Chapter 16: Slacking off while work is done is a skill
After all, they are a new generation that is frequently exposed to various trendy literary and artistic works. In addition, the previous supernatural and super-spell incident in which Cheng Xiaoyu caused the beverage machine to explode with just one word had already made them suspicious. It didn't take the three of them much effort to understand the general situation through Cheng Xiaoyu's explanation.
"It feels like I'm watching a horror movie." Ieiri Naoko rubbed her arms, trying to smooth out the raised hairs. "The thought of something secretly watching me and doing something behind my back... makes me feel creepy."
Gojo Satoru: "Don't worry, Nazko. Judging from the current situation, that guy should be mainly targeting me and Jie. Maybe Jie and I are the protagonists in that guy's boring script. Oh, it's really like Jie and I. Even higher-dimensional beings can't escape our charm."
Ieiri Naoko punched Gojo Satoru on the shoulder: "Don't fight for status in such a weird script!"
Xia Youjie ignored his classmates' daily quarrels and tried to understand the current situation better: "Can I understand that this creature is similar to the five-dimensional people in DC comics?"
Cheng Xiaoyu nodded: "About the same, but I personally suggest that children should watch less DC."
Otherwise it will become unfortunate.
No kidding!
Gojo Satoru was eager to try: "So we're going to fight a restless higher-dimensional creature? Cool, I'm tired of fighting cursed spirits!"
No, there is only "I", no "we".
It is very dangerous to confront a high-dimensional creature with unknown background head-on. Cheng Xiaoyu does not intend to put the three minors in life-and-death crisis.
But after working in the education industry for so many years, Cheng Xiaoyu knows very well that one cannot be too definitive when it comes to these young and passionate teenagers who are eager to prove themselves.
"I know you're all excited right now, but please wait, I have an urgent request for assistance."
Cheng Xiaoyu clapped her hands lightly, making sure everyone else's attention was on her before continuing.
"I'm hoping you can help expedite Tennariko's burial so I can finish my work sooner. Delays could lead to unexpected consequences. I'm also worried that if the Ghost Queen is offline for too long, that guy might get suspicious."
As soon as the words fell, the three of them took action quickly.
Ieiri Naoko rushed to the infirmary's desk and wrote furiously: "I'll write the death report right away."
Gojo Satoru took out his phone and said, "Wait, I'll ask someone to buy the nearest cemetery for you right away."
Geto Xia Yu held Gojo Satoru's hand while he made the call. With the other hand, he took out his phone and started typing to search for nearby slaughterhouses:
"The burial might be found to be incorrect after the grave is dug up. We can contact the crematorium directly and then we can exchange it with livestock bones and flesh on site."
Cheng Xiaoyu: "I'm immune to physical damage, so I can just run away and switch things in the crematorium."
Cheng Xiaoyu's "extraordinary talent" in cremation greatly reduces the difficulty of switching the items.
Soon, under Gojo Satoru's operation, they successfully grabbed the fastest cremation of the day. The three of them rushed to push "Tenno Riko" into the crematorium before dark in full view of everyone, and replaced it with a jar of literally freshly baked pig ashes under the effect of magic.
In order to prevent some idiot from suddenly picking out a few unburned bones for examination in the future, Geto Suguru made up a reason that "Riko's last wish before her death was to see the sea, so I think she would prefer sea burial." He then pulled the tearful Kuroi Misato and others to scatter the still warm pig's ashes into the sea.
After everything was settled, Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru sent Tenriko abroad, saying they would arrange everything for her, including plastic surgery, foreign language learning, and identity information.
Before leaving, Tennenoriko bowed deeply to everyone. She wanted to repay them, but as a middle school student who had faked her death, she was now penniless and didn't even have the strength to fight. Finally, her face flushed with energy: "You saved my life. If you need me later, please let me know!"
"It wasn't us who saved your life, but this guy." Gojo Satoru pointed at Cheng Xiaoyu with his thumb. "We just cleaned up the mess at the end. If you want to thank her, just go find her."
Before Tianlizi could say anything, Cheng Xiaoyu said, "You don't have to thank me. I said from the beginning that we're helping each other and we owe each other nothing. But these three are different. They paid out of their own pockets. If you really want to repay them, why not wait until you've established yourself there with your new identity and work hard to make money so you can deposit the surgery fees, resettlement fees, private tutoring fees, and so on into their bank accounts. Favors are hard to repay, but money is easy to repay. Any bit counts."
"Yes!" Tenriko said firmly, "I will definitely work hard to make money and pay off my debts!"
Gojo Satoru: "I don't need this..."
Geto Suguru: "We don't need to..."
Ieiri Naoko remained calm and covered her classmate's mouth with each hand: "I believe you can do it, Miss Tiantian."
"Live well, Tennari."
Cheng Xiaoyu looked at the girl's clear, bright and lively black eyes, and suddenly remembered herself when she was young and had not yet been contaminated by the class atmosphere, so she said.
"As long as you're still alive and well, it's the greatest rebellion and mockery against them, this stupid fate, this stupid world. It's also the reward we most want to see."
"Glass, why did you cover our mouths?" Gojo Satoru asked after sending Tenriko away. "Ms. Cheng, you too, you knew that Jie and I weren't helping her for anything in return."
"I'm not saying that to help you, I'm saying that to help Tenriko." Ieiri Naoko rolled her eyes and explained to her classmates in a sullen tone, "Anyone with a normal outlook would likely feel a sense of guilt if they receive help from someone they don't know well and it causes them trouble. Tenriko received unprecedented help, so it's only natural that she'd want to do something to alleviate her feelings of guilt."
Cheng Xiaoyu: "Accepting an appropriate amount of reward is not only about protecting others, but also about protecting yourself. Sometimes helping others without expecting anything in return doesn't necessarily earn you gratitude."
"To quote a psychology book: No one would willingly or happily accept help from others, because being helped implies incompetence, weakness, and inferiority." Cheng Xiaoyu read a passage from "Fantasy Is Reality." "This passage is the author's psychological analysis of the phenomenon of 'a pinch of rice is a favor, a peck of rice is a grudge.'"
The three of them looked at Cheng Xiaoyu and fell silent.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Cheng Xiaoyu gave them a strange look. "You already know that my power is similar to cursed energy, and both are related to the dark emotions in people—more commonly, negative psychological activities. So, shouldn't human psychology be a required subject?"
Cheng Xiaoyu swore that she was not being sarcastic, she really felt very strange from the bottom of her heart.
Xia Yujie was a little embarrassed: "In our school, this is not only not a compulsory subject, but there is no such subject at all."
Although she had anticipated the sloppy teaching at the Jujutsu High School, Cheng Xiaoyu couldn't help but blurt out when she heard it in person: "How is this any different from an electrician taking the high-risk action of wiring without even learning the principles of electricity?"
The three of them fell silent again.
After hearing that...it really didn't seem to make any difference. Could the high death and madness rates among sorcerers be related to this previously unnoticed phenomenon? Perhaps they should look for some psychology books.
"Just saying it casually. You guys go ahead and do your work. I have something to do, so I'll leave first." Cheng Xiaoyu didn't know that her casual remark would start the large-scale memorization teaching in future technical colleges. Later, the review materials of the technical colleges would become the nightmare of countless technical college students. At this moment, she didn't take the three children's thoughts to heart, and slipped into the shadows to leave the scene.
It's time to go find Fushiguro Shigeru to get her talisman back, and report the battle situation to her allies.
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"Cough." Fushiguro Shier spat out the blood in his mouth and covered the wound on his left arm that was bleeding the most. The blood soaked his gums. "That kid was really ruthless. If it weren't for this magical stone, I would have died there."
It was precisely because of that hexagonal stone that Fushiguro Shier was not killed by [茈], but was instead knocked away by the shock wave. He was then caught by the dark killer Zhou who had been lying in wait for a long time, and escaped into the purple-black black air mass, leaving the battlefield and returning to the Fushiguro family's residence.
"That's a talisman. Are you okay? Although the dog talisman can keep you alive, it still hurts. Do you need rest and a bandage? Hey, Lasu! Come over and give me a hand!"
An orange-skinned man wearing exaggerated orange sunglasses, a strangely styled black tights, and with his long dark red hair tied up in a high ponytail, held Fushiguro Shigeru's arm and shouted hello to the living room.
"Send him to the hospital? I don't know if my driver's license can be used..." Lasu hurried over and wanted to take over the task of supporting the seriously injured, but Fushiguro Shier, who had stood firm, immediately broke away from them.
"It's just a minor injury, I can handle it myself." Fushiguro Shier said, "Thank you for your kindness, but I don't want to have any close contact with men."
"Ah?" Are you so defensive about your same sex as well?
Zhou looked at Lasu and saw that Lasu spread his hands as if to say "that's just how he is", and he felt that he understood.
"Brother, have you ever heard of the saying 'homophobia is closeted'?"
Fushiguro Shier felt that the guy in front of him was indeed Rasu's companion. His despairing train of thought was exactly the same. He spread his hands towards Fushiguro Megumi who was running over with Rasu and said, "My son is already this big. Do you think it's possible for me?"
Zhou: "Maybe you're bisexual?"
Fushiguro Shier didn't want to continue this topic: "No, I'm very sure I'm not. Stop paying attention to my emotional problems. There are two underage kids here. Didn't your boss assign you other tasks?"
Zhou said seriously, "It's okay. I'm not in a rush. It won't affect anything if I go later. I'm bored wandering around outside alone. Want to chat for a while, buddy? We used to be in the underworld, so we're half in the same industry."
"No, I refuse to interact with people except when it's necessary for work."
Fushiguro. Veteran mercenary. Curse-casting assassin. With a 100% mission completion rate. Shiro was deeply shocked by this lax work attitude. He couldn't understand why the Ghost Queen, the boss (from Shiro Fushiguro's perspective), could be so slacking off when she was so meticulous and reliable.
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