Chapter 85: Confirmation of Tiger's existence, the label has not been decided yet
The shadows of the trees are mottled, and the fragrance of the grass is enough to cover up the smell of decay.
The rotten flesh gradually turned into smoke and dissipated, while the cursed spirit's pitch-black blood remained on the ground and would disappear soon.
Fushiguro Megumi rubbed the jade dog that came over for reward, and nodded to the unconvinced Kugisaki.
"Tsk! You got there first!"
Fushiguro Megumi: "...Have you forgotten that we are on the same team?"
Kugisaki curled his lips: "But we can't let you be the only one to steal the show!"
"There's no limelight at all!" Fushiguro Megumi said helplessly.
Kugisaki Nobara said unconvincedly: "You have already exorcised two, this one should be left to me!"
"How can this be true..." I am such a competitive person!
"...That's right, there are still some people who haven't touched any. Anyway, just don't leave them to the seniors!"
Hey, is it so worth laughing about the fact that the results are better than those of the Nine Square Formation?
In fact, Nobara Kugisaki was enjoying the excitement of winning over the second-year students in points, but Megumi Fushiguro thought more about it. He tried to trace the reason why Gojo Satoru brought them here.
If the competition is to train teamwork, then why did the teacher allow Jiufang to stay at the foot of the mountain alone?
Although Jiufang is a solitary person, he is rarely alone due to the inconveniences of life. Even if he is alone, he is mostly in a safe place.
Missions like this in a sparsely populated wild mountain were rarely assigned to the Nine Squares. Although he was there this time, and Nue could run back and forth, leaving him alone at the foot of the mountain would not achieve the purpose of working together to exorcise the cursed spirit.
Could it be that Gojo Sensei really just forgot?
Megumi Fushiguro felt something was a little strange, but he couldn't find the source of inspiration.
"Are you conjoined twins? You've been thinking about each other for so long?" Kugisaki Nobara was sour, not wanting to see him hesitate and fall into deep thought: "Eh~ Why didn't I notice you two were so clingy before?"
"…Your eyes can be donated."
…
Gojo-sensei, what on earth are you planning?
Gojo Satoru’s plan is super simple!
The reason for planning this event is, on the one hand, that the time is ripe and it is entirely possible for Yuji Itadori to make a comeback!
Although the fake death plan gave Itadori precious time to practice the use of magic power, so that he would not have to rely on brute force for a long time; at the same time, he was away from the sight of the upper echelons, cooling down the "death penalty" and the endless tricks... There were many benefits, but the experience of fighting with his companions was also extremely valuable and should not be missed! After all, young people should not be deprived of the right to enjoy their youth!
On the other hand, Gojo Satoru suspected that the foul aura accumulated here was not only the cursed energy bred in human emotions, but also the trigger left by a suspected curse master.
A quick glance at the top of the mountain shows that there seems to be something very interesting!
It’s best for small formations to practice with!
Other people rarely come into contact with this type of mission. The strength of each curser here is average, so it is a good opportunity to train themselves!
The province always complains that teachers don’t teach!
Isn’t this teaching according to the students’ aptitude?
As expected, he is the strongest one who is perfect in every aspect!
As expected, within a few hours after Gojo Satoru left, the second years exorcised two quasi-first-level creatures. The first years did not give in either, and Megumi Fushiguro and Nobara Kugisaki worked together to exorcise four second-level creatures.
This efficiency is already extremely high!
It was thanks to the fact that these cursed spirits were not very strong. Based on their size, Fushiguro Megumi guessed that these Level 2 were weaker than the Level 2 they had encountered before.
Moreover, just on this way up the mountain, we encountered so many cursed spirits one after another. It was not like what the panda had worried about before that it could not be found! It was really strange!
They walked up the mountain and when they were close to the top, they saw another trail hidden in the woods. According to Gojo Satoru, if nothing unexpected happened, the second graders should have taken this trail.
Having scored four points, Nobara Kugisaki was already getting carried away. She slapped Megumi Fushiguro's arm and urged him to hurry up: "Hurry up, hurry up, if we find one more, we'll definitely win!"
They have already got four points. No matter whether they meet quasi-first grade or first grade, this game against the second grade is a win for them, the first grade!
Megumi Fushiguro was not as excited as Nobara Kugisaki. They fought several battles in a row, and although they won easily, they also consumed a lot of physical energy.
He grabbed the excited Kugisaki, looked around, and then let out a long sigh.
"There is a water source nearby, let's take a break."
Fushiguro Megumi licked his dry lips. He had been exercising for a long time, so this consumption was nothing to him. When he was getting water, he remembered that Jiufangzhen didn't eat much in the morning, and he didn't bring any water with him...
Looks like it's time to let Nue make an extra trip.
*
At the foot of the mountain, the pink-haired boy jumped up and down to dodge the attacks that were getting bigger and bigger, and he didn't even have time to speak fluently!
"I just planned a plan with...with Gojo-sensei..."
"——A surprise!!!"
Yuji Itadori was helpless. He took off his panda suit while running, and then watched the clothes brought by Gojo teacher being blown to pieces without any complaints.
He was forced to say the name of the plan decided by the five teachers in a broken voice:
"Trust me! The name of the battle plan is:——"
"Super pleasantly surprised and touched... ow!"
Tiger who couldn’t find a chance to say the whole sentence: Woo…
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This name is indeed Gojo Satoru's style.
As his patience wore out, the Nine Square Array's attacks became more fierce, and Yuji Itadori began to have difficulty dodging. He subconsciously used cursed power to speed up and assist, so Tian and the cursed boy, who were extremely sensitive to cursed power, began to become dazed.
The dark blue cursed power, like a flame bursting out from the fist, was unstoppable and overbearing...
So familiar...
He would not distinguish the differences between each person, but he remembered the characteristics of only two people.
In a trance, the speed at which the cursed energy bullet condensed slowed down, and the black-haired boy's attack momentum slowed down. He hesitated whether he should give him a chance to explain?
But, "You are not Itadori Yuji, he is a dead man."
His stress level was still within controllable range. Although he was hungry, tired and irritable, he was still far from going crazy. He no longer filtered out the "noise" in the battle. He wanted to listen to the defense of "Yuji Itadori".
"I'm not dead! Gojo-sensei made me fake my own death. I'm alive and well! No! It seemed like I was really dead at first... but I'm really still alive now!"
The Nine-square Array did not immediately let down its guard. After all, in his subconscious, Yuji Itadori's state of existence... was a quantum state, which could only be confirmed by observation.
*
He was very sure at first that Yuji Itadori was alive. The night he woke up after the battle with Ryomen Sukuna, Yuji Itadori was by their side.
He still remembered the time when he nearly collapsed due to the deepening of his heavenly and cursed bondage. The reversal technique could heal the eyeball he dug out in a rage, but it could not do anything about the soaring stress value! On the edge of his sanity slipping into the abyss, he could not wait to rush to the mobile treatment point. When he was surrounded by the breath of peace of mind, the chattering voices beside him kept shouting. But later, Fushiguro Megumi denied this past, causing him to begin to doubt himself...
Doubt yourself, not the world.
【“Why don’t you ask Yuji?”
…
"Tiger Stick is dead."】
——So during that time, he truly believed that Yuji Itadori had passed away.
It doesn't matter whether you are pessimistic or credulous, Megumi Fushiguro said that Yuji Itadori is dead, and Kugisaki also said so. Their relationship with Yuji Itadori is always closer than one's own.
What's more... when he heard the bad news and felt cold all over and had to draw strength, when he relied on hugs to relieve the sudden pressure, when he heard Fushiguro Megumi's hoarse voice... he thought: memories may deceive him, but they don't have to.
That night, he followed Gojo Satoru's words and went out to look for a "surprise". On the west side of the teaching building, he saw the phantom of Itadori Yuji...
At first he thought it was a ghost in a trance and ignored it, walking mechanically.
Megumi Fushiguro's arrival reminded him of another possibility.
So the figure that he had just discarded became evidence to support his speculation, and he couldn't wait to show it to the people around him!
He was excited and happy. After the "phantom" disappeared, he dragged Megumi Fushiguro around to look for it!
[“I seem to have seen and heard it. If it is what I think…”
"Maybe we can catch him if we go back now!"
…
A sober voice advised the confused person: "Kyuho, it's late, Yuji Itadori might have...already... gone back.
"It won't hurt to go look for it!"
】
So the boy, who was not as close as he is now, walked with him all night and searched all night without complaint.
Obviously, he really didn't die...
His emotions continued to rise like a roller coaster, and then slid gently into the abyss. The physical exhaustion and mental exhaustion made him question his judgment again. Until it ended with a sigh from Fushiguro Megumi.
[“I followed you all the way out of the room. If he was right here, why didn’t I see him even though he was right behind you?”]
What the boy said makes a lot of sense.
He trusted Megumi Fushiguro more than he trusted his own judgment.
They are nothing but thoughts and dreams caused by mania and depression, the moon in the water that cannot be reached, and the self-mockery when waking up the next day.
So sometimes he rationally believed that Yuji Itadori was hiding somewhere and living well, and one day he would suddenly jump out and say, "You didn't expect that I was faking my death!" But emotionally he always felt that Megumi Fushiguro was right and he was indeed dead.
The black-haired boy once expressed this state of mind to his companions on that night when he was in a state of confusion, restlessness and depression. The boy who was traveling with him just remained silent for a long time and told him not to think about it anymore...
[“It’s a fake death!”
"Don't think about it anymore."
"Shirasawa has seen the living Yuji Itadori!"
"Could it be that Mr. Bai, who is still in a coma, appeared in your dream? Don't think about it anymore."
"I seemed to... really, really, really saw it just now..." The voice was already filled with uncertainty after the repeated denials.
"...Jiufang, I have seen, I have seen his body...It's almost dawn, go back to the dormitory, don't think about it anymore."】
So I really stopped thinking about it.
Is it an illusion? Actually, it doesn't matter.
In Kyoto, he was often confused and frequently treated the slightest disturbance as a curse, causing a lot of trouble.
The hysteria intensified, and Jiu Fang Zhen completely forgot about that night!
He didn't urgently need an answer, so he listened to Hui and stopped thinking about it.
Confused nights, fluctuating emotions, the irrationality between what another identity sees and hears and one's own mentally ill fantasies...
Don't think about it anymore.
He was just a person who was a little closer than a stranger. I had hallucinations about him, probably because he was the only person I remembered at that time...
No longer thinking about it, so he has more.
In addition to the face with a bright smile in the sunshine, there is another slightly cold face that I remember in my mind.
Yuji Itadori is no longer the only one.
Because he had also seen the latter's green eyes when they opened wide, seen the latter's struggling and indulgent intoxication after his eyelashes trembled wildly, and seen the blush when his breathing was disordered and no longer cold.
He once gave up trying to solve this unnecessary puzzle after searching in vain during a sleepless and depressed night.
And now, the answer presented itself.
*
Yuji Itadori finally found an opportunity to get close, but it was only relative. He thought aggrievedly: The Nine Square Formation certainly cannot accept the previous distance now!
It's a pity for the pink-haired boy: he had spent a lot of effort to get Jiufang familiar with him... But it doesn't matter! He's back!
"It hasn't been long now. Have you forgotten my voice?" He complained in a low voice:
"Wasn't it normal when we met at school in the middle of the night last time? Oh no! That's not normal either! I said hello to you but you ignored me!"
Last time? I mean...
At first he was skeptical, so he shook off the branches on his body and asked him, "When was the last time we met?"
Yuji Itadori: "Just as I said, about ten days ago, I went out to buy snacks and supplies in the middle of the night, and then I ran into you near the teaching building. You looked upset, so I didn't avoid you.
"It was really thrilling! I ran into you by accident and thought that the teacher's instructions were going to be messed up! Fortunately, you didn't make a sound, and I hid before Fushiguro saw me!"
"When Gojo-sensei was helping me plan a surprise, I was skeptical: If you had seen me, wouldn't it be exposed? Fortunately, the teacher said that it would be guaranteed that it would not be exposed and that he would definitely give you a surprise!"
"But even though I'm trying to fake my death, Jiufang, why are you cooperating with me?"
Jiu Fang Zhen was silent for a long time, and after the boy urged him repeatedly, he whispered: "Hui said it was an illusion."
Yuji Itadori was shocked: "Do you think I'm an illusion?"
He even ignored the slight awkwardness he felt when he heard Jiufangzhen address Fushiguro Megumi in a friendly manner, and said loudly in grievance: "Did you also think of me as an illusion just now? Eh!" He realized something was wrong: "You actually killed the illusion!"
"Then what evidence do you have to prove that you are not forged by the cursed spirit reading my memory?"
Hu Zi: Hu? How can I prove my innocence?!
His eyes drooped in disappointment! He was the only one who cared about the friendship with the Nine Square Array, and the other party was so unfamiliar that he couldn't even tell who he was!
The pink-haired boy felt very aggrieved! I have said everything I should say, but why does he still not believe it? If he still doesn't believe it, I will be annoyed too!
I want him to believe in me, and to be a friend who trusts me like Fushiguro Megumi - I have already been close to this goal! Most importantly, after feeling the boy soften, I don't like his questioning and hostile eyes! Just like the eyes that rejected everything when we first met!
In a hurry, Yuji Itadori decided to follow his intuition and no longer stay outside the social barriers of the Nine Squares! He grabbed the black-haired boy's hand and put it on his arm! "Feel it carefully, this is not an illusion! Can cursed spirits even simulate muscles? Cursed spirits are slippery and cold, but I am warm!"
The touch under his palm was indeed human and dry. The boy's well-trained muscles arched up like a beast showing off his strength. But in fact, the beast was ruthlessly pressed by the boy himself holding the hand of another person. Without the barrier of clothes, the nine square formations who were forcibly pulled by the hand touched the hard and elastic muscles. When they subconsciously tightened their palms, they were burned by the boy's scorching temperature.
Yes, it was hot, just as I remembered, like the scorching sun.
"This proves that I am Yuji Itadori!" he said proudly.
The hedgehog's self-defense was that its tip softened mostly, and the Nine Squares loosened its grip and touched the back of the opponent's head.
"You don't have a hat." He had held it before.
Yuji Itadori scratched the back of his head: "Ahaha! I'm not wearing school uniform today!" The school uniform is not breathable, and he put on a panda doll costume. No matter how good his physique is, he will get heatstroke!
So he was wearing a short-sleeved shirt!
The Nine Squares formation that judged people by their hats met with Waterloo.
So what other characteristics does Yuji Itadori have?
The impression that Jiufangzhen had of Yuji Itadori was that he was noisy and familiar, holding a hat that was very convenient to hold, and a big face that suddenly magnified in the sun. These were the elements he added to this classmate who impressed him the most when he first entered school, and he used the few characteristics he captured to define this classmate named Yuji Itadori.
Oh yes, there is also a definition that he realized belatedly and ignored.
Let him experience the unprecedented feeling of frustration of Ryomen Sukuna's flesh.
Jiu Fang Zhen raised his hand, and the pink-haired boy subconsciously dodged it, but then he resisted the urge to move, thinking that he had to prove himself.
Jiu Fangzhen placed his fingers on Yuji Itadori's face and found the spot after a little exploration. He rubbed the bulge on the scar under his eye with his fingertips, and followed the outline to feel the curved arc in his memory...
The few details he could recall from his barren memories!
Enough to confirm——
The body can be simulated, the face can be changed, but it is impossible for an illusion or a curse to imitate it with such realistic details!
Yuji Itadori's eyes were rubbed red, it didn't hurt, but it felt weird. Is Jiufang such an easy person to approach? In his impression, Jiufang is a prickly hedgehog, and he avoids such closeness! Not to mention arm in arm! He was very careful when he approached at first, for fear of stepping on a landmine!
Maybe something happened during his absence that changed Jiufang's mentality.
Yuji Itadori will not have any regrets. He will only be happy that the Nine Squares have become cheerful.
"Is this confirmed?"
Jiu Fang Zhen nodded.
"Great!" Hu Zi clenched his fist! Finally! He believed it!
"But don't touch that thing for too long..."
Jiu Fang Zhen suddenly retracted his hand.
The teeth on Yuji Itadori's face closed tightly with a clicking sound. If he hadn't retracted his hand quickly, he might have torn off a piece of his finger!
The pink-haired boy punched himself on the left cheek without hesitation, then said apologetically to the Nine Squares: "It's like this, that guy pops up from time to time."
Ryoumen Sukuna:? If someone touches my eyes I can't bite him?
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