Chapter 6, Chapter 6: I... am not sure.
When Ieiri Shoko said that, Oriyuki Karin almost couldn't help but laugh. Fortunately, the trio was already a bit dazed by the huge amount of information she had just revealed, and none of them noticed the little bean below their line of sight biting her lower lip to suppress a laugh.
This really puts a lot of acting skills to the test.
In particular, she has virtually no acting skills.
"Dad isn't the villain!" she retorted, clearly determined to defend him.
Her father was the kind of person who would give up his life for sorcerers, so how could he be the villain?
The person who stopped her father is the villain!
Karin Oriyuki puffed out her cheeks and yelled at Satoru Gojo, "You're the villain!"
That's right, this is the script that Karin Oriyuki prepared for herself.
A five-year-old child hasn't even fully developed her worldview yet, so how could she understand justice and evil? Therefore, her concept of right and wrong is entirely learned from the cult leader, Jay.
She's going to play a legitimate little cult leader, so that Xia Youjie can see for himself just how extreme he will be in the future. I don't believe you won't reflect on that.
Let Gojo Satoru and Ieiri Shoko see what kind of person Natsume will become after turning evil, and keep a close eye on him.
To everyone's surprise, when Gojo Satoru heard Oriyuki Karin say this about him, his eyes lit up: "Really? What am I like on your side? Am I a great demon king who wants to destroy the world?"
It's clear that he wasn't unhappy at all about being defined as a villain; in fact, he was quite excited.
In Gojo Satoru's eyes, Natsuyuki was already the person with the strongest moral compass he knew, always spouting righteous arguments. If even he had become the kind of extreme being that Oriyuki Karin described—one who hated non-magicians and seemed to want to exterminate all non-magicians—wouldn't he, the Six-Eyed One whom Oriyuki Karin called a villain, be even more terrifying?
Gojo Satoru was already imagining the scene of him and Natsume Yuuki, the two most powerful villains, joining forces to bring extreme terror to the world.
Just imagine, a six-eyed man and a spirit manipulator, if they wanted to join forces to destroy the world, that would be incredibly exciting!
Gojo Satoru's interest in the world that Oriyuki Karin had mentioned immediately doubled.
Looking at Xia Youjie and Ieiri Shoko beside him, they were momentarily stunned, their eyes filled with the same curiosity.
Zhixue Yahuali: "..."
No, you're just defining me as someone from a parallel universe?!
Karin suddenly felt like she had worked hard for so long, only to have it all ruined by a single sentence from Shoko Ieiri.
What kind of bullshit development is this?
Let them destroy it! Let whoever wants to do this kind of plot-altering, character-saving work do it! She should just go and blow up the Tokyo Tower.
#&*@……
No, she felt her script could still be salvaged.
With tears in her eyes, Karin Oori spoke again, trying to turn the plot around.
This time, she didn't care whether she should pay attention to Gojo Satoru or not, and said directly, "No, you are a teacher at the vocational high school, and you want to stop Dad."
Gojo Satoru:?
"Me? Teacher?" He pointed to himself, so surprised that his sunglasses slipped down.
Xia Youjie and Ieiri Glass also found it somewhat absurd.
Shoko Ieiri couldn't help but raise her hand: "Just wondering, could it be that this guy has completely changed his personality and become a serious, meticulous, and reliable person?"
Ieiri Glass can hardly imagine Gojo Satoru like that.
Gojo Satoru was displeased: "Hey, Shoko, what do you mean? Am I not serious, meticulous, and reliable enough right now?"
Shoko Ieiri glanced at him without saying a word, yet everything was understood without being spoken.
"I...I don't know. Gojo Satoru...is an enemy, I don't know him." Oriyuki Ayakari was a little flustered; it felt like the script was going way off track...
Is there any way to save her script?
She panicked a little.
Gojo Satoru and Natsumi Yuuki were both stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at each other.
Are they... enemies?
Gojo understood: "So that's how it is. Little Pear Blossom's world is the complete opposite of ours."
Jay became the villain; he went and became a teacher, and the two even became enemies. Isn't that the complete opposite?
Xia Youjie understood. No wonder Ayakari disliked Gojo Satoru; he thought it was because Gojo Satoru was too much of a jerk, but it turns out it was because they were enemies in another world.
Zhixue Yahuali:? ? ?
No, what do you know?! Don't pretend to know what you don't!
"No, no!" Ayaka Arashi's desperate attempt to salvage her situation finally crumbled. "I...you...Dad..."
Damn, what could she possibly say to save her script?!
Her script has already fallen apart once; it can't afford to fall apart again! Can't you be reasonable?
She looked at Xia Youjie, almost crying with anxiety: "I...I'm from the future! You're my father..."
The future! It's not some parallel universe!
No, strictly speaking, she does seem to belong to a parallel world from the original work.
No, that's not right either. Even according to the original work, the fact that the cult leader Jie and the teacher Wu are on opposing sides is real!
When Xia Youjie and the others heard her tearful voice, they were startled and stopped thinking about parallel worlds. They quickly comforted the child first.
However, what Karin Ooyuki wanted wasn't comfort; she wanted her script!
Perhaps because her body shrank, her emotions became harder to control. Karin Ooyuki was really anxious and cried, constantly vomiting out plot details, trying to salvage her own script.
“Dad…Dad said that he and Gojo Satoru are actually good friends, but… but they just have different ideas.”
“Nanako, oh... Nanako-neechan and Mimiko-neechan both said that Daddy used to be a student at a vocational high school. It was... it was Daddy who rescued them from the monkeys, and then Daddy defected from the vocational high school.”
"Waaah... Dad even told me that if he fails, he dies... Waaah... If he dies, then Mimi-chan, Nana-chan, and I can... We can go find Gojo Satoru when we need to."
"So...that's why I went to the vocational high school to find Gojo Satoru..."
"Waaaaah... We...we're from the same world...you're my dad..."
Xia Youjie was stunned after hearing what she said.
As expected, Ayakari's father, that Xia Youjie... is dead.
Actually, he had already vaguely guessed some of it before, after all, when Oriyuki Karin cried at the very beginning, she said that sentence - "I thought you were dead".
These words are definitely not said casually.
The reason she cried so hard wasn't because she discovered Xia Youjie had become younger, but because... her deceased father had reappeared.
Only in this way could a child cry like this the moment he sees his father.
Because he had a vague idea of this, he hadn't asked about Xia Youjie's situation before.
Wu didn't realize it either, but Xia Youjie thought he probably guessed it too. So now that he actually heard Zhi Xueya Karin say this, Xia Youjie finally had a feeling that he knew it was true.
Xia Youjie could easily understand why Zhi Xueya Karin suddenly burst into tears.
If their world is the past of her world, then she still saw her own father. If, as they just said, it's another completely opposite parallel world, then it means he's not Xia Youjie, not her father.
Xia Youjie felt an indescribable sadness in his heart, sadness for Zhi Xueya and Hua Li.
Therefore, regardless of whether he was actually Xia Youjie or not, while patting Zhi Xueya Karin on the back to soothe her emotions, he once again accepted the role of father, following the child's words.
"Yes, I understand. We are from the same world. Akari is Daddy's daughter."
Karin Origami sniffed: "You...you believe me?"
Trust my script?
Xia Youjie nodded: "Yes, I believe you."
Karin Oriyuki couldn't hold back her tears again and cried: "Waaaaah..."
Her script... was saved!
Xia Youjie: ?
No, why are you crying even harder now?
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After stopping her second bout of crying today, Karin Ooyuki finally began to feel a little embarrassed.
She... she's not usually a crybaby, but she cried twice today. Kiryuki Karin felt a little embarrassed.
Her face flushed, and she stammered, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cry, I... I couldn't help it."
It was truly hard to hold back; Karin Ooyuki found that her emotional fluctuations seemed to be amplified as her body shrank.
"It's okay," Xia Youjie said, patting her head to comfort her.
He noticed that Yuki Akahara seemed a little tired, so he told her she could lean on him and rest for a while.
Yuki Ayaka was indeed a bit tired, the kind of tired that felt like her stamina was almost depleted, even though she didn't seem to have done much today.
Is it because children naturally have lower physical strength?
Regardless of whether it was true or not, Shiki Ayaka didn't stand on ceremony with Xia Youjie, her cheap father, and leaned against him... and fell asleep.
She was still sleeping soundly.
Xia Youjie and the others soon discovered that she had fallen asleep.
It was mainly Gojo Satoru who discovered it. He mischievously poked Oriyuki Karin's cheek, and when he found that she didn't react, he said, "She's asleep."
Then he began to recklessly pinch and pinch the face of Shiori Karin.
You know what, kids' faces are really quite soft.
Xia Youjie couldn't stand it anymore and slapped his hand away: "Stop making a fuss, let her get some sleep."
Shoko Ieiri glanced at Karin Oriyuki's peaceful sleeping face: "She must be quite tired today."
Xia Youjie nodded: "Mm."
Suddenly being in an unfamiliar environment and crying twice would exhaust even an adult, let alone a child.
However, since Yuki and Karin were asleep, they were able to discuss some things.
Shoko Ieiri immediately asked, "You all heard what Akari just said, right? What are your thoughts on it?"
Gojo Satoru immediately replied, "It's quite fun."
Shoko Ieiri: "...Who asked you that? I was asking you guys whether Akari is from the future or a parallel world?"
"It's a parallel world, I guess." Gojo Satoru still didn't think he and Natsuyuu Ge would become enemies; that was too far-fetched.
Ieiri Glass looked at Natsumi Yuuki: "And you?"
Xia Youjie remained silent for a moment.
He looked down at the child sleeping soundly on his arm, and after thinking carefully, replied, "I'm not sure."
Gojo Satoru:?
"What's uncertain? Do you really think that if you were to wipe out all non-magicians in the future, I would run off to become a teacher?"
Shoko Ieiri reminded him, "Don't forget what Akari said about the premise that Natsume was a defector. Those two... if I remember correctly, their names are Mimiko and Nanako. Akari calls them family, so I think they must be very close. Those two children must also be sorcerers."
"According to Akari, these two children were rescued from non-magicians by Natsuyu, which means... Natsuyu may have witnessed a sorcerer being harmed by a non-magician. It's even very possible that the family members Akari mentioned had the same experience."
"Although Xia You has always said that we should protect the weak, but... Xia You, do you think you would change your mind if you encountered something like this?"
Xia Youjie fell silent again.
The strong protect the weak, but... what if the weak turn around and harm the strong?
He himself is very strong, but what about a child like Karin Oori?
Xia Youjie wasn't always this powerful. If someone had tried to harm him back then... Xia Youjie felt he probably wouldn't have been able to handle it.
Possessing spells is a talent, but he has also been attacked by cursed spirits and found himself in trouble. And sorcerers... cannot generate cursed spirits.
Xia Youjie was unaware of this matter back then, and therefore didn't think about it so much. By the time he learned of it, he was already strong enough, so he stopped considering it. But now, this issue has been brought to light.
Xia Youjie suddenly felt a little lost.
“I…I’m not sure,” he replied.
He couldn't say for sure that he wouldn't, because he found himself genuinely confused at that moment.
But if you were to tell him that he would become someone who hates non-magicians because of this, Xia Youjie felt that it was a bit much.
So he said he wasn't sure.
Shoko Ieiri raised an eyebrow: "That's possible. What about Gojo? If Natsuyu really becomes like that, do you think you'd stick with him like best buddies and go down in the dark, or would you try to stop him?"
Gojo Satoru pouted somewhat unhappily: "I'm not going to let Jet defect or anything. If anyone's going to escape, we'll all go together."
So you're going to stick with him to the bitter end?
"Who said I was going to be some kind of big villain? If I'm going to be one, it'll be the big villain in the eyes of those rotten oranges, okay? I'm saying I won't let this guy defect, okay?"
"Who asked you that? The current situation is that he has already decided to defect. Do you want to go with him?"
Gojo Satoru: "..."
He pursed his lips again, clearly disliking the assumption.
After a long pause, he finally managed to squeeze out a reluctant sentence: "Who wants to slaughter non-magicians? It's simply impossible to leave only sorcerers in the world, right?"
Ieiri Glass nodded simply: "That means we'll be hostile to Natsuyu."
Gojo Satoru: "Hey!"
Ieiri Shoko ignored his protest and continued, "In other words, what Akari said is very likely true."
Originally, the idea of a parallel world was just a casual remark she made because she thought the future was too unimaginable. But if it really is as they just said, a world completely opposite to theirs, then how do you explain the close friendship between Gojo Satoru and Natsuyuu Suke? And how could Natsuyuu Suke possibly allow his daughter to go find Gojo Satoru after his death?
So... even if it's a parallel world, it's still one possible future.
Xia You might actually turn to the dark side in the future.
The trio fell silent. Although Gojo Satoru had just been protesting, despite his anger, he knew that Ieiri Shoko was right.
But he just wouldn't accept it.
He curled his lip: "Jay, that's so lame. Turning to the dark side and all that. And saying he'd kill all non-magicians, how childish—"
Xia Youjie: "..."
"I didn't do it, are you laughing at me here?"
He hasn't turned evil yet!
Gojo Satoru didn't care: "Anyway, you're just lame. If you really turn evil or something, I'll laugh you to death."
Xia Youjie: "..."
To be honest, he thought it was quite childish.
I don't understand.
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