Chapter 22: Cultivation Day 22
Chapter 22
Kanako was breathing heavily. Rather than losing physical strength, she preferred to use this method to regulate her emotions.
So many things happened within the realm of [February Station]. Kanako's emotions ranged from fear of ghost stories to anger at seeing Haibara Yu injured, and then to impatience and dissatisfaction at discovering that she had failed to exorcise the cursed spirit...
All kinds of emotions overlapped together, and coupled with the constant sneak attacks and emergencies in the area, she had no time to think too much. She could only spend some time digesting them after the matter was over.
However, it seems that the current time is not suitable for thinking.
The next tram arrived.
A dense crowd of people was moving hurriedly between the platform and the carriage. Kanako held the broken lens, pouted, and threw it into the trash can reluctantly. At a glance, all she could see was the crowded scene.
The lights on the platform were bright and cold, and the cold wind appeared as streams of white air under the lights. Kanako opened her mouth and exhaled, then calmly touched her arm, which was not covered by clothes.
Why is it winter again? Kanako thought, and the first question emerged in her confused mind.
What time is it now?
With the experience of traveling from her birth world to the world of curse system, Kanako accepted the fact that she broke through time and space after being hit by the spell. She lowered her head, stared at the empty palms, and said "tsk" in a bad mood.
The little ghost-like [February Station] threw her into an unknown time and space, and actually took the opportunity to escape.
If you want to return to the Polytechnic family in 2006, you need to catch it again and let it perform the spell.
Okay, it’s decided.
Having set a goal, Kanako made an encouraging gesture to cheer herself up, which caused quite a stir.
Kanako looked up in surprise.
"Is she okay? Is she injured?"
"What a little child! What on earth happened to her?"
"Call the police, has anyone called the police?"
"Could it be the makeup effect... Hush, keep your voice down, she heard us, she's looking at us."
Since when, a small empty space in the middle of the bustling platform was reserved for her.
Five or six meters away, people gathered around her and whispered something to her. A small number of people held up their cell phones towards her. Kanako had very good hearing and heard every word she heard.
She took out her cell phone from her pocket, compared it carefully, and found that her cell phone was different from the ones in those people's hands.
In the reflection of the dark screen, Kanako noticed her own appearance.
Her face was covered in blood and sweat, and her messy white hair was stained with unknown mucus dripping from the cursed spirit's body.
Kanako was almost unharmed, and the messy stains on her body were all splashed on her when she beat the cursed spirit.
But...if it's just the bloodstains, it seems that it would be scary for ordinary people?
Kanako hesitated for a moment, looking around, and then decided to return to her original doubts and asked aloud, "What time is it now?"
This question once again caused a commotion in the crowd. After a few seconds, a kind-hearted person came forward and asked her if she needed help.
Kanako nodded sincerely and said, "I need it. Can you tell me what time it is, brother or sister?"
"Ah, it's 1:26 p.m. now," one person replied.
Kanako pursed her lips and asked, "Can you be more specific? What year is it now?"
“January 12, 2018.”
Boom!
As soon as the words fell, Kanako's ears were struck by thunder.
"2018 - 2006 = 12... It's actually 12 years later." Kanako quickly calculated the four-digit arithmetic problem. "So, in 2018, I should be, should be..."
System: [Then the question arises, 2018-1997=?]
Kanako picked up a stone and began to do some calculations, then said, "Twenty-one!"
She held her head, looking devastated. "That's a huge difference... But I'm only nine years old now, and I haven't become a reliable adult yet... Wow."
The system, having just pulled itself out of processing information across time and space, said, "The world system hasn't changed. The only changes are the coordinates of time and space. You can think of this as a parallel world."
More and more people gathered around her. Although Kanako had no burden about being the focus of strangers' eyes, there were more important things she needed to do first.
That is - stick together!
She knew the address of Tokyo Technical College by heart, and had many people's numbers saved in her cell phone address book.
Kanako looked at the huge crowd that enveloped the entire platform and pinched her chin thoughtfully.
First of all, you have to leave this place where ordinary people gather.
"Look - it's an alien UFO!" Kanako quickly pointed to the sky.
Unfortunately, people no longer buy into this and all show speechless expressions, thinking, "Who would believe such a lie?"
Kanako:......
Kanako suddenly had an idea and pulled out her trump card: "Look—at the entrance, a real-life drama of the wife catching her mistress is being staged!"
"What?" "Where?" "Let me see!"
As expected, the gossip she fabricated was also the most powerful. Taking advantage of diverting people's attention, Kanako's figure instantly disappeared from the spot.
A few minutes later, she skillfully rinsed her hair and face with water from the public toilet, then dialed Nanami Kento's number while holding a purple umbrella.
The reason why she wanted to contact Nanami Kento first was because Kanako remembered the last words Nanami said to her before she was ritually transported through time.
He made a promise in a firm tone: "We will find you."
...Who would have thought that twelve years would have passed!!!
Kanako couldn't imagine the expressions on everyone's faces when they saw her, still a child, again. The phone pressed against her ear went beep, then went silent, leaving behind a gentle reminder from a female voice: "The number you dialed is unavailable."
……ah?
Kanako, in disbelief, called all the numbers in her address book, including Gojo Satoru, Geto Suguru, etc., but except for two calls to people she didn't know, the rest were all unavailable numbers.
How could this be! Kanako's whimpering became even louder.
System: [Twelve years have passed, and changing phones is perfectly normal... But if only one or two people changed their numbers, it's fine. But the fact that most of them are unused numbers can no longer be described as a coincidence!]
Kanako looked thoughtful and said, "How about we rush back to the technical high school? We can definitely get there in a few days by bus from here."
"No... I have another idea." Kanako suddenly remembered a setting, "Let's go directly to Xiaojie first!"
Kanako: "Twelve years later, all of them will have graduated long ago, and many of them may not stay in the technical high school."
Kanako: "Can you use the Guardian System settings to help me locate Gon's location? I'll find him first, then tell him about the time travel, and let him and Gojo Satoru help me with ideas!"
System: [No problem! Even if you're traveling through time, the bound guardian won't be released prematurely unless something special happens. I'll try to locate you.]
【……】
The system's voice did not sound in Kanako's ears for a long time. Kanako thought it was stuck and called out several times in a row.
[System, system! Why are you so stupid?] Kanako was puzzled.
"Who's stupid?! As a competent and approachable intelligent system, I won't have a single day of hiccups." The system retorted subconsciously.
Then, its speech slowed down considerably, and it spoke uncertainly: "I've already determined Master Geto's location, but there are some details I haven't been able to address, or rather... I feel a little strange."
System: [To give you an analogy, my positioning of Geto-sama is like the signal bars received on a cell phone. When humans are in an area with poor signal, the signal bars become extremely small.]
System: [Master Geto Suguru's current "signal grid" is completely empty... and it's intermittent, which greatly hinders my positioning.]
Kanako didn't react much to this at first, and naturally thought: "After graduating, Xiaojie went on a business trip to a place with poor signal. It must be hard."
System: [That's not what I meant... Our system always binds guardians to souls, which is very tenacious. Even if a "parallel world crossing" occurs, it will automatically lock onto the soul of the equivalent in that world.]
System: [And the signal bars are decreasing... Could it be that the soul of Master Geto Suguru in this world has been damaged?]
After hearing this, Kanako became even more anxious: What are we waiting for? I have to go support Xiaojie!
The system told Kanako that her location was in the west, exactly opposite to Tokyo High School.
"Before that, I have something to tell you, Tongzi. I seem to be able to see the remnants of cursed energy." Kanako pointed at the glasses she had just thrown away.
There is also a layer of something like yogurt or cheese on the surface of the new version of the umbrella gun, which is the "cursed power".
This was the first time Kanako saw the flow of cursed energy without the help of glasses or relying on her sense of smell.
Kanako looked thoughtfully at the trash can where the glasses were thrown away, then rummaged through her pockets and put a thin white card in an empty corner nearby.
"...Leave a backup plan." Kanako muttered to herself mysteriously.
She used the change in her trouser pocket to take the train for a few stops. After getting off the train, Kanako followed the instructions of the navigation in her mind and sprinted at an extremely terrifying pace.
Starting from the bustling city and continuing westward, the bungalows and high-rise buildings gradually disappear, replaced by rolling hills and dense jungles.
Why did Xiaojie go on a business trip to such a remote place...?
Kanako shook her head and put the doubt behind her.
There was a strange smell in the air around her, and Kanako knew that it was her body reminding her that a high-level cursed spirit was nearby.
Kanako stopped suddenly, and because of her extraordinary speed, she left two bare mud marks on the lawn, and the dust flew behind her.
She quietly focused all her attention to the corner of her eye, vaguely seeing that there were more than a dozen cursed spirits surrounding her.
Although it was just a slight outline, Kanako was extremely surprised.
Her guess turned out to be correct, and she was now able to see the curse more clearly every day!
What is the reason? I’m so curious!
System: [Master Geto Suguru's location has just changed... Walk another two kilometers north.]
Kanako stepped on the ground and made a big hole. Like playing whack-a-mole, she buried more than a dozen cursed spirits into the sunken hole.
Then, they used umbrella guns to knock on the heads of the cursed spirits one by one to exorcise them, and the cursed spirits turned into black haze and completely disappeared into the air.
"Okay, let's go two kilometers further north, right?" Kanako ran quickly towards the target location.
A few minutes later, with the system's repeated fine-tuning and command, Kanako finally arrived at her destination successfully.
A black and white figure broke through the bushes, and Kanako suddenly appeared!
She rubbed her face against her arm, brushing off some of the dust that had accumulated while walking through the jungle. She turned around and looked at the slightly dazed future "Geto Suguru" with her eyes lighting up with excitement.
It seems that at this moment, all the obstacles encountered on the road are worth it.
"I finally found you!" Kanako hugged him happily.
In response, the future "Suguru Geto," wearing a monk's robe and sporting a seam on his forehead, simply narrowed his eyes, smiled faintly, and replied docilely, "Long time no see."
*
Meanwhile, somewhere in Tokyo.
"Mr. Gojo." Ijichi Jietaka, the assistant supervisor who often followed Gojo Satoru around, immediately went out of the cordon when he saw the person coming in the uniform of a high school teacher.
"Approximately two hours ago, Window detected a large amount of cursed energy residue at the station, but no signs of cursed spirits were found at the scene, and there were no casualties."
Yidi Zhijie paused, and with some hesitation, he took out a transparent plastic bag from the items collected at the scene.
Gojo Satoru took it and looked inside. Inside was a pair of broken special glasses and a student ID card that looked familiar.
The student ID card clearly reads: [Gojo Kanako].
Before graduating from technical high school and officially becoming an assistant supervisor, Gojo Satoru's junior, Ijichi Kiyotaka, expressed confusion: "Has Tokyo Technical High School ever had a student like this? Judging from the name, it sounds like someone Gojo-san would know..."
"Yeah." Gojo Satoru didn't reply immediately, but took off the black blindfold, and his blue eyes lingered briefly on his student ID card.
After a while, he chuckled and threw the transparent bag over Yidi Zhijiegao's head, scaring the latter so much that he jumped up in panic to catch it.
"How interesting." Gojo Satoru said in a frivolous tone, "Is her name Kanako? What a cliché name. I'll remember it."
"I'll find you."
【Author’s words】
11.25 bug fixes
The current noose: A tool man dropped from the sky, let me think about how to use it
Noose from now on: Damn Kanako, someone please take her away! ! !
After occupying Brother Jie's body, the brain flower of brushing up Brother Jie's cultivation value is not a kind of persecution (doge face)
Thank you to the little angels who voted for me or provided me with nutrient solution between 2023-11-23 17:24:01 and 2023-11-24 17:39:22~
Thanks to the little angels who irrigated the nutrient solution: Yan Shaoqian 20 bottles; Fang~Jong 14 bottles; 11 Orange 10 bottles; Sophia, Tangchaolizi 1 bottle;
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