Chapter 29 High School Five and Jie
Jiang Lai's equipment basically remained the same, except for the side cloth bag he bought at the last fireworks show.
Although I don’t know how much time has passed, the side cloth bag he is wearing still looks like it was just bought, clean and beautiful.
He looked around, and this seemed to be the interior of a tall abandoned building. The gray wall peeled off, leaving patches of mottled marks, the ground was covered with a thin layer of light gray, and the pale golden sunlight passed through the empty windows and stopped in front of the tip of his shoes.
Jiang Lai: “…”
What kind of start is this, what place is this.
He narrowed his eyes, concentrated his mind, and vaguely sensed the fluctuations of cursed power in the air - the threat of the curse was a bit far away, probably somewhere above.
There might be a cursed spirit in this building, Jiang Lai thought to himself.
But he did not set out to look for the cursed spirit. Instead, he stood there calmly and took out his cell phone.
Jiang Lai: Why should I take the initiative to find the curse spirit? I should take a break first and wait for the curse spirit to come and find me.jpg
I won't move unless the enemy does. Jiang Lai thought it would be better to check his phone here to understand the specific situation before stepping out of this deserted area.
However, he still carefully placed several trigger codes around him, just in case.
There is no countdown icon on the top of the phone. Maybe it's because there is still some time before the transfer, so it's not displayed?
He scrolled through the pages and confirmed that there was no countdown before opening the official website to check out the comic information.
The latest update of the comic "Yesterday and the Past" was the fireworks festival that Jiang Lai participated in last time. He clicked it and quickly browsed through it. The basic content was similar to what he and the young Gojo Satoru experienced.
Because it is a color comic and the background of the fireworks festival, the colors of these updates are particularly brilliant, beautiful and dreamy.
The overall painting filter still continues the warmth of this past chapter, with only one dim light and shadow - that is when the young boy Gojo Satoru asked, "Are you from the Supervisory Board?"
In the comic, a round of fireworks had just ended, and the light at the end of a relatively remote road was dim. An unknown [existence] with black hair and brown eyes stood at the junction of light and darkness, and the light from the bright lamps hanging on the street in the distance illuminated half of his profile.
Although it is still the same innocent smile as before, but with this kind of rendering, there is an inexplicable different atmosphere.
It is difficult to say at this moment what kind of emotions this situation brings to people.
Jiang Lai paused, but didn't have any special thoughts. He just sighed silently: After the Hell Filter got lost in time and space, has it finally found its way back? It's not easy! (bushi)
Just reading the comics doesn't give you much information, after all, these are things I have experienced personally.
Therefore, Jiang Lai opened a new series of forums for brainstorming, intending to see if there were any analytical experts.
[Ohh! This [Yesterday and the Past] chapter is indeed a fragmentary narration! Woohoo, these recent chapters are so beautiful, so beautiful that I'm taking screenshots like crazy. Lailai and the five young men are so beautiful, as gentle as the wind... It makes me wonder if what I opened is the legendary curse.]
[Fuck, this classification is too real. It makes me laugh to death.]
To be honest, it has been such a warm feeling recently. Both the style and the content are very healing. For a moment I thought I was watching "Natsume's Book of Friends".
I suggest Comrade One-Eyed Cat to absorb more of the essence of healing anime. For the past chapter, check out "Gojou's Book of Friends", and for the main story, check out "Itadori no Yuji: The Book of Friends". I love watching it. I have been so hurt by the original work that I only want to watch healing anime (tears)]
[jjxx: I understand. This makes everyone cry]
[Hahahaha, danger! Very dangerous! To be honest, I also feel a little uneasy. I always feel that the warmth in the beginning is all for the sword in the end. Something must have happened, otherwise why would Lai in the main story be drawn in that style...]
[Gam, don’t use knives, wuwuwu, I really like how they get along! Why do you have to torture them——]
[Well, to be honest, I think maybe Gojo Rai was originally the character in the main story? Did you notice that when the five boys asked the question of the supervisory board in the manga, the atmosphere on Rai's side was obviously wrong!!]
[…I also think that Lai Shen should know about the regulatory committee. Was he asking those questions on purpose?]
[It seems that Rai Shen knows a lot. He also mentioned the stitching thread in his conversation, which means he should know about the existence of the noose. It is just unclear how much he knows and what his attitude is towards it.]
[Also, when Gojo Satoru mentioned the person in his family whose appearance did not change due to the technique, Raishin's expression seemed to be in thought. It feels like that person is not simple either. Although he has not appeared clearly yet, it should be a foreshadowing.]
[Ah? No way? ? There really isn't a conspiracy or something? ? If Lai Shen was pretending and deliberately contacted Xiao Wu, I will never believe in father-son relationships again, wuwuwu!! QAQ]
【hhh what the hell is this father-son relationship upstairs!!】
【Everyone, relax. We have to believe in the father-son love that came from heaven (dog head). Maybe it was to cooperate with Five that Lai Shen pretended to be a bit more sinister so that it would be easier to infiltrate the villains, hahaha! 】
[Don't worry, everyone. In the episode "The Curse", aren't the decent protagonists more villainous than the villains in their daily lives? The underworld of Raishin in the main story further proves his decent identity! (Hand gesture)]
【Family, someone has drawn a handwritten copy of yesterday's episode! Hurry up! It's absolutely beautiful! 】
Jiang Lai roughly browsed the content of the forum and found that most of the plot discussions were similar to what he had guessed at the time.
In addition to analyzing the Supervisory Committee, everyone also focused on analyzing the conditions for allowing the three elders to participate.
In addition, apparently, they also noticed the elder member mentioned by Gojo Satoru who was younger than the others, but because there was no more information, they could not make a specific analysis.
By the way, the name Rai Shen…has the pronoun changed to “He”, and the nickname has changed to Rai Shen again?
Jiang Lai was silent for two seconds. He thought that in addition to writing scientific autobiographical novels, he could also write a history of human evolution, or a manual on becoming an immortal. It would surely sell well.
By the way, when I return to the world of science or the three-dimensional world, I will open another book about the story of the cursed world! It must be very exciting too.
His thoughts wandered as he opened the group chat again.
In the group files, various intelligence analyses are clearly stored by category, making it convenient for Jiang Lai to search.
Jiang Lai smiled and shared in the group the photos he had taken of beautiful fireworks and lively temple fairs, as well as some close-up photos of the speechless expression of the young Gojo Satoru.
[#大貓的貓胡子#: Summer fireworks show? It feels like we are switching between seasons. It’s still winter here (^^)]
[#又在工作过的镜鏡#: It is said that the street next to the Rice Flower Park will also organize a winter fireworks festival in a few days. I will send you some photos when the time comes so that you can enjoy it together.]
[#Good Luck Lai Lin#: Okay, I'll be looking forward to it then (curly dog combing its hair.gif)]
[#秋名山车神#: Oh, the boy in the last few pictures is Gojo Satoru? He's really cute.
[#Good Luck Lai Lin#: Yes! It looks like a beautiful cat with blue eyes! It’s rare to see such a genuine speechless expression, so I quickly took a picture of it]
[#Seriously doing scientific research Zhao#: This photo is a good reference. I drew a few of his emoticons based on it. Then I added a few of your emoticons to increase the activity of the tag]
[#Good Luck Comes#: ...emoticon pack?]
[#Seriously doing scientific research Zhao#: Don't worry, Brother Jiang Lai, I've been researching for a long time and will definitely make an emoticon package that will spread widely. I will definitely draw the essence of it that will make people share and forward it]
Jiang Lai's tactics retreat: What kind of essence is this? Is it the essence that the ghost creators share and forward?
However, it doesn't seem good to discourage the opponent's enthusiasm, after all, Kurosawa Akira has been studying it for so long... and emoticons do seem to help spread the word.
Jiang Lai paused and replied in the group:
[#Good Luck Lai Lin#: Okay, I'll be looking forward to it then - do you need my photo reference?]
[#Serious researcher Zhao#: No, I'm familiar with it.]
When Jiang Lai saw this sentence, he subconsciously recalled his facial expressions in daily life - then he realized that Xiao Zhao should be more familiar with his face, and there were photos of him there.
When he was about to reply with an emoticon, his sharp nerves sensed that something was approaching rapidly, and at the same time, those codes were also triggered, and they fed back information reminders to Jiang Lai like alarm bells!
A black figure suddenly jumped into the empty window of the abandoned building. A young man with a bun and strange bangs jumped in quickly and nimbly, with cursed spirits hanging around him and several bandages wrapped around his forehead.
It's Geto! Jiang Lai recognized him immediately, and then his eyes fixed. But what is this bandage...?
When he saw Jiang Lai holding a cell phone inside, he was obviously stunned, and then quickly shouted outside: "Hey, wait, Wu - there's someone else inside -"
Before he could finish his words, a huge "bang" was heard from overhead, and the whole building began to shake violently, with rubble and debris falling from above.
Before Jiang Lai could open his own spell barrier, a dragon-shaped cursed spirit had already risen up to block the collapsing building debris - it was the cursed spirit summoned by Maru-head Xia Yujie.
As the smoke and dust filled the air, a loud and arrogant voice came from above: "What did you just say, Jay? I have already destroyed the cursed spirit with one attack."
"There are still people here!" Xia Yujie retracted the cursed spirit that blocked his view and looked up. "I just said, wait until I finish checking the interior of the building, and then it won't be too late to attack."
"I've already checked with my six eyes, there's no one inside—" the voice came from far away in the sky.
懸浮在頭頂的是身穿純黑咒高制服，姿态頗為潇灑的白發之人。他從上方輕盈落下，眉梢挑起，動作大大咧咧地将墨鏡一把摘下，露出其後璀璨明亮的蒼天之瞳。
五條悟瞥了眼面前的江萊，接着單手捏着墨鏡腿，另只手拍了拍身側好友的肩膀，拖長尾音說：
“哪裏有人啊傑，眼前這個是妖怪啊妖怪，專騙小孩的邪惡老妖。”
“喂、悟，別這麽說話。”夏油傑露出半無奈的笑容，繼而轉向面前的江萊，“不好意思，以及不用害怕，目前的狀況……”
江萊展露笑顏：“沒關系，我知道的，祓除咒靈。”接着他轉向五條悟，“明明你小時候還挺可愛的。”
“哈？”五條悟哼了一聲，“上次我問你問題，你不回也就算了。最後招呼都不打一聲、吃吃喝喝玩完了就走。”
“拯救世界太忙了，你得理解。”江萊眨眨眼，“其實我态度很認真，你看你給我的這個側布包我還捎着呢。”
夏油傑聽了這幾句交流，反應過來，回憶道：“哦……我想起來了，這就是悟你之前閑聊時提過的[相處很好的友人]麽？”
“我什麽時候這麽說的！”五條悟當即瞪大漂亮的藍眸，“我沒說過這個詞吧？”
“但是聽起來就是關系很好的友人嘛。”夏油笑起狐貍顏，他接着和江萊說，“悟這家夥性子傲，嘴比較硬，其實還是很把你當朋友的。他和我們講過之前的故事。”
“喂——傑——”
“那我真是太感動了。”江萊彎彎眉眼。
“不過悟并沒有告訴過你的名字，”丸子頭少年禮貌道，“初次見面，我是夏油傑，請您多多指教。”
“初次見面。”江萊說，“不用敬語，稱呼我萊，或者五條萊，都可以。”
“或者？”夏油傑怔了一下。
“就是說，不是真名。”五條悟懶洋洋地說，“當時在神社裏遇見，我最初以為他是五條家的人，才補的五條這個姓——不過後來他問我年齡，我就知道他不是了。”
“大概用作妖怪在人間的化名吧。”五條悟哼哼道，“方便混入人群啦。”他在手中把玩了一下墨鏡，而後重新将其戴上。
“悟，別再這麽說了，要對長輩有尊重。”夏油傑提醒道。
“啊——傑你說什麽我聽不清——”五條悟雙手揣兜，仰頭望天，注意到有長方體湊近後、又猛地向旁邊一跳避開，“幹什麽幹什麽？都說了我的頭可是很寶貴的！！”
“我什麽時候說要敲你腦袋瓜了。”江萊微笑，指尖操縱着手機（古樸書冊）在空中悠哉劃了個圈，又回到手中，“我只是遛一遛書。”
“……書還要遛嗎。”
“當然，它是有靈性的。”江萊颔首回複，“某種意義上，比我還有靈性。”雖然聽起來像是胡扯，但其實是實話。
五條悟：“。”
夏油傑有點意外：“悟你還要躲？你不是開着無下限嗎。”
“那個離譜的東西能破開無下限，”五條悟邁開大長腿，晃悠着回原處，“大概是什麽特別的咒具。”
夏油傑盯着五條悟了幾秒，忽然又眯眯眼笑起：“所以你之前被敲過頭？原來天才六眼也會被敲腦袋瓜啊，我回去要分享給硝子。”
“喂——傑——”五條悟拖長聲音，他開玩笑般出手錘了下，“打一架吧！”
江萊微笑着在旁邊看兩人根本沒認真起來的打鬧，隔了幾秒，突兀開口道：“對了，你們來祓除咒靈，放[帳]了嗎？”
夏油傑&五條悟（豆豆眼）：“……欸？好像、忘了。”
江萊頓了一秒：“看來，今日新聞又要多一起管道爆炸事件了。”
“雖然但是，管道爆炸不太能是上半部分損毀吧。”夏油傑嘆了口氣，“上半部分的損毀有點難以解釋，只能辛苦輔助監督和後勤在民衆圍過來之前，盡快趕來了。”
“沒事沒事，我來處理——你們先出去就行。”五條悟擺擺手，示意夏油傑和江萊到外面去。
“你要幹嘛，悟？”夏油傑略微蹙眉。
“放心，我有充足經驗！”五條悟昂了昂頭，明銳的陽光從天際灑下，映亮他臉上揚起的肆意笑容，“就交給我吧。”他自信道。
之後。
在夏油傑和江萊的注視下，又是“轟”一聲劇烈爆響，不遠處下半部分廢棄建築轟然倒塌！
五條悟高高興興地出來了：“好了，我把剩下的半部分也炸了！”
夏油傑：“……”
江萊（微笑）：“看來得想一個比管道爆炸更大的爆炸，才能有如此斷壁殘垣。”
面前的白發少年聞言高高地挑了挑眉，再度往後丢了個[蒼]——又是一陣天搖地動，地面出現一個大坑，曾經矗立在此的廢棄建築完全消失，地面只剩殘渣。
“行了，沒有斷壁殘垣了，幹淨。”他頗為滿意地拍拍手，“怎麽樣？”
夏油傑：“……”
江萊（微笑）：“不錯，可以考慮天降隕石這個更合理的理由了。”
“好，返程！”五條悟晃了晃手指，語氣歡快。
他側頭看向江萊，墨鏡順着鼻梁下滑，露出其後奪目的藍眸，“你這次是要打招呼再消失？……還是和我們回高專？”
江萊瞥了眼自己的手機（書冊），上面并沒有倒計時，大概一時半會不會時空傳送。這個時候找一個落腳點是最好的。
他眨眨眼，笑道：“我可以去嗎。”
“有什麽關系——高專那麽多空宿舍。”五條悟随意地攤手，“随便收拾出來一個給你住就是了。或者你其實不需要？反正你是[存在]。”
“我的意思是，外人可以進麽。”江萊道。
“客人是可以進的。”夏油傑溫和道，“只要報備記錄一下，通過結界就可以。”
“說不定他不用報備就可以過結界呢。”五條悟思索着，“[存在]既不是人，也不是咒靈，應該和空氣、陽光、風一樣，不屬于被攔截的一方吧。”
江萊心中一頓，覺得五條悟這個解釋非常合理。
江萊：很好，拿來補充設定！.jpg
于是他恰到好處地微微一笑，作為某種肯定。
“……”夏油傑愣了一秒，“這麽神奇嗎。”
“其實你可以當我是神仙。”江萊眨眼，和身邊的丸子頭少年道，“這樣是不是好理解了？”
“是千年老妖——”五條悟在旁邊擡腔。
“不過，我去你們的學校，自然還是要提前報備通知一聲的。”江萊說，“一方面是禮貌，一方面也是為了放心——主要是讓你們老師放心。”
“嗯，我和夜蛾老師說一聲。”夏油傑掏出自己的手機，給老師發送一條訊息報備。順便也給輔助監督那邊發了消息，告知他們目前這棟建築的現狀。
在他垂頭的時候，一側的碎發自然滑下，黑色發絲與白色繃帶形成鮮明的對比。
江萊的注意力再度回到了對方纏繞的繃帶上。他還記得當時在正篇時間線的小巷中，來找液體狐貍咒靈的“夏油傑”。
對方當時沒有與他交談，臉上也挂着窺不出任何信息的笑容。只有額頭纏繞的白色繃帶，讓在場的江萊心緒起伏。
江萊曾經看過原著的公式書，他知道，因為束縛的緣故，腦花無法治愈頭頂的縫合線傷疤。
但是能否遮擋，獨眼貓沒有提及。原著裏的腦花沒有遮擋過那道縫合線，大概是因為額頭處的痕跡無法用頭發完全遮擋，而用繃帶之類的東西始終纏繞也讓人起疑，本質上沒有什麽用。
（當然，另一種可能，應該是獨眼貓為了讓讀者好認）。
總之，那時候遇見“夏油傑”，讓江萊心中頓時浮起真假判斷的疑雲。
但此時此刻，在短暫的相處之後，江萊認為眼前之人應該不是腦花，而是真正的高專時期的夏油傑。
繃帶并不是後期才纏繞的，在新系列裏，高專時期的夏油傑便用其遮擋住額頭——但是，為什麽？繃帶下面有什麽？
似乎是察覺到江萊的視線，發完信息的夏油傑擡起頭，視線轉過來，和煦問道：“怎麽了？”
“嗯……”江萊頓了頓，一時不知道該怎麽開口詢問。
旁邊的五條悟三兩下邁步過來，嘻嘻笑着開玩笑道：“幹嘛呀，妖怪先生？怎麽總盯着傑，不過傑确實有幾分姿色，當然我比他更加帥氣，至少眼睛大多了——”
夏油傑：“……悟。”
被五條悟這一打岔，江萊額角黑線一瞬，又回歸平靜，微笑回複道：“容貌各有千秋無法評價，但是傑君的性格的确更好呢。”
“喂喂、什麽啊——”
“謝謝。”夏油傑笑了下，接着他指了指自己的額頭，“嗯……你剛才是想問這個嗎？”