Chapter 104: The Tiger-Subduing Team

“…”

The air was quiet for a moment. The wind in winter and spring was cool, but it became warm under the sun, gently caressing my face.

Gojo Satoru was slightly stunned for half a second, then he smiled and let go of the hand that had just been holding the little sheep Jiang Lai's shoulder: "Huh? So cunning - it's a completely illegal answer."

His beautiful blue eyes were slightly curved, and his pure white eyelashes fluttered slightly when he smiled.

Unlike the previous smile which was just an arc without any warmth, this time it revealed a genuine and bright smile filled with emotions.

Like a noble white cat with an arrogant attitude, it seemed to be pretending to complain, but in fact it slightly raised its head with satisfaction and flicked its fluffy tail.

"Truth is not a violation of the rules," Jiang Lai responded with a raised lip. He rubbed his shoulder with one hand and said casually, "Your strength is too strong, Wu. Be careful."

"This is to test whether your bones have grown well. Adolescents cannot get osteomalacia~"

"...You are so serious and talk nonsense. You are worthy of me."

"Thank you for the compliment!" Gojo Satoru gave a thumbs up very readily, stood up, and put the eye mask back on his face in a casual manner.

He returned to his usual carefree self and gently pushed Jiang Lai forward, "Let's go, let's go back to find Nanami and Hisahito."

The two returned to Nanami Kento's house together, this time through the front gate.

The two people in the room had already finished their breakfast. Nanami Kento put the dishes into the dishwasher and was reading a newspaper on the sofa. The one who opened the door was the energetic Itadori Yuji.

"Oh, so many desserts, thank you Mr. Gojo and Mr. Watanabe!" Yuji Itadori took the dessert bag from the little sheep Jiang Lai with starry eyes and thanked him sincerely. He also mentioned the name of his classmate in the conversation, "When I return to school, I will share some with Fushiguro and Kugizaki to try."

Little sheep Jiang Lai changed his shoes at the entrance, only to find that Gojo Satoru behind him had no intention of stepping into the room.

He turned around in surprise, only to see Gojo Satoru leaning against the doorway, smiling and saying:

"I won't go in, because I have to leave soon - because I have a mission to go abroad in two days, so I have to hurry up and arrange some things in China first."

"Oh, Mr. Gojo is so busy. You must be working so hard!" Yuji Itadori expressed his concern with emotion.

"Yeah, it's really hard—" Gojo Satoru followed the student's words and pretended to wipe away tears through his eye patch, "If there is a kind-hearted younger generation with blond hair, wearing pince-nee glasses, wearing a formal suit and tie, and reading a newspaper right now, I hope they can lend a hand and help me."

The directionality of these nouns was too obvious, and everyone's eyes were instantly focused on Nanami Kento who was sitting on the sofa. The blond and reliable adult raised his head silently.

He actually didn't particularly want to speak, but he knew Gojo Satoru's temper very well and knew that if he didn't say anything now, he would definitely say something more disturbing later.

Therefore, he calmly said directly: "I'm busy, please ask someone else."

"Eh - I haven't told you what I want you to help with yet." Gojo Satoru dragged out the words and laughed.

Under Nanami Kento's expressionless gaze, the white-haired man slightly restrained his smiling expression and spoke in a more serious voice:

"While I'm away, the first-year students will be handed over to you and Huibara. I'm going abroad this time, so it will take me some time."

Nothing is explicitly stated in the words, but for adults who have been working in society for many years, sometimes they can convey the meaning without precise instructions.

Nanami Kento frowned slightly, and heard something behind Gojo Satoru's words. At this moment, he also keenly noticed the subtlety of the timing of the other party's overseas mission.

There has been a secret game between the top leaders of the world of curses and Gojo Satoru, and there are also traces of the regulatory committee. Nanami Kento is on the edge, but he is also keenly aware of many inside stories.

He is not the type to meddle in other people's business, but in this situation, as an adult, he still has the responsibility to protect those children.

Nanami Kento was silent for a moment, then put down the newspaper in his hand, rubbed his temples, and replied calmly:

"If something really happens... Huiyuan and I are not sure how long we can hold out. If possible, please come back as soon as possible."

"Yes, I will." Gojo Satoru nodded in agreement, "I will hurry back after finishing my overseas business."

Yuji Itadori blinked. He noticed that the atmosphere was a little solemn. He paused for a moment and raised his hand and said, "Um...excuse me, what happened?"

"You're very sharp, Yujin~" Gojo Satoru replied with a smile, shaking his finger and said, "To put it simply, someone might take advantage of my absence to harm you."

"Huh? Why?" Yuji Itadori was shocked, "It's too sudden!"

"So don't eat anything careless." Gojo Satoru patted the back of Itadori Yuji who was near the door, and said in a tone that deliberately frightened a child, "You will be caught and dissected."

"… Gojo-sensei, stop scaring me! Is it because of the strange fragments from yesterday? I knew that Sukuna, that bastard, would always cause trouble."

Yuji Itadori clenched his fists with a concentrated look in his eyes, and couldn't help but recall the massacre in Shengde's territory last night, and his dissatisfaction with Sukuna became even deeper.

Mr. Yuji has a good personality and basically never makes enemies - except for some anti-human guys.

"Of course, don't be too nervous, it's just a guess." Gojo Satoru said in a brisk voice, "In fact, the main reason for letting you follow Nanami and Haibara is to let you learn how to use magic power and handle tasks."

"——In short, let's treat this as a practical activity! The teachers leading this group are excellent childcare experts Nanami and Haibara~"

Nanami Kento said expressionlessly: "I know you don't want to listen, but I still want to say it. Please don't give others strange names casually."

"It doesn't matter if I take one or a group of them." Gojo Satoru raised his lips and pointed at the little sheep Jiang Lai beside him. "It's just right. He can also learn spells from his brothers and sisters who are not much older than him."

What this sentence actually means is to let the little sheep Jiang Lai and Yuji Itadori act together.

In name, it was to train the little sheep Watanabe Weilai, but in reality, it meant asking Jiang Lai to secretly look after the students, which was what they had agreed on before.

"Looking forward to it!" Jiang Lai, who was wearing a sheep vest, naturally understood what this meant, so he raised his hand in cooperation, blinked his dark eyes, and smiled as brightly as a little sun. "I also want to play games with everyone, have a pajama party, and have a pillow fight."

"Ohhh, pajama party! I like it!" Yuji Itadori responded excitedly. Boys of this age like this kind of interactive game where they can have fun with their friends.

Gojo Satoru took advantage of the heated atmosphere and applauded: "Perfect, perfect, it's decided happily then~"

The atmosphere around became lively, but only Kento Nanami sitting on the sofa maintained an extremely calm attitude, which was out of tune with the three noisy people.

He picked up his newspaper again, thinking that the days ahead would be extremely chaotic.

As expected...the sorcerer is shit!

Nanami Kento once again uttered his famous and inspiring words in his heart.

On one side, a brown-haired boy suddenly jumped to his side, his slightly chubby face facing him, holding a bag of bread in his hand, and said with a smile:

"This is for you, Nanami! I remember seeing you buy this style before. You liked it, right?"

Yuji Itadori also took two or three steps forward, put his index finger on his cheek and said, "Well, we'll have to trouble Nanami to lead us for a while. If there's anything we can help with, Nanami can just tell us - Oh, I can make a meatball hot pot! Nanami, do you want to try it?"

Nanami Kento paused for a moment, then took the bread from the little sheep Jiang Lai: "Thank you, I really like this kind of bread."

Then, he responded to Yuji Itadori's words: "I will do the cooking, but if you want to cook, go ahead. I don't eat meatball hotpot often, but I am looking forward to the one made by Yuji Itadori."

Nanami Kento replied to the children in his usual calm tone. Facing the boys' smiles, he felt calm and thought silently:

Maybe the world of sorcery has always been shit. But, perhaps it is precisely because there are still these people worth protecting that he continues to stick to his position as a sorcerer.

——

Gojo Satoru left here and prepared to go abroad, while Yuji Itadori took the assistant supervisor's car back to the high school to see Nozomi to check his physical condition. After handling the follow-up procedures there, he went to Kawasaki City where Nanami Kento and Haibara Yu were currently located with Fushiguro and others.

Little sheep Jiang Lai carried his schoolbag and went back to the Satosa School where the incident was handled. After getting familiar with the school, he made many friends in the class.

Although his actual age is not that of a junior high school student, Jiang Lai is able to integrate well into the group and play with the energetic teenagers.

Junpei Yoshino seemed to have a talent for hacking. After reading the information sent by the little sheep Jiang Lai, he mastered the basic skills after several practices, and then became more and more proficient.

After using his electronic technology to take revenge on those who bullied him on campus, Yoshino Junpei felt like he had thrown away something heavy while carrying his schoolbag.

He left this school that brought him nothing but painful memories and never returned.

Yoshino Junpei's mother, Yoshino Nagi, was a very open-minded mother. After hearing that Yoshino Junpei did not want to go to school anymore, she did not force Junpei to return. Instead, she smoked a cigarette and smiled:

"School is just a small tank. There is the sea and other tanks in the world. Choose the one you like."

Yoshino Junpei began to concentrate on mastering the information technology that he had a natural talent for at home. During this period, he always kept in touch with the little sheep Jiang Lai online.

He would ask about some technical questions that he didn't understand. In addition, he would also share with the little sheep Jiang Lai some creative homemade games or other interesting things.

Yoshino Jun's usual personality is still relatively introverted, and he rarely expresses his emotions directly, but he will carefully note down the details of the little sheep Jiang Lai's recent chats with him, and give back some shy care.

It's been a week since Itadori Yuji returned to school. Counting the days, they should be here soon? The comic also has a preview of their upcoming departure.

At this moment, Jiang Lai, the little sheep who had already finished school, was looking at his mobile phone on the sofa.

The latest update of the new series of Ju-kai manga focuses on Gojo Satoru who is going abroad, and Itadori Yuji who is returning to school.

Because the previous fragmentary descriptions of the comics did not reveal that Jiang Lai had memories and the Little Sheep vest, therefore, this update related to Gojo Satoru was also misunderstood to be fragmentary.

The full conversation between Little Sheep and Gojo Satoru was not shown, only one scene was shown:

Gojo Satoru leaned on a chair in the dessert shop, his black eye mask perfectly covering half of his face. He tilted his head slightly, looking somewhat speechless and lonely in the silhouette of the light, with a line of words floating in the white frame beside him:

[I...seemed to have had a long, vague dream.]

Naturally, after this scene was updated, the effect on the forum was quite explosive. In the Chinese forum that Jiang Lai was watching, netizens began to wail and cry:

[Ahhhhhh how could this happen! I am devastated, I am really sobbing, no, I can’t stand this kind of situation where we are still alive but it feels like we are parting.]

[The knife is coming, the knife is coming! I knew it, the memories of past lives and present lives are used to kill me QAQ]

[Five cats finally vaguely remembered something, but the person they could communicate with was gone... After reincarnation for a thousand years, they were lost again under the starry sky.]

[I'm vomiting blood qaq!! Is it a cursed tradition that things can't be fulfilled? Wuwuwu, jjxx please give me some food]

[By the way, does Gojo Satoru think that Raishen knew him because of a previous relationship?

Although Gojo Satoru is not the kind of person who is stubborn, he has the strongest character. Even if his soul remains the same a thousand years ago and a thousand years later, he would still want to compete with others in terms of friendship, right?

Unfortunately, even if I want to ask for clarification, the person now can't give me any answer (sad)]

The guess was really accurate, Jiang Lai thought happily. But in fact, Gojo Satoru had already asked him, and he gave the truth, which was also the best answer.

He stroked his cell phone and his sensitive ears detected the movement at the door - it seemed someone was coming.

The next second, the doorbell rang, accompanied by a familiar boy's voice. Yuji Itadori said from outside: "Sorry to bother you, I'm Itadori. And Fushiguro and Kugizaki~"

Yuji Itadori and his companions came in an auxiliary supervisory car.

However, Nanami Kento and Haibara Yu, who were originally contacted, had just gone on a temporary mission today and would probably not be back until the evening.

But because they have a little sheep Jiang Lai at home, they can come directly to Nanami Kento's house.

"Coming!" The little sheep Jiang Lai jumped up from the sofa and went to open the door in his slippers.

At the door were a boy with sakura-pink hair, a boy with sea urchin hair, and a girl with orange hair. The three of them were gathered together.

Yuji Itadori was the first to greet them: "Hi, Watanabe! Nice to see you again - they are my classmates, this one is Megumi Fushiguro, and this one is No Rose Kugizaki."

"Hello." Little sheep Jiang Lai smiled, "Come in! There are snacks in the house~"

"Hello." Kugizaki Norose was the first to respond, her face bright and her attitude generous. She patted her chest and said, "Sorry for bothering you during this time. If you have any questions about spells, feel free to ask us seniors! Right, Fushiguro?"

“…”

There was no response from the person beside him. Nagizaki No Rose raised her elbow and poked the sea urchin-headed boy: "Hey, it's your turn!"

"Fushiguro?" Yuji Itadori also widened his eyes slightly and looked at his friend.

"…Hmm? Sorry, I was distracted just now." Fushiguro Megumi finally came back to his senses. He looked indifferent as usual and spoke with a hint of apology. He said, "I am Fushiguro Megumi. Nice to meet you. If you have any questions in the future, you can ask me."

"What's wrong with you? You've been in a daze all day." Nagizaki Norose couldn't help but ask more, curiously and caringly, "You don't look good mentally, are you okay?"

"…I'm fine." Megumi Fushiguro replied.

After hesitating for half a second, he continued, "It's just that last night - it seemed like I had a long dream. So after waking up, I felt a little groggy."

Hearing the key words, the little sheep Jiang Lai's heart skipped a beat. He raised his eyes slightly and glanced at Fushiguro Megumi, thinking silently in his heart:

A very long dream... Was it about a story that happened thousands of years ago? I just don't know how much he remembered.

If there is an opportunity for the original body to appear during this period, perhaps they can use the original body that appears in front of them to simply observe how much the other party remembers.