Chapter 73: I just want to sleep forever in your shadow...
Swallowed by the golden light, the Nine Square Array also experienced the feeling of teleportation. After he stood firm, he crushed the ground under his feet with the tip of his shoes, and saw a circle of bright golden color gradually extinguished with great novelty. This rare scene for him extinguished his irritation of being controlled by others and suddenly moving to another place. Coincidentally, he bumped into a group of students returning after less than a minute in his place.
Naturally, the Nine Squares, which had willfully separated from the main force, were "criticized" by the outspoken Kugisaki, and the journey to the destination naturally became lively due to the continuous quarrels between the two people.
Megumi Fushiguro was paying attention to the figure walking in front of him, thinking silently. The hot-tempered Nobara Kugisaki was the person she was most concerned about after she lost contact with Kyuho. Now that she saw him, she became tough.
Even when he was exorcising his enemies, he was complaining that the Nine Square Formation was too unique and eccentric.
There were no signs of fighting on the Nine Squares, so they didn't notice that the Time Travelers of Kiyomizu Temple were not on the same level in terms of density and strength compared to the one the boy encountered alone! Can the small monsters on the road be compared with the elite monsters at the king point?
Rather, the other party's purpose - at least one of the purposes - is to find the young man who came to Kyoto by chance!
…
Mr. Gojo is very wealthy and he did not treat his students unfairly when it came to choosing a hotel.
"Is this the treatment Wu usually gets when he's on a business trip?"
Ancient and traditional Kyoto, a luxurious modern hotel, the ancient city's pursuit of beauty and elegance can be seen in the details. Everyone in the Tokyo school is very satisfied. Normally, you can't enjoy such a high-end hotel during a normal mission! Not to mention Kugisaki Nobara, even Zenin Maki decided to enjoy the hotel's hot springs after putting down the luggage to relax the tense muscles after the battle!
Except for the Nine Square Array which is "too unique and different".
Megumi Fushiguro took the impatient boy to the floor of their room by elevator. After pressing the elevator up/down button, his fingers seemed to casually brush across the carpeted, dimly lit, and atmospheric corridor. A black shadow that was invisible to ordinary people struggled to disappear.
The Nine Square Array, which just walked with its head down and left the task of leading the way to its classmates, saw nothing.
Fushiguro Megumi is not an ascetic. When Gojo-sensei treats him, he doesn't wrong himself and enjoys it. Panda Senior hates getting his fur wet, so he doesn't want to take a bath, let alone a hot spring. Just now, Gojumaki Senior invited him and Kyuho to join him.
The Nine Squares are not interested in anything, or in other words, those who find it extremely inconvenient to do anything have lost the conditions for independent enjoyment, and are unwilling and needless to trouble others.
"Sorry, I want to rest early too." Fushiguro Megumi said this in the look of loss in Inumaki Satoru's eyes.
Jiu Fangzhen showed strong dissatisfaction with the dim environment. After swiping his card to enter, he immediately turned on all the lights and adjusted them to the brightest mode.
He didn't like unfamiliar environments, but the work of a sorcerer was always unavoidable. He had previously assisted the supervisor, Saionji Masagi, who was an accomplice to the evil, but he could be enslaved with peace of mind when he was out. The other party also took care of everything like an old nanny, and was available at any time, so he could relax. If he went out with classmates who were not his subordinates, he would never agree to travel just for tourism.
He is already living in chaos. Does it make any difference to him whether it is an ancient capital with a rich history or a hundred flowers with different shades of color?
It was only after Gojo Satoru repeatedly assured him that the trip would be worthwhile that he finally agreed and nodded.
Now it seems that if "encountering the Time Traveling Army" is what Gojo Satoru meant by "the trip was worthwhile"...
Tsk.
The hotel has good soundproofing, and Fushiguro Megumi can't hear any noise from next door. While she is grateful for being able to have a good night's sleep, she also feels inexplicably disappointed and worried about not being able to have her troublesome companions.
The boy with a strong sense of empathy chose to stay closest, not for anything else, just to make himself feel at ease.
It was already late at night, so there was no need to take out the suitcase for the books she brought to kill time. After taking a shower, Megumi Fushiguro wiped her hair and stretched her bones, which had been softened by the hot water.
The unplanned battle consumed a lot of his energy, and he felt a little sleepy.
However, before he pulled back the quilt and lay down, the floor-to-ceiling window with a wide view three meters away shattered with a "bang". Countless pieces of glass fell from the sky, and the orange-red light reflected by the night light shattered and crushed in the loud noise!
earthquake?
no!
Fushiguro Megumi's first reaction was to run to the window to see if there was anyone downstairs - at three in the morning, except for the sorcerer who had an unusual schedule, the lively nightlife would have ended. No pedestrians were hit by the glass, great!
Then he realized that glass doesn't break for no reason!
Without the soundproof glass, the sorcerer with enhanced hearing could clearly hear the heavy breathing from next door.
The young man acted decisively, took a step forward, and the huge owl-shikigami wearing a mask caught his master. The Nue seemed to know what his master was thinking, and without him saying anything, it circled and flew to the side!
"What's wrong?"
Megumi Fushiguro did not see any obvious enemy. The boy with a tense mind glanced across the room full of traces of battle, only to see a boy with eye disease standing on the edge of danger without knowing it.
Jiu Fangzhen stood on the window sill without glass. The wind outside the window blew his hat open, and his wet black hair was exposed outside. He pulled his hair back to reveal his forehead. His pale face that had never seen the sun had no warmth after washing. His teeth were biting fiercely, like a stressed beast that had not yet woken up from the bloodthirsty pleasure after tearing apart its territory competitor.
The sound of the Nue's flapping wings startled him again. He subconsciously took a step back and rushed forward again with his fists raised!
——!
There was a very hidden curse spirit in the room. The curse spirit was small in size, and the residue it left behind was shallow, just like a fly head passing by. But with the Nine Square Array's many years of experience, if you can't judge the level, you can't judge the combat power!
High-level cursed spirits will clean up the debris, but there are also those that are small in size, so the Nine Square Array never dares to relax!
In the "resting place" that should have been safe, the enemy appeared without warning and instantly destroyed his psychological safety zone.
If you haven’t found it!
He will die quietly!
No! I can't accept this ending!
The young man, who is both inferior and proud of his own strength, uses destruction and violence to cover up his inner panic. Others can only see his frequent temper, but fail to see that he is suppressing the fear that he himself is not aware of, and trying his best to protect himself!
——It’s better to strike first!
Cursed bullets exploded around him, and the bouncing furniture fragments easily cut Jiu Fang Zhen's palms and neck, so he abandoned them and switched to fists and daggers, chasing the black shadow in his sight, destroying the curtains, tables, cabinets and wardrobes that the cursed spirit passed by!
His ideas are overly exaggerated, and his actions are often motivated by absurd delusions, but this is his way of holding on to himself in a desolate, dark and dangerous world.
Whether it is the gloomy appearance or the cold-hearted mentality of not caring about the lives of others, they are all part of his true nature.
For those who grow up alone, only they can embrace themselves!
…
In Fushiguro Megumi's eyes, the nine square formations standing on the edge rushed towards the sky without hesitation.
"Hey!" Someone's shout came from above.
When the tip of the shoe kicked up the broken glass fragments that fell on the floor, and the slippery silk curtains and the floor moved against each other with almost no friction...
At that moment, Jiu Fang Zhen fell forward with his knees bent, not thinking about anything, until the gravity of the earth captured him, the feeling of weightlessness grabbed his heart, and the dagger he had clenched tightly loosened as his pupils dilated.
The violent and aggressive boy's mind was blank at this moment.
What? He hasn’t exorcised the curse yet…
The sound of the rushing wind exploded in his ears, and the moisture on his hair took away the heat from his body. In this unprecedented fall, his mind was unable to command even a single finger to move!
Megumi Fushiguro caught the Nine Square Array.
For the shikigami Fushiguro Megumi, this was easy and sure, no harder than exorcising a fly's head before going to bed. The Nue had a very strong flying ability, and it could easily fly close to the window and make an extreme turn without its wings scratching the building, and it hardly needed Fushiguro Megumi's command.
But for Kyuubajin's classmate, Megumi Fushiguro, this is too difficult!
So horrible!
Whose heart can bear such stimulation?
The classmate he had been with day and night stepped into empty air in front of him. The twenty-first floor was enough to make a gorilla like Yuji Itadori's brain burst, not to mention the skinny and small Nine Square Formation!
Megumi Fushiguro was furious when she returned to the battle-damaged hotel room!
"You don't pay attention to the location when you fight! You should at least be careful! Don't you know that you broke the glass?"
This man was worried that the curse spirit was going to kill him, but he was still running around in a room that was prone to falling, without considering the potential safety hazards! I don't know why he was only cautious about the curse spirit?
Isn't he afraid of death? Why didn't he use his brain when attacking?
Is this kind of combat awareness really that of a first-level magician?
Fortunately, Megumi Fushiguro still had some rationality. She glanced at Jiu Fang Zhen, who was sitting on the bed dejectedly as soon as he came back, sighed, and helped him exorcise the "cursed spirit in the room" without complaint.
The jade dog sniffed everywhere, dug at the broken pieces of the bedside table, turned over the curtains that had fallen limply to the ground, searching busily, flying around like a headless fly.
Fushiguro Megumi felt something was strange.
Like the Nine Square Array, he could see faint remnants of cursed energy in the room that had not yet been covered by the Nine Square Array's cursed energy, which meant that a fully formed cursed spirit had indeed appeared in the room.
The Jade Dog has extremely strong searching capabilities and should be able to find its target.
If he runs out of the door, the jade dog will guide him to track it.
Was it exorcised?
Without any more clues, Megumi Fushiguro took back the shikigami.
The dog's voice disappeared, and the hoarse voice of the Nine Square Array rang out in the room: "Maybe it's my imagination... Sorry, do cursed spirits not exist?"
Too many times, he knew that not all black things were curses, but the suspicious existence in the retina would move in his eyes. Once he paid attention to it, it would become a tangible, ferocious monster, silently threatening him!
It was a little sad, but he never wanted to change.
In order to be absolutely sure, even if it was just his delusion, he forced himself to fight with all his strength! Therefore, no matter how strange and cunning the cursed spirits were, they could not hurt him, only humans could.
The ceiling light in the room was not damaged, and Jiu Fangzhen could see Fushiguro Megumi's "suspicious" hair not far from him. Except for the first time he made a mistake, he never attacked him again.
Just as he remembered Yuji Itadori's face, he also remembered the shape.
On this night when his toes were cold even with socks on, he thought that maybe he could try to control himself in the future.
Fushiguro Megumi looked back in surprise. Did the Kyushujin say... sorry?
It's really rare.
The young man replied calmly, "It's not a fantasy. It really exists. There are many traces in this room."
——Is Jiufang actually aware that he has abnormal delusional symptoms?
“But you have been exorcised.”
The shorter boy had curled up at the foot of the bed without him noticing, and Fushiguro Megumi saw his pale fingers. Kyoto wasn't that hot, and it rained for a few minutes tonight. Although it wasn't cold, it would still be enough to catch a cold if the wind blew all night.
He sighed silently: "You go to my place, I'll get another room."
After placing the Nine-square Formation in his room, Fushiguro Megumi took his ID and went out. Before leaving, he looked back for some unknown reason.
The gloomy boy lost his fierceness and leaned against the bed quietly. His wet hair was no longer dripping and stuck to his face in wisps. This boy who did not conform to Fushiguro Megumi's way of dealing with the world and frequently caused trouble for others unexpectedly had a well-behaved face. After removing the vicious and impatient expression that ruined his impression, he simply took off his hat and lowered his head. Visually, he looked like a withered grass, dried and listless by the sun and lying on the ground.
Megumi Fushiguro turned around, took out the hotel's hair dryer and gave it to him.
“Blow dry before bed.”
He wanted to prop up the grass.
The boy's state was like the changing weather. He replied listlessly, unable to muster up any energy. He did not even raise his hand to take the hair dryer that was handed to him. When Fushiguro Megumi raised her hand to signal him, he did not respond.
Fushiguro Megumi closed his eyes patiently, then opened them again. He saw that the actual Nine Squares Array was not the poor wet grass. He seemed to have lost his expression, his aura was very low, as if he had lost touch with the world, emitting a sense of indifference from the inside out, making others stay away.
If she wasn't the person who dealt with him the most in the technical high school, Megumi Fushiguro would have had a very bad impression of the Nine Squares, whose gloomy and depressing appearance showed that he was full of negative emotions.
Who wants to deal with a bad-tempered guy?
However, Fushiguro Megumi sadly discovered that he could now fully understand the actions of the Nine-square Array, and was working hard to resist his passivity.
Looking at Jiu Fangzhen's pale face due to low blood sugar and cold wind...
Okay, he compromised.
Although he did not admit it, the shikigami, who was very good at taking care of people, finally handed over a small bread and picked up the hair dryer again.
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Among the curse masters who have formed an alliance with Nozomi, there are many evil people. Originally, they planned to make a big scene at Tokyo High School during the sister school exchange meeting, but who knew that all the students ran to Kyoto!
Geto Suguru announced that the plan would be suspended, or even canceled depending on the situation. Many of his curse masters who had been ready to take action were naturally dissatisfied.
Others didn't know that Nozomi's plan was to steal the Sukuna Finger and the Cursed Fetus Nine Phase Diagram from the Tokyo School. They only knew that because of a slight change, Geto Suguru was too scared to move!
In the eyes of the curse master codenamed "Big Rat", whether it is Kyoto or Tokyo, the advantages are in hand, so why retreat and delay?
His technique is similar to the curse spirit manipulation technique, but the difference is that he can only control all rat curse spirits. He found out where the Tokyo curse master was, and was cautious. He did not send out his strongest first-level curse spirit, but instead released an extremely agile and fast little mouse to explore the way. This low-level curse spirit is very hidden, and even the residual curse power is undetectable, making it the most suitable for sneaking in to collect information! Although it is of low level, it is one that he cherishes very much, the only one!
Even if it is discovered by the sorcerer, he will either think it is an ordinary mouse or be too lazy to exorcise it with the fourth-level curse. It can be said that it is invincible!
He didn't send the curse spirit to the girl who was theoretically afraid of mice, but went straight to Jiu Fang Zhen, the strongest first-level sorcerer registered among the students!
He had heard of the little madman's reputation a long time ago, and now that he had seen him, he found that his reputation was well-deserved!
He is afraid of even the fourth-level curse, and even killing a mouse makes such a big noise. He is really crazy!
The curse master, who shared vision with the curse, realized that he had offended the wrong person, and that the other party was a fool who could pursue the fourth-level curse relentlessly. When the mouse was doomed to fail to escape, he came up with a plan. It deliberately fled to the window to attract the other party to catch up. When it was completely exorcised, the curse master hiding in the dark laughed wantonly.
Regardless of whether Jiu Fang Zhen fell to death this time, he had found a way to torture him!
The next day, Nobara Kugisaki finally went shopping in Kyoto and bought a lot of local products. However, in the evening, they were still very "enthusiastic" to help their classmates in Kyoto clean up monsters until midnight.
The Nine Square Formation was being watched closely, and the others did not give him a chance to escape. They finally discovered that his newly developed skills, like Gojuan Ji's spell, had a very good group attack effect!
After working hard all night, Jiu Fang Zhen returned to bed and lay down, not wanting to move at all.
Jiang Jiu saw that the character's physical strength and cursed power were slowly recovering, and the stress value was a bit high. It was time to let the character rest. In Ji Teng Siye's group, there was a quota to come to Kyoto for exchange and study two days ago. To be more precise, the instructor took them to work in another project for a short period of time. Ji Teng Siye was not very interested at first, and it was in the category of whether to go or not, but from the perspective of project connection, the candidate was Okiya Subaru. He was about to nod and accept, but Okiya Subaru, who had always been lazy, was very active!
On second glance, it seemed that the instructor was also interested in giving him this opportunity!
Ji Tengsi was also very surprised! He didn't understand why?
Is it partiality?
Finally, he took some effort to get this opportunity. It must be said that after this effort, he became more interested in the communication topic than before!
Jiang Jiu also felt that the possible triggering of the game plot should not be wasted!
Just as I was about to hang up, Jiu Fangzhen, who was lying on the bed, had already closed his eyes, and the room fell into a long silence. It was late at night, and there was a "squeaking" sound coming from under the bed that the hotel cleaned every day!
It's fleeting.
Strange noises appeared out of nowhere, and the rustling noises brought an unknown sense of horror in the dark night.
If it were last night's Nine Square Formation, or even the Nine Square Formation that had already gone offline, he would have stood up as if facing a formidable enemy!
The system is based on the character settings, and it cannot accurately detect the player's psychological activities. The Nine Squares of [Persecution Delusion] will definitely be on high alert for any sudden abnormality in the middle of the night!
However, the players did not leave.
The Nine Squares with souls were the ones who had the idea of "changing themselves a little bit". He didn't even turn on all the lights like he did last night, but only left an orange night light, because he repeatedly reminded himself that there wouldn't be so many cursed spirits around him, and he shouldn't live in tension forever.
Don’t think the night is so scary. What is more terrifying than the curse is the imaginary curse.
He knew that his mental state was strange sometimes, and someone told him to take specific medicine, but he didn't like any of them except those with sleeping effects.
——My emotions were forcibly suppressed. No matter what I was thinking, it seemed as if there was a layer of fog between me and the pain. But I also didn’t feel alive.
Some people may become addicted, but he won't.
Because of this symptom, he has made many fools of himself. Not only did he cause trouble for people who had never done him any wrong, but he almost died yesterday!
This is not a disease, he is just a little too timid!
Ridiculous, you are already a first-level sorcerer, be brave!
Lying in the room that Fushiguro Megumi had transferred to him, Jiu Fangzhen kept his eyes closed.
The auditory hallucinations, the vibrations of the bed, they are fake, don’t pay attention to them, don’t pay attention to them, don’t pay attention to them…
The night seemed to stretch on endlessly, but the illusion would eventually end.
Sure enough, the strange noise disappeared.
The third and fourth days in Kyoto passed as usual. Although the "vacation" promised by Gojo Satoru was a little exaggerated, the days without classes, simple tasks, and no running around were like a life of a god! In addition to the satisfied girls, Inuma and Panda were having a blast!
They also met with everyone from the Kyoto school several times. Although they didn't have in-depth exchanges, they still had a good impression of each other.
Someone suggested having a social gathering before the exchange meeting was resumed. Since they were all young boys and girls and there was no competition between them for the time being, this proposal seemed like a great activity to the students who had already adapted to the intensity of the Time Travel Army's appearances!
On a rare night, the battle with the monsters came to an end. The Tokyo school students, who had only encountered a few odd guys, felt that their "vacation" might end soon, so after discussion, they scheduled the party for the next day.
Jiu Fang Zhen wasn't very interested in socializing, but it would be nice to get to know future opponents in advance, so he didn't express any opinion.
One hour before the scheduled time the next day.
After changing rooms, Fushiguro Megumi, who lived on the same floor as Panda Dog Roll, led the two seniors who were a little excited but really a little bored to call Jiu Fangzhen who was lazing in bed.
I've rested for twelve hours. I don't have the bad habit of staying up late playing with my phone like Gou Juanji, so I should have gotten enough sleep!
Fushiguro Megumi felt that the Kyushu Formation was a little listless these days, just like what he saw when he left that day.
The wilted grass.
He shook his head at his own metaphor.
Others discussed secretly that the sleepy Nine Squares suddenly didn't seem so irritating, as if they were too lazy to be sarcastic!
Is Kyoto such a Feng Shui treasure land?
The second grade students gave their affirmation: They have finally become a worry-free junior!
The "worry-free" Jiufangzhen opened the door after a long while. He seemed a little dazed. After the pandas greeted him, he squinted his eyes and confirmed for a long time before answering.
"Jiufang, you need to pack up quickly. It's almost time. Change into some cool clothes!"
“Salmon salmon!”
"Don't be like Hui and wear your school uniform to the social! The girls will look down on you!"
"Salmon! Boiled fish flower!"
Fushiguro Megumi, who was forced to change into private clothes, turned her head away. There are no seniors worthy of respect here!
Jiu Fangzhen was still wearing the indoor shoes provided by the hotel. His pale skin made the dark circles under his eyes more obvious. He had not changed into his going-out clothes yet, and he had just gotten up and had not washed up yet. He took a step back and motioned to go inside and wait.
Anyway, he has no sense of belonging to this temporary private space and doesn't care if other people enter.
The panda continued, "Ji has very dark circles under his eyes. Luckily I borrowed some concealer from Wild Rose. I'll apply some on you later..."
"Need not."
"Put some on it! It's very effective! When meeting new friends, appearance is very important, trust me! Pandas never lie! Wild Rose's cosmetics are really good, Hui and Ji can both testify to that!"
Dog Curl, whose eye circles were whiter than his cheeks, gave a thumbs up.
“Salmon!”
Fushiguro Megumi was even more disgusted.
Ten minutes later, several people left.
The empty room returned to silence, and the sorcerers left in a lively manner.
In the end, Panda failed to successfully use its makeup skills on Jiu Fang Zhen's face. Fushiguro Megumi remained indifferent and did not participate, neither of them helping. Panda secretly guessed that he was relying on his good skin condition to eliminate a strong opponent who could attract girls!
Wow, what a thoughtful DK!
As for the other handsome DK who had dark circles but successfully covered them up…
"Explode!" Goujuanji pulled off his collar.
After confirming it again and again, he left this filthy place.
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