Chapter 33 I Really Can't Handle This
The girl who had been shouting just now trembled in fear under the cold gaze of Cheng Xiaoyu's scarlet pupils, and her gorgeous clothes were soaked with cold sweat.
Her instinct for survival from years of living at the bottom of society told her that if she showed any disrespect at this moment, she would be immediately declared dead by this woman who no longer looked like a human being.
"You've heard the whole story. You know the Ghost Hunting Magical Girls suffered the most serious damage from their Soul Gems being contaminated by their magic in battle against the Ogres. You know their families were destroyed by the 'benefactors' you're calling them. And yet you still say such things and try to attack them when they come to explain and comfort you? You're already considered calm if they haven't ganged up on you. Unfortunately, I'm not as calm as they are."
"I hope some of you will understand that I can take your Soul Gem and shatter it at any time. Now, does anyone have any objections? Stand up and raise your hands, and I will help her free immediately and let her die a queen."
"No one has any objections, right? Then let's move on to the next step. Meili, who's this? Your portion of the medicine is ready. Come with me to the operating room."
Meili originally thought that this would be a long and dangerous operation.
Although she didn't understand magic, she knew that the success rate of the operation was never 100%, not to mention that her soul gem was the dirtiest and was very close to being completely black.
Like many patients before surgery, Meili couldn't help but start to think wildly: that black substance that turns magical girls into witches is a power that even Kyubey would go to great lengths to acquire. What if it were to leak out...
Meili lost consciousness while daydreaming.
After being busy for a long time, he turned around and found that Meili's soul was fluctuating abnormally. He immediately cast a spell to prevent the patient from killing herself on the operating table. Cheng Xiaoyu had a déjà vu feeling: How could he cut his own oxygen tube without even looking at the patient?
In fact, there is no need for Miri to worry, as Haibara Yu had asked this question before.
As a novice to the magical side, Huiyuan Xiong was ecstatic when Cheng Xiaoyu was willing to answer. Then, Cheng Xiaoyu pointed at the massive device that occupied a large portion of the room and said, "See that? You can think of it as a universal socket. We'll use it to charge the tainted Soul Gem."
Since, according to Kyubey, this kind of filth can be eliminated by using the filth in the Soul Gem (Witch Seed) dropped by the witch after it is killed, which is essentially the filth that has turned black due to despair, since it all comes from the negative energy of humans anyway, we can try to use black energy to offset it when the time comes.
What if the strength is not matched and the hedging cannot be charged?
"The voltage is not suitable" and "it cannot be charged". She has several universal energy converters in her hands and can directly use an adapter.
Kyubey wanted this thing originally for energy. If it's energy, it can be converted, and the problem can be solved by using an adapter.
After Hui Yuanxiong listened to Cheng Xiaoyu's explanation of the magic and technological props in the room, he was stunned when he heard Cheng Xiaoyu sigh: "Will this work? After all, these are two completely different technologies..."
Cheng Xiaoyu: "Technology and magic are essentially different ways of using energy, and in many ways they are actually interconnected. The incompatibility isn't due to problems with the technology or magic itself, but rather to a lack of understanding between the users. For example, Kyubey themselves claim their civilization is technological, and yet they also created magical girls. Regardless of whether it's technology or magic, use it wherever it works. Be more open-minded."
At this moment, Huiyuan Xiong thought of many things.
He remembered meeting Gojo Satoru, who had studied physics to better master the art of unlimited curses. He remembered Daki, whom he and his companions had been unable to defeat, and their final, humiliating escape under a fluorescent light. He remembered the constant suppression of those who wielded new spells by the higher-ups in the world of curses. He remembered the thousand-year-old unchanged style of cursed tools and the perpetual shortage of sorcerers. He remembered Gojo Satoru's mention of the world's higher-ups' rejection of technology. He remembered the science fiction movies he'd seen. He remembered the Demon Slayer who wielded a Western rifle. He remembered the sorcerer killer Fushiguro Shigeru who had nearly killed Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru...
In this mental tornado, Haibara Yuu realized.
Why is the current ecology of sorcerers so bad? It’s because they have failed to keep up with the times!
Times have changed, and sorcerers should change too.
Since there are cursed tools in the form of cold weapons, since the Demon Slayer Corps can use Western guns to kill demons, and since the Ghost Queen can use technology to perform miraculous "surgeries", why can't sorcerers use gun-shaped cursed tools to kill cursed spirits?
Technology changes life!
While Huiyuan Yu was having his epiphany in the operating room, No. 233 finally got the chance to chat privately with Cheng Xiaoyu, who was setting up things: "Would you consider working in the research department? I think the research department really needs people like you who are pacifists. Otherwise, every time the magic and science teams work together on research, the meetings wouldn't become so drastic."
Cheng Xiaoyu replied: "No, I'll just develop a few gadgets on my own part-time. Having different knowledge bases can easily lead to arguments. During your last overhaul, Han Meimei and I nearly died of anger while discussing the development of a shared material converter for magic and science materials. I can still convince myself it was karma for discussing work after work. But if you ask me to work in the research department and do collaborative R&D... we don't even have to cross groups. Even those in the same group have arguments over different research philosophies. The frequency of these fights in the research department is even higher than in our frontline operations department. How can I convince myself that my karma is coming every day?"
No. 233: [I think it's quite healthy. I go to work when I feel like it, and I fight with my colleagues when I'm unhappy. I never leave office conflicts until the next day.]
Cheng Xiaoyu: [...Sometimes I really don't know who among us is the sick one.]
No. 233: [I'm more inclined to believe that this world is sick. After all, if it were normal, we wouldn't be here. And why is that kid standing there in a daze without saying a word for so long? Did the wavelength of your soul-stirring device overflow and silence him?]
No? It's not turned on yet.
Cheng Xiaoyu waved in front of Huiyuan Xiong, who finally came back to his senses from the hurricane in his head and shook hands with Cheng Xiaoyu solemnly: "Thank you for the guidance of Senior Ghost Shadow. I understand! I understand completely!"
Cheng Xiaoyu didn't expect that Huihara Xiong would open up so easily. Before she could ask him what he understood, Huihara Xiong had already walked out of the room, closing the door behind him, leaving Cheng Xiaoyu confused in the room.
Cheng Xiaoyu: I really don’t understand what you understand.
No. 233: I’ve said it before, it’s this world that’s crazy.
......
When Meili woke up and heard that the operation was completed, she was still a little confused because she didn't feel any difference in her body from before, as if she had just taken a short nap at noon.
Cheng Xiaoyu: "This is the original body of your soul, there should be no difference, but your physical fitness is definitely lower than that of a magical girl."
That being said, Cheng Xiaoyu isn't a professional human doctor, and even with the talisman, it can only heal the body, not the soul. Whether there's still any disharmony between the body and soul, or any physical disharmony, requires a professional doctor more familiar with the human body, and a period of observation is required.
So Cheng Xiaoyu took Meili to the medical room. If there is no problem after the examination, Meili will be transferred to the "Butterfly House" in the Demon Slayer Corps responsible for treatment and rehabilitation, and stay there for a month.
When the doctors were examining Meili, Cheng Xiaoyu felt that she could not help much, so she simply stayed away from the room to make room for the other people inside and wait for the results.
Thinking that he was idle since he had nothing to do, Cheng Xiaoyu said hello and went to the next room to start working on the next batch of materials, trying to finish it early and leave work early.
Let's put aside the compatibility of soul and body for now. The fact that Meili's soul can control her own body at least shows that the spell to separate and restore the soul is fine. The most urgent thing is to rescue the girls' souls from the soul gems and put them back into their own bodies to avoid accidents. The compatibility issues can be solved one by one later.
The reason is simple, we must save the person first before we can talk about rehabilitation and reconstruction!
It's just that it's like some kind of strange law of the world: when you have a few spare moments, nothing happens, but when you're ready to find something else to do, something else comes to you.
Not long after she sat down, Cheng Xiaoyu knew she couldn't continue this job. She put her things away, pulled up the curtains and covered them with shades: "Ms. Zhu Shi, what can I do for you?"
Cheng Xiaoyu heard it when Zhu Shigang asked the free medical staff in the infirmary where Cheng Xiaoyu was. When she arrived at the door, Cheng Xiaoyu had just put her things away.
Tamayo is the demon that Tanjiro mentioned before, who escaped from the control of Muzan Kibutsuji and hated him deeply. For thousands of years, she has been studying medicine and pharmacology in order to kill Muzan. The poison used by the Demon Slayer Corps in the battle of Hana Street was made by her.
Ubuyashiki Kōya invited Tamayo to the Demon Slayer Corps to attend the pre-war meeting and hoped to get her help. As a result, Cheng Xiaoyu had several dealings with this female ghost who had been burning with the fire of revenge for over a hundred years. She knew that most of the time there was a ghost transformed by her by her side, who looked like a young man named Yushiro and was Tamayo's poison.
As demons who fear sunlight, Tamayo and Yushiro stay in a dark area specially prepared for them in the mansion during the day to avoid being hurt by the sun.
But now, not only did Tamayo appear in the non-dark area during the day, but she also didn't bring Yushiro with her, so something big must have happened.
Tamayo was a little confused. She and Cheng Xiaoyu were not very familiar with each other. They had only met when Cheng Xiaoyu took the initiative to ask her to get poison for Yu Sui Tianyuan. "It's nothing important. I just want to chat for a few minutes. If you are too busy now, I can come back later. But please don't tell Yu Shilang that I was here..."
But there were things Tamayo had been holding in for far too long. Now that Muzan Kibutsuji, her only reason for living, was dead, she desperately needed to let out her emotions. After much reflection, she decided that Cheng Xiaoyu, a fellow inhuman and a "contemporary," who, like her, went against the grain of most other humans and treated them with kindness, was the perfect person to confide in. With so many similarities, perhaps she could understand her a little better, or at least listen to her calmly.
Cheng Xiaoyu: Suspected youth issues? I'm familiar with this!
Cheng Xiaoyu immediately pulled a chair out for Zhu Shi and waved the door shut. "Ten minutes won't save the world. I'm just waiting for the test results, so I have some free time."
That means she will get off work later. Anyway, her get off work time has been delayed for so long that these few minutes won't make a difference. She must listen to this gossip.
"I'm sorry to bother you, but there are some things... I really can't find anyone to talk to." Tamayo sat on the chair and took a deep breath. "I'm different from Yushiro. I've eaten people, I've eaten many people."
Cheng Xiaoyu waited for a moment and found no further news: "And then?"
Seeing that Cheng Xiaoyu did not show any extreme negative emotional fluctuations, Tamayo breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "I am not here to confess to you. I know very well that my sins cannot be washed away. After Muzan's death, I have lost the reason to live in this world. If I had not yet figured out a way to turn Nezuko back into a human, I would have committed suicide. But there is only one thing that worries me, and that is Yushiro. I understand the child's feelings for me, but I can't respond to him in this life. I am worried that he will follow me after I die. What should I do..."
Cheng Xiaoyu's brain was spinning, but the facial expressions she'd mastered through years of work were still working. "Just to confirm...was the Yushilang you mentioned the one who was transformed into a ghost by you, or the one you helped to adapt to the ghost identity and taught him until now?"
Zhu Shi nodded: "It's him."
Cheng Xiaoyu: "...Wait a moment, I'll change my mindset."
Is this a relationship between an older sister and a younger brother, a mentor and a disciple, or a mother and son... No, that's not right. The key point should be that Tamayo said that the reason she hated Muzan Kibutsuji was to avenge her murdered husband and child... Stop!
Cheng Xiaoyu took a deep breath.
She was wrong, she shouldn't have let her damn curiosity ignite.
We must immediately transform ourselves into ordinary human thinking to look at this matter, otherwise it will be too explosive to think about this matter from the perspective of ethics or non-human ecological nature.
Cheng Xiaoyu before the start of the Pearl World: Come on, tell me, are there any teenage problems that I can’t handle?
Cheng Xiaoyu after the Pearl World began: I can handle the problem of teenage rebellion, and I can handle some of the teenage love problems, but I can't handle the problem of teenage love that affects themselves.
Tamayo: "When I heard Yushiro confront you earlier, you mentioned that you had a similarly stubborn and paranoid young man around you, so I thought you might have some insights?"
Cheng Xiaoyu: "...Obviously, we have very different definitions of 'stubborn and paranoid young people.' My definition of a stubborn and paranoid young person is someone who's ready to chop me or someone else with a knife, and the first thing they think about when they open their eyes is 'Who should I chop first?'"
Tamayo: “…”
Are the non-human youth problems in your world so wild?
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