Chapter 51: "Unable to Tie" and Bonds
Jiang Lai starts from the incident when he and Xia Youjie went to the village together.
Because this was something he had experienced personally, he read it very quickly, pausing only at the part that described Geto's psychology. Through the words in the inner frame, he further understood Geto's emotional entanglements at the time.
After the village incident ended, Xia Youjie walked alone into the night, far away from the secular world.
The [existence] in the navy blue kimono was the exact opposite. He blended into the crowd and walked towards Mimiko and Nanako.
The scene behind suddenly changed, the color tone of the comic was lowered a lot, and the entire page appeared gray and black.
The background is a nondescript interior of a house with clean, tidy walls.
The center of the picture is a wooden chair in the room, on which sits a woman in a long dress. However, only her lips are exposed, and the upper half of her face is not drawn.
Xia Yujie was standing not far from the wooden chair. His expression was extremely complicated. After opening his mouth, he still called out:
"…Mother."
Mother?! Seeing this, Jiang Lai's men's consciousness trembled and their pupils trembled.
Wait, aren't Geto's parents missing?! If his mother is still alive, why doesn't he see her on weekdays?
Furthermore, this expression doesn't look like a friendly mother-son meeting.
He quickly turned the page and looked down.
In the picture, the woman was knitting something. At this moment, she stopped what she was doing, tilted her head slightly, and raised her red lips in a perfect arc:
"Jay is back? Did you have fun outside?"
"..." Xia Yujie didn't reply. He just said, "I agree that useless people should pave the way for useful people."
"You finally figured it out, good kid?" The woman said, with a smile on her lips. "The last time Jiechuan came back, he said you were still stubborn. He was seriously injured."
"I didn't know he was in the regulatory agency before." Then, Xia Yujie's face darkened again, "He killed my younger generation of sorcerers. He deserved it."
"We are all one, don't say that." The woman said softly, "He is still in the process of being reconstituted. When he comes out, you can reconcile."
"I have different ideas from him." Xia Yujie narrowed his eyes and had a cold expression on his face.
The woman was silent for a moment, and then she spoke again: "It seems that Jay's understanding of 'useless people' is not yet deep enough."
Xia Yujie was unmoved.
The woman stopped talking and suddenly changed the subject: "--Why did you let the people from that village go?"
Xia Yujie was stunned for a second, then a little angry: "You promised not to monitor me."
"It's just some concern for the children." The woman sighed, "It can't be called surveillance. I didn't interfere with your daily life. I just wanted to know what tasks you took and what happened after the tasks were completed. That's all."
"Thank you for your hard work, my good child." The woman put the knitting items in her hands on the table beside her, stretched out her arms slightly, and said softly, "Do you want to come over to your mother? Have a good rest."
Geto didn't move. "No need," he said. "Just get to work. I've already figured out how to do it."
"If Jie joins, everyone will welcome him. We have been optimistic about you for a long time." The woman kept smiling and suddenly changed her mind, "--Why did you let the people of that village go?"
"…It's no longer necessary." replied Geto Suguru.
The woman folded her hands and asked lightly, "Isn't it because of the man who went on the mission with Jay?"
Xia Yujie's fingers moved slightly, he paused for a few seconds, and answered vaguely: "A little. I don't want to affect him."
"Don't you want to affect..." The woman seemed to ponder for a while, then smiled, her white fingers gently stroking, and suddenly asked, "--Jie is willing to tell mom what he is?"
"?" Xia Yujie frowned slightly. In his heart frame, his inner thoughts emerged: [Why do you suddenly ask this question... Does the other party also know about 'existence'? ]
The woman kept smiling and waited patiently for the boy's answer.
Xia Yujie's expression was the same as usual, and he answered as usual: "He is Wu's friend. I know him too."
The inner dialogue box reads: [Lai said that I can't have too many connections with that identity, so let's keep it secret.]
The woman did not reply for a moment. The comic strip focused on the tapping of her fingers. Then, she picked up the knitted fabrics again: "Okay."
The topic was returned to the original topic. "In that case, why don't you go back and finish the unfinished business in the village, or let your mother help you with it?"
The picture ends here, and the next frame is pure black.
Jiang Lai held his phone tightly, his heart trembling.
Who is this woman who suddenly appeared? Did she instigate the village incident or was she responsible for it?
This person should also be an internal member of the Supervisory Board, because she said "join" and "everyone welcomes you", and after leaving, Xia Yujie went to look for the Supervisory Board that had taken over him.
But this "mother"... Logically speaking, since both of Geto's parents are missing (most likely dead), this should be a code name that is commonly used to address them in daily life.
Jiang Lai: Wait a minute - the underworld is so good at being a mother, it can't be you, you fool...!!
His thoughts turned over and over again, he let out a breath, and concentrated again, his thoughts focused on the main point: this person seemed to be paying attention to him.
Jiang Lai remained silent, his eyes fixed on the screen, and he quickly read the rest of the video.
Later, Gojo Satoru found Geto Suguru, and the story followed a similar path to the original work.
The two faced off, Wu was confused and angry, Jie was tired and indifferent, and finally went his own way.
After returning to school, Yega Masamichi handed the black sesame cookies to Gojo Satoru.
In the picture, the white-haired boy held the snack bag in his hand, lowered his head, and his expression was unclear. He just said at the end: "...He left too?"
Principal Yega told Gojo Satoru the short message "See you next time".
The white-haired boy stood there in silence for a long while. The next moment, he raised his head again, still with that arrogant and unbridled attitude, his beautiful blue eyes shining brightly in the light:
"Go away, go away! - Don't even think about me treating you to a meal from now on. I only treat Nozomi to a meal!!"
He took a big step forward and rushed to the infirmary like a whirlwind to find Ieyu Nishiko.
The next few frames are very sloppy. Gojo Satoru and Ieiri Nozomi are in a restaurant. The table is filled with a variety of delicious meals, and the clinking wine glasses are placed on the side.
"..." Jiang Lai paused here. He remembered that it was said in the setting that Gojo Satoru was not good at drinking (or he could not drink at all).
In fact, this is indeed true. In the picture, Ieiri Naoko shakes the goblet in her hand and says, "Stop, you can't drink. If you fall asleep, I won't be able to carry you back."
Judging from the wine bottles and glasses next to him, the white-haired boy must have drunk a few glasses.
He was not drunk, nor was he asleep. He just sat in a chair very quietly, unlike usual, staring at the table with his glass-like eyes, a string of ellipsis in his heart.
No one knows what he is thinking.
After a blank white frame, the scene continues with Gojo Satoru leading Nanako and Mimiko back to the high school.
He seemed to have quickly recovered his former mental state, being carefree and arrogant, and living a comfortable life every day.
Next come several frames covering a wide time span, depicting events from 2007 to 2017 in two brief frames.
Just like in the original story, Nanami Kento bids farewell to the world of curses and returns again, Tsumiki is planted with an unknown curse and falls into a deep sleep, Otsukotsuki Yuta is sentenced to death for passing the special curse Rei Rika and comes to the high school...
Because the plot is similar to the original book, these transitions are just a few brief frames of emphasis to show that it happened, nothing more.
In the comics, Gojo Satoru, who has become a high school teacher, has long lost the attitude of a teenager who cared about his appearance. He laughs and teases his students shamelessly all day long, and can easily say all kinds of words that are neither distant nor embarrassing.
He showed off his personality very much, and the white bandage covered his eyes more completely than the sunglasses he once wore. He was always nonchalant on weekdays, and his true emotions rarely appeared.
This daily routine continued until they received a letter notifying them of the "One Hundred Demons Night Parade" with the name "Suguru Ken" in the note.
The update stops here.
Jiang Lai pondered for a few seconds and opened the forum for discussing the latest episode of the new series.
[Wuwu!! I cried my ass off. The unspoken thoughts in my heart, the secrets I never told you, the waves beneath the calm surged. Is separation always inevitable? My group [Lai and Youtiaoer] completely disbanded right after debut——]
[Fuck, I laughed so hard. I was in tears at first, but the atmosphere was so bad at the end!! What kind of weird name is this for a three-person gang? Why not [Youtiao Lai Le] or [Lai Wu Zhang Youbing]? (dog)]
[Ahhh, the amount of information in these few sentences is too astonishing! ! Is there any analyst who can analyze it? ! ]
【Let me start with some suggestions. Regarding Yuukawa Kurita, judging from the communication in the comics, he is indeed not dead. Or rather, he is dead, but can be resurrected.
The word "gestation" is very interesting. It is not clear whether Jiechuan grows again in the human belly or is born in some kind of culture dish and then takes on flesh.
However, this situation should have nothing to do with Yuukawa's own technique, but rather with the regulatory committee of their organization.
Combined with the sun totem forehead tattoo in the previous comics, it is very likely that this is a common feature of the core members who have this complete forehead tattoo: they will never really die. 】
[Wow! I’m so angry! That bad dog is still alive! ! If the core members can’t really die, then this regulatory committee is too difficult to deal with, right? ]
[Yes, it's a pity that the bad dog is still alive (sigh), but it doesn't matter, it means one more chance to grind it to dust hahaha! No matter who it is, hurry up and grind this bad thing to dust once more! (Going crazy)]
【Well, speaking of which, from the conversation between the two, I think there is another very important point: the definition of "useless people".
Jie's thoughts are similar to those in the original novel, believing that ordinary people have no value. However, from the woman's reply, it can be seen that she has no opinion on Yuukawa killing Huibara, and even secretly ridiculed Geto for not understanding deeply.
From this, we can see that their definition of "useless people" includes not only ordinary people, but also sorcerers. It's just unclear what their specific evaluation criteria are. 】
[Uh, some kind of survival of the fittest elimination system is being forcibly activated? Who is that woman? She can’t be a brain flower, right? Ee-e-e——]
[Thumbs up to the previous analysis. Since the above analysis has already analyzed Jiechuan Dog, I will just briefly say a few words about the new woman.
Kagome calls her "mother". But Kagome's real parents should be dead.
Therefore, this "mother" may be a name for the adoptive mother (referring to the person who raised him under the supervisory board), or a code name (but why the code name is this requires more clues to be analyzed).
Jay and her relationship is not very good, but not bad either. It is a very delicate balance.
To be honest, when I first thought about this style of drawing the mother in the underworld, I thought it was stupid... The stupidity was not explained before in the new series, so it makes sense for it to appear now.
Moreover, this system of testing, elimination, and evolution seems to overlap with the ideas in the original work. 】
「Wait, if that’s the reasoning……
It is known that Naohua was Yuji's mother, and Xiayou called Naohua mother, so Yuji and Xiayou Jie are brothers? ? Hahahaha, I'm sorry, but it's really a bit ridiculous and hilarious! ! 】
[Well... I think the focus of this episode is not whether this woman is stupid or not, but that they mentioned Lai Shen in their conversation.
From the conversation between the two, it can be seen that the woman is paying attention to Xia Yujie, and naturally she will also notice the appearance of Lai Shen. Principal Ye Moth can sense that Lai Shen is different from others, and the Supervisory Committee can probably detect it as well.
So, the woman asked Jay why he didn't do it and directed the conversation to Raishen.
Although Geto didn't directly reveal Raishen's identity, I think this woman has already figured it out from Geto's reply, "I don't want to influence anyone."
Combined with the unknown prophecy that mentioned something next to Gojo Satoru, I think it was probably Raishin. And the regulatory agency also found out who they were looking for. 】
Jiang Lai’s eyes narrowed when he saw this!
...looking for yourself?
【Ah? ? Looking for Rashen, why are you looking for Rashen!!】
[Because of the [clock]? I don’t know what this term means, but it’s probably because of this… The regulation is so shady, I’m so scared, wuwuwuwu!!]
[I feel that the analyses above are all very reasonable... If this is the case, the reason for this One Hundred Demons Night Parade incident may be different from the original work.
After all, here, Geto Suguru no longer forms his own team like in the original work, but has the support of the Supervisory Committee. It is not necessary to obtain the special grade cursed spirit Rika.
Of course, maybe Geto and the regulatory agency still have different opinions, so they plan to go it alone, and then having Rika will give them more strength or something hhh】
【Hiss... Family members, I suddenly have a bad guess.
That is to say, if the regulatory authorities believe that Lai Shen is the "thing" they are looking for, then their next target will definitely be Lai Shen, whether it is observation, capture or killing.
But Lai Shen left not long after returning to college, and no one could find him for a long time.
It is known that the time and place where Raishen appeared before were related to Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru. Is there a possibility that the regulatory agency deliberately set up such an out in order to lure him out...
After all, the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons is so grand that the wandering Raishin might hear about this incident involving Gojo and Getsu and head here.
No matter what the regulators ask Lai Shen to do, I think that based on Geto's personality, he would not really do anything to harm his former friend.
Therefore, he probably didn't know the truth behind it, but just planned the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons to snatch the cursed Reika according to his own righteousness.
But in reality, this incident was promoted and condoned by the Regulators, and Jay was one of the baits released by the Regulators. 】
【? ? Ahhhh no!! This is too dark QAQ!! What is the regulatory agency doing, why is it looking for Lai Shen? ! How can you use your friends to fish? 】
[I suddenly feel scared. This is too bad. Is this why we cannot be together? We will be bound by the secular world——]
Jiang Lai felt depressed when he saw this.
He thought: ...So what is the content of that prophecy?
Why would the regulator come after me? To exploit me or to destroy me?
Just at this moment, Jiang Lai sensed that the code alarm he had set in advance was triggered.
He quickly put away his phone, leaving it floating to the side in the shape of a book, and raised his head sharply to look -
Leaping onto the roof of a low bungalow nearby was a figure with black hair and a half-shoulder bun, his black and gold cassock fluttering in the wind.
Xia Yujie?! Jiang Lai was a little stunned at this moment.
Wait, if the opponent's target is Sataka, shouldn't he be at the Jujutsu High School looking for Otsukotsu Yuta? Why is he here?
The moment Jiang Lai raised his head, the figure in the black and gold cassock on the roof seemed to sense something, and he lowered his eyes to look.
At a distance that was neither far nor near, their eyes met in the air.