Chapter 77, Chapter 9: The Great Search
The next day, Karin Oori and Hisahito Itadori encountered a cursed spirit on their way to the high school.
A strange cursed spirit kept turning its head to look around, as if it were looking for something.
Zhi Xueya stared at it curiously for a while.
"Hoshirin-chan, what's wrong?" Itadori Yuujin asked when he saw her looking at something.
Yuki Ayaka pointed at the cursed spirit: "That cursed spirit seems a bit strange."
"A cursed spirit?" Yuuji Itadori was quite surprised. "Where!?"
“Right now…” Karin Oori paused, then suddenly realized something and looked at Yuujin Itadori, “Dad, can’t you see it?”
She suddenly remembered that the current Yuujin Itadori had not swallowed Sukuna's finger, which meant that... he had no cursed power in his body and could not see the cursed spirit at all!
"Ah...right, wait a minute." Yuujin Itadori pulled a pair of goggles that looked a lot like swimming goggles from his pocket, put them on, and looked in the direction Karin Oriyuki had just pointed. "Where?"
Zhixue Yahuali: "..."
Tiger is wearing glasses now...
That's weird.
Take one more look.
It still feels so strange.
She finally realized why Hisahito Itadori always carried a pair of cursed gloves with him.
For a moment, I didn't quite grasp the situation. I thought the college had become rich, or that Wu Tiao Wu and Xia Youjie had become even more of a bandit than before, giving each student a spell-casting tool.
Now that I think about it... it's clear that you can't do without magical tools!
As expected, Hisahito Itadori attracted somewhat surprised glances from passersby after putting on the cursed glasses that looked a lot like swimming goggles.
Um……
If most people saw someone suddenly pull out swimming goggles and put them on on the street, they would probably think twice and wonder if that person was crazy.
But Hisahito Itadori seemed to have already gotten used to it.
Zhixue Yahuali: "..."
Strange, it's just too strange.
I know you probably made this to prevent your glasses from falling off during a fight, but couldn't you at least make it look nicer?
Anyway, after putting on his "swimming goggles," Yuujin Itadori finally saw the cursed spirit and immediately bowed his head to instruct her, "Hoshirin-chan, wait here for me for a moment, I'll go and exorcise that cursed spirit."
Karin nodded and let him go.
It's just a level two cursed spirit, which is relatively strong but not that strong. With Yuujin Itadori's combat power, he shouldn't be unable to defeat it.
But as she watched Hisahito Itadori leave, there was an indescribable look of disdain in her eyes.
No, she couldn't stand these hideously ugly swimming goggles; they were just too weird.
Standing next to Hisahito Itadori, who was wearing swimming goggles, was almost as embarrassing as standing next to Satoru Gojo.
Once we get back, we need to quickly get Gojo Satoru to bring the Nine Phases Diagram to Itadori Yuujin so he can have some magical power and get rid of this ugly thing.
Just as she was thinking this, Yuujin Itadori returned, as if he hadn't fought the cursed spirit at all.
Zhixue Yahuali:?
Isn't it to exorcise the cursed spirit?
Seeing the surprised look on Karin Oori's face, Yuujin Itadori explained, "Ah... that's Natsuyu-sensei's cursed spirit, don't worry about it."
Karin looked around and asked, "Is Grandpa Natsuyu here?"
"It shouldn't be there, right? But that cursed spirit was carrying a piece of paper that said it was Teacher Xiayou's cursed spirit."
Zhixue Yahuali:? ? ?
Huh? What kind of operation is this?
For a moment, Karin Origami almost thought that Yuuji Itadori had encountered a cursed spirit scam.
However, a cursed spirit of this level... its intelligence shouldn't be high enough to know how to impersonate Xia Youjie's cursed spirit, right?
Karin Oori couldn't understand it, so she went with Hisahito Itadori to take a look.
When the cursed spirit saw Itadori Yuujin coming over again, it thought that the other party was going to hit it again, so it quickly took out the paper, looking like it had a very strong will to survive.
Upon closer inspection, Ayaka Oriyuki noticed a sentence on the crumpled A4 paper—
[I am Xia Youjie, this is my cursed spirit. I apologize for causing you all trouble, but I am currently searching for something very important. Please, fellow spellcasters, do not harm me by mistake.]
Below is a smaller line of text: [If you remove the cursed spirit, it will come knocking on your door.]
The image is accompanied by a smiley face, which looks very "friendly".
Zhixue Yahuali: "..."
This speaking style, which seems both polite and impolite... is really Xia Youjie.
Furthermore, Ayaka Riko recognized Natsuyuki's handwriting, so the original of this photocopy should have been handwritten by Natsuyuki.
The two said goodbye to the seemingly busy cursed spirit, and then encountered several more similar ones, each carrying the same A4 paper. Itadori Yuujin was about to exorcise the cursed spirits several times, but then returned without any problems.
Seeing that Xia Youjie had released so many cursed spirits to search, Itadori Yuujin was quite curious: "What did Teacher Xia Youjie lose?"
At first, Ayaka was also a little curious, until she caught a glimpse of one of the cursed spirits touching a passerby's bangs.
Zhixue Yahuali: "..."
Hmm... she seems to know what Xia Youjie is looking for.
——
It's obvious that Xia Youjie is looking for Lu Suo. And in order to find Lu Suo, he released the cursed spirit.
At first, Shizuka Karin thought he had just released some cursed spirits, but after arriving at the high school, she realized that Xia Youjie had really made a big move this time.
He released all his cursed spirits.
all.
Even Gojo Satoru didn't know how many cursed spirits Xia Youjie had accumulated over the years. Thousands? Or tens of thousands?
In short, he released all the cursed spirits yesterday, with only one purpose—to find the guy with the stitching marks on his head, namely Lu Suo.
Since we can't find any clues through the intelligence network, let's just cast a wide net and have the cursed spirits search thoroughly.
The reason we didn't do this before was that we felt it would be too much of a fuss and unnecessary. As for now—does Xia Youjie still care about that?
In short, the director's department received a message from Xia Youjie saying that he had some things to take care of recently and might cause some disturbances, so he was letting them know and telling them not to worry too much.
Before the people in the management department could even ask what was wrong, Xia Youjie had already hung up the phone. When they tried to call back, the call wouldn't go through.
Xia Youjie, of course, was going to turn off his phone. He could fully anticipate how the director's department would react when they found out what he was going to do. He had no interest in being scolded, so he just casually made up a new number and kept it to contact Wu Tiao Wu and the others.
Because he and Gojo Satoru often looked like they were about to overturn all the rotten oranges, the adults in the supervisory department were quite alarmed for a while, thinking that these two guys had finally lost their temper and were going to make a move against them.
But the problem is, they haven't done anything lately!
A group of important figures cursed each other, each believing that the other had done something behind the scenes to anger these two troublemakers.
After a period of panic, they received a flurry of messages saying that a large number of cursed spirits had been discovered, including many of them level one or higher.
Clearly, that was Xia Youjie's cursed spirit.
Don't ask how the person at the window knew, because... Xia Youjie gave each of the cursed spirits an A4 sheet of paper.
That's right, it's the one that Oriyuki, Karin and the others saw.
It is worth mentioning that Fuheshen also encountered Xia Youjie's cursed spirit.
But he's quick with his hands.
Hmm... Anyway, it's faster than the cursed spirit taking out a piece of paper to show him.
In short, Fuheshner saw the paper only after he had killed the cursed spirit.
After reading the contents of that piece of paper, Fuheishen: "..."
The father gave a piece of advice to the innocent spirit who died tragically at his hands: "Next time, remember to stick it on your forehead."
Unfortunately... this cursed spirit obviously won't be able to do it again.
Fuheshen took out his phone and made a call to Xia Youjie.
He wanted to tell the other party that he had killed the cursed spirit, but Xia Youjie's phone was off, so the call naturally didn't go through.
Fukugoro Jinji called Gojo Satoru again, but still couldn't get through.
That's right, Gojo Satoru also turned off his phone.
He wasn't stupid. If Xia Youjie turned off his phone, the people in the director's department wouldn't be able to find him, so they'd have to look for Wu Tiao Wu. So Wu Tiao Wu simply turned off his phone too.
Fuheishen: "..."
If I can't get through, I'll just give up.
Fuhesh decided to go about his business.
Then he was surrounded by Xia Youjie's group of cursed spirits.
Fuheishen: "...Tsk."
Considering that the other party was his son's teacher, Fuheishen did not attack the cursed spirits again, but decided to extort money from Xia Youjie when he arrived.
Soon after, Xia Youjie, who had noticed the death of one of the cursed spirits, came looking for him.
Xia Youjie was obviously looking for the guy who crushed his cursed spirit, but when he saw that it was Fu Heishen'er, he couldn't help but twitch his lips.
It's easy to imagine that the other party must have been quick enough to crush him to death.
Xia Youjie and Fu Heishen were already acquainted, and anticipating that the other party would probably try to extort money from him, he directly stated that he was looking for Lu Suo.
He thought that Rōsō and that sorcerer with the bob haircut were in cahoots, and that sorcerer with the bob haircut had attacked Fushiguro Megumi before, so Fushiguro Jinji shouldn't mind... right?
Well, he wasn't really sure either, after all, this guy has always been pretty shameless.
In the end, Xia Youjie was still extorted by Fu Heishen.
Xia Youjie, who was already in a bad mood, became even worse and blamed Lu Suo for everything.
Fuhesh was in a good mood after getting another sum of money. He glanced at him lazily and asked, "Are you looking for that guy with a door on his forehead? Perfect timing, I need to talk to him about something recently."
Xia Youjie: ?
He smiled and asked, "Want to join us?"
The number of people seeking revenge has increased by 1.
——
On the other side, the directors in the management department also breathed a sigh of relief upon receiving the report from their subordinates.
Good news: Xia Youjie and Wutiao Wu are not here to cause trouble for their management department.
However, Xia Youjie's release of a large number of cursed spirits to various places still caused quite a stir, so the General Administration specially sent "friendly greetings".
Since Xia Youjie couldn't be contacted, this "warm greeting" naturally ended up in the hands of teacher Ye'e Zhengdao.
Then Masamichi Yagami, in a fit of rage, came to find Satoru Gojo.
But... Gojo Satoru has already run away.
Of course I have to run! If I don't run, am I supposed to stay and get scolded for Xia Youjie's sake?
The students, having learned the whole story: "..."
No wonder this guy skipped class; it turns out it was because of this.
Zhi Xueya was also very surprised, not expecting Xia Youjie to cause such a big commotion.
Hmm...it seems like I was a bit too ruthless with the knife.
She touched her nose somewhat guiltily.
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Author's Note: Chicken Cat: Good brothers should skip class together!
So here's the question: Natsume skipped class to catch Ryouku, but what did Gojo do while skipping class? [doge emoji]
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