Chapter 22 Special 12/24
Jiang Lai did not stand there waiting. He hung up the phone, put the phone back into Fushiguro Megumi's pocket, and quickly left the scene.
The sudden rain and snow has stopped now, but the shock of the people and events I encountered this time is still lingering in my mind.
Jiang Lai returned home and sat upright on the sofa. He placed the locust wood tablet in his hand and tried to call Fuhei Shier to let him rest assured about his son's condition. He also had more questions he wanted to ask.
——However, Mr. Ghost did not appear, nor did he respond in any other way.
Jiang Lai waited for a while and thought: Maybe I can't sense the situation outside during the hibernation period.
The initial attack to block the cursed attack of the one-eyed, six-armed cursed spirit may have exhausted the energy of the ghost Fushiguro Shinjiro... I wonder if he will show up at the gambling game tonight.
Wait a minute.
He dropped the cards on the side of the table, then fished out the bronze key that the landlord had handed over today from his pocket.
The door key with the words "Summer Oil" on it lay quietly in his palm, bringing a cool touch. Jiang Lai stared at the key with mixed feelings.
As early as when he was on his way home, Jiang Lai turned on his mobile phone and tried to search the records of the "One Hundred Demons Night Parade" that year to judge the situation of Geto Jie he met this time, and to guess whether it was the real Geto or the fake Geto with brains taking over his body.
He used the same search method as the last interstellar plasma incident, searching both the light and dark networks at the same time.
——However, after Jiang Lai entered the relevant keywords, it showed that there was no relevant record. He locked the date and conducted a detailed investigation, but still found nothing.
December 24, 2017, was an ordinary Christmas Eve. There was no spellcaster announcement, no spellcaster gathering, no crowd evacuation, and no casualty records... nothing seemed to have happened.
So what is going on here?
Jiang Lai put down the key, sighed lightly, then leaned back on the sofa, casually resting his arms on it.
It's a bit difficult to analyze.
He emptied his mind and looked up at the ceiling.
I wonder if the comics have been updated, and if there will be relevant information in them. And, if it has been updated, I don’t have to fight alone and waste my brain cells thinking hard—
Jiang Lai: Woohoo, my science friends and forum members, my external brains, come and help me!! QAQ
——
The other side. The world of science.
There was a heavy snowfall in Tokyo in December, and the snowflakes covered the teaching building of Teitan High School with a layer of white.
Kudo Shinichi's high school life was full of crises and twists and turns, like a spy movie. After the organization was destroyed, he recovered and entered the third year of high school, his life turned into a normal campus detective comedy.
The first national academic proficiency test (Japanese college entrance examination) will be held in late January next year, but for the scientific world full of magical time laws, there is still plenty of time.
Therefore, on this day of the college activity, the senior students of Teitan High School also participated and relaxed.
The theme of this year's event was jungle animals, so most people's costumes were related to forest animals.
At this time, Kudo Shinichi was facing the window next to him, adjusting the pair of plush wolf ears on his head.
He and Mao Lilan both wore wolf ears today - Suzuki Sonoko suggested and provided them in a friendly way, and finally she said with a giggle that this was a "couple look" that was very in line with this year's trend (as soon as she finished speaking, two braised boiled eggs were seen).
They played a few games together and took photos. Then Suzuki Sonoko happily dragged Mao Lilan to play the women's flower ball game.
Kudo Shinichi happened to go back to the classroom to get a water cup during this time. After searching the hole in the table, he accidentally rubbed the edge of the table when he looked up, and his wolf ears were crooked, so he used the reflection of the window next to him to fix it.
After fiddling with the wolf ears on his head, Kudo Shinichi took his water cup and prepared to go back, and glanced at the group of classmates gathered in the back row of the classroom.
Students dressed up as animals gathered together, as if they were having a jungle party. It looked quite funny. They seemed to be looking at something.
Kudo Shinichi took two steps forward, and after walking two steps, a student dressed as a tiger on the outermost side saw him and said in surprise: "Oh! It's Kudo-kun! Yes, we have a great detective Kudo in our class! I can ask Kudo-kun to help analyze——"
"What?" Kudo Shinichi was still a little confused, "Analyze what?"
Sitting in the middle was the girl with twin ponytails, Rina Komura. On the table in front of her was an open comic book for the people around her to read.
Hearing Kudo Shinichi's voice, she raised her head from the crowd and said happily, "Kudo classmate!"
She was dressed as a rabbit and waved her hand, saying, "Come here! I bought the latest update of the "Jujutsu Kaisen [New Series]" magazine on the way to school today. It also comes with a bonus information booklet - I remember you're also following this manga!"
"Ah... yes, I'm following a manga." So everyone is following a manga in the classroom? Kudo Shinichi reacted for a moment, then walked over in two or three steps.
He followed this comic because his good friend Jiang Lai was transmigrated into this comic - he wondered if he would be included in this update. Kudo Shinichi thought casually in his mind.
"These words are super exciting!" Another classmate leaned over and imitated the gestures, "That Gojo Rai made a move just like that - and then the cursed spirit flew out suddenly!!"
Gojo Rai? Jiang Lai appeared in these chapters? Kudo Shinichi caught the key words.
"My new wall is amazing!" Komura Rina nodded and muttered, "When the official version is released, I have been wanting to enrich my collection for a long time--"
"Hmm... the latest update is indeed very interesting. The new character's technique seems to be of the space type, but it is somewhat different from the previous guess of unlimited."
Kashirotani Akiko, who was sitting on the side, said calmly.
"The plot is progressing well, and I'm also interested in what happens to Kayuki Shinobu in the new series, as well as information about the newly emerged agency, the Regulatory Commission."
"For someone like me who doesn't use his brain and only cares about looks, reading comics is just fun." Komura Rina said jokingly, sticking out her tongue, "But I still want to know more. This time, Kei, Geto, and my new wall-head are all here. Please, please, the great detective in our class, come and summarize and analyze it... if you're not busy now?"
Kudo Shinichi recalled the average length of the women's flower ball game that Xiaolan was playing, and after calculation, he found that it would take some time to finish. So he nodded and replied, "I have nothing to do now - come on."
He took the latest comic magazine from Komura Rina, and his classmates gathered around him again.
Kudo Shinichi opened it and started reading from the front.
The beginning of this update is very thrilling. Megumi Fushiguro rescued the child who was targeted by the cursed spirit in a crisis. In order to protect the child who fell into a coma due to excessive fright in his arms, he had to resist and fight back with difficulty.
The sneaky arrows of the cunning cursed spirit had already rushed to Fushiguro Megumi's eyes, but at the critical moment, the spikes actually stopped!
The next second, under Fushiguro Megumi's astonished gaze, those spikes actually turned around and counterattacked towards the cursed spirit!
The next few frames are all extremely cool battle images, and the cursed spirit is suddenly thrown out by some unknown force -
The perspective of the comic mainly follows Megumi Fushiguro at this time. Although no other people have appeared on the screen yet, Kudo Shinichi has guessed who the person who took action is based on what everyone said just now.
I didn't expect that after just a few words, Jiang Lai had already mastered the technique. He was impressed. It is said that he earned it through acting skills, and his acting skills are getting better and better.
On the next page, following Fushiguro Megumi's gaze, he also saw the figure standing at the entrance of the alley with his hands raised, and the smooth and indifferent posture of holding up and closing the umbrella, waving his hands to drive away the rain and snow, and finally the dangerous smile on his lips when he raised his eyes.
Kudo Shinichi: ...Not only has the performance become superb, but the Hell Filter seems to have been upgraded as well!!
It has been a long time since he faced Jiang Lai when he was still Conan, but when he saw this filter scene again in the comics, Kudo Shinichi still couldn't help but put himself in the picture for a second.
Then he glanced at Megumi Fushiguro, who was standing against the wall with wide eyes in the comic, and silently pressed the confirmation button in his heart: As expected, this is scaring the kid (the first year of high school) again.
The relatively relaxed mood ended here, and then the liquid fox curse spirit appeared, the strange dialogue, Geto Suguru with a bandage on his forehead, and Gojo Satoru on the other end of the phone...
A series of shocking information suddenly flooded in, causing Kudo Shinichi's brain to work at high speed, while his expression remained blank for a few seconds.
...No, wait, Jiang Lai!! We haven't seen each other for a while, how come you have so many hidden plots?!
The detective's brainstorming and thinking sublimation: Is it possible that scaring children will lead to more magical plots? Is that why Jiang Lai would scare himself from time to time (bushi)
Kudo Shinichi fell into deep thought. He didn't know why, but it seemed like what was revealed so far was just the tip of the iceberg, and there would be more hidden stories to be revealed later.
It seems like I have been dragged into a plot storm, Jiang Lai. The detective thought.
When he turned the last page, his classmates looked at him cautiously and expectantly: "How is it? Did you see anything?"
Komura Rina, with her ponytails, tentatively raised another booklet in her hand: "Hey, there's another new information booklet here?"
Kudo Shinichi took a deep breath to calm himself, then said, "I have some ideas, but they need to be sorted out." His sapphire eyes were filled with the look of sharing worries for his friends and solving puzzles. He took the booklet from Komura Rina and said, "No problem, give it all to me."
——窗外明媚的日光映亮名偵探眉眼堅定的側臉。
與此同時,種花論壇。
最新劇情讨論帖。
【家人們!家人們誰來告訴我這幾話到底是什麽情況QAQ!!怎麽突然之間,那個神秘的新角色、夏油傑、五條悟這幾位就同時登場了啊!】
【惠惠,一款處于風暴中心的男人hh,昏迷錯億啊——】
【我去……那個箭爪懸停倒轉、還有隔空甩飛咒靈,再結合之前的懸停,果然是什麽空間操控吧?那個五條萊的術式!!為什麽官方還不給明确情報解釋啊啊啊】
【感覺真的很像是無下限的一種變異分支(?)目前來看,能夠隔絕物品靠近,還能遠程操控什麽的。不清楚是隐藏款六眼,還是不需要六眼的其他術式……】
【嗚嗚,萊萊輕擺手散去周圍雨雪的姿勢太帥了,一種淡然拂塵的出神感!太帥了嗚嗚dokidoki!】
【呃、所以[時鐘]是什麽意思?那只新出現的咒靈,說五條萊是[時鐘]啊,這是什麽新設定嗎?感覺很神奇……會不會是涉及到一些時間轉換大法?】
【只有我的關注點在那個[不可食用]的評價上嗎hhh,這什麽評價啊,我不信,除非萊寶過來讓我嘗嘗prpr!!】
【樓上,你這算盤打得我在天王星都聽到了】
【傑!這個傑哥為什麽纏着繃帶(哭泣)到底是不是真傑哥啦!!不要腦花不要腦花——】
【真沒想到這次會出夏油傑(或者腦花?),他和那個五條萊到底認不認識?怎麽誰都不說話啊……】
【相顧無言,唯有腦電波交流,笑死。說起來後面五條接電話也是,你們怎麽都不交流啊!!(瘋狂搖晃.jpg)我都不知道你們彼此到底認不認識了,但感覺像是有故事!!】
【樓上的,去看一下霓虹同好傳上來的紙質版漫畫情報冊圖片吧,我保證裏面全是重點】
【我看了我看了!裏面是片段漫畫和文字情報,提取一下關鍵就是:
五條萊住在伏黑惠隔壁,津美紀被五條悟提前救下,沒有百鬼夜行,乙骨事件是五條悟輔助解咒裏香的,夏油傑的初中過去,還有監管會的一些信息……這些重點情報怎麽能不放在正片呢!可惡!!】
【好家夥,含金量豐富啊這是,這就潤去看!】
【已經看完了加一,老實說,我覺得新系列裏面必定有人拿了劇本,或者是重生二周目?
壓一個五條老師二周目,不過這個二周目應該是2018年以前的某個時間點、重生到曾經的某個時間點的,比如重回高專入學。
因為虎子這邊的情況沒變,說明五條老師應該不知道2018年的事。只改變了之前的津美紀,影響了百鬼夜行事件,輔助解咒了乙骨裏香。
此外,夏油傑那邊……初中父母失蹤、然後被接管這裏有點可疑啊,不知道是不是這個監管會有問題。
但是根據情報冊來看,貌似這個鳶尾花監管會在民衆內心的認可度還比較高,若是反派,還有點難辦。這種情況下單純用武力去對抗,很容易被大衆誤以為是惡的一方,而後續的各種問題也無法處理。
對了,不知道夏油傑對接管與資助自己的監管會什麽态度。官方沒有給出眼前的是真夏油還是假夏油。
如果是真的夏油和二周目五條,說不準夏油沒有和五條與硝子鬧掰,也許其中有某種計劃,很難說。
但也可能是黑化後,因為新系列劇情不同而沒有死在2017年,現在依然在進行自己的大業,并且有所調整。
無論怎樣,涉谷事變沒發生,說明腦花的計劃被打亂了,或者腦花換了個想法。也許監管會和腦花有點關系?不知道後面如何發展。】
【好家夥,樓上驚現分析大佬!給您跪了!!】
【這、這太強了,嗚嗚,媽媽問我為什麽跪着看手機……我什麽也看不出嗚嗚,謝謝大佬給我喂分析】
【hhh大家謬贊了,上一條沒發完,我還想補充一點:新角色五條萊被叫做[時鐘],這一個詞有點奇怪,感覺[時鐘]可能是一個特殊的設定——具體怎麽發展要看後續了。說不準他不是人呢hh】
【看大佬分析看得我興奮起來了……嗚嗚嗚如果真的是二周目五條老師,那有點刺激!!估計五條老師得更瘋了吧(bushi)但是會是一種更收縮自如的瘋!天下無敵的瘋!】
【笑死了,那我來舞一個進階版瘋!白色五條老師和黑色新角色時間輪回DNA雙螺旋瘋!虎子惠惠野薔薇三體入侵地球瘋!過去的五夏哨三人組青春版健美體操瘋!】
【草,樓上什麽魔鬼啊xs。這我就得發出表情包了→做咒術師和看咒回漫畫哪有不瘋的.jpg】
【嘎嘎嘎,後續後續!我要摩多摩多後續——】
……
另一邊,咒回世界。
江萊盯着天花板發了會呆,不知道具體過了多久,他揉了揉眼睛,打算喝點水,然後看看手機有沒有漫畫更新。
在他端起水杯抿了一口、還未打開手機的時候,桌面一側的槐木牌墜中恰巧飄蕩出半透明的鬼先生。
“甚爾?你休息好了?”江萊有些驚訝,他原本還以為對方要到晚上的時候才出來。不過早點出現是個好事,他們能夠更早地進行交流。
“對了,你兒子沒事,我已經通知了……五條悟。”江萊首先和甚爾報了平安,在最後頓了一下,還是說出了那人的名字。
飄蕩的鬼先生聞言擡了擡眼,他沉默片刻,聲音低沉說:“……我出來,是要和你說,也許接下來的一段日子我們的交易要暫停了。”
江萊微微一愣,放下水杯:“你怎麽了?”他敏銳察覺出此刻伏黑甚爾狀态的不對,“是今天那個詛咒的影響嗎?”
面前的靈魂體較之以往暗淡了不少,伏黑甚爾的面容帶着肉眼可見的疲倦。
鬼先生視線轉到牆邊,慢慢回複道:“我畢竟是個鬼,雖然咒靈也屬于非生命體的一種,但是——按理說是不能影響到它們的。況且本體的我,也是沒有咒具便無法攻擊咒靈的狀态。”
江萊認真聽着,心中浮起關切和擔憂。
雖然他和伏黑甚爾表面上是雇主與賞金獵人的交易關系,但這段時間相處下來,江萊覺得彼此也有一些同伴情了。
在這個危險陌生的異次元中,伏黑甚爾是江萊目前在這個世界裏相處時間最久的人(鬼)。
“你看起來不太好,”江萊猶豫了下,問道,“會消失嗎?”
伏黑甚爾扯了扯唇角,開口:“坦白地說,不會。只是接下來一段時間,大概要回這個牌墜裏休息很久——我不會消失,我只會沉睡。”
“如果能這麽消失,倒也好。”提到這裏,鬼先生哼笑一聲,眸光沉沉,“……我被束縛住了。在解開前,我是無法回歸真正的死亡的。”
江萊注視着面前半透明的靈魂體,神情嚴肅:“所以你是被什麽束縛了?”
伏黑甚爾沒有說話,他只是聳拉着眼皮,姿态慵懶地飄蕩在一側。
“我們就算不是朋友,現在也是合作夥伴關系,你完全可以多信任我一些。”江萊棕眸凝聚而起,他腰背繃緊得筆直,“你始終纏繞繃帶的左手有什麽?和監管會的接觸有多少?如果我要幫你解除這個狀态,我就必須知道更多的情報。”
“……可以不用,你只需要幫我帶幾句話給六眼。”
“那你就告訴我要帶話的內容是什麽!”江萊盯緊他,“這次靈魂體的損耗對你來說是意外吧?你要沉睡多久?再次清醒是什麽時候?這些我知道你都不清楚。雖然六眼的确不難找,但我無法保證後面我能否與他正常交流,我的話語他是否會相信——”
伏黑甚爾偏頭,視線穿透額前的碎發,他凝視着面前的黑發青年幾秒,忽地哼笑了下:“這是在逼問我要情報,還是某種關心?嗯?”
江萊原本凝聚的神色一松,他怔了怔。
“啊……怎麽說,有點新鮮。”鬼先生單手搭在下颌,聲線懶洋洋道,“還有點古怪。”
“……”江萊默默盯着他。
“開玩笑的。”這次輪到伏黑甚爾說出這句話,他帶疤的唇翹起,似笑非笑,“也許我該對你的關心表示感謝——不過我的話術之前都是和富婆小姐們說的,和你似乎不太合适的樣子,嗯……”
氣氛到此,已經從剛才的凝重嚴肅、風雨欲來,變成了現在徒然一轉的狀态。
江萊微不可查地抽了抽嘴角:“行了,我剛剛可是在很嚴肅地問你問題啊,正經一點。”
Mr. Ghost smiled and raised his eyebrows. "Okay, Mr. Serious Sponsor, what do you want to ask me? How about paying by word count? I will tell you everything I know - but whether it is correct or not is up to you to judge."
"..." Jiang Lai stared at him silently again.
Fushiguro Shinji responded with a lazy, casual smile.
Neither of them spoke, and they just stared at each other in silence for a moment.
Then, the smile on Mr. Ghost's face gradually faded. His dark green eyes stared at the person in front of him like some kind of jungle beast, and his voice was hoarse: "Do you really want to get involved in these things?"
"First of all, I am an honest man, and I always like to make the deals I agree to be perfect," Jiang Lai put his hands together and said, "Secondly, I want to know more information, not just for you. I have my own plans, and there are some things I must deal with here, so I need to know as much as possible."
——The truth about this world and the goal of returning home prompted Jiang Lai to take the initiative to go deeper and explore the secrets.
Hearing Jiang Lai's reply, Fushiguro Shier tilted his head slightly, but raised his lips again: "Oh, then I'm relieved. It's normal for you to have your own selfish interests."
Jiang Lai: "... Even so, let's believe in the existence of friendship."
Mr. Ghost sneered at this with a hint of disdain, but didn't say much.
He raised his eyes lazily, stared at Jiang Lai for a few seconds, and finally said, "Don't die."
Jiang Lai paused, knowing in his heart that this was probably the most comradely statement he could have made.
So he raised his head slightly and replied with a smile: "I won't die."
The house was quiet for a moment.
The warm winter light outside the window passed through Jiang Lai's brown eyes. He asked, "So now, are you going to tell me more?"
Fushiguro drifted back to the window, the sunlight shining through his soul which was dimmer than before. His eyes fell outside, then turned back to Jiang Lai, paused for a moment, and then spoke:
“December 24, 2017.”
Mr. Ghost said a date. Jiang Lai's heart skipped a beat. This is the day of the "One Hundred Demons Night Parade" in the original book...!
"This day," Fushiguro Shige said in a flat voice, "has happened twice."