Evergreen Town.
When the three of them arrived at the murderer's house in Evergreen Town, the rain had stopped. This time, they didn't care about fishing or not, and rushed directly into the attic of the closet to look for Kayako. However, things were not destined to develop so smoothly.
"...No." Al looked at the empty attic and said, "It's still the same as last time, nothing."
Gojo Satoru looked around the house and concluded, "Although we can't find any trace of Kayako, this must be the lair of the Grudge."
He raised his arm and took a look. It was entangled with strands of cursed energy that appeared after he entered the house. Originally, it was only on Al, but now it also appeared on him. It was obvious that he and Geto were also marked the moment they entered the house.
Six Eyes can do no wrong.
But...what about the Grudge? Where did the Grudge go?
"Where's Jay?"
"Downstairs."
They went downstairs one after another to meet up with Geto, but they saw Geto standing alone in front of the mirror next to the entrance, staring at the mirror.
Al and Gojo Satoru looked at each other, both with puzzled expressions.
——What is he doing?
--don't know.
Gojo Satoru thought for a moment, silently pointed at the back of Geto's head, then pointed at himself, and made a vicious face at Al.
Al understood immediately.
He nodded and tiptoed down the stairs with Gojo Satoru.
Getsu Suguru is observing this mirror.
Ms. Rika Nishina said that she had felt strange in the mirror more than once. When she looked in the mirror, she always felt like she was possessed by something terrible. And the bad girl yesterday also saw Kayako through the mirror...
Is there really something in the mirror?
Could it be that Kayako is hiding in here?
Just as he was lost in thought, two ferocious faces appeared in the mirror at the same time: “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh——”
“Awoooo ...
Xia Yujie: “…”
Xia Yujie twitched his lips and looked at the two "good teammates" in the mirror with caring eyes for the mentally retarded.
Al and Gojo Satoru make faces: "..."
The three of them looked at each other through the mirror, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment.
Geto Summer released his cursed spirit, and an eggplant with disheveled hair appeared behind Al and Gojo Satoru, strangling the necks of the two unlucky teammates.
I only heard Xia Yujie say sinisterly: "Isn't it a hundred times scarier than you?"
"Cough, cough, cough, cough!"
"What an ugly, ugly eggplant—!"
The dishevelled-haired eggplant disappeared.
"How rude." Xia Yujie said speechlessly: "Have you found Kayako?"
Al shook his head: "No. There is no trace of Kayako in other rooms."
“…Well, I can’t find it here either.”
When Gojo Satoru heard this, he was not disappointed with the current situation. On the contrary, he said excitedly, "Isn't this just like the legend?"
Al casually replied, "What legend?"
Gojo Satoru shook his finger and said, "It's the legend that the curse cannot be completely exorcised. But, I never believed in this legend. They can't do it because they don't have the ability. We are different. We are the strongest!"
Xia Yujie said coldly: "But the fact is that we are in the same predicament."
"Jay, can you be more optimistic? The protagonist camp of the hot-blooded youth comics will never get discouraged!"
Al raised his hands and asked eagerly, "Why do you say that the curse cannot be completely eradicated?"
Xia Yujie said in a heavy tone: "Perhaps it is because... some resentments in the world are destined to never be truly eliminated."
Gojo Satoru: “…”
Al: “…”
Gojo Satoru: “Haha ...
Al: "Master, you are really very immature."
Xia Yujie: “…”
You two heartless guys, how are you going to treat the people who work so hard to clean up your mess?
Ten minutes later, two DKs and a Heroic Spirit sat in a row under the eaves opposite the haunted house and discussed the next plan.
Summer Oil Jie analyzed: "The Grudge is now seriously injured. I'm afraid it won't show up easily before it recovers. It's really difficult to fish it out."
Al still didn't understand the situation.
"Where could it be hiding? Are you sure it's back at its lair?"
Gojo Satoru said as a matter of course: "It was injured so badly, of course it must have recovered its health."
Return to the resurrection point to recover health...
Kayako was born in this house, so it is not wrong to say that this is Kayako's resurrection point.
"Then why can't we find her?"
Xia Yujie complained: "When you transformed into a spirit, didn't we also not be able to find you?"
Al: “…”
That makes sense! He was convinced in an instant!
Gojo Satoru said: "Like Schrödinger's cat, the current Grudge is in a quantum superposition state of existence and non-existence. It does not exist, but it can always exist around us."
Al: “…”
Al nudged Xia Youjie with his elbow: "Did he talk like this before?"
"Ah." Xia Yujie said calmly: "If you discuss quantum topics with him, it is true. The characteristic of the curse is that it cannot be destroyed, and it is even difficult to capture it. The fishing method we used before is because of this."
Al looked thoughtful.
He probably understood what they meant.
Just like Geto Suguru's talent is curse spirit manipulation and Gojo Satoru's talent is unlimited, Ju-Gon's talent is "indestructible" and "Schrödinger's existence", so the best solution is to seal both the cursed objects and the curse spirits together.
No wonder Ye Mo Zhengdao repeatedly emphasized the special nature of the curse and told them that the main means of this mission would be "sealing".
But if the sealing ceremony is carried out, then Geto Suguru will not be able to subdue the curse, nor will he be able to save Toshio's soul.
"What would happen if we burned down the entire house where the curse resides?"
"What should it be used for?" Xia Yujie analyzed, "There was a similar case before, where the sorcerers wanted to completely destroy a videotape that was parasitic on the curse, but after destroying it, the videotape appeared in another place a hundred miles away as if nothing had happened, so they had to seal it in the end."
Al asked, "You mean, if we destroy this house, Kayako will move? Where will she move to?"
"Who knows? Maybe he'll live with Ms. Nishina in her apartment, or with a student on campus. Yes, maybe he'll even live with you in the college dormitory."
Al: “…”
Al said seriously, "It's quite exciting to think about it? A haunted college dormitory?"
In response to this, Geto Suguru flicked Al's head lightly.
Gojo Satoru said thoughtfully, "Jay, the example you gave earlier sounds a little familiar."
Xia Yujie was speechless and said, "Isn't this the example I gave in the theory class last semester? It's the videotape in your house."
“Really?” Gojo Satoru suddenly realized, “I have no recollection of that at all.”
"You were just sleeping and not paying attention in class..."
It's not Gojo Satoru's fault. The Tsusan Academy has its own education system. Gojo Satoru had already learned most of the content that could be learned in high school before entering school, so most of the classroom content was very boring to him.
Al was a little surprised and asked, "Master No. 2, so there is a curse in your family too?"
Gojo Satoru scratched his hair and said uncertainly, "...I think so. There are a lot of random things in my collection room. The curse seems to be called - Zhenzi?"
"Yes, it's Sadako." Top student Xia Yujie said, "Sadako is the most famous curse in Japan. It is said that her resentment before her death condensed into an indestructible videotape. Anyone who watched the videotape would be dead. At that time, Sadako's curse ravaged the whole of Japan. It is said that many people died. In the end, it was the Gojo family, one of the three great families, who took action to suppress it, destroyed most of the videotapes, and sealed the original videotape."
If you watch the video, you will be killed by Zhenzi.
If you enter the murder house, you will be killed by Kayako.
Very similar routines, this is probably the common point of "The Grudge", right?
Al thought thoughtfully and said, "Then Master, can we call out the Grudge and fight it?"
Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru were both stunned for a moment.
"Um?"
Al said seriously, "There is such a setting in the game, right? After the assassin becomes invisible, he cannot be detected by other players, but the invisible character can see other invisible people. The same is true for the Heroic Spirit. If there is a second Heroic Spirit in this world, even if I become a spirit, he can still pull me out and fight me. Similarly, the Grudge can definitely find another hidden Grudge!"
Xia Yujie: “…”
It’s incredible, the door to some new world has suddenly opened.
Al hammered his palm self-consciously: "How about this? We play the videotape of Zhenzi in Kayako's house, and when Zhenzi comes to trouble Kayako and a fight breaks out, we can take advantage of the situation and reap the benefits!"
Gojo Satoru: “…”
Xia Yujie: “…”
Hey guys, watching Zhenzi's videotape in Kayako's haunted house is a buff!
Gojo Satoru was amazed and said, "Are you a genius? Great! I love watching female ghosts tearing hair the most!"
Xia Yujie: "Hey, you..."
Gojo Satoru: "I'm going home now, you guys wait!"
Summer Oil: "Hey, you guys——!"
Gojo Satoru's figure disappeared from the spot. He actually used his immature teleportation skills to return to the Gojo family in Kyoto. Kagome was shocked and couldn't help but complain: "He just wanted to see the female ghost tearing hair..."
After receiving the full support of Gojo Satoru, Al announced to Geto Summer Oil: "Master, I have decided to name this new plan "Sadako vs. Kayako."
Xia Yujie: “…”
Xia Yujie did not comment on the name of this comedy show, but -
"If the curse can really be conquered... then let's do it! I absolutely, absolutely must possess Kayako!"
The author has something to say:
Zhenzi: Don't CUE
1The Zhenzi in the novel is a yin-yang person and a virtual virus, but the setting used here is the Zhenzi from the first movie, which is the most classic and familiar to the public.