Chapter 36: Not a human? Not a human is the best
Although Fushigawa Xuanya does not know breathing techniques, he has a special ability that allows him to temporarily use the ghost's abilities and obtain the ghost's physique by devouring part of the ghost.
Haibara Yu excitedly continued sharing his research, "I once saw Xuanya use a gun to cast a blood demon spell, so I wanted to ask him for his advice. I thought I might also try using firearms to cast spells, and we've been experimenting with that for the past few days. Mr. Rock Pillar was kind enough to agree to let us experiment in the open space in the yard after hearing about it. Thanks to him, I've finally found some research ideas."
Cheng Xiaoyu exclaimed, "You're amazing, young man! If you keep up your ambition and thirst for knowledge, you'll definitely achieve great things in the future. Whether you become a great talent or a serious problem depends on your future choices."
Huiyuan Xiong was a little embarrassed: "I have to thank you for your guidance."
Cheng Xiaoyu was completely confused: "Ah? Me?"
When did she give him any guidance? She hadn't even met Haibara Xiong many times since she came to this timeline, had she?
Huiyuan Xiong: "Yes! Thanks to you for reminding me that technology and magic are not incompatible. Technology changes life."
...The young man has a good understanding and is obviously good at reading comprehension.
Cheng Xiaoyu saw Huiyuan Xiong's eyes sparkling with eagerness. His thirst for knowledge was like that of a student who, during the last class before the weekend, wanted to force the teacher to stay in the after-school classroom. She quickly stood up and ran away: "Then I won't disturb your research. See you later."
After finally finishing her sleepless overtime work and wanting to relax, Cheng Xiaoyu just wanted to escape from this boring place that seemed like it was going to turn into an academic seminar at any moment.
It is impossible for her to work overtime. She cannot work overtime at all!
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As for the Rock Pillar, he didn't know what was going on until he went out. Once he went out, he found out, wow, why are there so many people at my door?
Why is Xuanya crying? But from the looks of it, he seems to be crying while hugging the Wind Pillar. The misunderstanding between the Busikawa brothers should be resolved.
Rock Pillar shed tears of relief and invited everyone into his home.
When other people spoke, Rock Pillar was surprised to find that there were many Pillars standing at his door. If someone didn't know, they would think they were holding a meeting of Pillars.
After hearing everyone's reasons for visiting, which were like nesting dolls, the Rock Pillar sighed in his heart, "It's great to be young" and invited everyone into the mansion.
This is why Cheng Xiaoyu saw that Yanzhu’s yard was full of people when she went out.
The atmosphere there was even more difficult to intervene in than at the "academic discussion meeting". Cheng Xiaoyu had already fully experienced the complex nesting relationships between this group of people when she was outside, so she just said hello to Yanzhu and ran away.
A month passed quickly, and the magical girls all recovered well. They did not need to return to the operating table for rest as Cheng Xiaoyu had expected.
The only question is how these former magical girls who have lost their families will reintegrate into society.
Especially the Flower Street Magical Girls, who were no older than thirteen and ten, and had no experience of normal social life. Even though the Ghost Hunters claimed they wouldn't abandon the Flower Street Magical Girls, they were still young, and even though some of them had social experience and life skills, they simply needed too many people to care for.
Fortunately, Shinobu Kocho suggested that she could take in these former magical girls, just like she took in the homeless children in the Butterfly House.
The former magical girls were very grateful and said they would not bother them for too long. As soon as most of them learned life, self-defense and work skills, they would move out and build a new home for themselves with all the magical girls. Of course, everyone from the Demon Slayer Corps was always welcome to come and play.
On the day he left, Haibara Yu and the friends he made here cried bitterly. He wrote down a lot of his contact information and the date of the day he fell into the space-time rift on small pieces of paper, and made an agreement with everyone that if they were still there by then, they would get together again.
That being said, everyone knew that this was almost a farewell. Haibara Xiong came from nearly a hundred years in the future. Not to mention living a hundred years from now, few humans could even reach a hundred years.
"Stop crying!" Yushiro, perhaps annoyed by the shrill crying, squeezed in impatiently and snatched a piece of paper. "It's just a hundred years! If you can't wait until then, just write down what you want to say and give it to me! Little kid from the future, people who always stay in the past have no future. Dry your tears and quickly get back to your own time and space to face your own future!"
Haibara Yu straightened his back, wiped away his tears, released his arms from hugging his companions, and bowed deeply to all the members of the Demon Slayer Corps: "Thank you all for your care all the time."
Afterwards, he walked towards Cheng Xiaoyu who had been waiting beside him, and held the hand that led him home.
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Time travel is an amazing experience.
Haibara Xiong felt as if he saw many things flashing before his eyes at that moment, but also as if he saw nothing. His mind and body seemed to have changed several forms during this period of time. He could not describe what was happening to him. His soul seemed to be being pulled out of reality. When Haibara Xiong was about to scream, everything stopped.
The sunlight shines through the leaves above my head onto my body, the chirping of insects and birds are in my ears, the familiar yet unfamiliar woods are in front of me, the ground is soft and soft, and I can hear the crisp crackling of fallen leaves under my feet with the slightest movement, as if everything before was just a dream.
Everything that happened afterwards seemed like sleepwalking. Huiyuan Xiong remembered that he followed Cheng Xiaoyu down the mountain, got into the auxiliary inspector's car, and got off the car somewhere, but the specific details seemed to be covered by a thick veil.
It was not until his parents and sister appeared and rushed towards him with tears streaming down their faces, shouting "Haibara Yu", that Haibara Yu suddenly woke up in the arms of his family.
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Outside the room, Cheng Xiaoyu popped the cap off a bottle of Coke with her finger and spoke to Nanami Kento, who was also standing at the door: "How long has it been since then?"
"Two months. Haibara's family had almost given up on him." Nanami Kento said, "Is Haibara... really okay?"
"It's okay. He just had a bit of a soul quivering, and it's normal for him to be dizzy from time travel. The method I used is a bit rough for ordinary human souls, so I told his family to yell his name, otherwise he'd be dizzy for at least half a day." Cheng Xiaoyu bit her straw idly. "By the way, has anything happened in the past few days since I was away? Have you guys at the top been slacking off on the cursed spirits?"
Nanami Kento: "No. During your absence, the abnormal cursed spirits in Beika Town began to spread outward. The high-ranking officials rushed to the front lines to curb the abnormal cursed spirits, so the entire magic world was very busy during this period. Although I said this out of turn, the situation in Beika Town... doesn't give me a good feeling."
More than that, the place is like Mickey Mouse's Trouble House, full of bad things.
Cheng Xiaoyu: "That's why I brought your classmate out of Beihua Town Mountain, who had been missing for two months, just an hour ago, and told everyone not to go near that mountain."
Nanami Kento couldn't help but ask the question that had been lingering in his mind for two months: "What's on that mountain? Is the change in Beika Town related to that mountain? Is the world going to end?"
Cheng Xiaoyu continued to sip her Coke. The only sound in the silent corridor was the "sizzling" sound of the drink flowing into the straw. When only the last bit of brown liquid was left in the glass bottle, stubbornly resisting at the bottom of the bottle, she put the empty glass bottle into the glass bottle collection box next to the drink vending machine.
"Do you think knowing these answers will change anything about the current situation? I mean the current situation in your life, the current situation."
Nanami Kento lowered his eyes: "No... I can't do anything right now."
"If that's the case, don't overthink it. Just live each day to the fullest," Cheng Xiaoyu said. "Everyone has their own limitations. We just need to play our roles well within our current capabilities. There's no need to over-worry or become anxious about things beyond our capabilities. That won't change anything. It will only make life, and the lives of those around you, a mess, and ultimately ruin everything."
Cheng Xiaoyu patiently coaxed him, "How bad can it get? As long as the world doesn't end, life will remain the same. If the world does end—then what's there to worry about? After all, you won't be the only one to die if the world ends. Everyone in the world will be buried with you. All worries and suffering will disappear with the end of the world. Isn't that heaven? From this perspective, the end of the world is the arrival of heaven."
Nanami Kento: "There's definitely something wrong with your idea."
Cheng Xiaoyu smiled meaningfully, with a hint of vicissitudes in her smile: "It's okay. When you grow up a little bit, you will definitely realize the truth contained in what I said above."
Especially after going to work, he might scold her even more harshly than her.
Haibara Yuu was taken away by his family. The higher-ups in the Jujutsu community changed his official status from "missing" to restore his household registration, and also issued him a certificate of suspension from school, effectively giving him an early winter break.
The next afternoon, Cheng Xiaoyu encountered Xia Yujie, who was sitting with his head down, on a seat next to the beverage vending machine. "No change? If you compliment me sweetly, I'll buy you a drink."
Somewhat abnormally, Xia Youjie did not retort like he did before, but continued to sit there quietly like a sculpture. If he had not kept his eyes open, Cheng Xiaoyu would have thought he was asleep.
Cheng Xiaoyu bought herself a bottle of... What the hell is this eel energy drink? What is curry soda?
So strange, let’s try a bottle.
"Ms. Cheng, you are not a human, right?" Xia Yujie suddenly spoke.
Cheng Xiaoyu was puzzled: "Yes, didn't you know it a long time ago? And could you please not speak so suddenly? I almost thought the Thinker statue came back to life."
"I'm sorry." Xia Yujie said without any apology. "Then what is your question? This is a personal question. I won't tell the higher-ups. If it's really inconvenient to talk about it, forget it."
Cheng Xiaoyu had No. 233 scan Xia Yujie and confirm that he was not currently being controlled by a higher-dimensional being before saying, "It's not that inconvenient to talk about it, but when you asked me before, didn't I answer that I was a devil?"
She had never concealed her devilish identity before, okay? Why was it that no one believed her when she said she was a good person, and no one believed her when she said she was a devil!
Geto Suguru:.......It turns out what you said back then was true. I thought it was just a joke.
In this way, her previous abnormal behavior suddenly made sense.
Cheng Xiaoyu: "But why are you suddenly curious about this?"
Geto Suguru: "I just want to know, in the eyes of a non-human being like you who has witnessed the diversity of human nature, what kind of existence do ordinary humans without cursed power have?"
Cheng Xiaoyu: "You are someone without magical powers? Can you please read the question several times before you do it? The answer is right on the page. This is a free question!"
"…Sorry, I asked the wrong question."
Geto Suguru reorganized the language.
"What I want to ask you is: "How do you define the existence of 'human beings'?"
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