Chapter 10: It's crazy to work
Originally, Tennuriko still felt guilty about not being able to assimilate. After all, she knew very well that all the preferential treatment and care she had received over the years were based on the premise that she "would assimilate with Lord Tengen."
But after revealing the news to Cheng Xiaoyu, the guilt in Tenriko's heart suddenly disappeared, and her impression of the top leaders of the Jujutsu sect fell to the bottom.
Once you figure out a key point and review it again, you will find many details that you didn't notice before.
Tenriko quickly recalled how those who had taken care of her since she was a child had hinted and told her things like, "Being an astral body is your glorious mission," "You were born to sacrifice for everyone," and "You are the only one we can rely on."
Lord Tianyuan himself had clearly said that it was okay if she didn't want to become an astral body, but the top leaders of the sorcery world deliberately concealed this from her to profit from the information difference.
In their eyes, both themselves and Lord Tianyuan were merely tools to maintain their rule and satisfy their selfish desires and greed!
"By the way, you're not the only one with the Astral Plasma, but your aptitude is the best."
Cheng Xiaoyu saw Tian Tianlizi's hesitation and added fuel to the fire.
"Also, the reason the high-ranking officials in the art of sorcery want to maintain the barrier is not to save the world, but to monopolize the precious resource of 'curse power' and ensure their continued strength."
"As long as Tianyuan's barrier remains, curses and cursed energy will continue to boil like a pressure cooker in Neon, giving birth to more powerful cursed spirits and cursers. The three great families will also be able to monopolize the precious resource of "cursers", thereby continuously obtaining wealth and full power."
"As for those ordinary people killed by cursed spirits? In the eyes of those high-ranking officials, ordinary people without cursed power are no different from pigs. They were born to dedicate themselves to the "noble existence" of these curse masters. That is "honor."
In terms of what they do, there is no difference between the top leaders in the curse world and the "curse masters" they call them. They are all a group of people who break the law and treat human lives as worthless.
"Devotion... Glory! That's what they told me too!"
Feeling a slight discomfort in her stomach, Tenriko frowned in disgust. She was almost nauseated by the rotten and muddy insides of these people beneath their shiny exteriors.
"I know you're feeling really sick right now, but don't vomit yet," Cheng Xiaoyu kindly reminded him. "Your body is still asleep. If you vomit now, it could block your trachea and cause suffocation. You might even die."
Tenriko covered her mouth in horror, and the vague discomfort in her stomach caused by her emotions quickly disappeared after her attention was diverted.
After calming down, Tennen Riko finally remembered why Cheng Xiaoyu had come to her: "You want to put a stop to the manipulator behind everything and the high-ranking curse master, right? I've joined your team! Where's the new contract?"
Cheng Xiaoyu didn't agree immediately: "There's no contract. Because even if I try my best to protect you, now that the mastermind is involved, I can't guarantee that you won't die, so I can't sign a contract."
The devil's contract is enforced. If someone kills Tenriko later, Cheng Xiaoyu, who is under the influence of the contract, will also be severely hurt.
A contract with loopholes and uncertainties is like a sharp knife stabbing at oneself. Cheng Xiaoyu will not leave herself with such a huge security risk.
This job is already very dangerous. There is really no need to deliberately increase the danger and difficulty. No matter how high the salary is, it is not as valuable as life!
"In summary, I hope you will give me your answer after careful consideration."
After analyzing all the interests to Tian Tianlizi, Cheng Xiaoyu stopped talking and waited for a reply.
Tian Tianlizi didn't let Cheng Xiaoyu wait too long: "I've made up my mind, I still want to join!"
They were all asking her to risk her life. Visitors from other worlds knew to explain the risks to her before starting, and promised to do their best to ensure her safety within their capabilities. On the other hand, the top brass in the world of curses...
Bah! In one word – disgusting!
Although Tian Tianlizi has never been exposed to society, she is not stupid. She knows that there is no need to think too much in this situation. She will die anyway. Only by following Cheng Xiaoyu can she have a chance of survival. And...
"If I follow you, I can truly contribute to this world."
Tenriko clenched her fists and placed them on her chest. There was fear on her young face, but more of it was determination.
"In that case, please use me to your heart's content!"
This time, her "destiny" and "mission" will be chosen by her herself.
.........
"The astral plasma was safely escorted to the Kyoto Jujutsu High School."
"Yes, I've read it." Cheng Xiaoyu half leaned on a tree branch with his legs crossed, a lollipop in his mouth, and a comic magazine in his hand without raising his head.
The Ghost Queen is also slacking off today.
"Can you give me some other reaction?" Gojo Satoru said under the tree, feeling unhappy. "Unlike you, the absentee guy, we defeated several curse masters along the way—"
"Yeah, you're great." The perfunctory tone in his words was almost overflowing.
"I see you're quite free, even having time to read comics."
"Hmm." The comic turned another page.
".......It's just right. I don't want to be polite anymore." Gojo Satoru took off his sunglasses, his sky-colored eyes fixed on the woman who was still reading a comic in the treetops above him. "I'm going to be blunt. I want to fight you."
Cheng Xiaoyu finally looked away from the comics: "Now?"
"Yes, right now!" Gojo Satoru challenged, "I've been annoyed with you for a long time, let's fight!"
"Is this how he usually challenges people to fights?" Cheng Xiaoyu straightened up and cast her gaze towards Ieiri Naoko and Geto Suguru in the distance. "Is this kind of fight-challenging rhetoric common among middle school boys?"
This is how Geto Suguru usually challenges Gojo Satoru to a fight: "......"
Ieiri Shoko, who was brought in as a medical professional, said, "Yeah, that's super childish, isn't it?"
"That's quite childish. He's already talking about a fight and he's still asking me for my opinion."
Cheng Xiaoyu stuffed the comic book into the shadow and said to the blue-eyed white rabbit who was stomping angrily on the ground, which was quite novel.
"Excuse me, should I wait for you to say start?"
The moment she questioned her rivals Nozomi Ieiri and Geto Suguru, she activated the Monkey Spell and used the Ghost Spell to bypass the Limitless through the shadow. The whole process was performed with the Rabbit Spell to increase the casting speed, so that others had no time to react at all.
"Sorry, the adult world is full of intrigues." Cheng Xiaoyu dodged the rabbit's angry spell bombardment and moved closer to Geto Suguru and Ieiri Naoko. "Don't be so angry, rabbits are not bad either. They eat healthy and green food, and they are cute and delicious. Don't you agree?"
Unable to launch a powerful attack on his classmates, Gojo Rabbit stomped the ground in anger. Even though the species could not speak the same language, Geto Suguru and Naoko Ieiri could clearly sense his anger.
Geto Suguru and Naoko Ieiri even learned for the first time that rabbits can actually bark!
The culprit tilted his head slightly and listened for a moment: "Course, pay attention to your quality, good children should be civilized."
Ieiri Shoko: "Do you understand what Gojo is saying?"
"No, I guessed." Cheng Xiaoyu pursed her lips at the rabbit, who was so angry that he stomped his feet, making a timer sound, driven by his racial instinct. "After all, he doesn't look like he's in the mood for anything romantic."
"..."
For the first time in her life, Ieiri Shoko found herself feeling a little sympathetic towards Gojo Satoru.
Jia Ruxiaozi heard about the previous events from two classmates. Although she always called the two troublemakers "scumbags", the woman surnamed Cheng across the street was not even a human being. The things she did could not be called troublesome. She was simply a sea urchin, covered in thorns!
"I'm sorry to interrupt you, but I think this sparring session is over, right?" Two years of friendship and schoolmate bond helped Jack Suyu suppress the urge to kneel down and rub the furry rabbit ears. He reminded, "Could you please transform Wu back?"
With Geto Suguru's reminder, the masterpiece "Gojo Satoru: Becomes Human" which took 0.01 seconds to complete is now on the stage!
After Gojo Satoru turned back into a human, he was not as furious as Cheng Xiaoyu had expected.
But the fact is just the opposite. Although Gojo Satoru still looked a little indignant, his emotions were completely stable and he did not condemn Cheng Xiaoyu for not observing martial ethics.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Gojo Satoru raised his head and shouted, "I lost, I lost. I'm not as skilled as my opponent, but I'm not such a loser that I won't admit the truth!"
Gojo Satoru, who has been wanted since childhood, knows this very well. If it were his enemy, they would never be so merciful, nor would they care about martial ethics. No matter what means they use, the one who survives is the winner.
So, regardless of whether Cheng Xiaoyu had attacked him by surprise or not, he had already lost. Since Cheng Xiaoyu had been able to seize the opportunity to break through his limitless power and transform him into an animal, she naturally had the ability to break through the limitless power and kill him, but she hadn't done so, and hadn't even caused him any harm.
........Psychological damage does not count.
"Why do you look so surprised? Didn't you say you've seen me from another world?" Gojo Satoru changed the subject and examined Cheng Xiaoyu, who was standing at the back of the crowd. "Your reaction doesn't seem like someone who's familiar with me at all."
Although this woman had said before that she had dealt with her selves in other worlds, "enemies" could also be dealt with.
Faced with suspicion, Cheng Xiaoyu blurted out: "It's because I know you too well that I'm on guard. Do you have any misunderstandings about your future moral character?"
"But seriously, I do owe you an apology. I admit I'm a bit stereotypical. Honestly, while I've never had a serious fight with you, I shouldn't deny that someone who wears a school skirt, uses Miu Miu tools drawn on paper to prank juniors, and constantly cosplays herself as a badminton prankster is a reliable person who wouldn't cheat."
Geto Suguru and Shoko Ieiri, who are familiar with Gojo Satoru's true nature: Although they have not seen Gojo Satoru do these things, it does not seem strange that he would do this.
Gojo Satoru himself remained silent.
While this certainly seemed like something he could do, how could someone so young and immature still be so?! How come his future self… how come he sounded just as unreliable as the ghost?
Well, he had to admit, this sounded a little less reliable than the ghost.
...So why did he become such an adult?
Gojo Satoru: "You know, at this moment, I lost the courage to grow up. I suddenly have no expectations for growing up."
"Congratulations! You've learned the first lesson of 'growth'—not wanting to grow up." Cheng Xiaoyu pulled a comic book from her arms. "Now that you've finished fighting, is there anything else? If not, I'll just continue slacking off."
Ieiri Naoko lit a cigarette. "We've received word from above that you and these two guys should go to Beika Town to deal with the sudden increase in cursed spirits."
"In response to the request from above, I want to clarify that I am 'inviting' you to go, and there is no intention of forcing you."
"Invite? I think it's surveillance." Cheng Xiaoyu sneered, "Since they said they were inviting me, why didn't the person who issued the invitation even dare to show his face? And they asked you to issue the task to me. Do you think I won't refuse a little girl's request?"
Hearing this, the three people's expressions were very subtle.
Gojo Satoru put on sunglasses, but they couldn't suppress the excitement on his lips: "Although I don't care about those old immortals, you really misunderstood them this time."
"They were beaten to the ground by the high-level curse spirits you dropped into their beds overnight. They didn't come to see you simply because they were afraid. They asked us to come and inform you because they thought you would be more lenient with young people like us, so they could avoid being beaten."
Cheng Xiaoyu: “….”
Originally, I was planning to share the workload by asking the top brass in the sorcery world, but now I tell her that as soon as I assigned a little bit of work, they all collapsed?
How could this be? It must be acting!
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