Chapter 44 Jiang Lai: Shake it up, shake off the ashes
There is nothing there.
Or, in other words, there is nothing in his eyes. Jiang Lai's mind was full of thoughts. Xia Youjie's performance just now was like he saw something unexpected.
It's most likely something from the Regulatory Commission. Only there are markings that are different from ordinary curses. There might be marks that outsiders cannot see.
Xia Yujie didn't notice Yukawa before, maybe the time was not right, Jiang Lai thought. Maybe something will only emerge after a period of time after death.
Gojo Satoru noticed his friend's momentary shock and turned around to ask, "What's wrong, Jie?"
"...Nothing." Xia Yujie smiled as usual and said casually, "I was just thinking about something, and you suddenly moved beside me, which scared me."
"Jie, are you so timid? Are you thinking of the horror movie we watched before? Hey, Shoko! I told you that he was pretending when he looked so calm before!" Gojo Satoru laughed and raised his hand to call Ieiri Shoko next to him.
The girl with short brown hair, Jia Ru Nishiko, replied calmly, "If you have finished reading, please leave. I still have some data to collect."
"Ah, so cold, Nitro—"
Jiang Lai glanced at Xia Youjie silently from the side. The boy with the ball-head hairstyle had a smiling expression on his face as if he was having fun with his friends, but his hanging arms looked particularly calm and tired.
When he heard Geto Suguru's reply to Gojo Satoru just now, he knew that the other party still chose to keep his thoughts to himself and did not tell them.
——I don’t know if it’s because I can’t say it, or if I don’t say it because I don’t want certain things to involve my friends.
In short, if you want to know the secret of this part, you have to change the way. Jiang Lai rubbed the phone with his fingertips and muttered in his heart. I will look at the comics later. I hope the God's perspective will be more powerful this time.
At this moment, Jiang Lai glanced at the corpse on the operating table again and asked, "By the way, what will be done with this later?"
"Hmm?" Ieiri Naoko heard the question and replied, "I'll take it for research and dissection. After the residual heat has worn off, I'll wait for the procedure and finally cremate it. Because it was killed with cursed power, there's no need to worry about it turning into a cursed spirit, so there's less trouble."
Jiang Lai blinked slightly and gently suggested: "How about you do a cremation on the body? This way you don't have to queue up for cremation, which is more convenient and time-saving, and also environmentally friendly and economical."
Jiang Lai: No matter what the situation is with this guy, I will use magic to grind him to ashes!
"Huh?" Gojo Satoru was slightly startled, obviously not expecting Jiang Lai to suggest this, but he still nodded, "Okay."
Jiang Lai thought for a few seconds and added, "Then we should also set up a barrier or something like that around the corpse in the next few days, and also add a detection alarm, just in case."
Everyone: “?”
“Huh? Are you worried about someone stealing the body?” Gojo Satoru made a wow sound and leaned back, “Not really—”
Ieiri Naoko paused for a moment, coughed, and slowly explained, "Except for me, no one in the technical college is interested in corpses."
"Just because no one comes to steal it doesn't mean the body won't run away." Jiang Lai shook the book and said as a matter of course, "After all, the body itself has a lot of subjective initiative."
Everyone: “???”
Gojo Satoru put his index finger on his chin, thought for two seconds, and deliberately made an expression of sudden enlightenment, and joked: "So you are the one who is most afraid of ghosts here! Lai!"
"Yes." Jiang Lai nodded calmly. He raised his warm brown eyes and replied calmly, "I'm scared."
The navy blue figure in front of him nodded so directly in response that Gojo Satoru, who was joking, was choked up and didn't know how to respond for a moment.
At this moment, Gojo Satoru recalled what the other party had said back then, "We can't get too deeply involved as [existence]." He was silent for a moment, and the following naturally came to his mind:
If I kill someone myself, wouldn't that be considered too deeply involved?
What happens if the bond is too deep?
These words lingered in his mind, but he didn't want to ask them out loud. Gojo Satoru held his breath for a few seconds, and finally took a deep breath, waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, don't think too much. I'll do it on the day when the body is disposed of." His voice was extremely serious.
Who is thinking too much? Jiang Lai didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He could sense the thoughts on the boy's face. After all, the boy didn't intend to hide it.
I just don't know what the other person is thinking.
The white-haired boy lowered his head slightly, kicked the tip of his shoe forward casually, and muttered: "...So I told you long ago, don't interfere, I'll do the killing."
"I still say that. You can't kill him. It will only cause more trouble." Jiang Lai's eyes flickered and he smiled. "You are responsible for crushing the corpse and disposing of its ashes. That will be the greatest help."
Next to him, Geto Xia Yu, who had been silent the whole time, finally spoke after being stunned for a moment. He nodded: "…You can give it a try, Satoru."
Jiang Lai, who continued to pay attention to the boy with the ball-shaped hair, caught the last words again at this moment - "You can try it."
Combining the observations and guesses just now, that is to say, no matter what Xia Youjie saw, he himself was actually not sure about the specific effects of what he saw? Jiang Lai's mind was shaking, and he wrote this point down.
Then, Gojo Satoru circled the corpse, chatted with Ieiri Shoko, and complained and joked with Geto Suguru.
While the trio was chatting and playing, Jiang Lai took a half step back. Instead of intervening, he looked down at his phone.
The official website updated a few more chapters, and Jiang Lai immediately clicked in to read them.
The content is from the end of the last incident to the place where Yuukawa Kurita was stabbed. However, it has not yet progressed to the infirmary.
It seems that we can only wait for the next chapter to know what Xia Yujie saw from a God's perspective...
So why do we have to stop here? Please update the next chapter as soon as possible!
Jiang Lai couldn't help but cast a few votes for urging for more updates, and then joined the group urging for more updates in the comment section below, becoming a special cursed spirit with one-eyed cats crawling all over his body.
In the forum, everyone is currently analyzing Yuikawa Kuritai.
[Ahhh, I'm so angry! My little angel Huibara QAQ, crying, how could she just disappear like this! ! This demon dog actually killed my little sister, Samoyed——]
[Good job, Lai Shen! Damn it, I was spinning like crazy when I saw that. Fortunately, Lai Shen has a spiritual book that can record sounds, so he skipped the countless steps in between.]
[That guy Yuukawa seems to be something special. Not long after Gojo Satoru entered the school, he went to provoke Gojo, and it seemed that he had calculated the location - a relatively empty place on the playground, where others could see everything from a distance.]
[Anyway, they were deliberately trying to trick Gojo! Ah, and after the others came, they deliberately angered Gojo, wanting him to be labeled as a killer of his juniors. When I saw this, I was so excited that I threw my phone TAT]
[Here, Raishin’s moves are really cool!! Wuwu Raishin saw it clearly, so he jumped over Gojo Satoru and made his move in advance, and even said “You can’t kill”… He really, I cried to death]
[Kyukawa won't die so easily. It seems that he is not afraid of angering Gojo, so he must have a backup plan.
Not sure whether to use a substitute technique, a shadow clone, or a resurrection technique, or a summoning technique? The current information is not enough.
But his last move clearly showed that he felt that he could no longer have fun in high school after being exposed in front of Lai Shen.
So all the foreshadowing that had been laid out before was put away, and then a final wave of trouble was done before changing the venue.
If he can be resurrected quickly, he will secretly spy on the disputes among the senior officials. If he needs some time to recover, he will probably wait until he is resurrected to find trouble.
From the current perspective, Jiechuan's final gaze fell on Lai Shen.
Because Lai Shen never gave him any emotional feedback, and always interrupted his plans and denied his layout, according to bt's psychology, he always felt that Jiechuan would look for Lai Shen after his resurrection...
Anyway, Rai Shen, if he comes looking for you, beat him up!!!]
Seeing this, Jiang Lai pondered for a few seconds. Coming to find him? It seems possible.
To be honest, this thing is a bit annoying, and it's like a piece of taffy that you can't get rid of. But from another perspective, if it can annoy the enemy, then it's the perfect help.
I will think about it later when I know more about him. Jiang Lai thought calmly. Let's see if I can stick this sticky candy on the enemy.
However, the next time we meet will probably be a long time later. Jiang Lai feels that he will not stay in this period for too long.
Coincidentally, when his thoughts paused, a message popped up in the "Loving Family" group chat, and Jiang Lai clicked on it.
[#Money glasses working overtime again#: That Jiechuan is really a pervert! ! Are you okay, Jiang Lai? ]
[#Good Luck Comes#: I'm fine, but Yuukawa is (puppy jumps out of the box.gif) The world of sorcery doesn't follow legal procedures like we do, so I just went ahead and killed him with a knife... the scene might be a bit bloody.]
[#大貓的貓胡子#: Hmm... I took a general look at the situation at that time. You were right to attack. Otherwise, if the final blow was made by Gojo Satoru, you would have been truly tricked and would have been in a lot of trouble.]
[#大貓的貓胡子#: Don’t have too much psychological burden. It is reasonable to have different coping methods in different situations.]
[#Another overtime work sunglasses#: So is there anything you want to talk about? Just say whatever you want, we are all listening.]
[#Good Luck Lai-Lan#: Actually, I’m fine… Don’t worry, I understand (Tuanzi smiles with her hands on her face.jpg) Even if I feel stressed, I can communicate with you guys and relieve it in time.]
[#好運萊臨#：不過确實，這次我可能要吐槽一些，就是balabala……]
江萊敲擊着打字，将心裏話娓娓道來。
他內心其實知道自己當時利落出手的原因。并非是變得簡單粗暴嗜殺，而恰恰是冷靜思考後的産物。擺脫優柔寡斷，直接斬斷陰謀。
情況緊急的時刻，就要暫時壓下情感，讓理智占據上風，做出果斷有力的決策——這是曾經在柯學世界學習的東西，由真正被培養過的隐藏BOSS小昭傾囊相授。
在柯學世界，江萊從普普通通一名路人沖刺到酒廠組織的另一位BOSS的位置，這一過程中，他自己領悟了不少、也從別人那裏學習了經驗。
雖然剛才出刀收刀、情感回歸後，有那麽幾十秒心跳還在下意識加速，但他很快自我調節、讓情緒平息下來。
當時的境地，沒有太多時間留給自己多想，要擺正神思繼續應對後續。
只有當事件暫時落幕的時候，江萊才會呼出一口氣，和另個世界可以完全信任的親友暢快明朗地傾訴一番，纾解壓力，擺正自我。
比如現在。和另一邊的柯學好友聊了一番後，他感覺自己精神狀态好多了。
[#認真做科研的昭#：在忙，才上線。江萊哥哥做得好，以及一定要把結川的屍體處理好了。]
[#好運萊臨#：放心吧，我已經建議挫骨揚灰了。]
發出這行字的時候，江萊還覺得這句話發出來，是不是有點過于暴力了。
[#認真做科研的昭#：別挫骨揚灰。]
江萊：……啊，果然，小昭覺得這樣不太好。
[#認真做科研的昭#：揚了風裏，不好。可以把灰分步驟處理，用藥劑進行重重分解，直到化為泡沫沖進下水道。等會我讓手下的研究員寫一份步驟，然後拍照發你。]
江萊：？
——撒旦竟在我身邊（bushi）！！
他在群中快速回複，說“謝謝好意但是不必了”。
畢竟屆時商量的是，讓五條悟用咒力出擊，大概率也沒法收集那些灰……
江萊并不認為這是結束，一切沒那麽簡單，結川栗芥應該還會卷土重來。
但是，這樣如此直接地損壞掉屍體，說不準能夠拖延對方複歸的進度。
畢竟，這樣就完全沒有詐屍的可能性了，完全沒法再借助原本的身軀作威作福。
如果對方是那種不死的身軀，把用術式炸成灰了的身軀重新一點點拼起來，估計也要費不少時間吧。江萊默默地想着。
幾人又在醫務室待了一段時間，而後五條悟、夏油傑、江萊離開這邊，把這裏留給測數據的家入硝子。
出門後，五條悟想起什麽似的，手在身上口袋摸着：“哦、差點忘了，你讓我保管的東西——”他手中夾着一片槐木牌墜，抛給旁邊的江萊，“還給你。”
江萊自然地伸手接過，他低頭瞥了眼。
拴着紅繩的槐木牌墜幹淨整潔，沒有任何損傷劃痕，一看就保管得非常到位。
他笑了下：“多謝了悟，一年以來辛苦了。你一直将其帶在身上麽？”
“對啊，你臨走前不是說，讓我随身帶着嘛。”五條悟昂首回複，他摸摸下巴，像貓一樣湊近，用仿佛發覺了什麽的語氣道，“哦——等等、這東西不會吸我陽壽吧？”
“不吸陽壽，吸智商。”江萊眉眼一挑，淡定道，“你信嗎？”
一側的夏油傑平靜接話：“我不太信。因為悟一直這樣咋咋乎乎的，肯定與這個牌墜無關。”
“哈？傑你什麽意思？又叛變了！快點和我統一戰線，一起怼怼萊嘛——”五條悟上前單手勾住夏油傑的脖子，半開玩笑地打鬧起來。
江萊将槐木牌墜重新系回腰間，又開口問了句：“真希和真依現在怎麽樣了？”
他內心還挂念着禪院家的兩小只，不知道一年過後的她們情況如何——畢竟是自己主張帶她們回來的，也有一定的責任。
因為二年級組的意外，江萊現在沒有特産可以攜帶了。
夏油傑還記得之前江萊說過的話，于是此時提議可以從他屋裏挑一些物品，作為他給真希和真依的見面禮。
“其實我宿舍裏也有不少吃的，”五條悟颔首，大大方方地說，“要是需要的話也可以拿。”
夏油傑幽幽說了句：“你的點心都太甜了，小孩吃了容易長蛀牙。”
“所以說，這就是會反轉術式的妙用了！”五條悟不怕長蛀牙，無下限和反轉術式都可以避免這個問題，“她們長蛀牙了也沒關系，找找硝子就好啦。”
夏油傑：“……不能這樣帶孩子的，悟。”他扶額，接着和江萊說，“還是拿我屋裏的吧，之前說好了的，我給你。”
他們一路回到宿舍，夏油傑從自己的櫃子裏拿出幾盒包裝完整的鮮花餅，遞給江萊。
旁邊，五條悟把頭擠過來：“哦——傑你櫃子裏有好多甜點，你也是甜食控？”
“我沒什麽讨厭的東西。”夏油傑從裏面掏出一盒喜久福，扔給五條悟，“備些甜食，你也能吃。”
“多謝了，傑！”白發少年嘻嘻哈哈着接過，他從不和好友客氣。
“嗯。”夏油傑合攏儲物櫃，神态還夾雜着些疲倦。
五條悟一向随性，剛才因結川栗芥而煩躁的心情，此刻又轉陰為晴，眉眼飛揚地和兩人聊着天。
夏油傑時不時應兩聲，但回話次數沒有很多。他的心緒更深沉、更持久一些，這時依然半沉在剛在剛才的事件中沒有拔出。
等兩人都拿好東西，準備出門的時候，夏油傑送他們到宿舍區大門口，而後停步。
他臉上露出一個微笑，聲音低緩地說：“抱歉，我有些累……這次就暫時不陪着你們一起，先回去休息了。”
江萊輕眨眼，他點頭：“以自己身體為重，你休息就好。”
“好哦、傑，你先回去吧！我帶萊去找那兩只小朋友。”五條悟擺擺手，藍眸透過墨鏡注視好友，道，“你确實要好好睡一覺，我看你黑眼圈又重了不少。”
在此，他頓了兩三秒，又加上：“不然我幫你代寫幾份任務報告？”白發少年晃晃手中的喜久福盒，“看在你請我吃東西的份上——”
夏油傑抿唇笑了，輕搖頭說：“不必了，悟。我沒事。”他咳嗽一聲，“而且你寫的任務報告水平……算了。”
“喂喂、什麽意思，別以為我聽不出來！”五條悟擡臂玩笑般錘了下好友的肩膀，兩人笑鬧了一陣，而後分別。
江萊一直站在旁側安靜地等待着，沒有摻入兩者的談話。直到最後才揮揮手，和夏油傑告別。
丸子頭少年站在宿舍區木質大門支撐柱的旁邊，恰巧處于不大不小的樹影之中。
夏油傑立在原處目視兩人遠去，看着江萊、五條悟與他漸行漸遠。
——
江萊帶着兩盒鮮花餅，去見了在夜蛾校長隔壁屋子那邊的禪院真希和禪院真依。
夜蛾正道隔壁的小屋原本是用來擺放咒骸的，後來簡單收拾一下，加了個書架和兩套桌椅，用作兩位小姑娘學習的地方。
她們倆現在還太小了，大部分時候都是學習理論知識，偶爾幾次實踐，也是和屋子中沒什麽攻擊力的溫和型咒骸對練。
小孩不太會掩飾自己的心情，見到許久未見的“大妖”，禪院真希和真依臉上都浮起驚喜，但還是稍微扭捏着，保持一段禮貌距離打招呼。
江萊勾唇揚起真正溫和的笑容，他将鮮花餅擱置在旁邊的架子處，蹲下身子，輕拍兩小只的頭，舉止親和地和她們聊了一會。
五條悟在旁邊揪着那些咒骸玩，時不時突然貼近一只出來吓唬她們，然後哈哈大笑。
禪院真希并非逆來順受的性子，此刻，面對五條悟逗小孩的戲弄，年齡尚小的她邁着小短腿，也拎着一只咒骸玩偶反擊。
江萊半月眼，感覺兩小只一年時間裏，肯定已經充分認識到五條悟的雞掰貓屬性。
幼年的禪院真依和姐姐真希相比，性格相對內向一些。
她坐在旁邊的小凳子上，只是遠遠圍觀姐姐和逗小孩的五條悟的玩鬧戲。
江萊偏了偏頭，和禪院真依閑聊：“悟這家夥，是不是經常來逗你們啊。”
小真依低聲說：“還好，他們都特別忙，一般是硝子姐姐陪我們。”她停了一秒，接續說，“之前夏油哥哥時不時會來看看我們……不過他最近很少來了。”
江萊側頭，接話道：“他最近忙吧。你們上次聊什麽了？”
“嗯……就是很家常的話吧。”禪院真依坐得端正，“不過，夏油哥哥有句話，我沒太聽懂。”