As expected, they were scolded by Noctua Zhengdao who came after hearing the news.
"This is a hospital! Hospital! Hospital! Hospital! Hospital!!!"
Teacher Ye Moth was so angry that his face turned red and veins on his forehead popped out. "Don't make loud noises in the hospital, don't destroy the hospital's facilities. This is common sense that even elementary school students know!!!"
Gojo Satoru: “…”
Xia Yujie: “…”
Ieiri Naoko, who came out to watch, said: “…”
Al raised his hand and said honestly, "Teacher, you are the noisiest one right now."
"How dare you talk back!" Ye Moth Zhengdao suddenly felt his blood pressure soaring: "You! Al! This time you also write me a 5,000-word apology! Do you hear me!"
Al was silent for a moment, then said calmly, "I don't understand Japanese."
After an eerie silence, the three high school students burst into earth-shaking laughter.
“Haha ...
Ye Moth Zhengdao: "..."
He rolled up his sleeves expressionlessly.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru quickly retreated with Al, and rushed to the elevator and planned to escape.
“Stop right there!!!”
The high school students quickly pushed the trembling assistant supervisor out to act as a shield: "Mr. Ota! Help us stop the teacher! This is a once-in-a-lifetime request!"
Auxiliary Supervisor: "..."
The assistant supervisor who was pushed out confusedly hugged Yega Masamichi who was chasing after him and advised: "Teacher Yega! Teacher Yega! I heard that the Grudge may attack here tonight. Should we let other sorcerers take shelter first?"
When Ye Mo Zheng Dao heard this, he suddenly calmed down a lot.
He took a breath and said, "You are right. Business is more important. Let's arrange for the other sorcerers to be transferred to other hospitals first. We can deal with the rest later."
Ieiri Naoko came over and calmed down, "Teacher, I just went to other wards to check. Those who can be treated with the inversion procedure have already been treated. They can be discharged now."
Ye Moth Zheng Dao said with relief: "You are the one who makes me worry less."
Ieiri Naoko smiled softly, "Those three guys are more trouble-making than each other. If we just leave them alone, the hospital will be demolished before the curse arrives. You might as well give them something to do."
Ye Moth Zhengdao: "..."
"Indeed." He rubbed his brows, "Xiaozi, give them a call later."
…
This is a floor specially vacated for Tokyo's sorcerers. However, since the appearance of Naoko Ieiri, the seriously injured are sent directly to the high school and handed over to Naoko Ieiri for treatment. Normally, the hospital has become very deserted. Until the recent summer when incidents have occurred frequently, the top floor of the hospital has become lively again.
Two high school students and a heroic spirit squatted on a bench outside the hospital and bought all the snacks they could find, including taiyaki, oden, daifuku, etc.
They ate and shared new information.
Xia Yujie said, "Ms. Nishina's residence is very close to here. Guess what I saw when I entered her house?"
Gojo Satoru raised his eyebrows: "Could it be that he saw Kayako?"
"That's about right."
Summer Oil Jie said:
"I saw black cats all over the house. Lots and lots of them. After they saw me, they all hid under the bed and disappeared. Ms. Nishina was almost dead because of the curse because of the black cats in her house. She was lucky to be alive after living with them for so many days."
Spellcasters are resistant to curses from cursed spirits, but ordinary people are not. If one is infected with a lot of curses and no one treats him, he will surely die.
"This is a photo I found. It should be the Saeki Gayako family."
Al ate a fish ball and looked at the photo.
The family of three in the photo is in harmony. It is exactly the family in Saeki Toshio's memory. Even the house in the background is the one in Tokiwa Town, but it is much more glamorous than it is now. The photo should have been taken before the tragedy.
He asked, "Master, what kind of black cat is that you saw?"
Xia Yujie thought for a moment, raised his hand and compared the size: "It's about this big, like the stray cats you often see on the street, pure black, very thin, with the bones on its back protruding. Although I only took a quick look, I think those black cats should be the incarnations of the same cursed spirit, and their aura is the same."
Al said with certainty: "Master, that must be Saeki Toshio's black cat."
"Toshio?" Xia Yujie immediately remembered who Toshio was. He said thoughtfully, "The records do say that their family had a black cat five years ago, but - how can you be so sure?"
"Because he just came to see me."
"he?"
"Saeki Toshio is the child in this photo."
"..." Xia Yujie blinked in surprise, and then asked with a little envy: "You were successfully cursed by the grudge?"
Al: “…”
Is this a high school boy with zero sense of tension? Upon hearing that their companions were cursed, the first reaction of the two DKs was envy rather than worry.
Al nodded: "Yes, the grudge who came to me was Junxiong. I saw the black cat you mentioned in his memory."
He also compared the size.
"It's so big and skinny, it looks like a zombie cat in the movies."
Perhaps the description of zombie cat was too accurate. Xia Yujie raised his hand and clapped his hands with him. "I am sure we saw the same black cat."
So Al recounted in detail everything he had seen in his memory.
This includes a series of events, including Toshio discovering the scene of his father torturing and killing his mother, his father burning and killing Toshio's black cat in a rage, and then locking Toshio in a closet and starving him to death. At the end of his memory, Toshio Saeki also witnessed the scene of his mother turning into a cursed spirit.
After hearing this, Xia Yujie's expression became very complicated.
"By the way, Jay, he also told Al to run quickly, saying that 'she' is coming." Gojo Satoru shook his finger and said expectantly, "This 'she' must be referring to Kayako. Kayako is coming soon."
"…You're right. There are six people who have entered the house and are still alive. Nishina Rika, four high school girls, and Al. With these six people gathered in the hospital, it would be unreasonable for the Grudge not to take action.
However...
Xia Yujie pondered and said, "I have a question now. Logically, Kayako and Toshio should be one, but why did Toshio ask us to be careful of Kayako? Such an action is undoubtedly a betrayal to Kayako."
Gojo Satoru stroked his chin and said, "Maybe - he still has some soul left."
A residual soul?
Al was a little surprised and asked, "You mean Saeki Toshio still has a soul, not just a bunch of negative emotions?"
"right."
Gojo Satoru was born into the Gojo family, one of the three great families in the world of curse techniques, and he knows a little more about this.
"If you are cursed before you are fully dead, your cursed soul will be bound and unable to attain Buddhahood or reincarnate."
If his guess was correct, Toshio was most likely cursed by his mother's hatred, and had to follow the subject of the curse, Kayako, against his will, to kill innocent people over and over again.
Xia Yujie frowned and said, "...If that's the case, then this kid named Junxiong..."
Al lowered his eyes, feeling very complicated.
"Al, do you want to save Toshio Saeki?"
The blond-haired, blue-eyed boy was stunned and looked up at Gojo Satoru.
Gojo Satoru was also looking at him. The pair of blue eyes behind the sunglasses were clear and indifferent, yet they gave people a strange sense of peace, as if he was being watched and embraced by the sky.
He said as a matter of course: "If you want to do this, then let's do it."
Xia Yujie, who was standing by, blinked his eyes and showed an expression of sudden realization, a little belatedly.
No wonder Al, who has never been interested in work, is so concerned about Saeki Toshio. Is Al sympathizing with the kid?
...Unexpected, but also reasonable.
Al's original self is a schizophrenic. He must have suffered a lot before he developed schizophrenia. The "Great Swordsman of the Universe" in front of him felt sympathy for Saeki Shunsuo. Does this mean that Al's main personality also had a similar past? Or, as he and Gojo Satoru had privately discussed, is this Al actually the main personality?
Xia Yujie sighed: "If that's the case, let's help Junxiong together."
“…”
Al turned and looked at him.
Geto said gently: "Whether you are a sorcerer or a heroic spirit, fate has given us powerful powers so that we can help more people. Al, although we don't know if it will succeed, we can try together. We are companions after all."
companion……
Companion.
Al blinked and whispered, "Master, you are really suitable for that role."
"……ah?"
"That's the kind of character who, every time he appears, infuses the protagonist with spiritual chicken soup and guides the direction of life, and suddenly dies when the protagonist is 80% developed, allowing the protagonist to explode and be reborn."
Xia Yujie: “…”
Al hugged Xia Youjie's shoulders and shook him vigorously: "Master, you can't die! You must live to witness my growth!! You must live a long life!!!"
Xia Yujie was so shaken by him that he wanted to vomit: "Uh, stop, I don't want to be that kind of role, it sounds like an idiot... and are you so sure that you are the protagonist?!"
"Of course." Al said confidently, "I am the protagonist of a mystery from a mysterious universe. This will never change."
Gojo Satoru commented: "Only a comedian would say that he is the protagonist, right?"
Just as Geto was about to start complaining, his cell phone suddenly rang. He answered the call, "Glass? ... Let Satoru and I talk to the hospital manager? ... That's fine. What about Al? Yeah, yeah, I got it."
He hung up the phone and said to Gojo Satoru, "Satoru, let's go find the director of the hospital right away."
He turned to Al and said, "Al, Mr. Nightmoth asked you to go back to the ward—"
Al, who didn't want to write an apology, stood up and walked out: "I don't understand Japanese!"
Summer Oil: "...have lunch."
Al braked suddenly and stopped.
Xia Yujie said expressionlessly: "...He said he ordered sushi."
Al immediately turned around and ran towards the rooftop - Teacher! Here I come! I know Japanese!
Watching the Heroic Spirit running back to the hospital, Gojo Satoru propped his head up and said calmly, "So, when we return, there won't be any for us, right?"
"...it would be nice if you could leave us two sauce packets."