Chapter Sixteen
-Yu Shaohan-
Unsurprisingly... I got scolded.
Since the Monkey King had taken all our cell phones and change, after several twists and turns on the street, we finally found a kind person and contacted the auxiliary inspector.
...As for why I didn't contact Gojo Satoru? Because I couldn't get through to him on the phone.
In short, we contacted the auxiliary inspector, waited on the street for about half an hour, and finally got into a car and returned to Tokyo Jujutsu High School.
By this time, it was completely dark. We had thought that it was so late, and Moth Masamichi was probably already asleep. As long as he was asleep, we could sneak back to the dormitory without anyone noticing. Apart from the five of us, Ten, Ji, and Gojo Satoru (whom we wanted to persuade to help us cover up Eto-bone's disappearance), no one else knew about being kidnapped by the Monkey King today.
But who knew he was still awake?! And he even moved a chair and sat by the front door, poking at his ugly dolls while waiting for us.
I:"……"
My movement of running towards the door stopped abruptly, and I came to an abrupt halt. "This is going to be tricky," I said in a low voice.
Xiao Lan covered her face: "...I'm doomed."
We exchanged a glance and immediately recalled the time when we skipped class and fought at Hengshui Sect, only to bump into the sect's most serious elder strolling around the gate.
Xiao Lan carefully moved to my side and whispered in my ear, "Let's look on the bright side. Let's just hope he's not even more difficult than an elephant, right?"
Elephant Trunk is the most serious and difficult elder in our sect that I just mentioned. I still remember the day he discovered we skipped class and got into a fight, and he punished us very severely. That was a nightmare I will never forget.
—Of course, I think the same applies to Xiao Lan.
"What did he punish you for?" Panda, who had been eavesdropping, asked curiously.
"You absolutely, absolutely cannot imagine what he punished us for!" My voice gradually rose. "You absolutely cannot imagine. First, he put us in solitary confinement and made us copy the school rules, then he made us give a self-criticism at the assembly—that was actually not so bad. The worst part was what happened later. He actually made the two of us work non-stop for a whole month, and it was all for free! Do you understand? For free, we didn't even have time to sleep for a whole month! As Elephant Nose would say, if we had time to skip class and fight, it must be because we had too much rest time!"
Dog Roll tilted his head slightly: "Seaweed?"
"You mean why he's called Elephant Trunk? Oh, that nickname was given to him by Xiao Lan. It's because he has a very big nose, and he keeps an elephant as a spirit pet... Speaking of which, I have to tell you about that elephant! It's really annoying..."
Xiao Lan suddenly nudged me with her elbow.
"Stop bothering me." I waved my arm impatiently. "I'm getting to the exciting part! Honestly, don't you hate that elephant of his?"
"Actually, it's quite annoying." Xiao Lan nodded seriously. "But Principal Moth is here. Are you sure you want to keep complaining about Elephant Trunk to them?"
"..."
I looked up and saw Moth rushing towards us, furious. I swallowed hard, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw that the group of classmates who had been listening intently to my story about the elephant's trunk had suddenly spread out and stood up straight, looking like obedient boys and girls.
Seriously, is there no love left between classmates?
Under the coercion and enticement of the moth righteous path, we finally finished recounting today's dramatic and seemingly insane experience, detail by detail.
Moth-Masakado first gave us a vicious scolding, then punished us all by making us write a thousand-word self-criticism. After that, he sighed and told us all to go back to the dormitory to sleep and completely forget about what happened today.
You want me to forget what happened today? No way. A gentleman takes his revenge, even after ten years. When I have the time, I'll definitely make the Monkey King taste my power!
"Alright, then continue with your revenge plan." Xiao Lan sat down in my dorm room chair and yawned. "So, can I go back to sleep now?"
"No, darling," I said with a forced smile. "As my best friend, shouldn't you be discussing the Monkey King's revenge plan with me?"
"How many plans have you made now?" Xiao Lan complained. "Can't you finish one plan before moving on to the next?"
“You’re just a partner, I’m the boss,” I replied confidently. “You have no right to interfere.”
“…Okay, Mr. Yu.” Xiao Lan, with her dead fish eyes still open, walked towards her dormitory, still half asleep. “Then please do your best, Mr. Yu. Partner Xiao is going to sleep.”
"Hey! No! No, don't go! I was just kidding, hey hey hey—" I finally managed to pull Xiao Lan away from the dorm room, who had already opened the door. To avoid disturbing Zhenxi next door, I gently closed the door and lowered my voice, "I was just kidding, don't go… I found Lao Deng! I'm absolutely certain she's also traveled through time!"
"Old Master Deng?" Xiao Lan finally sat back down in his chair. "Alright, please tell me your evidence."
"The evidence is the suddenly missing bone! Now, I, the Queen of Deduction, Yu Shaohan, will tell you about the disappearance of the bone!"
"What rubbish evidence... And does the real Sonoko Suzuki, who also calls herself the Queen of Deduction, know about this way of stealing her title?"
"Whether she knows or not is not important." I waved my hand dismissively. "Hey, let me tell you the story."
Actually, the course of events is quite simple.
Who remembers the somewhat unpleasant, or rather, indescribable expression on the Monkey King's face when we asked him, "Where did Yi Gu go?" Yes, based on my guess ("You were just saying it was deduction!" Xiao Lan grumbled from the side), Yi Gu was captured by Old Deng. Old Deng and the Monkey King are sworn enemies. Old Deng has a bad temper, and it's likely that the two had a falling out when the Monkey King called him "monkey" upon their first meeting. So Old Deng decided to take revenge on the Monkey King, and the Monkey King took his anger out on us…
“You’re quite good at making up stories,” Xiao Lan said. “What a boring story, it has no basis in reality at all. Why don’t you go write a novel? We can split the money 50/50.”
"...You'll soon find out whether what I said is true or false!" I retorted. "The Moth Cult has been keeping a close watch these past few days, and I haven't been able to find a chance to sneak out. You wait, and when we find another opportunity to sneak out, we'll go find the Monkey King. That way, we'll be able to verify whether what I said is true or false!"
"Oh, then I think it'll be tough for the two of us to sneak out anytime soon." Xiao Lan slumped onto the table, looking at me with a bored expression. "If you run into Monkey and Squinty Eyes again, it'll probably be a long time from now."
...
Time flew by in the blink of an eye. During this time, Gojou returned several times, grabbing us survivors who had bravely stormed the Panxing Sect and repeatedly questioning us about what had happened. By this time, Yigu had been missing for over a month, and we students had been incredibly bored attending theoretical classes at school for over a month.
They even sneaked out, still looking for the Monkey King. I thought angrily: the plan has completely fallen apart halfway through; they can't even see normal monkeys, let alone the Monkey King.
I stared blankly at the blackboard covered in writing, muttering to myself, "When will I finally see the Monkey King? Monkey King, Monkey King... When will I finally see the Monkey King, King King..."
"Aren't you leaving?" Xiao Lan casually packed some things. "get out of class is over, aren't you going to have lunch?"
I snapped out of my reverie and replied, "Oh...oh."
There were only six students in the first grade. Excluding Yi Gu, who was still missing, the four of us and Panda went to the cafeteria together. I was still walking and daydreaming when I suddenly heard a loud bang from somewhere.
"boom--"
Xiao Lan was the fastest; her Instant Sword instantly appeared, and she stepped on it, disappearing without a trace after saying, "I'll go see what's going on." Zhenxi followed closely behind. Her physical abilities were excellent, almost comparable to the body cultivators of our Hengshui Sect. She reacted in an instant and immediately ran towards the direction from which the sound came.
Panda, Dog Roll, and I exchanged glances before quickly following.
Panting, I finally arrived at the source of the loud noise. In the distance, I saw a small black dot flying towards us in the sky. Squinting to get a closer look, I finally saw the small black dot clearly—it was a cursed spirit bird.
"That's Squinty Eyes up there." Xiao Lan flew over on his sword, then used a sound transmission talisman to tell me, "Squinty Eyes, and the two girls we saw at the amusement park entrance last time."
"Wow, wow..." I didn't know what to say for a moment. What is this? I was thinking this morning when I would finally see the Monkey King, and now I've already seen him again?
"Xia Youjie?" Maki frowned. "What's he doing here again?"
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