Chapter 200 Jiang Lai: BT is late but it’s here & How come the fox…
It's this person?!
Jiang Lai was filled with surprise, but also with a strange calmness and joy - the latter was probably because he finally got to meet this guy up close, although it was late.
According to previous intelligence information, Gojo Kyuumaein, who is willing to listen to true words of death and possesses the [Transformation] technique, is most likely a BT who appears gentle on the surface but is dark on the inside.
Another important point is that he had known [Descent] a thousand years ago, and it might be this gang that assisted the regulatory commission in defrauding [Descent].
Thinking of her eldest sister (eldest brother) in the conceptual sense, Jiang Lai's little finger curled up slightly.
But his expression did not show any sign of anger. He blinked slowly as usual and nodded slightly, saying, "There's an empty seat next to it. Please feel free to take your place."
"Okay, I'll sit here then." Gojo Hisafuin lifted up his robe and sat down gracefully on the side. "Sorry to bother you."
"..." Jiang Lai did not reply. He just nodded slightly, with an expression somewhere between calm and indifferent.
Although Jiang Lai was thinking about further contacting this Gojo Jiufengin to obtain more information.
But he was not overly enthusiastic or anxious, but laid the groundwork steadily and carefully step by step.
Jiang Lai understood that in this kind of testing game, whoever is impatient first will lose.
Putting yourself in a relatively passive position temporarily does not mean that you cannot achieve the final victory. If you want to obtain intelligence, you can also adopt a hard-to-get attitude.
If we progress too quickly, this thousand-year-old fox will become suspicious.
Gojo Jiufengyuan seemed to understand this principle very well. After sitting down, he did not communicate much with Jiang Lai, but took out a book from his sleeve, held it in his palm and read it carefully.
Jiang Lai's gaze continued to fall on the center of the dinner, but his peripheral vision was always on Gojo Hisafumi Yard beside him.
Gojo Hisafuin, wearing a moon-white hood, sat quietly beside him. As he lowered his head slightly, a few strands of his long black hair were exposed, which he quickly tucked behind his ears.
The hands he held the book in were very thin, with cold white skin. When he turned the pages, his neatly trimmed and rounded transparent nails could be seen.
Gojo Hisafuin's hands were beautiful, and just casually resting them on the scroll made it look like a painting. However, the dark scar on the back of his right hand made this painting flawed.
Jiang Lai's heart skipped a beat when he noticed the scar out of his peripheral vision.
What he saw were small and everyday details, but they also contained a lot of important information.
Jiang Lai habitually takes in all the information he can see when he takes a glimpse, and then analyzes it.
Gojo Kyuumaein seems to pay great attention to his personal image.
Whether it was when he was wearing a lamb vest and narrow sleeves and a jade hairpin when I first saw him, or when he was wearing a moon-white robe and a hood at this moment, it was obvious that he paid attention to dressing himself up, and that he would change according to the occasion.
In addition, the well-maintained skin, the action of immediately tucking away the excess hair, and the clean and neatly trimmed nails also show that Gojo Kyukazein pays attention to her appearance.
But because of this, the scar on the other person's right hand becomes more prominent.
Logically speaking, according to the previous speculation, Gojo Kyufuin, who pays great attention to his personal image, would not allow himself to leave such a conspicuous scar.
If it is caused by a surgical procedure, it can be easily cured by a reversal procedure.
Could it be that this scar is similar to the one that Nozomi experienced in the Tower of Crossroads, and was left by a special cursed spirit attack, and cannot be simply eliminated by a reversal technique?
Or maybe, this is not a scar caused by cursed energy, but a permanent mark left by physical damage.
Whether it is the former or the latter, it means there is a secret story behind it.
But at the moment, he is unable to dig these out.
"..." Jiang Lai's mind was full of thoughts. He gathered this information in his mind and temporarily put it into the memo in the memory partition, intending to continue deducing when he had more clues.
Right now, Gojo Jiufengyuan looks like he's immersed in reading, wearing a warm and bright moon-white robe with a gold-rimmed hood. Every move he makes reveals the elegant demeanor of a nobleman from a large family.
Jiang Lai was wearing a black windbreaker, with his hands crossed in a half-casual and half-serious manner, a bit like a night detective, looking far ahead.
The two have completely different styles, but there is an especially harmonious atmosphere when they sit together - it may also be because they both want to test each other, so the invisible door between the two doors makes the atmosphere between the two doors blend a lot.
As the time gate passes, more and more curses are cast on this dinner party.
Cursed spirits of varying shapes, some large, some small, some strange, some humanoid, gathered in the ornately decorated hall. They were communicating with one another, but none of their movements were particularly large.
Jiang Lai placed one hand on the wine glass on the table, frowned slightly, and was a little surprised by the situation.
According to what the Prime Minister said, the scene should be very lively. Why do the cursed spirits here look so calm...
Could it be that the styles pursued by the cursed spirits' dinner parties are different from those pursued by human society's dinner parties?
As he was guessing this in his mind, at this moment, the clock hanging in the middle of the field made a loud and unclear sound.
It was also at this moment that the lights in the entire banquet hall were suddenly lit up, and the brightness of the amethyst chandelier suddenly increased. The originally slightly dim underground venue suddenly became extremely bright.
The cursed spirits finally took action. Some of them lifted the wine glasses filled with unknown liquids on the table, some used the slime on their bodies to hold up the dry vases, and some simply made a gesture of raising their cups. They spoke in unison, and the sounds of their voices intertwined and echoed throughout the underground.
“——!”
The cursed spirits each made their own sounds, most of which were meaningless interjections.
After this action was over, the entire banquet hall seemed to be completely relaxed, and the noisy sound suddenly increased.
The cursed spirits, which originally had a limited range of activities, also began to move around the scene, dancing together or performing magical activities unique to cursed spirits.
From this, Jiang Lai finally understood that the silence just now was because the banquet had not started yet. The banquet would not really start until after the time gate.
Faced with the suddenly lively banquet, Gojo Kyufuin beside him finally pulled his eyes away from his book.
He tilted his head slightly and looked at Jiang Lai, who was still calm beside him. His narrow light blue eyes held a gentle smile and he said, "It seems that you also like quietness."
"..." Jiang Lai turned his head and responded, "Not really. If you really like quietness, you won't come here."
This sentence was said in a natural tone, but it secretly refuted the somewhat contradictory common topic raised by Gojo Jiufengyuan just now. After all, if you really like quietness, why would you come to the dinner?
The gentle curve of Gojo Hisafuin's lips remained unchanged. He sighed and said, "There's nothing I can do. I'm a guardian. So I have to come now."
Guardian...? Jiang Lai caught this somewhat strange term.
"Simply put, I am responsible for the safety of the banquet venue." Gojo Kyufuin said, "I believe you also learned when you received the invitation letter that there are special formations and spell tools here to assist in the shielding of spell power and aura. And I am responsible for the arrangement and coordination."
"..." Jiang Lai did not respond. After all, he did not receive the invitation letter in person. The invitation letter was "borrowed".
Following the principle that the more you say, the more mistakes you make, and the less you say, the fewer mistakes you make, he responded by crossing his hands ambiguously.
Speaking of which... Jiang Lai thought to himself. Gojo Kyufuin directly stated that he was in charge of the venue? Doesn't this clearly show that the Yusan family (or the regulatory committee) and the cursed spirits are working together?
While he was thinking, Gojo Hisafuuin raised his finger to his lips and chuckled, "Please keep it a secret for me, sir."
"I can't guarantee that." Jiang Lai answered, seeming a little indifferent.
However, Gojo Hisafuin was not at all flustered. He was still methodical and elegant, with his slender fingers resting on the table and a faint smile on his face: "Okay, sir - if you are willing, it doesn't matter if you tell others."
This guy... Jiang Lai raised his eyebrows slightly. He seemed very confident that he would not be exposed.
So, either what he just said to me was a lie, or this guy had already prepared a retreat and wording, and would not be caught by outsiders at all.
But think about it, if this news is really leaked, outsiders will not think it is true.
Because compared to a special-grade cursed spirit like Jiang Lai, the words of the third elder of the Gojo family are obviously more credible.
What's more, Gojo Hisakazuin has always had a good image and reputation outside.
As his thoughts wandered, Jiang Lai caught a glimpse of Gojo Hisafune closing his book and standing up.
He turned halfway, raised the corners of his narrow, light-blue eyes slightly, and saluted gracefully.
"It seems that this is your first time here, sir. Would you like me to take you for a walk?"
"Didn't you say you like quietness?" Jiang Lai raised his eyebrows slightly.
"That's right." Gojo Kyufuin nodded, "But I usually care more about others than myself. I noticed that you were glancing at the field just now, and I took the liberty of guessing that you wanted to participate, so I'll take you to familiarize yourself with it."
Sure enough, this guy is not just reading a book! Jiang Lai immediately understood. While he was secretly observing the other party, the other party was also silently observing him.
Gojo Jiufengyuan noticed that Jiang Lai was observing the surrounding environment. If Jiang Lai refused again, it would seem a little suspicious.
However, Jiang Lai himself did not intend to refuse. He felt that now that things had come to this, it was time to start getting closer to the other party.
So he paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay." Here, he paused for a moment and added, "Thank you."
——In this way, the initial ice layer was broken. Jiang Lai did not intend to remain silent all the time, and only by responding in time could he catch more fish.
The two of them stood up from the corner side by side. Gojo Jiufengyuan made a "please" gesture and led Jiang Lai through the crowd.
Amid the gorgeous lights of the banquet, a black shadow suddenly appeared from somewhere.
Jiang Lai subconsciously raised the space gate barrier to block it, only to hear a muffled "bang" and the black shadow fell to the ground and shattered into a pool of liquid.
Jiang Lai: “…” It looked a little familiar, but he was not sure, so he took another look.
After a while, it gathered and reorganized itself into a small black fox. It was shaking and looked aggrieved.
However, the liquid fox soon noticed Gojo Jiufengyuan next to it, so it did not make any unnecessary movements or say much. It just tilted its head and looked at Gojo Jiufengyuan and then at Jiang Lai with its eyes wide open.
Jiang Lai: ...No, why is the Nightmare Fox here?