Chapter 123
Just like what Xiang Xiang said before.
Most people in the Kamo family do not believe that the sacred tree can fulfill wishes.
But they believe in another research conclusion about sacred trees.
That is to say, the sacred tree is the reason why the curse is basically extinct now.
Thinking of the recent crying and tears, Kamo An was emotional: "Look at what kind of life we have been living since the curse disappeared!"
"We have lost our means of livelihood! We have lost our stable life! We are forced to cross the dark river by feeling our way through this turbulent era!"
"Sometimes, we even have to stand in opposition to our former comrades!"
While promoting herself like an unemployed worker, Kamo An looked at the people in front of her like a capitalist, trying to squeeze out the remaining value from them.
Among this group of people, in addition to the remnants of the Kamo family, there were also many wild sorcerers who came here on their own initiative at his call.
Although cursed spirits and cursers are generally enemies of sorcerers, there are actually quite a few who are unwilling to engage in direct conflict with their fellow human cursers and simply want to take on the task of exorcising cursed spirits to support their families.
Because there is a possibility of dying on every mission, the rewards for a sorcerer's mission are actually not that great. There are also people who do this job for money, such as Miwa.
However, when it comes to money, legal income will always be outweighed by illegal returns.
Therefore, after the curse was destroyed and legal income was directly cut off, there was indeed a group of people who stepped into the gray and black realm.
Because people often die in the scientific world, big bosses have become increasingly superstitious and have begun hiring sorcerers as bodyguards.
Therefore, most of the work of these hired sorcerers is to ensure the safety of their employers' daily lives, and to be responsible for testing whether those fishing lines that are so tough that they seem to be made by Spider-Man have been enchanted.
However, in rare cases, there are always some big bosses who are ambushed and cannot bear it and want to kill back on the spot.
However, most of the sorcerers who come to work as bodyguards do not want to harm humans, so they would naturally want to refuse such a situation. However, what the sorcerers did not expect was that their employers were not as easy to talk to as before.
In contrast, there were cursed spirits that were absolutely non-negotiable before. Once they were cursed, they could only pray for the help of the sorcerers, and their value and status would naturally be higher.
But now, without the pressure from the more bizarre cursed spirits that can inspire fear in people's hearts, the sorcerers are nothing more than slightly special bodyguards.
If you don't agree with something that was hired for money, why not just change it?
Thus, the circle of sorcerers rolled up in a twisted and deformed way. The good guys either had to swallow their anger, or couldn't even be bodyguards, or -
Or you can compromise step by step until you become almost the same as the cursers.
Thinking of this, most of the sorcerers below felt complicated.
Kamo An was very satisfied with their expressions and continued to add fuel to the fire: "Do you want to change the status quo?"
"think!"
"So we—"
"So what do we need to do?"
Kamo An was suddenly interrupted and his face was not very good. He looked in the direction of the voice. There was a young-looking guy with two people of the same age beside him, a boy and a girl. At this time, one was looking at the sky and the other was looking at the ground. It was unclear whether they were in the same group.
The boy with big eyes and a bit of a daze seemed to be unable to read the air and made a few meaningless gestures in the air: "For a tree that big, even if all the spell bonuses are thrown away, it would be impossible to just pull it out normally, right?"
Kamo Anne certainly knew this.
If he really had the ability to pull out trees, he wouldn't be wasting his time here.
In fact, even in the Kamo family, Kamo An is not that strong, but she likes to do some crooked ways, so she was sent out to preach this time.
When there are too many people, it's just a tree, and Kamo An thinks he can kill it anyway.
But when promoting, of course it has to be a little exaggerated to boost morale.
Now that she was exposed, although Kamo An cursed in her heart, she still did a good job on the surface and quickly came up with a reasonable explanation: "Although it is said to be uprooting, for the sake of the overall situation, it is best for us to let this tree die quietly."
"So, what do you do? Pour hot water on its roots?"
…………Do you think this is the enemy camp boss's fortune tree? And how much hot water would it take to grow such a big tree?
“…This is also a solution.”
Kamo An was annoyed. He pointed at the kid who had been talking to him from the beginning and asked, "You, you, stand up."
"Who introduced you here? What's your name?"
"Yes! My name is Yu Itadori Yu - yes, my name is Yu Itadori Yu!"
Although he dyed his conspicuous hair black but still almost exposed his belly, Yuji Itadori suddenly changed his mind after being hit in the kidney by Megumi Fushiguro.
But this still caught Kamo An's attention.
Facing Kamo An's suspicious scrutiny, Yuji Itadori made up his mind and shouted loudly: "I have another question! What should we do if Uchiha Madara intervenes?"
As expected, Kamo An's attention was drawn away. She cleared her throat and said thoughtfully, "Ahem, this..."
In addition to the Kamo family, there are many other families that are dissatisfied with the existence of the sacred tree.
After all, apart from the Gojo family, which had long been considering whether to simply cleanse itself of its sins and escape from the sea of suffering because Gojo Satoru himself was unreliable, the reputation, status and wealth of most sorcerer families were built on a mysterious foundation.
In short, it is technology monopoly.
Before the mass death of the cursed spirits, the world of sorcerers had always been desperately short of people. Even students in school had to work around the clock to carry out missions. They had never experienced overcapacity and were picked and chosen by new employers.
The sorcerers were angry, but they dared not speak out.
It's not that no one wanted to take advantage of the sacred tree before, but no one really dared to do it because they knew very well that they could not defeat Uchiha Madara.
Whenever they are annoyed by their boss and feel they can't do the job anymore, they will look out at the sacred tree from afar, just like a desperate office worker checking his bank account balance, and think about who is represented by it. It seems that they can wipe away their tears and swallow their anger again.
——This time, the Kamo family actually didn't think about confronting the opponent head-on.
If they had to say it, they just wanted to recruit a group of people first, and then pick and choose from their spells to see if there is any that can kill the damn tree.
As for whether Uchiha Madara will blame me then...
According to common sense in the world of sorcery, great power usually requires a huge price to pay.
Combined with the fact that there has been no news about "Uchiha Madara" recently, many people are waiting and watching, and Kamo An boldly guessed that the opponent now should have consumed too much before and has not recovered yet, so he is not at his peak.
Although judging from the memories instilled in him in the previous [Infinite Moonlight Reading], even one-tenth of "Uchiha Madara" would be enough to beat him, his family, and the newly recruited shrimp soldiers and crab generals eight hundred times...but Kamo An doesn't care.
Now is the time when the plan has the highest chance of success. If he misses this opportunity, he will basically have no chance of turning things around in the rest of his life.
——If he can't continue to be the boss, he would rather die.
During this period, many people in the Kamo family thought so.
However, unlike the noble families represented by the Kamo family who are accustomed to cannibalism, among those who were captured and used as guns this time, there are many sorcerers of ordinary backgrounds who are really desperate.
Kamo An knew that this group of people were mediocre people who only pursued bread and ignored their self-worth, and they joined in just to survive.
If a satisfactory answer cannot be given, the organization that has just been formed may collapse immediately.
Kamo Anne recalled the information in her mind and thought hard.
Suddenly, a light flashed in his mind and he remembered what the Prime Minister had asked before.
"Although we can't defeat them head-on, we can use hostages as a threat!"
"For example, there is a child on the train that is about to arrive in City C. It is said that he has some kind of connection with Uchiha Madara."
When investigating the information of "Uchiha Obito" for the expansion, Kamo An also participated in it, and heard a lot of gossip, and also learned the relationship between the group of people who suddenly appeared recently.
Thinking of this, Kamo An's thoughts opened up, and she spoke more and more smoothly: "There is also 'Hatake Kakashi'... If we can catch him, we might be able to threaten 'Uchiha Obito' and Gojo Satoru to stand on our side!"
The ordinary sorcerers below were as quiet as chickens.
They didn't know as much inside information as Kamo An. For them, it was just that they fell asleep one day and found themselves hanging on a tree. When they woke up the next day, they found that the weather had changed.
So Kamo Anne's simple and crude plan involved five characters and four names, half of which they didn't recognize. From the remaining parts they could understand, one was the strongest in the world of sorcery, and the other was the current great devil. No matter how they thought about it, they felt uneasy.
"So how exactly do we ..."
"To steal! To cheat! To rob!"
Kamo An was afraid that Yuji Itadori would ask some questions that she couldn't answer, so she quickly interrupted him and said, "There are so many goals and so many possibilities. Do you really want me to teach you step by step?!"
After taking the initiative in the topic, Kamo Anne pretended to be a leader who had high blood pressure because of being angry at his incompetent employees, turned around and left, successfully avoiding further discussion.
Facing the gazes of the other sorcerers present, Yuji Itadori showed a pure smile that was not contaminated by knowledge: "I'm sorry..."
Thanks to the fact that the sorcerers here still have a little conscience, Yuji Itadori was able to leave safely.
After leaving the small group, Fushiguro Megumi pulled the person to a hidden corner and asked, "Why did you show up just now? This is not conducive to our infiltration plan."
Yuji Itadori touched his head and said, "The air is a bit heavy, so I want to lighten the atmosphere..."
Speaking of why Yuji Itadori and the others joined this strange organization... To put it simply, they were actually brought in by Shijiro Fushiguro.
After Fushiguro Shigeki was defeated by Gojo Satoru, he was thrown directly to his own son, but neither of them had a deep impression of each other, so the atmosphere was very awkward at the beginning.
Mainly Yuji Itadori and Norose Kugizaki who think so, as for the father and son Fushiguro - the older one doesn't know how to write the word embarrassed, and the younger one is not willing to be outdone and pretends to be very good.
But it was just a disguise. Two classmates who knew Fushiguro Megumi very well often watched him muttering to themselves, and they never stopped talking.
Just when Fushiguro Megumi could not help but strike out at his classmate, Fushiguro Shinjiro, who was trapped in the Jujutsu High School and felt uncomfortable, disappeared under his nose for two hours. When he came back, he brought an invitation letter from this strange organization.
When Fushiguro Shinobu left, Fushiguro Megumi thought he would never come back.
But in the end, Fushiguro Shigekiru exceeded his expectations. Before actually accepting the invitation letter, Fushiguro Megumi thought for a long time, trying to figure out whether this was just a casual response from the other party after the other party leaked the news, or some kind of active peacemaking.
Family love should be a relatively simple emotion among all kinds of feelings, but once it becomes complicated, it can be surprisingly torturous.
Because you can never break the bloodline.
Fushiguro Megumi sighed, "Forget it."
"Right."
Yuji Itadori continued, "We have the information as well."
Kugizaki Norose said while tapping on her phone: "Come to think of it, this information is totally useless."
"This organizer's ability is obviously limited. Which of those people can be easily caught?"
The other two people present recalled the hostage list and felt that this made a lot of sense.
"... Anyway, let's tell Gojo-sensei first."
"Um."
At this time, Bai Yun did not know that someone had suddenly targeted all of his aliases, so he missed the opportunity to denounce this unethical act of taking advantage of him alone.
Therefore, when he heard Gojo Satoru's cell phone ringing, he did not react at all.
At this time, they finally got off the Shinkansen. Okkotsu Yuta was holding the snacks that were half eaten by Gojo Satoru in his left hand. He wanted to grab Bai Yun with his right hand, but in the end he caught nothing.
Seeing this, Otkotsu Yuta did not try again, but whispered: "There are so many people, don't get separated."
Even the previous bombing could not stop people's curiosity about the sacred tree. After the live broadcast, the number of people heading to City C increased even more.
The platform was so crowded that one could easily get separated if one was not careful.
"Uchiha Sasuke" is small and drifts in the crowd like duckweed.
However, the training since childhood has enabled Bai Yun to move well among the crowd. Although she sometimes has to go a little further, she has relieved the force of the crowd and ultimately achieved her goal faster.
After watching for a while, Yuta Otsutsuki realized that the other party knew exactly what he was going to do.
After successfully attracting Yuta Okkotsu's attention, Bai Yun secretly placed another vest at the farthest location allowed by the system.
Afterwards, "Uchiha Sasuke" followed Gojo Satoru and the others to rest and prepare for the next day's trip to the sacred tree, while "Uchiha Obito" was responsible for wandering around, trying to meet the inflation phase as soon as possible, return the brothers to them in a logical way, and wash away the stigma of being a human trafficker...
Although Uchiha Obito did seem to have deceived the two brothers Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Sasuke successively, Bai Yun's actions now seem to be in line with his character.
But what Bai Yun didn't expect was that, before Zhan Xiang, another strange person came to him first.
"'Uchiha Obito', right?"
Bai Yun turned around and found that it was an unfamiliar sorcerer. He was not very strong and had many flaws just from his standing posture.
When Bai Yun looked over, the strange sorcerer became visibly nervous, as if he was a little timid, but he finally managed to explain his purpose: "We have 'Hatake Kakashi', please come with us."
Bai Yun: “…………”
ah???
Who do you say is in your hands???
I don’t know if it was because Bai Yun’s expression changed too obviously, but the man obviously choked and even took a step back, and was about to run away.
Bai Yun did not let him have his way. He strode forward, grabbed the terrified sorcerer, and gritted his teeth and said, "Lead the way."
He wanted to see who was trying to do what.
Afterwards, Bai Yun followed this man to a... party hall.
There was no other way. The Kamo family had originally wanted to rent a decent place, but now there were too many tourists and almost all the hotels were full. There were too many procedures to rent a house and it would take more than two days to complete. In addition, the mayor was vigorously developing the city and there were no abandoned buildings in the city for them to use as a base...
There was no other choice, and Kamo Anne could only rent a place like this - although it was filled with messy things like board games and mahjong, it was a single-family villa after all.
When Bai Yun stepped into the party hall, Yuji Itadori, who was lying on the sofa drinking a drink, suddenly burst out.
Megumi Fushiguro, who was dozing next to him, opened her eyes and punched him. Yuji Itadori didn't care at all. Instead, he quickly patted the other person's arm and signaled him to look at the door.
Afterwards, Fushiguro Megumi also showed an expression as if he had seen a ghost.
The sorcerer who led the devils into the village looked around. Although he didn't find anyone, he still straightened his chest for the sake of momentum and asked Yuji Itadori and the others in a clear voice: "Where is the boss?"
Yuji Itadori thought in a trance: Based on the comparison of their business levels, I think it's okay for you to stay in your position.
Fushiguro Megumi came to his senses and explained, "He went out."
"You can go and see if you have his contact information."
During the entire process of speaking, his eyes never left "Uchiha Obito".
He didn't believe that the other party was really deceived. There must be something fishy going on. They had to have a good chat.
Although he just wanted to get people away, what Fushiguro Megumi said was indeed the truth. Although Kamo Anne had said before that she would use any means necessary to create confrontation, he himself did not expect someone to be so efficient. Therefore, in order to avoid Yuji Itadori asking more questions, he found an excuse and ran away early.
When this sorcerer saw that Megumi Fushiguro gave him a reason to leave, he was so moved that he almost cried - unlike most people in the organization, he was really deceived. He was born to believe everything others said, had no interpersonal relationships, and could only live by removing curses.
When there were no outsiders around, Fushiguro Megumi frowned and asked, "Why are you here?"
"Someone is targeting me, so of course I have to come and take a look."
Bai Yun's explanation is not unreasonable. Fushiguro Megumi thought about it and felt that this should indeed be just a coincidence, and not that Kamo An was actually pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger, and was a ruthless person who could really connect with "Uchiha Obito".
Afterwards, the two sides exchanged information. Bai Yun was shocked when he heard the logic and ultimate goal given by Kamo An.
He originally just wanted to run away, but now someone actually wanted to help him clean up the remaining... um, furniture? All in all, it sounds like a good thing.
After all, although the sacred tree is not garbage, it has indeed changed the entire world to a great extent.
But Bai Yun never intended to be so high-profile, and it was just an accident at the time.
So now when the natives of this world are considering how to uproot the trees, Bai Yun will only think about how to balance the power of both sides a little bit, at least so that "Uchiha Madara" won't be too obvious when giving in.
——Considering the scale of the Fourth World War, the best way is to let everyone stand on the opposite side of "Uchiha Madara".
Just when Bai Yun was thinking about what reason could get "Uchiha Obito" to join the tree-pulling team, Yuji Itadori said hesitantly: "There is one more thing I think you should know."
"That's right. On the way here, we went to see the old lady whose wish came true before..."
"There is a branch of a sacred tree next to the old lady, which serves as a carrier for the ritual. And the old man's...soul? It needs to go back and recharge from time to time."
"Otsutsu-senpai said that Obito-senpai once made a wish for Kakashi-sensei, right? But his condition doesn't seem to have changed significantly."
Combined with the fact that the wishing on the sacred tree has a cycle -
Bai Yun finally realized what Yuji Itadori was going to say.
Now both "Uchiha Sasuke" and "Hatake Kakashi" are time bombs.
And Bai Yun could not avoid the fight between the two sides no matter what.
I thought about it for a long time, but I couldn't think of a villain who would be suitable as the boss of the final dungeon...
Writing is difficult
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