Chapter 37 "What is that guy Naoya looking at?"

Zenin Naoya held onto the railing at the last moment and did not fall onto the grass outside. A series of small copper bells hanging beside him clashed with each other as he moved, making crisp jingling sounds.

Jiang Lai had originally prepared for Naoya to jump up and counterattack, but the blond-haired boy just looked dazed, staring at the ground with his eyes raised, as if he didn't react at all.

Oh, okay, then give the other person some personal thinking space.

Jiang Lai withdrew his gaze, but had no intention of standing there waiting for the other party.

He walked away leisurely, ignoring the blond boy beside him.

At the corner at the end of the corridor, there were two girls with dark green hair. They had been cautiously clinging to the corner wall to watch, but now they noticed a figure with a black and gold fox mask walking towards them. They tried to hide in panic, but there was no shelter here.

The dark blue figure walked slowly towards me, and when he turned a corner, he raised his hand slightly.

It was not an attacking move. The dark sleeves had somehow extended to a flowing style that reached the ground, and when the man raised his hands slightly, it was as if he had put up an invisible barrier, hiding the figures of the little girls.

The man in the black and gold mask gestured and gathered them to his side.

The two kids hesitated for a moment, then followed the figure and left the place naturally under the cover of the wide sleeves.

—— Jiang Lai had actually noticed the two little ones here a long time ago. That was why he stopped at first.

He had no intention of confronting Zenin Naoya directly. With a bit of fun in mind, he always left a perfect back view of the other party, intending to take a leisurely walk with him.

However, after walking to this relatively remote place, he noticed two little ones leaning against the wall and eating rice balls.

They seemed to have caught a glimpse of someone approaching, and they hurriedly hid the rice balls.

The little girl I met last night saw Jiang Lai and her eyes widened for a moment. Just as she was about to say something, she heard the sound of footsteps chasing her. After hesitating for a second, she pulled the girl next to her, who was probably her sister, and whispered, "Hide here, Zhenyi...!" Then she hid in the corner.

Jiang Lai stopped walking, and his guess from last night was confirmed in his mind - the two little girls with dark green hair and similar appearance were indeed the young Zenin Maki and Mayi.

It seems that they are not having a good time here. The closed Zenin family in the new series is even colder than the one in the original book.

If she continued to walk at the same speed, the two little ones would probably be spotted by their cousin Naoya before they could run away. And they seemed to be worried about being discovered eating rice balls here.

Jiang Lai thought for a few seconds and decided to stop and meet Zenin Naoya.

If the two children just run around, they can have some free time.

If the two children continue to hide there, they will see a good show and see for themselves that their arrogant cousin Naoya is not as powerful as they imagined.

Jiang Lai switched his mask to black and gold, stood firmly in place, waiting for the blond boy chasing him from behind to arrive.

In Naoya's continuous provocative dialogue, he calmly used the technique to start editing the code trap in advance, waiting for the big fool to jump over and trigger it.

The arrogant, young and energetic Zenin Naoya did not notice the fluctuations of cursed power in the air around him. Just as Jiang Lai expected, his anger surged and he rushed over to take off his mask.

Like a moth stubbornly thrown into a spider's web.

Jiang Lai recalled the scene just now, and the corners of his lips under the mask curled up slightly.

Since he was still a guest at Zenin's house, he didn't do anything to Naoya in the end. He just poked the boy's forehead and pushed him into the hanging bell as a subtle warning to Naoya not to bother him in the future.

At this moment, while Zenin Naoya was still in a daze, Jiang Lai protected Maki and Mayi and asked them to leave this place, so that Master Naoya would not go crazy and affect the two little ones.

After walking out of the copper bell corridor area and arriving at a remote side courtyard, young Zenin Maki emerged from under the cover of her sleeves.

Seeing this, Jiang Lai stopped and gently shook his sleeves to restore them to their original fitting length.

He was in no hurry to leave because the little girl in front of him looked like she wanted to say something to him.

Zenin Maki took her sister Mayi and bowed politely, "Thank you for your help with the bracelet yesterday." She raised her head and spoke clearly, "Please rest assured, I have not mentioned this to anyone else except my sister."

——Which means to keep Jiang Lai’s unknown patrol last night a secret.

Zenin Maki has no sense of belonging to this feudal family, so she would not report these things in detail to the so-called elders, not to mention that someone in front of her helped her last night.

"..." Jiang Lai did not reply, but nodded slightly to indicate that he heard it.

"I...heard from others that there are outsiders visiting, and among them is said to be a monster." Zenin Maki continued in a low voice, "Are you the great monster?"

Jiang Lai tilted his head slightly, and the black and gold mask on his face naturally switched back to silver-white, and the vermilion between his eyebrows seemed to have life and changed into new patterns.

And this is like a silent confirmation response.

Zenin Maki paused for a second. Then, she pursed her lips, raised her head, and said in a childish but firm voice: "...Can you please teach us how to become stronger? In exchange, I will sell you my soul... Is that okay?"

Shinji, who was standing beside her, heard her sister's words and pulled her sleeve to say something. However, Zenin Maki held her sister's hand and continued:

"Or, can you take me and my sister away from here? Just take my sister away and find a good family, and I can stay and work for you."

Jiang Lai raised his eyebrows slightly under the mask when he heard this.

Obviously, their understanding of monsters is still what children have heard about in the stories of gods, ghosts and monsters. If they want to make a deal, they have to sell their souls and work like slaves.

From what Zenin Maki said, it seems that she doesn't want to stay in Zenin's house. It seems that this place is not a good place for them.

Jiang Lai briefly considered taking them with him, but then more questions arose.

Their mother should still be around, and the separation of the two children would most likely affect their mother. Moreover, even if they were taken away, the only place they could go seemed to be the technical college, and that would require the consent of the technical college staff.

In addition, he was not always here, and the countdown would be triggered again at any time. Jiang Lai could not accompany them all the time, and if he wanted to take them away, he would need to find an additional caretaker.

Young Chanin Shin'ei held her sister's hand, her voice a little like a child's cry: "Don't leave... Mom is gone, I can't be without my sister anymore."

Mom is gone...? Jiang Lai was slightly startled. In the new series, did their mother die?

However, this background seems to explain why the two children are in such a situation.

The father doesn't care, the mother has passed away, and although the uncle is the head of the family, he is busy with various things every day and most of the time he can't pay attention to the two little ones with weak presence. In addition, the Zenin family has always been gender-discriminatory and extreme Darwinism.

Jiang Lai stared at the two little ones in front of him. Zenin Maki Tamaki hugged her sister, bit her lip and looked at him with a firm gaze.

She will become an independent sorcerer in the future, but now she is still a child.

But Jiang Lai remained silent. He knew that he might be able to take the two little ones away from the Zen temple without any worries, but he had not yet figured out how to arrange for the sisters in the future.

Promises are very important. Jiang Lai didn't want the two children to experience even greater disappointment after hope, so he didn't speak for the time being.

Seeing this, the little girl with dark green hair lowered her head slightly, her expression unable to hide her disappointment. But she still tried to speak clearly: "…I'm sorry, these are the only chips I can use for the deal. I'm sorry if I offended you by proposing such an unreasonable deal."

Zenin Maki let go of her sister, wiped her face, and bowed again: "Anyway, thank you for your help before."

The wind blew across the hem of his clothes, and the navy blue figure in front of him stood still for a moment, then squatted down and lowered his field of vision so that the two little ones didn't have to look up at him.

"The day we leave," he said, "if I take you away, I will wait for you under the tree in your side yard at nine o'clock in the evening."

Upon hearing this, young Zenin Maki looked up in surprise. She suddenly realized that this was the first time the big demon in front of her spoke - his voice was completely different from the cold and hard voice she had imagined a demon to have, and was very calm and gentle.

"If I don't come to pick you up, don't feel hopeless," he continued, "because you all have the ability to break free from your own constraints and walk out of this iron house."

"..." The two little kids blinked their eyes, still looking a little dazed.

The giant demon wearing a fox mask in front of him said no more. He waved his hand lightly as a temporary farewell.

The figure was graceful and unrestrained. Amid the rolling clouds, he waved his sleeves and left the spot, just as nimbly as before.

Zenin Maki stopped where she was. She was stunned for a few seconds and stared down at her own hands.

The tender little hands seemed powerless at the moment, but they seemed to contain the potential to break through infinite shackles - because they were her own hands.

Although everything seems the same on the surface, Zenin Maki's heart has been shaken like a stone thrown into a lake, causing ripples that are different from those of an old feudal family.

——

Jiang Lai walked back from outside the training ground and sat back in his seat under the parasol.

Next to him, Geto Xia Yu tilted his head and asked with concern, "Is it solved?"

He was the one who knew what Jiang Lai was going to do when he stood up just now - as early as when Jiang Lai raised his face to look around, Xia Yujie noticed that something was wrong.

Therefore, Geto Suguru also became alert and kept his eyes narrowed while observing secretly. Then, he also noticed the blond boy with sharp eyes on the other side of the training ground.

Actually, Geto Suguru didn't know Zenin Naoya originally, he just heard about him from his good friends.

Before coming to the Zenin family, Gojo Satoru casually talked about a lot of things about the Zenin family, including some complaints about Zenin Naoya, saying that he was a mean-mouthed person with a strong sense of vengeance, and it was best to stay away from him and ignore him.

At the beginning of the training, all the students signed up. That's how Geto Suguru got to know what Zenin Naoya looked like.

At that time, seeing Zenoin Naoya continuing to stare at this side with an unhappy look on his face, Kagome Jie understood why the person next to him raised his head - probably because he noticed the gaze that was staring at him.

Xia Yujie originally wanted to say something, but after noticing the subtle gestures of the people next to him, he swallowed his words back.

Maybe Lai has his own plans, he thought. No need to get involved.

Then, when Jiang Lai stood up and left, and the blond boy hurriedly followed him in the distance, Xia Yujie guessed that they were going to find another place to solve the problem.

At this moment, facing the concerned question from Geto, Jiang Lai said with a smile: "It's solved. It's not too much, just a simple warning."

"Oh, I'm glad it's resolved." Xia Youjie replied gently, sitting up straight again and adjusting the cursed spirits in the field.

In the center of the training ground, Gojo Satoru had finished basking in the sun and was tired of attacking people around him with his wooden sword or wooden darts. He simply stood up from his recliner, stretched his back, and began to "kill".

Almost no one in the field could withstand Gojo Satoru's attack, and they were thrown out of the effective circle of the training field one after another.

The cursed spirit that Geto Summer Oil controlled at this time was used to politely catch several younger children who flew out in the field to prevent them from falling and getting hurt.

Jiang Lai's half-moon eyes were revealed under the mask. His gaze moved around casually, and suddenly a familiar figure flashed into his field of vision.

Not far away, the blond boy I had just met was walking back slowly with his head half lowered and his eyes fixed on the ground.

The servant noticed Zenin Naoya and immediately went to greet him, but Naoya pushed him away rudely and he almost fell down.

Sensing that his young master was in a bad mood, the servant did not ask any more questions or do anything unnecessary, but stood by his side as obediently as a stone.

Zenin Naoya did not enter the training ground. He returned to the outer platform where he had been before, his eyes still fixed on the ground, his hands crossed, his expression changing several times like a color palette, and no one knew what was going on in his mind.

The bustling noise in the training ground seemed to be separated from the blond boy by a layer and could not attract his attention.

After a brief pause, Zenoin Naoya raised his head and looked towards the other side of the training ground again.

——Those upturned green fox eyes pierced through the chaotic crowd in the training ground, staring at me from afar as if they were real and piercing.

On the other side of the training ground.

The ball-headed boy paused for a moment, then turned his head and said to Jiang Lai, "Are you sure you've solved it?" He said hesitantly in a low voice, "Why do I feel like he seems to be more... than before?"

Jiang Lai: “.”

Jiang Lai: "Give him a few more beatings next time."

Xia Yujie pondered, "Uh, is it because I didn't hit him lightly?"

Jiang Lai had a blank expression on his face: "...No matter what, just beat him up and that's it."

Xia Yujie was stunned for a second, then tilted his head slightly, revealing his usual foxy face: "It's a good idea - but don't worry, we'll only stay at the Zenin family for three days."

"After we leave... they won't leave the Zenin family." Xia Yujie spread his hands slightly and said, "Although I'm not very familiar with the Yusan family, I also know that the Zenin family is notoriously suspicious and closed. They rarely accept missions outside, so they arranged for us who know them well to come and train them."

...But can this model really last long? Jiang Lai never thought that closing the door to danger would be the answer.

He looked through the fox mask at the walls and barriers that lined up one after another of the Zenin family's buildings.

It's like a fortress, like a prison.

Jiang Lai inevitably recalled the Zenin Maki and Mayi whom he had just met. Obviously, this place was just a feudal prison for the two of them.

However, he has not yet decided who should be asked to take care of the two little ones if he really takes them out of the monastery.

If the two of them want to become sorcerers in the future, Tokyo Jujutsu High School might be a suitable place, he thought. But if he really wants to take them there, he needs to make advance arrangements.

In front of him, all the students in the training ground were cleaned up by Gojo Satoru. He raised his head slightly, glanced at the students lying around, and said lazily:

"Is it possible? You should all practice hard, your level is so low."

The white-haired boy waved his hands, left the center of the training ground in a very arrogant manner, and walked towards Jiang Lai and Xia Yujie.

After taking a few steps closer with his long legs, Gojo Satoru lifted his sunglasses with one hand to reveal his beautiful blue eyes, and pointed backwards with the other hand:

"By the way, what is that guy Naoya looking at? Why is he staring at this place?"

Jiang Lai said calmly, "Looking for a fight."

Gojo Satoru: “?”

Xia Yujie smiled with narrowed eyes, then coughed and changed the subject: "By the way, Wu. Be gentle during the training in the next two days and don't cause any trouble. Teacher Ye Moth asked us to return as soon as possible after completing our mission."

"What's wrong?" Gojo Satoru raised his eyebrows and pouted, "I want to play around Kyoto for a while—"

Xia Yujie turned on his phone, turned to Gojo Satoru, and said, "Teacher Yega sent an email just now, saying that there is a very important escort mission coming up soon, and asked us to go back and prepare as soon as possible."

An important escort mission? Jiang Lai's heart skipped a beat.

Considering the current time point... could it be a stellar plasma event?