Chapter 3: Equipment with a sense of self-innovation!
The place where the real person was standing happened to be the road that Jiang Lai had to pass through, and his pair of heterochromatic eyes, one gray and one blue, were about to turn here.
"..." Jiang Lai's expression remained the same. He did not show any difference from the people around him. He just stopped slightly and adjusted his collar with one hand to give himself more time to think before the distance shortened.
It was at this moment that his hand, which was adjusting his collar, suddenly felt something touching——
Jiang Lai was shocked to find that the USB necklace on his neck had turned into a strange feather-shaped pendant!
The material of the white feather-shaped pendant is unknown. It feels as cool as jade, but it is not jade.
Jiang Lai: The USB flash drive has become a pendant. It is hard to say whether it is a profit or a loss (bushi)
He quickly lowered his hands and did not rub the necklace for too long. After all, now was not the time to delve into this.
The most important thing right now is to leave here as if nothing has happened and keep as safe a distance as possible from the standing special cursed spirit.
——As long as you pretend not to see the other person and don't show your own uniqueness, you generally won't attract the attention of such things.
Jiang Lai knew it very well in his mind. He took another step forward and walked towards the platform, pulling his suitcase.
The warm brown eyes were extremely calm, and they were not focused when they passed by the front. The black-haired young man was no different from the passers-by around him, like a drop of water blending into the river.
However, the real person did not continue to wander his eyes as before, but unexpectedly kept looking over here!
The coming and going of the crowd blocked Jiang Lai's view, so that his peripheral vision could not catch a glimpse of the other person's expression.
“……!”
He put the phone in his pocket and tightened his fingers slightly.
...What is that guy looking at? Is he looking at me, or is he simply stopping his shaking eyes on this side?
Although Jiang Lai was alert in his heart, he remained calm on the surface. He looked at the sign in front of him and walked towards the corresponding platform following the call on the radio.
The distance gradually shortened.
Three meters, two meters, one meter.
The blue-haired young man with crisscrossed seams on his face tilted his head to one side.
Jiang Lai's expression remained unchanged as he passed by the Special Curse Spirit Master without even looking away.
One meter, two meters, three meters.
They gradually drifted away.
In the end, the cursed spirit standing there did not make any special movements.
The moment he stepped into the tram and the door closed, Jiang Lai pretended to look back inadvertently and glanced out the window.
The real person outside the window is still standing at the pillar, looking over here.
Across a long distance, the other person suddenly smiled, his hand swelled up, raised high, and waved as if to say hello.
Jiang Lai: “…”
It has quite a horror movie effect.
He chose to ignore it and continue to pretend not to see it.
When the time came, the train started and drove away from the station. The figure of the special cursed spirit disappeared behind it.
Jiang Lai put his suitcase away, sat down, and finally relaxed. He exhaled silently, and his back was slightly sweaty.
Although I don’t know why the real person paid attention to me, fortunately there was no head-on conflict, and everything is fine as long as nothing happens (at least for now).
He had not expected to encounter a super-cursed spirit at the very beginning... But on the bright side, if this scene were drawn in the comics, it would probably increase the setting value and attract more attention.
Jiang Lai thought for a second whether to anonymously report that a special cursed spirit had appeared here. But there was no 110 in the curse world, and he didn't know where to report it.
And on second thought, the observation agency [Window] in the Curse Back World must be able to sense it and has probably sent people to deal with it now.
I am a newcomer here and don't know much about this world, not to mention that I am not clear about my own situation at the moment, so it is better for me to keep observing.
Jiang Lai looked out the car window, his blurry image reflected on the glass, and he noticed the necklace around his neck.
He raised his hand, touched the necklace that had suddenly changed from a USB flash drive to an unknown feather pendant, and took it off.
Under the light, the white feather ornaments strangely present a kind of vaguely transparent effect. Jiang Lai rubbed it with the tip of his thumb, feeling the fine texture on it.
…At that time, the USB flash drive necklace was an important aid to me on the scientific set. Now that it has come to Curse Return and has been turned into such a pendant by the will of the world, it is probably not as simple as a decoration.
Jiang Lai pondered. He didn't know what material it was made of or what its specific function was.
At the moment, it seems that I can't sense anything. It can't be the rumored blood-dropping to open it...? ?
He twitched his lips and turned the thin feather ornament between his fingers. Under the light, it became more transparent.
——Wait! This doesn’t seem to be the effect of the lights!
Jiang Lai pinched the feather pendant and took a closer look.
...This thing does seem to have become more transparent.
As Jiang Lai frowned and observed the necklace in his hand, the tram stopped at a new station and people got on and off one after another.
A passenger passing by accidentally stepped on his foot, but he screamed out before Jiang Lai did: "...Wow! There's actually someone there!!"
Jiang Lai wasn't hurt by the step (because the other person just brushed against the edge of his shoe), but he was startled by the sudden loud noise, and he looked up.
The passenger apologized hastily and embarrassedly: "Uh, no, I'm sorry, I was probably distracted just now and didn't notice you at all. I'm really sorry, sir!"
Didn't he notice me at all...? At such a close distance, my figure should still be very obvious, right?
Jiang Lai blinked and replied politely: "It's okay."
The man apologized again and hurried off the tram.
It seemed that they had just arrived at a big station, and many people got off the train, so the carriage where Jiang Lai was located became empty. After the train started moving again, he turned his attention back to the necklace in his hand.
The translucent pendant lying in the palm of your hand looks very beautiful.
After a pause, Jiang Lai repeated the same action again - rubbing from top to bottom with the tip of his thumb.
Under the light, the feather ornaments become more transparent, as clear as crystal glass.
Can you adjust the transparency yourself? It should be more than just for looks.
Jiang Lai narrowed his eyes, thought for a few seconds, then looked up at the window opposite - there was no longer any reflection of him on the clean glass window, only the image of the seat remained.
“…”
Oh wow. He blinked. Interesting.
Jiang Lai put his hand on the necklace and changed the direction to the opposite of before, and now stroked it from bottom to top with his fingertips.
As he moved, the feather pendant returned from the crystal glass to its previous translucent effect. Jiang Lai wiped it from bottom to top again, and the feather pendant gradually became fuller and turned back to its original white color.
His clear reflection reappeared in the car window opposite.
Jiang Lai stared at his reflection in the car window, lost in thought.
Combining the findings just now, this feather pendant can be adjusted. It becomes solid from bottom to top and becomes transparent from top to bottom.
The more transparent it becomes, the less likely it will be discovered.
Combining the world view of the curse here, Jiang Lai came up with a bold guess:
This unique feather pendant necklace allows him to perform a certain conversion effect between a cursed spirit and a human.
The more transparent the feather ornament is, the more likely it is to be a cursed spirit. So when it was semi-transparent, it was difficult for ordinary people to detect it, and when it was completely transparent, there was no reflection of itself on the car window (cursed spirits cannot be detected by ordinary people, so naturally there is no reflection).
Thinking in this way, it seems that it can explain why the real person paid attention to him just now? Jiang Lai recalled.
When he touched the necklace around his neck, he rubbed it a few times - perhaps it just happened to shift a little towards the cursed spirit.
So at that time, I looked like a human being, but I could sense a bit of a cursed spirit? Jiang Lai touched his chin.
There should be no such thing in reality. It is indeed very magical. If you take a closer look at it in real life, you may understand why it is so rare.
I just don't know how the other party guessed him.
Jiang Lai lowered his eyes and stared at the feather pendant.
Perhaps through regulation, this could allow him to switch between a sorcerer and an ordinary person... but he hasn't figured out its more detailed uses yet.
By the way, from this test on the train, it can be seen that the feather pendant necklace can also be transformed when held in the hand. It seems that you don't need to wear it to work.
After analyzing this, Jiang Lai smiled silently.
Although not offensive, being able to switch between identities freely is a good thing - as the saying goes, if you can't beat them, join them (bushi)!
The USB flash drive that originally carried countless data and self-compiled codes has suddenly become a pendant necklace, but this pendant has special abilities and is not a loss.
He put the necklace back on and leaned back in his chair.
The tram was moving fast. Jiang Lai looked at the route map and saw that there were still a few stops to his destination.
What I just said was just my own guesswork. I wonder if the comics will give a detailed description. He thought. Anyway, there is still some time before I get off the bus, so why not search online?
Even if there is no update, you can take a look at the preview of the new series mentioned by Matsuda on the phone and extract some information from it.
...Since I can make phone calls, then my phone should be able to connect to the world of science and read comics, right?
Jiang Lai thought so and turned on his cell phone.
After some simple exploration, he found that his mobile phone could log in to three places: the three-dimensional world (for reporting safety to family and friends in the real world), the world of science (for contacting science friends, reading comics and forums), and the cursed world (where he is now).
Jiang Lai: Well, you are indeed the real protagonist, Mobile Phone.jpg
He found the promotional materials and the pilot comic posted online, and the content was the same as what Jinpei Matsuda said on the phone.
Jiang Lai took a general look at it and then went to the scientific world forum to look for clues for analysis.
Because Matsuda said he would help analyze the intelligence from Japan, Jiang Lai habitually went to the Chinese forum to check the information, so that he could have both Chinese and Japanese (?)
There are many posts on the corresponding comics forum surrounding the promotion of the new series and the pilot comics of Curse Returns. Jiang Lai clicked on the hot real-time discussion post at the top.
[A new series is out, and it’s in full color! Thanks for the simultaneous update in Chinese and Japanese, and thanks for the official translation! But can the new series be more secular? Woohoo, I’m dying after reading the original novel QAQ My Jie Ge, my Nana Ming…]
[Give up, sister. Look at the background in the pilot manual of this new series. Why do I feel like it can open up a new underworld mode? (No Mercy)]
[Gojo-sensei!! I'm dying if I can't see Gojo-sensei!! (crawling in the dark.gif) The cursed spirit in this movie is so powerful, shouldn't Gojo-sensei have some special skills? ]
[5t5 is already the strongest, no need to add any special skills, it is already the pinnacle of martial arts - I am the only one in the world! ]
Jiang Lai quickly scanned the upper floors, scrolled to the back, and found the discussion surrounding the final scene.
[By the way, who is the silhouette at the end of the pilot comic? Why can't I recognize it? ? (The image is a bit blurry, but it looks pretty good ww)]
[It's a new character, I don't have much impression of him. Or maybe he just drew a picture, a passerby in the picture...? ]
Passerby? NO! Jiang Lai immediately registered an account and left a message online:
[#大预测家#: It can't be a passerby, right? Nothing in the pilot comic is superfluous, there must be a sequel. This must be a foreshadowing at the beginning, there will be lines and introductions later. ]
Others also left comments in the real-time forum: [One more comment, it can’t be a passerby, or else this passerby is too detailed - and pay attention, he is on the phone!! It’s just that I don’t know who is on the other end of the phone (thinking)]
[It’s getting exciting… I don’t know if it’s from the protagonist’s side or the enemy’s side…]
[Cursed spirits don't need phones, I'm going to suppress a new helper for the human camp! But when it comes to phones, my first reaction is to assist in the supervision of xs. Is it because Ichichi is not enough? Another hh]
[↑↑Hahaha, go read the first episode that was just updated! It will definitely shatter your assumption that he is an assistant supervisor! He is from the Gojo family!!]
[What, an update!? The first chapter is out?! So fast? ? ]
Out? Jiang Lai was also surprised for a moment. He had just left the forum when he received a message from Matsuda Jinpei.
[#松田陣平#: The comic has been updated, Jiang Lai. Click here → (link)]
A few seconds passed.
[#松田陣平#: And, your creation of the atmosphere was very successful.]