Chapter 112 The accident of the man from the Gojo family...
The three-member team of Fuhuzhi is reunited, and Kento Nanami and Yu Haibara also follow in the footsteps of Yuji Itadori and come here together.
Yuji Itadori ran over and smiled brilliantly at his peers. Then he exhaled, looked around, and asked, "Where's Watanabe?"
After asking this question, Megumi Fushiguro froze: "At that time, he was transported away through space, and I..."
Matsuda Jinpei was the first to answer: "Since I'm still here, it proves that he's fine - he's probably already gone out."
Nanami Kento came from behind. He heard what Fushiguro Megumi and Matsuda Jinpei said, and calmly pushed his glasses back and said:
"As long as the shikigami is still here, the master is fine. Weaving illusions requires magical power to maintain, and probably in order to save magical power, and because they thought Watanabe was too young to break through the domain from the outside, they released him."
Nanami Kento, who had experienced many mission events, calmly analyzed the truth.
Everyone relaxed a little after hearing this.
Fushiguro Megumi lowered her eyes and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't take good care of him at that time."
"It's not your fault. If you must talk about it, it's the fault of me, the shikigami." Matsuda Jinpei approached the urticant boy, with a nonchalant and mature demeanor, "Wei Lai is not that weak. What he did at that time was his own decision."
"...your own decision?"
"Yes," Matsuda Jinpei smiled, "Didn't I tell you? The ransom will be paid on his card - this is the decision of Xiaocai Mi. As a shikigami, I understand him."
Jinpei Matsuda did not really reveal Jiang Lai's intention, but he comforted the boy with half-joking words, so that the boy, who was in adolescence and had a strong sense of self-esteem and responsibility, did not have to worry about this matter.
When everyone heard the "ransom" talk, their expressions went blank for a second, and then the atmosphere became relaxed.
Since Watanabe's Shikigami can play such a joke, his master must be safe and sound.
Kugizaki No Rose also continued the joking conversation, patted Fushiguro Megumi, and said in a serious tone: "Based on my many years of experience, this is a big problem. 'How much do you think I'm worth' is a bottomless pit!"
"...What years of experience do you have?" Fushiguro Megumi said half speechlessly.
"Of course it's the years of experience from reading novels and watching movies!" Nagizaki Norose puffed out her chest confidently, then poked the cherry-pink-haired boy next to her with her elbow, "Right, Yuji?"
"Ah?" Yuji Itadori, who was suddenly cueed, scratched his head and then thought seriously, "I think it's not appropriate to pay directly, so--"
He tapped his right palm with his left hand, "Fushiguro, just write me an IOU for unlimited money. Selling yourself is the best answer!"
At the end of the conversation, Yuji Itadori himself started laughing, and it was obvious that he was also joking.
Amid the joking conversation between the two sides, Fushiguro Megumi showed a helpless expression, but her posture was much more relaxed, and the heaviness of the regrets from a thousand years ago was also relieved.
Everyone gathered together at this moment, and the cursed spirit had been exorcised, so they planned to return to look for the little sheep Jiang Lai.
The surrounding area is relatively remote and abandoned houses and land. It is probably the illusion realm that drove everyone here.
Kento Nanami had a cell phone with him, and when he came out of the area and the signal was full again, he directly contacted the little sheep Watanabe Weilai by phone.
And Haibara Yu contacted the auxiliary supervisors and let them handle the follow-up here.
On the way back, Nanami Kento first briefly explained the situation on his side, and then asked Fushiguro Megumi about the situation on their side.
Fushiguro Megumi hesitated for a moment, then calmly narrated how he walked to the center of the illusion, fought against the projection, and then the black-haired young man appeared and took away his finger.
Taking many factors into consideration, he did not reveal the information of "a thousand years ago" for the time being.
Nanami Kento and Haibara Yu's attention was focused on the black-haired young man who took away Ryomen Sukuna's fingers, and their expressions both became a little serious.
After the incident at Satosa Junior High School, Nanami told her good friend Huihara Yu about what happened at that time, including the black-haired young man cursed spirit. Huihara also remembered the black-haired young man who brought the two sisters of the Zenin family back to the high school - it is said that he is a friend of Gojo Satoru.
However, that person had not appeared since the astral plasma incident. When he reappeared after more than ten years, he seemed to be standing on the opposite side.
Haibara Yuu put away his usual golden retriever-like smile and glanced at Nanami Kento: "It's him again... Should I report it to the newspaper?"
Nanami Kento paused for a few seconds and replied, "This incident cannot be concealed. Moreover, it involves the special cursed object Ryomen Sukuna's finger. It needs to be reported in the mission report."
Then he added, "Gojo-senpai visited Kawasaki City before going abroad. I will also inform him about this incident."
The two adults naturally had more thoughts than the teenagers, and they began to discuss the details of the mission report at the front.
Behind them, Fu Huzhi and his two companions walked forward at a fast pace, and the black wolfhound Matsuda Jinpei also accompanied them.
Yuji Itadori noticed that Megumi Fushiguro looked slightly downcast. He lowered his voice and asked with concern, "Are you okay, Fushiguro?"
Fushiguro Megumi opened her mouth, but because they were outside, she didn't say much, just vaguely stated: "I'm fine. It's just that I feel regretful for some missed opportunities that are hard to make up for."
He paused. "Maybe there will be no chance anymore."
"..." Kugizaki Norose and Itadori Yuji were silent for a while. They all had their own stories, so they were inevitably briefly immersed in their own emotions.
Matsuda Jinpei walked forward and was the first to speak, breaking the silence: "Things like [missed] and [regret] will always happen, but before the dust settles, there is no need to conclude that [there will be no more opportunities]."
Several people turned their heads slightly and looked at Jinpei Matsuda who was standing beside them.
The dashing black wolfhound recalled some memories, and then said slowly, "I once... also had extremely painful mistakes and regrets."
——No matter how much time has passed, Jinpei Matsuda still remembers what happened to Kenichi Hagiwara.
The explosion with billowing smoke and dust, the anxious sirens of ambulance and police cars, the silence after the beep on the other end of the phone... Even though it has been a long time, the scene of that day is still extremely glaring in my mind.
What's even more ironic is that the explosion left Kenichi Hagihara lying unconscious in the hospital for several years. When Hagihara finally woke up, he died in the cabin of the Ferris wheel and became a wandering soul.
Jinpei Matsuda and Kenichi Hagihara missed each other perfectly, and the regret they left behind seems to be impossible to fill forever.
Fortunately, he later met Jiang Lai, Xiao Zhao, and the soul body of Morobushi Jingguang.
They worked together, with the help of comics and forums, to reverse their fate of death, return to the world, and reunite again.
The cigarette in Matsuda Jinpei's mouth was clearly extinguished. He looked ahead and said, "Until the last moment, no one knows whether a miracle will happen. Since there is still a lot of time - then go boldly and pursue the future you want."
The black wolfhound spoke lazily, and when he slightly raised his head, he looked very casual. Although his demeanor was careless, his words had a convincing power: "Make a plan first, and take your time."
Fushiguro Megumi was stunned for half a second, then nodded and replied, "Yeah, I'm thinking about it." After a pause, he continued, "First, start by finding the enemy, and then step by step..."
His voice dropped, but his brows became firm.
Kugizaki Norose also came out of her own emotions. She approached Matsuda Wolf Dog curiously: "Hey? Do Shikigami also have various experiences and stories?"
Yuji Itadori: "Now that the White Jade Dog is gone, will the Black Jade Dog, who inherited its power, be very sad?"
Matsuda Jinpei blinked, then laughed: "I don't know what Fushiguro's shikigami are like, maybe different techniques are different. Anyway, we elves have our own elf world, so we have our own companions and past."
In a sense this was true, so he spoke very smoothly.
After Matsuda Jinpei's opening remarks, Itadori Yuji also began to share his inner thoughts. He looked forward and said, "Speaking of regrets, sometimes I also think that it would have been better if I had spent more time with my grandfather."
"Although Grandpa always told me not to come to see him in a domineering manner, I actually knew that he was happy to see me."
He turned around, his eyes sparkling: "Grandpa said that he hopes I will die surrounded by people, and I have always been pursuing the right death."
Kugizaki Norose slammed the cherry-pink-haired boy's head, her eyebrows raised high: "Really, don't talk about dying so happily! There is no such thing as a death without regrets for a sorcerer."
"Kusaki, your hit hurts. I didn't say I'm happy to die." Yuji Itadori covered his head and laughed dryly, "But actually, to be honest, I don't think death is scary."
He thought for a moment, then said naturally: "Sometimes I feel that... the word death is very familiar."
"Kind???" Kugizaki Norose's expression was a little hard to describe. She grabbed Yuji Itadori's hood and said, "I'm telling you, don't get addicted just because you died once. Now live well for me, do you hear me?!"
Megumi Fushiguro also frowned and stared at Yuji Itadori silently.
"Yes, yes, I know!" Yuji Itadori curved his eyebrows and showed a sunny and soothing smile, "I won't die easily, don't worry."
Kugizaki Norose loosened her hand and exhaled, "I really don't know why you think death is so dear to you... It's better to stay away from it."
As the words fell, the cherry-pink-haired boy's face broke into laughter, and Ryomen Sukuna's drawn-out laughter was quite ironic.
Yuji Itadori slapped the mouth on his cheek with his hand, and Ryoumen Sukuna's mouth moved even faster from the back of his hand. His voice was arrogant and teasing: "Stay away from death? I'm afraid you will never be able to do it."
"I will die with you." Yuji Itadori was very calm. He had already made such a plan - to collect all ten fingers and then die with Ryomen Sukuna.
Ryoumen Sukuna laughed again. "That's not what I meant." He mocked, "You stupid fellow, just keep being stupid!"
Yuji Itadori and a few others frowned, but no one understood what Ryomen Sukuna meant by this, they just thought that the other party was puzzled.
However, Jinpei Matsuda, who had already read the new series of comics and the Senzai Senchuu chapter, understood what Ryoumen Sukuna was talking about.
But he knew he couldn't point it out directly, so he casually reminded her: "If you don't understand, just ask the teacher. The teacher will definitely know more."
Gojo Satoru has experienced yesterday and the past, and knows the concept of "existence". Now he vaguely recalls what happened a thousand years ago.
If you hear this conversation from a student, you can probably guess the metaphor of Ryomen Sukuna and understand that your students are also related to you in a certain sense.
Then, Gojo Satoru can communicate with Jiang Lai about this, so that Jiang Lai can naturally connect with the events of thousands of years ago and naturally reveal more information about [existence] to Gojo Satoru.
Jinpei Matsuda drew a route for himself in his mind, cigarette in hand, with steady steps.
In this way, I can help Jiang Lai from a close distance.
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The little sheep Jiang Lai and Hiroshu Kyubey chatted happily for a while. After Jiang Lai received a call from Nanami Kento, Hiroshu Kyubey did not stay long and returned to the electronic network of the scientific world.
After informing Nanami Kento of his current location, the little sheep Jiang Lai waited there for them to return.
It is winter or spring now, and it is not hot at noon.
Jiang Lai sat at a small table outside a roadside dessert shop, ordered a small mango mousse cake, and scooped the cake with a small spoon while waiting for them.
On the table, he also bought a box of puffs, intending to distribute them to everyone later - of course, in keeping with Little Sheep's character of being a money-grubber, he had to pretend to extort money first.
Jiang Lai frowned as he thought about what to do next. He lowered his head and looked at his phone.
The ritual electronic elf page shows the status of the elf. Shadow Dog's (Jinpei Matsuda) health bar and mana bar fluctuate slightly before returning to full capacity.
The level displayed on it is Lv19.
According to the game settings, when the level reaches 60, it can evolve. Jiang Lai thought with one hand on his chin. I don't know what evolution will be like.
He was sitting leisurely at a small table eating cake, when out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a figure with three braids of blue hair appearing in the alley beside him.
A special grade cursed spirit master? Jiang Lai recognized him immediately. He noticed that the master had a slightly wolfish posture and looked like he was seriously injured.
He raised his eyebrows inwardly. If that was the case, it seemed that the person behind the layout of the illusionary realm was actually a real person.
When Jiang Lai noticed Zhenren, Zhenren also noticed the brown-haired boy eating the cake.
The cursed spirit with seams all over its face was stunned at first, then smiled with obvious malice.
He had seen several of them walking the same way before setting up the illusion realm, and knew that the brown-haired boy was with Yuji Itadori and the others.
After being injured by Ryomen Sukuna and stabbed a few times by Nanami Kento and Haibara Yu, the hatred in Mahito's heart grew more and more, and now it seems that he has a target to vent his hatred.
The brown-haired boy who just entered the first year of junior high school is not strong enough to resist the special-grade curse spirit.
It doesn't take long to touch the other person's soul and transform him. Since we meet them along the way, we might as well leave some "surprises" for Yuji Itadori and the others.
The corners of the real person's lips raised, pulling the seams on his face.
The little sheep Jiang Lai sensed the evil thoughts coming straight at him. He put down the plastic spoon and looked back with wide eyes, seemingly confused but alert.
At the same time, he moved his finger to the elf page on the phone screen, intending to use the phone to block the opponent unexpectedly, and at the same time try whether the phone can hurt the opponent's soul, and then quickly summon the elf.
The cursed spirit with blue hair in three braids locked his eyes with the brown-haired boy. Despite being injured, he still moved quickly.
The real person rushed over without any hesitation, and his pale hand was about to cover the face of the little sheep Jiang Lai——
With a soft "snap" sound, a folding fan moved even faster across the middle, separating the real person's hand and the lamb!
I don’t know what material the folding fan is made of, but it is extremely strong. The real person’s attacking fingers not only did not damage the folding fan, but were blown open by it!
A figure walked out slowly from behind the little sheep Jiang Lai, and it seemed like it was just passing by from behind.
The man had his long hair tied low behind his head. He smiled gently and looked at the little sheep Jiang Lai with his narrow light blue eyes. He said in a gentle voice, "Are you okay?"
——It’s the third elder of the Gojo family, Gojo Hisakazuin!
Jiang Lai remembered the other party's name that Gojo Satoru said.
But why did he appear on the streets of Kawasaki City? Normally, such a character would be a regular member of the family.
His heart paused slightly, and he subconsciously became alert, but his face did not show it. He just kept a blank and surprised look, and slightly widened his dark eyes.
No matter what, just deal with it first, Jiang Lai thought. He had experience in dealing with both normal people and abnormal people.