Chapter 8 Are you being coquettish?
"You guys really didn't make faces at that girl just now? Like, deliberately trying to scare her or something?"
Yuya felt that since he wasn't scary, it must be the fault of his two mischievous classmates.
Gojo Satoru shrugged: "I didn't do anything."
Xia Youjie defended himself: "I have always treated people gently, and it's not my fault. Maybe she misunderstood something."
Takeya Takanao's car was parked on the side of the road. He didn't dare drive too far, bought two loaves of bread and ate them in the car, waiting nearby. After Gojo Satoru called him, he drove over within two minutes.
Gojo Satoru opened the door for Yuya, letting Yuya go up first, before sitting down himself.
Xia Youjie confirmed that no cars were passing by on the other side, and through another door, You was unsurprisingly squeezed in the middle.
Takeya Takanao was still shaken by what had just happened.
Who exactly is this new college student, that he can get Gojo Satoru to open the car door for him?
That's someone who doesn't take anyone seriously, the one who could blow up Gojo Satoru of the Curse Control Association with a spell!!!
I really want to take a picture right now and send it to Kusakabe so he can experience the shock I felt!
The three of them got into the car, and then Takeya Takanao started the engine and drove away from the city center.
He looked straight ahead and said cautiously, "The materials are on the chairs in the back. You can take a look first."
Yuya picked up the folder and opened it, not forgetting to say to Takeya Takanao, "There are many roads, but safety is the most important. We'll look at the mission ourselves, so please concentrate on driving."
He didn't want to get into a car accident on his first mission.
Takeya Takanao was happy not to speak, as he always believed that less talk meant less mistakes.
Two fluffy heads rested on Yuya's shoulders at the same time, and Yuya subconsciously sat up straighter to make the two of them more comfortable.
Aren't you two going to watch?
Gojo Satoru yawned: "Actually, I can't read."
Xia Youjie: "Me too."
Yuya: "..."
I really want to gouge their eyes out.
Calmly, Yuya still carefully looked at the mission information—completing the mission well would earn him a lot of rewards, which could make up for his empty wallet after buying Chuuya a birthday present.
"The mission location is a middle school called Yaming Middle School. According to students and teachers, many people have encountered someone knocking on the toilet door and asking if they need toilet paper."
"If you answer the question, they will hand you a red piece of paper."
"Even if you answer no, they will still insist on handing you a blue piece of paper."
Gojo Satoru's voice was languid: "This is forced buying and selling. I said I didn't need it, yet you still handed me the paper."
Xia Youjie: "That's not the point. The point is, who uses red and blue toilet paper?"
Gojo Satoru: "Yeah, your butt will get stained, right?"
Takeya Takanao: Oh my god. Gojo Satoru can even say the word "butt".
It's hard to imagine that face would say such down-to-earth words.
The three people in the car had no idea that Takeya Takanao was having so much internal monologue, while Yuya was still diligently studying the documents.
"The school reported that after these people finished answering the questions, they disappeared one after another. Some disappeared after three days, some after five days, and the latest they disappeared was no more than seven days later. Some were students, and some were teachers living on campus."
"The families of the missing persons said that the students and teachers went to the school and never came back, meaning they disappeared inside the school."
Yuya closed the file, his expression serious: "Finally, the reward for this mission is five million—that's a lot."
Even if the three of them split it equally, each person would still have over a million.
However, this was originally a task assigned to Gojo Satoru and Natsume, so the task level must have been quite high to earn so much money.
Takeya Takanao added: "The people from [the window] went to test it in advance and determined it to be a level one imaginary cursed spirit."
Depending on the different emotional sources from which the cursed spirits are formed, there are several types of cursed spirits.
A specific cursed spirit formed for a particular reason; a cursed spirit that is obsessed with a certain person and will take harmful actions against that person; a hypothetical cursed spirit formed out of fear of urban legends.
"In other words, there are no imaginary cursed spirits in the world. They only exist because many people are afraid of them," Yuya concluded. "Then we just need to ban the spread of those urban legends online. If people don't know, they won't be afraid, and if they aren't afraid, cursed spirits won't exist."
Xia Youjie closed his eyes and pretended to sleep: "Urban legends don't all spread through the internet. In earlier times, they spread through tourists. Wherever tourists went, the legends followed. The internet just accelerated this process."
"The cursed spirits originate from human fear. To cure the root cause, the only solution is to prevent the birth of humans. After all, humans are really timid and have too many things to fear."
"Eliminating humanity is the fastest way."
Takeya Takanao wished he could gouge out his own ears; these were words he shouldn't have heard!
Yuya: "Your idea is so wicked."
Xia Youjie's shoulder twitched as he laughed: "Evil? I think it's a very good method."
"The Earth is so big, it's more lively with more people. Instead of eliminating humanity, we should consider researching how positive emotions can also give birth to cursed spirits."
"Emotions are diverse, so why is it that only negative emotions can give birth to cursed spirits?"
"Oh—a very good idea!" Gojo Satoru gave a thumbs up. "It's an idea that no one in the world of jutsu has ever come up with before."
Yuya asked curiously, "What ideas did the jutsu community propose?"
"Let the sorcerer destroy the curse."
Yuya even waited a moment, just in case Gojo Satoru had something else to say.
After not hearing anything further, he tilted his head slightly: "?"
That's all?
"It's gone."
"There are so few sorcerers, and every one that dies is one less, but curses and cursed spirits are endless. This method only treats the symptoms, not the root cause."
Gojo Satoru's lips curled into a disdainful smile: "But this is how the world of jutsu has been doing it for thousands of years."
Those old fogies with their corrupt minds wield power and don't need to confront the cursed spirits themselves.
It doesn't matter if they're not the ones who died.
After all, as long as the cursed spirits aren't completely eradicated, they can continue to enjoy everything they have now. High-ranking officials in the political arena are practically begging for their protection, accepting the money without lifting a finger.
If the status quo is not maintained and changes occur, the ones who will suffer the most are those rotten oranges.
Oh.
Yuya shook his head.
The leader of the sorcery world, Bisen, is unreliable, and there's no future in developing here. You should finish your studies and hurry back to Yokohama.
Takeya Takanao's back was completely soaked with sweat. When the car stopped, he secretly wiped his sweat and said, "Three of you, we've arrived."
Xia Youjie got out of the car first, followed by Youye.
"The school is closed today, and only one teacher who knows the situation is on campus. You can ask that teacher if you have any questions. The school hopes to resolve this matter over the weekend so that the children can continue their classes."
Just as Takeya Takanao finished speaking, a slightly chubby teacher wearing glasses ran over.
He was panting: "You... are the people the principal was talking about, right?... Sorry, I ate something bad this morning and have a bit of diarrhea. I just went to the toilet."
Yuya asked with great interest, "Did anyone hand you toilet paper when you were in the restroom?"
The teacher paused for a moment, then shook his head frantically: "No, no, no, after this strange thing happened at school, no one dared to use the toilet at school anymore. I went out through the back gate of the school and went to the public restroom two kilometers away."
No wonder he was panting so much.
"I am a teacher at the school, and my surname is Ishida."
Ishida took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead: "I'll take you to the toilets the students who had the accident went to first."
The group walked towards the teaching building.
Yuya: "Are there many toilets involved in accidents?"
Ishida smiled wryly: "Yes, the school has two teaching buildings and two dormitory buildings, with a total of thirty toilets, and this has happened in all of them. I've encountered it when I'm alone in the toilet, and I've encountered it when two people are in the toilet. It happens during the day and at night, there's no way to avoid it."
“Some students don’t want to use the toilet at school, so they hold it in until they get home. Wouldn’t that make them sick?”
Yuya nodded and turned to look at the two people who had been chasing butterflies since the beginning.
"Wu, Xiayou, don't you have any questions for me?"
Xia Youjie smiled and said, "No, Youye has already asked us everything we wanted to know. He did a great job."
Gojo Satoru released the butterfly in his hand, then caught it again, and released it again, enjoying himself immensely: "Yuya is very capable; we don't have to do anything for him."
Yuya hesitated for a moment: "What should I do after I finish asking the questions?"
He's a newbie; he doesn't understand how sorcerers in the world of sorcery operate.
Gojo Satoru's eyes lit up: "Yuya, are you being cute?"
Yuya is confused.
Is this what you call acting cute?
Before he could say anything, Gojo Satoru was already getting excited.
He stepped down from the flowerbed beside him, his long legs striding towards Yuya. With a swift movement, he grabbed Yuya and pulled him away.
Yuya:?
Takeya Takanao and Ishida looked at each other, and were about to follow when they were stopped by Natsuyuki.
The smiling, gentle boy's words were more chilling than the coldest winter: "That's enough for now. Leave the rest to us."
"After all, this isn't your area of expertise."
Takeya Takanao and Ishida both stood still, not daring to move.
“Mr. Takeya, just put away the [tent] while you have time. Don’t you still have something to report to the Curse Supervision Committee? Now you have some free time.”
Xia Youjie turned around and caught up with Gojo Satoru and Yuya, who had walked away.
Ishida watched the three walk away, then hesitated, "Mr. Takeya, what about us...?"
Zhu forced a smile: "Let's wait at the main gate."
There's really nothing else they can do here.
Yuya looked at Xia Youjie, who was catching up with them, and asked, "Mr. Takeya, aren't you coming with us?"
“Mr. Takeya is an assistant supervisor, and assistant supervisors have their own tasks.”
Xia Youjie's expression was indescribably cold: "He is someone who acts on behalf of the Curse Supervision Association, and he is not on the same path as us."
Yuya seemed to understand, but not quite.
Gojo Satoru is still teaching.
"Compared to that, Yuya, do you see the filth?"
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This is the reborn Jie, whose thoughts are rather dangerous. He is hostile towards sorcerers, and also towards non-sorcerers.
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