Chapter 67 Jiang Lai: Lord Sukuna erupts in the brewing silence?

Facing the friendly greeting from the real person, the black-haired young man did not have any special reaction. He just blinked slowly as a reply.

The humanoid cursed spirit with stitches on his face took a few steps towards us, but he still kept a distance carefully. He smiled and said:

"That first meeting at the train station was shortly after you were born, right? I had never seen you before."

There was a hint of tentativeness in the words.

Following the principle of "the more you talk, the more mistakes you make, the less you talk, the fewer mistakes you make", Jiang Lai just raised his eyes indifferently and did not directly respond.

"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous~" The real person raised the corners of his lips and smiled very brightly, "When I was just born, I was in a similar mental state to you - we are the same kind, don't worry."

Jiang Lai: I think there is a big difference in our mental states.jpg

He was thinking about countermeasures in his mind.

According to the previous plan, he intended to use his own advantages to infiltrate the curse spirit side to gather clues, so contact with the special curse spirit master was inevitable.

But all of this cannot be too obvious and radical, otherwise it will arouse suspicion.

Therefore, at this moment, he pretended to follow the real person's words and acted a little relaxed.

The real person continued in a leisurely tone: "But, come to think of it, I remember that you were a little different at the train station than you are now. Was it some special incarnation, or was it..."

There is a little trap here. Jiang Lai's state at that time and at present have nothing to do with the incarnation mode similar to the cursed spirit possession.

Jiang Lai didn't believe that a real person who was a special-grade cursed spirit would not be able to tell the difference. The other party might have deliberately raised this question to test his current cognitive state, or to find out the reason for the mixed state of that person and the cursed spirit.

Jiang Lai half-closed his eyes as his thoughts turned, and replied calmly, "I don't know either."

"?" The real person looked slightly stunned, obviously a little surprised to hear such a reply.

"I only know that I was born out of [people's regret for the passing of time and fear of uncertainty about future events]," Jiang Lai said. "Other than that, I don't know much."

He did not intend to go into too much quibble on explaining his condition, and simply responded directly, deliberately appearing to inadvertently reveal some weaknesses - namely, confusion in memory and cognition.

He intends to follow this kind of personality.

"..." The real person's heterochromatic pupils flickered. He hesitated for half a second and smiled again, "In other words, after you became conscious, it was almost like this, right?"

Jiang Lai nodded.

“It seems that your growth is different from ours. Generally speaking, the growth of a cursed spirit starts from the cursed fetus.” The real person said with a smile, “Maybe you have already experienced this stage, but something happened later, causing your memory and state to become…”

The black-haired young man in front of him still had that indifferent expression, but his face seemed to respond to his words with some thoughts and confusion.

That thin ice-like outer shell is an instinctive self-protection, and underneath is a confused childish state with confused cognitive memories.

The real man took a few steps forward again, raised his hand and waved, looking quite friendly:

"Okay, it's okay. Otherwise, you can't wander around by yourself anyway, so why don't you come with us? We can help you find your previous memories." He said in a cheerful voice.

"You guys?" The black-haired, brown-eyed young man replied slowly.

"A few other special-grade cursed spirit companions." The real heterochromatic eyes blinked, "We are all the same."

There was no mention of the Regulatory Commission, Jiang Lai thought. He had thought the other party would say something.

It seems that the other party has not completely let down his guard, or feels that bringing up other institutions would make him uneasy, so he keeps silent.

Jiang Lai knew that Zhenren's character was not truly warm and friendly. He was inherently evil and had a naive cruelty and deliberate malice towards humans. He also treated unfamiliar cursed spirits like toys.

But he is a good actor, and his warm and kind look now is just an act.

At this moment, the real person's attitude towards me is probably because he thinks I am interesting and as a special-grade cursed spirit I am quite powerful, so he intends to be friendly at first and try to get me to join.

Jiang Lai was not in a hurry to agree. If he agreed too hastily, it would easily arouse suspicion in subsequent tests.

Besides, he couldn't just go to the cursed spirit group like this, after all, he still needed to leave some time to use his lamb vest to explore the human society.

——It is best for oneself to be in a state of freedom rather than being constrained by a group.

Therefore, Jiang Lai remained calm for two seconds, then spoke calmly again: "Let me think about it."

"Then think about it again~" The real person also controlled his attitude very well, without forcing or being overly enthusiastic. He shook his fingers and said, "Next time we meet, if there is a chance, I will take you to meet the other members of the Curse Spirit family."

"Okay." Jiang Lai nodded slightly. He ticked his plan in his mind.

The topic ended, and the real person said, "Oh - by the way, we met here today, I guess you are also here to look for something?"

The key points appeared. Jiang Lai's heart paused, and a slight doubt appeared on his face: "I just felt something and followed my instinct."

"There is indeed something there." The real person said frankly, "Just be careful, there is a certain risk if you don't touch this kind of thing yourself."

Jiang Lai caught some clues in the other party's words. He didn't say anything, waiting for the other party's next sentence.

"Not everyone can withstand such a huge amount of energy, even if it's just a touch." The real person said a few more words leisurely, his heterochromatic pupils curved, "So my friend, let me handle it this time. I have some experience."

Jiang Lai found it a little funny. The other party had laid so much groundwork, could it be that they were just trying to keep an outsider like him out of it?

——However, perhaps what the other party said about the huge energy and risks is true.

If not, the cursed spirits that had come over during this period would have already absorbed and devoured the unknown thing. Currently, this thing is still safe and sound, which means that other cursed spirits cannot move it.

According to Jiang Lai's previous speculation and combined with the information he has heard from the real person, the thing that attracts cursed spirits in Utsura School is most likely a fragment of the divine nature related to [Existence].

[Existence] is another high-level character after all, even if it is a broken fragment of godhood, not everyone can defile it. Therefore, the energy is huge and cannot be touched casually.

I just don't know why that fragment has only now suddenly exploded and attracted the cursed spirits... In addition, I don't know who this fragment of the godhead belongs to, but it's definitely not me.

Jiang Lai could sense that, although his divine nature as an "existence" was damaged and ineffective, it was still dormant in his body and would not break into pieces and fly everywhere.

While Jiang Lai was thinking, a young man with blue hair in a three-braid braid took out a brown pocket-sized woven bag from somewhere.

The small woven fabric looked very plain and simple, but it made Jiang Lai feel an unknown sense of awkwardness.

He looked at her from a distance, his eyes sweeping across her lightly, his expression not revealing his inner thoughts.

Jiang Lai judged that the woven bag that Zhenren took out was extraordinary, probably specially prepared for the things in Utsukura School. In other words, this pocket woven bag can hold and collect fragments of the godhood.

...In other words, this is an object that is specific to [existence]?

It seems that the regulatory agency has been prepared for this. Jiang Lai's eyes narrowed. Are they paying attention to any changes and collecting fragments of the godhead? What is that woven product?

A thought suddenly flashed through my mind, and at this moment, the corridor window suddenly exploded, and a fat fish-shaped curse spirit suddenly rushed in!

What caught Makoto and Jiang Lai's attention for a moment was not the fish-shaped cursed spirit that had strayed in, but the footsteps coming from the corridor and the approaching cursed energy -

Two figures leaped up from not far away, their movements were swift and agile. They were the sorcerers Nanami Kento and Itadori Yuji!!

They did not exorcise the fish-shaped cursed spirit directly, but made use of it.

The two followed the cursed spirit that followed their instinct and successfully found this location of the school!

The real person narrowed his eyes, glanced at the two people running towards him, and chuckled: "It's really annoying, these unknown extra guys have come."

He put away the woven bag, freeing his hands to be ready for battle at any time.

From this sentence, Jiang Lai judged that in this new series of stories, Masato and Yuji Itadori had never met before. This was their first meeting.

As Yuji Yuji approached, his attention was almost entirely on Jiang Lai who was standing on the side. He slightly widened his golden eyes and asked in surprise: "It's you?!"

"..." The black-haired young man had an indifferent expression. He just raised his eyelids slightly and looked over from a distance that was neither far nor near.

Hearing the call from the boy beside him, Nanami Kento also focused his gaze over for a moment.

This is a problem. Nanami Kento held the short dagger with the spotted talisman tightly in his hand and thought to himself. I didn't expect that there would be two special-grade people at the scene of this incident.

If there was only one, they could still try to fight him. But two special-grade ones...they were not able to handle it with their current level.

Nanami Kento's calm eyes swept over the two special-grade cursed spirits standing at the end of the corridor. From their positions and postures, he judged that the two knew each other, but they were probably not familiar with each other. This was good news.

Otherwise, if two skilled players work together, the difficulty will be raised to a higher level.

Reliable adults adjusted the order of tasks in their minds based on the actual situation, moving [Investigate and resolve the cause of the incident] down one position and adding a new one [Prioritize the safety of student Yuzhang] to the top.

Yuji Itadori next to him stared at Jiang Lai with a complicated expression. He still remembered the conversations he heard yesterday. The two Sukuna mentioned each other in their words - is this guy Sukuna's accomplice?

While Yuji Itadori's thoughts were flowing, Jiang Lai was also looking back at him silently.

He had expected to meet the other party, but he didn't expect everything to happen so quickly.

Jiang Lai's eyes swept over the two crescent-shaped marks under Yuji Itadori's eyes, and the two-faced Sukuna in Itadori's body were surprisingly quiet at this moment, with no sign of coming out.

This is different from Jiang Lai's guess.

He lowered his eyelids slightly and moved his fingers slightly.

...I hope Lord Sukuna isn't planning something, and that something big won't happen.