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 fall 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.
雖然經過簡單的治療，但此時吉野順平的手掌、甚至臉和脖子這樣裸露的皮膚上，依舊可以看見傷口愈合留下的、新鮮又細長的紅痕。
兩人身上的傷痕都是在涉谷事件結界中的時候，重面春太留下的。
這位又菜又愛玩的詛咒師在涉谷事件的時候一直在結界之內游走，見咒術師就跑，見輔助監督就殺。
明明應該是拉滿了仇恨的重點追查目标，但因為他獨特的、可以積攢幸運的術式，所以重面春太一路上都沒有遇見任何強大到無法逃脫的咒術師。
甚至他還借着偷襲的機會，重傷了曾經以咒術師為目标的伊地知。
伊地知當時傷的很嚴重，重面春太的長刀貫穿了他的胸膛，給他的肺穿了個窟窿，呼吸的時候整個喉嚨裏都是血液的腥味，忍不住咳嗽的時候還會咳出血泡來。
當時伊地知都覺得自己要殉職了，結果恍惚之間突然聽見重面春太念叨了兩句“真走運”，他借着最後的力氣扭頭一看，發現原來是又來了兩個輔助監督。
那倆人就是吉野順平和新田明。
因為失血，所以伊地知其實并不記得具體發生了什麽，他只知道當時吉野順平主動留下來斷後拖延時間，而新田明則負責将重傷的自己以最快速度轉移到家入硝子的位置。
後來……差不多就是【帳】破碎的前後，吉野順平才帶着滿身被治愈得差不多了的傷口，和一個半死不活的詛咒師回來。
當時他的嘴角，便挂着和現在如出一轍的微笑。
這笑容透露着純粹且單純的喜悅，如果是放在其他時間伊地知看見吉野順平臉上有這樣的笑容，大概會由衷地為對方高興。
但是一想到吉野順平第一次露出這種微笑的時候，正拽着滿臉青紫、疑似中毒的重面春太的頭發在地上拖曳……他就覺得有些瘆得慌。
伊地知神色擔憂，不知多少次地重複道：“你真的沒事嗎？”
吉野順平的回答始終如一：“當然。”
伊地知看了他兩眼，随後長長地嘆了口氣。
從吉野順平帶着治療好的新鮮傷痕回來的時候，其實他就已經大致猜到對方遇見“宇智波帶土”了——畢竟作為五條悟的專屬輔助監督，他知道的可一點都不比七海建人、或者是虎杖他們要少。
會反轉術式的的人不少，但是能用反轉術式治愈他人的，整個高專只有家入硝子，而高專之外，還和吉野順平有所聯系的，就只剩“宇智波帶土”了。
雖然擔心對方被咒靈欺騙，但無論他怎麽問，吉野順平都只是說自己遇見了一輩子的恩人，還說自己的夢想很快就要實現了。
畢竟是自己的救命恩人，而且從五條悟的态度來看，“宇智波帶土”好像也和普通的咒靈不同，必要時刻可以交付一定的信任。
所以伊地知猶豫了片刻，還是沒有刨根問底，而是打算等聯系上五條悟之後在做進一步讨論。
吉野順平站直了身子，打算離開：“那麽這次的任務報告已經完成了。”
伊地知張了張嘴，最後只是說道：“……嗯，休息去吧。”
吉野順平和伊地知簡單告別之後關上了門。随後徑直地朝着某個方向走去，步伐越來越快，越來越快，直到變成小跑。
他覺得今天簡直就是自己的幸運日。
先是遇見了實力很差勁，又罪孽深重到絕對不值得活下去的詛咒師，随後轉身便遇見了本以為會很難接觸的咒靈。
當時雖然制服了重面春太，但自己同樣變成了一個血人的吉野順平拖着新鮮的祭品上前，希望他的神明能履行自己的承諾。
白筠沒要這祭品。
事實上他特意雙開來找吉野順平，就是來通知這個小變故的。
最初在答應對方的時候，白筠便留下了一部分順平媽媽的血液，好好保存了起來，打算以後穢土轉生的時候用。
裝着這份鮮血的試管平時就和抽出來的那些東西堆在一起，并在羂索送溫暖的時候，被小智障一齊給了出去。
所以雖然說起來感覺有些地獄，但此時此刻吉野順平的母親已經作為彩蛋，被投放到了某個幻境之中。
鑒于母子之間的聯系，和強烈的願望，吉野順平現在随便找個結界一頭紮進去，就可以見到自己的母親了。
白筠這麽做也是有自己的思考的。
雖然現在将人穢土轉生出來也可以，但是與幻境不同，穢土轉生不僅被轉生出來的人臉上都是明顯的裂痕，無時無刻不在提醒他們兩人已經天人兩隔的事實。
而且穢土轉生還沒有觸覺。
——白筠覺得，這種情況下再見面的話，母親應該會想抱抱自己的兒子的吧。
吉野順平很快就進入了最近的結界之中。
在睜開眼睛之前，他首先感受到了吹在自己臉上的細沙。
意識逐漸回籠，吉野順平睜開眼睛觀察着四周，發現自己正處在某個非常空曠的荒地裏。
他站在人群之中，周圍的大家手上都拿着武器，嚴陣以待，目光炯炯地盯着不遠的地方。
那裏有着另一支隊伍，他們的臉色灰白，像是燒壞的瓷器一樣布滿了裂痕，黑色的眼白看着十分詭異，在各種文學作品之中，都被當做惡魔的象征。
在這種隊伍之中，唯一的普通人便顯得尤為明顯。
吉野順平盯着那個熟悉的人影，不禁呢喃出聲：“……媽媽。”
雖然只是兩個月沒見，但再看見那個熟悉臉上挂着鮮活的表情，和身邊的人打交道，還試圖讓對方把武器借給自己玩玩的時候，吉野順平還是覺得仿若隔世。
就在吉野順平盯着她看的時候，仿佛心有靈犀，對方也回看了過來。
在看見吉野順平的那一刻，這位母親眯起了眼睛，像是看見了什麽不可置信的事物。
在确認自己沒有認錯人之後，吉野凪小跑過來，并大笑出聲：“你穿的那都是什麽啊？一點都不适合你！”
吉野順平有些不自然地低頭，扯了扯自己的西裝：“是嗎？我以為你會喜歡純黑色呢。”
“畢竟你平時就喜歡穿黑色的衣服，一衣櫃都是深色，平時都沒看你穿過什麽其他的。”
雖然想裝作平靜的樣子，假裝一切都好，但逐漸哽咽的聲音，和模糊的視線，還是暴露了他內心的激蕩。
“……順平。”
耳邊是本以為再也聽不到了的熟悉的聲音，吉野順平猛地抱住對方，再也忍不住上湧的淚水：“……我好想你啊。”
吉野凪一邊安撫着突遭巨變，沒來得及告別的兒子，一邊偷偷觀察着對方。
她第一時間便發覺了對方身上的傷痕。
眼睛附近那道差一點便會讓他失去整個眼球，而脖子上那個更是直接橫亘在氣管之上，如果再深一點，兩邊應該就可以直接在地府相間了。
雖然并不清楚對方具體經歷了什麽，但是吉野凪大概能猜到是和自己現在的奇遇有關。
她不禁感慨：“順平真的很努力了。”
雖然心疼，但她并不想浪費兒子努力争取來的機會，絞盡腦汁地試圖囑咐對方：“不要擔心，媽媽這邊一切都好，只是眼睛一閉一睜就來到這個奇怪的地方了。”
“不知道這是不是就是死後的世界，雖然感覺大家都很奇怪，但也都很有趣！你看他們給我的武器，就像忍者一樣！”
她抹掉吉野順平的淚水，随後拿出剛剛從旁邊的穢土轉生同胞那裏要來的手裏劍，向對方展示。
吉野順平吓了一跳，奪過她手上的武器，忍不住叮囑：“小心一點，劃到手怎麽辦。”
“沒事沒事。”
這種仿佛活着時稀疏平常的對話極好地安撫了雙方的情緒，吉野凪看着一臉操心的兒子，突然想起了什麽：“比起這個，你要趕緊離開這裏才行。”
吉野順平皺眉：“怎麽了嗎？”
之前他和咒靈定下的約定是“再見媽媽一面”，所以按理來說，他的願望現在便已經實現了，輪到他付出代價的時候了。
雖然也可以試着繼續和咒靈做交易，但是吉野順平害怕自己的價值不夠打動對方，因此便格外珍惜現在的時間。
吉野凪解釋道：“具體我也不是很清楚，但據說我們現在正處于戰争之中，非常兇險，為了你的安全，你最好現在就走。”
吉野順平不解地環顧四周：“現在這種狀态的話，即使我不走也不會有危險吧？”
現在吉野順平所處的戰場，便是之前提到過的“臭魚爛蝦”組，大家實力都不怎麽樣，并且很巧地都能在現場找到幾個認識的人，反正也沒被控制着必須打仗，所以現在都正聚在一起敘舊。
就當吉野凪覺得好像确實是這麽個道理，反正古代也沒有什麽大規模殺傷性武器。
所以只要這一片戰場相對安寧，那順平稍微多待一會應該也沒什麽事情？
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!!!