Chapter 21, Chapter 2: You died too?
"I don't know either, but I think it must be because my birthday wish from a few days ago came true!" Karin Oriyuki said frankly.
"Birthday wish?" Shoko Ieiri looked puzzled.
Karin Oriyuki nodded: "Yes!"
Shoko Ieiri was waiting for Karin Oori to continue, but the child just stared at her with bright, sparkling eyes, and there was no follow-up.
Shoko Ieiri couldn't help but facepalm: "No, I mean... what kind of birthday wish did you make?"
Immersed in admiring the beautiful older sister, Karin Ooyuki only belatedly exclaimed "Ah!" and replied, "I hope Mom's friends can come back!"
Ieiri Shoko paused, stunned: "My...friend? Why?"
She didn't quite understand why, on the child's birthday, he made a wish that had nothing to do with her.
“Yes!” Zhi Xueya nodded decisively, “Because I often see Mom staring blankly at the photos. I secretly took the photos to Aunt Mingming and asked her about them. Aunt Mingming said they were Mom’s best friends. I think Mom must miss them a lot, so I wanted Mom’s friends to come back.”
Shoko Ieiri paused for a moment, and suddenly understood why Natsumi had shown such a fatherly expression because of some of Akari-chan's words.
It's really hard not to be moved.
She called Ye'e Zhengdao, and following Xia Youjie's example from last time, explained the situation to him and applied for a dormitory room for the child.
Another child appeared, and this time, Yae Masamichi was not as shocked as before, and quickly agreed.
For safety reasons, he still asked, "How old are you?"
Ieiri Shoko bent down and asked the child, "How old are you?"
Karin Oriyuki: "Eight years old!"
Ieiri Shoko relayed to Yagami Masamichi: "Eight years old."
Moth-like Masamichi then asked, "Is he a sorcerer?"
Shoko Ieiri looked at Karin Oriyuki again and asked, "Are you a sorcerer?"
Karin Oriyuki nodded, and Shoko Ieiri relayed the message: "Yes."
Moth asked, "What is a spell?"
Ieichi Shoko: "Jutsu."
Oriyuki Karin: "Reversal Spell".
Reversal... spell?
Ieiri Shoko assumed it was a child's mistake and turned to report to Yagami Masamichi: "Reversal Technique."
Night Moth Path thought everything was fine. What could possibly happen to an eight-year-old pureblood nanny? The safety level was maxed out.
"Alright, I'll go talk to the principal and arrange for him to stay next to Wu and the others." After saying that, Yae Masamichi didn't forget to add, "If he says anything important, remember to report it to me as soon as possible, don't let it be like last time!"
Speaking of what happened last time, Yae Masakado is still angry. Such a big thing, yet none of the three students thought to tell him.
Shoko Ieiri lazily replied, "Yes, yes..."
After hanging up the phone, Ieiri Shoko called Natsuyuki again to ask him what he and Gojo Satoru were doing.
"Come help me if you have time, I need to go out and buy some things."
Based on the daily necessities she bought for Xia You's daughter last time, she felt that there would be quite a lot of things to carry later, and she would need to find someone to help her.
Xia Youjie readily agreed. Gojo Satoru was reluctant to go, but he felt that if only Xia Youjie and Ieiri Shoko went out together, wouldn't he be the one left behind?
So in the end, I agreed to go together.
After hanging up the phone, Ieiri Shoko took Oriyuki Karin to the agreed meeting place. On the way, she remembered to ask, "By the way... who is your father?"
Izumi Ayakari ignored her completely, looking around nonchalantly like a deaf child.
Hmm, that building over there looks newly built too; it was probably demolished by Gojo Satoru and Natsuyu Suke over the past year.
Ieiri Glass:?
Thinking that it was Oriyuki Karin who hadn't heard her, she called out, "Hiri?"
"Hmm?" Karin Origami turned around and looked at her intently. "What's wrong, Mom?"
Shoko Ieiri asked again, "Nothing, I just wanted to ask, what's your father's name?"
Karin Origami blinked and nodded, "Yes, Mom, you can ask."
Ieiri Glass: "..."
Does her son have a mental problem?
She asked again, "What's your dad's name?"
Karin Origami remained oblivious, simply staring at her.
Ieiri Glass: "…………"
Could her son really have intellectual disabilities?
Seeing the bewildered expression on Ieiri Shoko's face, Oriyuki Karin pinched her thigh hard with her hand hidden under her sleeve.
Hold it in, don't laugh!
She tilted her head, feigning confusion, and asked Iera Shoko, "Mom, weren't you going to ask me a question?"
Shoko Ieiri narrowed her eyes slightly and asked tentatively, "Didn't you hear what I just asked you?"
Karin looked puzzled: "Mom, didn't you just not ask anything?"
Yes, that's her strategy; she just pretends not to hear.
As for the reason... well, let them imagine what kind of encryption and protection of the spacetime order is. What could an eight-year-old like me know? I can't even hear what you're saying!
Oriyuki Ayakari: Hehe :)
As expected, Ieiri Shoko fell silent again. After a moment, she tried once more: "Then I'll ask you one more time, listen carefully."
Karin nodded obediently, "Yes, Mom, you can ask."
"What's your father's name?" Ieiri Shoko asked, enunciating very clearly.
Zhi Xueya Karin looked at her for a while, then urged, "Mom, ask away."
Ieiri Glass: "."
Okay, case solved. It turns out this kid simply couldn't hear her question.
It might have been automatically blocked. Is it because it can't be disclosed?
Shoko Ieiri didn't know whether to be happy or regretful. She couldn't find out about her future husband, but at least it proved that her son wasn't mentally disabled.
Seeing that she looked thoughtful, Karin knew that she had probably passed this test, and secretly gave herself a thumbs up in her heart.
Then he urged again, "Mom?"
Shoko Ieiri glanced at her, then reached out and touched the short, choppy hair on her head: "It's nothing, I just suddenly don't want to ask anymore, let's go."
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Soon, Ayaka Arashi met Gojo Satoru and Natsumi Yuki.
Xia Youjie glanced at Zhi Xueya and Hua Li, and then made a reasonable guess: "Is this your younger brother? Hello, I am Xia Youjie."
Ieiri Glass: "."
"No, it's my son."
Xia Youjie: ?
Gojo Satoru:?
Shoko Ieiri explained lazily, "It's the same as Ayakari's situation before."
When Yuki Ayaka saw Gojo Satoru and Natsume's eyes light up, it was clear that they were seeing a sudden burst of light.
Xia Youjie wondered if the little boy in front of him knew his daughter, while Wujiao Wu thought—Jie and Shaozi have both met their children, will he be able to meet them one day?
Xia Youjie quickly asked Zhi Xueya Karin's name, and after receiving the answer, he squatted down and greeted her: "Hello, Fei Li-kun. You may not know me, so let me introduce myself. My name is Xia Youjie."
Karin felt a little awkward. She had been called Hiri-chan or Hiri-san before, but this was the first time she had been called Hiri-kun.
She looked at Xia Youjie and said, "I know you. You were a good friend of my mother when she was young."
She glanced at Gojo Satoru beside her and said, "I know you too, the Gojo family's Six-Eyed One, who was also a good friend of my mother when she was young."
Gojo Satoru:?
He pointed at Xia Youjie, then at himself: "It's one thing that Jie died young, but why is it that I was also a friend from my youth? Did Xiaozi and I break off our friendship?"
Gojo Satoru never considered the possibility of dying.
Karin Origami was just waiting for him to say that, and readily replied, "No, you died too."
Gojo Satoru, Natsu Youjie, Ieiri Glass:?
Gojo Satoru's eyes widened: "Me? Are you sure it's me?"
Not to mention him, Xia Youjie and Ieiri Glass were also very shocked.
While the news of Natsuyu Akari's death was shocking, they still believed it was Gojo Satoru who killed him. But now... it's Gojo Satoru who's dead. Who could possibly have killed Gojo Satoru?
Ayaka Shiki nodded firmly: "Yes, Mom still goes to pay respects to you every year."
Gojo Satoru: "..."
A person is living a perfectly good life, and suddenly finds out that they have been sacrificed to.
Xia Youjie immediately thought of the guy who had taken over "his" body—they still hadn't found any trace of him.
He frowned and asked Karin Oori, "Was it the guy who took over 'my' body who did it?"
Karin Origami tilted her head: "Are you talking about Rōsō?"
Gojo Satoru and Natsume Yuuki: "Rosso?"
"Yeah, didn't you guys know?"
It's been a year already, and even though they haven't gotten rid of Lu Suo, they still thought that at least they knew who he was.
After all that, you don't even know each other's names?
Xia Youjie replied, "We do know of this person, but we don't know any specific information about them. Fei Li-kun, if you know anything, could you tell us?"
Hearing this answer, Ayaka Shiki felt a sense of disappointment and frustration.
She began, "I only heard it from Aunt Mingming and the others. He seems to be a curse master from a thousand years ago. His spells can take over other people's bodies and use the spells of the body's owner. Kamo Kenrin from the Kamo family is him."
Kamo Kenron?
The trio looked at each other, and all of them saw surprise in each other's eyes.
They were very familiar with this name.
Over the past millennium, this guy is probably the most famous among the curse masters. It's not that he's the most powerful, but his actions are so inhumane, and being from one of the three founding families, it's hard for anyone not to know him.
Okiyuki Karin continued, "Then, many years ago, before I was even born, he took over Uncle Natsuyu's body and initiated the Death Extinction Journey."
"Death migration?" Gojo Satoru and Natsuyu Suke were somewhat surprised by this newly emerged term.
Gojo Satoru: "What is that?"
Karin Oori stammered, "My mother said... it's a major disaster, but I don't know exactly what it is."
The rule about the Death and Extinction Recurrence... let alone whether an eight-year-old could remember it, even Karin Ooyuki herself couldn't remember it.
At a time like this, forget about fanfiction writers. Everyone's doing fanfiction these days, how many people actually want to write about that hellish thing called "Death's Journey"? Several people died when "Death's Journey" was released. Shouldn't fanfiction be of something good?
Ayaka Shiki summarized it roughly: "All I know is that it was started by Tōsō, and many, many people died. Uncle Gojō also died at that time. Later, Yuta and the others killed Sukuna and Tōsō, and that disaster was resolved."
Gojo Satoru's brow twitched: "Wait, where did Sukuna come from??? Ryoumen Sukuna?"
Karin Oriyuki nodded: "Mm."
Xia Youjie pinched the bridge of his nose: "Wu, is this how you become the strongest after I'm gone?"
Not only did they fail to solve the problem of the Lu Suo, they also managed to create two Sukuna.
Suddenly mocked by his best friend, Gojo Satoru was indignant: "What does this have to do with me? I'm only seventeen this year, okay?"
Xia Youjie didn't care who had been mocking him for defecting before. Now that he finally had a chance, he was going to retaliate.
Gojo Satoru retorted without backing down, "In the end, if you hadn't defected, none of this would have happened. Without the Spirit Manipulation Technique, that guy would never have been able to beat me, okay?"
He felt that he had essentially lost to Xia Youjie, which was a defeat that Gojo Satoru could accept.
You know what, it's actually quite amusing to watch Gojo Satoru and Natsuyu Jie mock each other and try to pin the blame on each other.
If it were just netizens saying this online, Ichiyuki Ayaka would definitely feel uncomfortable, but since it's their idol saying it, the feeling is completely different.
This kind of behavior—completely disregarding how the other person might feel before mocking them—precisely means that nothing has actually happened yet, and neither of them really cares; it's just a simple banter between boys.
That's great...
So, Karin Oriyuki couldn't help but chime in, saying to Satoru Gojo, "But you weren't killed by Rōsaku."
Gojo Satoru, Natsumi Yuki: ?
The two of them turned to look at Oriyuki Karin.
Karin Origami smiled innocently: "You were killed by Sukuna."
Gojo Satoru: "...?"
Ieiri Glass: "Pfft."
Xia Youjie looked at Wujiao Wu with a victorious air: "Are you still saying it's my problem?"
Gojo Satoru: “#&*@……”
He's going to report them! These people are bullying him!
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