Chapter 218 A glimmer of hope
Without waiting for the executive to say anything more, Gojo Satoru hung up the phone and threw the phone in the direction of the assistant supervisor.
The assistant supervisor hurriedly grabbed the phone, his eyes wandering around Gojo Satoru.
"What's wrong?" Gojo Satoru asked casually.
"Um, Mr. Gojo." The assistant supervisor hesitated for a moment, but still did his duty and said, "When do you... and this young man Watanabe plan to go to the upper floors?"
"That's a question." Gojo Satoru smiled and shrugged. "Didn't I just say that? If the higher-ups pay, we will definitely make time to go. If we don't have money, there's no need to waste time."
The little sheep Jiang Lai gave a thumbs-up gesture beside him.
The assistant supervisor's forehead was sweating again, but this time it was not because he was scared.
The white-haired man waved his hands, stepped forward with his long legs, and said in a brisk tone: "Anyway, if the top management has considered it, just send an email - I will reply based on my mood."
The strongest are never freer, and the assistant supervisors can only bow and pray in their hearts that everything goes well and that the responsibility will not be placed on them by the higher-ups.
After all, he was only here to clean up the mess and deliver a message. If the strongest Six Eyes didn't agree, there was nothing he could do. He couldn't just let him fight with that guy, right?
From this perspective, the proposal of the brown-haired boy seems to be not bad... Although it sounds a bit ridiculous, at least it provides clear transaction conditions, and Gojo Satoru agrees to it, and the pressure is put on the higher-ups instead of himself.
Thinking of this, the assistant supervisor's eyes softened as he looked at the little sheep Jiang Lai, and even showed some gratitude.
If money can solve a problem, it is not a problem! If you put pressure on your boss instead of your subordinates, you are a good person!
In this brief moment, the assistant supervisor understood the secret of life (bushi).
Noticing the assistant supervisor's attention, the little sheep Jiang Lai blinked slightly.
He didn't have the ability to read minds, but by observing their micro-expressions, he could roughly sense the assistant supervisor's mood.
In this day and age, are there still people who are happy even when they are cheated out of money? I didn't expect that there are still such honest people in the world of sorcery. It's really touching.
Or maybe he was happy about the senior executives being cheated out of money - that would be an unexpected surprise, showing that they were friends with different identities but the same interest in watching Rotten Orange.
Jiang Lai laughed at himself inwardly, but his expression showed no extra emotion. He followed Gojo Satoru in small steps, leaving the messy Qishan step by step.
Before leaving the mountain area, Jiang Lai looked back for the last time.
The ice crystals in the crevices of the side peaks sparkled with ripples, like tears falling under the moonlight.
It was just like the tear that rolled down Kuroi Misato's eye when the Star Plasma Incident ended, and finally splashed onto the empty Seven Mountains.
The howling night wind blew past with a cool breeze, dispelling the last bit of warmth from my body.
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After Jiang Lai and Gojo Satoru came down the mountain, they got in the car.
The two of them were not in a hurry to leave. Instead, they planned to wait for another day and decide on their next itinerary after receiving a response from the top management.
In reality, they both knew in their hearts that it would not be long before the higher-ups would contact them.
The attitude of those old guys today is just helpless anger, but they will still pay obediently in the end.
The rotten oranges all have a bookkeeper in their hearts, knowing that paying money is a small matter, but delaying confidentiality is a big matter. It is estimated that those who have contacted the regulatory commission are now racking their brains over how to explain and make amends.
The regulatory commission is not as good-tempered and kind-hearted as it appears on the surface, and there is no telling what punitive measures may be taken.
Therefore, the top management must find Gojo Satoru and the little sheep Jiang Lai as soon as possible and obtain some important information from them to make up for this unexpected loss.
Jiang Lai and Gojo Satoru had already polished the script in their hearts and were not afraid of being questioned. This time, the initiative was in their hands, so there was no anxiety or impatience.
Gojo Satoru drove back to the city.
He did not own a property in Wakkanai City, but he had the money to choose a clean, comfortable, high-end hotel early on.
Because Little Sheep Jiang Lai was a minor, according to the hotel's requirements, he could not book a single room alone. In addition, considering safety factors, Gojo Gokan simply chose a double room.
The double room in this hotel is a combination of Japanese style and Western minimalist style, with two single beds inside.
The little sheep Jiang Lai jumped onto the bed by the window first. He looked out the window at the overlapping shadows of the mountains in the distance.
"Go to bed early." It was rare that Gojo Satoru didn't make a joke. His eyelashes drooped slightly and his expression showed a slight weariness.
It wasn't because he was tired from today's battle, but because of the changes - he originally thought that after finding the clues and finding Kuroi Misato, everything would be able to proceed smoothly.
Unexpectedly, such an accident happened in the middle of the journey. The woman in the memory had already been swallowed by an unknown monster.
Not only were they unable to obtain intelligence from Kuroi, they also had to face the fact that they were unable to rescue her, and the troubles that the higher-ups would cause afterwards added to the troubles...
Gojo Satoru rarely reveals his tiredness, but in front of his friends, he didn't hide it, nor did he need to. Now he looked like a defeated big white cat.
Sensing Gojo Satoru's emotions, Jiang Lai closed the curtains. He turned around and replied in the same serious tone: "You should go to bed early too - we will sort out the other things later."
After a half-second pause, he said gently, "Thank you so much for today, Wu. If you hadn't pulled me, I wouldn't have reacted yet."
"Hmm?" Gojo Satoru raised his eyebrows slightly, then understood what Jiang Lai meant, regained his spirits a little, and raised his voice slightly, "I have the strongest six eyes, so I can naturally see something - the aura of that guy is not right, so I helped you."
"The cooperation afterwards was also perfect." Jiang Lai smiled and raised his thumb, "Little Sheep is very happy to make a small amount of money, and it is even happier to cheat money from Rotten Orange."
“Those rotten oranges…” Gojo Satoru snorted and nodded, “You’re welcome. Remember to mention a few more money-sucking projects next time, and it would be best if those old guys could take out all their savings.”
After just a few simple words, Gojo Satoru's mood had been pulled out of his previous dullness, and he returned to his original leisurely and cheerful appearance.
So Jiang Lai also smiled and said, "Okay, it's a deal. I'll continue to take you with me to the next money-making event - happy cooperation!"
“Happy cooperation~~”
The two chatted with each other for a few words and then prepared to wash up and rest.
Gojo Satoru has already sent an email to Geto Kagome, informing him of the latest situation regarding the [Kuroi Misato] incident.
Xia Yujie's attitude towards this is also very complicated, but the emotions conveyed in the email on his mobile phone are just a fragment of it.
Being in the Supervisory Commission, Xia Yujie knew more about the behavior of those guys than Jiang Lai and his friends. He initially guessed the existence of Kuroi Misato in Qishan based on his intuition of being with them day and night.
However, he was not as smart and ruthless as Brain Flower, so he could not guess that the final result would be like this.
Lights out, no words.
Jiang Lai lay on his back on the bed, his eyes following the flickering moonlight on the wall, staring blankly before going to sleep for a long time.
The figure of Kuroi Misato in the original silhouette kept lingering in Jiang Lai's memory, and he felt a little sad.
This emotion, on the one hand, comes from what I learned from the original work, and on the other hand, it also comes from the emotional influence of my good friends Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru.
...Is there really no other way?
Jiang Lai's thoughts flowed slowly in his mind as he stared at the wall beside the window.
Too much time has passed, and the soul has passed away and merged into the cycle of reincarnation. He cannot save her by reversing time and space. If he wants to bring Kuroi Misato back, he must use a method that involves the soul...
etc.
Jiang Lai's heart suddenly stopped.
Like a flash of lightning, he suddenly remembered that his eldest sister (eldest brother) in the conceptual sense was able to contact souls!
Thinking of this, Jiang Lai's heart began to pound, jumping up and down in his chest.
His heartbeat quickened, but his mind grew calmer.
In the chapter of Thousands of Years, [Descent], dressed in a gorgeous twelve-piece costume, holding a fishing rod, sat beside the pond and let the souls who were willing to take the hook to choose the candidates for reincarnation.
He can interfere with souls and reincarnation. The Regulatory Commission took advantage of this ability of His and stole some of it to maintain the "immortality" in the contract.
And now, [Incarnation] is sleeping in the body of Amanouchi Riko, who serves as the container.
Last time, with the help of the power given to him by [Source], Jiang Lai met Amauchi Riko through a dream connection, but he was unable to see [Rebirth], and the vigilant Riko pushed him out of the spiritual world.
Now, maybe he can try to contact each other again. Jiang Lai thought. Riko is the one who should know the truth about Kuroi Misato.
The regulator would never have thought that Jiang Lai could also contact Tenuchi Riko through the dream world. As long as they united their front, they could unite inside and outside to fight the enemy.
But how can he make Riko believe that what he said is the truth and not another lie? I'm afraid that Riko Tenuchi would rather believe that what Kuroi Misato really experienced is just an illusion.
After all, Lizi was not familiar with him, so it was understandable that she would not easily give him her trust. Jiang Lai sighed inwardly and then thought slowly.
If only she could find someone Riko trusted and tell him the truth.
Thinking of this, Jiang Lai's gaze involuntarily moved to the white-haired man on the bed next to him.
——If it’s Satoru, he should be one of the people that Riko would trust!
But how can we bring Gojo Satoru into the dream connection?
Jiang Lai pondered, and he recalled the meeting with Sukuna's birth realm after he touched the finger, as well as the way he and Gojo Satoru worked out the combination of realms in the world of the "Fork in the Road" tower, and turned his thinking to cursed power.
The principle of the connection between dreams is, on the one hand, the induction between [existences], and on the other hand, it is probably the power of curse.
If the spell power is integrated and the dream connection is opened, can enlightenment be brought in as well?