Chapter 80

Bai Yun had never thought about this question before.

There was a very important reason why he left the sacred tree there, which was because he could not pull it out for the time being.

However, this sacred tree is different from the original one in that it is simply a product of condensed cursed energy.

Therefore, even if someone secretly eats the slowly ripening fruit on the top of the tree, the next six realms will not be created.

In addition, this sacred tree is still absorbing the magic power in the air and providing energy for the world's consciousness, making this temporary world more stable. So Bai Yun thought about it and decided to leave it there for the time being.

As a result, after Gojo Satoru specifically brought it up, Bai Yun realized that in the world of metaphysics, there always seems to be something to talk about when it comes to faith.

First of all, the growth of strength is definitely inevitable, but no one knows whether there will be any negative effects.

There are precedents for this kind of thing. The last broccoli that was worshipped in this way had already developed intelligence.

...But since the cursed energy has been taken away by the world consciousness, nothing strange should be born.

Bai Yun thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to observe the status of the sacred tree for a period of time before making a decision.

Bai Yun and the others were a little quieter. Conan Edogawa was standing aside, holding a rice ball in his hand and raising it high to cover his face, trying to hide his expression in this way.

In fact, Conan Edogawa was not very interested in Bai Yun and the others at the beginning.

The first impression of a person is very important. Although Bai Yun and the others' attire looked a little strange, it was only to the extent of middle school syndrome and did not pique his detective radar.

So Conan Edogawa simply glanced in their direction and was about to look away.

But later, Bai Yun and the others' brief but informative conversation uncontrollably entered his ears.

Who is Uchiha Madara? What about the believers?

Considering that Kogoro Mori is still chattering away, Conan Edogawa is suddenly shocked: Could this be some kind of cult?

Because he doesn't usually pay much attention to this part of the content, Conan Edogawa took out his mobile phone and started looking up information about the sacred tree.

The sacred tree is so mysterious that no one can even tell exactly when it took root in the earth.

Some people feel that this tree has been standing there since they were born, while others feel that the scene before their eyes was not the same yesterday.

Everyone has different opinions, and only the roots that penetrate deep into the high-rise buildings can serve as a feature that allows people to be sure that this is not something that has existed since ancient times.

Regarding this strange phenomenon, the world is once again divided into several factions. Some people think that this is the work of aliens, some think that this is the incorrect splicing of parallel spaces, and some think that this is the tree of the world, and it is the first step taken by nature to take back its own territory after seeing that humans do not care about the environment.

There are many different opinions, and although no one can convince anyone, people with the same ideas do seem to have a tendency to form small groups...

Conan Edogawa was fascinated by the show, which also caused dissatisfaction among Kogoro Mori who was standing by.

The man slapped him on the back and said, "You little brat, stop playing with your phone while you're eating."

"ah!"

Conan Edogawa was originally thin and small, and he was caught off guard. Not only did he fail to hold the phone steadily, but his lunch box almost got caught on his pants.

"not good--"

Faced with a choice between the two, Edogawa Conan can only keep his clothes first.

This also caused his phone to slide on the ground for a long distance due to inertia, and it only stopped when it hit Bai Yun's shoes.

Although he didn't want to have too much to do with the other party, doing nothing would make it more conspicuous in this situation, so Bai Yun still lowered his head and helped pick up the phone to return it to Conan Edogawa.

In the process, he inevitably saw what was on the screen.

…I have to say, this group of people’s guesses were not too wrong.

"Thank you, big brother."

Bai Yun came to her senses only after hearing the deliberately interrupted voice of Edogawa Conan ringing in her ear, and handed the phone back.

"It's okay, just be careful next time."

During the handover process, the two people's hands inevitably came into contact, and the fake child suddenly stopped talking in the middle of his words.

Bai Yun followed the other person's line of sight and found that he was staring at his hand.

As a ninja, Hatake Kakashi has many scars on his body besides the iconic scar on his left eye.

The hands cannot be said to be the hardest hit areas, but as an all-rounder, after years of using various kunai, steel wire shurikens, there are still some small scars on the hands, and the position of the old coil is also quite special.

At this time, because Bai Yun habitually wore fingerless gloves, Edogawa Conan couldn't see the details clearly, but the first glance was enough to make him realize that the man in front of him who was dressed a little strangely was not an ordinary person.

Taking advantage of the fact that this was a public place, Conan Edogawa went straight in and grabbed Bai Yun's hand, which was about to be withdrawn, and asked, "Big brother, what do you do for a living?"

Mao Lilan was startled and asked, "Conan, why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

Fearing that Bai Yun would be offended, she quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, our children are always very curious."

"It doesn't matter."

Knowing the stubbornness of these detectives, Bai Yun did not lie and answered honestly, "Well... I should be considered a teacher."

Conan Edogawa quickly asked: "Why do you say 'sort of'? It was before, but not now?"

Under his questioning gaze, Edogawa Conan saw the man in front of him who almost covered his entire face and chuckled, and replied: "Because my students are no longer in this world."

The man's tone was not particularly revealing, on the contrary it was actually quite reserved, but for Conan Edogawa, it was still quite damaging.

Conan Edogawa began to reason subconsciously in his mind: the person in front of him was only in his twenties at most, and his students could only be younger, so it must have been an abnormal death.

Conan Edogawa himself is actually 17 years old, but he has always been interested in reasoning since he was a child, and often reads the news and newspapers about various cases.

If it was really a case of a whole class of students dying collectively for some reason, then such a major incident would definitely be reported, but in his memory, there was no case that matched the age of the man in front of him.

A normal class has dozens of students, and the possibility of them all dying for different reasons within a few years is very small, so the man in front of him is most likely the teacher of some kind of interest class, so he doesn't have too many students.

But no matter what, they are living lives, and Conan Edogawa felt guilty for exposing their scars.

Thinking of the cuts on his hands and his silver-gray hair that didn't look like it was dyed, the image of a teacher who had undergone a huge change in his life, whose hair turned white overnight, and who even had a tendency to self-harm gradually took shape in my mind.

Mao Lilan also felt that her child was probably the one who caused the trouble. She pressed Conan's head and apologized again: "I'm so sorry, our child was so rude."

Conan Edogawa also bowed his head and admitted his mistake honestly: "I'm sorry."

Although Bai Yun waved his hands to indicate that he didn't mind.

Conan Edogawa returned to his seat dejectedly, poking at the lunch box in front of him from time to time. After a while, he wanted to secretly take a look at the situation of the two people, but when he turned his head, he found that another man with a blindfold was "looking" at him.

He hesitated for two seconds, not knowing if it was a coincidence, but he saw the other party mouthing to him: [I am also a teacher.]

Conan Edogawa first abruptly withdrew his gaze, then after he reacted he was speechless: You're not going to say that all your students are gone, are you?

He frowned, a hint of doubt rising in his heart: Are you guys kidding me?

But soon, Edogawa Conan shook his head and erased the angry words at this time. It is not clear whether the words of this malicious man are true or false, but the previous one does not look like lying.

Just as Conan Edogawa was trying to review and analyze everything that had just happened, a scream broke the sky.

Conan Edogawa reflexively jumped out of his seat, followed closely by Maori Ran and Maori Kogoro.

The place where the screaming occurred was not far from their seats, and Conan Edogawa quickly ran to the scene, which was the bathroom. He took a look inside and immediately shouted to the people nearby very experiencedly: "Don't come over, maintain the scene! Sister Xiaolan, call the police..."

Although he didn't say it directly, anyone who wasn't too slow would have realized from his few words that something had happened on the car.

Bai Yun heard the passengers around him whispering to each other. This state of being aware of what had happened but not knowing the truth is what is most likely to arouse people's imagination.

A tense atmosphere began to fill the air. Bai Yun was not surprised because he was prepared for this, but his calmness only lasted until Gojo Satoru spoke.

“There’s been a homicide here.”

“I realize that, too.”

Bai Yun glanced at Gojo Satoru, not understanding why he kept repeating such an obvious fact.

"But there was no curse."

Gojo Satoru calmly added to his point, then turned to look at Bai Yun and asked, "Don't you think it's strange?"

Logically speaking, the moment people discover that a murder has occurred on the train they are riding, their negative emotions will reach their peak in an instant.

This sudden outburst of negative emotions, the new resentment of the deceased, the hatred of the murderer, and perhaps a little panic of being discovered... so many emotions added together are enough to give birth to a new curse.

But now, let alone casting a proper curse, Gojo Satoru didn't even feel any increase in the concentration of cursed energy in the air.

"It's like a curse that was supposed to be born is being forcibly bound within people's bodies."

Bai Yun opened his mouth and asked, "...Is this possible?"

Gojo Satoru answered the question irrelevantly: "Before today, do you think it is possible for an extra piece of land to appear on the mainland out of thin air?"

Bai Yun: “…………”

Although he knew that the other party had no other intentions, Bai Yun still felt like he was hit by an arrow in the knee when he heard these words.

Gojo Satoru had no idea what Bai Yun was thinking, and he was calmly analyzing the current situation.

He knew that Uchiha Madara probably wanted to create a perfect world in reality. Although Gojo Satoru didn't know what the other party's utopia was like, he guessed that there would definitely be no curse in it.

When he first saw that the Divine Tree was still there, Gojo Satoru thought that Uchiha Madara's method of solving the curse was just as he had thought before, which was to repeat the Infinite Moon Reading every once in a while, but now it seems that he is still too young, and Uchiha Madara can obviously do better.

He actually tried to solve the problem that caused the curse from the root.

Gojo Satoru muttered to himself, "Yika Town is like a test field."

And they are witnessing the beginning of it all.

I feel that after releasing it from the Infinite Monthly Reading, the feel has improved a lot. I will continue to maintain ()