Chapter 137 What type of...humans do you like?
“Our existence actually belongs to this world.”
The first issue of Curse Spirit explains:
"When we arrived in this world, we absorbed the magic power on our own and completely separated from our main body. So when time was reset, we were not included in the reset range."
No...it depends on how the world chooses.
Qian Jianmu's expression was blank, but he immediately understood the reason.
To rebalance the positive and negative forces, and because, are they also part of the sword?
In fact, the cursed power of these cursed spirits is very pure. Compared with dirty cursed spirits, they are more like some kind of elves. However, the purity of this nature cannot completely remove them from the classification of cursed spirits. After all, they are still cursed spirits.
"So, I'm looking for my 'brothers'." The young man gently touched Wu Hutui's head: "Our names will also change, but... we haven't decided what to call them yet."
The cursed spirits who escaped from the swords may not have had that long time, but some emotions were inherited. Without the objects of hatred, they became more peaceful and calm than ever before.
"However, since we have lost the Shinsengumi, it is difficult for us to continue to have negative emotions. We are also unable to absorb the vast amount of cursed energy that belongs to humans in this world. Perhaps... after a long time, we will slowly dissipate."
The silver-haired young man lowered his eyes, his lips curled down with a hint of indifference:
“I don’t know why we were born, I don’t know what we hate, I don’t know where we will go in the future, and our names don’t belong to us. Everything just follows the inherent settings and keeps moving forward... Such a future, such a past...”
"Does it worry you? It doesn't matter. Just keep going and maybe we can find the meaning of our existence. Besides, it's a blessing to be able to freely get to know this world again."
The young man in military uniform bowed and saluted, his eyes still lowered, no blood color visible on his pale skin.
Shinano stuffed the ice cream cone to Gokotai, who took it and ate it with a crunch. The group of people watched in silence as Shinano came over and opened his arms.
Qian Jianmu hugged him out of habit and heard the boy sneer.
"Don't take it lightly. Cursed spirits are cursed spirits. There is no beating heart here."
His eyes were dim in the night, but his tone was full of smile:
"We are indeed the opposite of them, but how can you be sure that we have not been assimilated into this world and become your enemies, the enemies of mankind?"
Feeling a slight chill on his back, Qian Jianmu stepped back and looked at him.
"Don't be afraid, it's just a joke."
The boy stood on tiptoe and gently patted the top of his head.
"He liked you very much. He doesn't remember it, but I do."
"It's good to be vigilant. Although I don't think anyone will actually try to kill you, it's best not to let your guard down."
"Are you in touch with them?"
"Shh." The pretty young man slowly put his finger to his lips and winked: "It's a secret."
A group of pedestrians were walking not far away. Although they were cursed spirits and would not be seen by others, it was a bit too strange to see Qianjianmu talking to himself in the air. A few cursed spirits said goodbye considerately, randomly chose a direction, and walked forward slowly step by step like travelers.
No matter what kind of individual you are, you will start your life again, which is aimless but constantly moving forward.
Qian Jianmu stared at their backs in a daze.
"……elder brother?"
The voice was very soft, and the child looked up at him with green eyes and clear gaze.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Qian Jianmu thought for a moment and said:
"I'm craving some ice cream."
"The convenience store over there sells it." Xiao Hui looked around the corner and said, "I'll buy some for you, okay?"
In the end, the two of them treated each other to an ice cream cone and rode back to the technical college.
I walked up the stairs and reached the door, and immediately saw Ye Mo Zheng Dao who was checking the barrier of the high school.
Teacher Ye Ge... is now the prospective principal. Principal Ye Ge returned to the school for inspection today. The current situation is unstable and he is worried, especially about the children in the technical high school.
The last time they met was at the foot of the mountain. Yega Zhengdao still remembered those young men. Together they cleared out the cursed spirits in several villages and headed towards Tokyo. Then, as if it was an illusion, those handsome young men disappeared in front of him.
The next moment, the phone rang, the signal was restored, and everything ended in silence.
This development was truly magical, as if he had witnessed with his own eyes that his students were aliens. Now, when he suddenly saw Qian Jianmu, his expression became extremely complicated and he looked at him in surprise for a long time.
There was no need to be polite between teachers and students, and Ye Mo Zhengdao asked directly about the child.
"Is this the one from the Fushiguro family?"
He still looked as fierce as a mafia boss, and even when he softened his temper, he still seemed threatening. However, Fushiguro Megumi was a very courageous child, and he bowed politely:
"Hello, uncle."
Ye Moth was a little puzzled. How did Fushiguro Shigeu give birth to such a well-behaved child? How strong were his mother's genes?
He took out a small ugly corpse from his pocket, put it in Fushiguro Megumi's hand, and turned his head to look at Sengenmaku.
"Can he see it?" If he couldn't see the cursed spirit, then the academy would be dangerous to him.
"Hmm... I'm not sure, but you'll definitely see it in the future. It'll happen in the next two years."
Inexplicably, he was full of confidence in Qian Jianmu's words. Yega Zhengdao felt relieved and couldn't help but stroke the child's frizzy hair.
"You've just recovered, go and rest. I'll take him to the Fushiguro dormitory if it's on the way."
"… Fushiguro Shinobu's dormitory?"
"Who else will take care of the child? You?" Ye Mo Zhengdao looked at him puzzledly.
Very good, Yaga Masamichi doesn’t know about Fushiguro Megumi’s situation.
Since he said that, it means that Fushiguro Shigeki must be at school tonight.
...Is this guy such an attentive person?
Qian Jianmu scratched his head, somewhat confused, but didn't think about it any further.
Dad, you wouldn't attack your child the moment you meet him after a long separation...right?
**
When Megumi Fushiguro arrived at the high school, it was already very dark.
The teachers' dormitories are much more spacious than the students' dormitories and are very close to the back mountain.
The style of the entire college’s student dormitories is a bit like a temple: spacious, ancient, and solemn.
When he was led to the door, Fushiguro Megumi lowered his head, and Fushiguro Shigenobu could not see his face, but only the top of his head.
It's hairy and prickly, and looks exactly like sunflower.
"You are already a father, so just tell us if you need anything."
Although Yega Masamichi has a tough face, he is very careful. Fushiguro Shinji nodded perfunctorily, pushed the child into the door and closed it directly.
The dormitory was large, but without any lights on, it was pitch black. The only bright spot was the faint glow from the slightly yellowish street lamp outside the college window.
Megumi Fushiguro stood at a loss at the entrance and looked up at his father. Due to the angle and lighting limitations, he could only see a blurry profile and deep green eyes under the night light.
He was somewhat similar to the person he remembered, but also seemed a little different.
"Boy."
The man's hands were very big, and when they were placed on his head, they covered his entire head. Fushiguro Megumi was led to the living room. At this time, Fushiguro Shigeru noticed that his night vision was not enough for him to see clearly, so he turned on the light for him.
In the sudden light, Megumi Fushiguro finally saw the man's full appearance.
"Boy, let's talk."
“Dad…?”
"Yeah." Fushiguro Shier hugged his shoulders and said in a serious tone:
"When you see your mother in a few days, tell her that I'm too busy, so I've put you in foster care and will visit you often. Don't say anything else."
"……?"
"Did you hear that?"
"oh."
“Tell me again.” The man clicked his tongue, a little impatient, yet surprisingly patient.
"You sent me to Aunt Fushiguro for foster care and she came to visit me often," Hui said seriously.
"How long is often?" asked Fushiguro Shigeki.
"...three months?...one month?" the child asked uncertainly.
"It's been too long, kid." The man said shamelessly, "I visit you once a week, remember? When your mother asks, just say that."
"A week...? Okay."
Megumi Fushiguro calculated when was the last time she saw a man, and it seemed to be a year ago.
Not to mention Fushiguro Shigeer, he even had to ask Sengenmaku before he knew his father's name.
...The first time we met, we actually discussed how to lie to our mother?
Although it was very rude, and although he himself could not clearly distinguish this emotion, if he expressed his feelings at this moment in his own language many years later, it would probably be:
...This person is so bad.
"What's that expression?" Fushiguro Shige slapped him on the back, and Fushiguro Megumi staggered forward.
"Go take a shower, you will train with them tomorrow."
"……train?"
"Your mother likes healthy children, at least with some muscles."
The four-year-old child Fushiguro Megumi was silent for a while, then said in a quiet voice:
“…Oh, okay.”
Fushiguro Shiori, Fushiguro Aoi, and the gift Fushiguro Megumi.
Born with a gift, he was sorry.
…What an unfortunate hellish family this is.
**
I wonder what kind of warm time Fushiguro Megumi spent tonight as a father and son reunited after a long separation.
Qian Jianmu felt a little insomniac after returning to the dormitory.
His sleep quality has always been poor, but fortunately he doesn't particularly need sleep. Even if he is really sleepy, he can recover after an hour or two of deep sleep.
He walked across the dark wooden floor of the technical college dormitory in the moonlight.
Geto Suguru and Gojo Satoru are not at the high school, and Ieiri Shoko has also been taken to Kyoto, and seems to be discussing something about the medical emergency department. The most noisy people in the entire technical college were not there, and the air was filled with a coolness and silence like water vapor.
Qian Jianmu went to the back mountain.
The Hongxing Palace is hidden very deeply, and when looking down from the air one cannot tell that there is such a huge complex of buildings hidden here. This is more like an underground palace. It is hard to imagine how much thought, money and resources Gojo spent to build the Hongxing Palace.
Now this place is trapped by layer upon layer of barriers. Even if you find the entrance to the cave, you have to pass through at least seven or eight barriers to get in.
The reason why he was able to find Hongxing Palace so easily was definitely the result of Tianyuan's best efforts to create conditions for him. Tianyuan launched the attack under the instructions of the world, and then used his own methods to leave a gap for survival for him to escape.
Although the final result is that you cannot move even a finger, and you will soon be assimilated and domesticated by the world and become a slave of the world.
His arrival was not blocked. He passed through layer upon layer of empty houses. Next to the altar in the center, Qian Jianmu saw a black-haired girl sitting on the edge of the stone platform, staring down at a small tree growing on the ground not far away.
That was the soil that was soaked when the spiritual power exploded. For some reason, after the giant tree collapsed, a young sapling miraculously sprouted.
This is probably the first pure spiritual tree in this era in the world. Every leaf is full of spiritual power, stretching out its branches and growing endlessly towards the heights.
The spirit tree has a long lifespan and is not small in size. Perhaps a hundred years later, the spirit tree will give birth to its own tree spirit, which will become another being that protects the academy.
Tianyuan lowered his eyes, not knowing how long he had been sitting there.
There were two pieces of cream cakes and daifuku in her hands. It seemed that she had eaten one of the desserts, leaving an empty space in the box of daifuku.
"Can't sleep?" Qian Jianmu walked to her side and looked at the green and vibrant little tree.
"…I don't need sleep."
"It's okay to take a nap every now and then, right?"
These days, Sengenmaku would occasionally come to see her, but after he woke up, Gojo Geto was always by his side. When there were other people around, Tengen would often not show up, so he came back empty-handed these days.
"The sorcerer who can't release the tent will be troubled."
Tianyuan tilted her head, her long black hair flowing across her face:
"So can the curse caster." She told a dark joke.
The agreement she made was to open the account to anyone to use. As long as there was a little bit of magical power in the body, even ordinary people could use it after training.
Half of the time, I was helping the sorcerer cover up the mess, and the other half...
They are constantly becoming accomplices in human cannibalism.
"Without assimilation, can you survive?"
The spiritual power suppressed the cursed power in her body, but it also made her cursed power stronger. For Tian Yuan now, spiritual power has become a kind of means of drinking poison to quench thirst. Maintaining the barrier is no longer the only reason for her to replenish spiritual power. The more important reason is that if she loses spiritual power, she will not be far from becoming a cursed spirit.
Qian Jianmu advocated using his own body to complete the transmission of the astral plasma. Although it could not be assimilated, it could replenish the spirit.
However, Tianyuan shook his head and refused when he heard his proposal.
"It seems you don't know about that." Tian Yuan said: "After the war, the world underwent a structural adjustment. It's just that transactions with the world come with constraints and restrictions. Most people will forget about it... but I won't..."
Immortality, although a technique, goes against the rules of the entire world.
There is no forever in the world. There is no eternal thing in the entire world. Everything is changing slowly. The real unchanging thing is a mistake that goes against the world.
Rather than being immortal, immortality is pseudo-immortality.
When she reaches her limit, the rules will use all means to accelerate her death. This is also the purpose of Hongxing Palace. The existence of Hongxing Palace is to prevent the rules from manipulating her destiny.
The curse of spiritualization was the final, unavoidable oppression and restraint that the rules imposed on her.
This new world consciousness seemed to have some understanding of emotions. It was neither so inhuman nor so ruthless. It just asked Tianyuan if there was anything he wanted to achieve, and it would try its best to achieve it during the change period.
While the world has just recovered from the chaos, quickly cut off the unnecessary parts of the world. When everything starts to operate normally, the world consciousness will once again watch everything with a cold eye.
Tianyuan said that she wanted to give up immortality.
She doesn't want to become a cursed spirit, nor does she want to be immortal.
However, the world consciousness gave a not-so-good answer.
Tianyuan's body has exceeded the lifespan limit of humans. She refreshes herself by relying on other people's bodies and then assimilates them. She looks like a teenager but is actually hundreds of years old.
Her body was very old, a bag of bones that had overdrawn its vitality.
Everything is supported by immortality, supporting her appearance and her life. Once her immortality is cancelled, Tianyuan will immediately age and die.
Does Tianyuan really want to die at this time?
Tianyuan was a little hesitant.
Various reasons are plausible, for example, if she dies the barrier will disappear, the Onmyoji has not yet grown up, the inheritance of the barrier is almost non-existent, and the world will be in chaos.
For example, she still wanted to see the world that Izumo wanted to protect, wanted to watch the world gradually get better, and then die peacefully and fulfill her wish.
However, secretly, she couldn't let go of Izumo.
Although it is reincarnation, although they are no longer the same person, no matter who they are, they will not recognize each other as each other.
They have the same talents, but their souls are strangers, and everything has been reset.
But there was still something about her that she wanted to see what the ending would be for Geto Suguru.
She would not interfere with how he died or what kind of life and future he would have. She just wanted to see the end of his life.
so……
"The moment before the curse turns into spirit, I will die."
Tianyuan said:
"The revival of my spiritual power has suppressed my tendency to become a cursed spirit, but even so, I only have less than two years left."
She fought for the last two years for herself.
"That's good, that's good too. You need to be more gentle with those kids and with you."
Her thick black hair fell on her shoulders. She was shoeless, with her wooden clogs resting on the ground, and she looked up at the sky.
"Or... after I become a cursed spirit, let Xia Youjie tame me. This way, there won't be any disturbance at all."
The girl raised her lips, elegant and cruel:
"I hope he can kill me before he dies, but if I die like this, even my soul won't exist... Not bad, right?"
"..." Qian Jianmu pursed his lips.
"Don't you want to say something?" Tianyuan asked.
"Kayou Jie won't be happy." Chijianmaku said.
"But if I really beg him so much, he will definitely agree." Tianyuan said as a matter of course.
"He is Geto Suguru." Not Izumo.
“…”
The girl suddenly became quiet, and said in a cold and angry tone:
"Don't remind me...I know."
The green leaves grow upwards in the eternal warm light of the Hongxing Palace. Although there is no wind, the branches sway gently and spiritually.
The leaves heard the voices of the boy and girl talking.
"In order to protect everything he wants to protect, I am sure he will agree with my choice. This is the easiest way to achieve everything."
"But I think I wanted to help him, to help him create a happy world, but if I did that, I actually hurt him."
The girl whispered:
"It takes excessive arrogance and self-centeredness to do something like imposing protection unilaterally."
In the sudden silence of Qianjianmu, Tianyuan looked over:
“So, I found a way to have the best of both worlds.”
Tianyuan's barrier has a certain ability to move and store objects. Qianjianmu saw a book floating in front of him. He reached out and took it. The book was heavier than ever before.
"The book you gave Geto Suguru is enough to complete his enlightenment. He can now go straight to learning Onmyojitsu."
"This is……"
"He was the one who taught me the barrier technique - the embodiment of the corridor."
Tian Yuan leaned down and gently touched the leaves of the dwarf tree, saying softly:
"This book stores everything I and Izumo have learned throughout our lives."
The holographic book that stores the knowledge of Onmyoji is not a teaching book. If it is in the hands of other people, they may never understand how it is done in their entire life. But if it is Geto Suguru, if Geto Suguru has the talent of Izumo, this is the best soil for him to embark on the path of Onmyoji.
“…”
"Please pass it to him. If he has any questions, he can write them down on a piece of paper and leave it at the entrance of Hongxing Palace. I will answer them for him."
"Not meeting him?" asked Qian Jianmu.
"There are only two years left, why bother meeting?" Tian Yuan said.
"You don't seem to want to."
Tian Yuan shook his head and just said:
"Why would you want to form a bond with someone who is about to die?"
The two sat together in silence, looking at the stars constructed by the barrier. These stars were a network formed by the star plasma that Tengen had spread throughout Japan.
It flickers and flashes depending on the physical condition of each stellar plasma, just like real stars floating in the endless sky.
Qianjianmu was holding a book and staying with Tianyuan. He seemed to sleep for a while, but it seemed that he did not sleep. When he woke up, he heard Gojo Satoru's voice from afar.
"Chikan--are you here?"
This lawless guy seems to be about to break in.
Tianyuan quietly left at some point, Qianjianmu stood up, bypassed several barriers and went outside, and saw a few dusty people guarding the gate of Hongxing Palace. They looked at him with bright eyes and spirited look, their eyes like searchlights.
"Xiao Qianjian——"
"Qianjian——"
Sengenmaku dodged the wavy calls of Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru and turned his gaze to the woman following them. The woman had beautiful blonde hair, a healthy and perfect body, and a capable and clear gaze.
"Hey! You are the Senjian they are talking about." Kujuku Yuki waved his hand and smiled brightly: "I am Kujuku Yuki."
"Special-grade sorcerer Kujuku Yuki... I know you." Chiganmu nodded, but saw that the woman obviously hadn't finished speaking yet. The two male technical high school students beside her also seemed to be waiting for something and fell silent.
"Although it's a special grade, I came back to watch the fun!" The woman gave a thumbs up. She was very happy to see the fun in the directorate recently, and her mood was very bright. Then, she straightened her face and said seriously:
"Then I'm going to ask."
“…Huh?”
"Qianjian, what kind of woman do you like?"
"Sorry, I've never liked anyone." Qian Jianmu turned his head and saw the expressions of his peers who were watching the fun. He was very calm.
"Well, can you imagine what kind of woman you would like, or what kind of person you would feel more comfortable with? Or other experiences are fine." As for caring about the girl next door, Jiujiu Yuki said that she was very open-minded.
...The scope is so large? Is this something that can be said?
Qian Jianmu was cautiously silent for a moment, and flipped through his shallow life experience, which was so short that he couldn't even count his years.
"…Not a woman, okay?"
“…”
“…”
This attitude must have some story behind it, right?
"Huh?" Jiujiu Yuki's eyes were shining from eating the melon.
Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru slowly opened their mouths again, stunned.
Eh——? ? ? ! ! !
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