Chapter 53 A wonderful little blessing
Megumi Fushiguro: "Ms. Onikage, you don't need to comfort me. Itadori ate my finger to save me. This was undoubtedly a serious mistake on my part. I got an ordinary person involved."
Cheng Xiaoyu: "This serious mistake can't be blamed on you. The blame should be placed on the top brass of the magic world. Since they knew that the school had a powerful weapon long ago, but they didn't evacuate the students in advance or notify the school to suspend classes and clear the area in advance, what does it have to do with you?"
Megumi Fushiguro: "This isn't a big mission. Given the difficulty, I should be able to handle it..."
Cheng Xiaoyu interrupted, "But obviously you can't. If you can't defeat the cursed spirit that's ushered in by the broken seal, then this is beyond your scope. Do you think it's the traffic police's fault that the dump truck lost control and hit the telephone pole? Is it because the traffic police didn't rush over and smash the dump truck into pieces to protect the innocent telephone pole? No, because anyone with a normal mind knows that the traffic police wouldn't do such a thing. Furthermore, the dump truck losing control was something no one could have imagined, so they certainly wouldn't blame the traffic police."
"If you're saying you're not up to the task at this level, then you can blame Gojo Satoru. Anyway, it's right to blame your leadership. Being assigned a job you're not qualified for and leading to work failure is definitely not your fault; it's a serious mistake on the part of management!"
Megumi Fushiguro: "It's not Gojo-san's fault! He couldn't have anticipated this unexpected situation."
"That's right." Cheng Xiaoyu spread her hands. "It's not Gojo Satoru's fault, it's not your fault, it's not Itadori Yuji's fault. The Jujutsu high-level officials are just following the rules now. Then think about whose fault is Itadori Yuji's death sentence? Isn't it still Ryomen Sukuna's fault! Who made him disobey the law and destroy the city appearance? Things have already happened. Don't you have better things to do than condemn yourself?"
Fushiguro Megumi: "I understand. I should work harder to improve my strength."
Cheng Xiaoyu: "No, you should go to bed right now. Otherwise, you might go to hell faster than Itadori Yuji and Ryomen Sukuna. You don't have 20 resurrection coins like Ryomen Sukuna."
Fushiguro Megumi was speechless for a moment, even forgetting her internal emotions. "If I say I can't sleep, will you knock me out?"
"Why would you think that?" Cheng Xiaoyu said in surprise. "Of course not. I have to pay to put the child to bed as a babysitter."
"...I'll go back and rest first." Fushiguro Megumi's emotions were incoherent. He was a little worried that if he stayed there for too long, his mental condition would start to develop in a strange direction.
Although Mr. Nanami's mental state is normal among adults, Megumi Fushiguro feels that she does not want to become such an adult too early.
After Megumi Fushiguro's footsteps faded away, Ieiri Naoko fished out a cigarette and lighter from a drawer, lit it expertly, and took a deep drag. "You're back, does that mean that big troublemaker is back too? The last time you were at the scene of such frequent accidents was ten years ago, wasn't it? Is the situation with Itadori also related to those guys this time?"
Cheng Xiaoyu smiled and clapped softly: "You guessed so many things the moment you saw me, you are indeed Xiao Nitro. However, I was just passing by when I appeared at the scene this time."
Ieiri Naoko exhaled a puff of white smoke: "I'm guessing. Otherwise, with your ability, you should at least be able to separate Yuji and Sukuna's souls like you separated the souls of those magical girls."
Cheng Xiaoyu tilted her head slightly. "Even if it's possible, why would I do that? I'm not doing charity. Although I usually act like a caring older sister in front of you, I'm a devil after all. You're judging my behavior based on morality, and guessing intelligence based on that is a bit hasty, Glass."
If it were ten years ago, the young Jia Ru Xianzi would calmly point out the fact that Cheng Xiaoyu is actually a moral person pretending to be immoral, with a cigarette in her mouth, and say, "Aren't you tired of pretending like this?"
But ten years later, Ieiri Naoko would only chuckle, cigarette in hand, and say, "You're right. You have no morals to begin with, so of course you won't be held hostage by them. But there's an old saying that goes, 'God is watching what you do...' Right, Miss Ghost?"
Kindness, humility, honesty, and hard work are beautiful qualities in children, but for adults entering society, these will become stumbling blocks, shackles, and even... epitaphs.
Having become an adult, Ieiri Nozomi also began to act like a half-living corpse.
"Congratulations, Glass! You're already an adult who can cosplay as the Riddler," Cheng Xiaoyu sighed. "Don't worry, even God has his downfalls, but caution is a good habit. Now, you can just say it. Whatever High-Dimensional Being Number One was going to do, He's already done it. If He didn't do it, that means He couldn't do it or didn't see it. If you have something to say, say it quickly. Your leadership might call me over to demonstrate this soul separation technique, and I'd be busy arguing with them then."
Ieiri Shoko: "Haibara Yu didn't report the magical girls to his superiors, he only told the ogre and the Demon Slayer Corps. That group didn't know you could perform the soul-splitting surgery. Only me, Gakugo, Nanami, and Haibara knew... Oh, and we also have to count Yushiro and Ubuyashiki Teriyachi, who are still alive today—Ubuyashiki Kōya's son."
Cheng Xiaoyu was a little surprised. She knew that after Haibara Yu came back, he would definitely be investigated by the top leaders of the magic world. She had never intended to recruit Haibara Yu into the group. She had never told him any information, nor did she expect Haibara Yu to help her hide the information. She had already prepared herself to be shamelessly harassed by the top leaders of the magic world and asked for their technology.
But she really didn't expect that the innocent Haibara Xiong who looked so clear-headed and foolish at that time would actually hide such a big piece of information and not tell his classmates or teachers or leaders.
Ieiri Naoko stubbed out her cigarette, "What people do is not only seen by Yuten, but others will see it too. Although Huiyuan Yu was young at that time and didn't understand you, he was not blind or stupid. He knew what was good and what was bad."
Ten years ago, Haibara Yuu: Even Muzan and Kyubey, who had angered Miss Ghost Shadow, had already said, "Your death was beyond my imagination." In comparison, she was incredibly tolerant of the higher-ups in the world of curse arts. Her attitude towards both harmful monsters and ordinary humans was so distinct; how could she be a villain? And she'd saved so many people. She'd helped us so much, so wasn't it only natural for me to help her?
Sometimes, children are often braver than adults and can see through the essence of things better.
In the movie "The Matrix", there is a red pill that symbolizes "truth" and a blue pill that symbolizes "maintaining the status quo."
Ten years ago, the ghost gave Ieiri Shoko the same choice. Ten years ago, Ieiri Shoko and two classmates chose the red pill without hesitation.
But Jia Ru Xianzi asked herself, if she were faced with the same situation as ten years ago, she might hesitate for a long time and finally choose the blue pill.
Ieiri Shoko thought bitterly, I have also become a despicable and boring adult.
......
I finally became a boring adult.
Gojo Satoru, sitting in a circle formed by screens, listened to the chattering of the group of people behind the screens and thought absentmindedly.
If it were ten years ago, he would have run away or beaten them up long ago. But now he actually has the patience to listen to their chatter.
Gojo Satoru waited until they had almost finished speaking before raising his voice: "Yes, yes, I know that objectively and according to the regulations, Itadori Yuji should be sentenced to death, but-"
The people behind the barrier fell silent, waiting for Gojo Satoru's reason.
"But I disagree, that's all." Gojo Satoru raised his hand to suppress the clamor of dissent that was about to erupt. "Please, gentlemen, think carefully about this. If I don't carry out Sukuna's execution, who else can? Who can stop me? Among the four special-grade sorcerers, excluding me, there's Geto Suguru, who's currently out of commission; Otsutsukoshi Yuuta, who was also sentenced to death by you last year but whom I rescued and taught; and there's Yuki Kujuku, who you can't even use. If your heads are empty, use your frail old knees to think about who has the final say here, and then speak up. This will save everyone a lot of time."
"...Gojo Satoru, how dare you talk to your elders!" an elder of the Gojo family shouted angrily, "We shouldn't have agreed to let you go to Tokyo Jujutsu High School. Look at what you've become now! It's one thing to insist on staying there as a teacher, but you're actually flouting the rules and disrespecting your elders! Who did you learn that from?"
There he goes again. Every time he can't win an argument, he starts using his attitude. Gojo Satoru hates this the most: "Of course I learned it from you guys. Your combined ages are not even as old as the Ghost Queen, and I didn't see you guys show much respect to her back then."
"Don't mention that monster! How dare you compare us to that monster!"
The old voice suddenly became sharp and shrill, which showed that the psychological trauma left by the Ghost Queen ten years ago had not yet dissipated.
"We are discussing the fate of the Ryomen Sukuna container. Let's not talk about irrelevant topics!"
"This is not an unrelated matter." Gojo Satoru said slowly, "You don't believe that Itadori Yuji can control Ryomen Sukuna, and you don't believe that I can control Itadori Yuji. You also said that you rejected Fushiguro Megumi's testimony on the grounds that I am young and inexperienced. Then I have no choice but to let another witness present here to testify."
The surroundings fell into a dead silence, as if the people behind the screen had lost their tongues at the same time.
Gojo Satoru didn't push him. He continued to stand there with his hands in his pockets, looking quite contented. However, this dealt a heavy blow to these shaky and fragile leaders. "Yes, the Ghost Queen you've all been thinking about is back. You don't think she'll favor me, do you?"
Indeed not. Ten years ago, the Ghost Queen was very aggressive and had a changeable temperament. When she was in a good mood, she would chat with people, but when she was in a bad mood, she would slap even the harmless cursed spirits passing by.
Moreover, according to the report of Haibara Yu and the records from decades ago, even the cannibal king Muzan Kibutsuji, who had been rampant for thousands of years, could not escape her clutches, and the cannibals were directly beaten to extinction by her.
But no matter what, the Ghost Queen is absolutely neutral, she will not and has no reason to favor Gojo.
Although she would be more tolerant of polite children, but ten years ago when she temporarily settled in Tokyo Jujutsu High School, Gojo Satoru was afraid of dogs and had been teased by her many times before. He ignored the advice of his elders and faced the challenge, and ended up being teased by ghosts many times.
Senior A: "Why did the Ghost Queen, who disappeared for ten years, come back? Why did she appear at the scene?"
Gojo Satoru: "She said it was because of Ben's madness."
what is this???
Senior Executive B pressed the issue, "Could it be that what happened to Itadori Yuji was her doing? Gojo Satoru, what did you see when you went there? Did the Ghost Queen and Ryoumen Sukuna have any communication?"
Gojo Satoru suddenly had an interesting thought: "She did talk to Sukuna quite a lot."
The higher-ups were anxious: "What did they say? These two monsters are about the same age. Maybe they met each other thousands of years ago and have some evil plan!"
"Let me think about it..."
Gojo Satoru rubbed his chin with his fingertips, and spoke only after whetting the appetite of the top leaders in the curse world.
"She said she was having a seizure and that Sukuna was a perverted masochist cosplaying as Mr. Krabs and a pedophile. Sukuna was furious."
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Although it sounds shocking at first, and even more shocking when you think about it carefully, it does seem like something the Ghost Queen would do.
No matter whether it is the high-level officials in the world of curses, the King of Ogres, or even the newly awakened King of Curses, no one can escape.
The Ghost Queen will eventually create everyone equally.
The high-ranking officials in the magic world, whose minds were full of conspiracy theories, suddenly felt a moment of psychological balance at this moment, and even felt a little relieved from the long-standing psychological shadows.
Anyway, they are definitely not the only ones who were blown away by her. Maybe others were hurt even worse.
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