Chapter 6 Gift
If Gojo-sensei were around here...
Jiang Lai's heart sank slightly: he didn't think now was a good time to meet
[Gojo Rai] This setting is still in its initial stages. With so many uncertainties, it is not a wise choice to have direct contact with anyone from the Gojo family, let alone facing the six eyes that can see through everything.
Of course, this does not mean that Jiang Lai will completely avoid the Gojo family and Gojo Satoru.
Gojo Satoru is a popular character in Jukai and a very important part of the plot. At the same time, his identity is likely to be related to the other party - Jiang Lai understands that they are destined to meet in the future.
But not now. It's too early.
Jiang Lai moved to the side imperceptibly, half hiding his figure in the shadow cast by the building under the street lights.
He planned to leave, but slowed down his pace a lot. At the same time, he paid attention to secretly listening to the conversation between Yuji Itadori and others (Jiang Lai: Thanks to the ability to keep an eye on all directions and hear all directions trained in the world of science).
When his companions came over, Yuji Itadori turned to Fushiguro Megumi and the others, and said with an embarrassed look: "Sorry, sorry, we didn't catch it. That thing ran too fast... Let's split up and look for it again?"
"It's so late, it will be more difficult to track it." Fushiguro Megumi analyzed calmly, "It hides itself very well, I can hardly feel its destruction."
"And that thing is as small as a gecko. Forget it, I guess I won't be able to find it for a while." Kugizaki Norose rubbed her forehead, "Anyway, this thing is not aggressive at the moment, it will be in a few days... Anyway, let's wait until the snow stops tomorrow to look for it."
"Gojo-sensei will be here tomorrow, right? I thought we could solve this problem before he comes..."
"Honestly, this kind of pursuit mission is better to just give a target within the account..."
The voices of the young high school students gradually faded away and became blurred. Jiang Lai walked forward at a steady pace, sorting out the information he had just heard in his mind.
First of all, they are indeed on a mission to hunt down a cursed spirit. The target cursed spirit is shaped like a gecko, with strong concealment but currently weak attack power and low threat.
Secondly, Gojo-sensei is not nearby at the moment and is not expected to arrive until tomorrow.
Very good, it seems that I won't run into Rokugan for the time being. Jiang Lai's mood suddenly became much brighter. I can go out to eat without worry tonight!
As they turned away and gradually walked away, the crescent-like lines on Yuji Itadori's face moved slightly - the King of Curses Ryomen Sukuna opened his eyes slightly.
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This is a chain of sukiyaki hot pot restaurants with an elegant store design. There is a black and white iris pattern on the right side of the sign. At night, a circle of lights lights up around it, outlining a stretching arc.
The steaming shouxi hotpot is especially popular in the cold winter, and Jiang Lai was very lucky to have caught the last vacant seat.
The temperature inside the sukiyaki restaurant is naturally much higher than outside. I didn't feel anything at first, but after sitting for a while, I started to feel hot. Jiang Lai took off his coat and folded it next to his bench.
After choosing the base and ordering the ingredients, the vegetables and meat were served quickly. Jiang Lai's eyes lit up, and he cooked skillfully. After a night of ups and downs, he was finally able to have dinner.
Hot food always has healing power. Jiang Lai had a delicious meal and his mood became brighter.
He wiped his hands with a wet towel and then used a small fork to eat some cranberry cake for dessert.
At this moment, he suddenly caught a glimpse of purple in his peripheral vision, and something suddenly came out from below and crawled onto the dining table!
Jiang Lai: “!?”
A palm-sized bright purple gecko crawled out from under the table. It had two pairs of twisted thin wings strangely growing on its body. It seemed to be baring its fangs and claws, but it was tightly attached to its own waist.
Jiang Lai: “…”
He paused as he was about to fork a small piece of cake.
…Let’s not talk about whether there are purple geckos. What are these strange-shaped wings?!
Jiang Lai was shocked for a second.
Just at this moment, a waiter passed by with a cart. Jiang Lai instinctively looked up, as if he had discovered a mouse, and called out, "That..."
The waiter stopped, smiled and said politely, "Okay, sir, I'll take your empty plate right away."
Jiang Lai was slightly stunned, then nodded and replied naturally: "Then I'll trouble you."
The waiter took away the empty dishes, and Jiang Lai silently observed the waiter's expression and posture. The bright purple winged gecko lay there the whole time, and its round eyes moved slightly for a moment.
After the waiter left, Jiang Lai glanced at the conspicuous purple gecko on the table again and his heart paused.
The waiter's behavior just now didn't seem like an act. He really seemed unable to notice the obvious strange gecko on the table.
Ordinary people can’t see it... could it be a cursed spirit?
In order to confirm his guess again, Jiang Lai put down his fork, pretended to play with his phone, and scanned the table with his camera lens -
The camera function on the phone showed nothing. The bright purple gecko was nowhere to be seen.
It was a cursed spirit. Jiang Lai was convinced.
It looks like a gecko, is small, moves quickly, and lurks nearby... The combination of these factors made Jiang Lai suddenly recall the conversation he heard not long ago!
——Wait, is this the target that Yuji Itadori and his team are tracking? !
"..." Jiang Lai put down his phone, looked away, and fell into a strange silence.
Fortunately, Yuji Itadori and the others mentioned that this thing would only change after a few days and it was not very aggressive at the moment. This made Jiang Lai feel a lot more relaxed.
He doesn't want to eat his own food but become the meal of something else (curse spirit)!!
Jiang Lai held his cell phone, stared at his dessert, pretending that the purple winged gecko in front of him didn't exist, so as not to attract the attention of the cursed spirit. He thought calmly in his heart.
To be honest...it has only been less than one night since he traveled to the Curse Time. In just a few hours, isn't the number of cursed spirits he encountered a bit too much?
Not to mention the strange things I happened to see on the road.
The real person at the tram station, and now the bright purple gecko in the sukiyaki restaurant. If meeting Yuji Itadori with two Sukuna in his body can be considered as meeting a cursed spirit, then there is one more!
...The latter ones are not the common low-level fly-headed curse spirits.
Could it be that he has some strange potential to attract cursed spirits? Jiang Lai twitched his lips, and inevitably recalled the abnormal attraction he suspected to have in the scientific world. If he mutated a little, it would make sense to attract cursed spirits...
But we can't jump to conclusions based on just these few, he thought.
The bright purple gecko spread its strangely shaped wings, flew a short distance away, and then crawled slowly, its bulging eyeballs cloudy as mist.
Jiang Lai's heart was tense. He was unsure of the cursed spirit's intentions. If he stood up and ran away, he might attract its attention and be attacked by it.
Jiang Lai lowered his brown eyes slightly, his expression remained calm, and his mind was full of thoughts.
In front of me, a bright purple gecko folded its wings and slowly crawled forward from that side of the table.
Jiang Lai glanced at the approaching small cursed spirit and held his phone tightly. A thought suddenly popped into his mind:
[In the world of science, the magical and invincible mobile phone is impervious to swords and guns, water and fire. In the world of curse, can it resist curses and exorcise cursed spirits? 】
At the beginning, mastering the use of the tools in your hands as much as possible is the key to increasing your survival rate. This idea snowballed in his mind, driving Jiang Lai to conduct actual experiments to prove it.
He moved his index finger slightly, but did not move in a hurry.
What Kugizaki Norose said about "not having much offensive power" does not necessarily mean that it has no offensive power. It may just be a simple statement for them, the powerful sorcerers.
After all, this thing is the mission target, and it must have caused casualties among ordinary people or strange incidents, or had obvious fluctuations in cursed power, to attract the attention of the observation agency [Window].
Furthermore, the protagonists' few words also revealed that this cursed spirit has the ability to become stronger again.
Thoughts were intertwined in his mind, and at the same time, Jiang Lai sensitively heard a familiar voice coming from the door.
“…Huh? There’s no seat left?” Yuji Itadori widened his eyes, looking a little disappointed.
Kugizaki Norose exhaled, waved her hand and said, "Then let's wait another five minutes. If there's still no seat, we'll go to the next one."
The main characters? Jiang Lai blinked. They left at the wrong time, at different times, but they ended up at the same sukiyaki restaurant. What a coincidence.
His position was relatively remote, and the people at the door did not notice the situation here.
However, since the protagonists are nearby, even if the small cursed spirit in front of them has a certain counterattack ability, they can quickly subdue it.
With this insurance, Jiang Lai's heartbeat gradually calmed down. Maybe he could take a risk and try out the possible uses of the phone.
As it happens, this cursed spirit is not wary of me as an "ordinary person" at the moment, so naturally it will not defend itself or escape, making it easy for me to take action.
He turned his fingers, raised his warm brown eyes slightly, and stared at the gradually approaching purple-winged gecko curse spirit, gathering a serious look.
Mobile phone bricks are ready to move!
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"Wow, is there a seat available?" Yuji Itadori's eyes lit up when he heard the waiter calling them.
"Although it's a single table, three people can dine if they only use one pot," the waiter explained in a low voice, "and a gentleman just happened to leave."
Yuji Itadori looked back subconsciously and saw the black-haired man had already walked to the door. As if he noticed his gaze, he turned his head and smiled.
Ah, it's the kind person who helped me earlier. Yuji Itadori also smiled and waved enthusiastically in response. What a coincidence.
After deciding to eat here, they walked towards the corner. As they approached, Fushiguro Megumi, who was walking in front, suddenly paused!
"What happened? What happened..." Kugizaki No Rose took a few steps forward, and then the rest of the words suddenly disappeared.
Yuji Itadori was stunned, and then he sensed something. He quickly stepped forward and the scene in front of him appeared before his eyes.
In the flower arrangement against the wall of the solid wooden dining table, there was a bright purple winged gecko spirit.
——It is their mission goal!
“?!!”
Yuji Itadori was stunned for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he turned around again, but the door had already been closed and the man had disappeared into the darkness.