Chapter 21

[What does Mingbao want to make disappear? Why can't I understand this? It feels like I missed something important.]

[Principal Wu answered, it should be related to the previous learning of spells.]

[Haven't you already learned it? Why do you want to make the spell disappear? ? ]

[Let me interpret this. Principal Satoru asked, "Can you make yourself disappear?", and then added, "The source of cursed power is negative emotions", so what Naruto wants to disappear should be his own negative emotions.]

[But without negative emotions, there is no way to practice spells, right? ]

[Chakra is a combination of physical and mental energy, while mana comes entirely from the spiritual level. I feel like there is something in common between the two. Perhaps Naruto can integrate mana into chakra.]

[I would also like to make a bold guess. Naruto may have practiced magic to bring out his dark self. Later, Naruto went to the real waterfall on Turtle Island to practice. The one who walked out of the waterfall was the dark Naruto. Because the two were originally the same person, they could not determine the winner after several fights. In the end, Naruto embraced his dark self and resolved it.]

[The previous guess can explain Naruto's strange expression before. Is he discovering his dark side? ]

[If this is the case, wouldn't Ming Bao be able to resolve his dark side in advance? His subsequent training would also change, and the plot would also be changed.]

[Previously, the game prohibited viewers from revealing spoilers in bullet screens, but players could become stronger through the game and indirectly change the plot, so the player Wu could also learn about the existence of Brain Flower through the intelligence in the game, and then change the original plot, right? ]

[I'm so afraid that the player will ask the NPC, and then the NPC's words will be muted like a bullet screen]

[If this is the case, I will definitely report this crappy game]

[I shouldn't be so crazy. Wu Cat has already changed since he joined the game.]

[But what about Principal Satoru? He is always missing and looks haggard. It seems that the world of curse in the game is in chaos. If Principal Yaga and Nanami have already died, then isn't it too late to save the situation...]

[After being silent for so long, I want to say something. Don’t you find it strange? The NPCs in the technical high school are just like normal students during the day, but they turn into ghosts at night. They are obviously not living people anymore. So is the principal Wu who has been in this technical high school with the NPCs from the beginning still a real living person? ]

[Don't talk nonsense. He quarreled with Satoru, brought Kikufuku to Satoru, and taught Naruto how to train... How could such a gentle Principal Gojo not really exist! ]

[Don't talk nonsense in the previous part, this is obviously just the setting of the infinite game! ]

[Game setting +1, those ghosts are just participating NPCs, their purpose is to provide players with game clues]

[As long as you are happy, I think the truth is not that simple. If they were just NPCs, why would Principal Wu save them? ]

On the morning of the fourth day of the game, Ling Yi brought back breakfast for the players just like he did a few days ago. The environment outside was getting worse and worse, and the food available was limited. Fortunately, the players were not picky eaters, and there was even one player who "forgot to eat and sleep"...

Gojo Satoru did not show up this morning. In addition, all the NPCs were blocked by Gojo Satoru in the dormitory. Ling Yi did not express any opinion on this. He just asked Naruto to help bring the food back to Gojo Satoru.

When Naruto found Gojo Satoru with food, he was sitting in the middle of the room with a chair pulled up, and a circle of frightened NPCs surrounded him.

"Everyone, don't be nervous." Gojo Satoru clapped his hands to attract the NPC's attention. He had a smile on his face, looking friendly and harmless. "As a new classmate, I haven't really understood everyone's past since I came here. Now I think about it and feel ashamed. So today I called everyone together and we're going to have a symposium among classmates."

At this point, he noticed Naruto coming in, tilted his head and asked, "Does Naruto want to join in, too?"

"Ah... that..." Naruto passed the food in his hand over, "Principal Gojo asked me to bring breakfast over."

Gojo Satoru took the bag from Naruto, opened it and scanned it. Inside was purified water, compressed biscuits, and a bag of strange-tasting candy...

Gojo Satoru looked down at the food in his hands. His expression could not be seen in the live broadcast room, but strange-tasting candy was seen in the bag.

[It’s a strange-tasting candy! ]

[Principal Wu brings different sweets to player Wu every day. Is he preparing a surprise? 】

[If it's a surprise, I should just bring the player's favorite food.]

[Perhaps the two Wumao cats like different foods]

[The only other food was pure water and compressed biscuits. I think Principal Wu might be too busy to prepare them carefully.]

The milk and bread were normal the first time, so Gojo Satoru didn't think much about it. It was not until yesterday when he saw Kikufuku who was about to die that Gojo Satoru realized that he had overlooked many things. Today's simple food made him once again confirm his guess. He reached out and took the strange-tasting candy in his hand. If his guess was correct, this bag of candy must have been difficult to get, right?

Gojo Satoru opened the package, picked up one at random, and put it directly into his mouth without caring about the strange taste. He turned his head to look out the window. It had been four days, and it was still a cloudy day without the sun. He didn't know if it was because of the bad weather or because he ate bad candy. He couldn't help but frowned, but soon smiled again. When he turned to the NPC, he smiled as if he didn't care about anything.

"The class discussion will now officially begin." Gojo Satoru had candy in his mouth and spoke vaguely. He pointed with his hand and said, "Let's start with you..."

"Don't hide anything. Tell us everything you know."

Gojo Satoru reminded him again with a smile. The NPC who was named met his gaze and couldn't help but tremble. His voice was trembling...

"I, I don't know... How did the technique come about? You have to kill other players to get points, but I didn't want to do that. I was being chased by other players, and it was Principal Gojo who showed up and saved me..."

"Players? Are you playing games? What games?" Gojo Satoru asked, grasping the key point.

The NPC's expression became confused. He seemed to be thinking hard, but in the end it was in vain: "I don't remember..." He found that Gojo Satoru was staring at him, and he was about to cry, "I really don't remember..."

Gojo Satoru did not continue to embarrass the NPC. He took out another piece of strange-tasting candy and threw it into his mouth, while clicking on the next NPC.

"I also awakened the technique and hid everywhere, but was discovered by another player. When I was about to be killed, it was Principal Gojo who saved me..."

"I was also saved by Principal Gojo..."

Gojo Satoru discovered that although these NPCs could communicate during the day, their memories were incomplete, and many only had fragments. He clicked on several in succession, and the answers were almost the same. He suppressed his emotions and was about to click on the next one, but Sukuna and Hisoka came over at this time, and it seemed that they also came to understand the situation. Gojo Satoru ignored them and continued to listen to the NPCs describe the situation outside.

"I was also trapped in the game. It was Principal Gojo who terminated the game. But soon, many...many cursed spirits appeared everywhere...it was very chaotic, and many people died..."

"Where did the cursed spirit come from?" Hearing this, Gojo Satoru couldn't help but interject.

"I don't know, it suddenly appeared..."

"I know this game is a death rebirth game. A sorcerer who was with me told me that there was a powerful sorcerer out there who launched this game..."

"What curser?" Gojo Satoru asked again.

“No, I don’t know…”

【Ahhh, it’s really a brain flower!!!】

[The Death Replay has appeared. The NPC is talking about what happened after Principal Satoru came out of the Hell Gate.]

"No! Many people died in the technical high school at that time. Principal Wu will go crazy if he finds out."

【Come out, you brain-crazy guy, and die! 】

[Everyone, don’t be pessimistic. The game says it’s a parallel world, so it must be different from the original one.]

[It's different, it's different. Didn't Principal Wu say earlier that Principal Yegae was in the technical high school? Principal Yegae here is still alive! ]

[But Principal Noctua never showed up]

[Principal Wuwuwu, could it be that he is hallucinating and thinks that Principal Yemo is still alive? 】

"It was a mess outside, so Principal Gojo brought us back to the technical high school." Another NPC was pointed out by Gojo Satoru, "But after entering the technical high school, we couldn't get out..."

"We are trapped in the technical high school and have been trying to find a way out, but Principal Gojo is injured and there is no way..."

"What injury? How did you get injured?" Although he knew that the NPC's memory was incomplete, Gojo Satoru still couldn't help but ask.

"I don't know. We wanted to break the barrier that trapped the high school, but Principal Gojo was injured and couldn't help..."

"We stayed at the technical high school, and Principal Gojo would go out and bring us food..."

"Why can the principal go out?" Hisoka interjected at this time.

The NPC looked confused and shook his head to indicate that he didn't know.

"Have you been here all the time?" Hisoka asked again.

The NPC nodded.

"What's going on with Hongxing Palace?" Gojo Satoru asked again. This time he asked all the NPCs present. In the previous questioning, no NPC mentioned it. He knew that he might not get an answer even if he asked, but he cared too much about it and had to confirm it again.

Unexpectedly, the NPC actually gave an answer, but his attitude was very evasive.

"You can't get close to Hongxing Palace!"

"Why? What's inside the Hongxing Palace?" Gojo Satoru asked. The NPC was confused again, so he changed the question, "Who told you not to get close?"

"It's Principal Gojo..."

This answer did not surprise the four players present. After all, the person with the most say in the entire high school was the principal, Wu.

Gojo Satoru bit the strange-tasting candy in his mouth, took another one and threw it into his mouth. It tasted even worse than the previous one. He pursed his lips and did not spit out the candy. Instead, he pointed at several NPCs who had not spoken yet, signaling them to continue speaking.

The NPC who had just answered the question was not embarrassed. The NPCs who spoke later were much more relaxed, spoke more systematically, and provided more content.

"Before I was pulled into the death journey, I met a strange man with a wound on his forehead..."

"I've encountered this before, too. There was a strange scar on his forehead..." Another NPC said something similar.

Gojo Satoru had a feeling that this person might be related to the Death Return Tour. He looked at the other NPCs again. Perhaps reminded by the first two NPCs, several more NPCs recalled that they had seen a person with a strange suture scar on his forehead...

Gojo Satoru questioned all the NPCs. If nothing unexpected happened, this person should be the curser who planned the death return journey behind the scenes.

The other three players came to a similar conclusion, and were also wondering where the curser had gone and whether it had anything to do with the high school being trapped.

"The bandage on the principal's head here covers more than just his eyes." In the quiet room, Sukuna suddenly spoke up, pointing a finger at his forehead, "If you're not injured, why cover your forehead..."