Chapter 19 Just tell me if the medicine can cure the disease
Waiting for death to come upon them while being conscious was undoubtedly a great mental torture. They didn't know how much time had passed before the two of them could no longer hold on.
If I want to kill you or cut you into pieces, just say a word. You can't keep you hanging like this!
It wasn't a good idea to just sit there and act like a statue. Haibara Yuu and Nanami Kento looked at each other, held their breath, and quietly took half a step forward.
Still nothing happened.
Nanami Kento put down his knife and frowned: "What's going on?"
Huiyuan Xiong took out his cell phone: "Half an hour has passed."
Opening a domain is also a very mana-consuming skill. Generally speaking, no one would open a neighboring domain for no reason, and certainly not pull people into the domain for half an hour and do nothing.
"Could it be the type that can create illusions?" Haibara Yuu tried to analyze the situation. "Or maybe it's like the one Diva-senpai encountered a few days ago, capable of swallowing people and causing them to lose their sense of time and space? Diva-senpai said they ran in the endless corridor created by that cursed spirit for quite a while, feeling like hours, but by the time Gojo-senpai and the others came to their rescue, two days had already passed."
"Maybe," Nanami Kento felt a spark of hope rekindle in his heart. He also knew what Haibara Yuu had said. Because of the special ability of that cursed spirit, Geto Suguru had chosen it and added it to his collection of cursed spirits. At that time, Geto Suguru had happily shown off the cursed spirit to them.
Anything would be fine, as long as it could keep them alive until rescue arrived.
They can't just stand here until rescue arrives. They have to find out some information about the current situation, otherwise it may be difficult to rescue them.
With their current strength, they didn't dare to go deeper into the forest. The battery of their mobile phones was precious in this situation, so the two of them simply continued to survey their surroundings with the sunlight filtering through the leaves.
The primary target is naturally those silk pupae with a strong presence.
Haibara Yu was on guard at the side, and Nanami Kento pushed it with his knife-shaped cursed tool. These pupae, which were suspended by several thin silk threads, felt heavy, and as they were shaken, a dull sound of liquid echoing came from inside.
Considering that these silk cocoons appeared in the territory of evil spirits that harbored ill will towards humans, the liquid inside them was unlikely to be a healthy, progressive, civilized, and harmonious ingredient.
"There are eleven cocoons in such a small space." Huiyuan Xiong said in a deep voice, "If there really is... a cursed spirit in there, and there's more than just one, it must be at least a first-level cursed spirit."
Nanami Kento nodded. "Stay alert. They're no match for us. We just need to wait until the auxiliary inspector notices we've lost contact and calls for rescue."
The situation was unclear now. The two men, who did not want to die young, did not dare to rashly open and destroy these silk cocoons of unknown origin, nor did they dare to go deep into the woods hidden by the layers of trees where the silk cocoons were hanging.
Although they wanted to investigate, the purpose of the investigation was to facilitate the rescue that would come later. There was no point in rescuing if everyone was dead.
And even if rescue efforts were launched, we didn’t know how long it would take for them to arrive.
Under normal circumstances, when students of Jujutsu High School encounter danger and need support while on a mission, the first people to be sent to support are teachers and students of the school, just like when Iori Utaha and Meimei were rescued by three second-year students who arrived two days after they lost contact.
But today is the day for the assimilation of the astral plasma, and everyone at Tokyo High School is nervous about the transformation. Furthermore, there's no clear safety standard for the length of time required to exorcise the cursed spirit, so it's common for electronic devices to lose connection during this period...
It's hard to say how long it will take for the auxiliary inspectors left behind to realize that Kento Nanami and Yu Haibara are in danger.
"It's okay." Haibara Yuu realized the fear and anxiety hidden under Nanami Kento's calmness and comforted him, "We are just third-level sorcerers and first-year students. They will definitely not judge us by the same standards as Meimei-senpai and the others."
After saying that, Huiyuan Xiong regretfully groped his trouser pocket: "Oh, if I had known earlier, I would have taken out the konpeito when I got off the bus..."
"What are you talking about..." Nanami Kento glanced at Haibara Yu's slightly trembling left hand, swallowed the words "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have come" that were about to hit his tongue, and put on a calm face. "It's so hot, the konpeito I brought here has melted into a ball."
Just as Haibara Yu was about to continue speaking, he saw a familiar figure of white flash behind Nanami, stepped forward, clamped Nanami's shoulders and tried to throw him out!
The two of them were already on guard, and the moment Haibara's hand clamped on his shoulder, Nanami wanted to use his cursed power to resist the attack.
But just as he gathered his magical power, his brain felt like it was pierced by a long, high-frequency vibrating needle, and white completely engulfed his vision...
Everything happened so fast.
When Nanami Kento regained consciousness and looked up again, he saw the familiar forest in front of him, but his familiar classmates were nowhere to be seen.
.......
Based on Nanami's report and on-site investigation, Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru concluded that there were two suspicious points in this incident:
First of all, there is no cursed energy at the scene or in Nanami Kento's body except for him and Haibara Yu.
Secondly, several thin spider silks were found on Kento Nanami's body and on his cursed tools, but there was no place on his way up the mountain where he could have been contaminated with so many spider silks. Only the strange silk cocoon forest he described met the conditions for contamination.
Xia Youjie thought that Cheng Xiaoyu, coming from another world, might not be familiar with the knowledge of spells, so he explained, "Things within the realm of life cannot be taken out by anyone other than the holder of the realm. Considering the first point, we believe the perpetrator of this incident is not a curse spirit or a curse caster. Therefore, we reasonably speculate that it is caused by some force from outside the world of spells, just like you."
"Well, it's definitely not a cursed spirit. There's been a special activity of high-latitude creatures in this mountainous area." Cheng Xiaoyu paused, then added, "It's another one."
Gojo Satoru was horrified. "Hey, no way! Another one? Are you sure there's nothing wrong with your testing tool?"
Cheng Xiaoyu sighed helplessly: "I hope the measurement is wrong more than you do, but I have been exploring the outskirts of the mountain since last night. I can bet with you that if the result is wrong, I will eat Xia Yujie on the spot."
Geto Summer Oil: ???
What does this have to do with him?
After hearing Cheng Xiaoyu's assurance, Gojo Satoru, who had been working overtime for a whole day and had not rested for three days and three nights since he started to guard the astral plasma, suddenly began to wilt like an eggplant that had been hit hard by frost and hit by the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.
How can they see the end of their overtime work... No, a high-dimensional creature is so dangerous, and now there is another one. It feels like the world is more likely to end sooner than their overtime work.
Cheng Xiaoyu: "Look at it from a bright side, at least you guessed correctly, it is indeed a force from outside the world of spells."
Geto Xia Yu smiled bitterly: "I'm not comforted at all."
Gojo Satoru's eyes were blank: "It's already so difficult to deal with one person, and now there's another one. I can't think of any benefit..."
"Don't say that. At least you know the source." The two looked at Cheng Xiaoyu expectantly, and she continued, "Think about it, the worst-case scenario is the destruction of the world and a painless data deletion. Knowing the source before dying is a lot better than other people who died in obscure circumstances. Doesn't that make you less anxious?"
......
Gojo Satoru took a deep breath. "I used to think the saying 'the older you get, the more open-minded you become' was a myth. After all, those idiots I met were so timid and timid, their hearts were smaller than the eye of a needle. But after meeting you, I find that it does have some truth to it. Do you have any tips for others to become as open-minded as you? I'll give them back to those old men."
Cheng Xiaoyu: "What a coincidence! I do have the prescription you need. Here's how: fly to the area between 25 and 49 degrees north latitude and 70 to 130 degrees west longitude. Find a gun shop and buy a Glock powder furnace with a 9mm brass pill. When you return, feed them the pill three times a day from the medicine furnace. The disease will be cured."
......I'm afraid this will not only cure the disease, but also your life.
Xia Yujie tried to weigh his words carefully. "Could your method of comforting people be a little more......infused with some of the good qualities of the human world?"
Cheng Xiaoyu spread her hands and said, "I'm sorry, I'm not a human, so my words inevitably carry a hint of the hellish flavor of my hometown. I'm talking a lot, so please bear with me."
"Let's get down to business." Geto didn't want to continue this topic that made his blood boil. He just wanted to quickly confirm his junior's condition. "If it's a high-dimensional creature, has Huibara already..."
"Not necessarily. Nanami and the others didn't actually encounter an attack in the true sense, so Haibara Yuu isn't necessarily dead."
Cheng Xiaoyu extended Huiyuan Xiong's life in the social sense. Otherwise, if he was not dead at that time, it would be so embarrassing if he came back and found that everyone had finished their meal.
"I detected traces of time jumps on Nanami Kento. That's the source of the dizziness and white mist—he must have time-traveled. Haibara Yu is now lost in a certain time and space. I might find him soon."
"Young men, you don't want to be left staring at each other in bewilderment at Haibara-kun's funeral hall, do you?"
Hearing that their good junior still had hope of survival, Geto Suguru and Gojo Satoru breathed a sigh of relief.
No matter what, as long as there is still hope for my companions to survive.
Gojo Satoru: "Then I'll leave this to you. If you need anything, please feel free to contact us."
Although the Ghost Queen usually looks nonchalant, she is still reliable when doing serious work.
Cheng Xiaoyu didn't hesitate to answer them: "I need Huiyuan Xiong's personal belongings to locate his exact location. The closer I am to him, the better."
Gojo Satoru calculated the distance and said, "Okay, we'll call you when we get the stuff here."
"It's too much trouble for you to take the bus back, I'll give you a ride twice."
Cheng Xiaoyu snapped his fingers, and a ninja with blue-green skin and red eyes immediately emerged from the shadows behind Gojo Satoru. As soon as he appeared, he bowed respectfully to Cheng Xiaoyu.
"That student named Nanami is familiar with the missing people, right? Ask him to come along. Hurry and bring the stuff over here and go back to rest. Don't let those high-ranking officials, who would make zombies shake their heads when their skulls are opened, blame me for your sudden deaths."
Twenty minutes later, Cheng Xiaoyu fell into silence as she watched Geto Xiayou move the cursed spirit in front of her and spread out the items he had selected.
At first, when Cheng Xiaoyu saw the cursed spirits laying out pots, pans, chopsticks, bedding, pajamas and other items, she thought it was normal. But when she saw Xia Yujie let a cursed spirit move a bed and a desk out of its mouth, Cheng Xiaoyu couldn't help but say something.
"I just want a personal item that can be used as a search engine and that has more contact with Huibara. You don't have to move Huibara's dorm here."
If she had known they were moving dormitories, she would have gone with them.
Nanami Kento's expression was serious. "These are Haibara's personal belongings that we've sorted through several times. Bring some extra just in case."
The main idea is to rather kill someone by mistake than let him go, so just move all possible target items here to save the time of running back and forth.
But what are tables, chairs and benches... Never mind. After all, it concerns the lives of my little friends, so it is understandable that I am worried and confused.
Cheng Xiaoyu used her magic power to control the small plastic bag containing the clothes to disperse, thinking that it should be enough to grab a school uniform from the floating clothes.
But when her eyes drifted across a group of fluttering square fabrics, Cheng Xiaoyu's eyes became sharp.
Forget about the tables, chairs, and benches, but what's with this pile of boxer briefs that look like pajamas? Who came up with this idea?
Even if you don't consider the feelings of this beautiful young girl, at least consider the feelings of Haibara Yu!
Under Cheng Xiaoyu's sharp gaze like that of Usagi, Geto Suguru and Kento Nanami turned their heads away to avoid her gaze. Only Gojo Satoru, with his unusual face, was able to hold his head high and look directly at her.
"Just tell me whether this thing has come into contact with Huibara often and whether it's personal enough."
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