Chapter 118: Jie and Yu meet or not meet...

Xia Yujie never thought that the next time he would hear about Lai would be from the real mouth of his colleague in the Supervisory Commission who was working undercover.

At first, he did not think that the newly appeared cursed spirit mentioned by the real person was the figure he was familiar with.

On that occasion, the real person failed in his mission to recover the energy fragments (as they were called within the Supervisory Committee) of Satiraki Junior High School, and the chips agreed upon by the small group of special cursed spirits and the Supervisory Committee were naturally not redeemed.

Despite this, the expression on the real person's face does not look particularly hateful.

The cursed spirit with blue hair in three braids leaned back on the recliner and said lazily, "The fragments were taken away by Sukuna's gang. There's nothing I can do. I can't beat Sukuna either. I can only accept it for the time being."

Ryomen Sukuna... In other words, has Satoru's student Yuji Itadori appeared at the scene? Kagome thought to himself.

Unfortunately, I am now under suspicion of the regulatory agency and my cell phone has been implanted with a cursed force monitor, so I cannot tell Satoru about this via email.

Maybe it was because he was too aggressive some time ago and passed on too much information secretly, which caused the "mother" of the regulatory committee to focus on him. Xia Yujie felt heavy in his heart. Before the suspicion was eliminated, he might not be able to contact Wu.

But he thought again and felt that there was no need for him to tell anyone about this matter. Yuji Itadori would definitely tell the teacher himself or mention it when submitting the mission report.

As Xia Yujie thought about this, he relaxed a little. He heard the real person continue to speak.

"Even though I admit that the fragment was taken away by Sukuna, my temper is not good enough to go easy on the human sorcerer who interfered." The real person's heterochromatic eyes gathered, heavy with evil thoughts, "That blond guy with glasses - is his name Nanami? And the two-faced Sukuna container, Yuji Itadori."

He chewed on the two names, like a spider wrapping around its prey and injecting venom.

At this point, the real person turned to Xia Youjie and said with a strange tone, "Oh - I almost forgot, these two people have some connection with your past. One is your former junior, and the other is your classmate... You won't stop my revenge, right?"

When hearing the name of the junior and Wu's student, Geto Suguru's expression did not change.

Facing the deliberate words of the real person, he glanced at him with his narrow fox eyes and smiled: "Now that I have decided to take this righteous path, the past is meaningless - I will not meddle in other people's business."

He replied lightly, not revealing a single ounce of his true feelings.

"Just don't delay the important matter."

"It's too early to get down to business. Besides, we will cooperate on the next recycling, so there will be no accidents." Zhenren got up from the recliner leisurely, and suddenly seemed to think of something, and said with interest, "Oh - speaking of which, I also met a new person of the same kind during this mission at Urasakura Junior High School."

"A new one of the same kind?" Xia Youjie raised his eyebrows slightly and glanced over with his deep purple eyes, "A newly born special grade cursed spirit?"

"It should be a newborn, right? That guy is quite strange, and his memory seems to be a bit problematic." The special-grade cursed spirit with blue hair in three braids curled his lips, and the vertical seams on his face were connected. "But I feel that he is very powerful. If there is a chance to bring him as a companion, it would be nice."

There were already enough special grade cursed spirits, but I didn't expect to see another one. Xia Yujie thought to himself and asked calmly, "What are its characteristics? I'll pay attention to it next time I see one."

"A humanoid cursed spirit similar to me - but more human than me." The real person recalled, smiled, and said with his hands behind his head, "A young man with short black hair and brown eyes, wearing black clothes. I think he was wearing a necklace, but I didn't look closely."

Sounds familiar...

Hearing the real person's description, Xia Youjie's heart suddenly jumped. He still remembered Lai's appearance when he had a quick glance at him in the alley.

Maybe it was a coincidence. Xia Yujie's hanging fingers curled up slightly.

On December 25, Wu had sent me a message to tell me about Lai's situation. Although Lai's condition didn't sound particularly good, he was definitely not a cursed spirit anyway.

That night, he was recalled by the suspicious regulatory committee. Before the electronic equipment was implanted with magical power monitoring, he had a premonition and sent a message to Satoru to tell him not to contact him for the time being.

That’s why he didn’t get any more information… But if Wu was there, Lai would definitely be fine.

As thoughts passed through his mind, Xia Yujie did not reveal his concern. He just narrowed his eyes and said with a smile as always: "This feature is too common in the crowd, but since it is a special-grade cursed spirit, it should be relatively easy to find."

"Indeed, but that guy seems to be very cautious. Of course, since we are both cursed spirits, he also trusts me to some extent." The real person blinked his heterochromatic eyes and said casually, "In short, since we are of the same kind, I'll try to recruit him as a partner first."

This concludes the extended conversation about the incident at Utsukura Junior High School.

After some time, Xia Yujie received the news and returned to the Supervisory Commission again.

Xia Youjie did not know the real core location of the Supervisory Commission. Every time he was invited to various small rooms and then teleported to the right place by the space teleportation array.

It is said that the reason he was called back this time was because of a lack of "feed", but the need was urgent, so they needed to extract some from Geto's cursed spirit.

A strange cursed tool stood before him, engraved with someone's spell for converting power.

Xia Yujie knew in his heart that this move was because the regulatory agency was currently doubting his position, so he planned to give it a try and temporarily weaken his power.

He knew he could not refuse the order of the Supervisory Board, but he still put on a symbolic protest.

Finally, with the comfort of the "mother" of the regulatory commission and some words of persuasion "for the ultimate path of justice", he tentatively agreed to provide some strength.

Xia Yujie already knew that the Supervisory Committee would definitely temporarily weaken his power, but he didn't expect that they would directly destroy several of his commonly used special-grade cursed spirits!

His deep purple eyes narrowed, and cold anger rose in them.

Although he could not shake the order of the regulatory board, he could certainly show his temper. He was never a soft persimmon who would be bullied by others with a good temper.

The "mother" of the regulatory committee still smiled gently and soothed him, "I'm sorry, Jay. It's okay. I'll compensate you when you return from this mission to search for fragments, okay?"

Xia Yujie was too lazy to reply, he just turned around and stepped into the space array and left.

As an undercover agent who has been lurking for a long time, he knows exactly when to take advantage of the situation. At this moment, showing his face to the other party will not make him feel embarrassed, but will actually make him feel at ease.

If you condescend again and again, people will suspect your purpose.

The regulatory agency took away his cursed spirits, but regarding the small group of special cursed spirits that were considered colleagues, Xia Yujie did not say so directly. Instead, he said calmly: "I underestimated the enemy when I was carrying out the mission before. There are a few less cursed spirits."

It was evening now, and he had just arrived in Kawasaki City. He had found the person he was going to work with on this mission, and was ready to complete the debris search together with him.

The condition of the three blue-haired cursed spirits in front of him did not look good, with wolf-like figures floating around visible to the naked eye.

Hearing what Xia Youjie said, he sneered: "Oh - there is still a mission that can allow you to destroy a special-grade cursed spirit?"

Xia Youjie didn't respond. He put on an arrogant shell, glanced at the real person, and chuckled: "Isn't there a mission that can make you so desperate? Don't hold us back in this mission."

The young man with the ball-shaped hair spoke in a mixed and somewhat nonchalant tone, and the little black fox lying on his shoulder yawned slightly.

As if Goyu's words reminded him of something, his face turned grim for a moment, but he quickly adjusted himself and revealed an inexplicable smile:

"Oh, come to think of it, since you are short of a few cursed spirits, I can recommend you a replacement."

Xia Yujie was a little surprised by this, but he asked, "What?"

"Do you remember the special new cursed spirit I told you about last time?" Masato smiled sincerely, "I saw his technique before in Satosa Junior High School. It seemed to be a space manipulation technique. It's a very useful skill."

Space manipulation? After catching the key words, Xia Yujie's mind was shaken. Such a technique, coupled with the previous description of appearance, inevitably led the guess to the familiar figure in memory again!

——But why is it a cursed spirit? !

"I can go with you to besiege him. You can subdue him and add a cursed spirit to yourself, and I will just take the finger of Ryomen Sukuna that guy is carrying."

The real person's voice is very light, and the smile at the corners of his lips lifts the seams on his face.

Xia Yujie stared at the young man with three braids of blue hair in front of him with his narrow fox eyes. He paused for a few seconds, frowned, and said lightly:

"Help me? I'm afraid you're doing this more for yourself - you lost one of Ryomen Sukuna's fingers, so you decided to find a way to get it back, and at the same time take revenge on the...special-grade cursed spirit who stole the finger."

After being exposed by Xia Yujie, the real person was not embarrassed or annoyed, and said calmly: "Cooperation is a win-win situation. Everyone has their own goals and gains, right?"

"..." Logically speaking, this is true, but Geto Suguru doesn't want to attack the new cursed spirit who might be his friend.

However, given his current situation, he had no suitable excuse to refuse directly.

Therefore, Xia Yujie narrowed his eyes, and said with some interest, but not too much care: "First of all, the mission is the priority. If there is extra time, you can consider it."

"I think there must be a time limit. Missions don't have a clear time limit." The real man stood up straight, his blue and gray eyes slightly curved, "And we do this to strengthen our strength and better complete the mission."

"Don't worry about wasting too much time. I've said this before, haven't I? That guy has some memory problems, and he has some recognition and trust in the identity of a special-grade cursed spirit." The real person raised a finger and said, "Set up a little trap, and we can both win."

Xia Yujie's heart grew heavier, but he still maintained the expression mask of squinting eyes and a foxy face on his face.

The outside and the inside seem to be divided into two.

At this point, if I continue to refuse, it will make the real person suspicious - the other party doesn't really trust my position to begin with.

So, Xia Yujie nodded slightly and agreed calmly: "Yes, if we meet, we can cooperate and both sides will win."

He thought to himself: Let them not meet each other.

——

From the chaos of the real person, Kagome deduced that the battle had just ended - that is, the special grade cursed spirit, which was probably his friend, was still nearby.

Therefore, he wandered around the area in the moonlight under the pretext of a night patrol.

If there was a hint of happiness before, then when he caught a glimpse of the black-haired young man at a certain moment, that hint of happiness in Xia Yujie's heart was completely shattered.

——It really is Lai. It really is a cursed spirit.

But...why? ?

His hands clenched into fists under his wide coat sleeves. Xia Yujie had never wanted to know what had happened so urgently.

Wu. Xia Yujie silently recited his best friend's name in his heart.

He comforted himself that with Wu around, Lai shouldn't get into any trouble, and maybe there was some disguised plan that he had missed.

However, the aura that truly belonged to a special-grade cursed spirit inevitably made him confused.

He was a curse spirit operator, and his perception of curse spirits was naturally more acute than that of other people. No disguise could deceive him. At this moment, Lai seemed to have really turned into a curse spirit.

...Is this the price paid for the time reversal back then?

On December 25th, Satoru saw that Lai was still a partially conscious human being, but perhaps, as time passed, Lai would eventually be unable to stop himself and would turn into a cursed spirit with confused memories.

Sacrifice and rebirth, this is always the case in mythology.

If it is the price of cause and effect, then even the strongest Satoru cannot interfere with it.

Xia Yujie's eyelids trembled slightly. He tried his best to keep his body steady. After swaying across the street, he left the liquid fox behind.

In this situation, he couldn't stay and communicate with Lai directly just in case. He could only let the liquid fox, which usually roamed freely, stay to remind him.

No matter what happened some time ago, we must keep Lai away now and not fall into the known trap.

Xia Yujie saw that he might face suspicion after letting Liquid Fox remind Lai of this matter, but he still did it.

Starting over again, he didn't want to raise the knife to kill the people around him again.

In the chaos of crisis, even if we can't hold Lai back, at least we can't push him.

The night patrol had not yet ended, but Xia Yujie met the real person who had originally agreed to rest and not go out tonight.

Xia Yujie's expression did not change, but his heart sank: As expected, the other party still doubts him.

"Don't you want to rest here? I can explore the way." Xia Youjie lightly folded his sleeves, and the black and gold cassock swayed in the night wind.

He pretended not to notice the real person's deliberate suspicion and temptation and said so.

"I felt that I would gain something tonight, so I went out for a walk." Masato waved his hand with a smile, his eyes moving over Geto's shoulder, "Where's your fox?"

"That guy ran away by himself again. I don't know where he went to play. That's his nature. He will be back soon." Xia Yujie responded casually with a half-helpless and half-indulgent attitude.

The real person's heterochromatic eyes narrowed slightly. He was still smiling, but his words were mixed with some thoughtfulness. He repeated slowly: "Oh, really? Go out and play by yourself?"

Xia Yujie glanced at him with his deep purple eyes, his expression unchanged, his aura slightly increased: "Why, what do you mean by this?"

Facing the rising momentum of Geto, Makoto changed his attitude like a slippery snake. He raised his hand and said, "Hey, don't get excited. I didn't say anything else."

Xia Yujie showed that he was tired of this conversation. He waved his sleeves slightly, trying to steer the topic back to the mission and no longer let the other party focus on Lai.

Before he opened his mouth, the real person's eyes passed him and looked far away.

After a flash of surprise in his eyes, the real person smiled and said with a long tone, "Oh - I see, so you can't wait and plan to advance the progress? Compared to you going in person, the fox, who is also a cursed spirit, is indeed a good introduction."

These words made Xia Youjie feel confused for a moment, and at the same time, his heart was beating like a snare drum.

The young man with the ball-shaped hair immediately turned around and turned to the direction where the real person was looking. Before Kagome Jie's sight reached him, he sensed the familiar curse power——

He raised his eyes, and saw a familiar black-haired figure through the curtains.