Chapter 39 "Can you please keep it with me?"

They took Zenin Maki and Zenin Mai back to Tokyo High School. Gojo Satoru had sent a message to the person who was picking them up in advance, so the car that came to pick them up this time was a larger commercial vehicle.

After Jiang Lai left the Zenin family, he removed the fox mask on his face and it disappeared.

This action was a little sudden for the two little ones beside him. They opened their eyes wide in shock and were a little at a loss.

Jiang Lai responded with a gentle and normal smile: "This is my usual look. I covered it up when I was at the Zen temple before because I didn't want to show my face."

The two little ones subconsciously looked away, then looked back secretly after a while. They seemed to find it incredible to see the true face of the "monster".

Maki and Mayi were still children, not very good at hiding their gazes, so they said they were secretly looking back, but in fact their actions were very obvious. But Jiang Lai simply pretended not to notice, not to add pressure to them, and let the two children just look enough.

They quickly walked out of the area surrounding the monastery and arrived at where the vehicles were parked.

Maki and Mayi's tense hearts finally calmed down after leaving the Zenin family and getting in the car, but sleepiness gradually overwhelmed them.

Xia Yujie noticed that the two little ones were trying hard to sit properly despite their eyelids drooping. He smiled gently and said to them, "Take a nap if you want. We still have a long way to go. We will take a nap too. You don't have to be so nervous."

"...Okay." The two kids nodded, and after hearing such friendly instructions, they relaxed and leaned back in their seats.

Then, Geto took out an eye patch from his backpack and threw it to Gojo Satoru: "This is yours."

"Oh, thank you, Jie!" Gojo Satoru took it naturally and turned it over several times. "Why is it pure black without any decoration?"

"It's for sleeping, why do you need so many decorations?" Xia Yujie was a little speechless, "Besides, this should be comfortable for you to wear."

"Actually, no matter what kind, my eyes can see through it, but this kind of feedback is indeed a little less." Gojo Satoru replied casually, took off his sunglasses, put on the eye mask on his face, and said, "Go to sleep!"

Jiang Lai doesn't need sleep and doesn't feel sleepy, but he feels mentally tired from always thinking and being alert.

Therefore, when everyone in the car was resting, he also closed his eyes and rested for a while.

After the car had driven half the distance, Jiang Lai felt that he had almost recovered. He opened his eyes and looked down at his mobile phone.

——After I became a non-human, even the feeling of motion sickness and blurred vision disappeared. I can look at my phone in the car without any discomfort.

At this time, there is still no countdown text in the upper right corner of the phone.

Logically speaking, it should be about time. Jiang Lai estimated in his mind. If not today, then tomorrow.

During this free time, he opened the official website of the latest new series and planned to review it from a bird's eye view.

The extra updates are about the Zenin family, all the way to the last scene - the two little ones, beside the navy blue monster, step by step walked out of the spacious and magnificent family building, towards an empty but hopeful road ahead.

From the manga, Jiang Lai learned that when he first came to the Zenin family, the different figure outside the reception room was Zenin Naoya. He heard that there was a monster and came here to expose it, and waited there until they left.

When the meeting was over, Jiang Lai walked out with a dignified manner. Every move he made was quite leisurely and mysterious, like a great demon from the other world. The charms flowing on his sleeves and hakama changed with every breath.

The crowd of people pouring out of the conference room formed a natural barrier, separating Zenin Naoya from the one standing there. The blond boy raised his eyes and stared at the fox-masked figure, pursing his lips.

So he was planning to find his own business from this moment on. Seeing this, Jiang Lai's thoughts wandered for a second. He thought that he was looking for trouble because he was unhappy with me taking a leisurely rest at the training ground.

The rest of the content is similar to what Jiang Lai experienced. Except for one thing.

In the comic, when Jiang Lai went out for the first night patrol, someone was also awake late at night in another unknown building in the Zen temple.

In a room covered with spells, several unidentified people sat around a low wooden table, talking calmly. The content of their conversation was marked in a bubble box.

"…Rokugan didn't carry any extra items."

"What about the others?"

“Nothing special.”

"Let's try again next time. The prophecy won't be wrong."

These few words are left here in a vague way, which seems a bit abrupt. For a moment, Jiang Lai typed a huge emoticon in his heart: Curse back to the set and don't use the riddler anymore! .jpg

Although he is often a mystery teller, Jiang Lai doesn't want to meet other mystery tellers at all.

Rubbing his temple with one hand, he continued his analysis calmly.

Although there are only a few scattered sentences here, the key elements can be seen - obviously, these people's focus is on Gojo Satoru, but not for himself.

The unidentified people seemed to be looking for something, and they firmly believed that what they were looking for was on Rokugan or around him.

...Why? Jiang Lai's eyes were fixed on the last sentence. Because of the prophecy?

Cursed back to the world, still talking about prophecy? Jiang Lai raised his eyebrows slightly. But I don't know whose prophecy it is, and what the specific content of the prophecy is.

Since it is related to the Six Eyes, I will try to pay more attention to information related to Gojo Satoru in the future.

He kept this clue in mind.

Then, Jiang Lai opened a new series of forums to see what netizens thought.

[Naoya the pig has appeared! I didn't expect that Zenin Naoya would actually want to cause trouble for Raishen hhh, could it be that the one who only plays high-end games this time is not Louhu but Naoya? (dog head)]

[The god Lai in the Zenin family dungeon is so handsome! He easily defeated Naoya, and the scene where the book is pushed into the bronze bell is so elegant! I watched it at least five times! ! The mysterious demon Lai Lai is full of charm! ]

[But, for no reason, a picture popped up in my mind (laughing to death): Gojo Satoru: Protest, I want to protest! Why is it so easy to hit the pig but so hard to hit me! ]

[Because Naoya's brain can't take the beating anymore (no mercy) Speaking of which, Naoya Pig started to stare at Lai Shen again. I don't know if he is dissatisfied and wants to get rid of him as soon as possible, or if his hidden strong-loving fetish has come out again but I don't want to say xs]

[Raishen is so elegant and gentle. The scenes with Maki and Mayi later on are like a healing show... My heart melted. It's so wonderful to be able to walk out in the end. The future is bright. Leave that Zenin family behind and create a future that belongs to you! ]

[This Zen temple instance is really healing, as if it makes up for the tragedy of the original novel. However, there is also a very scary scene in it → (Picture) This scene where these people sit around and talk, I always feel like they are talking about something very important]

[These few lines of dialogue are too vague! I can only read that it is related to 5t5... My heart is pounding, I am so scared QAQ Don't hurt my daughter!! ]

[Fuck, what is Tiao'er called? Hahaha, Xia Youjie is You'er, and Gojo Lai is Lai'er (so weird.jpg)

Objectively speaking, their goal is not Gojo Satoru, but to find an item through Gojo Satoru. The reason is that an unknown prophecy pointed out that the clue is with Gojo Satoru, so they will pay extra attention to Gojo Satoru.

It is possible that the Zenin family asked Gojo and Getsu to do the mission this time in order to observe whether there is what they are looking for.

By the way, although this picture appears in the Zen temple’s home, these people are not necessarily from the Zen temple’s home, as their faces and clothing are not shown in the picture.

In addition, there is another point here. Their conversation is about "special items", and the language is unclear. It is very likely that they themselves do not know the specific characteristics of what they are looking for, so they can only pay broad and general attention to all unusual objects. 】

[I agree with the above, and would like to add a few guesses:

These people focus on the [object], but is there a possibility that the prophecy actually refers to an individual? But they all think it is an object (pure speculation, after all, I don’t know the specific content of the prophecy hhh)

Speaking of this, I remembered something else. Among the special nouns mentioned earlier, it seems that the only one is "clock". It is impossible that the clock appears in the prophecy and refers to Rasmussen, hahaha.

Anyway, I'll just make a wild guess that Lai Shen is a [Disney's escaped clock spirit] (bushi) and that the fox that recognized Lai Lai in the main story is a magical identifier or a part of Lai Lai or something (start talking nonsense)]

[The fusion of seriousness and non-seriousness above made me laugh to death. Are they doing a serious analysis or are they just joking?]

[…My mind is open. I didn’t think so much at all! Fortunately, I have you, my external brains! ]

[I don't use my brain at all. Every time I read comics, my attention is on the 1234 wives. Hahaha! Speaking of which, the style of painting is so warm recently. I have already put this new series in my recommendation of healing comics.]

[? Don’t trick people upstairs into coming in and killing them——]

The following content revolved around whether the new series was a cure or a haircut. Jiang Lai roughly glanced over it and then turned his attention back to the analyst's speculation above.

The first person and Jiang Lai's analysis were similar, but the latter person's point of view, which seemed like a joke, gave him some unexpected inspiration.

Indeed, this kind of confusing information is sometimes used in comics - the name of a similar object is predicted, but the name is not actually referring to a specific object, but to a certain character.

Thinking of this, Jiang Lai remembered the final speculation of the second analyst in the forum.

Could it be related to myself?

He thought for a few seconds, then came out of his thoughts.

Forget it, let's put it aside for now. We will know the details later when we see the full text of the so-called prophecy.

——

After they returned to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, they first settled the two little girls.

Teacher Ye Moth had a serious look on his face. He first criticized Gojo Satoru and Geto Kagome for "kidnapping" children from large families. Then, he was so angry at the giggling rebuttals of the two problem children that veins on his forehead throbbed.

However, at the end, Teacher Ye Moth said a few more words in a light and casual manner.

"I criticized your recklessness in doing whatever you want, not your act of saving people from danger." Teacher Ye Moth exhaled, held his breath for a few seconds, and then said, "...I didn't expect you would pay attention to these things. Anyway, you did a good job. It's good to keep this original intention."

"Ah? Mr. Yega? Is this considered a compliment?" Gojo Satoru raised his hands high. "No, Mr. Yega, your compliment is totally out of touch with reality. Hurry up and learn how to flatter people."

"Don't make things difficult for Teacher Yegae, Wu. Look, Teacher Yegae's face has turned red." Xia Yujie smiled with his foxy eyes narrowed.

Teacher Ye Moth held his forehead with his hand again, waved his hand and shouted, "Alright, alright! All of you hurry up and write me a mission report!"

"Ah - I don't want to write -"

Ignoring the wailing of the two problem boys, Mr. Ye Moth turned around and gave the two cursed corpses he had made to the confused Maki and Mayi, one each, and then said calmly:

"A meeting gift. From now on, the technical high school is your home. Naoshiko will take you to the dormitory later. If you have any problems in the future and don't want to come to me, you can also come to Naoshiko. She is usually at school."

"...Thank you." The two kids politely accepted the gifts and thanked them.

Although everyone at the technical high school was very friendly, Zenin Maki and Mayi were still subconsciously nervous because they had come to a strange place without any prior contact.

As if they were in love with each other, they blinked their eyes and subconsciously looked for the figure of the navy blue demon.

Jiang Lai was standing not far away and noticed the two kids looking at him. He responded with a gentle smile.

"..." This time, Maki and Mayi did not quickly look away. They both responded with a raised smile.

Looking at the warm scene in the distance, Jiang Lai sighed softly in his heart. But it was a pity that he could not continue to accompany them to grow up.

Just as he returned to the technical college, he lowered his head and looked at his phone again - as he had guessed, the countdown appeared in the upper right corner of the phone.

There is still about half an hour left before the time jump.

Thoughts flowed through Jiang Lai's mind.

As expected, since it was a foregone conclusion that I would become a spirit body in the future and not recognize myself, I could not change it. I had to be completely separated from the astral plasma event.

The breeze blew, shaking the locust wood pendant at his waist. Jiang Lai focused his attention on this object.

At this moment in the past timeline, if Fushiguro Shigeki was still alive, this pendant should be empty?

But one day in the future, the soul of Fushiguro Shigeki will reside in this item and meet him in the rental house of Asazawa Apartment.

This is a Möbius loop - in order for everything to go smoothly in the future, the past self at this moment should have ensured that Shin's soul resides in it.

The retention of the soul body seems to be related to the regulatory committee, but why it stays in the card pendant to recuperate is a mystery. Now this mystery has been solved.

Jiang Lai untied the red rope, took out the locust wood pendant from his waist, and held it firmly in his hand.

Therefore, he had to make this card drop appear at the scene of the astral plasma event, so that it would most likely attract the unconscious and wandering souls that were still stranded there and let them drift in to recuperate.

On the other hand, after listening to Mr. Yemo's lecture, Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru complained that "writing mission reports is so annoying", but they still looked cheerful.

I caught a glimpse of a dark blue figure standing next to the woods. Gojo Satoru took a few steps over and said with a giggle:

"By the way, Lai! You are also on the mission with us, so you must be familiar with the process. Why don't you help us write the mission report?"

Jiang Lai (with a smile): "Sorry, I can't read."

Gojo Satoru: “?”

Gojo Satoru: “…Hey, at least come up with a more serious excuse!! You’re just fooling around with a kid!!”

"Long-term perfunctory, intermittent seriousness." Jiang Lai lifted the book with one hand and half covered his lips, smiling, "Don't think about it, just write the mission report yourself."

Gojo Satoru rolled his eyes.

Then Jiang Lai said, "I'm leaving soon - I'm telling you in advance this time, I'm not leaving without saying goodbye."

Gojo Satoru was stunned for a second after hearing this: "You want to leave?"

"Yes." Jiang Lai nodded in reply.

"Why? It was you who suggested bringing the two children back, and now you're just walking away like that?" Gojo Satoru raised his eyebrows.

"Just give them a hand when you pass by, don't force too deep a bond." Jiang Lai replied calmly. He blinked and continued, "Besides, they are in the technical college, don't they still have you guys?"

Gojo Satoru groaned and said, "I know, you're just here to play, and every time you get bored you leave without leaving a trace behind—"

"No, I have to give you something this time." Jiang Lai stretched out his hand, spread his five fingers, and turned his palm upward, revealing a locust wood pendant.

Gojo Satoru's eyes fell on this. He paused slightly, obviously remembering it: "Isn't this the item you have been wearing around your waist since I met you when we were little?"

"Well, yes." Jiang Lai raised his lips slightly, and said in a gentle tone, "Can you please keep it for me?"