Chapter 23 Encounter 5t5
Jiang Lai didn't react at first. He just widened his eyes slightly, looked at the ghost floating in front of him, and repeated the last sentence: "... passed twice?"
"To be precise, it should be this day and the past few days, both of which have passed twice." Fushiguro Shier showed a leisurely thoughtful look, and he spread his hands, "However, I don't know which period it was, after all, the time I slept limited the information I could get."
Jiang Lai quickly digested the information in his mind and said, "So what this means is that on December 24, 2017, the world restarted? Time went back to a certain day in the past, and everything started all over again?"
Mr. Ghost by the window nodded slightly, indicating that Jiang Lai's understanding was correct.
"...How do you know that the world has restarted?" Jiang Lai looked at the floating soul in front of him.
Fushiguro crossed his arms and folded them across his chest. He raised his eyes and said lazily, "As a lonely soul that does not belong to this world, I will naturally not be put into the long river of restarted time - so my memories are still there."
He turned around and began to narrate from the beginning.
"I probably died in 2006, but I regained consciousness on December 1, 2017."
"Oh, the reason why I remember the date so clearly is because on the day I was awake, I was watching a gambling game on TV in this room and I won a bet. Unfortunately, my soul body cannot actually place a bet. I can only simulate it in my mind. Otherwise, I would have won a lot."
Jiang Lai: "..." You watched gambling on the first day you regained consciousness. You are worthy of being me, Daddy! (Respectful)
No wonder the other party remembered the date so clearly. After all, it was a rare chance to win a bet, and it was a good start. It was definitely a day worth remembering.
"Because I couldn't get far away from the cards, I stayed in the room and watched the gambling every night until December 24th."
Fushiguro Shigeki narrowed his eyes and continued.
"Something seemed to be going on outside. The gambling channel was not on that night. On TV, there were reports of evacuations of people in Shinjuku, Tokyo and Kyoto. It was said that there was a terrorist attack or something."
This is the timeline and plot that the original novel should have. Jiang Lai's mind was shaking with thoughts and memories.
After Suguru Kagome announced in advance, on Christmas Eve 2017, thousands of cursed spirits were released in Shinjuku, Tokyo and Kyoto to start the "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons".
"Of course, the terrorist bombings and attacks are probably just a lie to the general public. The real cause of all this is probably the activities of cursed spirits or cursers."
Mr. Ghost spread his hands.
"But I have no interest in learning more about this kind of thing. Since there is nothing good to watch on TV, I will go back to Huaimu Paifu to rest and prepare to go out again the next night."
"But this time, the situation was different from the previous ones. I could feel that I had been sleeping for a long time. When I woke up again from the card fall -" Fushiguro Shier paused slightly, "the time on TV went back to December 1, 2017."
"?!" Jiang Lai was slightly startled, then he concentrated on thinking.
He analyzed calmly in his mind, combining the contents of the ghost's words with what he had previously known, and sorted out a relatively clear timeline.
In other words:
In 2006, Fushiguro Shigeki died physically and became a spirit but without consciousness.
In 2006, the soul body of Fushiguro Shigeji regained consciousness and won a rare game of gambling.
On December 24, 2017, a One Hundred Demons Night Parade that is the same or similar to the original work began, and related information was broadcast on TV.
(Something unusual seems to have happened on this day, causing the world to restart and the timeline to go back)
Second round - Year ××××, unknown restart point for the second round.
Act 2 - On December 1, 2017, the soul body of Fushiguro regains consciousness and notices the duplication of time.
Week 2 - December 24, 2017, an ordinary Christmas Eve, nothing happened.
For the next year, due to the presence of the spirit body Fushiguro Shigejiro, the house has been rumored to be haunted.
Week 2-In December 2018, I rented this house.
After Brainstorm sorted out the timeline, Jiang Lai thought: "That is to say, although it is not certain what caused the world to restart, there must be people who are still alive in reality besides you, who started the second round with a certain period of time with their memories."
"It is for this reason that the unintentional influence or intentional modification of the butterfly's wings prevented the incident from happening on December 24, 2017."
It even affected the events of 2018. Jiang Lai thought. The plan of Naohua might have been disrupted, so the original Shibuya incident in the fall of 2018 did not happen.
Fushiguro nodded slightly, his eyes passing over the buildings outside the window, and locked onto the iris logo on the top of a tall building in the distance. Then he said, "...As long as the person who brings the memory back is not from here, it's fine."
Jiang Lai followed his gaze, thought for a moment, and replied, "Probably not."
He knew what actually happened on that day in the original book.
In order to increase the possibility of achieving this goal, Geto Suguru, who holds the idea of "killing all non-magicians", launches the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons in order to obtain the special cursed spirit from Yuta Otsutsukoshi - the "Queen of Curses" Rika Kimoto.
But this plan failed. Geto was defeated by the pure love god Otsutsukoshi and met his former best friend Gojo Satoru in an alley.
At the end, the two of them opened up their hearts and exchanged their final words. In the end, Gojo Satoru personally executed his best friend, the curse named Summer Oil, and was exorcised.
Although Geto's past experiences have changed in the new series, based on what Fushiguro Shigeu just said, the current situation in the first act is likely to have progressed to the "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons".
Therefore, Jiang Lai guessed in his mind that the time travel that occurred on this day was most likely related to Geto Suguru or Gojo Satoru, and it was possible that one or both of them had memories.
At the very least, it was the people from the Gayu camp or the Gojo camp who did the time travel.
Jiang Lai retracted his gaze and noticed that Fuguro Shier's soul was even dimmer than before: "You..."
"I'm not awake much now, so I'll just pick out some key points." Fushiguro crossed his arms over his chest and spoke faster. "If you believe it, stay away from any activities, mission assignments, and transactions related to the Regulatory Commission as much as possible - unless you want to get involved further and are sure you can beat it."
Jiang Lai blinked gently.
"The real purpose of the regulator is different from what is publicly announced. It appears to be providing benefits, but it is just a façade."
"At least what I know is that some of their secret targets are to select ordinary people and sorcerers according to certain standards, and use them for some kind of... maybe experiment."
"A large part of the missing population in society is related to it - although no one knows the truth and no one believes it."
Mr. Ghost snorted and laughed, the meaning of which was unclear: "...Perhaps those who knew either became them or returned to death."
"I was also one of the targets who were targeted and marked, but it was an accident that I was able to maintain my current soul body." Fushiguro Shier's voice was hoarse, "It may be related to my body with zero cursed power."
The color of Mr. Ghost's soul had become very pale. He no longer floated by the window, but returned to the locust wood tablet on the table.
Jiang Lai looked at him and said calmly, "Are these the messages you want me to convey to Liuyan?"
Fushiguro raised his deep green eyes, and suddenly changed the subject: "I suddenly remembered our previous conversation during the night trade."
This sentence seemed a bit abrupt, but Jiang Lai only reacted for a second and understood what the other party meant - so Shen'er's transaction reward column ultimately rested on himself?
(However, the other party did not directly answer my question just now, and perhaps did not reveal the words I wanted to bring, but just revealed more information.)
"Well... I thought you didn't believe me." Jiang Lai smiled.
"Because it is hard to say whether you will betray others or become one of them. As mentioned before, those who come into contact with that level will either die or become one of them."
Fushiguro Shiori shrugged and chuckled, "But now - since you have your own selfish interests and goals, you probably won't really join them."
"I'll tell you the details next time I'm sober." He restrained his laziness a little, and his eyes released a ferocious aura belonging to a beast, pointing at the entrenched organization. "Finally, if you really want to participate - win."
"Of course." Jiang Lai's eyes were calm and steady. "I will win."
——They looked at each other, just like when they first met. The difference was that this time, there was no longer a high wall of vigilance in each other's eyes.
The floating soul curled the corners of his lips, the scar moved slightly, and he said nothing more.
Fushiguro Shiori half closed his eyes and gradually disappeared in front of him.
Mr. Ghost fell asleep again in the locust wood tablet.
The room was quiet again. The breeze blew along the window slits, blowing the curtains on one side and smoothing out the wrinkles.
"..." Jiang Lai lowered his head and stared at the card drop on the table. After a moment, he reached out and picked it up.
Now he was alone in the room again.
Jiang Lai let out a breath, knowing that the next development of the plot would depend on his own efforts.
Fortunately, he now has the skills and is strong enough to conduct more in-depth exploration.
Jiang Lai was stunned for a moment, put down the cards, and then turned on his cell phone.
It was also at this time that he noticed the updates of the comics.
Jiang Lai straightened his back, quickly logged into the website to read the updates, and then went to the forum to read some of the analyst's comments. Not long after, he scanned the contents of Kurosawa Akiha's paper version of the intelligence booklet in the group.
此外，他的手機郵箱還緊接着收到了來自工藤新一的內容分析郵件。
浏覽完論壇、群內和郵件的全部的內容後，江萊陷入了短暫的宇宙萬物思維升華。
江萊（陷入呆滞）：……情報，太多了捏！！
在思維放空幾分鐘或者十幾分鐘後，他木然起身，先去做了頓飯來安撫自己（還開了一瓶冰箱裏的飲料）。
吃飽喝足後，江萊的精神狀态也随之好了許多。
經過簡單的休整，擺脫了情報過多沖擊後的朦胧狀态，江萊感覺現在的大腦清醒了不少，可以繼續冷靜分析。
于是他重新坐回沙發前，盯着面前擺放的耐寒盆栽，雙手自然交叉，腦海中開始梳理着這次事件獲得的信息。
首先，監管會的相關情報，甚爾告知得最多。
江萊打算目前先将其這個組織定為要注意的目标，但在實力累加足夠前，不急着主動深入探索。
其次，對加筆情報冊內容的推測，論壇分析帝總結得相對全面。
這裏也是最讓江萊驚愕與恍悟的地方。他思考着關于五條悟二周目的那些推測。
世界重啓後，擁有記憶的是五條悟嗎？将其與甚爾告知、自己梳理的那段時間線相連，這部分成真的可能性似乎比較大。
現在的問題就在于，世界是怎麽重啓的……總不會與自己有關吧？
他垂下眼眸，腦海中回蕩着論壇中對[時鐘]那個詞的猜測。
萬象縱橫有時間術式，但是波動影響到整個世界是不是有點……不太現實啊。
江萊自己開玩笑想着。除非加上五條悟的六眼力量，然後再加上自己不是人而是世界存檔點這個設定，指不定就達成了。
不過，無論如何，若是與自己有關的話，說明過去的某一段應該有自己的參與才對。
就是不知道那段過去将以何種方式展開……江萊向後一躺，靠在柔軟的沙發上。
難道是自己腦海裏多出些不存在的記憶？還是要去真實參與一次，最終形成莫比烏斯時間閉環？
算了，屆時再看吧。江萊将其記在心間。
最後，關于本次小巷事件，工藤新一的郵件裏提的最多。
郵件中說，那只稀奇古怪的液體狐貍咒靈原著裏并沒有它的蹤跡，是新系列裏的存在。
這家夥的能力像是在霧中進行某種針對性（選定目标人類或者咒靈）的精神攻擊，造成昏迷入夢效果。
不過目前來看這一招沒有殺傷性——也或許是它沒有對在場的伏黑惠和小孩下狠手。
江萊思維發散了一瞬，聯想到[一秒入夢根治失眠]這類東西。
此外，工藤新一還分析道：這只咒靈看起來與夏油傑（暫且不論真假夏油）關系不錯，但兩者大概率不是主從關系。若是主從關系的話，夏油傑就可以直接感應與呼喚命令，而不用親自來找了。
關系不錯嗎。江萊單手搭在下颌上。既然不是主從關系，那麽是合作關系？
說真的，如果這只五條是二周目的話，夏油傑應該是本尊吧。
但是那日遇到的對方，依然像是叛逃後的詛咒師的模樣。
不過，依據論壇裏某位分析帝的猜測，說不準夏油傑是表面叛逃，暗地裏還和五條與硝子有聯系，兩者合作打算完成什麽計劃。江萊摸摸下巴。
……現在應該是五條悟說服了夏油傑，而不是夏油傑說服了五條悟吧。江萊默了一瞬。
若是兩者都選擇了“建設只有咒術師的世界”，那就不用玩計謀了，兩個聯合最強已經毀滅世界了（。）
将三方情報大體整理完畢，江萊深深呼出一口氣，癱在沙發上。
一下子劇情進展到此，雖然這樣一來收獲頗豐，但是也很累啊。
後續慢慢來吧。他想。
——
為了以後能夠第一時間知曉甚爾清醒，也為了牌墜的安全，江萊決定将其随身攜帶。
正巧，槐木牌墜上有個栓繩的孔洞，他買了根紅繩将其串起，做成挂飾系在腰側。
接下來的一周，沒有了鬼先生的每晚必看必參與的電視賭局，江萊又開啓了正常作息模式，早睡早起身體好。
不過相應的，賭局反買賺錢的路子也就此斷掉了——因此，江萊又借助自己的黑客技術，開始上暗網接活賺錢的日常。
說起來，咒回世界裏還有《名偵探柯南》這部漫畫，銷量也很可觀，算是家喻戶曉少年漫。
當時注意到這一點的時候，他還默默吐槽了一句：咒回和柯學這倆世界，屬于是互不知曉對方，但互相觀測了啊。
某天，江萊還突發奇想，在網上開了一本日輕式同人小說，筆名[手機架子]，文名叫做《綁定陰間濾鏡後的我反向沖刺成為酒廠隐藏BOSS》。
——他倒是不擔心這些被直播到隔壁柯學世界去。畢竟在世界意志影響下，不會讓原住民意識到自己的世界被觀測并變成了漫畫/小說。
期間，江萊還上樓打掃了一遍衛生。
在用古銅色鑰匙打開夏油傑家大門的時候，江萊下意識緊張了一瞬，腦海中劃過各種危險可能——不過最終什麽也沒發生。
開門後看到的是再普通不過的家，只是房子的主人已經很久沒有回來過了。
江萊沒有改變屋內的擺設，他只是簡單地掃地拖地，用濕抹布把一些家具擦了擦。
夏油家老古董款式的電視機上，還擺放着一張可立式相框，裏面有一張彩色的全家福相片。
年齡尚小的丸子頭少年對着鏡頭微笑，一左一右是他的爸媽。
因為年歲已久，上面蒙了一層薄灰。
“……”江萊垂眸，頓了頓，将這個相框也拿起來擦了一遍，抹去上面的灰塵。
這段時間，網站上的咒回新系列漫畫依然保持着更新。從中，江萊看到伏黑惠和小孩最後平安無事，內心松了口氣。
他們兩人均是受了一點輕傷，很快便恢複過來了，也沒有什麽後遺症。
畫面中，五條悟帶着虎杖悠仁和釘崎野薔薇，大搖大擺來醫療室歡快鬧騰了一番伏黑惠，讓剛剛恢複意識不久的伏黑惠，臉上露出短暫的無語表情，內心表示還不如再躺一會。
最後是家入硝子敲了敲身側的牆壁，淡淡說了句：“行了，再吵的就出去。”從而制止了醫療室內的亂象。
此時此刻，伏黑惠才終于能夠擺正神色，說些正經的事情。他擡起深藍色眼眸，話語急切又沉穩道：“五條老師，這次事件我遇到了——”
“我知道。”面前的白發教師豎起一根手指，沒等伏黑惠說完便如此回複。
他還是那副笑眯眯的神情：“當時他還打電話過來了哦？告訴我們地址後，我們才這麽快找到了你。”
“……”聽到這句話的伏黑惠略微一怔，顯然是對那位神秘角色的舉動感到意外。他沒想到那人還會主動通知高專的人來接應他！
不過，緊接着，他又回想起當時小巷裏的那人的及時救場——也是他意想不到的幫助。為什麽那人會幫他？
伏黑惠沉默片刻，低緩開口道：“……五條老師，認識那人嗎？”
旁邊，虎杖悠仁和釘崎野薔薇聞言也安靜下來，他們雙雙擡起臉。
醫療室內靜到落針可聞。家入硝子淡然地點燃一支煙。
一時之間，衆人的目光都落在矗立在原地的某白發教師身上。
五條悟戴着的黑色眼罩遮蓋住半張臉，餘下的唇角略微揚起恰到好處的弧度。從外表上看，什麽都沒有顯露。
聽到伏黑惠的問話，他幅度很小地偏了偏頭，然後忽地左手敲右手手心，恍然大悟道：
“啊、遭了！只記得送你來這邊，忘了拿我早就預定好的特別糖度版喜久福了！！”
虎杖&伏黑&釘崎（異口同聲）：“喂！話題轉移得太敷衍了——！！”
當時看到這裏的江萊，內心也不禁浮起動圖[一只烏鴉嘎嘎叫着飛過，後面落下三個句號]。
說真的，雖然是當事人之一，但其實他也很想知道，面前這只五條到底是什麽情況，以及究竟是不是認識自己……
自那天小巷事件結束後，江萊一直緊繃着精神，随時預備着找上門來的五條悟。
但是一周過去，依然還無五條老師出現的蹤跡。江萊那根緊繃的弦就慢慢松下去，複歸平常。
看樣子、大概，這位五條老師真的對自己沒有什麽興趣吧。他想。就像伏黑甚爾曾經所說的，自己既沒有威脅到他的學生，又沒有熱情到加入，算是無需特別交流的中立者。
江萊腦海中晃動着思緒，手中拎着甜品購物袋在爬樓梯。
——今天是12月25日，他的生日，所以江萊特意從樓下甜品店買了個小巧的巧克力蛋糕，打算等會當飯後甜點吃。
今日天氣很好，江萊推開自家房門，燦爛明媚的金色陽光撲面而來。他不禁低頭眯了眯眼睛，适應着如此熱情的日光。
It was at this moment that he noticed a black shadow projected from the ground and extending in front of him.
"..." Jiang Lai paused for a few tenths of a second, then raised his head in silence.
In front of him, there was a chair facing the door. The person sitting on it had his long legs casually and arrogantly spread out. His white hair seemed to be coated with shining gold edges under the light. His slender hands were folded together and he was looking straight ahead.
The unexpected visitor's attitude was more natural than that of the person who actually lived in this room.
Today, Gojo Satoru did not wear a black eye mask, and his perfect face was slightly raised. Despite the backlight, his pair of blue eyes as clear as glass beads were still extremely clear.
The world's only six eyes of God, in the azure blue float an infinitely extended extreme sky, carrying billions of tons of deep and bottomless ocean.
When he raised his eyes, the icebergs and dark rivers surged and roared, the snow on the high rocks swept and flew, and all things in the world condensed and condensed in an instant, leaning towards the narrow rental house -