Chapter 98: Defection Together He has never been a hero, but he wants to do this...
The silver moon appeared, and amid the piercing alarm, the main castle quickly formed a team to deal with the enemy attack.
This is the first time that the Honmaru located in the time gap has been exposed to the enemy's sight. Neither the Time Government nor the Sword Tsukumogami have ever faced such a crisis, which means that the defense system over the years can no longer stop the lurking enemy!
Kashu Kiyomitsu led several of the strongest fighters in the Honmaru and ran towards the gate. The entrance of the Honmaru was some distance away from the area where they usually moved around. As they ran, they found that the chirping of insects and birds that used to symbolize vitality had disappeared.
Wuhutai and his companion tiger ran in front of Kashuai Kiyomitsu. Apparently, he had also noticed something unusual and was holding his main short sword tightly. Kashuai Kiyomitsu was ordered to be the leader of the exploration team. Although he was not afraid of any danger, he was nervous because of the heavy responsibility on his shoulders and could not spare the energy to comfort the nervous Wuhutai.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Mikazuki Munechika running behind him. In the middle of the night, this self-proclaimed grandfather was running quite fast, with no sign of uneasiness on his face, as if the danger ahead was not unprecedented, but just an ordinary enemy he encountered when he went out to fight. He really was calm as he got older!
Kashuu Kiyomitsu told himself to learn from Mikazuki, so he adjusted his expression. Little did he know that this serious expression made him look even more like he was facing a formidable enemy!
Soon after the alarm sounded, Shirasu River was surrounded by the tsukumogami. In the middle of the night, many tsukumogami had just crawled out of bed, most of them were not even wearing armor, and rushed to the castle tower with swords in hand, looking quite chaotic.
Shirasu didn't know what was going on, but he forced himself to calm down, reorganized several other troops, and supported Kashuu Kiyomitsu's team. At the same time, he arranged various affairs and put the main castle into a state of combat readiness.
After arranging everything, he and the Tsukumogami who stayed by his side to protect him began to wait.
The news from the government of time arrived before the battle situation at the Honmaru Mountain Gate. The signal was intermittent, but the voice was still clearly audible.
"The access road to the headquarters has been eroded and the government has declared a state of emergency."
"Each of the main castles will be disconnected from the government and temporarily adopt a self-rescue plan. The government will restore contact as soon as possible and organize a joint effort to repel the enemy."
This is a common message that every Honmaru receives.
Only one piece of news was passed on to Shirasu Gawa alone, probably because the government of the time felt it was necessary for him to know.
"After you returned to Honmaru, another Shinsengumi, Fusangshen, brought back precious information that was not recorded in history before his sword was about to break."
"The sorcerer who launched the Death Migration was not Geto Suguru. There was someone else who controlled the actions of the corpses. The controller was hiding in the brain of the corpse in a parasitic form."
"The man called himself—"
Bai Suchuan felt the killing intent of Yakiri Hasebe. Since returning to the real world, Yakiri Hasebe's emotions have become more unstable. He vaguely saw the deep red in the eyes of the katana. The short-haired young man gritted his teeth, as if the enemy was standing in front of him, as if he would draw his sword in the next second!
"Noose..."
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"Suguru Geto is fake, his brain is parasitic..."
Bai Qichuan's intention was so strong that this sentence kept echoing in Jiufangzhen's mind before he woke up. However, he was too mentally exhausted and could not really wake up.
It seemed as if there were countless flies and mosquitoes buzzing around him, giving him a splitting headache!
When he finally woke up from his deep sleep, Jiu Fang Zhen felt weak all over and had a confused feeling as if he didn't know what day it was.
He tried to clench his fists, and finally regained control of his body, and finally understood what was going on around him.
"Ryoumen Sukuna has been stripped off. He is safe now. If you want to check, you need to wait for Gojo Sensei to come back. I won't let you take him away." It was... the voice of Megumi Fushiguro.
"There is such a strong magical power in him, I don't believe you can't see it!" said the leading first-level sorcerer seriously.
The Nine-square Array was briefly possessed by Ryomen Sukuna, and while its own cursed energy had been emptied and had not yet recovered, Ryomen Sukuna's power emanated from the Nine-square Array without any concealment. Even if no one had ever seen it before, no one would mistake the cursed energy of the King of Curses!
The top brass has issued several orders, asking Gojo Satoru to hand over the Nine Square Array. Even though Gojo Satoru claimed to have confirmed that the soul of Ryomen Sukuna that parasitized on his finger disappeared into the void, the top brass did not believe Gojo Satoru's statement at all. Because of the remaining curse power of Ryomen Sukuna, they were afraid that the Nine Square Array would become the incarnation of the Curse King who was even more uncontrollable than Yuji Itadori, so they sent a first-level sorcerer and two second-level sorcerers to take the "Nine Square Array" away. If necessary, the corpse can be taken away.
"Jiu Fang Zhen may have turned into a human flesh. We must take him away and control the danger!" A tall and thin man stared at Jiu Fang Zhen on the hospital bed, his eyes seemed to want to kill him on the spot!
There was also a long-haired sorcerer who remained silent, but his expression clearly indicated that he agreed with his companions.
"Whether we can take the Nine Square Formation away is not up to me. Of course, your say doesn't count either." Jia Ru Nishiko exhaled a puff of smoke tiredly. She was tired of dealing with these trivial matters.
In fact, if there hadn't been Megumi Fushiguro there to stop them like a protective child, the three sorcerers assigned by the top leaders would have probably grabbed the people and left without caring about the life or death of the Nine-square Formation!
After this departure, it is hard to say whether the Nine Square Formation will live or die.
After all, it seemed that one of the three had a serious grudge against him, so he would probably be killed halfway through!
"Such a big source of danger, why do you have to protect it if you don't deal with it earlier? I really don't understand you, Tokyo High School!" The first-level sorcerer sighed, "Alas, we are just following orders and completing our mission. Why do you have to make things difficult for us?"
Before he finished speaking, his figure had disappeared from the spot!
Megumi Fushiguro was on high alert and soon started fighting with him!
But there were two second-level sorcerers present. They completely ignored the existence of Naoko Ieiri and directly took away the Nine Square Formation that was unable to resist on the bed!
"Jade Dog!" The Jade Dog jumped out of the window and chased the person who was leaving quickly!
The small infirmary was quickly torn to pieces. The battle between the first-level sorcerer and Megumi Fushiguro turned the high school infirmary into ruins at a rapid speed!
After the two men ran away with the Nine Square Formation, the first-level sorcerer also changed from fighting to escaping. After all, his purpose was just to entangle Fushiguro Megumi so that he could take the Nine Square Formation back! Moreover, it was not easy to kill Gojo Satoru's adopted son in the territory of Tokyo Jujutsu High School, especially since Ieiri Shoko was still watching here. If he really wanted to kill Fushiguro Megumi, he would not be just a sorcerer who followed orders in the eyes of Gojo Satoru. He did not want to offend Gojo Satoru to death!
The fight with Megumi Fushiguro was no longer unexpected!
It was clearly arranged that every student in the technical high school should be sent away. Logically, there should be no one else except Ieiri Shoko. Why didn't Fushiguro Megumi leave?
According to Megumi Fushiguro's information, he doesn't seem like the kind of person who would avoid emergency missions or watch ordinary people die without helping!
However, no matter what, they have successfully taken away the Nine Square Formation!
He must quickly reunite with the other two!
The spell of that first-level sorcerer was extremely entangled, and the lethality was secondary. However, even though Fushiguro Megumi had many shikigami, he was still hindered! Facing three adult sorcerers with rich combat experience, Fushiguro Megumi was alone and could not defeat him unless he deployed his domain! However, once the domain was deployed, he would consume too much spell power and it would be impossible for him to catch up with the Nine Square Array that was taken away!
This was one of the few times he actually fought with a fellow sorcerer. Before this, his only experience was fighting between students at a sister exchange meeting at a technical college. They were both sorcerers whose mission was to exorcise cursed spirits, but they fought hard for their own positions...
This battle was equivalent to disobeying the orders of the higher-ups, and exposed Fushiguro Megumi's selfishness towards the Nine Square Array and his disobedience to orders! Openly defying and ignoring the authority of the sorcery world, no matter what, Fushiguro Megumi will be regarded as a restless thorn in the flesh by the higher-ups after this incident!
And the thorn in the flesh will be removed as soon as possible!
After the first-level sorcerer escaped, Fushiguro Megumi went to look for the taken away Nine Square Array without hesitation. Fushiguro Megumi did not think so far during the battle, but the sensitive and intelligent boy seemed to have some premonitions.
Before he left, he glanced at Ieiri Nozomi from afar. The teacher with long black hair did not angrily blame him for destroying the infirmary by fighting regardless of the occasion. Instead, she raised her cell phone to indicate that she had contacted the right people, and told him not to worry and to do whatever he wanted to do.
So he summoned his shikigami, turned his back to the high school and left alone.
This time, he wants to protect the people he wants to protect.
The Nine Squares felt a strong murderous intent, and the person involved thought he was still asleep, and did not hide his malice at all!
"We should kill him now. Who knows how difficult it will be to deal with this little monster once he opens his eyes!" said the tall and thin sorcerer gloomily.
“…Gojo Satoru will take revenge on you!” The voice that responded sounded a little fearful.
"Who will avenge me then?"
The two second-level sorcerers on this mission had faced the little madman before. This madman squandered his spell power without distinguishing between friend and foe, and he had injured countless sorcerers by mistake! Most of the people who followed the Nine Squares on the mission were high-level direct subordinates like him. Being suppressed by such a young boy, they could only flee in embarrassment. Those with low strength could not escape at all and could only bite their teeth and endure it!
How many people hate this monster! It would be fine if he was always chained, but he hid in the high school and got the protection of Gojo Satoru!
What a lucky fate and curse!
"Besides, Gojo Satoru and that kid refused to let us take the person away. The result of Ieiri Shoko's examination was determined by Gojo Satoru! They didn't let the crazy kid check, so they must have something to hide! The thing we brought back might not be a human anymore! Aren't sorcerers supposed to kill cursed spirits? We should act now! It will be too late if we wait until he becomes the curse king!"
"Well... indeed, but this was your idea. Don't blame me if someone asks about it!" He has never had a strong opinion between the two of them, and he never really wanted to persuade the other party, but he was just afraid of taking responsibility.
The tall and thin man gradually couldn't suppress his murderous intent.
The original mission required two people to lead the Nine Squares to find a contact person. It was said that this kid would be handed over to a powerful elder of the Kamo family, who was best at checking the inside and outside of the sorcerer to see if he was incarnated by a cursed creature.
Since I'm going to be dissected inside and out, and I'm going to die anyway, why can't I die in my own hands?
As soon as the thought comes to mind, you must take action.
"Hurry up!" The long-haired sorcerer was more sensitive than others because of the spell. He accidentally heard the movement and was like a frightened bird. "There is something behind!"
Before he could finish his words, the jade dog suddenly jumped out from their blind spot! But before he could bite the thin tall man's hand, he was forced back by a short stick!
The long-haired sorcerer started the spell. His spell had average attack power, and he was rated as a second-level sorcerer mainly because of his auxiliary ability. He recognized that this was a Shikigami with ten kinds of shadow spells, and quickly reminded him: "Hurry up and deal with it, Fushiguro Megumi is about to catch up... uh..."
Jiu Fang Zhen's hand passed through his chest, and the body of the long-haired sorcerer was hanging on one of Jiu Fang Zhen's arms. He was still twitching before he died, but soon there was no sound.
When the tall and thin man saw his companion being killed by a sneak attack from the Nine Square Array, he turned back and killed the Nine Square Array even at the cost of the Jade Dog!
The boy with his eyes closed pulled back his bloody arm. At that moment, the human skeleton and muscles were like a thin piece of paper to the Nine Square Array. It took no effort to penetrate it with bare hands!
After killing the man, he lay half on the ground exhausted, with most of his body soaked in steaming blood. He was still wearing the hospital gown of the technical college. After he killed the man, his hair was soaked in blood and became strands. The blood flowed down his cheeks, covering half of his face. There was no trace of Sukuna's flesh under his eyes, but his handsome face was made to look like a ghost who was seeking death, and a ghost who killed people with an expressionless face as if taking something out of his pocket!
At this moment, those who had never seen the Cursed King seemed to see a man-eating monster that could not escape! It was obvious that the Nine Square Array was just a murderer who was about to die! He was an unlucky person who was about to be dissected!
Yes! He is an evil ghost!
We should kill this evil ghost now while it is exhausted!
The furious sorcerer kicked at Jiu Fang Zhen's chest, kicked him up into the air, and dodged, landing the short stick on Jiu Fang Zhen's head! If this attack landed on a solid spot, without Gojo Satoru's unlimited technique, his brain would definitely burst!
But Jiu Fangzhen raised his hands and used his elbows to protect his head!
The short stick hit him and knocked him away, and he rolled dozens of meters after landing!
This time, the tall and thin sorcerer saw it clearly! The spell power of Tianyu Jubin was completely exhausted, and the curse power wrapped around his hand was definitely the curse power of Ryomen Sukuna! Overbearing and weird, but extremely powerful! This made him a little scared, as if he had returned to the time when he saw the crazy Nine Square Array passively seriously injured but unable to fight back.
That scene would occasionally reappear in his mind. He didn't know if the narrow escape had drained all his courage. When he was young, he was also a genius in the family. But since then, as he grew older, his total amount of magic power had not increased! When he heard that his limit in this life was a second-level magician, the scene that once frightened him turned into a concrete manifestation of hatred!
Now! No matter how the Nine Square Array obtained the power of the Curse King, he couldn't move at this moment! By the time he reacted, he would be dead for sure!
With a swing of the short stick, it’s time to deliver the final blow!
Damn it! What a troublesome dog! And the troublesome people!
Megumi Fushiguro arrived in time and once again stood in front of the Nine Square Array.
With just one glance, he knew that the Nine Square Array had killed someone. The person killed was the sorcerer who was sent by the higher-ups to carry out the mission!
The one who died in the hands of the Nine Square Array was not a cursed spirit, nor a cyborg, nor a curse master who did all kinds of evil! Instead, it was a curse master like himself, like the Nine Square Array, and like Gojo Sensei!
Fushiguro Megumi was shocked!
But he couldn't just let the Nine Square Formation be killed by the murderous man in front of him!
Why is this happening?
He wanted to ask himself, why was he entangled by someone? Why didn't he become stronger and protect the Nine Square Array from being taken away?
He wanted to ask the Nine Squares, why? Why not wait a little longer?
It is obvious that Gojo Sensei has forced the crisis to be resolved, and the first-level sorcerer has received the message and given up the mission. These two second-level seniors should have also received the message that the mission was terminated. Why?
The Nine Square Array killed the high-ranking people and the fellow sorcerers who obeyed the orders. Does Gojo Sensei still have room for maneuver?
Fushiguro Megumi could not imagine any reason to excuse the Nine Square Array...
"You should have also received the order to terminate the mission. I don't want to fight." said Megumi Fushiguro.
"You are still protecting that brat! Look at him! He's crazy! He killed someone! He's already a complete curse master! Are you protecting him because you want to defect too? Look at the two good students of Gojo Satoru!"
Fushiguro Megumi didn't kill him, but the tall and thin guy's fighting style was completely aimed at killing people, not caring that the opponent was a fellow in the world of curses! However, his close combat ability was extremely strong, and the shikigami could not control him in a non-lethal way, but he would take advantage of this!
In this battle, Fushiguro Megumi is in danger of death at any time! The opponent's curse tool has some secrets, and if you are not careful, you will suffer an inexplicable loss!
Fushiguro Megumi saw Kyuubajin lying on the ground with his eyes closed, not knowing how serious his injuries were. They couldn't delay any longer!
He made a gesture to expand his domain, and cursed energy as black as ink surged in all directions.
"You can actually expand your domain!" Isn't Fushiguro Megumi a second-level sorcerer? !
The tall and thin man stepped back dozens of steps and jumped out of the range of the field, only to see a giant bird soar into the sky, flying away with two teenage boys from technical high school!
“Fushiguro Megumi——!”
Fushiguro Megumi, who was squatting between the wings of the Nue, heard the exasperated shouts from below—
"The Nine Square Formation killed the people of the Three Great Families. The fact is indisputable! Even Gojo Satoru can't save him!"
"You are so stubborn that you take him away!"
"Are you going to defect?!"
Fushiguro Megumi was very confused. He was not sure whether Gojo Satoru could solve the problem. Perhaps the best way was to kill the sorcerer and erase all traces, leaving no evidence.
Suddenly, he saw the Nine Square Array arms in his arms stretched out and formed hand seals in the direction just now!
It's a handprint I've never seen before!
He wants to kill that man!
Megumi Fushiguro's body moved faster than his mind. He reached out and pried open one of the Nine Square Array's arms, rendering the seal ineffective, but ended up with a hand covered in cold but sticky blood.
He pulled the person closer to his arms, turned back in the direction they came from, and wanted to say something but was speechless.
At this time, the person in my arms moved, and whispered with a throat that had not made a sound for a long, long time:
"You know the consequences of taking me away, right?"
"Yeah." Fushiguro Megumi also responded softly.
"You will be considered a defector."
"……Um."
Jiu Fang Zhen felt pain all over his body, but he was wrapped in heat. He knew that he was being carried by Fushiguro Megumi's bird-like shikigami, but the wind in the sky did not bring him the slightest bit of coldness.
Jiu Fangzhen was embraced by Fushiguro Megumi and nestled against his neck. He opened his eyes and could not see anything, but he seemed to feel the other person's deep gaze.
All his thoughts disappeared, and the depression, restlessness, and pain that entangled his heart all dissipated into smoke in this gaze. He could not remember any of the pain in the past, and even the pain and powerlessness in his body disappeared completely.
He felt loved at this moment.
But he didn't know that Fushiguro Megumi had something else to say.
My tangled mind hasn't been sorted out yet.
Fushiguro Megumi thought that he had not yet reached the point of defection, and that Gojo-sensei would definitely have a way. But he also thought that Gojo-sensei had been talking about killing Rotten Orange every day, but he had never seen him actually do it... Deep down, he felt guilty for even killing a sorcerer on a mission for the Nine Square Array!
He knew that if the Nine Square Array fell into the hands of the higher-ups, it would not end well, so he would never let anyone be taken away. He also felt the murderous intent of the sorcerer he had just fought. Maybe it was really a life-and-death situation, but as a student, he still couldn't look at the fight between sorcerers normally...
But he couldn't blame anyone, especially the Nine Square Formation that killed people.
If he didn't kill anyone, maybe Xiao Zhen wouldn't have a chance to survive...
same……
Megumi Fushiguro stared at Kyuubajin's bloody and disheveled face.
If he didn't defect, Xiao Zhen would never be able to escape the liquidation without his protection!
Gojo Sensei was out of reach at this moment, and many of the preparations that Gojo Satoru had made before his mission could not be used as the Nine Square Formation used Ryomen Sukuna's cursed power to kill people.
Even if Gojo Sensei returns, he still can't handle everything in a short time. The problem of the Nine Squares is much more serious than that of Yuji Itadori. At least Itadori never killed anyone after swallowing his finger!
Megumi Fushiguro suddenly thought of Tsumiki, then remembered Yuji's dead body, and the tear shed by Kugisaki when he was sitting on the steps in the warm sunshine.
This ugly world, this ugly world of spells!
He has never been a "partner of justice" or a "hero". He has always followed his own selfish desires.
"Nine Square Array," Fushiguro Megumi called out the full name of the person who had been staring at him in a daze, with a serious and formal invitation in his words.
"Then come with me and escape from the world of spells."
But he wanted to be this man's hero.
This sentence struck the heart of Jiu Fang Zhen. This was his long-cherished wish, which was completely seen through by Fushiguro Megumi! He had been thinking about it since he could remember, but was blocked by many difficulties. He felt that it might never come true. After he and Fushiguro Megumi were together, he almost forgot about this wish, because he knew that there were too many people in the world of magic that Fushiguro Megumi could not give up!
He felt more ecstatic than ever before and wished time would stop at this moment.
Enough is enough.
Let's escape from the world of spells together.
Even if he couldn't do it, he would die without regrets just hearing someone say this to him.
Megumi Fushiguro also went crazy once.
He repeated it again.
"I'll take you away."
If the charges can never be cleared, at least the Nine Squares Formation is not on the road alone.
And Sensei Gojo would never let Tsumiki and others be implicated.
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Megumi Fushiguro recalled the shikigami and found a temporary place to stay with the Nine Square Array on his back.
They still have a long way to go.
But suddenly!
Fushiguro Megumi felt a pain on the back of her neck, and darkness gradually covered her vision.
Falling to the ground with him were his defenseless men.
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