Chapter 87 Abandoning the Cat Thousand Years Ago (bushi)

Changfa Gotiao's room was clean and tidy, with nothing special placed inside.

Perhaps because the six eyes unconsciously collect information about the surroundings, fewer useless decorations will relatively reduce the burden on the eyes.

Jiang Lai said politely, "Excuse me," and walked into the house.

"I'm not bothering you, but I haven't seen you for a few days. I'm a little uncomfortable with your politeness." With his long hair in his hands, he lowered the bamboo blinds, and only sparse moonlight squeezed in through the gaps, making the room dim. "Do you want to turn on the lights?"

"No need, I can see clearly." Jiang Lai replied, "Besides, it's night now. If you suddenly turn on the light, the servants outside——"

"Oh, that's okay. Don't worry about our conversation being overheard. I have a soundproof barrier in my room that I set up myself." Long-haired Gojo waved his hand and said casually, "Besides, they don't care about me. Most of them never say much, they just do what I tell them to do when I need them to."

"That sounds pretty freeing."

"It's just an appearance. I'm usually so constrained and full of troubles." The white-haired boy pouted and complained, "The last time I came back, the old men in the family surrounded me and gave me all kinds of annoying arguments, saying that going out without permission is not good for safety, but in fact it's just for the family's face. It's really boring."

"Then you don't have to listen next time." Jiang Lai's book covered his lips and suggested with a smile, "How about getting rid of them and going to a shrine or something to clean up?"

After the words were spoken subconsciously, Jiang Lai suddenly recalled that at the beginning of Yesterday and Yesterday, Youwu came to the shrine for peace and quiet and met him there.

"Shrine? That's a good idea." The long-haired man's blue eyes lit up. "Those servants can't enter the barrier without a token, and the elders are a bunch of old men who can't climb the mountain - not bad, not bad, next time I'll go there and play hide-and-seek with them."

"..." Jiang Lai half-curled his eyebrows, and then he thought of the incident when they parted not long ago, so he said, "How about the village monster? Was it resolved? What was the harvest?"

"How can I fail in anything I do?" Long-haired Gojo was in high spirits, and he raised the corners of his lips, "Of course it was solved. I could tell those who signed a contract with the monsters with my six eyes."

"It was just a little troublesome when dealing with it later," the white-haired boy continued, "I originally thought that after finding those people, I could just kill them with a spell. But... it seems that the actual situation is more complicated."

Recalling what happened before, a complicated expression appeared on Long Hair's face. He lowered his eyes:

"They are individuals, but also part of a group. There were a bunch of children and women crying, making excuses and begging. It was very noisy."

"In the end, it was handed over to the government. Although I hate those guys, they are responsible for this, so they can probably investigate it." The white-haired boy nodded. "In short, I'll let those guys do their job."

"Really? They actually listened to you?"

"…Because I revealed my real identity." Long-haired Gojo looked a little depressed, but still said, "The Gojo family's name is still effective. After seeing the ID, they immediately started to nod and bow."

"But I still feel a little unhappy. I always feel that rotten oranges are everywhere." He exhaled and raised his ice-blue eyes, "-I want to rewrite the rules of the world."

"Wow, that's right, Satoru-kun is old enough to say something like that."

"Hey, I'm serious. I'm not being frivolous." The long-haired man twitched his lips slightly, then smiled slyly, "Anyway, at least we need to rewrite the relevant rules of the magic world. We don't want those rotten orange rules."

Jiang Lai said, "So what are you going to do?"

"I used to think about killing all those unqualified rotten oranges, but now I think that force alone has limited effect," he said. "I can't directly change the thinking of most people, and I also lack some like-minded people."

"Your perception is surprisingly clear. Indeed, in this era, it is not easy to achieve goals."

Jiang Lai thought for a few seconds and added, "Of course, it may not be easy to get the rules of rotten oranges in any era. This is not something that can be achieved overnight. It probably takes a long time to prepare."

"Ah - that sounds like a lot of trouble. I hate trouble. But once you've made up your mind, you can't just give up so easily."

The white-haired boy raised his eyebrows, his eyes shining with pride, "Even if I don't follow the plan step by step, I will definitely succeed. After all, I am the strongest."

"That's exactly what people of this age would say." Jiang Lai responded calmly.

"...I'm telling you, at least be polite and be inspired."

Jiang Lai laughed, and the atmosphere between them became very light. He said, "Then you can try it according to your own ideas. Even if you fail in this era, you can still accumulate experience for your next reincarnation."

"Wait, are you talking about reincarnation already? Is it really appropriate to hit a young person like this?!" After getting familiar with each other, the long-haired Gojo had long since thrown away his initial reserved aristocratic appearance. At this moment, his demeanor was like a big cat slapping its tail, and he complained casually, "Even if it's reincarnation, it only happens once every thousand years. It's too early."

"Do you know the relevant content?" Jiang Lai was slightly surprised and continued asking.

"I just happened to hear some weirdo guys talking about it at a shrine worship ceremony," the white-haired boy said, "something like [the wheel of fate turns every thousand years], [memories of past lives may awaken in the haze], [the entangled fate will eventually determine the final outcome]... Such nonsense."

"It sounds mysterious." Jiang Lai thought.

"These are only found in storybooks. I stopped listening to them when I was very young." Long-haired Gojo yawned lightly and didn't take it seriously. "They are all lies, childish and boring."

He raised his eyes and asked, "By the way, you came to see me tonight to ask about the village, right?"

"Oh, not only that, there is something else." Jiang Lai frowned, stood up straight, and said sincerely, "...I want to ask you for a favor."

"Help? No problem." Long-haired Gojo nodded readily and asked curiously, "Do you need my help too? Could it be that you are quite interested in the human world and are planning to stay here for a long time? - You are welcome to stay at Gojo's house."

"On the contrary." Jiang Lai shook his head and replied, "I'm going to be away for a while, so I want you to help... take care of the child."

After the words were spoken, the white-haired boy in front of him was shocked. He paused for a few seconds before saying, "Sorry, did I hear it wrongly?"

"Huh?" Jiang Lai also looked puzzled. "No, what's wrong?"

"…Child? You mean a living, walking, talking, limb-carrying child?"

"Of course." Jiang Lai showed his half-moon eyes, "A normal human child."

"Really? - Is that true?" The long-haired girl asked in a long voice. He moved closer in surprise, his beautiful blue eyes widening like a cat. "You have a child?"

"How is that possible!" Jiang Lai raised his hand and knocked the other person's head with a book, "I picked it up on the road."

“Wait, you can break through the limitless limit...?! Well, you are a mysterious thing after all.” The white-haired boy covered his head with one hand and complained, then calmed his expression and stood up.

"Oh, so it was picked up. What a surprise. I thought it was a real-life version of the story in the storybooks about gods, ghosts, and tragic love stories."

"How much have you read?" Jiang Lai raised his eyebrows. "Come to think of it, didn't you say that you didn't listen to the stories in the book when you were very young? Just now you complained that it was hypocritical, childish and boring."

The long-haired girl froze for a moment, and her raised voice made her statement more obvious than it actually was: "Yes, I'm too old to listen to stories! How could I still be addicted to reading storybooks? It's just that, well, I just have a better memory."

He immediately changed the subject, "Where is the child you asked me to take care of?"

"In the hotel outside." Jiang Lai said, "A little boy of six or seven years old, a master of ten kinds of shadow magic."

"..." The white-haired boy's expression became more serious after hearing this. He nodded slightly, and his blue eyes blinked under his eyelashes. "Is that so? It's a little troublesome."

If it was an ordinary child, it would be fine, but for the heir of the Zenin family's ancestral magic, it would not be so easy to deal with.

However, Liuyan is not someone who will be bound by these rules, he always does what he wants.

Therefore, Gojo nodded and said, "Okay, no problem." He tapped the palm of his right hand with his left hand, "It's just that it's not convenient to bring him to the Gojo family. He needs to be raised outside. He won't be the kind of child who can't live without adults, right?"

"No." Jiang Lai thought for a moment and said, "His mother died young, and his father was away from home for many years and later disappeared. He should be a very independent child."

"That's good—" The long-haired girl placed her five slender fingers on her chin, "Well... I'll ask my friends outside to look after him when you're free."

"Friends outside? Did Wu-kun make any new friends?"

"Ah... sort of. I met them on the way back. We got along well." The long-haired man smiled, exuding a youthful aura. "They are quite interesting. One is a cursed spirit operator, and the other can perform a reversal technique that can output."

Jiang Lai paused slightly when he heard this. Such a prominent feature made him think of the future Geto Suguru and Ieiri Nozomi...!

Is there really such a thing as "millennium reincarnation"? Jiang Lai thought silently in his heart, sorting out the relevant clues in his mind.

"I didn't expect that the ten shadow spells that didn't appear in the Zenin family would appear outside. When that child grows up, I can use it to ridicule the other side!" Long-haired Gojo was in high spirits, "Then let's go find that child now, I'm still quite curious."

"Go find it now?" Jiang Lai paused for a moment and then reacted.

"Won't you be discovered if you sneak out in the middle of the night?" Jiang Lai thought rationally and asked, "After you left home last time, the Gojo family should have stepped up their supervision, right?"

"That's true, but if I want to leave, no one can stop me." The white-haired boy curved his lips with a perfect arc, looking wanton, "- and breaking through under heavy guard, isn't it exciting?" He seemed actually very interested.

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The long-haired figure jumped to the window, lifted the bamboo blinds, turned half of his face and smiled happily: "Come on, Mr. Bai Wu, let's play a game of night escape~!"

——

The two of them walked lightly, shuttling between Gojoya under the moonlight.

Because of the Six Eyes with a comprehensive vision, Jiang Lai did not need to be alert to his surroundings and use magic to test this time.

He followed behind the long-haired girl, using only his eyes and hearing to perceive his surroundings. After participating in this way, he actually relived the joy of playing hide-and-seek games in his childhood.

After they flashed out of the last outer barrier and stepped into the night street, their extremely fast pace finally slowed down. The two-story wooden hotel reflected in the curtain not far away was where Xiu Ji was.

"Perfect~! Great victory——" The white-haired boy looked happy under the moon, like a big long-haired cat shaking its body.

Jiang Lai, who was standing beside him, also smiled and replied, "Cleared the level with full health."

At this moment, the streets are exceptionally quiet at midnight, with only the silent bright moon dotting the bright sky.

The environment in the Heian-kyo era was excellent. The stars above were not obscured at all, but gathered above like scattered silver fragments, flickering and flowing in the night and in the eyes.

Jiang Lai looked at the bright and shining starry sky, and the sleepiness and fatigue that had been suppressed before emerged again, rolling up like a tide.

The sleepiness was tugging at his strength, and Jiang Lai slowed down his pace. He knew he'd better find a safe place to sleep as soon as possible.

The evening breeze blew gently, and a familiar mysterious power rippled in the air. He paused for a moment, half lowered his eyes, and felt it from the bottom of his heart.

——It seems to be from [Birth]. Is the other party nearby?

"What's wrong?" Noticing that Jiang Lai's pace had slowed down, Long-Faced Wu Tiao stopped and asked, turning his head halfway.

"..." Jiang Lai stopped where he was. He raised his eyes and pointed the book to the hotel not far away. "That kid is called Xiu Ji. He is in the room on the left of the second floor of that house. I have set up some magic traps, but as for you, there will be no problem in breaking through."

The long-haired girl frowned slightly, and stared at him with her eyes wide open: "...Aren't you going over? Are you leaving?"

"I'm going to meet a friend." Jiang Lai did not reveal the other [existence], nor did he tell others about his physical condition. He did not want to cause others to have extra worries.

Therefore, he downplayed it and said, "I suddenly sensed that the other party was nearby, so I was ready to chase him and take a look."

"Is it that urgent?" The white-haired boy tilted his head slightly. "If I go there alone, won't that kid think I'm a bad person?"

"No, don't worry, I've already told him in advance."

"Huh? So you've been planning to dump the child on me? - You evil old monster."

"Because I believe in you." Jiang Lai boasted with a smile, and looked at the other party with satisfaction as he entered the awkward posture of a high school boy again.

"...Even if you say that, it doesn't change the fact that you have already made up your mind." Long-haired Gojo choked out a reply, then raised his eyes, "Okay, go play with your friends - when will we meet again?"

This is the same question again. Jiang Lai sighed in his heart. He couldn't give an accurate answer because he himself was not sure.

It is very difficult to lie in front of the six eyes that can see through everything. If you stay for too long, you never know if the clues will be revealed.

Moreover, his consciousness could not hold out for much longer, as fatigue and tiredness had already overcome the dam of rationality he had built.

Jiang Lai intends to follow his instinct to find a nearby [birth], and conceptually his eldest sister (eldest brother) and the head of the family will enter a period of hibernation.

Under the gaze of the white-haired boy, Jiang Lai chuckled. He pointed his book toward the stars in the sky and made up a mysterious sentence on the spot:

"Let's put it this way. When the distance between the brightest star and the dimmest star shrinks by one inch, I will truly meet you again."

"Huh? Is this some kind of secret code, or some weird condition for you gods and monsters to appear?"

The man with long hair made a complaint, then subconsciously raised his eyes and looked in the direction, his blue eyes focused on the starry sky.

He could not see anything special there. To the six eyes, there was air, water droplets, dust, and some other miscellaneous things.

When he regained consciousness, he found that the black-haired young man had already left. He didn't know where to look for the friend who suddenly appeared.

Under the starry sky, the white-haired boy was stunned for a second. After a long silence, he walked towards the hotel and said to himself:

"It's too much for him to come when he wants and leave without any trouble. I must let him treat me next time. Oh, he may not have money, so I'll just let him tell me some interesting stories."