Chapter 21

Hmm, unexpected.

Normally, if one didn't have a definite purpose, it would be unlikely for one to take such a big risk, especially when Gojo Satoru himself was not far away, to steal things from the high school.

This time, Bai Yun came here because the system detected the curse left by the real person on Ryomen Sukuna's finger and guessed what the other party wanted to do. He felt that he could take advantage of the situation and then pass the blame to the other party, so he came here after considering many factors.

After all, although Bai Yun's main mission requires a huge amount of energy, considering Uchiha Obito's physical condition, it is not impossible to slowly exorcise the cursed spirit, it's just a little slower.

The length of silence gradually exceeded the normal range, and the real person did not urge them, but kept a distance from each other and observed each other steadily.

The concentration of cursed energy in the warehouse is very high. Ordinary people can easily become depressed or sick if they stay in such an environment for a long time. However, for curses, it is completely the opposite. It is as comfortable as soaking in a hot spring.

The atmosphere was quiet, the environment was filled with magical power, and I was surrounded by people of the same kind. Various kinds of magical power were mixed together, malicious and twisted, as if the dream had been realized ahead of time.

The more critical the issue, the harder it is to make a decision immediately. In the end, Bai Yun simply said, "This has nothing to do with you."

The real person was not very accepting that he had waited so long, but only got such a perfunctory answer. He crossed his arms over his chest and pointed out: "Why doesn't it matter? Those things you took were originally my targets."

“I don’t see your name on it.”

Masato didn't care about the other party's indifference. He said to himself: "By the way, if you want to give it to Sukuna to eat, our interests are the same, so it doesn't matter if you give it to me."

The other party obviously didn't buy it: "In that case, it's the same if you give me everything you have."

The real person tilted his head to look at the curse in front of him and came to a simple conclusion: "So you are not going to feed it to him."

Otherwise, there is absolutely no reason to refuse.

After all, it's useless for them to keep this thing themselves - or rather, this thing is of little use to anyone except Sukuna himself, so you don't need to think to know that it didn't lie.

The question is, why?

The reason why he didn't want to give his finger to Sukuna was that he didn't want him to recover his strength.

Do you think the Lord of Curses is a threat, or...

Still don’t want to see Yuji Itadori being executed?

The real person raised his eyebrows, and there was a hint of surprise in his tone: "You didn't think of yourself after seeing Sukuna's container?"

This sudden curse has cast me into a state of confusion. I can never go back, but I still carry the shadow of my past life with me.

If it were someone else, they might find treasure hunting fun in the archaeological excavation of lost history.

But the real person has a completely different focus: "Why do you keep so much humanity? It's obviously a curse. It will only hinder you."

...This seems to be an explanation.

Bai Yun was silent for two seconds, then sneered, and it was unclear whether he agreed or not.

Bai Yun is an actor, not a screenwriter. When the script and this world are not compatible and are distorted beyond recognition by his brain, his performance is sometimes a beat slower, leading to more misunderstandings that do not help the current situation at all.

But he's actually pretty good at improvisation and knows exactly what he's supposed to do most of the time.

For example, now, Bai Yun knows that the plot should be moving towards the climax.

He stuffed the remaining cursed items in his hand into the divine space, turned around, and formally faced the curse that was full of seams. He lowered his voice, and his hoarse voice concealed complex emotions that even the real person could not distinguish.

"I didn't mean to fight you."

The corners of the real person's mouth couldn't stop rising, and the overly raised corners of the mouth conveyed emotions that were purer and more distorted than those of ordinary humans.

As a curse born from human beings, it has a great characteristic.

That's enough.

When you need to run, run; refuse to be stubborn.

However, in addition to simple greed, the real people also inherited many other characteristics of human beings.

A fighting spirit that is lost even in some humans.

It admits defeat, but it does not become discouraged. It is not afraid to try again, actively provokes, and is willing to use its life as a weight to bet everything on it.

So when he met Yuji Itadori, the second person in the world who had hurt him, he did not choose to run away immediately. Instead, he fought with him, trying to find a way to defeat him.

This characteristic allows it to constantly grow, learn, and wander between life and death, absorbing the experience accumulated by others over the years like a sponge.

It's still young now, but one day it will grow into a big problem that cannot be ignored.

The real person lowers his center of gravity, his soul begins to twist and deform, the bones in his legs grow and evolve, and his muscles become more adapted to rapid movement.

Even if Ryoumen Sukuna's finger is not taken back this time, it will not have a fatal impact on Masato and his men's plan.

Furthermore, since the curse in front of them had stolen something from the academy, the academy would definitely allocate some of its strength to pursue the other party, so the attention paid to the real people would inevitably decrease.

By that time, when both sides have exhausted each other's strength, the real ones will jump out, and both sides will gain the advantage. This is much better than the original plan.

So the best option for the real person now is to escape immediately.

It would be even better if we could add fuel to the fire before leaving and let Gojo Satoru and the Curse Spirit fight each other.

but……

“But there is no way.”

The real person sighed and muttered to himself.

"I'm just curious."

*

"Hey, kid."

The first battle of the exchange meeting was a team battle, held in the forest inside the Jujutsu High School. Originally, the victory could be achieved by exorcising the second-level cursed spirit hidden in it, but for some reason, Itadori was surrounded by all the members of the Kyoto school.

Although a gorilla-like guy suddenly joined the battlefield, said some strange things, and drove away everyone else, even if he only had to deal with Toudou, it was enough to put Yuji Itadori in a tough fight.

While he was trying to dodge a knee strike that could have broken his bones, he replied impatiently, "What are you doing? I'm busy right now!"

Sukuna's voice revealed a hint of pretended regret: "Really? I thought you wanted to know about the cursed spirit."

Yuji Itadori paused for a moment: "...Which one?"

His first reaction was the stitch-faced curse that killed innocent people and treated life as a toy.

But then, he quickly realized that the conflict between the Stitch-faced Curse Spirit and Sukuna was very simple, and it took revenge on the spot.

So even if Ryomen Sukuna had information about the other side, it is impossible for him to show up and tell Yuji.

This is the style of the other party as the King of Curses.

The appearance of Ryomen Sukuna only proves that something unexpected has happened to Yuji Itadori.

Sukuna was indeed very dissatisfied with Yuji Itadori's hesitation: "Of course it's the one who is also your container."

It snorted coldly, but still brought the topic back to the topic: "Guess where it is now?"

"Huh?" Yuji Itadori looked puzzled, "How would I know?"

But since Sukuna asked this, the location of the cursed spirit must be very special.

Plus the current timing...

Yuji Itadori had a bad feeling in his heart: "Is it in the technical high school?"

He thought it was unlikely, and his voice was full of uncertainty, but Ryomen Sukuna's subsequent unbridled laughter completely shattered Yuji Itadori's last bit of luck.

“…Is this true?”

But why did the other party rush directly into the sorcerer's base when he cast a curse?

He wanted to ask again, but Ryomen Sukuna had laughed enough and dived back in, leaving Yuji alone with his wild thoughts.

Just as all kinds of speculations began to fly in Yuji Itadori's mind, Todou, who had been standing beside him since Ryomen Sukuna appeared, strode forward with his arms crossed and held Yuji Itadori's face.

Then he gave him a solid headbutt.

Yuji Itadori already had a wound on his face, and now he was hit by a hammer. The wound, which had already stopped bleeding, burst again, making his whole head buzzing and his mind went blank.

Dong Tang yelled: "Brother, now is not the time to get tangled up in these details!"

Yuji Itadori came to his senses and said, "Yes, I have to tell Gojo-sensei about this first."

Exchange meetings and the like are no longer important.

Just when he was about to rush out of the forest to find Gojo Satoru, a black shadow suddenly appeared above his head and interrupted Yuji's steps.

A tent like black mud gradually fell from the center of the sky. The sudden darkness came with great force, and in the blink of an eye it had covered most of the forest.

Judging from the speed, it would be too late to run out and report the news.

But as the [tent] has not completely fallen, the sound can still be transmitted.

Toudou suddenly thought of something and reached out to Yuji: "Brother!"

Yuji Itadori looked at him for a second and quickly understood what he meant.

He put his hand on Dongtang's hand. The muscles on the arm of the tall young man with a height of 1.9 meters were astonishingly tight. In an instant, Hishito the Japanese knotweed was projected high into the sky like a rocket.

After passing the tallest tree and having an unobstructed view of the entire high school, Yuji Itadori's excellent dynamic vision allowed him to clearly see the figure of the Branch-Eyes Curse Spirit, whom he had met once before, not far away.

Yuji Itadori frowned, thinking that he would only see another container.

What on earth happened?

The altitude was still rising, and after making sure that his voice would not be diluted too much by the forest, Yuji Itadori took a deep breath.

"Five-Teachers-"

"The tree-branch-eyes-are-coming-"

Yuji hesitated for a moment when deciding on his words, but the fact that there was a vague downward trend prevented him from thinking for too long.

He took another deep breath and decided to go for broke: "Scarface is also in the college!"

Yuji Itadori's voice spread widely, and Rakugen-ji Temple outside the tent fell silent.

The singer grabbed her hair and almost broke her voice: "So, not only is there an unexpected cursed spirit inside the account, but there is also one outside?"

When did the technical college become a cursed back garden? ? ?

Gojo Satoru ignored her collapse and thought quietly.

Based on the information we knew previously, Branch Eyes and Volcano Head are in cahoots, and Stitch Face and Scar Face are at odds.

But now, Shuzhi's eyes are hiding inside the tent, and if Scarface hadn't revealed it, no one would have known that he had entered the technical high school.

This is clearly a tactic of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west...

What is going on?