Chapter 80: Growing Up
Gojo Satoru is about to investigate the reason why Togen appeared at the port, but Miya Chiri has no intention of joining him.
Gojo Satoru: "Why? Are you going to break our agreement so soon?"
Gong Zhili: "But you're going to investigate the Curse Spirit. What about me and the Curse Spirit?"
Gojo Satoru stood in front of her and exchanged glances with her, then he put his hands on his hips and thought for a moment before saying, "Then wait for me to call."
He called over the dusty Geto Suguru.
Geto Xia Yu was helpless: "Investigating the cursed fetus? Can you explain the whole story clearly?"
Gojo Satoru: "This is the investigation and observation record of 'Window'. Chiri, take out the ball you just formed."
Gong Zhili released the ball as instructed: "Look, I have my own curse jade now."
Xia Yujie narrowed his eyes and said, "Is this the cursed jade formed by the cursed fetus?"
Gong Zhili was eager to try: "Let me show you!"
She imitated the ball-throwing action in the game and threw it into the open space: "Come out, **!"
Before Gojo Satoru could complain about how she could pronounce *, he opened the tent in a flash.
Seeing this, Geto Xia Yu didn't care about the cursed child anymore. He just laughed at Gojo Satoru: "This is the first time I've seen you so anxious to give up."
Gong Zhili hadn't even thought about the "tent" at all. Seeing Gojo Satoru's actions, he held up one hand in front of him to apologize: "I forgot to put up the tent!"
Then she realized, "But I probably won't be able to learn how to lend money, so I'll have to rely on you guys from now on."
Geto Suguru waited for Gojo Satoru to say something.
Gojo Satoru withdrew his hand, acting as if nothing had happened: "It's okay, just tell me in advance next time."
Geto: "Satoru, you make me feel strange. By the way, please help me with the credit next time."
Gojo Satoru: "If you have a hand, just let it go."
Gong Zhili stretched out his hand to show Geto Suguru: "I don't know what to call this cursed baby yet, but it now obeys my orders!"
Gojo Satoru: "It's called Togen."
Gong Zhili readily agreed: "Do you want to see Tuogen?"
Geto Suguru carefully assessed the released cursed spirit. "A cursed spirit close to the top grade has a way of thinking similar to that of a human. Are you sure you're not being bewitched?"
Gong Zhili shook his head: "Let me show you."
She stretched out her hand to Togen as if teasing a puppy and called out, "Togen, come here."
Geto Suguru was on edge, ready to organize a counterattack if Togen launched an attack.
The huge body of Tagore slightly adjusted its direction, and the dark red tentacles wrapped around it swayed gently. It was like a huge tamed cub of a deep-sea monster, slowly floating towards the direction where Gong Zhili was waving.
Geto Suguru looked at the huge body of the cursed spirit floating in front of Miya Chiri. Miya Chiri even stretched out her hand and gently patted its surface twice!
"Be good," Gong Zhili said, "when we get back to the village, I'll raise you in the lake. As the legendary 'lake monster', it should be quite good."
The wariness on Xia Yujie's face gradually faded, and he asked, "How did you do it?"
Gong Zhili: "It's probably about changing his cursed energy properties. Of course, I also referred to your method, but I can't swallow it, so it's much more difficult than your method."
Moreover, curse spirits that are too weak will be annihilated in her power during the taming process, so it cannot be done. Her targets can only be those powerful curse spirits.
Gojo Satoru said, "The appearance of this cursed fetus here is definitely not accidental. We need to investigate the person behind it. I'll leave this matter to you, Jie."
Geto Suguru: "I don't mind...but Haibara and Nanami's mission isn't over yet, so we need to find someone else to take over. Satoru, what are you going to do?"
Gojo Satoru pointed at Miya Chiri and said confidently, "I'm going to take her to find more special-grade cursed spirits."
A vein popped out of Geto's forehead: "Satoru, I'm also very busy..."
Gojo Satoru put his arm around Gong Zhili's shoulders and pushed her away quickly, turning back and saying perfunctorily, "Then I'll leave it to you. If you can't solve it, don't be stubborn and call me."
Geto Summer Oil: “!”
Gong Zhili sighed, "You're really good at provoking people, Gojo."
Look, Geto’s face has turned blue with anger.
"Is it really okay?" Miyajima asked. "Leave the investigation of the cursed fetus to Geto. You seemed to want to investigate it yourself before."
Gojo Satoru: "Jie's abilities are more suitable for investigating the incident than mine. The information I know is limited, so I shared it all with him."
He added: "Don't worry, Jie's ability is not inferior to mine now."
Geto Suguru, who has overcome the taste of swallowing the cursed jade, is now at an age of high spirits. It is only a matter of process and time for him to be rated as a special-grade sorcerer. If he can complete this investigation, the last obstacle to being rated as a special-grade sorcerer will also disappear.
"Okay, let's continue catching the cursed spirits!" Gojo Satoru put the hat on her again, put his fingers together, turned around and saluted Geto Suguru, and quickly left the dock.
Geto Suguru watched Gojo Satoru's frivolous and agile movements, and also saw his unwavering hand on Miya Chiri's shoulder.
That action, which seemed to be silently declaring something, was really easy to understand.
"This guy..." Xia Yujie was shocked, "Is he serious?"
He stood there and sent a message to Glass, summoning a rainbow dragon, which swept him into the air and flew towards his destination.
It seems like something very interesting is going to happen this summer.
This summer, Miya Chiri harvested a Cursed Child Cursed Spirit Jade and three Level One Cursed Spirit Jade, which can be considered a good harvest. Geto Suguru and Gojo Satoru were also successfully rated as special-grade sorcerers. Through her own efforts, Tennen Riko will skip a grade and become a classmate of Nanami Kento and Haibara Yu in the next semester.
It was the last week of summer vacation when she found out about this. Miya Chili had been traveling around the country for the entire summer vacation and hadn't visited her friends for a long time. So she decisively broke up with Gojo and returned to the technical high school to hold a girls' party.
Gojo Satoru: "I can wear a skirt! Let me go to the girls' party too!"
Gong Zhili was speechless: "What are you doing! Who needs you to wear women's clothes to participate in our girls' activities? Let go!"
Gojo Satoru stubbornly held onto the doorknob, preventing her from closing it. "I can just listen and not say anything. I'll buy you some dessert!"
Gong Zhili tried harder to close the door, but she was no match for him. She was a little angry: "Gojo Satoru! Let me go! Go get your sex change first and then come to our girls' meeting!"
While the two were at the door, Jialiu Naoko reached out and poked Gojo Satoru's waist. As expected, this man always had no bottom line around Zhili. She poked the itchy spot on his waist. When Gojo's hand loosened, Zhili immediately closed the door and shouted outside: "No eavesdropping!"
Gojo Satoru grumbled a few times outside in dissatisfaction, but eventually left. Miya Chiri turned around and said, "Ganoderma, you're so smart."
Ieiri Naoko gave her a meaningful look and said nothing. She just returned to the table and sat down, saying, "Okay, the troublesome guy is gone."
Riko said nervously, "Why does Gojo-senpai want to attend our tea party?"
Gong Zhili began to pour tea: "He is a little afraid of loneliness."
Ieiri Shoko: "Huh? Who? Gojo?"
Gong Zhili nodded: "He seems to be very uncomfortable when no one is with him."
Ieiri Glass drank her tea once more, deep in thought: "Ah, so that's it."
Tian Tianlizi was confused: "I really can't tell..."
Miyajima gently changed the subject back to today's topic: "If you can't judge a person by appearance, then you are the one who deserves it, Riko. Why are you thinking about furthering your studies?"
Tenriko held the teacup, a little nervous: "Is it because I did something wrong that I can't continue my studies?"
Gong Zhili comforted her: "We don't represent anyone in the school, and I'm not from the technical college. I just care about you. Will it be too difficult for you to skip a grade?"
What she has to face now after skipping a grade is not the heavy academic workload of an ordinary school, but she has to face all kinds of cursed spirits. During the entire summer vacation, in addition to the four cursed spirits she subdued, Gong Zhili also faced many other types of cursed spirits and knew how uncontrollable they were. For Tennantoriko, who was an ordinary student a year ago, it was very worrying to force herself to face such things.
Tenriko's face lit up with a bright and relieved smile: "I've been waiting for someone to ask me this question for a long time!"
She spoke non-stop, about many things: her ruthless self-training, the changes in her physical fitness after becoming a sorcerer, her voracious pursuit of sorcery knowledge...
All of this made her change and become more like a real sorcerer.
After listening to her, Ieiri Naoko sighed inwardly and said, "But you'll be able to enter technical high school in a few years. Don't worry. The stronger you become, the more cursed spirits you'll be able to destroy in the future."
Tenriko's eyes turned strange. She hesitated for a moment, then lowered her voice and said, "This is what Kuroi told me. Don't tell anyone..."
Miya Chiri and Naoko both moved closer and listened.
"Hei Jing said that the top leaders of the curse world are now planning to speed up the elimination of cursed spirits and keep their number at a low level. Therefore, the workload of the cursers... in the future... there will definitely not be a need for so many cursers..."
Gong Zhili has been hanging out with Gojo Satoru recently, so of course she knows that the most important point in this plan is that her barrier must be supported first. It can be said that she herself is the key link.
But she almost sighed when she heard what Tenten Riko said: "Riko, even if you want to hurry and destroy the cursed spirit, you absolutely cannot risk your own life. The cursed spirit will not become docile just because you advance to school early. If you rush for success, it will only bring danger."
She held Riko's hand, looked straight into her eyes, and asked again, "Why are you so anxious to skip a grade?"
When Tenriko felt the unquestionable concern and strength coming from the other person's palm, the mask of motivation on her face seemed to crack.
She opened her mouth, her eyes evading. She lowered her head and whispered, "Because... among our fellow trainees in the village, I'm the only one lagging far behind... I want to gain more practical experience."
She wanted to choose her own path and no longer leave her fate to anyone else.
She needs to grow up and needs more strength!
Ieiri Naoko held her wrist and pulled up the cuffs of the long-sleeved shirt she insisted on wearing even in the summer. "I think based on your original foundation, your progress can definitely not be called 'falling behind'. On the contrary, you are working too hard."
Tennenoriko's hand subconsciously shrank, but Ieiri Shoko didn't hold it tightly, allowing her to take her hand back.
Gong Zhili was silent for a moment, then said, "Next time I'll make some more ointments for healing injuries and bring them to you. You should massage more often after training."
Suddenly, tears welled up in Tenriko's eyes. She blinked hard to suppress the tears.
"Um!"
Gong Zhili continued, "There's still a week left before school starts. During this week, come to my place and I'll help you make a training schedule for the week."
She had no reason to stop her friend from becoming stronger, and she was happy to be able to help Riko.
So after the girls' gathering, Ieiri Shoko and Tennenoriko said they would both stay in the village until school started. Gojo Satoru: "So what about our summer vacation plans?"
Gong Zhili: "Ah, that can end early."
Gojo Satoru: "Hey!"
Gong Zhili thought for a moment, then stood on tiptoe and patted his head: "If you feel lonely, go play with Xia Yu."
Gojo Satoru was almost laughing out of anger: "Lonely? Me?"
Glass was carrying her suitcase, thinking coldly: You may sound angry with your mouth, but are you serious when you bend down and lower your head?
Gojo Satoru, you really feel like a stranger.
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The author has something to say: The little tabby cat is really naughty. Although it is not shy, it is very brave. When I was typing, it kept biting my mouse cable, stepping on the keyboard, and blocking my computer screen... I reflected that I really spoiled it too much.
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