Chapter 57
Bai Yun slowly uttered a question mark.
What do you mean, how long do I have?
Bai Yun blinked, then secretly glanced at the system interface.
The introduction page of Hatake Kakashi has been completely changed for a long time. Bai Yun carefully examined it for a long time before finally picking out the part of the new version and realizing what Fushiguro Megumi was thinking.
Then he couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
...I trusted you so much, but in your mind, I almost died, right? ? ?
——However, apart from this little dissatisfaction, Bai Yun had to admit that Fushiguro Megumi's imagination did explain many problems.
Moreover, after adding a layer of "Nearly Dying Man" BUFF, no one should bother him too much, which will also be beneficial for subsequent plans.
But I still feel unhappy.
Taking advantage of the fact that only one eye was exposed, Bai Yun put on a very obvious fake smile and said vaguely, "I don't know about that."
Megumi Fushiguro nodded: That's right, it happened five hundred years ago, it's normal not to remember a few years more or less.
Bai Yun didn't know that she was being labeled as "old and having a bad memory" again, and she just kept smiling quietly.
Seeing that he really didn't want to say anything, Fushiguro Megumi let out a "tsk" and temporarily gave up the idea of investigating further.
In fact, Megumi Fushiguro is not a person with excessive compassion like Yuji Itadori. He always knows that he will save others unequally.
If it is a morally corrupt person, he will choose to turn a blind eye even if he dies in front of him; but if it is someone important to him, he will save him without hesitation even if it requires breaking some bottom lines.
So to some extent, Fushiguro Megumi actually... agrees with? Or rather, admires Hatake Kakashi's choice.
Megumi Fushiguro has his own important people. Although he currently does not have any opportunity to make decisions between important people and his bottom line, he still sees a certain future for himself in Kakashi Hatake.
That's why he, contrary to his usual practice, paid attention to what happened to Hatake Kakashi.
However, now that the other party's attitude is here, Megumi Fushiguro will respect the other party's choice.
Yuji Itadori was completely confused about what was happening in front of him and always felt that he had missed a lot.
But due to the strange atmosphere at the scene, he hesitated for a long time and finally chose to swallow his doubts for the time being.
After this brief episode, Bai Yun and his team finally returned to their original purpose of entering the barrier - to observe the specific effects of the noose technique and the response plan.
Bai Yun first checked the condition of the unconscious people.
This group of people didn't know what they saw in the illusion. Although they were unconscious, their muscles would twitch from time to time, their faces didn't look very good, and they often groaned in pain or even screamed.
Yuji Itadori stretched his ears and tried hard to identify for a moment, and heard a few words like "don't come over", "help" and "damn it", and he knew that the owner of the dream was probably being pressed to the ground.
The people in the dream were terrified because they were beaten, while the people outside the dream were panicked because the people around them fell unconscious one after another.
The genuine fears that rose from the bottom of these people's hearts gathered together, and the concentration of cursed energy within the barrier was rapidly rising at an unprecedented speed, and eventually formed a kind of "cursed energy tornado".
This strange tornado, invisible to ordinary people, is currently wreaking havoc everywhere in the barrier, ready to further expand its influence at any time.
The [tent] covering the city was trembling as if in resonance. If left unchecked, the scope of this barrier might eventually expand to cover the whole of Japan.
After obtaining preliminary intelligence, Bai Yun and his team retreated outside the barrier and tried to contact the Jujutsu High School.
Megumi Fushiguro took out her phone and dialed a number.
It seemed as if someone had been waiting by the phone for a long time, and the call was answered very quickly.
Fushiguro Megumi was not surprised by this: "Hello, is this Mr. Ijichi?"
The assistant supervisor breathed a sigh of relief from the other end of the line: "Great, the call is finally connected... Is Mr. Gojo with you? We can't get through here."
There was no signal in the barrier, and after the [tent] covering Shibuya was broken, in order to prevent the spread of false information and cause unnecessary panic, Fushiguro Megumi and his companions immediately entered the nearest barrier to verify the authenticity of the information they received from "Uchiha Obito".
This also led to Fushiguro Megumi and the others forgetting for a moment the situation of reporting Gojo Satoru to the Jujutsu High School...
Hearing Ijichi's expectant tone, Fushiguro Megumi was silent for two seconds and broke the other party's fantasy: "No, he ran away halfway, and we don't know where he went."
Although he did not become a serious sorcerer until high school, before that, Gojo Satoru would come over from time to time to see if Megumi Fushiguro and his sister were still alive.
So even though Fushiguro Megumi was still young when Geto Suguru defected, he still remembered her face through some photos and wanted orders, and learned a little about the story between her and his teacher. Of course, he also understood the reason why Gojo Goku rushed out.
Fushiguro Megumi told Ijichi all of his experiences, the things he thought were wrong, the information he got from the cursed spirits, and his explorations within the barrier.
Even through the radio waves, Bai Yun could feel Yijichi gradually falling into despair on the other end of the phone.
While the other party was digesting the massive amount of information, Fushiguro Megumi added some of his own guesses: "Although there are still people who are not unconscious in the barrier, they have all been hit by the spell. I don't know when it will take effect."
"It is recommended to contact the authorities to issue some announcements so that people in these areas do not travel for the time being to avoid any accidents."
After giving these instructions, Fushiguro Megumi remembered the episode just now: "And when Yuji and I entered the barrier, we were transported to a strange place that is said to be the gap between life and death."
In order to avoid having to repeat myself later, the phone number here is public. Yuji Itadori stepped forward and added, "It is not yet certain whether it is an upgraded version of the illusion, or whether the enemy's technique really broke some taboo and caused an accident."
"But the only thing that is certain is that the people I met in this special illusion feel completely different from ordinary hallucinations. It's like they really have souls."
Ijichi sighed and said, "Well... we also discovered this."
Fushiguro Megumi was stunned and asked hurriedly: "Has anyone on your side also triggered this mechanism? What exactly happened?"
"Well... because we couldn't contact you at first, we also sent a sorcerer to investigate inside the barrier."
"We have sent three teams into three different barriers. Currently, only Zenin Maki has encountered a situation similar to what you just described."
"According to her account, after entering the secret fantasy, she was inexplicably separated from the rest of the team and entered a village-like place alone, where she met two Sky and Curse wearing green tights."
Bai Yun, who had been using the phone but hadn't said anything, said: "…………?"
Is this okay???
From the description, Bai Yun concluded that the two "Heaven and Curse" wearing green tights should be Rock Lee and Might Guy.
The two were not good at illusion or ninjutsu, but specialized in physical techniques and studied the Eight Gates. They often wore green tights and performed some rigorous training such as walking upside down around Konoha.
After so many years of training, their physical fitness is already superior. In addition, each time they open the Eight Gates of Ninjutsu, their fighting power will double in a short period of time, but it also consumes a lot of their bodies. When they open the Eight Gates of Death...
Let's put it this way, when Might Guy opened the [Death Gate], he almost kicked Uchiha Madara, who had already become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, to death, ending the entire Fourth Ninja War.
If Zenin Maki can learn well from these two people... then except for mechanical monsters like Gojo Satoru, most of the sorcerers in the sorcery world will not be her match.
The only bad thing is that to join their sect one needs to wear the green tights passed down from their ancestors, which is a bit eye-catching for Bai Yun.
Yuji Itadori looked puzzled: "Why is it a green tights? Since it is Uchiha Obito's memory, then the things that are materialized should also be things from that era, right?"
Before Bai Yun could figure out how to interrupt and explain naturally, Fushiguro Megumi had already thought of a reason: "Maybe it's the same dream that Gojo-sensei had before, it doesn't matter."
He asked into the phone: "What happens next?"
Ijichi continued to explain: "These two seem to have some special training methods that are suitable for the sky and the curse. Maki has agreed and is now working hard to practice in a special illusion..."
Bai Yun gave Zenin Maki a thumbs up in his heart. This girl is really bold and daring.
The two sides exchanged information briefly and quickly, and then agreed to test the barriers one by one to see what the triggering mechanisms of these more flexible illusions were.
After hanging up the phone, Ijichi let out a long sigh. When he put away the phone, he accidentally pulled the new knife wound on his body and gasped in pain.
"Is Mr. Ijichi okay?"
Ijichi turned around and looked at Yoshino Junpei, who was giving a report before being interrupted by Fushiguro Megumi's sudden phone call: "Well... thanks to you, I was able to be sent to Dr. Nazawa in time and save my life."
"How do you feel?"
Yoshino Junpei raised his lips and said, "I feel great."
Ijichi looked at the wounds all over Yoshino Junpei's body and slowly asked a question.
Even after simple treatment, Junpei Yoshino still had fresh, thin red marks left by the healing wounds on his palms, face, and neck, among other exposed skin.
The scars on both of their bodies were left by Shigemen Haruta when they were in the barrier during the Shibuya Incident.
This inexperienced and playful sorcerer had been wandering around the barrier during the Shibuya incident, running away from sorcerers and killing assistant supervisors.
He should have been a key target of intense hatred, but because of his unique technique that could accumulate luck, he did not encounter any sorcerers who were too powerful to escape from along the way.
He even took the opportunity of a sneak attack to seriously injure Ijichi, who had once targeted the sorcerer.
Ijichi was seriously injured at the time. Shigemen Shunta's long sword pierced his chest and made a hole in his lung. When he breathed, his entire throat was filled with the fishy smell of blood, and when he couldn't help coughing, he would cough up blood bubbles.
At that time, Ijichi thought he was going to die in the line of duty, but suddenly he heard Shigemen Haruta mutter "What a lucky guy" in a trance. He turned his head with his last bit of strength and found that two more auxiliary supervisors had arrived.
Those two people were Junpei Yoshino and Akira Nitta.
Because of the blood loss, Ichichi actually didn't remember what happened specifically. He only knew that Yoshino Junpei took the initiative to stay behind to delay time, while Nitta Akira was responsible for transferring himself, who was seriously injured, to Ieiri Shoko's location as quickly as possible.
Later... around the time when the [Account] was broken, Yoshino Junpei returned with wounds that were almost healed all over his body and a half-dead curser.
At that time, there was the same smile on his lips as it is now.
This smile revealed pure and simple joy. If it were any other time, Ijichi would probably be happy for Yoshino Junpei if he saw such a smile on his face.
But when he thought about the first time Yoshino Junpei showed this smile, he was dragging the purple-faced Haruta Shigemen on the ground by his hair...he felt a little scared.
Yidizhi looked worried and repeated for countless times: "Are you really okay?"
Yoshino Junpei's answer was always the same: "Of course."
Yidizhi looked at him twice, then let out a long sigh.
Ever since Yoshino Junpei came back with fresh wounds that had been healed, he had actually roughly guessed that he had met "Uchiha Obito" - after all, as Gojo Satoru's exclusive assistant supervisor, he knew no less than Nanami Kento or Itadori and the others.
There are many people who can perform the reversal technique, but the only one in the entire high school who can use it to heal others is Ieiri Shoko. Outside of the high school, the only one who has a connection with Yoshino Junpei is Uchiha Obito.
Although he was worried that the other party was deceived by the cursed spirit, no matter how he asked, Yoshino Junpei just said that he had met his lifelong benefactor and that his dream would soon come true.
After all, he is his savior, and judging from Gojo Satoru's attitude, "Uchiha Obito" seems to be different from ordinary cursed spirits and can be trusted to a certain extent when necessary.
So Ijichi hesitated for a moment, but didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he planned to contact Gojo Satoru before discussing further.
Yoshino Junpei stood up and prepared to leave: "Then this mission report is completed."
Ijichi opened his mouth, but finally said, "...Well, go take a rest."
Yoshino Junpei and Ijichi said goodbye briefly and closed the door. Then they walked straight in a certain direction, their pace getting faster and faster until it turned into a trot.
He felt that today was simply his lucky day.
First, he met a curser who was very weak and whose sins were so serious that he definitely didn't deserve to live. Then he turned around and met a cursed spirit that he thought would be difficult to deal with.
Although he subdued Shigemen Haruta at that time, Yoshino Junpei, who was also turned into a bloody man, dragged the fresh sacrifice forward, hoping that his god would fulfill his promise.
Bai Yun did not want this sacrifice.
In fact, he had specially left the house to find Yoshino Junpei just to inform him of this little change.
When Bai Yun first agreed to the deal, he kept a portion of Shunping's mother's blood and planned to use it when he was reborn.
The test tube containing this blood was usually piled together with the other things that were drawn out, and when the noose was used to deliver warmth, it was given away by the little idiot.
So even though it sounds a bit like hell, at this moment Yoshino Junpei's mother has been thrown into a certain fantasy world as an Easter egg.
In view of the connection between mother and son, and the strong desire, Yoshino Junpei can now find a barrier and dive into it to see his mother.
Bai Yun had his own reasons for doing this.
Although it is possible to reincarnate people from the Earthly Realm now, it is different from the illusion. Not only do the reincarnated people have obvious cracks on their faces, but they are constantly reminded of the fact that the two of them have been separated by heaven and earth.
And there is no sense of rebirth yet.
——Bai Yun felt that if they met again under such circumstances, the mother would probably want to hug her son.
Yoshino Junpei quickly entered the nearest barrier.
Before he opened his eyes, he first felt the fine sand blowing on his face.
Gradually regaining consciousness, Yoshino Junpei opened his eyes and looked around, and found himself in a very deserted wasteland.
He stood in the crowd, and everyone around him had weapons in their hands, standing in line, their eyes fixed on a place not far away.
There was another team there. Their faces were gray and covered with cracks like burnt porcelain. Their black whites of eyes looked very strange. In various literary works, they were regarded as symbols of the devil.
In such a team, the only ordinary person stands out.
Yoshino Junpei stared at the familiar figure and couldn't help but murmured: "...Mom."
Even though they had only not seen each other for two months, Yoshino Junpei still felt as if he had been in another world when he saw that familiar face with a lively expression, interacting with the people around him, and even trying to get them to lend him weapons to play with.
As Yoshino Junpei was staring at her, the other person looked back at him as if they had telepathy.
The moment she saw Yoshino Junpei, the mother narrowed her eyes, as if she had seen something unbelievable.
After making sure she had recognized the right person, Yoshino Nagi trotted over and laughed out loud: "What are you wearing? They don't suit you at all!"
Yoshino Junpei lowered his head somewhat unnaturally and tugged at his suit: "Really? I thought you would like pure black."
"After all, you usually like to wear black clothes, and your whole wardrobe is full of dark colors. I've never seen you wear anything else."
Although he tried to act calm and pretend that everything was fine, his gradually choking voice and blurred vision still exposed his inner turmoil.
"...Junpei."
Hearing the familiar voice that he thought he would never hear again, Yoshino Junpei suddenly hugged him, unable to hold back the tears that welled up in his eyes: "...I missed you so much."
While comforting her son who had suffered a sudden change and did not have time to say goodbye, Yoshino Nagi secretly observed the other party.
She noticed the scars on the other person's body at the first moment.
The one near his eye almost caused him to lose his entire eyeball, and the one on his neck was directly across his trachea. If it was a little deeper, the two sides would have been directly connected to the underworld.
Although she didn't know exactly what the other person had experienced, Yoshino Nagi could probably guess that it was related to her current adventure.
She couldn't help but sigh: "Shunping really worked hard."
Although she felt distressed, she did not want to waste the opportunity her son had worked so hard to get, so she racked her brains to try to tell him: "Don't worry, everything is fine here with mom, it's just that you ended up in this strange place in the blink of an eye."
"I don't know if this is the world after death. Although everyone seems strange, it's also very interesting! Look at the weapons they gave me, they're just like ninjas!"
She wiped away Yoshino Junpei's tears, then took out the shurikens that she had just taken from her fellow Yoshido Reincarnated fellow and showed it to him.
Yoshino Junpei was startled and snatched the weapon from her hand. He could not help but remind her: "Be careful, what if you get cut on your hand?"
"Nothing."
This conversation, which seemed to be commonplace when they were alive, comforted both of them. Yoshino Nagi looked at her son, who looked worried, and suddenly remembered something: "More importantly, you need to leave here as soon as possible."
Yoshino Junpei frowned: "What's wrong?"
The agreement he made with the cursed spirit was to "see his mother again", so logically speaking, his wish has now been fulfilled, and it is his turn to pay the price.
Although he could try to continue trading with the cursed spirit, Yoshino Junpei was afraid that his value was not enough to impress the other party, so he cherished the present time.
Yoshino Nagi explained: "I don't know the details, but it is said that we are in the middle of a war. It is very dangerous. For your safety, you'd better leave now."
Yoshino Junpei looked around in confusion. "In this situation, it won't be dangerous even if I don't leave, right?"
The battlefield where Yoshino Junpei is now is the "stinky fish and rotten shrimp" group mentioned earlier. Everyone's strength is not very good, and coincidentally, they can find a few acquaintances on the scene. Anyway, they are not forced to fight, so now they are all gathered together to reminisce.
Just assume that Yoshino Nagi thinks this is indeed the case. Anyway, there were no weapons of mass destruction in ancient times.
So as long as this battlefield is relatively peaceful, it shouldn't be a problem for Shunping to stay a little longer?
Just when she was about to let go, Yoshino Nagi caught a glimpse of something falling from the sky out of the corner of her eye.
She turned her head subconsciously, and was stunned for a moment after seeing the specific scene in front of her.
"…Is that a meteorite?"
Yoshino followed the other person's line of sight and subconsciously held his breath.
In the absence of landmarks, the perception of distance and size becomes ambiguous and vague, and in the absence of experience, misjudgments often occur.
But sometimes, there are things that exist, even in the case of misjudgment, based only on people's first conscious judgment.
It is enough to make people lose hope of living.
For example, a meteorite so huge that it makes people wonder if they are in a dream.
This chapter ties up the foreshadowing from before. Damn it, I'll lay out all the foreshadowing one by one in the future, otherwise I'll forget them all later.
I wanted to put on the Ban Ye vest in this chapter, but failed. In the end, it was not the protagonist, but a human-machine (?)
I will try my best to put on the vest officially tomorrow!!
PS: I am flattered that someone wants to write a review of this film. I will go and eat food (?)
PS: You are indeed a Konoha person. I laughed to death after reading the comments in the previous chapter. What you said makes sense. This is all a sneaky big chicken!!!
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