Chapter 199 Jiang Lai: An acquaintance strikes up a conversation (?)...

Jiang Lai made up his mind and decided to leave school to look for invitation letters for target roles.

At present, the internal affairs of Tokyo Jujutsu High School have been almost resolved. The Tower of Positive and Negative on Yuji Itadori has been confirmed to be lifted, so he no longer needs to keep his vest and stay to observe.

Therefore, Jiang Lai, wearing a little sheep vest, put on his small schoolbag again and stepped out of the school gate under the pretext of going out for training with senior Otsukoshi.

In response, Gojo Satoru curiously asked Jiang Lai: "Hey? Lai can also go out under my name, why didn't you use my name?"

Jiang Lai: "Because compared to your reputation, Nanami is obviously more at ease with you going out for training with Senior Otsukoshi."

Gojo Satoru leaned back with a questioning tone, "Please, I am the strongest sorcerer! Why would Nanami be worried?"

Jiang Lai: "No one doubts your strength." Here, he paused, "However, Nanami may be worried that I will become the second chicken-beating-cat like you... Although I am already a chicken-beating-lamb."

Gojo Satoru: “???”

All in all, Jiang Lai successfully left the technical high school under the pretext of going out for training with Yuta Otsuke.

Not long after he came down the mountain, he temporarily parted ways with Otsukotsuki Yuta, and then switched into his true form as a cursed spirit in a deserted alley.

Jiang Lai didn't even rush out. Instead, he used the real protagonist's mobile phone and hacking skills in the alley to first clear the surveillance on the road where he and Okkotsu Yuta had walked, just in case.

After making sure that both the electronic mark and the cursed mark were eliminated, he walked out of the alley slowly.

Very good, Jiang Lai thought. The matter of going to the technical college was completed. According to the plan, he should find the target character to follow to the dinner address and receive the invitation letter.

Initially, his target was the familiar Louhu and his group, because Jiang Lai knew that Louhu and his group were located in Mount Fuji, and he was relatively familiar with several of Louhu's special cursed spirits.

But later, he changed his mind.

On the one hand, Mount Fuji is a bit far away. On the other hand, Louhu, Huayu, and Tuogen usually travel together and never go alone, so it is not appropriate to "borrow" an invitation letter from them.

Based on the principle of proximity, Jiang Lai decided to set his sights on Tokyo first.

He did not blindly search in Tokyo, but opened his phone again, used his technology to secretly sneak into the background data of [Window], and looked through the recent records of curse detection.

Skipping the low-level curse spirit information, Jiang Lai looked directly at the curse power information detected by the [window], which was suspected to be from a first-level or special-level curse spirit.

Among them, one piece of news caught Jiang Lai's attention.

This is a specific record of a [window].

[Window] Initially, a cursed fetus of a special grade cursed spirit was observed, but before they could send someone to deal with it, the cursed fetus hatched. Attached here is a photo of the cursed spirit (taken with a special cursed tool camera).

The newly born special-grade cursed spirit seemed to be very good at hiding. Its cursed energy appeared and disappeared in circles, making it impossible for the [Window] to lock onto its specific location.

However, in recent days, its cursed power detection track seems to show that this new special-grade cursed spirit is moving in a certain direction outside Tokyo.

Seeing this, Jiang Lai was certain in his heart that this was the target he was looking for.

Thinking of this, Jiang Lai glanced at the photo on the screen again, memorized the appearance of the special-grade cursed spirit and the location where the cursed power had recently appeared, then put away his phone and set off directly.

——According to the movement of the cursed power detected by the [window], the direction of this special cursed spirit should be outside the west of Tokyo's main city area. I can predict it directly and rush to the vicinity.

A special-grade cursed spirit that was just born not long ago... Jiang Lai thought silently in his heart. It just so happens that this newborn young cursed spirit can see the dangers of the curse world early (bushi)

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Jiang Lai used space magic to move quickly, passing through the city gate as if walking in the morning breeze, and arrived at the location he had predicted.

Outside of Tokyo's main city, there is a relatively sparsely populated suburb. There are almost no pedestrians, cars rush by, and trees grow lushly.

The moment he arrived here, Jiang Lai, who landed on the ground, was able to keenly sense the mixed cursed energy in the air. Although this part of the cursed energy was chaotic, it was not thick, and could not be detected by [Window] and ordinary sorcerers passing by.

It seems that my guess was correct, Jiang Lai thought. The location of the dinner party is indeed nearby.

At this time, Jiang Lai was wearing an original black windbreaker, standing in the jungle. His five senses were fully open, which was superior to the usual [existence] of humans and cursed spirits. His sight passed over this area, and at the same time, he integrated the cursed power into the breeze and diffused it to expand the range of perception.

There was a mixed aura of magical power here, but there was no clear character that concentrated the magical power. Jiang Lai guessed that the dinner party was not on the ground.

As his thoughts raced, he caught a glimpse of a gray figure flashing by in the distance.

It was the newly born special cursed spirit! Jiang Lai immediately combined it with the photo captured by the [Window].

The birthplace of the new special curse spirit is a fast-paced large company, which is formed by the accumulation of negative emotions of various people in it. It looks like a half-human-high mouse walking upright, with a series of miscellaneous objects tied around its waist.

It is dark in color, moves quickly, and is good at hiding. That is why it has evaded detection by [Window] many times.

However, it could not escape Jiang Lai's sight.

The grey rat-shaped curse spirit was sneaking and running close to the ground. It was so fast that no one could catch up with it. However, in the next moment, a faster shadow flashed past it, and it didn't even have time to see the other party's appearance clearly!

Gray rat-shaped curse spirit: “?”

What happened? It ran faster than a mouse like me!

After a subconscious sigh, the gray mouse-shaped curse spirit didn't pay much attention to the matter. It remembered the address given by the person who sent the invitation letter. It sniffed and stopped, and finally stopped under a tall dead tree.

The address of the dinner party is just below this tree. Now all you need to do is take out the special invitation letter and open the spell formation here.

The gray mouse-shaped curse spirit thought about the next step in his mind and reached out for the dark purple diamond-shaped leaf tied around his waist.

However, its hand came up empty.

"?" The gray mouse-shaped curse spirit paused slightly and turned its head to look at the place where the invitation letter should have been hung - there was nothing there.

The gray rat-shaped cursed spirit had an unreadable confused expression on its face.

...Wait, where's the invitation? It was here just now, how come it disappeared in the blink of an eye?

Recalling the shadow that just flashed by and that he couldn't see clearly, the gray rat-shaped curse spirit was silent for a second, and then typed a huge line of words in his mind:

- There is dirt in this place, it's no joke!!

At this time, on the other side.

Jiang Lai, who had already entered the dinner venue with the help of the invitation letter, walked down the road in front of him with a calm expression.

Just now, after locking onto the target, he did not hesitate too much, and used the space technique with the help of wind at full speed. When he passed by the gray mouse-shaped cursed spirit, he easily hooked away the dark purple diamond-shaped leaf.

Then, he reached the dead tree with the strongest aura of curse power in his field of vision one step ahead, and threw away the dark purple diamond-shaped leaf he was playing with based on his guess.

Then, the scene in front of me suddenly changed, and a cellar door with strange patterns appeared below. The cellar door opened naturally, revealing a staircase leading down.

It's really underground. Jiang Lai raised his eyebrows slightly. Not bad, down to earth, and down to earth.

This staircase is spiral, leading downwards in circles. The sides are inlaid with unknown gems, shining faintly in the darkness.

Jiang Lai walked slowly and patiently, while remaining vigilant and covering himself with the spell, and silently memorizing the number of stairs he had walked.

After walking up exactly one hundred steps, he finally stepped onto flat ground.

The scene in front of me also came into view——

Just like a banquet hall in human society, in front of me is a spacious and magnificent hall with elegant decoration. The amethyst chandelier above is shining with a strange light.

There were large round tables and long tables arranged in an orderly manner, on which were placed beautiful dried flowers and tiny white bones. Some small wine glasses were filled with bright red liquid, and it was unclear whether it was wine or blood. At the same time, there were things on the plates that were not sure what they were.

Cursed spirits do not need to eat, and these operations are more like emotional entertainment.

There were already many cursed spirits at the scene. Various first-class and special-class cursed spirits gathered here, chatting casually in groups of three or two, and the aura of cursed energy in the air intertwined and collided with each other.

It feels like breaking through the dimensional wall again and attending a dinner party in another world. Jiang Lai thought wildly. The intelligent cursed spirits in the new series seem to have their own ideas and lives.

He couldn't help but recall the previous exchange with the cursed spirit Hua Yu when he solved the Tower of [Exchange] - if possible, it would be a good idea to divide the world into the inside and outside, and let humans and cursed spirits live their own lives.

While thoughts were running through his mind, Jiang Lai was also busy.

He took a quick look and memorized the terrain structure and personnel distribution on site.

Jiang Lai did not rush to join in the conversation of the cursed spirits. Instead, he found a relatively remote location with a good view and quietly observed in the dark.

With black hair and black clothes, he easily blended into the dark background. In addition, Jiang Lai deliberately restrained his own magical power aura, so the cursed spirits around him rarely noticed him.

He sat leisurely in a corner, playing with the dried flowers on the table with one hand. He seemed to be adjusting them slowly and carefully, but in fact he was glancing at the scene with his eyes.

At this moment, Jiang Lai felt someone approaching him. He quickly retracted his gaze and looked sideways.

A character wearing a moon-white robe and a hood stood next to him, and Jiang Lai immediately determined that the other person was a human and not a cursed spirit.

Jiang Lai was surprised for a moment, but he quickly calmed down. He was not too surprised that there were humans present.

After all, I learned from Zhang Xiang's words before that in addition to cursed spirits, there would occasionally be cursers who came here.

Then again, this human is really strange... You say he's conspicuous, but he's wearing a robe with a hood that covers him tightly. You say he's stealthy, but he chose a bright moon white. It's a bit contradictory.

Jiang Lai thought casually in his heart and raised his eyes.

At this moment, the man lifted up a corner of his hood, revealing a face as gentle as jade. He smiled and said softly, "Excuse me, can I sit next to you?"

——It’s Gojo Hisakazuin!