his hands in his pockets and looked at them.
"Um, can we talk now?" After catching his breath, Yoshino Junpei looked at the two of them calmly.
"Three students died in the cinema you visited. We want to ask you if you have seen anything strange." Kanda Kanon started with zero frames, catching everyone off guard.
The two teenagers next to him had strange expressions on their faces. This question was too direct.
"...No, I didn't see it." Yoshino Junpei replied calmly.
"You're lying." Kanda Kanon said firmly.
The black-haired girl stood up and stood in front of him, looking at him calmly. Yoshino Junpei subconsciously avoided her gaze and then froze.
Because his reaction shows that he is guilty.
"Why are you protecting him?" Kanda Kanon asked coldly, her pretty face expressionless and full of oppression, "Are you in cahoots with that cursed spirit?"
"...Mr. Masato is not a bad person." Yoshino Junpei lowered his head nervously.
Yuji Itadori looked at the tense atmosphere and scratched his head awkwardly, but did not say anything to stop it.
She must have her reasons for doing so.
"Human? Make no mistake. No matter how disguised it is, it is still a cursed spirit. Cursed spirits are born from the negative emotions of humans. They are made up of the purest malice and are born to hate humans. Tens of thousands of disappearances in the country every year are caused by cursed spirits." Kanda Kanon narrated, "And you, say he is not a bad person?"
"It is better to believe that I am a Bodhisattva who has come to earth to save all living beings than to believe in him."
"No!" Yoshino Junpei argued loudly, "Mr. Masato, he..."
"You know what?" Kanda Kanon's voice turned cold and she interrupted him, "There are also pleasure offenders among the cursed spirits."
Yoshino Junpei stepped back a little.
"What the Pleasure Criminal likes most is to make people fall into hell at the moment when they are full of hope. That moment of despair is the most delicious thing for him. You seem to be confused by the words of the cursed spirit. Is it because the people he killed were all unrelated to you or even your enemies?"
Kanda Kanon forced him to sit on the steps and held down his shoulders.
"If he killed someone you loved, would you still be able to say such things?"
Yoshino Junpei shrank back, his mother's image flashed through his mind, and he couldn't say anything.
"That cursed spirit seems to enjoy killing humans. Maybe you are the next target." Kanda Kanon's tone was heavy, and worry flashed in her calm eyes. "Have you told that cursed spirit about your family situation? If it wants to see you in despair, it might attack your family."
Yoshino Junpei's body couldn't stop shaking. His mother was his weak spot. If anything happened to his mother because of him, then he...
The faces of real people flashed through my mind, the horrific corpses in the cinema, the cyborgs used for real-life experiments in the sewers, and -
'I am a cursed spirit born from human hatred for human. '
Yoshino Junpei is well aware of the ugliness of human beings. Why does he think that the cursed spirits born from human malice towards human beings are good?
Looking at his expression, Kanda Kanon softened her tone.
"We came back to find you to prevent such a bad thing from happening. Yoshino-kun, can you let us investigate your home? If there is anything unusual, it is better to deal with it as soon as possible, right?"
Her words were like a life-saving straw. Yoshino Junpei looked up and nodded quickly with tears in his eyes.
After successfully de-brainwashing the brainwashed Junpei Yoshino, Kanda Kanon curled her lips in satisfaction.
Sure enough, her acting skills were impeccable, and she could turn black into white, although she certainly did not lie.
"...Are the cursed spirits so powerful nowadays?" Yuji Itadori came over and whispered.
Kanda Kanon also covered her mouth and whispered, "Yeah, these days if you don't evolve you have no way to survive, and you've all been killed by the sorcerers."
Yuji Itadori nodded solemnly, without any doubt about her words.
Just as Kanda Kanon was about to leave, the book, which had been quiet all the time, suddenly flew to the side.
She glanced subconsciously and saw a figure on the bridge next to her. She couldn't see what he was wearing, but she could vaguely see that he was wearing a hat on his clothes, covering his face tightly.
A sentence emerged in Kanda Kanon's mind.
"The faceless man was looking down from the bridge, and over there were the two people laughing on the steps.
"This is a really big fish." The man laughed and turned to leave. "
That is... Kanda Kanon's heart skipped a beat and she quickly looked away.
Although it was just a blurry figure, how could she not recognize who it was. Compared to the technical college days, that figure looked a lot stronger, but even though it was a different person, the posture engraved in the body didn’t change much.
That was Geto Suguru's body, but the inside was replaced with a noose.
This is the second time that during the coral leak incident, the book also records that a noose was nearby. In fact, whether it was the distance or the butterfly effect, those were just excuses she made.
"Teacher..." Kanda Kanon clenched her fists and murmured unconsciously.
"Teacher Gojo?" Yuji Itadori's questioning voice brought her back to her senses.
Kanda Kanon quickly perked up and was about to change the subject when another voice from behind froze her.
"Yo~" A frivolous voice that belonged to a certain man came closer and closer. "It looks like it's very lively."
Then his shoulders sank, and someone's arm came up from Yu Guangzhong.
"Teacher Gojo! Nanami!" Yuji Itadori exclaimed in surprise.
It was only then that Kanda Kanon realized that in addition to Gojo Satoru, Nanami Kento had also come.
"Is this Yoshino-san?" Nanami Kento walked past her and Gojo Satoru and walked towards the two boys.
Yuji Itadori introduced himself to him.
Taking advantage of this gap, Gojo Satoru leaned over and explained in a low voice: "Sorry, sorry, my phone is broken, so I'm a little late, but it doesn't matter."
"I've taken care of it, don't worry." As he said that, a big hand ruffled her hair.
That’s right, should we say it was God’s will or something, Gojo Satoru’s cell phone was destroyed during the mission.
Without even having time to mourn for it, Gojo Satoru immediately bought a new one.
After inserting the SIM card and turning on the phone, Kento Nanami's call popped up immediately.
…I have a bad feeling, Gojo Satoru thought.
Sure enough, after listening to Nanami Kento's words with suppressed anger, Gojo Satoru closed his eyes.
When I logged in, someone's message popped up.
[Something bad has happened, please come back soon, Mr. Gojo!] 】
[Where have you been? Why haven’t you come back yet? 】
[Urgent, urgent, urgent, the phone can’t get through! 】
[…Idiot teacher, I have told you so many times not to leave these days, why are you still going out! ! ! 】
[Are you a good boy? You just obey them when they give you tasks. Why don’t you listen to me? 】
“…He must be angry. What a headache.” Gojo Satoru sighed, immediately stood up and ran towards them.
She had just agreed to trust him, but then she almost missed the most important thing. No wonder she was so angry. Gojo Satoru didn't reply to the message. The most important thing now is to get rid of the garbage that has popped up immediately. Explanation is the most meaningless thing.
So today, the real person who was brainwashing Yoshino Junpei in the sewer noticed that the cyborg nearby was killed, so he asked Yoshino Junpei to go back first and went to meet the cyborg himself.
Although Getsu warned him, Masato didn't take it too seriously. What he wanted to do most now was to use the sorcerer's body to practice his abilities.
As long as it's not Gojo Satoru who comes...
"Oh, you are a real person."
The real person stopped and looked at the white-haired man in front of him with wide eyes.
"…Is this true?" The complex emotions made the real person's expression look very hideous.
"Really? He jumped out when someone was out and made the kid angry." Gojo Satoru stepped over the corpses of the modified people and walked over slowly.
"Remember to be more sensible in your next life."
Real person: ...
As a result, the newly born special-grade Curse Spirit Master was beaten up by the unhappy Gojo Satoru, and in the end not even ashes were left.
Gojo Satoru was still in his nonchalant state, resting his arm around Kanda Kanon, and continued, "It's a pity that I can't take a picture of the cursed spirit, but I do have a picture of myself, I'll send it to you!"
[…You don’t need that kind of thing, bastard! 】
However, when she heard the news that the real person had been exorcised, Kanda Kanon's tense heart finally relaxed.
It was only a few minutes since the figure left, and she was now very conflicted.
[Should we let Gojo Satoru chase after him? Maybe it’s still in time. 】
Hearing the inner voice, Gojo Satoru and Nanami Kento paused.
Chase after him? What are you chasing? The two of them pricked up their ears and listened carefully.
[But I can’t say it.] 】
Kanda Kanon opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a word.
What made her hesitate was never the butterfly effect or various concerns; those were just excuses.
What really made her hesitate was...
What should I say? Should I tell him that it was because you killed Geto Suguru but didn't deal with the body properly, allowing Nozomi to find the opportunity to take it for himself? Even you yourself will be sealed in the prison gate because the noose is pressing against Geto Suguru's body. In the end, the companions who were unable to fight against the enemy also died one after another...】
[This is too cruel.] 】
Kanda Kanon couldn't say it, as if it was Gojo Satoru's fault for being concerned about his friend's reputation.
If I had come a year earlier, perhaps I could have changed the situation, but unfortunately there is no if.
The tug of war between reason and emotion made Kanda Kanon feel a little uncomfortable.
No matter which world it was, she didn't want to see Gojo Satoru in pain, so she delayed again and again and started with the cursed spirits first.
But she also knew that even if she delayed, the two of them would eventually face off, and Gojo Satoru would know the truth.
And she herself didn't want to see Geto Suguru being replaced.
They are no longer just paper people recorded in books; they have already taken root in Kanda Kanon's heart.
It's not just Gojo Satoru who's suffering, it's her too.
Even among all the people here now, only Yuji Itadori is alive in the future in the book. Perhaps, this is why she chose to change the future instead of running away.
Kanda Kanon could no longer bear to watch them move towards a tragic future.
Gojo Satoru, who heard her thoughts clearly, slowly lost the smile on his face.
What is she talking about? What does the noose against Geto Suguru's body mean?
Gojo Satoru tried to force a smile and ask for clarification, but failed in the end.
He couldn't laugh at all.
【Author’s words】
So painful, neurasthenia and sleep problems, why can't humans be perpetual motion machines [melted]
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