Chapter 80
"Enlightenment?"
Noticing that Gojo Satoru, who was sitting opposite him, had a very strange expression on his face, Xia Yujie couldn't help but call him.
They were now in an empty cafeteria. Just as they emptied the box of instant noodles, the cell phone in the pocket of a white-haired boy rang.
As night fell, the cafeteria was quiet. Only the silhouettes of two students were reflected in the simple windows, making the ringing sound of the cell phone particularly eye-catching.
“…”
Being stopped by his best friend, Gojo Satoru finally came back to his senses.
He raised his hand to signal Xia Youjie to wait for a moment, and turned his attention back to the phone pressed to his ear, and his tone became much lower.
"I know about the dessert."
"…Please continue."
In addition to whether the desserts were poisonous, Gojo Satoru also asked his family to investigate the current situation of task allocation in the Jujutsu world to see if there was really someone suppressing tasks assigned to the high school.
Regarding this point, the people of the Gojo family can give the answer without any investigation.
Because the amount of tasks the family has received recently is completely incomparable to before.
The number of cursed spirits is indeed decreasing.
Of course, they still investigated the current status of the tasks of all sorcerer families and independent sorcerers.
The results of the investigation were very similar to what Gojo Satoru had guessed before. It was the second scenario he had imagined.
Not only the technical high school, but the workload of the entire magic world is decreasing.
…
What's going on?
So are there really very powerful new cursed spirits being or about to be born in this world?
If the number of cursed spirits starts to decrease, so that the amount of tasks is reduced, then what are the special-grade cursed spirits he has encountered one after another in the past few days?
Did he deliberately gather those who wanted to kill him for a long time and wait until now to release them... or did he create them himself in some other way?
Gojo Satoru’s handsome white eyebrows curled up again.
More mysteries to be solved.
However, the only thing that can be confirmed now has appeared -
That high-end dessert is poisonous.
Shen Du Jianliu didn't want to harm himself and Jie, but was helping him instead.
...What the other party said in front of the camera and on the other end of the phone was sincere.
Judging from the tone of the conversation, Shen Du Jianliu does not seem to be a little "rotten orange" who will just accept everything and do whatever his superiors say.
Gojo Satoru fell into a long silence.
Wait a minute.
So, what about the conversation that I overheard near the big pit that day?
Gojo Satoru remembered it very clearly—
Kamado Miru is asking their family's assistant supervisor for information about his and Jie's mission.
"I insist that they have nothing to do with you."
“They are my friends.”
…
Because he is attached to him and Jie and cares about them, he asks for their mission information and keeps abreast of their intelligence at all times.
It has nothing to do with assassinating them.
The chaotic fog in my mind was suddenly cleared a little, revealing some clear thoughts.
The Adam's apple in Gojo Satoru's neck rolled and he couldn't help swallowing a few times.
But.
Why on earth does he want to control the mission information of himself and Jay?
No matter how much you care, the other party can't do anything substantial.
It can't be that the guy helped him and Jay to take on the tasks during this period of time.
"Enlightenment?"
Looking at the white-haired boy who had been silent for such a long time, Xia Yujie waved his hand in front of him and glanced at the flip phone that the other party was holding tightly with his slender eyes.
"The phone has been hung up."
"Did anyone send you a message? You've already been stunned twice."
Gojo Satoru: “…”
He opened his mouth, silently put away his phone and put it back in his pocket.
"Jie... I just got the results of the 'inspection'. The dessert is poisonous."
"What?"
Xia Yujie was stunned for a moment.
"It's the cake I found in the Zen temple room this morning..."
Gojo Satoru said in a very strange tone: "Someone poisoned him."
"Really? No wonder."
Xia Yujie slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and the corners of his mouth, which usually showed a smile, relaxed a little.
His expression wasn't strange like that of a close friend.
Because Geto Suguru had always believed in Kamado Mikari's character, he always felt that there were some misunderstandings between Gojo Satoru and him.
We just didn't sit down and have a good talk.
"Satoru, I told you that Jianliu wouldn't throw away your cake for no reason."
“He’s very nice.”
Xia Youjie stood up from his seat and followed up on what his best friend had just said, "So, who poisoned your cake? Have you found out?"
"……have no idea."
Gojo Satoru did not argue with the black-haired boy about the issue that had already been discussed several times.
He stood up with an unclear expression and left the high school cafeteria together with Geto Suguru who also stood up.
Looking up at the moon hanging above his head in the night sky, Gojo Satoru did not care about the hazy moonlight that stained his white eyelashes. He just stared at the pure white moon in unusual silence.
Although I don't know exactly who did it.
But it is already clear where this matter will ultimately lead.
It is definitely related to the group of rotten oranges above.
"Hey, Jay."
"...Didn't you contact that guy from Zen Temple before?"
"Did he reply to you?"
Gojo Satoru raised his hand and pushed his sunglasses back into place. He felt that he really needed to have a chat with that guy Kamado Miru.
Even if the other person is a "good guy".
There are still some things he doesn't understand.
What on earth does that guy want to do and what is he thinking?
There was something wrong with the three special, top-grade cursed spirits he encountered yesterday. He didn't know whether the other party knew the truth and whether it had anything to do with him.
What kind of hidden deal is there between Shen Du Jianliu and the top management? What does he think of those old guys in the top management?
And, the amount of tasks that Jay and I would have to complete would be reduced...
Is it related to Shen Du Jian Liu?
There are so many questions I want to ask.
Finding out that the high-end dessert was poisonous did not make Gojo Satoru relax. Instead, he fell into even more confusion and anxiety.
"……No."
Hearing Gojo Satoru's question, Geto Xiayou took out his cell phone hesitantly.
When it comes to this, he himself also feels a little confused and worried.
Shen Du Jianliu has not replied to the message he sent to the other party at noon.
This has never happened before.
Jianliu seems to be the type who often looks at his phone, although Xiayoujie rarely sees him playing with his phone when they are together offline.
But Shen Du Jianliu always replies to his messages in the first time and sends good morning and good night greetings on time.
"Let me give him a call..."
Geto Xiayou dialed the number of Kamado Miru, motioned to Gojo Satoru who was walking beside him to keep quiet, and raised his hand to press the dial button.
“Beep—beep—”
The phone rang for more than 10 seconds but no one picked up.
When the call was about to be automatically disconnected within one second, Kamado Miru finally answered the call.
No one spoke in the air.
Xia Yujie only heard a very slight gasp.
"…Hello? See you?"
"are u there."
About 3 or 4 seconds later, a familiar cold voice sounded from the other end of the line.
"I am here."
The voice was too calm and brief, and no emotion could be heard at all.
"Sorry... Did I disturb you by calling you out of the blue? I was a little worried about you because you didn't reply to my message."
Xia Youjie and Kamado Kenryu apologized and felt relieved, as it seemed that the other party was fine.
Too.
Shen Dujianliu was very powerful, just like Wu now.
It is totally unnecessary to worry about the other party encountering danger during the mission.
"Are you on a mission?"
"……Um."
"I'm fine, I just wanted to ask when you'll be back. Satoru and I both have something we want to talk to you about."
The phone fell silent again.
"See the flow?"
"Okay... ahem."
The white-haired boy's light voice seemed to carry a hint of forbearance this time: "Don't worry."
"I will..."
"I'll be back tomorrow, Jay."
"Is that so? You don't have to force yourself. If you can't come back tomorrow, don't worry."
"Just focus on your mission first, Jianliu. I won't bother you anymore."
The most taboo thing when doing a task is to avoid being disturbed, especially at the critical moment of exorcising the cursed spirits.
Although I don’t know whether the other party’s mission is related to the curse.
From the sound of the other person, he seems to have a slight cough. I don't know how he is feeling, but it shouldn't be a big problem.
Otherwise, I wouldn't go on the mission.
Xia Youjie hesitated for a moment, but still didn't say anything else.
He glanced at Gojo Satoru beside him and raised his cell phone to him.
"Wu, you heard it, didn't you?"
"Ji Liu will be back tomorrow."
***
Shen Du Jianliu used a lot of effort to prevent his violent coughing from being heard through the phone.
He took out his cell phone from his pocket with great difficulty, without even the strength to hold it.
So I just put it aside.
The white-haired boy, with no trace of blood left, covered his lips with one hand and tightly grasped the protruding metal plate on the laboratory table with the other hand. His fingertips turned white due to excessive force, and he almost squeezed the entire bed into a twisted shape.
Deep red blood continued to flow out from between the fingers covering his lips, almost staining his palm red.
Despite this, Shen Du Jianliu's voice was extremely steady and there was basically no sound abnormality.
He suppressed a cough, his vision blurred by the bloodshot in his eyeballs, and even his consciousness became hazy again.
Perhaps the body's self-repair speed could not keep up with the speed of destruction, Shen Du Jianliu was in a semi-conscious state for the whole afternoon.
"rest assured."
"Jay...I will definitely go back tomorrow."
The person on the other end of the line seemed to say something again, but the boy, whose ears were bleeding, had his hearing covered by the tinnitus, making it difficult for him to hear clearly.
He reached out to touch, to bring himself closer.
However, the mobile phone lying quietly next to it was accidentally knocked over and fell straight off the table.
“Pah.”
The phone fell to the ground in the middle of the pool of blood.
The call was hung up, of course.
Shen Du Jian Liu frowned, he covered his lips again as he wanted to cough, simply closed his eyes and lay flat on the table, adjusting his breathing.
According to his calculations, there are still 17 hours, 35 minutes and 51 seconds left before the virus's significant response ends.
...which is 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
By that time his body should have eased and adapted to the current symptoms, and he could reserve the remaining time to make up for the plans that he had not achieved today.
So tomorrow, I must go back to the technical college.
Shen Du Jianliu opened his eyes expressionlessly and stared indifferently at the ceiling above his head which was shining with white light.
After going back to confirm the status and safety of the two people and clean up the recently newly born cursed spirits, he will have to come back here to continue his experiments.
***
Since that guy Kamado Miru is not coming back tonight, Gojo Satoru naturally has no intention of waiting for him.
It will be the same if we talk about it tomorrow.
He returned to his room, leaned idly against the bed, and looked sideways at the night scene outside the window.
no……
So annoying.
I don’t feel like doing the homework assigned for the past two days, nor do I feel like playing games with Jay. I want to go out and do something, but I don’t have any tasks to support me.
So Gojo Satoru is particularly free now.
So...why does that guy Shen Du Jian Liu have a mission? That’s what he said in his conversation with Jay just now, right?
Is he helping Rotten Orange deal with dirty assassination matters, or is he helping him exorcise cursed spirits?
For the nth time, Gojo Satoru recalled what he had heard at the entrance of the high school this morning.
He cares about himself and Jay.
Maybe that guy had the information about his and Jay's mission for the real purpose of...
Thinking about it carefully, Gojo Satoru has indeed not received any new missions since that day when he heard Kamado Kenryu and the assistant supervisor secretly discussing the mission intelligence to control himself and Jie.
Until now.
“…”
Tsk.
Sure enough, once I calm down, I will think about these things.
Gojo Satoru lifted the thin quilt and jumped off the bed with a somersault.
Since I have nothing to do anyway, I might as well study the "teleportation" problem that I have never been able to solve.
You know, that guy Shen Du Jianliu is also suspected to be able to teleport, there is no reason why I can't break him...!
I was delayed by dessert today and forgot to go to Glass's laboratory.
Gojo Satoru found the key that Ieiri Nozomi threw to him yesterday in the drawer of his desk and left his room without hesitation.
As I pushed open the door of the dormitory, the gradually cooler air outside immediately filled my lungs.
This calmed the white-haired boy's restless mood a little.
The night in the technical college is quiet and peaceful. The moonlight shines on the flat road and the only sound you can hear is the crisp chirping of cicadas.
The medical room was pitch black with its door closed. Only one window was open, and the atmosphere was so quiet that it was a little eerie.
Gojo Satoru put one hand in his pocket and leaned over to the window to look inside.
There was no one inside.
Nitro hasn't come back yet...
I don’t know what he was doing.
After opening the door with the key, the tall young man standing at the door subconsciously raised his hand to pinch his nose and fanned away the remaining smell of disinfectant in the air.
"Woooooo."
It's been a day and the smell hasn't dissipated yet.
How much disinfectant did Nitro spray?
Speaking of which, it's strange that she disinfected the medical room since no patients have been carried in recently.
Gojo Satoru was thinking about how he would complain to Nozomi when she came back, as he lifted his long, straight legs and stepped into the laboratory.
He casually scanned with his six eyes and spotted the little white mouse placed not far away at a glance.
Fortunately, the little mice were not affected by the disinfectant.
They are all full of life.
Gojo Satoru bent down and got very close to the mice's activity chamber. Just as he was about to pick one up to take a look at it, his 360-degree blue eyes suddenly noticed a book placed next to him.
……Um?
What is this.
Picking it up, Gojo Satoru took off the sunglasses on his tall nose and looked at the thick "Experimental Record" without any hesitation.
It looks like a record of experiments that Glass had done before.
Since it's just thrown here, it should be okay to take a look, right?
Gojo Satoru stroked his perfectly-shaped chin and opened his notebook without any sense of morality.
"On August 10, the Zen temple saw the treatment situation.
Spleen rupture, blood accumulation in the abdominal and pelvic cavity, obvious dilatation of the external bile duct, gallbladder perforation, pulmonary hemorrhage, and acute hemolytic anemia. There were 9 ruptured internal organs, and problems still occurred after 3 of them were repaired. "
"On August 11, the Zen temple saw the treatment situation.
Multiple organ failure, excessive fatigue, corneal ulcer, gastric bleeding, cardiac mucosal tear, digestive tract perforation, oral mucosal ulcer, yesterday's problems appeared again. "
"On August 12, the Zen temple saw the treatment situation.
Pelvic blood accumulation, excessive fatigue, craniocerebral injury, pulmonary hemorrhage, subdural hematoma, and 11 internal organ ruptures. Today, I tried to enhance the reversal procedure using the new research method on page 12. The treatment speed was faster, but there are still 2 ruptures that are difficult to completely repair. "
…
…
These notes filled almost an entire book.
The more words are written later, the more one wonders whether the person being treated is still alive.
The interest that was simply caused by curiosity in Gojo Satoru's eyes had disappeared.
He flipped through the thick experimental record book quickly.
August 10th was the day when Jie and I invited Shen Du Jianliu to play games, but he suddenly turned away.
The treatment lasts exactly 5 minutes after the other person leaves the room.
August 20th was the night when I secretly hid in the corridor and mistakenly thought that Naoko and Kamado Miru were together.
The latest record was 18:23 yesterday evening.
It just so happened that it was around the time when Shen Du Jianliu inexplicably disappeared "out of thin air" after the two of them encountered the field, and left with the special-grade cursed spirit.
“…”
Gojo Satoru lowered his eyes and looked at the last page of the notebook, standing upright next to the activity chamber of the little white mouse.
Not moving at all.
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