Empty Theater 02
"Among the four of you, who was the one who advocated abandoning the auxiliary supervisor?"
No one spoke.
Mr. Yega's gaze shifted to Gojo.
Gojo raised his hand and said cooperatively, "Sense! Can you please stop looking for the criminal?!"
"It's Satoru."
Veins throbbed across Ye Moth's face, and he raised his iron fist of justice, but ultimately didn't strike. Compared to Gojo's past mistakes, this was nothing.
After you finished reporting on the mission and Mr. Yaga took a call and left, Gojo put his chin on the table and said pitifully, "Hatsu-chan, are accounts and auxiliary supervisors really that necessary?"
"It wouldn't matter if ordinary people saw it, right? They can't see curse spirits and spells anyway."
Before you could explain, Geto said bluntly, "Of course not, Satoru."
"The most effective way to suppress the birth of cursed spirits is to keep people calm. Even for this purpose, threats invisible to ordinary people must be concealed as much as possible. Not only that—"
"わかったわかった."
"Ieiri, what does it feel like to wear Gojo's sunglasses?"
"I can't see anything. Do you want to try it, Zenyuan?"
Gojo took back his sunglasses: "It's really tiring to worry about weak guys." Gojo said this to you.
He seemed to be hinting at something.
You still can't get in on the conversation between the two of them. It's weird, because they're always the ones fighting to talk to you!
"'Survival of the weak', this is how society should be. Listen carefully, Wu, spells exist to protect non-magicians."
"The so-called support for the weak and suppression of the strong—"
"Is that your opinion correct?"
Getsu tilted his head in displeasure.
"I hate serious arguments the most."
"What?"
Xia Yu frowned.
"Imposing reasons and responsibilities on a spell is a sign of weakness, isn't it? Can you please stop being so assertive?" Gojo stuck out his tongue in disgust. "It should be like me and Hanatsu-chan. As long as we exist, we can do it."
"This is the confidence of a strong person!"
Gojo's fist touched the tip of Geto's nose.
"Aren't you leaving? If you don't leave, we'll start fighting." Jia Ru whispered to you, holding your hand and ready to take you away from this dangerous place at any time.
"If you don't want to participate, please leave."
"You want to persuade them?"
You didn't speak.
Ieiri shrugged. "Whatever you say. They can't hurt you anyway. I'll just slip away."
"はつちゃん!はつちゃん!"
"Jie is so cowardly. Do you want to seek comfort from Yuki? Yuki will not pay attention to a coward like you."
You couldn't hear what Gojo and Gosho were saying. Your mind seemed to be in a state of chaos, and you kept thinking that this scene had happened before. Now it was just a replay.
It's like fate.
And that mysterious premonition.
Teacher Ye Moth will come back.
He comes back...
"Let's talk outside, Satoru."
"Are you afraid of loneliness? Go by yourself. I want to spend time alone with Hatsu-chan."
You stare at the scene, an inexplicable sadness finding you.
"はつちゃん?"
"You look like you're about to cry."
"Gojo is mistaken."
How could I be wrong - you always hide a lot of things from me.
You composed yourself and looked at Gosho with a smile, "Sorry, I was just thinking. What did Gosho want to tell me?"
"Am I not right?"
"Let me answer Gojo's question first. The existence of the 'Tension' is certainly necessary, and not just to protect the mental safety of ordinary people. Gojo must be aware that the sorcerer is also a curse."
Gojo is at peace now.
"What does はつちゃん mean?"
"Nothing special, Getsu." You placed your hands on the table. "Now, answer Getsu's question. I don't completely agree or disagree with Getsu's opinion."
"Why!?"
Gosho...is he angry because you didn't stand on the same side with him?
"Gasuru feels that he is a strong person and should protect others. I do not deny his kindness. He has noble morals and conscience. But he should not let kindness, morality and conscience constrain him. Before considering others, we should consider ourselves first."
"But that's not what Ichigo said before."
"That's because I believe in Geto."
"Believe me?"
"Gayu never intended to use his great power for personal gain."
"That's because—"
"The strong should be used to protect the weak, right?"
"yes."
"But even the weak have their own resilience, which is worth admiring. In Getu's eyes, is Iori-senpai weak?"
"weak."
"But Iori-senpai never thinks she's weaker than you and Gojo. Or rather, it's precisely because Iori-senpai is weak that she possesses a stronger heart. Facing the same Level 1 cursed spirit, Geto and Gojo aren't afraid. But would Iori-senpai run away? She needs more courage than you to stand there."
“What is more important than protecting the weak is giving them space to grow.”
"How could Xia Yu know that the weak cannot become strong?"
You held Getsu's hand, trying to stop him from getting angry. "Didn't Getsu think I was weak when you first met me?"
But now, Hazuchan herself does not think that she is weak. He hopes that Hazuchan is weak, so that he can protect her with good reason.
"Actually, Geto saved me once."
Geto Xiayou held your hand back, intertwining his fingers as if this was the only way to confirm your real existence.
"The curse on Christmas Day was cast by the curse master to kill me. But I didn't have the ability to exorcise it at the time. If Geta hadn't been there—"
"What are you talking about that I don't know?"
Strong or weak, it doesn't matter. In Gojo Satoru's eyes, all beings are equal.
Gojo Satoru is the strongest.
After saying that, Gojo Satoru looked at his clasped hands, unable to bear it any longer. What made him even more intolerant was that you had nearly died before, and he, Gojo Satoru, wasn't by your side. He didn't even know you back then.
"Satoru, this is between me and Hazuchan." Geto Suguru still holds your hand. He has never been happier than today.
The reason you exist is because of Geto Suguru's power.
"はつちゃん~Tell me~"
"Don't tell Gojo. Do I have to tell Geto everything that happened when Gojo and I were together?"
Gojo Satoru felt that he was being ostracized by both his good brother and his crush.
"What's wrong with that..." Just when Gojo Satoru wanted to continue pretending to be stupid to appease his crush, Mr. Yaga came in.
The three of them quickly took their positions.
"Where's Glass?"
[Astral plasma… Lord Tianyuan…]
Mr. Ye Moth's emotions were a mess.
This thing is finally going to happen.
"I don't know."
"Go to the toilet."
"Why don't you speak?"
You ignored Gojo pulling your hair.
You are waiting for Teacher Ye Moth to speak.
Teacher Ye Mo put his hands on the podium, his face gloomy.
"This mission will be carried out by Gojo and Getsu."
Gojo and Geto looked at each other and then separated in disgust. Gojo waved happily: "Sen-sei, can't you send me and Ha-tsukchan together?"
"He has his own mission."
I have a mission too.
This isn't a normal quest to exorcise a cursed spirit. Otherwise, Yaga-sensei should have said, "It has nothing to do with this quest."
You close your eyes.
Ha, it was actually assigned to me, that’s really... expected.
"Are you still going alone, Yuki?"
Mr. Yaga didn't answer Geto's question, but turned to Geto and Gojo and said, "To be honest, the burden is heavy, but it was sent by Lord Tengen himself."
"There are two commissions."
"The target of the mission is the Astral Plasma, a suitable candidate for Master Tianyuan. You are responsible for protecting this girl and—erasing her!"
The word Mr. Ye Mo used was not "assimilation".
It’s really easy to guess what Teacher Ye Moth is thinking.
Everything that follows is stuff you already knew.
Evolution requires the will of Tianyuan, but once evolution is complete, Tianyuan's will ceases to exist.
Lord Tianyuan becoming an enemy is not the worst case scenario, but an inevitable result.
Sorcerers and cursed spirits have always been enemies.
"The hiding place of the astral plasma girl has now been exposed—"
"What!?"
"はつちゃん?"
"What's wrong?"
"She's not in danger for now, はつ."
You didn't want to listen to what happened next.
You don't know whether Mr. Ye Moth is deceiving you.
After assigning the task to Gojo and Geto, Mr. Yaga kicked them both out.
"What's something I can't know!" Gojo stood in front of the window, "Hatsu-chan knows what my and Jie's mission is." He opened the window and climbed in. Geto followed closely behind.
"せんせい, that's not fair!"
"Teacher Yemo——"
"This is not for you to hear. Gojo, Geto, get out."
It has been a long time since Teacher Ye Moth called you four by your last names.
"What are they going to do?"
No one spoke.
Gojo takes off his sunglasses. He walks straight towards you. Gojo always seems cheerful and lively. Of course, he can be irritating and cause trouble.
But you don't think he's bad.
Gojo lowered his head.
He is so much taller than you, and he always keeps his head down when talking to you.
"Why don't you tell me now?"
"I'll wait for your choice."
"What if I don't do what you want?"
"That's no big deal."
"Heh." Gojo pulled the corners of his mouth with great difficulty.
"What are you talking about?"
Summer oil is completely out of the question.
"I will also wait for Geto to make his choice."
"Satoru, what on earth are you talking about?"
"You guys go out."
The one who didn't move was Geto.
"はつちゃん?"
"Let's go, Jay. If we don't leave now, the mission will fail."
Getsu looked back every few steps and finally left the classroom with Gojo.
After the two of them left, Mr. Ye Moth came out of his silence and asked, "Do you know what you are going to do?"
"Know."
"In case of any accidents, escort another Star Plasma to the Hongxing Palace and wait for orders."
Teacher Ye Moth remained silent.
"Sense, you can't let me say everything by myself."
"Your side is an alternative plan."
"If everything goes well with Gojo and Geto, we won't need this backup plan, right?"
"You're right. I think Satoru and Jie—"
"It's bound to fail. You didn't follow instructions. Are 'assimilation' and 'erasure' the same word?"
Teacher Ye Moth said nothing more.
"Does Mr. Nightmoth think I would send someone to their death?"
"You won't."
This was precisely what was giving Ye Mo Zheng Dao such a headache. If the best students at the technical college all refused to complete their mission, the final outcome of human society would depend solely on how well Tian Yuan-sama evolved.
"Do whatever you want," Yega Zhengdao said. He couldn't bear to see his students live with self-blame and regret. After all, they were still children, and he was the adult. He would bear all the consequences.
"Teacher Yemo is such a good person."
"Ah... my thoughts are known again." Yega Masamichi was used to it by now. It was nothing to be known.
"Is Mr. Ye Moth divorced?"
"Hatsu, prying into a teacher's privacy is not a good student behavior—" It's still too difficult for a sorcerer and an ordinary person to live together. Yega Zhengdao also needs a place to confide.
"Yoga-sensei poured so much emotion into Curse Corpse."
It turns out that I learned this from Zhu Hai.
"Teacher Yaga told me that 'a sorcerer's power comes from their emotions. The more powerful the sorcerer, the stronger their emotions.' I think you're absolutely right."
Hundreds of days and nights of longing and grief have made you who you are today.
"So, Mr. Yega, who possesses such strong emotions, must be able to break the impossible."
"H——" You really don't want to see a strong man like Mr. Ye Moth with tears in his eyes.
"Tell me about their specific requirements, Mr. Yemo."
Ye Moth Zhengdao cleared his throat and said, "Regardless of whether Wu and Jie's mission succeeds or fails, you must bring another Star Plasma to the Hongxing Palace on the third day and ensure that the Star Plasma's faith remains unshaken. I will inform you of her location on the third day."
"I know where she is."
Teacher Ye Moth was startled.
"That's not important, Mr. Nightmoth. What's important is that you didn't want the sacrifice to happen."
From the beginning to the end, the ones who were wrong in this matter were not you, not Gojo, not Geto, not Tengen-sama, not the Star Pulse who were willing to sacrifice or not, but those villains who took advantage of Tengen-sama for their own benefit.
But they died many years ago.
It is only you, the latecomers, who are responsible for this matter.
"You and Astral Plasma are friends... have you thought about this a long time ago?"
“Not friends,” you correct Mr. Nightmoth. “They’re family.”
"I will bear the consequences of the choices I make."
"And—don't worry, Mr. Yaga. You can leave everything to me."
Whenever I see this child smile, I feel like I see a rainbow after the rain.
But it was raining all over the child.
"What animals do you think are cute?" Ye Mo Zhengdao brought up a completely unrelated topic.
What animals are cute? When you mention this topic, memories from your past life suddenly come to mind.
"The national treasure, the panda."
The panda is Japan's national treasure? Isn't the crested ibis Japan's national treasure?
I must have misremembered it. This kid has always been so worried about so many things. Ye Mo Zheng Dao didn't take it seriously.
"Are you going to Saitama?"
You nodded in agreement.
"Go back to the technical college as soon as possible."
By then, Wu and Jie should have returned with the astral plasma.
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