Chapter 265 Extra 1.2 Lai and Wu's journey to the World of Science and Wu's comic exhibition...
The appearance of Gojo Satoru made the already lively venue even more lively. The crowd surrounded Jiang Lai and Gojo Satoru, and there was an endless stream of spectators coming forward to take photos with them.
Jiang Lai agreed to all of them with good temper, and patiently took photos with the comic fans around him.
Gojo Satoru was more of a self-centered person, and agreed to take a photo or not based on his mood. He was used to being the center of attention, so he stood there with a normal expression, not really caring.
Jiang Lai took photos with the fans around him for a while. Although it was not physically demanding, it would still make people tired. However, the number of enthusiastic fans around him remained the same.
"Please make way, everyone."
At this moment, a pair of hands pushed through the crowd, accurately grasped Jiang Lai's wrist, and pulled him out of the vortex.
Gojo Satoru forcefully grabbed Jiang Lai from the crowd and waved his hand at everyone: "He came to play with me today. I have already reserved all his time in advance. The time I gave to you just now is enough. Now he belongs to me again."
The white-haired man had a slightly magnetic voice, and his words were still so brisk and casual. Although it sounded a bit irritating, people could not help but be tolerant of him because of his perfect appearance.
Of course, the fans around him didn’t feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, they held their faces and shouted, “Oh—so handsome, Wu-kun!!”
Gojo Satoru smiled with just the right arc, showing off the unrestrained demeanor of a long-haired nobleman at the moment, and as expected, he received another wave of screams.
Jiang Lai raised his eyebrows slightly, lowered his voice, and said to the white-haired young man beside him: "When did I say that today's time is all yours?"
"Didn't you come here specifically to play with me, Lai? Of course, I'll take it all." Gojo Satoru snorted and replied in a low voice that could be heard clearly between the two of them, "I've been dealing with a lot of important things recently, and it's a rare opportunity to come out and relax and have some fun. Don't you want to leave all your time for me?"
At this point, Gojo Satoru paused, then slowly said, "Besides, I'm here to help you out. I've seen that you're tired."
Did Wu see that he was tired?
At a close distance, Jiang Lai noticed that the eye patch on Gojo Satoru's face was pure black and opaque. He couldn't help but feel curious: Could it be that in the scientific world, the six eyes are still effective? But there should be no cursed power in this world.
Although he was confused, Jiang Lai did not ask immediately. After all, there were too many people around, and it was not appropriate to discuss these topics in detail.
"Ah... Lai Shen is leaving?" A fan next to him showed a reluctant expression, "Well, I wanted to take a few more photos with you..."
"Sorry," Jiang Lai replied with a half-helpless and half-serious smile, expressing his attitude in his words, "I came here today mainly to accompany my friends."
"I understand! We all came here to have fun, but your cosplay was so good... I couldn't help but take a photo with you." Another fan nodded and put his hands together, "Cosplayers are very tired. It's really hard to take so many photos! It's still a little hot today, you can go inside the venue to cool down."
"Excuse me...! I'm so happy to meet such a realistic long-haired Raijin cosplayer today! And the nobleman Satoru from a thousand years ago!"
"Ahhh, bye Raishin!! Have fun with Wu-kun!!"
Although the fans were reluctant to let them go, they were very respectful to the cosplayers and made way for Jiang Lai and Gojo Satoru to leave.
Finally, a comic fan gave the two of them two small signs, saying that they were provided by the official comic convention, and that if the cosplayers didn’t want to take photos, they could bring them with them, and other people visiting the convention would understand and wouldn’t disturb them.
Gojo Satoru and Jiang Lai left the crowded crowd and entered the center of the semi-closed venue.
Unlike the relatively spacious open space outside, the stalls here are divided according to the venue, and the beautiful promotional signs and banners are very prominent.
The two walked along the edge of the place, where there were few people. Here, Jiang Lai asked, "In this world, is it still okay to see through a blindfold?"
"Hmm? Of course." Gojo Satoru nodded and replied, "However, it is very different from our place. There is no cursed energy here, and the observation of the six eyes seems to have turned into some kind of... um, special perspective effect. At present, it seems that the six eyes are only left with this perspective effect."
He took off his eye mask, revealing his beautiful eyes. "Even if I show my eyes, I won't receive too much information."
"In that case, it would be more convenient to take it off. You don't have to cover it up all the time." Jiang Lai said, "Besides, the technique should not be usable here, right?"
"After all, there is no cursed power setting in this world." Gojo Satoru threw the blindfold in his hand, and his voice was slightly dragged out. "I am an outsider in this world, so of course I still have to abide by the rules of this world."
"It's so rare to hear you take the initiative to talk about following the rules." Jiang Lai said half-jokingly.
He was not surprised by the current situation. Originally, the world of sorcery and the world of science did not communicate with each other because the essential rules of one were different.
Now, it was only because of Jiang Lai's sake that the world's will opened a small door to allow a limited number of people to travel between each other - even so, visitors from across the world still had to abide by the rules of this world.
Being able to leave Gojo Satoru with a scientific version of the effect of seeing through the non-curse power is already a great benefit.
Gojo Satoru was also aware of this, so he was mentally prepared and was adapting very well.
"Hey? It looks like there are a lot of people gathered over there. Come on, let's go take a look." Gojo Satoru quickly shifted his attention away from the technique and focused on the entertainment on the scene.
Jiang Lai originally wanted to take Gojo Satoru to meet his science friends. But after thinking about it, he decided that it was still early and it would be nice to just accompany him to the comic convention first.
They happened to be on Curse Street, and the two of them walked along the road, looking at the various peripherals on the stalls.
Gojo Satoru saw for the first time figurines, figurines and posters of himself and the people around him. He looked around with great interest and finally chose a sculpture of a black monster with squinty eyes.
"How about I bring this to Jie?" Gojo Satoru did not forget Jiang Lai's reminder to bring a local gift. "And the squirrel sculpture next to it - is it Nozomi? I'll bring one for her too."
"Very good." Jiang Lai looked over and looked at the cute little animal sculpture. "I didn't expect you to choose this as a special gift."
As he spoke, he paid the bill. Gojo Satoru's money was all in the world of sorcery, and he didn't have the habit of carrying cash, so Jiang Lai paid the bill. Jiang Lai, a time traveler, had deposits in both the science world and the sorcery world.
"Hey~ Of course it's because I looked left and right and this sculpture has the smallest eyes." Gojo Satoru laughed and gestured with his fingernails, "Such a tiny gap is so suitable for Jay! I can use this to tease him when I get back."
Jiang Lai: ...I knew it, there's no way Wu would seriously choose a cute gift! His focus is on other things.
He rolled his eyes, but didn't say much, just said: "When you two are making a fuss, pay attention to the flowers and plants in the high school. The repair fees last month must have given Principal Ye Moth a headache."
"Is it really that exaggerated? But you've reminded me that I should just let those old-fashioned people do the repairs next time. Since you're so energetic, why not do some practical work?"
When talking about the remains of the rotten orange, Gojo Satoru's eyebrows sharpened slightly, but then quickly relaxed, and his attention was drawn to the surroundings on the other side.
"Oh~~ There are some different things here." Gojo Satoru took two steps over, "Let me see what these are."
Jiang Lai also walked over and noticed a sign on the side that read [Surrounding the evil underworld, sorry I’ll say it first].
When he saw this sentence, he already understood that these seemed normal but actually contained a mysterious knife.
Gojo Satoru picked up a figurine of Jiang Lai. The figurine was attached to a base with a running clock on it, and the words "punctual time" were written next to it.
"Time, does Lai coo like a cuckoo?" Gojo Satoru raised his lips and spoke in a cheerful tone. As he spoke, he fiddled with the adjustment hand at the back to the hour.
At the top of the hour, the Rai Shen figure next to the clock moved. A small door opened automatically on both sides of the left heart, and a small statue of a nightmare fox emerged from the heart, and the sound of "hungry hungry" replaced "cuckoo cuckoo" at the right time.
Gojo Satoru's smile froze. It was a rare moment when he froze. His expressionless face looked a little scary.
After a while, he put the peripheral down.
Jiang Lai took a closer look. I have to say, this peripheral is quite exquisitely made.
Next to it is one by Getsu Suguru, which has a thin seam on the forehead that seems to be openable.
Jiang Lai has already guessed the effect of this underworld. Maybe it will be like a scare box, where the forehead suddenly opens and a brain pops out...
However, Gojo Satoru did not pick up the underworld items of other people he knew, he picked up his own items.
The sculpture of the white-haired man is very handsome. This action figure has no mechanism settings, but it is detachable, and the connection points are the neck and waist.
Jiang Lai: “…”
Gojo Satoru already knew what these underworld figures meant. He tilted his head slightly and asked curiously, "I understand the neck. I still remember the astral body incident. This part must have appeared in the comics you told me about before. But the waist is detachable. Could it be because of the knife that Shinji stabbed me in the waist?"
Jiang Lai silently took the Netherworld Figure from Gojo Satoru's hand and put it down: "Don't look at it, Satoru. Let's go."
Gojo Satoru blinked slightly. He was quick to notice Jiang Lai's sudden depression.
So he walked away from this underworld stall with Jiang Lai, saying, "Although I was stabbed a few times by Shen'er, I learned the reversal technique from it, so it's not a big deal. Why should a thousand-year-old monster be sad about me?"
Gojo Satoru originally intended to liven up the atmosphere, but the black-haired young man in front of him did not respond.
Jiang Lai knew in his heart that the detachable waist part of the underworld surrounding was not referring to the astral plasma incident which was not a big deal, but the final battle between Yuuri Sukuna and Gojo Satoru after the death...
Recalling the scene in the original comic, Jiang Lai lowered his eyes, and for a moment he was unable to control his emotions.
Gojo Satoru showed a thoughtful expression. He stopped playing with the eye mask in his hand and guessed in his heart that the surroundings just now were the events that happened in the old series of Curse.
After the final battle, Jiang Lai told Gojo Satoru and others about the comics. Although it sounded surprising, after Jiang Lai revealed the scientific identities of those elves and Shikigami, they all believed that different worlds existed and observed each other.
Gojo realized that the scientific world had its own comics, and when he passed by several official comic commemorative book stalls just now, he flipped through a few with interest.
He knew that the comics here were divided into new series and old series (original works), and the former was the story he and Jiang Lai experienced together.
Gojo Satoru had not read the old series (original works) much, and just glanced at it at the official comic book booth just now. He was more interested in the new series of comics they had just been drawn in.
He thought, If I had read more, I might have found the specific reason why Lai was in a bad mood. Should I go and have a look later?
"If you are interested in the old series, I suggest you just watch the Shibuya Incident - or before the Shibuya Incident." As if he could see what Gojo Satoru was thinking, Jiang Lai continued, "The first part is still a hot-blooded youth manga."
Gojo Satoru blinked his blue eyes and naturally continued, "What about the rest?"
Jiang Lai said solemnly: "It's a horror comic."
Gojo Satoru: “?”
"Huh?" He uttered the monosyllable subconsciously, looking very surprised by Jiang Lai's reply, "Isn't it enough to have cursed spirits? There are also ghosts and vengeful spirits?"
"No, this horror comic doesn't mean there are ghosts or evil spirits in it." Jiang Lai sighed, "It means that it scares the audience. The plot has a terrifying effect and will leave a short-term or long-term shadow on people. It is not recommended for children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with heart disease to watch it."
"..." Gojo Satoru raised his eyebrows slightly but didn't reply for a while.
After a while, he replied, "I don't know what happened exactly... well, I'm in a world with you, so none of that will happen."
He half turned his head and looked at Jiang Lai, his blue eyes as clear as glass beads were extremely beautiful: "We have already ushered in the best ending, haven't we?"
Jiang Lai raised his eyes and looked at his friend who was intact beside him. His depressed mood gradually returned. He pursed his lips, smiled and repeated: "Yes, we have ushered in the best ending."
"Besides, I remember you mentioned to me before that the content of comics is the cartoonist's unconscious observation of the other world, but it is not a complete presentation of facts. Just like your vest and many of our conversations, they are not revealed in the comics."
The corners of Gojo Satoru's lips curled up, he raised his arm and placed it on Jiang Lai's shoulder, his posture lazy and unrestrained.
“So, maybe the plot parts and incomprehensible descriptions in the old series that make you depressed are just illusions in the cross-comprehension of comics and some deviant ideas incorporated by the illustrator himself~”
“Only those who are in that world know the truth. Only those who are involved know what they really think. The drawings and descriptions of others will always be more or less inaccurate.”
Jiang Lai was slightly startled, and then he slowly smiled. He exhaled, and blinked his brown eyes: "You are right, those parts drawn are observations, but they are not necessarily what really happened. And - I also believe in the role of will."
Through the glass windows of the semi-enclosed venue, warm light shone down, coating the air with a layer of golden color.
Light particles were rolling on the black-haired young man's eyelashes, and as he blinked, the light particles seemed to sway and flicker.
"Just like the positive influences that the scientific community here has on me, I believe that the will of the universe can be communicated. The thoughts from other worlds and the thoughts of this world, all thoughts have power - I firmly believe that."
Gojo Satoru listened attentively, his sky-high eyes were beautiful and deep.
Jiang Lai looked at the person beside him, paused, and then said: "In my mind, you are the strongest who never admits defeat."
Gojo Satoru turned his head and looked back at Jiang Lai. He smiled and said slowly: "In my mind, you have always been the eternal eternity that never fades away."